基于agen t 的城市交通信号控制

利用agent技术对城市交通信号控制进行研究．首先给出了区域agent(ARA)的组成和结构，然后给出了城市交通控制的模型和协调算法．基于agent技术的城市交通控制系统能对交通状况进行实时反映和处理．在此模型基础上，应用博弈论的相关知识给出城市交通信号协调控制算法．最后通过仿真程序验证了该模型和算法的有效性和实用性．     

Agent-based simulation systems for emergency management

Emergencies, which are very difficult to be forecasted, would always bring about huge harm to people. Therefore, to find ways to reduce such devastating effects, researches on emergency management have turned to be paramount. Nowadays, the rapid development of computer technology has supplied a new and effective idea for the researches of emergency management, namely that the researches can be done in computers by performing simulation experiments according to the artificial societies, computational experiments, parallel execution (ACP) approach. Guided by this approach, this paper has proposed one agent-based prototype simulation system to research emergency management. Firstly, structure of the simulation system oriented to emergency management was analyzed and designed. Then a simulation system oriented to public health emergency management was constructed to study the transmission of infectious diseases. Finally, several experiments were carried out based on the system, with several significant conclusions having also been obtained.     

Guaranteed cost control for networked control systems

The guaranteed cost control problem for networked control systems (NCSs) is addressed under conmmnication constraints and varying sampling rate. First of all, a simple inFormation-scheduling scheme is presented to describe the scheduling approach of system signals in NCSs. Then, based on such a scheme and given sampling method, the design procedure in dynarmic output feedback manner is also derived which renders the closed loop system to be asymptotically stable and guarantees an upper bound of the LQ pefformance cost function.     

Resilient control for wireless networked control systems

This paper proposes an approach to quantify the concept of resiliency in terms of Quality of Control (QoC) of a control system. Based on this concept, an intelligent resilient control algorithm (RCA) is presented for wireless networked control systems (WNCS) to maintain operational normalcy in face of wireless interference incidents, such as Radio Frequency (RF) jamming and signal blocking. The proposed algorithm closes the control loop with wireless sensors feasible by significantly increasing control system’s tolerance to data packet loss and delay caused by wireless interference. The proposed algorithm, along with other well developed wireless technologies, has the potential to enable implementing wireless sensors widely in the next generation of industrial automation and control systems.     

事件驱动的网络化系统最优控制

针对随机事件驱动的网络化控制系统, 研究其中的有限时域和无限时域内最优控制器的设计问题. 首先, 根据执行器介质访问机制将网络化控制系统建模为具有多个状态的马尔科夫跳变系统; 然后, 基于动态规划和马尔科夫跳变线性系统理论设计满足二次型性能指标的最优控制序列, 通过求解耦合黎卡提方程的镇定解, 给出最优控制律的计算方法, 使得网络化控制系统均方指数稳定; 最后, 通过仿真实验表明了所提出方法的有效性.

     

网络控制系统在线时延估计控制

从网络控制系统的实际应用出发，在不附加网络同步时钟和对时廷特征的高线假设下，运用通讯技术中的网络协议对网络时廷进行在线估计；在此基础上，运用最优控制为网络控制系统设计控制器。通过基于CAN总线的实验系统所得结果验证了上述设计的有效性。     

Model predictive control for networked control systems

This paper investigates the problem of model predictive control for a class of networked control systems. Both sensor‐to‐controller and controller‐to‐actuator delays are considered and described by Markovian chains. The resulting closed‐loop systems are written as jump linear systems with two modes. The control scheme is characterized as a constrained delay‐dependent optimization problem of the worst‐case quadratic cost over an infinite horizon at each sampling instant. A linear matrix inequality approach for the controller synthesis is developed. It is shown that the proposed state feedback model predictive controller guarantees the stochastic stability of the closed‐loop system. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

网络控制系统的预测补偿

针对网络控制系统中存在长时延和数据丢包的情况,通过在控制器节点前设置缓冲器,并设计预估控制产生器和时延补偿器,提出了一种预测补偿控制方案,有效地克服了长时延、数据丢包和时序错乱问题对实际网络控制系统稳定性所造成的影响．证明了采用上述控制方案时闭环网络控制系统的稳定性,最后提供的仿真实例验证了该控制方案的有效性．     

Agent-based architecture for designing hybrid control systems

When designing very complex control strategy using hybrid technology, one usually faces the challenge of balancing effective realization of multi-control modeling with design simplicity. To better manage this difficulty we have used the agent paradigm as a simple and powerful bridge between asynchronous/distributed computation and Matlab environment. The proposed architecture has been used to design a complex hybrid control environment using multi-objective, fuzzy c-means, and genetic algorithms optimization to design hybrid control strategies suitable for the energy flows management on board of hybrid electric vehicles.     

