On strong controllability for planar affine nonlinear systems

Different to linear systems, a controllable nonlinear system does not generally imply that it is strongly controllable. This paper will investigate the strong controllability of planar affine nonlinear systems and obtain its necessary and sufficient condition by introducing the variation function of the control curve. These conditions are imposed on the system structure only. In addition, we also point out that, for a class of polynomial systems, their strong controllability is equivalent to their controllability. Finally, some examples are given to show the application of our results.     

Controllability of product systems

For nonlinear continuous-time control systems we introduce the notion of controllability with selectable time, which is a little bit stronger than the usual controllability notion. For a large class of nonlinear systems on compact manifolds, controllability with selectable time is equivalent to controllability together with strong accessibility. It turns out that the controllability of products of independent control systems is related to this new controllability notion. The main result states that a smooth control affine product system is controllable if and only if all factors are controllable and at most one factor is not controllable with selectable time, provided the accessibility algebra of the product system has full rank.     

Output feedback design and controllable cascade connections of nonlinear systems

For linear control systems necessary and sufficient conditions have been established for transforming a linear multiinput multioutput controllable system to a single input controllable system by use of linear output feedback. This problem is studied here for nonlinear systems affine in control, extending previous work of the authors dealing with the more restricted case of state feedback. The results obtained are subsequently applied to analyze controllability of cascade connections of nonlinear systems. A notable consequence of the development presented here, is that for linear systems the above questions can be answered under milder conditions than those required by the linear theory, provided that nonlinear output feedback is allowed.     

Approximate controllability of fractional stochastic evolution equations

A class of dynamic control systems described by nonlinear fractional stochastic differential equations in Hilbert spaces is considered. Using fixed point technique, fractional calculations, stochastic analysis technique and methods adopted directly from deterministic control problems, a new set of sufficient conditions for approximate controllability of fractional stochastic differential equations is formulated and proved. In particular, we discuss the approximate controllability of nonlinear fractional stochastic control system under the assumptions that the corresponding linear system is approximately controllable. The results in this paper are generalization and continuation of the recent results on this issue. An example is provided to show the application of our result. Finally as a remark, the compactness of semigroup is not assumed and subsequently the conditions are obtained for exact controllability result.     

Approximate controllability of impulsive differential equations with state-dependent delay

In order to describe various real-world problems in physical and engineering sciences subject to abrupt changes at certain instants during the evolution process, impulsive differential equations have been used to describe the system model. In this article, the problem of approximate controllability for nonlinear impulsive differential equations with state-dependent delay is investigated. We study the approximate controllability for nonlinear impulsive differential system under the assumption that the corresponding linear control system is approximately controllable. Using methods of functional analysis and semigroup theory, sufficient conditions are formulated and proved. Finally, an example is provided to illustrate the proposed theory.     

DC-DC变换器在恒功率负载下的能控性

带有恒功率负载的DC-DC变换器是切换非线性系统.以Boost变换器为例,本文建立了其切换系统模型;它包括三个模态.模态I,II,III分别对应于开关器件导通、关断、电感电流断续时的电路拓扑.因为电容电压是非负的,所以本文对平面拓扑学的最新结果加以修正,导出了半平面仿射非线性系统全局能控的充分必要条件——判别函数在任意非零控制曲线上变号.据此证明了模态II的全局能控性.由于模态II为运转中的必经阶段,故切换系统能控.研究方法也适用于Buck等变换器的能控性分析.     

Spacecraft attitude control and stabilization: Applications of geometric control theory to rigid body models

In this paper, we study the attitude control problem for spacecraft with gas jet or momentum exchange actuators, using the recent nonlinear geometric control theory. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for controllability of the system in the case that the gas jet actuators yield one, two, or three independent torques. In the case of momentum exchange devices, controllability is studied with three independent actuators, and controllability is shown to be impossible with fewer devices. The former conditions with gas jet actuators are presented in three equivalent ways, and an equivalence is established with an earlier condition by Baillieul. The local controllability problem is also studied in the case of gas jet actuators yielding two independent torques. Using these results, an algorithm stabilizing the controllable system around an equilibrium state and trajectory is outlined, as proposed by Hermes. In the situations considered, however, the linearized systems are not controllable.     

Controllability of Mechanical Systems in the Class of Controls Bounded Together with Their Derivatives

A series of studies concerned with controllability of the nonlinear dynamic mechanical systems such as manipulators, aircraft, or water-craft was continued. For the class of smooth controls which comprises swing-bounded controls with bounded derivatives, a criterion for controllability of mechanical systems was established in addition to the criterion for controllability in the class of bounded controls that was established earlier. The controllability criterion (necessary and sufficient conditions) was formulated for a set of mechanical systems, rather than for a particular system as usual. Stated differently, conditions for controllability of any system from the set were established. The elements of this set are represented by the systems obeying the Lagrange equations of the second kind and having also bounded inertial characteristics and generalized forces. The established controllability conditions have an obvious physical sense. For example, for a manipulation robot to be controllable, it is required that the control forces dominate over any other generalized forces such as weight or environmental resistance.Domination is necessary both in the amplitude of forces and rate of their variation, that is, the derivative.     

Controllability for parabolic equations with nonlinear memory

This paper is concerned with the controllability of a parabolic system with nonlinear memory. Based on the localized estimate of the solution, we prove that the system with a superlinear growth memory is not controllable. Furthermore, two controllability results for some initial data and targets are given as well.     

Exact and approximate feedback linearization without the linear controllability assumption

The feedback linearization problem of nonlinear control systems has been solved in the literature under the assumption that the nonlinear system is linearly controllable. In this paper, the assumption of linear controllability is removed; necessary and sufficient conditions are given through Lie orbital symmetries, thus giving a geometric characterization of the problem in the analytic case. Both the exact and the approximate linearization problems are considered in the analytic case.     

