Optimality of Fast Matching Algorithms for Random Networks with Applications to Structural Controllability

Optimality of Fast Matching Algorithms for Random Networks with Applications to Structural Controllability

Abstract

Network control refers to a very large and diverse set of problems including controllability of linear time-invariant dynamical systems, where the objective is to select an appropriate input to steer the networkto a desired state. There are many notions of controllability, one of them being structural controllability, which is intimately connected to finding maximum matchings on the underlying network topology. In this work, we study fast, scalable algorithms for finding maximum matchings for a large class of randomnetworks. First, we illustrate that degree distribution random networks are realistic models for realnetworks in terms of structural controllability. Subsequently, we analyze a popular, fast and practical heuristic due to Karp and Sipser as well as a simplification of it. For both heuristics, we establish asymptotic optimality and provide results concerning the asymptotic size of maximum matchings for an extensive class of random networks.


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