Large-scale system control based on decentralized design. Application to Cuinchy Fontinette Reach

Abstract

Abstract Large scale engineering systems are typically composed by several subsystems that interact with each other as a result of material, energy and information flows. A high performance control technology such as decentralized control can be employed for control this class of systems. An optimal decentralized control architecture is presented in this paper in order to ensure the efficient management of an inland navigation network in a global change context. For further logic, we show that if the subsystems present a connectivity from one to another, suitable local feedback action provided by these subsystem (decentralized controllers) may be sufficient if the subsystems are connected. Stabilizability (resp. stability) conditions are given for perfectly decoupled and interconnected coupled (by connectivity parameters) subsystems.