Synchronization of dynamical networks by network control

Tao Liu (The Australian National University)

SYSTEMS AND CONTROL SERIES

DATE: 2011-05-06
TIME: 11:00:00 - 12:00:00
LOCATION: RSISE Seminar Room, ground floor, building 115, cnr. North and Daley Roads, ANU
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ABSTRACT:
Due to its potential applications in various fields, synchronization as an emergent phenomenon of dynamical networks has attracted a great deal of attention. In this talk, we will focus on locally controlled synchronization of dynamical networks by introducing a distributed controller which has a different network structure from the original network, and we refer to this configuration as a feedback network. Nonlinear optimization algorithms are used to find such a distributed controller. In addition, when a single controller can not be found to synchronize the network, a switching mechanism is introduced into the controller network. The problem of how to identify the synchronizing switching signal as well as how to construct the candidate controllers is also discussed.
BIO:
Tao Liu received the B.E. degree from Northeastern University, Shenyang, China, in 2003. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in the Research School of Engineering at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. His research interests include switched systems and dynamical networks.

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TAO ANU 06-05-11.pdf