Graph theoretical methods to study controllability and leader selection for dead-time systems

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Avionics Research Institute

2 Electrical & Computer Engineering Department

Abstract

In this article a graph theoretical approach is employed to study some specifications of dynamic systems with time delay in the inputs and states‎, ‎such as structural controllability and observability‎. ‎First‎, ‎the zero and non-zero parameters of a proposed system have been determined‎, ‎next the general structure of the system is presented by a graph which is constructed by non-zero parameters‎. ‎The structural controllability and observability of the system is investigated using the corresponding graph‎. ‎Our results are expressed for multi-agents systems with dead-time‎. ‎As an application we find a minimum set of leaders to control a given multi-agent system‎.

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Volume 2, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
December 2013
Pages 25-36
  • Receive Date: 13 September 2013
  • Revise Date: 30 September 2013
  • Accept Date: 30 September 2013
  • Published Online: 01 December 2013