Emergence, Mitigation, and Exploitation of Complex Behavior in Networked Control Systems

0901846-ELA该奖项由2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法第111-5条)资助。目的：本研究的目的是基于有限的信息交换对集体动态的影响，研究和探索网络控制系统中复杂行为的出现机制，提出减轻和控制此类行为影响的方法，并将研究结果应用于协作网络控制应用。智力价值本建议涉及开发新的分析和计算工具，以了解和分析不确定性是如何在系统中产生、传播和管理的，基于集成理论信息和控制的最新进展。我们研究的新颖性，以及它最具变革性的方面，是我们专注于网络系统，为复杂系统开发新的基础。由于网络系统是许多复杂行为的摇篮，并将在未来社会中变得更加核心，而通信链路的显式存在简化了对系统中信息和不确定性传播之间相互作用的分析。新一代学生和行业领袖以及整个社会的教育，作为复杂的相互关联的系统，在当今社会正变得更加普遍和主导。激励性的应用程序和新的理论问题的结合为参与该项目的学生提供了一个独特的教育机会，并将提供将在现有的本科生和研究生课程和实验中介绍的材料。拟议的进一步发展网络控制系统实验室将在完成参与该项目的学生的教育方案方面发挥核心作用，并将为推广和留住学生活动提供一个枢纽。

0901846-EliaThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Objective: The objective of the proposed research is to study and explore mechanisms for the emergence of complex behavior in networked control systems based on the effects of limited information exchange on the collective dynamics, to propose ways to mitigate and control the effects of such behaviors, and to apply the findings to cooperative networked control applications.Intellectual Merit The proposal deals with the development of new analytical and computational tools for understanding and analyzing how uncertainty is generated, propagates, and can be managed in the system, based on the recent advancements in the integrated theory information and control. The novelty of our research, and its most transformative aspect, is that we focus on networked systems to develop new foundations for complex systems. As networked systems are the cradle for many complex behaviors, and will become even more central in the future society, and the explicit presence of communication links simplifies the analysis of the interplay between information and uncertainty propagation in the system.Broader Impacts The proposed research is in the network sciences. The education of a new generation of students and industry leaders, and society at large, as complex interconnected systems are becoming more widespread and dominant in today society. The mix of motivating applications and new theoretical problems offers a unique educational opportunity to the students that will be involved in the program, and will provide material that will be introduced in the existing undergraduate and graduate courses and labs. The proposed further development of a networked control systems laboratory will have a central role in completing the educational program of students involved in the project, as well as it will provide a hub for outreach and student retention activities.