# IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

## Issue 1 • March 2019

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Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):C1 - 1
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

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• ### Stochastic Robust Simulation and Stability Properties of Chemical Reaction Networks

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):2 - 12
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In this paper, a novel algorithm to perform robust stochastic simulations of chemical reaction networks is proposed. Such a procedure relies on the definition of a stochastic difference inclusion, whose trajectories match those of the chemical reaction network. By taking advantage of the correspondence between chemical reaction networks and stochastic difference inclusions, mathematical tools avai... View full abstract»

• ### Leader-Following Synchronization of Coupled Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Harmonic Oscillators Based on Relative Position Measurements

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):13 - 23
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This paper considers the leader-following synchronization problem for a network of coupled harmonic oscillators by utilizing the relative position measurements between neighboring nodes, where the node dynamics can be either identical or nonidentical. For a homogeneous network with the same node dynamics, two types of first-order observer-based protocols are proposed to achieve leader-following sy... View full abstract»

• ### Risk-Averse Access Point Selection in Wireless Communication Networks

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):24 - 36
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This paper considers the problem of selecting the optimal set of access points and routing decisions in wireless communication networks. We consider networks that are subject to uncertainty in the wireless channel, for example, due to multipath fading effects, and formulate the problem as a risk-averse network flow problem with binary variables corresponding to the status of the sinks, namely, sel... View full abstract»

• ### Optimal Water–Power Flow-Problem: Formulation and Distributed Optimal Solution

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):37 - 47
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This paper formalizes an optimal water–power flow (OWPF) problem to optimize the use of controllable assets across power and water systems while accounting for the couplings between the two infrastructures. Tanks and pumps are optimally managed to satisfy water demand while improving power grid operations; for the power network, an ac optimal power-flow formulation is augmented to accommodate the ... View full abstract»

• ### Worst-Case Innovation-Based Integrity Attacks With Side Information on Remote State Estimation

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):48 - 59
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In this paper, we study the worst-case consequence of innovation-based integrity attacks with side information in a remote state estimation scenario where a sensor transmits its measurement to a remote estimator equipped with a false-data detector. If a malicious attacker is not only able to compromise the transmitted data packet but also able to measure the system state itself, the attack strateg... View full abstract»

• ### Differentially Private Consensus With an Event-Triggered Mechanism

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):60 - 71
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This paper studies the differentially private consensus problem of multiagent networks by employing a distributed event-triggered mechanism such that not only agents can protect the privacy of their initial states from information disclosure, but the execution efficiency of the whole network can be improved. First, we propose a distributed event-triggered mechanism for a differentially private con... View full abstract»

• ### Attractor Stabilizability of Boolean Networks With Application to Biomolecular Regulatory Networks

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):72 - 81
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Stabilizability of Boolean networks (BNs) has been addressed in some recent research works. One of the most widespread applications of BNs is the analysis and control of biomolecular regulatory networks. Pertinent to this field of application, we introduce the concept of attractor stabilizability of a BN by flipping a subset of its nodes. This concept captures the possibility of enforcing a BN to ... View full abstract»

• ### Distributed Algorithm to Solve a System of Linear Equations With Unique or Multiple Solutions From Arbitrary Initializations

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):82 - 93
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A discrete-time distributed algorithm to solve a system of linear equations $Ax=b$ is proposed with $M$-Fejer mappings. The algorithm can find a solution of $Ax=b$ from arbitrary initiali... View full abstract»

• ### Geometric Analysis of Estimability of Target Object Shape Using Location-Unknown Distance Sensors

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):94 - 103
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We geometrically analyze the problem of estimating parameters related to the shape and size of a 2-D target object on the plane by using randomly distributed distance sensors whose locations are unknown. Based on the analysis using geometric probability, we discuss the estimability of these parameters: which parameters we can estimate and what conditions are required to estimate them. For a convex... View full abstract»

• ### Time-Scale Separation in Networks: State-Dependent Graphs and Consensus Tracking

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):104 - 114
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This paper studies the coupled dynamics spanning multiple time-scales that arise in networked systems. Two particular cases are examined. In the first case, agents evolve according to the consensus dynamics over state-dependent graphs whose weight dynamics are slow varying. In the second, the consensus dynamics are coupled to rapidly evolving nonlinear node dynamics. In both instances, graph-based... View full abstract»

• ### Analysis, Control, and Evaluation of Mobility-on-Demand Systems: A Queueing-Theoretical Approach

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):115 - 126
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This paper presents a queueing-theoretical approach to the analysis, control, and evaluation of mobility-on-demand (MoD) systems for urban personal transportation. A MoD system consists of a fleet of vehicles providing one-way car-sharing service and a team of drivers to rebalance such vehicles. The drivers then rebalance themselves by driving select customers similar to a taxi service. We model t... View full abstract»

