Optimal Decentralized Regulation for a String of Coupled Systems

Decentralized regulation for a string of coupled linear systems is studied. Available to each controller is localized information, represented by linear functions of the state. Necessary conditions for the optimal time-invariant linear regulators are established. The theory can be applied for designing simple on-board computers for regulating a string of moving vehicles. Copyright © 1974 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.