On the controllability of networks with nonidentical linear nodes

"The controllability of dynamical networks depends on both network structure and node dynamics. For networks of linearly coupled linear dynamical systems the controllability of the network can be determined using the well-known Kalman rank criterion. In the case of identical nodes the problem can be...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Alejandra del Carmen Arreola Delgado; JUAN GONZALO BARAJAS RAMIREZ
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Estado:Submitted version
Data de publicação:2016
País:México
Recursos:IPICYT
Repositório:Repositorio Institucional del IPICYT
OAI Identifier:oai:ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1010/1735
Acesso em linha:http://ipicyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1010/1735
Nível de acesso:Acesso aberto
Palavra-chave:info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Network control
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Controllability
info:eu-repo/classification/Autor/Linear system
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/12
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Resumo:"The controllability of dynamical networks depends on both network structure and node dynamics. For networks of linearly coupled linear dynamical systems the controllability of the network can be determined using the well-known Kalman rank criterion. In the case of identical nodes the problem can be decomposed in local and structural contributions. However, for strictly different nodes an alternative approach is needed. We decomposed the controllability matrix into a structural component, which only depends on the networks structure and a dynamical component which includes the dynamical description of the nodes in the network. Using this approach we show that controllability of dynamical networks with strictly different linear nodes is dominated by the dynamical component. Therefore even a structurally uncontrollable network of different nn dimensional nodes becomes controllable if the dynamics of its nodes are properly chosen. Conversely, a structurally controllable network becomes uncontrollable for a given choice of the node’s dynamics. Furthermore, as nodes are not identical, we can have nodes that are uncontrollable in isolation, while the entire network is controllable, in this sense the node’s controllability is overwritten by the network even if the structure is uncontrollable. We illustrate our results using single-controller networks and extend our findings to conventional networks with large number of nodes."