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In this paper we discuss structured [image omitted] control methods for large-scale interconnected systems. Based on a relaxation of Riccati equations, we derive some linear matrix inequality (LMI) conditions for sub-optimal controllers in which information structure can be imposed. In particular, we derive controllers by solving low-dimensional LMIs, which are decentralized except for the sharing information between neighbours, as determined by the plant interconnection; also we optimize a performance bound for each of the derived controllers.

In this paper we discuss dynamic model reduction methods which preserve a certain structure in the underlying system. Specifically, we consider the situation where the reduction must be consistent with a partition of the system states. This is motivated, for instance, in situations where state variables are associated with the topology of a networked system, and the reduction should preserve this. We build on the observation that imposing block structure to generalized controllability and observability gramians automatically yields such state-partitioned model reduction. The difficulty lies in ensuring feasibility of the resulting Lyapunov inequalities, which is in general very restrictive. To overcome this, we consider coprime factor model reduction. We derive an LMI characterization of expansive and contractive coprime factorizations that preserve structure, and use this to build a more flexible method for structured model reduction. An example is given to illustrate the method. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

We describe a variant of TCP, called FAST, that can sustain high throughput and utilization at multi-Gbps over large distance. We present the motivation, review the background theory, summarize key features of FAST TCP, and report our first experimental results.