Controller synthesis for networked control systems

This paper presents a discrete-time model for networked control systems (NCSs) that incorporates all network phenomena: time-varying sampling intervals, packet dropouts and time-varying delays that may be both smaller and larger than the sampling interval. Based on this model, constructive LMI conditions for controller synthesis are derived, such that stabilizing state-feedback controllers can be designed. Besides the proposed controller synthesis conditions a comparison is made between the use of parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions and Lyapunov-Krasovskii functions for stability analysis. Several examples illustrate the effectiveness of the developed theory.     

Communication and control co-design for networked control systems

This paper discusses the stabilization of a networked control system (NCS) in which sensors and actuators of a plant exchange information with a remote controller via a shared communication medium. Access to that medium is governed by a pair of periodic communication sequences. Under the model utilized here, the controller and plant handle communication disruptions by “ignoring” (in a sense to be made precise) sensors and actuators that are not actively communicating. This choice has the effect of significantly reducing the complexity of selecting control/communication policies. It is shown that, for discrete-time NCS, the reachability and observability of the plant can be preserved if the communication sequences are chosen properly. We propose a method for exponentially stabilizing a NCS by first identifying a pair of communication sequences that preserve reachability and observability and then designing an observer-based feedback controller based on those sequences.     

Robust stabilisation control for discrete-time networked control systems

We consider the analysis and synthesis of discrete-time networked control systems (NCSs), where the plant has additive uncertainty and the controller is updated with the sensor information at stochastic time intervals. It is shown that the problem is linked to H_∞-control of linear discrete-time stochastic systems and a new small gain theorem is established. Based on this result, sufficient conditions are given for ensuring mean square stability of the NCS, and the genetic algorithm is utilised to design the controller of the NCS based on a linear matrix inequality technique. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed method.     

Lurie网络化控制系统的保性能控制

以不确定Lurie系统作为被控对象,研究其在网络环境下的保性能控制问题.在同时考虑随机网络诱导时延和数据丢包的情况下,建立不确定Lurie网络化控制系统模型;利用Lyapunov方法分别给出了存在结构不确定性和范数有界的不确定性时,Lurie网络化控制系统保性能控制器的设计方法.所得结果是以线性矩阵不等式的形式给出的,便于数值求解.最后以数值实例说明了所提出方法的可行性和有效性.     

Quantized output feedback control for networked control systems

This paper addresses the problem of output feedback control for networked control systems (NCSs) with limited communication capacity. Firstly, we propose a new model to describe the non-ideal network conditions and the input/output state quantization of the NCSs in a unified framework. Secondly, based on our newly proposed model and an improved separation lemma, the observer-based controller is developed for the asymptotical stabilization of the NCSs, which are shown in terms of nonlinear matrices inequalities. The nonlinear problems can be computed through solving a convex optimization problems, and the observed and controller gains could be derived by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities. Thirdly, two simulation examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Agent-based management of support systems for distributed brainstorming

In this paper, we describe the design and the management of an agent-based system that supports distributed brainstorming activities. The support system is a highly coordinated IoT application composed of many locally installed interface devices, multimedia communication functions, and cloud functions that process application logic and store meeting data. The system is designed to support a variety of brainstorming sessions, so its functionalities must be modifiable and enable the system to be adapted to different environments and user requirements without any loss of performance. System accessibility should be also ensured from any location for any user. These constraints require a flexible and usable support system.We further discuss the aspects of flexibility and usability that are important in a support system for distributed brainstorming, from which we propose a conceptual schema for flexible and usable support systems. To realize this schema, we present a resource-oriented architecture that can modify the brainstorming support system’s structure and functions. Flexibility is achieved thanks to an agent-based system that manages resources and operates on them according to users’ requests.We also describe the system architecture, which is organized around a set of channels dedicated to different services proposed to the users. We present in detail a video channel that ensures user awareness during synchronized activities. We then conduct several experiments verifying the usability of important channels in the architecture and present the results of these experiments.Finally, we discuss experimental scenarios that show how the system owes its adaptability to management based on an agent organization that supports distributed brainstorming and other activities.     

