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Reduced Order Controller Design for Robust Output Regulation
We study robust output regulation for parabolic partial differential
equations and other infinite-dimensional linear systems with analytic
semigroups. As our main results we show that robust output tracking and
disturbance rejection for our class of systems can be achieved using a
finite-dimensional controller and present algorithms for construction of two
different internal model based robust controllers. The controller parameters
are chosen based on a Galerkin approximation of the original PDE system and
employ balanced truncation to reduce the orders of the controllers. In the
second part of the paper we design controllers for robust output tracking and
disturbance rejection for a 1D reaction-diffusion equation with boundary
disturbances, a 2D diffusion-convection equation, and a 1D beam equation with
Kelvin-Voigt damping.Comment: Revised version with minor improvements and corrections. 28 pages, 9
figures. Accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic
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Applications of Field-Theoretic Renormalization Group Methods to Reaction-Diffusion Problems
We review the application of field-theoretic renormalization group (RG)
methods to the study of fluctuations in reaction-diffusion problems. We first
investigate the physical origin of universality in these systems, before
comparing RG methods to other available analytic techniques, including exact
solutions and Smoluchowski-type approximations. Starting from the microscopic
reaction-diffusion master equation, we then pedagogically detail the mapping to
a field theory for the single-species reaction k A -> l A (l < k). We employ
this particularly simple but non-trivial system to introduce the
field-theoretic RG tools, including the diagrammatic perturbation expansion,
renormalization, and Callan-Symanzik RG flow equation. We demonstrate how these
techniques permit the calculation of universal quantities such as density decay
exponents and amplitudes via perturbative eps = d_c - d expansions with respect
to the upper critical dimension d_c. With these basics established, we then
provide an overview of more sophisticated applications to multiple species
reactions, disorder effects, L'evy flights, persistence problems, and the
influence of spatial boundaries. We also analyze field-theoretic approaches to
nonequilibrium phase transitions separating active from absorbing states. We
focus particularly on the generic directed percolation universality class, as
well as on the most prominent exception to this class: even-offspring branching
and annihilating random walks. Finally, we summarize the state of the field and
present our perspective on outstanding problems for the future.Comment: 10 figures include
Hamiltonian dynamics, nanosystems, and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics
An overview is given of recent advances in nonequilibrium statistical
mechanics on the basis of the theory of Hamiltonian dynamical systems and in
the perspective provided by the nanosciences. It is shown how the properties of
relaxation toward a state of equilibrium can be derived from Liouville's
equation for Hamiltonian dynamical systems. The relaxation rates can be
conceived in terms of the so-called Pollicott-Ruelle resonances. In spatially
extended systems, the transport coefficients can also be obtained from the
Pollicott-Ruelle resonances. The Liouvillian eigenstates associated with these
resonances are in general singular and present fractal properties. The singular
character of the nonequilibrium states is shown to be at the origin of the
positive entropy production of nonequilibrium thermodynamics. Furthermore,
large-deviation dynamical relationships are obtained which relate the transport
properties to the characteristic quantities of the microscopic dynamics such as
the Lyapunov exponents, the Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy per unit time, and the
fractal dimensions. We show that these large-deviation dynamical relationships
belong to the same family of formulas as the fluctuation theorem, as well as a
new formula relating the entropy production to the difference between an
entropy per unit time of Kolmogorov-Sinai type and a time-reversed entropy per
unit time. The connections to the nonequilibrium work theorem and the transient
fluctuation theorem are also discussed. Applications to nanosystems are
described.Comment: Lecture notes for the International Summer School Fundamental
Problems in Statistical Physics XI (Leuven, Belgium, September 4-17, 2005
Circular Stochastic Fluctuations in SIS Epidemics with Heterogeneous Contacts Among Sub-populations
The conceptual difference between equilibrium and non-equilibrium steady
state (NESS) is well established in physics and chemistry. This distinction,
however, is not widely appreciated in dynamical descriptions of biological
populations in terms of differential equations in which fixed point, steady
state, and equilibrium are all synonymous. We study NESS in a stochastic SIS
(susceptible-infectious-susceptible) system with heterogeneous individuals in
their contact behavior represented in terms of subgroups. In the infinite
population limit, the stochastic dynamics yields a system of deterministic
evolution equations for population densities; and for very large but finite
system a diffusion process is obtained. We report the emergence of a circular
dynamics in the diffusion process, with an intrinsic frequency, near the
endemic steady state. The endemic steady state is represented by a stable node
in the deterministic dynamics; As a NESS phenomenon, the circular motion is
caused by the intrinsic heterogeneity within the subgroups, leading to a broken
symmetry and time irreversibility.Comment: 29 pages, 5 figure
Global topological control for synchronized dynamics on networks
A general scheme is proposed and tested to control the symmetry breaking
instability of a homogeneous solution of a spatially extended multispecies
model, defined on a network. The inherent discreteness of the space makes it
possible to act on the topology of the inter-nodes contacts to achieve the
desired degree of stabilization, without altering the dynamical parameters of
the model. Both symmetric and asymmetric couplings are considered. In this
latter setting the web of contacts is assumed to be balanced, for the
homogeneous equilibrium to exist. The performance of the proposed method are
assessed, assuming the Complex Ginzburg-Landau equation as a reference model.
In this case, the implemented control allows one to stabilize the synchronous
limit cycle, hence time-dependent, uniform solution. A system of coupled real
Ginzburg-Landau equations is also investigated to obtain the topological
stabilization of a homogeneous and constant fixed point
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