Optimal Design of Distributed Control and Embedded Systems focuses on
the design of special control and scheduling algorithms based on system
structural properties as well as on analysis of the influence of induced
time-delay on systems performances. It treats the optimal design of
distributed and embedded control systems (DCESs) with respect to
communication and calculation-resource constraints, quantization
aspects, and potential time-delays induced by the associated
communication and calculation model.
Particular emphasis is put on optimal control signal scheduling based on
the system state. In order to render this complex optimization problem
feasible in real time, a time decomposition is based on periodicity
induced by the static scheduling is operated. The authors present a
co-design approach which subsumes the synthesis of the optimal control
laws and the generation of an optimal schedule of control signals on
real-time networks as well as the execution of control tasks on a single
processor. The authors also operate a control structure modification or
a control switching based on a thorough analysis of the influence of the
induced time-delay system influence on stability and system performance
in order to optimize DCES performance in case of calculation and
communication resource limitations. Although the richness and variety of
classes of DCES preclude a completely comprehensive treatment or a
single "best" method of approaching them all, this co-design approach
has the best chance of rendering this problem feasible and finding the
optimal or some sub-optimal solution. The text is rounded out with
references to such applications as car suspension and unmanned vehicles.
Optimal Design of Distributed Control and Embedded Systems will be of
most interest to academic researchers working on the mathematical theory
of DCES but the wide range of environments in which they are used also
promotes the relevance of the text for control practitioners working in
the avionics, automotive, energy-production, space exploration and many
other industries.
