Design of optimal coupling gains for synchronization of nonlinear oscillators

Victor Purba, Xiaofan Wu, Mohit Sinha, Sairaj V. Dhople, Mihailo R. Jovanovic

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Abstract

This paper develops a structured optimal-control framework to design coupling gains for synchronization of weakly nonlinear oscillator circuits connected in resistive networks with arbitrary topologies. The oscillators are modeled as weakly nonlinear Liénard-type circuits, and the coupling gain amounts to the current gain which scales the output current of the oscillator. The structured optimal-control problem allows us to seek a decentralized control strategy (equivalently, a diagonal feedback matrix) that precludes communications between oscillators. To this end, a sparsity-promoting optimal control algorithm is developed to tune the optimal diagonal feedback-gain matrix with minimal performance sacrifice. This involves solving an ?2 optimal control problem with ℓ1 regularization by applying the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM). Simulation studies with application to voltage regulation in islanded networks composed of power-electronic inverters are provided to validate the approach.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication54rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,CDC 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1310-1315
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479978861
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 8 2015
Event54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2015 - Osaka, Japan
Duration: Dec 15 2015Dec 18 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Volume54rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control,CDC 2015
ISSN (Print)0743-1546
ISSN (Electronic)2576-2370

Other

Other54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2015
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityOsaka
Period12/15/1512/18/15

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.

Keywords

  • Alternating direction method of multipliers
  • sparsity-promoting optimal control
  • synchronization
  • weakly nonlinear oscillators

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