Campus Units
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2016
Journal or Book Title
Scientific Reports
Volume
6
First Page
21157 -1
Last Page
21157-11
DOI
10.1038/srep21157
Abstract
The synchronization of nonlinear systems connected over large-scale networks has gained popularity in a variety of applications, such as power grids, sensor networks, and biology. Stochastic uncertainty in the interconnections is a ubiquitous phenomenon observed in these physical and biological networks. We provide a size-independent network sufficient condition for the synchronization of scalar nonlinear systems with stochastic linear interactions over large-scale networks. This sufficient condition, expressed in terms of nonlinear dynamics, the Laplacian eigenvalues of the nominal interconnections, and the variance and location of the stochastic uncertainty, allows us to define a synchronization margin. We provide an analytical characterization of important trade-offs between the internal nonlinear dynamics, network topology, and uncertainty in synchronization. For nearest neighbour networks, the existence of an optimal number of neighbours with a maximum synchronization margin is demonstrated. An analytical formula for the optimal gain that produces the maximum synchronization margin allows us to compare the synchronization properties of various complex network topologies.
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Copyright Owner
Macmillan Publishers Limited.
Copyright Date
2016
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Diwadkar, Amit and Vaidya, Umesh, "Limitations and tradeoffs in synchronization of large-scale networks with uncertain links" (2016). Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications. 95.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/ece_pubs/95
Comments
This article is from Scientific Reports 6 (2016): 21157, doi: 10.1038/srep21157. Posted with permission.