Information and Communication Complexity of Networked Control Systems

Abstract

Information and communication complexity of a networked control system identifies the minimum amount of information exchange needed between the decision makers (such as encoders, controllers and actuators) to achieve a certain objective, which may be in terms of reaching a target state or achieving a given cost threshold. This formulation does not impose any constraints on the computational requirements to perform the communication or control. Both stochastic and deterministic formulations are considered.