in this article a graph theoretical approach is employed to study some specifications of dynamic systems with time delay in the inputs and states, such as structural controllability and observability. first, the zero and non-zero parameters of a proposed system have been determined, next the general structure of the system is presented by a graph which is constructed by non-zero parameters. the...

In order to explore the essence of structural controllability, structural controllability of inverted pendulum is analyzed in this presented study and a sufficient controllability condition of a class of perturbed linear system is obtained, which is essential to prove the structural controllability for the perturbed inverted pendulum. Two different structured models of inverted pendulum are con...

In this article, we investigate the controllability of multi-agent systems with leaders as control inputs, where the interconnection is directed and weighted. We employ weight-balanced partition to classify the interconnection graphs, and study the controllable subspaces with given nontrivial weight-balanced partition. We also provide two necessary and sufficient graph conditions on structural ...

In the last years, the dynamic control of switched systems have attracted considerable interest, because these systems arise in many engineering fields. Controllability and observability of such systems, which are fundamental qualitative properties, have been studied by various researchers. In this work we focus on structural controllability/observability, using geometrical techniques as minive...

Controlling complex networks is of paramount importance in science and engineering. Despite the recent development of structural controllability theory, we continue to lack a framework to control undirected complex networks, especially given link weights. Here we introduce an exact controllability paradigm based on the maximum multiplicity to identify the minimum set of driver nodes required to...

This paper introduces a new controllability notion, termed partial strong structural (PSSC), on structured system whose entries of matrices are either fixed zero or indeterminate, which naturally extends the conventional (SSC) and bridges gap between SSC. Dividing indeterminate into two categories, generic unspecified entries, is PSSC, if for almost all values in parameter space except set meas...

In this paper the structural controllability of a class of a nonlinear system is investigated. The transfer function (matrix) of nonlinear systems is obtained by putting the nonlinear system model on non-commutative ring. Conditions of structural controllability of nonlinear systems are presented according to the criterion of linear systems structural controllability in frequency domain. An exa...

Structural controllability has been proposed as an analytical framework for making predictions regarding the control of complex networks across myriad disciplines in the physical and life sciences (Liu et al., Nature:473(7346):167-173, 2011). Although the integration of control theory and network analysis is important, we argue that the application of the structural controllability framework to...

In this paper, the structural controllability of switched linear systems is investigated. In particular, switched linear systems with independent subsystem models are studied. The structural controllability is a generalization of the traditional controllability concept for dynamical systems, and purely based on the graphic topologies among state and input vertices. First, two kinds of graphic r...

This paper considers the controllability problem for multi-agent systems. In particular, the structural controllability of multi-agent systems under switching topologies is investigated. The structural controllability of multi-agent systems is a generalization of the traditional controllability concept for dynamical systems, and purely based on the communication topologies among agents. The mai...