Due to the progress in wireless networks and Internet of Things (IoT), many control systems can be implemented via networked control, i.e. by closing the control loop through data/communication networks. The presence of networked-induced constraints in the network, as well as the presence of many dynamical systems sharing the same network creates several challenges. The interest of the group is to address networked control systems with large uncertainty in the system or in the communication environment, requiring adaptive techniques to face such uncertainty, and requiring to couple online estimation with switching/hybrid control.
Representative Themes
- Control with networked-induced constraints (dropouts, delays, etc.)
- Communication-aware control
- Adaptive synchronization
Representative Applications
- Control of Internet of Things (IoT), control via wireless networks
- Internet congestion control
- Cyber-security, Resilience to cyber-attacks
- Cognitive radio networks
Representative Results
- Hong H., Baldi S., Yu W., and Yu X., “Distributed time-varying optimization of second-order multi-agent systems under limited interaction ranges”, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 2021. doi:10.1109/TCYB.2021.3128051
- Yuan S., Zhang L., and Baldi S., “Adaptive stabilization of impulsive switched linear time-delay systems: a piecewise dynamic gain approach”. Automatica, Vol. 103, pp. 322-329, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.automatica.2019.02.004
- Baldi S., Yuan S., and Frasca P., “Output synchronization of unknown heterogeneous agents via distributed model reference adaptation”, IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems, Vol. 6(2), pp. 515-525, 2019. doi:10.1109/TCNS.2018.2844260