In this paper we study the exact controllability of multi-agent linear systems, in which all agents have an identical linear dynamic mode that can be in any order. Key–Words: Multi-agent systems, consensus, controllability, exact consensus controllability.

This paper considers the controllability analysis problem for a class of multirotor systems subject to rotor failure/wear. It is shown that classical controllability theories of linear systems is not sufficient to test the controllability of the considered multirotors. Owing to this, a new necessary and sufficient condition for the controllability of multirotors is derived, where an easy-to-use...

Cognition is supported by neurophysiological processes that occur both in local anatomical neighborhoods and in distributed large-scale circuits. Recent evidence from network control theory suggests that white matter pathways linking large-scale brain regions provide a critical substrate constraining the ability of single areas to affect control on those processes. Yet, no direct evidence exist...

Recently, the number of essential gene entries has considerably increased. However, little is known about the relationships between essential genes and their functional roles in critical network control at both the structural (protein interaction network) and dynamic (transcriptional) levels, in part because the large size of the network prevents extensive computational analysis. Here, we prese...

In this paper, we study approximate and exact controllability of the linear difference equation x(t) = ∑Nj=1A jx(t −Λ j) +Bu(t) in L2, with x(t) ∈ C and u(t) ∈ C, using as a basic tool a representation formula for its solution in terms of the initial condition, the control u, and some suitable matrix coefficients. When Λ1, . . . ,ΛN are commensurable, approximate and exact controllability are e...