2 research outputs found
Controllability of a Class of Heterogeneous Networked Systems
No full textThis paper examines the controllability of a class of heterogeneous networked systems where the nodes are linear time-invariant systems (LTI), and the network topology is triangularizable. The literature contains necessary and sufficient conditions for the controllability of such systems where the control input matrices are identical in each node. Here, we extend this result to a class of heterogeneous systems where the control input matrices are distinct in each node. Additionally, we discuss the controllability of a more general system with triangular network topology and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for controllability. Theoretical results are supplemented with numerical examples
Controllability of a Class of Nonlinear Networked Systems
No full textVarious controllability conditions have been obtained by researchers for heterogeneous networked systems with linear dynamics. However, the literature for nonlinear, heterogeneous networked systems is comparatively less. In this paper we analyse the controllabiity aspect of a nonlinearly perturbed linear networked system. The basic assumption is that the linear system is controllable and the nonlinear perturbation functions satisfy Holder continuity condition and in particular Lipschitz condition. The Boyd-Wong fixed point theorem is employed to prove controllability of the nonlinear system. The result is illustrated with numerical examples
