Controllability of discrete time inhomogeneous bilinear systems

In this paper we derive a set of conditions which are both necessary and sufficient for complete controllability of a class of inhomogeneous discrete time bilinear systems.     

Controllability and observability of switched multi-agent systems

This paper considers controllability and observability of switched multi-agent systems, which are composed of continuous-time and discrete-time subsystems. First, a controllability criterion is established in terms of the system matrices. Then, by virtue of the concepts of the invariant subspace and the controllable state set, a method is proposed to construct the switching sequence to ensure controllability of switched multi-agent systems, and a necessary and sufficient condition is obtained for controllability. Moreover, a necessary controllability condition is derived in terms of eigenvectors of the Laplican matrix. With respect to observability, two necessary and sufficient algebraic conditions are obtained. Finally, simulation examples are provided to illustrate the theoretical results.     

Controllability of two-input,discrete time bilinear systems

In this paper, the controllability of discrete time bilinear systems with two inputs is examined. Two cases are studied and some sufficient conditions for controllability are obtained. The extension to more than two inputs is also briefly discussed.     

一类齐次离散双线性系统可控性分析

在系统分析中,可控性是系统的一个重要特性.在工程实际操作中,往往需要对一个连续系统进行离散化处理,人们希望系统在离散化后能保留原系统的重要系统特征,比如可控性.对于线性系统,我们有成熟的判断方法.然而,对于非线性系统则无统一的判别方法.Elliott在2005年给出了一个二阶双线性系统经过离散化后,可控性发生变化的例子.它表明一个系统在离散化前后,它的可控性可能会发生改变.本文旨在给出一类二阶离散化双线性系统可控性充分条件,并和已有结果作比较,表明本文结果更具有一般性.另外,本文对于3阶及以上的这类系统可控性做出了不可控的判断.     

Controllability of a class of discrete time bilinear systems

In this paper the controllability of a class of discrete time bilinear systems is discussed. Necessary and sufficient conditions for complete controllability are derived. In addition a complete characterization of the controllable regions of this class of systems, when not completely controllable, is made.     

Controllability and reachability criteria for switched linear systems

This paper investigates the controllability and reachability of switched linear control systems. It is proven that both the controllable and reachable sets are subspaces of the total space. Complete geometric characterization for both sets is presented. The switching control design problem is also addressed.     

Design of switched controllers for discrete singular bilinear systems

In this paper, switched controllers are designed for a class of nonlinear discrete singular systems and a class of discrete singular bilinear systems. An invariant principle is presented for such switched nonlinear singular systems.The invariant principle and the switched controllers are used to globally stabilize a class of singular bilinear systems that are not open-loop stable.     

Design of switched controllers for discrete singular bilinear systems

In this paper, switched controllers are designed for a class of nonlinear discrete singular systems and a class of discrete singular bilinear systems. An invariant principle is presented for such switched nonlinear singular systems.The invariant principle and the switched controllers are used to globally stabilize a class of singular bilinear systems that are not open-loop stable.     

Comments on "Controllability of a class of discrete time bilinear systems"

This note simplifies some of the conditions of the above paper. The form of the systems is characterized in an explicit way.     

Controllability and stabilizability of switched linear-systems

In this paper, we study the conjecture made in (IEEE Trans. Automat. Control 47 (8) (2002) 1401) concerning the existence of basic switching sequence for switched systems, and give it an affirmative answer and a construction method. This paper proves that for switched linear system, there exists a switching sequence such that the controllable state set of this switching sequence is equal to the controllable state set of the system. Hence, the controllability can be realized by using only one switching sequence. Then, the result is extended to the systems with time-delay in controls. Furthermore, we define the stabilizability of switched linear systems, and based on certain transformation of state coordinate, we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the stabilizability. Two examples are presented to illustrate the obtained results.     

Controllability and observability for time‐varying switched impulsive controlled systems

This paper is concerned with the controllability and observability for linear time‐varying switched impulsive systems. First, some new results about the variation of parameters for time‐varying switched impulsive systems are derived. Then less conservative sufficient conditions and necessary conditions for state controllability and observability of such systems are established. And for such system without impulsive control input, sufficient and necessary conditions for controllability and observability are derived. Furthermore, corresponding criteria applied to time‐varying impulsive systems are also discussed and examples are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed results. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Controllability of nonlinear systems consisting of a bilinear mode with time-varying delays in control

Sufficient conditions are established for the global relative controllability of nonlinear system consisting of a bilinear mode with time-varying delays in control. The results are a generalization of previous results and are obtained by using Schauder's fixed point theorem.     

Controllability of nonlinear systems consisting of a bilinear mode with distributed delays in control

Sufficient conditions for global relative controllability, of nonlinear systems consisting of a bilinear mode with distributed delays in control are given. Results for bilinear systems with multiple delays and general nonlinear systems with distributed delays in control are stated. Proofs are based on Schauder's fixed point theorem.     

A second-order maximum principle for discrete-time bilinear control systems with applications to discrete-time linear switched systems

A powerful approach for analyzing the stability of continuous-time switched systems is based on using optimal control theory to characterize the “most unstable” switching law. This reduces the problem of determining stability under arbitrary switching to analyzing stability for the specific “most unstable” switching law. For discrete-time switched systems, the variational approach received considerably less attention. This approach is based on using a first-order necessary optimality condition in the form of a maximum principle (MP), and typically this is not enough to completely characterize the “most unstable” switching law. In this paper, we provide a simple and self-contained derivation of a second-order necessary optimality condition for discrete-time bilinear control systems. This provides new information that cannot be derived using the first-order MP. We demonstrate several applications of this second-order MP to the stability analysis of discrete-time linear switched systems.     

Design of bilinear observer for singular bilinear systems

A bilinear observer is proposed for a class of singular bilinear system subject to unknown input disturbance.Based on singular value decomposition technique, the existence of the solution to the decomposed system is presented.Then a bilinear observer is proposed for the decomposed system based on an algebraic Riccati equation, and the domain of attraction of the state estimation error is derived. Finally, a detailed design procedure is given to design a bilinear observer for a model of flexible joint robot, which demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Identification of bilinear systems

A new technique for the identification of general bilinear systems is presented. The model reference adaptive systems (MARS) technique together with the direct method of Liapunov are used to construct the identifier for the system parameters. The plant is assumed to be multivariable, continuous and all of the states are accessible for measurements. The proposed technique can be applied on a certain class of nonlinear systems in which the nonlinearities could be approximated by quadratic terms without a significant loss in the overall accuracy. The technique is used to identify the parameters of a binary distillation column.     

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.     

Observability for bilinear systems

Since the observability for bilinear systems is affected by the input, this paper defines three kinds of observability for bilinear systems ; namely (1) observability with some input, (2) observability with any input, (3) observability with unknown input. The necessary and sufficient condition for the observability with some input and sufficient conditions for the observability with any input and with unknown input for discrete bilinear systems are derived respectively and the effects of the input are clarified