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Decentralized intersection control techniques have received attention in the literature as tools that address scalability issues of network intersection control. Chief among these techniques are backpressure (BP) control algorithms, which…
Determining conditions on the coupling strength for the synchronization in networks of interconnected oscillators is a challenging problem in nonlinear dynamics. While sophisticated mathematical methods have been used to derive conditions,…
This paper investigates the distributed event-triggered control problem for a class of uncertain pure-feedback nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) with polluted feedback. Under the setting of event-triggered control, substantial challenges…
How biological networks achieve robust control despite relying on imperfect, local information remains an important open question. Here, we identify thermodynamic constraints that can curtail non-equilibrium steady-state responses so…
Sensor networks play a critical role in many situational awareness applications. In this paper, we study the problem of determining sensor placements to balance coverage and connectivity objectives over a target region. Leveraging algebraic…
This paper studies the data-driven control of unknown linear-threshold network dynamics to stabilize the state to a reference value. We consider two types of controllers: (i) a state feedback controller with feed-forward reference input and…
Motivated by the growing demand for serving large language model inference requests, we study distributed load balancing for global serving systems with network latencies. We consider a fluid model in which continuous flows of requests…
We consider the p-system in Eulerian coordinates on a star-shaped network. Under suitable transmission conditions at the junction and dissipative boundary conditions in the exterior vertices, we show that the entropy solutions of the system…
In this paper we consider distributed adaptive stabilization for uncertain multivariable linear systems with a time-varying diagonal matrix gain. We show that uncertain multivariable linear systems are stabilizable by diagonal matrix high…
We study local (also referred to as small-signal) stability of a network of identical DC/AC converters having a rotating degree of freedom. We develop a stability theory for a class of partitioned linear systems with symmetries that has…
This paper considers the problem of distributed state estimation using multi-robot systems. The robots have limited communication capabilities and, therefore, communicate their measurements intermittently only when they are physically close…
This paper investigates the control of flow networks, where the control objective is to regulate the measured output (e.g storage levels) towards a desired value. We present a distributed controller that dynamically adjusts the inputs and…
This two-part paper discusses robustification methodologies for linear-iterative distributed algorithms for consensus and coordination problems in multicomponent systems, in which unreliable communication links may drop packets. We consider…
In this paper, we study the concept of approximate controllability of retarded network systems of neutral type. On one hand, we reformulate such systems as free-delay boundary control systems on product spaces. On the other hand, we use the…
The control of large-scale cyber-physical systems requires optimal distributed policies relying solely on limited communication with neighboring agents. However, computing stabilizing controllers for nonlinear systems while optimizing…
This paper investigates the consensus problem of multiple uncertain Lagrangian systems. Due to the discontinuity resulted from the switching topology, achieving consensus in the context of uncertain Lagrangian systems is challenging. We…
Controlled Lagrangian and matching techniques are developed for the stabilization of relative equilibria and equilibria of discrete mechanical systems with symmetry as well as broken symmetry. Interesting new phenomena arise in the…
This paper is concerned with the point torque boundary feedback stabilization of a damped Euler-Bernoulli beam model in the presence of a time-varying state-delay. First, a finite-dimensional truncated model is derived by spectral…
Oscillations between swing modes of electric machines is an important limitation in achieving a high level of transient performance and reliability in power grids. Based on the new advances in measurement and transmission of wide-area…