Title
LQG Control With Minimum Directed Information: Semidefinite Programming Approach.
Abstract
We consider a discrete-time linear-quadratic-Gaussian (LQG) control problem, in which Massey's directed information from the observed output of the plant to the control input is minimized, while required control performance is attainable. This problem arises in several different contexts, including joint encoder and controller design for data-rate minimization in networked control systems. We show that the optimal control law is a linear-Gaussian randomized policy. We also identify the state-space realization of the optimal policy, which can be synthesized by an efficient algorithm based on semidefinite programming. Our structural result indicates that the filter-controller separation principle from the LQG control theory and the sensor-filter separation principle from the zero-delay rate-distortion theory for Gauss-Markov sources hold simultaneously in the considered problem. A connection to the data-rate theorem for mean-square stability by Nair and Evans is also established.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/TAC.2017.2709618
IEEE Trans. Automat. Contr.
Keywords
Field
DocType
Aerospace electronics,Stability analysis,MIMO,Random variables,Entropy,Programming,Networked control systems
Mathematical optimization,Optimal control,Linear-quadratic-Gaussian control,Separation principle,Networked control system,Control theory,Optimal projection equations,Automatic control,Linear-quadratic regulator,Mathematics,Semidefinite programming
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
63
1
0018-9286
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.59
29
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takashi Tanaka13412.22
Peyman Mohajerin Esfahani220620.74
Sanjoy K. Mitter31226156.06