Data-driven control of network systems: Accounting for communication adaptivity and security

TL;DR

This survey reviews recent data-driven approaches to network systems, focusing on communication delays, security, and distributed control, highlighting challenges and theoretical advances in ensuring stability and performance.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of the latest data-driven methods addressing key issues like delay, security, and distributed control in network systems.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of communication delay impacts

Insights into security challenges in network control

Advances in distributed control strategies

Abstract

Over the past decades, network systems have surged in significance, driven by merging technological advancements. These systems play pivotal roles in diverse applications ranging from autonomous driving to smart grids, yet they confront complexities arising from network imperfections and intricate interconnections, which challenge system identification, controller design, as well as stability and performance analysis. This survey provides an in-depth exploration of network systems from most recent data-driven perspective, across four key issues: communication delay, aperiodic sampling, network security, and distributed configurations. By doing so, this survey enhances our comprehension of the challenges and theoretical innovations within the realm of network systems.