On controllability of a class of discrete‐time homogeneous bilinear systems with solvable controls

This paper studies the controllability of a class of discrete‐time homogeneous bilinear systems. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the controllability are obtained. In particular, an algorithm for computing the controls, which achieve given states transition, for the controllable systems is given with examples. Furthermore, the necessary and sufficient conditions are applied to present four cases of the change of the controllability for Euler discretization, which show that Euler discretization may and may not change the controllability of nonlinear systems. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Controllability and observability of multi-agent systems with heterogeneous and switching topologies

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This paper focuses on controllability and observability of multi-agent systems with heterogeneous and switching topologies, where the first- and the second-order information interaction topologies are different and switching. First, based on the controllable state set, a controllability criterion is obtained in terms of the controllability matrix corresponding to the switching sequence. Next, by virtue of the subspace sequence, two necessary and sufficient algebraic conditions are established for controllability in terms of the system matrices corresponding to all the possible topologies. Furthermore, controllability is considered from the graphic perspective. It is proved that the system is controllable if the union graph of all the possible topologies is controllable. With respect to observability, two sufficient and necessary conditions are derived by taking advantage of the system matrices and the corresponding invariant subspace, respectively. Finally, some simulation examples are worked out to illustrate the theoretical results.     

Global exact boundary controllability of a class of quasilinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws

This paper deals with the global exact boundary controllability of a class of quasilinear hyperbolic systems of conservation laws with linearly degenerate characteristics. It is shown that the system with nonlinear boundary conditions is globally exactly boundary controllable in the class of piecewise C¹ functions. Some physical and mechanical applications are given.     

Approximate controllability of nonlinear stochastic impulsive systems with control acting on the nonlinear terms

This paper is concerned with the approximate controllability of the stochastic impulsive system with control acting on the nonlinear terms. In the case that the nonlinear terms are dependent on the control, the control cannot be expressed explicitly and analysed. In this situation, we generate the control sequence by the approximate equations and give the properties of the control sequence and the driven solution sets. Some discussions on the assumptions are given to impose on the system. The Hausdorff measure is adopted to relax the requirement of the compactness condition. It is also shown that under some sufficient conditions the stochastic impulsive system is approximately controllable without the requirement of the controllability of the associated linear system. The results of this paper can be degraded into special cases and coincide with some existing ones.     

Local exact controllability for Berger plate equation

We study the exact controllability of a nonlinear plate equation by the means of a control which acts on an internal region of the plate. The main result asserts that this system is locally exactly controllable if the associated linear Euler–Bernoulli system is exactly controllable. In particular, for rectangular domains, we obtain that the Berger system is locally exactly controllable in arbitrarily small time and for every open and nonempty control region.     

On small-controllability and controllability of a class of nonlinear systems

In this paper, small-controllability and controllability of a class of nonlinear systems are studied. Both the discrete-time case and continuous-time case are considered. By proposing an implicit function approach, sufficient conditions for the systems respectively to be small-controllable and controllable are obtained. Examples are also provided to illustrate the results of the paper.     

Controllability and local accessibility - a normal form approach

Given a system with an uncontrollable linearization at the origin, we study the controllability of the system at equilibria around the origin. If the uncontrollable mode is nonzero, we prove that the system always has other equilibria around the origin. We also prove that these equilibria are linearly controllable provided a coefficient in the normal form is nonzero. Thus, the system is qualitatively changed from being linearly uncontrollable to linearly controllable when the equilibrium point is moved from the origin to a different one. This is called a bifurcation of controllability. As an application of the bifurcation, systems with a positive uncontrollable mode can be stabilized at a nearby equilibrium point. In the last part of this paper, simple sufficient conditions are proved for local accessibility of systems with an uncontrollable mode. Necessary conditions of controllability and local accessibility are also proved for systems with a convergent normal form.     

On Near‐controllability of Discrete‐time Upper‐triangular Bilinear Systems with Applications to Controllability

Near‐controllability is defined for those systems that are uncontrollable but have a large controllable region. It is a property of nonlinear control systems introduced recently, and it has been demonstrated on two classes of discrete‐time bilinear systems. This paper studies near‐controllability of discrete‐time upper‐triangular bilinear systems, which are uncontrollable and are more general than the two classes mentioned. A necessary and sufficient condition for the systems in dimension two to be nearly controllable is presented, which covers the existing results. For the systems with high dimensions, necessary conditions and sufficient conditions of near‐controllability are provided, which generalize the existing results. In particular, the obtained near‐controllability results are applied to controllability of discrete‐time bilinear systems. An example also is given to demonstrate the effectiveness, which shows that the controllability problems of discrete‐time bilinear systems can be solved by near‐controllability.     

仿射非线性系统的能控性

研究仿射非线性系统的能控性问题.利用向量场族对应的积分曲线定义系统的能控性,建立一个新的基于漂移向量场弱泊松稳定的能控性判据,并给出了完整的证明.利用该结论对定义在紧致黎曼流形上的解析系统,给出了漂移向量场为保守场条件下的能控性的充要条件,并用状态流形的紧致性证明了弱泊松稳定性的几个等价条件.进一步利用保守系统的判据给出了一般仿射非线性系统能控的充分条件,井应用所得结论分析了欠驱动航天器姿态系统的能控性.     

对称非线性控制系统的能控性

本文采用微分几何方法,研究了具有对称结构的非线性控制系统的能控性。本文证明:若对称非线性控制系统在某点能控,那么该系统在此点所属的轨道上的所有点均能控。