Recent Advances in Positive Networked Systems
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E2: Control Theory and Mechanics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 April 2026 | Viewed by 39
Special Issue Editors
Interests: positive systems; switched systems; multi-agent systems; optimal control
Interests: control systems; intelligent systems; cyber-physical systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Networked systems refer to interconnected systems that work together to achieve a distributed global goal. Examples can be found in various areas, including population models, epidemic networks, and transportation networks. However, the potential for analyzing networked systems has not been fully realized. Specifically, the positivity of the state, which is an inherent characteristic for certain practical variables in networked systems, such as traffic flows and infected populations, has been largely overlooked in most existing works on these systems. Given their wide range of applications, it is crucial to analyze these kinds of systems. Additionally, instinctively, obtaining more information about states leads to less conservative performance characterization and more effective control schemes. Motivated by this idea, this Special Issue aims to present research on the recent advances in positive networked systems.
Dr. Bohao Zhu
Prof. Dr. Xiaochen Xie
Dr. Chenchen Fan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- buffer network
- controllability
- large-scale network
- multi-agent systems
- networked systems
- optimization
- positive systems
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