Closed-Loop Hierarchical Control of Military Air Operations
Abstract
Real-time, closed-loop optimization and control of enterprise -scale dynamic systems remains a challenging problem. Draper's approach combines the theories of decomposition of large-scale optimization problems and distributed control. The structure of the decomposed solution to the optimization problem forms a basis for our controller architecture. In contrast to ad hoc approaches to decomposing large-scale problems, our approach: (a) results in a distributed system in which situation assessment, problem solving and decision-making across C2 nodes collectively address enterprise-wide objectives; (b) provides significant insight into the nature of the feedback required to close the loop" around each C2 node in the decomposed problem; and (c) defines the interactions among the C2 nodes to solve the enterprise-wide problem.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA408470
Entities
People
- Janet Lepanto
- Milton B. Adams
- Owen Deutsch
Organizations
- Charles Stark Draper Laboratory