Patent ID: 9557722
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G01K,G05B

Claim:
1. A control system for stabilizing complex systems, wherein the complex system comprises a plurality of agents or machines interacting with an environment, the control system comprising: at least one sensor, connected with each agent or machine and the environment, configured to measure a state of the complex system and output the measured state of the complex system; a plurality of controllers, each agent or machine having its own controller which directly controls the actions of its corresponding agent or machine, wherein each controller receives feedback regarding its corresponding agent's or machine's state as well as feedback from the environment; and at least one filter configured to receive the measured state of the complex system, compute a variance in the oscillations of the complex system over time, and output the computed variance to at least one regulator; wherein for each agent or machine, at least one corresponding regulator is connected with the controller corresponding to the agent or machine and is configured to automatically adjust a control parameter in response to the computed variance received from the at least one filter; wherein the automatically adjustable control parameter is at least one additional feedback delay between the measured state of the complex system and each controller corresponding to an agent or machine; and wherein each regulator is configured to regulate each controller's action on its corresponding agent or machine based on the control parameter in order to maintain stability of the complex system.