Finite-rate control : stability and performance

The classical control paradigm addressed problems where communication between one plant and one controller is essentially perfect, and both have either discrete or continuous dynamics. Today, new problems in control over networks are emerging. A complex network involves an interconnection of numerous computational components where the controllers may be decentralized, and the components can have discrete or continuous dynamics. Communication links can be very noisy, induce delays, and have finite-rate constraints. Applications include remote navigation systems over the internet (eg. telesurgery) or in constrained environments (eg. deep sea/Mars exploration). These complexities demand that control be integrated with the protocols of communication to ensure stability and performance. Control over networks is recent and continues to receive growing interest. Initial work has focused on asymptotic stability under finite-rate feedback control, where the only excitation to the system is an unknown (but bounded) finite-dimensional initial condition vector. Such problems reduce to state-estimation under finite-rate constraints.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2006

Author dc:creator

• Sarma, Sridevi Vedula

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Munther A. Dahleh.

• Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/35529
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eng

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