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Main Authors: Welikala, Shirantha, Lin, Hai, Antsaklis, Panos J.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06580
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author Welikala, Shirantha
Lin, Hai
Antsaklis, Panos J.
author_facet Welikala, Shirantha
Lin, Hai
Antsaklis, Panos J.
contents Recent global and local phenomena have exposed vulnerabilities in critical supply chain networks (SCNs), drawing significant attention from researchers across various fields. Typically, SCNs are viewed as static entities regularly optimized to maintain their optimal operation. However, the dynamic nature of SCNs and their associated uncertainties have motivated researchers to treat SCNs as dynamic networked systems requiring robust control techniques. In this paper, we address the SCN inventory consensus problem, which aims to synchronize multiple parallel supply chains, enhancing coordination and robustness of the overall SCN. To achieve this, we take a novel approach exploiting dissipativity theory. In particular, we propose a dissipativity-based co-design strategy for distributed consensus controllers and communication topology in SCNs. It requires only the dissipativity information of the individual supply chains and involves solving a set of convex optimization problems, thus contributing to scalability, compositionality, and computational efficiency. Moreover, it optimizes the robustness of the SCN to various associated uncertainties, mitigating both bullwhip and ripple effects. We demonstrate our contributions using numerical examples, mainly by comparing the consensus performance with respect to standard steady-state control, feedback control, and consensus control strategies.
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spellingShingle Inventory Consensus Control in Supply Chain Networks using Dissipativity-Based Control and Topology Co-Design
Welikala, Shirantha
Lin, Hai
Antsaklis, Panos J.
Systems and Control
Recent global and local phenomena have exposed vulnerabilities in critical supply chain networks (SCNs), drawing significant attention from researchers across various fields. Typically, SCNs are viewed as static entities regularly optimized to maintain their optimal operation. However, the dynamic nature of SCNs and their associated uncertainties have motivated researchers to treat SCNs as dynamic networked systems requiring robust control techniques. In this paper, we address the SCN inventory consensus problem, which aims to synchronize multiple parallel supply chains, enhancing coordination and robustness of the overall SCN. To achieve this, we take a novel approach exploiting dissipativity theory. In particular, we propose a dissipativity-based co-design strategy for distributed consensus controllers and communication topology in SCNs. It requires only the dissipativity information of the individual supply chains and involves solving a set of convex optimization problems, thus contributing to scalability, compositionality, and computational efficiency. Moreover, it optimizes the robustness of the SCN to various associated uncertainties, mitigating both bullwhip and ripple effects. We demonstrate our contributions using numerical examples, mainly by comparing the consensus performance with respect to standard steady-state control, feedback control, and consensus control strategies.
title Inventory Consensus Control in Supply Chain Networks using Dissipativity-Based Control and Topology Co-Design
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.06580