A unified analytical framework for a class of optimal control problems on networked systems

Mingwu Li, Harry Dankowicz

Published 2020-01-14Version 1

We consider a class of optimal control problems on networks that generically permits a reduction to a universal set of reference problems without differential constraints that may be solved analytically. The derivation shows that input homogeneity across the network results in universally constant optimal control inputs. These predictions are validated using numerical analysis of problems of synchronization of coupled phase oscillators and spreading dynamics on time-varying networks.