Predicting and Controlling Systems of Interdependent Networks Exploiting Interdependence for Control

Abstract

The overarching goal of our project is to understand the origins of collective phenomena in complex networks and how to control such phenomena. We are particularly interesting in leveraging the interdependence of networks for control purposes. Our goals range from developing basic theoretical underpinnings - including new mathematical tools and new understanding of nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics and phase transitions - to implementing control in real-world test beds, including networks of nanoelectromechanical (NEMs) oscillators, interdependent critical infrastructure networks, and the multi-faceted networks of macaque monkey societies. Ultimately we wish to understand and control how disparate collections of autonomous agents interacting through numerous networks with myriad time-scales and length-scales give rise to collective phenomena, such as cooperation, competition and conflict, and how the state of the agents, the networks, and the noisy and dynamic environment shape the collective behaviors through feedbacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 2020
Accession Number
AD1203029

Entities

Organizations

  • University of California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Complex Systems
  • Computational Science
  • Data Mining
  • Data Science
  • Databases
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Load Monitoring
  • Machine Learning
  • Mathematical Filters
  • Mathematical Models
  • Mechanics
  • Network Science
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Operations Research
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Random Variables
  • Risk Analysis
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • International Relations and European Studies

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics