title: A recurrent neural network for hierarchical control of interconnected dynamic systems.
abstract: A recurrent neural network for the optimal control of a group of interconnected dynamic systems is presented in this paper. On the basis of decomposition and coordination strategy for interconnected dynamic systems, the proposed neural network has a two-level hierarchical structure: several local optimization subnetworks at the lower level and one coordination subnetwork at the upper level. A goal-coordination method is used to coordinate the interactions between the subsystems. By nesting the dynamic equations of the subsystems into their corresponding local optimization subnetworks, the number of dimensions of the neural network can be reduced significantly. Furthermore, the subnetworks at both the lower and upper levels can work concurrently. Therefore, the computation efficiency, in comparison with the consecutive executions of numerical algorithms on digital computers, is increased dramatically. The proposed method is extended to the case where the control inputs of the subsystems are bounded. The stability analysis shows that the proposed neural network is asymptotically stable. Finally, an example is presented which demonstrates the satisfactory performance of the neural network.
authors: Key Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China. hou@compsys.ia.ac.cn
authors: Zeng-Guang
authors: ZG
authors: Hou
authors: Madan M
authors: MM
authors: Gupta
authors: Peter N
authors: PN
authors: Nikiforuk
authors: Min
authors: M
authors: Tan
authors: Long
authors: L
authors: Cheng
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005246:Feedback; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*