Observability of Boolean control networks with stochastic disturbances

In this paper, the observability problem of Boolean control networks (BCNs) with stochastic distur-bances is investigated via two kinds of control schemes: deterministic control and state feedback control. Firstly, based on the proposed indicator matrix, a simplified system of the original augmented Boolean system is constructed. Based on the analysis of the auxiliary system, observability of the original BCN is converted to determine whether an observable set can be reached from another unobservable set. After that, some necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained to judge the observability of BCNs. At the same time, two algorithms are proposed for designing these two types of control sequences. Finally, numerical simulations are also provided to demonstrate feasibility of the theoretical results.& COPY; 2023 The Franklin Institute. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.