Frequency-Domain Analysis and Design of Distributed Control Systems

This monograph focuses on characterizing the stability and performance consequences of inserting limited-capacity communication networks within a control loop. The text shows how integration of the ideas of control and estimation with those of communication and information theory can be used to provide important insights concerning several fundamental problems such as: minimum data rate for stabilization of linear systems over noisy channels; minimum network requirement for stabilization of linear systems over fading channels; and stability of Kalman filtering with intermittent observations.A fundamental link is revealed between the topological entropy of linear dynamical systems and the capacities of communication channels. The design of a logarithm...

Optimal Design of Distributed Control and Embedded Systems focuses on the design of special control and scheduling algorithms based on system structural properties as well as on analysis of the influence of induced time-delay on systems performances. It treats the optimal design of distributed and embedded control systems (DCESs) with respect to communication and calculation-resource constraints, quantization aspects, and potential time-delays induced by the associated communication and calculation model.Particular emphasis is put on optimal control signal scheduling based on the system state. In order to render this complex optimization problem feasible in real time, a time decomposition is based on periodicity induced by the static scheduling is op...