Minimizing Interconnection of Subsystems in Large-Scale Interconnected Systems using Generalized Sampling
| Authors: | Becerril-Arreola Rafael, Concordia University, Canada
Aghdam Amir G., Concordia University, Canada
Davison Edward J., University of Toronto, Canada |
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| Topic: | 5.4 Large Scale Complex Systems |
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| Session: | Large Scale Complex Systems |
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| Keywords: | Decentralized control, Large-scale system, Discretization, Operations research, Linear systems, Generalized sampled-data hold functions |
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Abstract
This paper studies the application of generalized sampled-data hold functions in minimizing the strength of the interconnections between the subsystems of large-scale interconnected systems. To this end, it proposes a quadratic programming approach to the minimization of the magnitude of specific elements of the transfer function matrix of a discrete-time equivalent system. The proposed approach is complemented by introducing a method to evaluate its effectiveness. A quantitative measure for the degree of hierarchicalness of the discrete-time equivalent model is also given.
