UCSB “Network Systems” ME/ECE 269, Fall 2021 Instructor: Francesco Bullo
This is the website for the UCSB course ME/ECE 269 “Network Systems”,
Fall 2021. This website's URL is
http://motion.me.ucsb.edu/ME269-Fall2021. A pdf version of this
documentation is available on the course website.
Offical Description
Motivating socio/economic networks, power grids, multi-agent robotics.
Perron-Frobenius matrix theory and algebraic graph theory.
Fundamental dynamics in networks: averaging dynamics in discrete and
continuous time; positive and compartmental systems; coupled
oscillator systems; virus propagation models; population dynamic
models; robotic coordination problems.
The course is intended primarily for graduate
students interested in network science, dynamics over networks,
cooperative and distributed control, distributed systems, and
distributed algorithms. Topics will include: (1) Perron Frobenius
theory, (2) graph theory and algebraic graph theory, (3) basic network
models such as averaging dynamics in discrete and continuous time,
compartmental flow and positive systems, (4) stability theory for
nonlinear systems, (5) Lotka-Volterra population dynamics, virus
propagation dynamics, and coupled-oscillators dynamics, (6) examples
are drawn from socio-economic networks, power grids, robotics.
Prerequisites
Competency in linear algebra, nonlinear dynamical systems and linear control systems.
Textbook
The main source is the following document:
Lectures on Network Systems version 1.5, Sep 1, 2021, by Francesco Bullo.
The document is available at http://motion.me.ucsb.edu/book-lns
You are welcome to download the textbook in standard format as well as
in slide format.
Lecture Time and Place
The course will be
Tuesday 9:30am-10:45am, Engineering Bldg II, room 2243, ME Classroom
Thursday 9:30am-10:45am online. Zoom room to be announced via email.
Broadly speaking, the plan is that we will cover the material in the first
10 chapters of the textbook online on Thursdays, and we will work out
exercises and review material in person.
Course credit
Units: 4 for graduate students taking ME/ECE269
Instructor
Professor Francesco Bullo
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: bullo-at-engineering.ucsb.edu
Website: http://motion.me.ucsb.edu
Office hours
Place: Zoom page to be announced via email
Time: Thu 11am-noon and easily additional times, if anybody asks/needs (please email me in advance)
If you have any questions about the course, please send me email. I will
try to respond as quickly as possible. Additionally, I will share
questions that are particularly good (and their answers) with the rest of
the class by broadcasting my answer to the entire class.
If you come to office hours with questions about homework, please be
prepared to show written careful attempts at solving the problem that
you prepared before coming.
Grading for ME/ECE 269
The class is based on weekly homework assignments for the first few
weeks and a final report/presentation. Regarding the final
presentation, students are encouraged to work in pairs, and choose
a project that is relevant to their own area of research.
Presentations will be on Zoom.
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