Design and analysis of distributed control systems: theory and application to DC microgrids

This thesis aims to propose novel design methods for decision (control) systems and suitable strategies to interconnect them with a plant. Within such an interconnected system framework, the decision system is designed to define the desired (optimal) equilibrium and generate the corresponding control inputs to the plant. The main content of this thesis can be roughly divided into two parts. The first part deals with the design of decision (control) systems and the theoretical analysis of interconnected systems. The second part of the thesis deals with the application of the developed theory to DC microgrids.