This work investigates the containment control for linear multiagent systems. We assume that the systems are subject to periodic energy-limited denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, which prevent agent-to-agent data transmission. It is assumed that the Do...
An interval type-2 (IT-2) fuzzy control design method is developed to solve the formation and containment problem of nonlinear multi-boiler systems. In most practical industrial systems such as airplanes, vessels, and power plants, the boiler system...
This paper investigates the containment control problem of discrete-time first-order multi-agent system composed of multiple leaders and followers, and we propose a proportional-integral (PI) coordination control protocol. Assume that each follower h...
Aiming at the problem of hovercraft formation–containment control with compound perturbations including model uncertainties and ocean disturbances, a distributed control algorithm for underactuated hovercraft formation–containment is prop...
In this research, for a given time interval, which is the general period of melanoma treatment, a bilinear control model is considered, given by a system of differential equations, which describes the interaction between drug-sensitive and drug-resis...
With the proliferation of IoT sensors and devices, storing collected data in the cloud has become common. A wide variety of data with different purposes and forms are not directly stored in the cloud but are sent to the cloud via edge servers. At the...
This paper studies the bipartite containment tracking problem for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs), where the interactions among agents can be both cooperative or antagonistic. Firstly, by the dynamic linearization method, we propose a...
Container platforms ease the deployment of applications and respond to failures. The advantages of container platforms have promoted their use in information services. However, the use of container platforms is accompanied by associated security risk...
We consider a finite horizon multi-model linear-quadratic optimal control problem. For this problem, we treat the case where the problem’s functional does not contain a control function. The latter means that the problem under consideration is...
Fixed-time (FXT) containment control, which provides timely protective deployment of heterogeneous agents in non-ideal environments, can be essential in battles or other large dynamic scenarios. With this in mind, this paper comes up with a simplifie...
This paper focuses on the optimal containment control problem for the nonlinear multiagent systems with partially unknown dynamics via an integral reinforcement learning algorithm. By employing integral reinforcement learning, the requirement of the...
In this study, wireless sensor networks and time base generators are used to solve the fixed-time containment control problem in multi-agent systems with fixed topologies. A new event-triggered control protocol is proposed, which combines a fully dis...
The paper considers typical extremum problems that contain mean values of control variables or some functions of these variables. Relationships between such problems and cyclic modes of dynamical systems are explained and optimality conditions for th...
In this paper, a distributed output-feedback control law is proposed to explore the containment control problem for uncertain multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics. First, unlike the existing control schemes, an improved observer-based robust c...
This paper is concerned with the stability analysis and design of the n-DOF (n-degree-of-freedom) mass-chain vibration systems containing both semi-active and passive mechanical controllers. Based on Lyapunov’s stability theory, sufficient cond...
Recent research has found situations where the identification of agent goals could be purposefully controlled, either by changing the underlying environment to make it easier, or exploiting it during agent planning to delay the opponent’s goal...
To study an uncertain case of a control problem, we consider the symmetric F-n-NLS which is induced by a dynamic norm inspired by a random norm, distribution functions, and fuzzy sets. In this space, we consider a random multi-valued equation contain...
For optimal control problems of Bolza involving time-state-control mixed constraints, containing inequalities and equalities, fixed initial end-point, variable final end-point, and nonlinear dynamics, sufficient conditions for weak minima are derived...
This paper focuses on addressing the linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control problem on an infinite time horizon for stochastic systems controlled by impulses. No constraint regarding the sign of the quadratic functional is applied. That is why our fir...
In this paper, we consider the application of the zero-order mini-batch optimization method in the problem of finding optimal control of a pencil of trajectories of nonlinear deterministic systems in the case of incomplete information about the state...
This article investigates a class of multi-agent systems (MASs) with known dynamics external disturbances, where the communication graph is directed, and the followers have undirected connections. To eliminate the impacts of external disturbance, the...
The full electrification of ports is a promising prospect for saving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The control scheme of the reefer container is particularly important for the energy management of the port, as the operation of the ree...
This paper considers the disturbance decoupling problem by the dynamic measurement feedback for discrete-time nonlinear control systems. To solve this problem, the algebraic approach, called the logic-dynamic approach, is used. Such an approach assum...
A servicing spacecraft motion control approach for the problem of on-orbit truss structure assembly is developed in this paper. It is considered that a cargo container with a rod set and servicing spacecraft are in orbit initially. The assembly proce...
A practical fixed-time robust containment control method for multiple autonomous surface vehicles (multi-ASVs) is proposed in this study. This method addresses the containment control problem of multi-ASVs, considering both collision risks and extern...
