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    Area of Science:

    • Control Systems Engineering
    • Networked Systems

    Background:

    • Distributed observer systems are crucial for state estimation in complex systems.
    • Current methods often require full system output access or centralized control.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To simplify the design of distributed reduced-order observers for continuous-time linear time-invariant (LTI) systems.
    • To develop a consensus-based communication strategy for distributed state estimation.

    Main Methods:

    • Designing distributed reduced-order observers for detectable LTI systems on directed graphs.
    • Utilizing consensus communication patterns for information sharing among observers.
    • Employing an adaptive strategy to eliminate dependence on network topology information.

    Main Results:

    • Sufficient conditions for the existence of distributed reduced-order observers were established, incorporating network topology.
    • An adaptive strategy was successfully applied to remove topology constraints, enabling a fully distributed observer design.
    • Numerical simulations validated the theoretical findings and the effectiveness of the proposed method.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed simplified distributed observer design is effective for LTI systems.
    • The adaptive strategy offers a robust approach to distributed state estimation, independent of network structure.
    • This work advances the field of distributed control and estimation in networked systems.