Controlling Collective Dynamics of Underactuated Ensembles
Abstract
This project will systematically investigate fundamental properties, such as ensemble controllability, to understand the theoretical limits of modulating ensemble activity and dynamic structures with respect to exogenous inputs, and develop effective computational methods for the design of optimal external inputs to engineer dynamical structures in ensemble systems and networks. Successful work in the proposed research direction will substantially advance our understanding of complex ensemble systems and directly contribute to new developments in control and systems theory, which supports the research mission of the AFOSR. It will also broaden seminal applications by enabling tractable methods for optimal control designs in quantum transport, atom cooling, brain stimulation, circadian biology, information encoding, and nanoscale chemical cyber-physical computing devices, for which the ability to control the time evolution and dynamic structures, e.g., synchrony, of ensemble systems is fundamental.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- May 02, 2017
- Source ID
- FA95501710166
Entities
People
- Jr-Shin Li
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- Washington University in St. Louis