• ### Achieving Robust Average Consensus Over Lossy Wireless Networks

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):127 - 137
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Average consensus over unreliable wireless networks can be impaired by losses. In this paper, we study a novel method to compensate for the lost information, when packet collisions cause transmitter-based random failures. This compensation makes the network converge to the average of the initial states of the network by modifying the weights of the links to accommodate for the topology changes due... View full abstract»

• ### Optimal Auction Design for Flexible Consumers

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):138 - 150
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We study the problem of designing revenue-maximizing auctions for allocating multiple goods to flexible consumers. In our model, each consumer is interested in a subset of goods known as its flexibility set and wants to consume one good from this set. A consumer's flexibility set and its utility from consuming a good from its flexibility set are its private information. We focus on the case of nes... View full abstract»

• ### An Information Analysis of Iterative Algorithms for Network Utility Maximization and Strategic Games

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):151 - 162
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A variety of resource allocation problems on networked systems, for example, those in cyber-physical systems or Internet-of-things applications, require distributed solution methods. Modern distributed algorithms usually require bandwidth-limited digital communication between the system and its users, who are often modeled as independent decision makers with individual preferences. This paper pres... View full abstract»

• ### Bayesian Filtering With Unknown Sensor Measurement Losses

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):163 - 175
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This paper studies the state estimation problem of a stochastic nonlinear system with unknown sensor measurement losses. If the estimator knows the sensor measurement losses of a linear Gaussian system, the minimum variance estimate is easily computed by the celebrated intermittent Kalman filter (IKF). However, this will no longer be the case when the measurement losses are unknow... View full abstract»

• ### Controlling Directed Networks With Evolving Topologies

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):176 - 190
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Exploring how network topologies affect the cost of controlling the networks is an important issue in both theory and application. However, its solution still remains open due to the difficulty in analyzing the characteristics of networks. In this paper, a matrix function optimization model is proposed to study how the network topology evolves when the objective is to achieve optimal control of di... View full abstract»

• ### A Resistance-Distance-Based Approach for Optimal Leader Selection in Noisy Consensus Networks

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):191 - 201
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We study the performance of leader–follower noisy consensus networks and, in particular, the relationship between this performance and the locations of the leader nodes. Two types of dynamics are considered: 1) noise-free leaders, in which leaders dictate the trajectory exactly and followers are subject to external disturbances and 2) noise-corrupted leaders, in which both leaders and followers ar... View full abstract»

• ### Influence of Conformist and Manipulative Behaviors on Public Opinion

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):202 - 214
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A discrete-time dynamical opinion network is considered in which individuals express their opinions, modeled by scalars, about a certain subject. The reputation (rating) of the subject, herein also referred to as the public opinion, is defined as the arithmetic mean of the expressed opinions. It is assumed that the expressed opinion of an individual may differ from her actual belief due to two mai... View full abstract»

• ### Verification and Dynamics of Group-Based Potential Games

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):215 - 224
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A class of potential-type games, called the group-based potential game, is investigated in this paper. First, the verification of the (strongly) group-based potential game is studied. Using the semitensor product, the verification can be solved by checking whether a linear equation has a solution. Second, profile dynamics are considered when the strongly group-based potential game is played on a h... View full abstract»

• ### Connectivity of Wireless Sensor Networks Secured by Heterogeneous Key Predistribution Under an On/Off Channel Model

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):225 - 235
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We investigate the connectivity of a wireless sensor network (WSN) secured by the heterogeneous key predistribution scheme under an independent on/off channel model. The heterogeneous scheme induces an inhomogeneous random key graph, denoted by $\mathbb {K}(n;\boldsymbol {\mu },\boldsymbol {K},P)$ and the on/off channel model i... View full abstract»

• ### Finite-Time Connectivity-Preserving Consensus for Second-Order Nonlinear Multiagent Systems

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):236 - 248
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In this paper, the finite-time consensus problem for second-order nonlinear multiagent systems under communication constraints is investigated, where each agent has a limited sensing range. A distributed discontinuous control protocol is proposed to make a team of agents reach consensus in finite time when disturbances exist in multiagent systems. Then, for multiagent systems without disturbances,... View full abstract»

• ### Retail and Wholesale Electricity Pricing Considering Electric Vehicle Mobility

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):249 - 260
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We consider the operation of multiple charging network operators (CNOs), each serving a population of electric vehicle (EV) drivers who subscribe to them for charging services. The CNOs set retail prices for the charging stations they operate, which effectively control the electricity demand and queues formed at their charging stations. The stations’ electricity demand also ties the CNOs’ retail o... View full abstract»

• ### Scheduled-Asynchronous Distributed Algorithm for Optimal Power Flow

Publication Year: 2019, Page(s):261 - 275
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Optimal power flow (OPF) problems are nonconvex and large-scale optimization problems with important applications in power networks. This paper proposes the scheduled-asynchronous algorithm to solve a distributed semidefinite programming formulation of the OPF problem. In this formulation, every agent seeks to solve a local optimization with its own cost function, physical constraints on its nodal... View full abstract»

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