Title:  Algorithmically Induced Architecture for Multi-agent Networks

Committee:

Dr. Magnus Egerstedt, ECE, Chair , Advisor

Dr. Fumin Zhang, ECE

Dr. Santiago Grijalva, ECE

Dr. Yorai Wardi, ECE

Dr. Shabbir Ahmed, ISyE

Abstract: 

The objective of this thesis is to understand the interactions between the computational mechanisms, described by algorithms and software, and the physical world, described by differential equations, in the context of networked systems. Such systems can be denoted as cyber-physical systems with a network. In this work, the power grid is used as a guiding example and a rich source of problems which can be generalized to networked cyber-physical systems. We address specific problems that arise due to the networked nature of such a system as well as provide directions for future research.