Characterizing Compositionality of LQR from the Categorical Perspective

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Main Authors: She, Baike, Hanks, Tyler, Fairbanks, James, Hale, Matthew
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Published: 2023
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author She, Baike
Hanks, Tyler
Fairbanks, James
Hale, Matthew
author_facet She, Baike
Hanks, Tyler
Fairbanks, James
Hale, Matthew
contents Composing systems is a fundamental concept in modern control systems, yet it remains challenging to formally analyze how controllers designed for individual subsystems can differ from controllers designed for the composition of those subsystems. To address this challenge, we propose a novel approach to composing control systems based on resource sharing machines, a concept from applied category theory. We use resource sharing machines to investigate the differences between (i) the linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) designed directly for a composite system and (ii) the LQR that is attained through the composition of LQRs designed for each subsystem. We first establish novel formalisms to compose LQR control designs using resource sharing machines. Then we develop new sufficient conditions to guarantee that the LQR designed for a composite system is equal to the LQR attained through composition of LQRs for its subsystems. In addition, we reduce the developed condition to that of checking the controllability and observability of a certain linear, time-invariant system, which provides a simple, computationally efficient procedure for evaluating the equivalence of controllers for composed systems.
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spellingShingle Characterizing Compositionality of LQR from the Categorical Perspective
She, Baike
Hanks, Tyler
Fairbanks, James
Hale, Matthew
Systems and Control
Composing systems is a fundamental concept in modern control systems, yet it remains challenging to formally analyze how controllers designed for individual subsystems can differ from controllers designed for the composition of those subsystems. To address this challenge, we propose a novel approach to composing control systems based on resource sharing machines, a concept from applied category theory. We use resource sharing machines to investigate the differences between (i) the linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) designed directly for a composite system and (ii) the LQR that is attained through the composition of LQRs designed for each subsystem. We first establish novel formalisms to compose LQR control designs using resource sharing machines. Then we develop new sufficient conditions to guarantee that the LQR designed for a composite system is equal to the LQR attained through composition of LQRs for its subsystems. In addition, we reduce the developed condition to that of checking the controllability and observability of a certain linear, time-invariant system, which provides a simple, computationally efficient procedure for evaluating the equivalence of controllers for composed systems.
title Characterizing Compositionality of LQR from the Categorical Perspective
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.01811