In this paper, we investigate the performance analysis and synthesis of distributed system throttlers (DST). A throttler is a mechanism that limits the flow rate of incoming metrics, e.g., byte per second, network bandwidth usage, capacity, traffic, etc. This can be used to protect a service's backend/clients from getting overloaded, or to reduce the effects of uncertainties in demand for shared services. We study performance deterioration of DSTs subject to demand uncertainty. We then consider network synthesis problems that aim to improve the performance of noisy DSTs via communication link modifications as well as server update cycle modifications.
Distributed Verification of Structural Controllability for Linear Time-Invariant Systems
Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon（里斯本大学高等理工学院）；Carnegie Mellon University（卡内基梅隆大学）；University of Porto (FEUP)（波尔图大学）；KTH Royal Institute of Technology（皇家理工学院）
Simultaneous Distributed Estimation and Attack Detection/Isolation in Social Networks: Structural Observability, Kronecker-Product Network, and Chi-Square Detector
Distributed Design of Controllable and Robust Networks using Zero Forcing and Graph Grammars
本文研究了结构强可控和鲁棒同时存在的网络设计问题。对于给定的网络规范，包括节点数$N$，领导人$N_L$，直径$D$，其中$2 \le D \le N/N_L$，我们提出了图的建设产生强结构可控网络。我们还计算了图中的边的数量，这是最大的代数连通性和基尔霍夫指数测量的改进的鲁棒性。对于可控性分析，我们利用图中迫零集的概念。此外，我们提出了图形语法，这是一套规则，代理应用在分布式的方式来构建上述图形。我们也数值评估我们的方法。这项工作利用网络的可控性和鲁棒性之间的权衡，并生成满足多个设计标准的网络。
Super-twisting over networks: A Lyapunov approach for distributed differentiation
Universidad de Zaragoza（萨拉戈萨大学）；Tecnológico Nacional de México, Instituto Tecnológico José Mario Molina Pasquel y Henríquez（墨西哥国立理工学院，何塞·马里奥·莫利纳·帕斯克尔和恩里克兹理工学院）
Overlapping Covariance Intersection: Fusion with Partial Structural Knowledge of Correlation from Multiple Sources
Eindhoven University of Technology（埃因霍温理工大学）；Institute for Systems and Robotics, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa（里斯本大学高等理工学院系统机器人研究所）
Optimal distributed control for platooning via sparse coprime factorizations
Stevens Institute of Technology（史蒂文斯理工学院）；University “Politehnica” Bucharest（布加勒斯特理工大学）；Brigham Young University（杨百翰大学）；University of Pennsylvannia（宾夕法尼亚大学）
