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Classic distributed control problems have an interesting dichotomy: they are either trivial or undecidable. If we allow the controllers to fully synchronize, then synthesis is trivial. In this case, controllers can effectively act as a…
Many network applications rely on the synchronization of coupled oscillators. For example, such synchronization can provide networked devices with a common temporal reference necessary for coordinating actions or decoding transmitted…
General purpose correct-by-construction synthesis methods are limited to systems with low dimensionality or simple specifications. In this work we consider highly symmetrical counting problems and exploit the symmetry to synthesize provably…
We generalize the system level synthesis framework to systems defined by bounded causal linear operators, and use this parameterization to make connections between robust system level synthesis and classical results from the robust control…
We consider the distributed control synthesis problem for systems with locks. The goal is to find local controllers so that the global system does not deadlock. With no restriction this problem is undecidable even for three processes each…
This paper presents a novel distributed model predictive control (MPC) formulation without terminal cost and a corresponding distributed synthesis approach for distributed linear discrete-time systems with coupled constraints. The proposed…
This paper proposes novel approaches to design hierarchical decentralized robust controllers for homogeneous linear multi-agent systems (MASs) perturbed by disturbances/noise. Firstly, based on LQR method, we present a systematic procedure…
This paper deals with the non-quadratic decentralized stabilization of a set of n Takagi-Sugeno descriptors. To ensure the stability of the whole closed-loop dynamics and to minimize interconnection effects between subsystems, the main…
This paper addresses the challenge of network synchronization under limited communication, involving heterogeneous agents with different dynamics and various network topologies, to achieve consensus. We investigate the distributed adaptive…
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…
Distributed consensus-based controllers for optimal secondary frequency regulation of microgrids and power systems have received substantial attention in recent years. This paper provides a Lyapunov-based proof that, under a time-scale…
This paper considers the containment control problem for multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics and multiple leaders whose control inputs are possibly nonzero and time varying. Based on the relative states of neighboring agents, a…
In literature, extensive research has been done with respect to synthesis of supervisory controllers. Such synthesized supervisors can be distributed for implementation on multiple physical controllers. This paper discusses a method for…
This paper focuses on the data-driven optimal structured controller design for discrete-time linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, considering both the $H_2$ performance and the $H_\infty$ performance. Specifically, we consider three…
This paper considers the optimization landscape of linear dynamic output feedback control with $\mathcal{H}_\infty$ robustness constraints. We consider the feasible set of all the stabilizing full-order dynamical controllers that satisfy an…
This paper addresses the problem of designing distributed controllers with state and input constraints in the System Level Synthesis (SLS) framework. Using robust optimization, we show how state and actuation constraints can be incorporated…
This paper presents a robust secondary control strategy for frequency synchronization and active power sharing for inverter-based microgrids. The problem is addressed in a multi-agent fashion where the local controllers of the distributed…
We study a class of structured optimal control problems in which the main diagonal of the dynamic matrix is a linear function of the design variable. While such problems are in general challenging and nonconvex, for positive systems we…
This paper presents an explicit solution to decentralized control of a class of spatially invariant systems. The problem of optimal $H_2$ decentralized control for cone causal systems is formulated. Using Parseval's identity, the optimal…
One critical value microgrids bring to power systems is resilience, the capability of being able to island from the main grid under certain conditions and connect back when necessary. Once islanded, a microgrid must be synchronized to the…