Structural Controllability of Switching Max-Plus Linear Systems

Journal Article (2020)
Author(s)

Abhimanyu Gupta (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Ton van den Boom (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Jacob van der Woude (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)

Bart De Schutter (TU Delft - Mechanical Engineering)

Research Group
Team Bart De Schutter
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2020.12.2587 Final published version
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Publication Year
2020
Language
English
Research Group
Team Bart De Schutter
Issue number
2
Volume number
53
Pages (from-to)
1936-1942
Event
21st IFAC World Congress (2020-07-12 - 2020-07-17), Berlin, Germany
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Abstract

We introduce a framework for studying controllability properties of discrete-event systems modelled as switching max-plus linear systems. In this framework, we generalise the notion of structural controllability to include the switching phenomenon. Such models provide an additional discrete input to change the synchronisation and/or ordering constraints of the system. In this paper, we solve the problem of assigning the throughput of the system by suitable controller configurations. In particular, we formulate structural conditions for the existence of controllers achieving stable stationary behaviour. We also classify the achievable throughput under different controller configurations.