Structural Averaged Controllability for Linear Ensemble Systems: Multi-input Case

Abstract

We study structural averaged controllability for multi-input linear ensemble systems. In this problem, one asks whether a sparsity pattern admits a linear ensemble system that is averaged controllable. The single-input case has been characterized completely, while the general multi-input case has remained open. In this work, we give a complete characterization for the general multi-input case. In particular, we prove that in addition to accessibility, a necessary and sufficient condition for structural averaged controllability of ensemble systems is existence of a row-saturating matching for its \emph{core}, an acyclic subgraph associated with the system which plays a central role in the result for the single-input case.