Signal propagation in complex networks

P Ji, J Ye, Y Mu, W Lin, Y Tian, C Hens, M Perc, Y Tang… - Physics reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Signal propagation in complex networks drives epidemics, is responsible for information
going viral, promotes trust and facilitates moral behavior in social groups, enables the …

A survey on aerial swarm robotics

SJ Chung, AA Paranjape, P Dames… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of aerial swarms to solve real-world problems has been increasing steadily,
accompanied by falling prices and improving performance of communication, sensing, and …

On team decision problems with nonclassical information structures

AA Malikopoulos - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider sequential dynamic team decision problems with nonclassical
information structures. First, we address the problem from the point of view of a “manager” …

Leader selection in networks under switching topologies with antagonistic interactions

K Chen, W He, QL Han, M Xue, Y Tang - Automatica, 2022 - Elsevier
In leader–follower networks, leader selection is an important issue, and efficient schemes of
selecting a group of leaders are sought to guarantee the desired coordination performance …

Actuator placement under structural controllability using forward and reverse greedy algorithms

B Guo, O Karaca, T Summers… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Actuator placement is an active field of research, which has received significant attention for
its applications in complex dynamical networks. In this article, we study the problem of …

Strong structural controllability of networks: Comparison of bounds using distances and zero forcing

Y Yazıcıoğlu, M Shabbir, W Abbas, X Koutsoukos - Automatica, 2022 - Elsevier
We study the strong structural controllability (SSC) of networks, where the external control
inputs are injected to only some nodes, namely the leaders. For such systems, one measure …

On node controllability and observability in complex dynamical networks

FL Iudice, F Sorrentino… - IEEE Control Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We analyze in detail the subtle yet critical differences between the controllability and
observability properties of the triplet (A, B, C) in the two cases that this is viewed as a …

Minimal leader selection in general linear multi-agent systems with switching topologies: Leveraging submodularity ratio

K Chen, W He, WX Zheng, W Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In multi-agent systems with leader-follower dynamics, choosing a subset of agents as
leaders is a critical step in achieving the desired coordination performance. In this study, by …

Performance guarantees for greedy maximization of non-submodular controllability metrics

T Summers, M Kamgarpour - 2019 18th European Control …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A key problem in emerging complex cyber-physical networks is the design of information
and control topologies, including sensor and actuator selection and communication network …

Actuator placement for optimizing network performance under controllability constraints

B Guo, O Karaca, T Summers… - 2019 IEEE 58th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rising importance of large-scale network control, the problem of actuator placement
has received increasing attention. Our goal in this paper is to find a set of actuators …