The paper considers the problem of invariance with respect to the unknown input for discrete-time nonlinear dynamic systems. To solve the problem, the algebraic approaches, called algebra of functions and logic–dynamic approach, are used. Such...
A SEIR control model describing the Ebola epidemic in a population of a constant size is considered over a given time interval. It contains two intervention control functions reflecting efforts to protect susceptible individuals from infected and exp...
This work presents a methodology to solve optimization problems with dynamic-size solution vectors containing continuous and integer variables. It is achieved by reformulating the original problem through a bilevel optimization approach and implement...
This paper proposes an adaptive distributed hybrid control approach to investigate the output containment tracking problem of heterogeneous wide-area networks with intermittent communication. First, a clustered network is modeled for a wide-area scen...
The paper is devoted to the problem of the decentralized control of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) formation in the case of parametric uncertainty. A new version of the feedback linearization approach is proposed and used for a point mass UAV model tr...
The current study explores the fully distributed containment control problem of fractional-order time-delay multi-agent systems by introducing a novel pull-based dynamic event-triggered approach. Firstly, to reduce communication overhead and mitigate...
This paper proposes a novel framework for the online fault-tolerant control of hypersonic flight vehicles (HFV). The framework contains two steps. Firstly, based on the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital twin (DT) technology, a hypersonic flight ve...
The paper presents a new mathematical model of TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) link functioning in a heterogeneous (wired/wireless) channel. It represents a controllable, partially observable stochastic dynamic system. The system state describes...
This paper investigates the secondary control problem of shipboard microgrids (SMGs) with a high percentage of new energy sources under general noise. Firstly, a polymorphic SMG model is constructed, which enables the software-defined functionality o...
With increasing attention on containment control problems in several areas, we investigate this specific problem which can be more practical. Systems with nonconvex input and position constraints are common but can be strongly nonlinear. A distribute...
This paper contains an example of a simulation implementation of sliding mode control algorithms for the problem of adjusting the linear position of a quadrotor. A mathematical model of the drone was proposed, which was then implemented in a simulati...
This study refines the methodology for solving stochastic optimal control problems with quality criteria that include the sum of the quality functional of the classical formulation and an extremal measure. A two-level optimization solution of these k...
Since ancient times, maritime transportation has played a very important role for the global trade and economy of many countries. The volumes of all major types of cargo, which are transported by vessels, has substantially increased in recent years....
This article presents a construction prototype of a delta 4-DoF (Degree of Freedom) parallel robot. The structure of kinematic chain was described and the problem of inverse kinematic was formulated and solved. The author also proposed a concept of a...
With the growing energy crisis and environmental problems, distributed photovoltaic (PV), as a clean and renewable form of energy, is receiving more and more attention. However, the large-scale access to distributed PV brings a series of challenges t...
This paper studies the containment control problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems (MASs) with multiple leaders. The follower agent dynamics are assumed to be unknown and nonlinear. First, each follower is transformed into an incremental data de...
There is tremendous interest in designing feedback strategy control for clusters in modern control theory. We propose a novel numerical solution to target team control problems by using the Hamilton formalism methods. In order to ensure the smooth wi...
Being overweight or obese can predispose people to chronic diseases and metabolic disorders such as cardiovascular illnesses, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, and cancer, which are costly public health problems and leading causes of mortality wor...
In this paper, a novel adaptive second-order sliding mode (2-SM) control approach, based on online zero-crossing detection, was proposed to solve the problems of the chattering and fixed control gain for buck converters with multi-disturbances. In mo...
The global spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has accounted for many deaths. The effective containment of the current COVID-19 epidemic calls for a fast and sustainable delivery strategy to minimize the impact of this crisis. As such, this st...
The paper deals with an infinite-horizon optimal control problem with general asymptotic endpoint constraints. The fulfillment of constraints of this type can be viewed as the minimal necessary condition for the sustainability of solutions. A new ver...
We revise and slightly generalize some variational problems related to the “informational approach” in the classical optimization problem for automatic control systems which was popular from 1970–1990. We find extremals for various...
In this paper, the tracking control problem of a class of fuzzy approximation-based noncanonical nonlinear systems with hysteresis inputs is investigated, where the fuzzy weight matrix is not available for measurement, and the hysteresis nonlineariti...
This paper investigates the problem of output feedback attitude control for rigid spacecraft subject to inertia matrix uncertainty, space disturbance, and input saturation. Firstly, a model transformation is adopted to convert an attitude system with...
Control-flow statements often cause misunderstandings among novice computer science students. To better address these problems, teachers need to know the misconceptions that are typical at this stage. In this paper, we present the results of studying...
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