Stabilization of Networked Interconnected Systems

Abstract

In this paper, the decentralized stabilization of networked interconnected systems is investigated. The switched system approach is used to deal with the network-induced time-varying delays, and a discrete-time switched systems model is proposed to describe the networked interconnected systems. Furthermore, a sufficient condition is derived for the closed-loop systems to be exponentially stable by introducing the average dwell time, and a procedure for the design of decentralized state feedback controllers is presented by solving a convex optimization problem. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.