CAREER: Decision, Control and Optimization in Discrete Event Systems

9501652冲这项提案的研究方面涉及离散事件系统(DESS)的决策、控制和优化问题。DESS是由物理事件的发生驱动的动力系统，几乎出现在所有的人造系统中，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。该方案考虑了面向性能的DES模型，重点研究了面向性能优化的问题决策和控制。近年来，优化DESS的方法引起了人们的极大兴趣，并显示出巨大的前景，可以开发出高效的方法来优化大规模复杂的人造系统。该提案侧重于参数和非参数决策和控制问题。这项研究的一个目标是将摄动分析方法与参数和非参数的优化算法结合起来，目的是进一步严格理解它们何时起作用以及为什么起作用，并开发对DES决策和控制问题有用的算法和工具。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。该提案的教育部分侧重于三个方面的努力。第一个努力是通过个人或团队项目来开发和促进本科生参与研究的计划。第二项努力包括在现代控制领域开发一个全面的研究方案和课程，包括用于实验和计算的实验室设施。第三项工作涉及首席调查员在工程专业学生的专业发展和培训方面的持续工作，主要是作为普渡IEEE学生分会的分会顾问和教员顾问。***

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. ***