Thesis
Synchronization of multiple rotating systems
Washington State University
Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
2007
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103676
Abstract
In recent years, distributed control systems have been the topic of a vast amount of research and literature due to their advantages over their centralized counterparts. A significant advantage is that a network of cummunicating agents can work in a cooperative manner to achieve complex dynamic tasks. Tasks that have garnered much attention are those of agreement--those in which agents with differing initial opinions/states must reach a common opinion. This thesis examines agreement tasks for networks whose agents have states that are cyclic entities. Since the states are cyclic entities, even the simplest control laws can result in mode lock, an undesirable stable equilibrium where the states of the agents are not alligned. There have been methods proposed in the past for designing controllers that eliminate mode lock. One such method is a nonlinear control law, which we deconstruct in detail, and use our findings to influence a linear static control design. We carefully explain mode lock and propose new heuristic algorithms for linear static control design to eliminate mode lock.
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- Title
- Synchronization of multiple rotating systems
- Creators
- James Slade
- Contributors
- Sandip Roy (Degree Supervisor)Ali Saberi (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Science (MS), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525401101842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis