Improved control for distributed parameter systems with time-dependent spatial domains utilizing mobile sensor-actuator networks

A guidance policy for controller performance enhancement utilizing mobile sensor-actuator networks （MSANs） is proposed for a class of distributed parameter systems （DPSs）, which are governed by diffusion partial differential equations （PDEs） with time-dependent spatial domains. Several sufficient conditions for controller performance enhancement are presented. First, the infinite dimensional operator theory is used to derive an abstract evolution equation of the systems under some rational assumptions on the operators, and a static output feedback controller is designed to control the spatial process. Then, based on Lyapunov stability arguments, guidance policies for collocated and non-collocated MSANs are provided to enhance the performance of the proposed controller, which show that the time-dependent characteristic of the spatial domains can significantly affect the design of the mobile scheme. Finally, a simulation example illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed policy.

An Improved Cooperative Team Spraying Control of a Diffusion Process With a Moving or Static Pollution Source

This paper is concerned with a control problem of a diffusion process with the help of static mesh sensor networks in a certain region of interest and a team of networked mobile actuators carrying chemical neutralizers.The major contribution of this paper can be divided into three parts:the first is the construction of a cyber-physical system framework based on centroidal Voronoi tessellations(CVTs),the second is the convergence analysis of the actuators location,and the last is a novel proportional integral(PI)control method for actuator motion planning and neutralizing control(e.g.,spraying)of a diffusion process with a moving or static pollution source,which is more effective than a proportional(P)control method.An optimal spraying control cost function is constructed.Then,the minimization problem of the spraying amount is addressed.Moreover,a new CVT algorithm based on the novel PI control method,henceforth called PI-CVT algorithm,is introduced together with the convergence analysis of the actuators location via a PI control law.Finally,a modified simulation platform called diffusion-mobile-actuators-sensors-2-dimension-proportional integral derivative(Diff-MAS2D-PID)is illustrated.In addition,a numerical simulation example for the diffusion process is presented to verify the effectiveness of our proposed controllers.