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Robust and Adaptive Distributed Control of Discrete-Event Systems: A Supervisor Localization Based Approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K18122
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Control engineering/System engineering
Research InstitutionOsaka City University

Principal Investigator

CAI KAI  大阪市立大学, 大学院工学研究科, 准教授 (20728266)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords離散事象システム / 分散制御 / オートマトン / 制御理論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research developed a systematic design framework for robust and adaptive distributed control of multi-agent discrete-event systems. Specifically, (i) distributed controllers were designed for individual agents that are robust against partial event observation and inter-agent communication delay; (ii) scalable controllers were synthesized whose state numbers and computational process are independent of the number of agents; (iii) online controllers were designed to provide adaptive behaviors for the agents. Finally, this research built a multi-agent experiment platform that tested the validity of the theoretical results.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

This research has significantly advanced the knowledge in discrete-event systems, by developing new distributed control methods for achieving robust and adaptive behaviors. Further the application of this research would contribute significantly to relieving labor shortage in logistic industries.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (34 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (7 results) Journal Article (15 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results,  Peer Reviewed: 15 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Cagliari(イタリア)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Toronto(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Northwestern Polytechnical University/Xidian University(中国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Toronto(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Northwestern Polytechnical University/Xidian University/Hangzhou Dianzi University(中国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Toronto(Canada)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Northwestern Polytechnical University(China)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Supervisory control of discrete-event systems2020

    • Author(s)
      Kai Cai, W.M. Wonham
    • Journal Title

      Encyclopedia of Systems and Control, 2nd ed., Springer

      Volume: - Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1007/978-1-4471-5102-9_54-2

    • ISBN
      9781447151029
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Supervisor localization of timed discrete-event systems under partial observation2020

    • Author(s)
      Kai Cai, R. Zhang
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

      Volume: 65 Issue: 1 Pages: 295-301

    • DOI

      10.1109/tac.2019.2912008

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Warehouse automation by logistic robotic networks -- a cyber-physical control approach2020

    • Author(s)
      Kai Cai
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering

      Volume: 21 Issue: 5 Pages: 693-704

    • DOI

      10.1631/fitee.2000156

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Relative coobservability in decentralized supervisory control of discrete-event systems2019

    • Author(s)
      Kai Cai, R. Zhang, W.M. Wonham
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Control

      Volume: 92 Issue: 7 Pages: 1481-1489

    • DOI

      10.1080/00207179.2017.1397754

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Supervisor localization2019

    • Author(s)
      Kai Cai
    • Journal Title

      Wiley Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering

      Volume: - Pages: 1-6

    • DOI

      10.1002/047134608x.w8402

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Supervisor localization for large discrete-event systems under partial observation2019

    • Author(s)
      R. Zhang, Kai Cai
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Control

      Volume: - Issue: 3 Pages: 387-399

    • DOI

      10.1080/00207179.2018.1471220

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report 2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Scalable supervisory control of multi-agent discrete-event systems2019

    • Author(s)
      Y. Liu, Kai Cai, Z. Li
    • Journal Title

      Automatica

      Volume: - Pages: 108460-108460

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.automatica.2019.06.012

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Application of online supervisory control of discrete-event systems to multi-robot warehouse automation2018

    • Author(s)
      Y. Tatsumoto, M. Shiraishi, Kai Cai, Z. Lin
    • Journal Title

      Control Engineering Practice

      Volume: 81 Pages: 97-104

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.conengprac.2018.09.003

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Application of Supervisory Control Theory with Warehouse Automation Case Study2018

    • Author(s)
      Y. Tatsumoto, M. Shiraishi, K. Cai
    • Journal Title

      Transactions of the Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (ISCIE)

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Characterizations and effective computation of supremal relatively observable sublanguages2018

    • Author(s)
      K. Cai, R. Zhang, and W.M. Wonham
    • Journal Title

      Discrete Event Dynamic Systems

      Volume: - Issue: 2 Pages: 269-287

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10626-017-0250-0

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Supervisory control of discrete-event systems: a brief history2018

    • Author(s)
      W.M. Wonham, K. Cai, and K. Rudie
    • Journal Title

      Annual Reviews in Control

      Volume: - Pages: 250-256

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.arcontrol.2018.03.002

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Supervisor localization of discrete-event systems under partial observation2017

    • Author(s)
      R. Zhang, K. Cai, and W.M. Wonham
    • Journal Title

      Automatica

      Volume: 81 Pages: 142-147

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.automatica.2017.03.018

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Supervisor localization of discrete-event systems under partial observation2017

    • Author(s)
      Renyuan Zhang, Kai Cai, W.M. Wonham
    • Journal Title

      Automatica

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Delay-robustness in distributed control of timed discrete-event systems based on supervisor localization2016

    • Author(s)
      Renyuan Zhang, Kai Cai, Yongmei Gan, W.M. Wonham
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Control

      Volume: 89 Issue: 10 Pages: 2055-2072

    • DOI

      10.1080/00207179.2016.1147606

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Relative observability and coobservability of timed discrete-event systems2016

    • Author(s)
      Kai Cai, Renyuan Zhang, W.M. Wonham
    • Journal Title

      IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

      Volume: 61 Issue: 11 Pages: 3382-3395

    • DOI

      10.1109/tac.2015.2513370

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] On consistent reduction in discrete-event systems2019

    • Author(s)
      Kai Cai, A. Giua, C. Seatzu
    • Organizer
      15th IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Secret securing with multiple protections and minimum costs2019

    • Author(s)
      S. Matsui, Kai Cai
    • Organizer
      58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] On scalable supervisory control of multi-agent discrete-event systems2018

    • Author(s)
      Y. Liu, Kai Cai, Z. Li
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Discrete Event Systems
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Supervisor localization of discrete-event systems with infinite behavior2018

    • Author(s)
      R. Zhang, Kai Cai
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Discrete Event Systems
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Localization-based distributed control for large discrete-event systems under partial observation2018

    • Author(s)
      R. Zhang, Kai Cai
    • Organizer
      Chinese Control and Decision Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Online supervisory control of multi-agent discrete-event systems with warehouse automation case study2018

    • Author(s)
      M. Shiraishi, Y. Tatsumoto, Kai Cai, Z. Lin
    • Organizer
      SICE Annual Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Secret securing with minimum cost2018

    • Author(s)
      S. Matsui, Kai Cai
    • Organizer
      Japan Joint Automatic Control Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Supervisory control of discrete-event systems: a brief history -- 1980-20152017

    • Author(s)
      W.M. Wonham, K. Cai, and K. Rudie
    • Organizer
      20th IFAC World Congress
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Supervisor localization of timed discrete-event systems under partial observation2016

    • Author(s)
      R. Zhang, K. Cai
    • Organizer
      IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
    • Place of Presentation
      Las Vegas, NV, US
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On supervisor localization based distributed control of discrete-event systems under partial observation2016

    • Author(s)
      R. Zhang, K. Cai
    • Organizer
      American Control Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Boston, MA, US
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-06
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] Supervisory Control of Discrete-Event Systems2019

    • Author(s)
      W.M. Wonham, Kai Cai
    • Total Pages
      600
    • Publisher
      Springer
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Warehouse Automation by Robotic Networks

    • URL

      https://control.eng.osaka-cu.ac.jp/experiment

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report 2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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