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This paper studies the robustness of observability of a linear time-invariant system under sensor failures from a computational perspective. To be precise, the problem of determining the minimum number of sensors whose removal can destroy…
This article studies two problems related to observability and efficient constrained sensor placement in linear time-invariant discrete-time systems with partial state observations. (i) We impose the condition that both the set of outputs…
In this paper, we study the structural state and input observability of continuous-time switched linear time-invariant systems and unknown inputs. First, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for their structural state and input…
We address the problem of efficient and unobstructed surveillance or communication in complex environments. On one hand, one wishes to use a minimal number of sensors to cover the environment. On the other hand, it is often important to…
This paper addresses the problem of selecting the minimum number of dedicated sensors to achieve observability in the presence of unknown inputs, namely, the state and input observability, for linear time-invariant systems. We assume that…
Large infrastructure networks (e.g. for transportation and power distribution) require constant monitoring for failures, congestion, and other adversarial events. However, assigning a sensor to every link in the network is often infeasible…
Despite recent progress in our understanding of complex dynamic networks, it remains challenging to devisesufficiently accurate models to observe, control or predict the state of real systems in biology, economics or other fields. A largely…
In this letter we discuss cost optimization of sensor networks monitoring structurally full-rank systems under distributed observability constraint. Using structured systems theory, the problem is relaxed into two subproblems: (i) sensing…
In this paper, we consider the optimal design of networked estimators to minimize the communication/measurement cost under the networked observability constraint. This problem is known as the minimum-cost networked estimation problem, which…
In many problems, agents cooperate locally so that a leader or fusion center can infer the state of every agent from probing the state of only a small number of agents. Versions of this problem arise when a fusion center reconstructs an…
In this paper, new characterizations for functional observability, functional detectability, and structural functional observability (SFO) are developed, and based on them, the related optimal sensor placement problems are investigated. A…
Sensor placement optimization methods have been studied extensively. They can be applied to a wide range of applications, including surveillance of known environments, optimal locations for 5G towers, and placement of missile defense…
In this paper, given a linear time-invariant strongly connected network, we study the problem of determining the minimum number of state variables that need to be simultaneously actuated and measured to ensure structural controllability and…
Measurements and sensing implementations impose certain cost in sensor networks. The sensor selection cost optimization is the problem of minimizing the sensing cost of monitoring a physical (or cyber- physical) system. Consider a given set…
Sensor selection is critical for state estimation, control and monitoring of nonlinear processes. However, evaluating the performance of each possible combination of $m$ out of $n$ sensors is impractical unless $m$ and $n$ are small. In…
State estimation is crucial for the monitoring and control of post-combustion CO2 capture plants (PCCPs). The performance of state estimation is highly reliant on the configuration of sensors. In this work, we consider the problem of sensor…
We study the problem of wireless sensor network design by deploying a minimum number of additional relay nodes (to minimize network cost) at a subset of given potential relay locations, in order to convey the data from already existing…
This paper addresses the problem of minimum cost resilient actuation-sensing-communication co-design for regular descriptor systems while ensuring selective strong structural system's properties. More specifically, the problem consists of…
Link (edge) addition/deletion or sensor/actuator failures are common structural perturbations for real network systems. This paper is related to the computation complexity of minimal (cost) link insertion, deletion and vertex deletion with…
This paper considers the problem of optimally deploying omnidirectional sensors, with potentially limited sensing radius, in a network-like environment. This model provides a compact and effective description of complex environments as well…