Distributed sensing and control under information constraints

在可重构传感器网络和大规模系统中，分散是必要的，因为如果系统是集中的，则需要穷尽的计算和通信。这种分散的传感和控制体系结构在许多领域都有应用，包括环境检测、救援行动、交通管理、编队控制和航空航天技术。在这样的系统中，对部分信息的价值的理解和利用是非常关键的。这种系统的组件之间的信息传输可以通过带宽受限的有线信道或诸如因特网和无线网络的噪声信道。

Decentralization is a necessity in reconfigurable sensor networks and large-scale systems, due to exhaustive computation and communication requirements if the systems were centralized. Such decentralized sensing and control architectures have applications in many areas including environmental detection, rescue operations, traffic management, formation control, and aerospace technology. In such systems, the understanding of the value of partial information and the utilization of it is very critical. The information transfer between the components of such systems can be through bandlimited wireline channels or noisy channels such as the Internet and wireless networks.