On the constrained small-time controllability of linear systems

This note presents a necessary and sufficient condition for small-time controllability of a linear system with respect to a cone. This result extends the controllability conditions for linear systems to the case of control and phase constraints.     

Maximal controllability of input constrained unstable systems by the addition of implicit constraints

The null controllable set of a system is the largest set of states that can be controlled to the origin. Control systems that have a region of attraction equal to the null controllable set are said to be maximally controllable closed-loop systems. In the case of open-loop unstable plants with amplitude constrained control it is well known that the null controllable set does not cover the entire state-space. Further the combination of input constraints and unstable system dynamics results in a set of state constraints which we call implicit constraints. It is shown that the simple inclusion of implicit constraints in a controller formulation results in a controller that achieves maximal controllability for a class of open-loop unstable systems.     

Approximate controllability for fractional semilinear parabolic equations

In this paper, we deal with the control systems described by a large class of fractional semilinear parabolic equations. Firstly, we reformulate the fractional parabolic equations into abstract fractional differential equations associated with a semigroup on an appropriate Banach space. Secondly, we introduce a suitable concept on a mild solution for this kind of fractional parabolic equations and present the existence and uniqueness of mild solution by utilizing the theory of semigroup of linear operator, nonlinear analysis method and fixed point theorem. Then, the approximate controllability of the fractional semilinear parabolic equations is formulated and proved. At the end of the paper, an example is given to illustrate our main results.     

Connectability and structural controllability of composite systems

The notion of connectability for multivariable composite systems consisting of a number of subsystems interconnected in an arbitrary way is introduced in this paper. It is shown that connectability plays a fundamental role in composite systems; in particular, it is shown that under certain mild conditions, almost all composite interconnected systems are controllable and observable from any nontrivial input and output if and only if the resultant composite system is connectable. A class of composite systems called general input-output hierarchical systems, which has the property of always being connectable is then defined. Since such systems are almost always controllable, this observation perhaps gives some insight in explaining why so many real world systems have as their basis a hierarchical structure. An application of the previous results is then made to show that a system (C, A, B) is structurally controllable and observable if and only if it is connectable and a certain non-pathological rank condition holds.     

Exact controllability for singular distributed parameter system in Hilbert space

Exact controllability of singular distributed parameter control system is discussed via functional analysis and the theory of generalized operator semi-group in Hilbert space. Necessary and sufficient conditions concerning the exact controllability are given. Relations between exact controllability and stability of singular distributed parameter system are specified.     

Planar nonlinear systems: Practical stabilization and Hermes controllability condition

We analyze further some results from our recent work (1991) concerning the practical stabilizability problem by means of smooth feedback laws. These results are used to establish that if a smooth planar nonlinear system satisfies the Hermes controllability condition at its equilibrium, then it can be practically stabilized.     

Local and global controllability for nonlinear systems

A technique to study local and global controllability properties for a wide class of nonlinear systems is presented. In addition to an extensive study of systems on ² we propose — as an application of our method — a new criterion for global controllability of systems with polynomial drift term, defined on ⁿ. In the case of linear systems, the criterion reduces to the classical Kalman condition.A study of local controllability at the equilibrium point of the drift term of systems defined on ² enables us not only to rederive a local controllability result derived by Hermes [4,5], but also to extend this result when no assumptions are made on the boundedness of the controls.     

Monomial reachability and zero controllability of discrete-time positive switched systems

In this paper, monomial reachability and zero controllability properties of discrete-time positive switched systems are investigated. Necessary and sufficient conditions for these properties to hold, together with some interesting examples and some testing algorithms, are provided.     

Modified Gronwall's inequality and its application to stabilization problem for semilinear parabolic systems

This paper deals with the stabilization of semilinear parabolic distributed systems by means of boundary controls. The partial differential equation describing the system is formulated as a semilinear evolution equation in a Hilbert space by using a variable transformation. Here it is shown that the solution globally exists for the closed-loop system which installs a finite-dimensional dynamic compensator by using the properties of an analytic semigroup. Moreover, a sufficient condition for stabilization of the system is derived by making use of the modified Gronwall's inequality developed in this paper.     

The regulator problem with indefinite quadratic cost for boundary control systems: the finite horizon case

In this paper we study the finite horizon non-standard LQ-problem for an abstract dynamics, which models a large class of hyperbolic-like partial differential equations. We provide necessary/sufficient conditions for finiteness of the value function corresponding to the control problem. Sharpness of sufficient conditions is shown by means of counterexamples. The specific features of the finite, in contrast to infinite, horizon case are illustrated.     

On the controllability and observability of discrete-time linear time-delay systems

This article studies the controllability and observability of discrete-time linear time-delay systems, so that the two properties can play a more fundamental role in system analysis before controller and observer design is engaged. Complete definitions of controllability and observability, which imply the stabilisability and detectability, respectively, and determine the feasibility of eigenvalue assignment, are proposed for systems with delays in both state variables and input/output signals. Necessary and sufficient criteria are developed to check the controllability and observability efficiently. The proofs are based on the equivalent expanded system, but the criteria only involve the delays and matrices of the same dimension as the original system. Finally, the duality between the suggested controllability and observability is presented.     

Local controllability of non-linear systems: An example

An example of a locally controllable nonlinear system on R³ is given. The system is of the type with f, g analytic vector fields and u bounded. The fields f and g are such that the dimension of the vector space spanned at x₀ by the Lie brackets which contain g an odd number of times is 2.     

Connections between H 2 optimal filters and unknown input observers – performance limitations of H 2 optimal filtering

For linear time invariant continuous-time systems with either unknown or white noise input, two well-known filtering problems are considered. These are the unknown input observer problem and the Kalman filtering problem. Most of the available literature on Kalman filtering considers the so-called regular filtering problem. We consider here the general singular filtering problem. We show that such a Kalman filtering problem for a given system can be transformed to the unknown input observer problem for an auxiliary system constructed from the data of the given system. Such transformations between these two filtering problems enable us to study various properties of Kalman filtering, including existence and uniqueness of Kalman filters, computation of performance indices of Kalman filtering, and performance limitations of Kalman filtering as related to the structural properties of the given system.     

Links between asymptotic controllability and persistence of excitation for a class of time-varying systems

For a class of nonlinear time-varying parameterized systems we prove that persistence of excitation implies global asymptotic controllability to the equilibrium with respect to a set of parameters. The result is used to derive sufficient conditions for global asymptotic controllability for composite systems.     

Homomorphisms and controllability of parallel composite systems

The concept of a homorphism is introduced to study the local weak controllability of parallel composite analytic systems. If two systems are simultaneously homomorphic to a nontrivial system, then their parallel composition is not locally weakly controllable. The converse, however, is not true. It is this negative aspect that shows the complexity of nonlinear systems in contrast with the linear ones.     

Strong controllability and extendibility of discrete multidimensional behaviors

In this paper we propose definitions of strong controllability and extendibility for discrete multidimensional behaviors. After characterizing extendibility in algebraic terms, we show that strong controllability is equivalent to simultaneous controllability and extendibility, thus obtaining an algebraic characterization for that property.