CAREER: Decision, Control and Optimization in Discrete Event Systems

小行星9501652 本计画的研究方向为离散事件系统的决策、控制与最佳化问题。 DES是由物理事件的发生驱动的动态系统，并且几乎出现在所有人造系统中，包括制造系统、通信网络、分布式计算机系统、物流系统和车辆交通。 该建议考虑面向性能的DES模型，并侧重于性能优化的问题决策和控制。 近年来，用于优化DES的方法受到了极大的关注，并显示出巨大的希望，为开发有效的方法来优化大规模复杂的人造系统。 该建议侧重于参数和非参数决策和控制问题。 研究的一个目的是耦合扰动分析方法与优化算法，参数和非参数，以获得进一步严格的理解，何时以及为什么他们的工作，并开发算法和工具，将是有用的DES决策和控制问题的目的。 这项工作强调在制造系统，通信网络和实时计算机系统中的应用。 该建议的教育部分侧重于三项努力。 第一个努力是通过个人或团队项目开发和促进本科生参与研究的计划。 第二项工作包括在现代控制领域开发一个全面的研究计划和课程，包括实验和计算的实验室设施。第三项工作涉及首席研究员在工程专业学生的专业发展和培训方面正在进行的工作，主要是在他作为普渡大学IEEE学生分支的分支顾问和教师顾问的能力。 ***

9501652 Chong The research aspect of this proposal deals with issues in decision, control, and optimization problems for Discrete Event Systems (DESs). DESs are dynamical systems that are driven by the occurrence of physical events, and arise in virtually all manmade systems, including manufacturing systems, communication networks, distributed computer systems, logistic systems, and vehicular traffic. The proposal considers performance oriented DES models, and focuses on the problem decision and control for performance optimization. Methods for optimizing DESs have received significant interest in recent years, and show tremendous promise for the development of efficient ways to optimize large-scale complex man-made systems. The proposal focuses on parametric and nonparametric decision and control problems. An objective of the study is to couple perturbation analysis methods with optimization algorithms, both parametric and nonparametric, with the aim of gaining further rigorous understanding into when and why they work, and developing algorithms and tools that will be useful in DES decision and control problems. This work emphasizes applications in manufacturing systems, communication networks, and real-time computer systems. The education component of this proposal focuses on three efforts. The first effort is to develop and promote a program of undergraduate involvement in research, through individual or team projects. The second effort consists of developing a comprehensive research program and curriculum in the area of modern control, including laboratory facilities for experimentation and computing. The third effort concerns the principal investigator's ongoing work in the professional development and training of engineering students, primarily in his capacity of as the branch counselor and faculty advisor of the Purdue IEEE student branch. ***