Abstract:This paper proposes a new method for the design of decentralized controllers for large scale systems. The controllers are designed in two steps. In the first step, a powerful assignment algorithm is used to pair the system's inputs and outputs and to identity clusters of strongly interacting subsystems. Then, a decomposition condition is derived which allows for the controller of each of these subsystems to be designed separately. Thus the original problem of designing the decentralized controller becomes that… Show more
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