A new focus in the science of networks: towards methods for design

A new focus in the science of networks: towards methods for design

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Article ID: iaor20091359
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 464
Issue: 2091
Start Page Number: 513
End Page Number: 535
Publication Date: Mar 2008
Journal: Proc Royal Soc A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences
Authors: , ,
Abstract:

In recent years, a realization that networks are ubiquitous in the natural and engineered worlds has led to a burgeoning interest in finding commonalities in their structures and dynamics. Here, we introduce a new design focus in this science of networks by proposing generic methods for synthesizing network controllers that exploit the topological structure. That is, we motivate a canonical controller synthesis problem for networks that has applications in such diverse areas as virus-spreading control and air traffic flow management. We address this design problem by using new techniques from decentralized control theory. Specifically, we mesh optimization machinery together with eigenvalue sensitivity and graph theory notions to identify general structural features of optimally actuated networks.

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