Adaptive mechanism-based congestion control for networked systems

In order to assure the communication quality in network systems with heavy traffic and limited bandwidth, a new ATRED (adaptive thresholds random early detection) congestion control algorithm is proposed for the congestion avoidance and resource management of network systems. Different to the traditional AQM (active queue management) algorithms, the control parameters of ATRED are not configured statically, but dynamically adjusted by the adaptive mechanism. By integrating with the adaptive strategy, ATRED alleviates the tuning difficulty of RED (random early detection) and shows a better control on the queue management, and achieve a more robust performance than RED under varying network conditions. Furthermore, a dynamic transmission control protocol–AQM control system using ATRED controller is introduced for the systematic analysis. It is proved that the stability of the network system can be guaranteed when the adaptive mechanism is finely designed. Simulation studies show the proposed ATRED algorithm achieves a good performance in varying network environments, which is superior to the RED and Gentle-RED algorithm, and providing more reliable service under varying network conditions.     

Error encoding algorithms for networked control systems

A networked control system is characterized by having a feedback loop closed through a local area network. This paper considers methods for scheduling the use of the network to guarantee both stability and controller performance. We propose and validate algorithms for choosing message identifiers for dynamically scheduled networked control systems. Two schemes for selecting priority levels are proposed: a fixed arbitrary grid and an auto-scaling grid. We prove that the system is uniformly ultimately bounded in the case of the fixed encoding scheme, and asymptotically stable with auto-scaling. An inverted pendulum is used to illustrate the encoding methods.     

Try-once-discard scheduling for stochastic networked control systems

In practical networked control systems (NCS), such as smart grids, cooperative robotics, and sensor networks, often multiple control applications share a communication infrastructure, requiring a smart and efficient scheduling mechanism to coordinate the access to the capacity-limited communication medium. In this article we consider the problem of event-based scheduling design for NCSs consisting of multiple control loops over a shared communication medium. We extend the notion of Try-Once-Discard (TOD), which is one of the basic deterministic event-based scheduling protocols for resource constrained NCSs, to the case of multiple stochastic control systems coupled via a shared communication medium subject to capacity limitation and stochastic packet delivery failure. Showing that the overall network-induced error is a homogeneous Markov chain in our stochastic set-up, we first study stability properties of such networked systems under the TOD scheduling scheme employing the concepts of stochastic stability. Then, we derive sufficient stability conditions under the TOD rule assuming that the communication channel is not ideal, i.e. a scheduled data packet for transmission might be lost in the communication channel with a non-zero probability. Furthermore, we derive analytic performance bounds by finding uniform upper-bounds for an average quadratic cost function. The numerical simulations are performed for variety of system parameters and NCS set-ups to strengthen our stability claim as well as illustrating performance bounds. Additionally, we show that the TOD scheduling rule outperforms the conventional time-triggered, and uniform and non-uniform random channel access arbitration mechanisms, in terms of efficient coordination of channel access in stochastic NCSs.     

面向大规模网络化系统的分布式预测控制

本文将近年来关于网络化分布式预测控制(distributed model predictive contro, DMPC)设计的结果进行了总结 概述. DMPC不仅仅继承了预测控制的优点而且还有分布式控制框架的特点. 首先, 介绍了分布式控制的系统结构设计; 然后, 依据预测控制中的性能指标, 从3个方面对DMPC进行了介绍: 基于局部性能指标的DMPC, 基于邻域指标的 DMPC和基于全局指标的DMPC. 最后, 选取3个典型例子来说明一些DMPC的有效性.     

网络化运动控制系统的动态带宽分配策略

针对网络化运动控制系统带宽限制和静态分配无法有效利用带宽资源的问题,提出了基于控制性能指标和当前网络状态的动态带宽分配策略.在保证各控制环最小可用带宽的前提下,根据定义的代价函数优化分配剩余带宽资源,实现带宽使用的最小化和系统性能的最大化.从算法实现的角度,按平衡状态、扰动状态和最大需求状态给出了3种典型的带宽分配方案,仿真结果证明了方案的有效性.