Quadratic stabilization of switched systems

We consider quadratic stabilization of uncertain switched systems when a switching rule is imposed on state feedback controllers of subsystems. A method is proposed to constructively design switching rules for continuous and discrete-time switched systems with norm-bounded time-varying uncertainties. The switching rules designed via this method do not rely on uncertainties, and the switched system is quadratically stabilizable via switched state feedback for all uncertainties.     

A full characterization of stabilizability of bimodal piecewise linear systems with scalar inputs

This paper studies open-loop stabilization problem for bimodal systems with continuous vector field. It is based on the earlier work of the authors on the controllability problem for the same class of systems. A full characterization of stabilizability is established by presenting algebraic necessary and sufficient conditions. It is also shown that controllability implies stabilizability for these systems in a very similar fashion to the linear case.     

Quadratic stability and stabilization of uncertain linear discrete-time systems with state delay

This paper deals with the problem of quadratic stability analysis and quadratic stabilization for uncertain linear discrete-time systems with state delay. The system under consideration involves state time delay and time-varying norm-bounded parameter uncertainties appearing in all the matrices of the state-space model. Necessary and sufficient conditions for quadratic stability and quadratic stabilization are presented in terms of certain matrix inequalities, respectively. A robustly stabilizing state feedback controller can be constructed by using the corresponding feasible solution of the matrix inequalities. Two examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Exponential stabilization of discrete-time switched linear systems

This article studies the exponential stabilization problem for discrete-time switched linear systems based on a control-Lyapunov function approach. It is proved that a switched linear system is exponentially stabilizable if and only if there exists a piecewise quadratic control-Lyapunov function. Such a converse control-Lyapunov function theorem justifies many of the earlier synthesis methods that have adopted piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions for convenience or heuristic reasons. In addition, it is also proved that if a switched linear system is exponentially stabilizable, then it must be stabilizable by a stationary suboptimal policy of a related switched linear-quadratic regulator (LQR) problem. Motivated by some recent results of the switched LQR problem, an efficient algorithm is proposed, which is guaranteed to yield a control-Lyapunov function and a stabilizing policy whenever the system is exponentially stabilizable.     

A unified dissipativity approach for stability analysis of piecewise smooth systems

The main objective of this paper is to present a unified dissipativity approach for stability analysis of piecewise smooth (PWS) systems with continuous and discontinuous vector fields. The Filippov definition is considered for the solution of these systems. Using the concept of generalized gradients for nonsmooth functions, sufficient conditions for the stability of a PWS system are formulated based on Lyapunov theory. The importance of the proposed approach is that it does not need any a-priori information about attractive sliding modes on switching surfaces, which is in general difficult to obtain. A section on application of the main results to piecewise affine (PWA) systems followed by a section with extensive examples clearly show the usefulness of the proposed unified methodology. In particular, we present an example with a stable sliding mode where the proposed method works and previously suggested methods fail.     

Quadratic stabilization of linear networked control systems via simultaneous protocol and controller design

We derive conditions for quadratic stabilizability of linear networked control systems by dynamic output feedback and communication protocols. These conditions are used to develop a simultaneous design of controllers and protocols in terms of matrix inequalities. The obtained protocols do not require knowledge of controller and plant states but only of the discrepancies between current and the most recently transmitted values of nodes’ signals, and are implementable on controller area networks. We demonstrate on a batch reactor example that our design guarantees quadratic stability with a significantly smaller network throughput than previously available designs.     

Quadratic stabilization of switched nonlinear systems

In this paper, the problem of quadratic stabilization of multi-input multi-output switched nonlinear systems under an arbitrary switching law is investigated. When switched nonlinear systems have uniform normal form and the zero dynamics of uniform normal form is asymptotically stable under an arbitrary switching law, state feedbacks are designed and a common quadratic Lyapunov function of all the closed-loop subsystems is constructed to realize quadratic stabilizability of the class of switched nonlinear systems under an arbitrary switching law. The results of this paper are also applied to switched linear systems. Supported partially by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 50525721)     

一类线性切换系统具有H∞性能指标的二次稳定

研究了一类线性切换系统具有H_∞扰动衰减度二次稳定问题.这类线性切换系统由两个子系统组成,并且每个子系统都不是具有H_∞扰动衰减度二次稳定的.利用单Lyapunov函数方法,得到了线性切换系统具有H_∞扰动衰减度二次稳定的充分条件,同时由凸组合系统设计出确保线性切换系统二次稳定且具有H_∞扰动衰减度的切换律.进一步,还给出了线性切换系统具有H_∞扰动衰减度二次稳定的必要条件.最后的仿真实例表明了结论的有效性.     

H_∞ controller synthesis of piecewise discrete time linear systems

This paper presents an H∞ controller design method for pieccwise discrete time linear systems based on a piecewise quadratic Lyapunov function. It is shown that the resulting closed loop system is globally stable with guaranteed H∞ perfomiance and the controller can be obtained by solving a set of bilinear lnatrLx inequalities. It has been shown that piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions are less conservative than the global qnadnmc Lyapunov functions. A simulation example is also given to illustrate the advantage of the proposed approach.     

The analysis of global input-to-state stability for piecewise affine systems with time-delay

In this paper, global input-to-state stability (ISS) for discrete-time piecewise affine systems with time-delay are considered. Piecewise quadratic ISS-Lyapunov functions are adopted. Both Lyapunov-Razumikhin and Lyapunov-Krasovskii methods are used. The theorems of Lyapunov-Razumikhin type and Lyapunov-Krasovskii type for piecewise affine systems with time-delay are shown, respectively.     

Stability and Stabilization of Block-cascading Switched Linear Systems

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the problem of quadratic stability and stabilization in switched linear systems using reducible Lie algebra. First, we investigate the structure of all real invariant subspaces for a given linear system. The result is then used to provide a comparable cascading form for switching models. Using the common cascading form, a common quadratic Lyapunov function is (QLFs) is explored by finding common QLFs of diagonal blocks. In addition, a cascading Quaker Lemma is proved. Combining it with stability results, the problem of feedback stabilization for a class of switched linear systems is solved.     

不确定线性系统新的稳定性准则

研究了带有区间时滞的不确定系统的稳定性问题。通过采用时滞分割法,把时滞区间分割成任意两小段,并构造恰当的Lyapunov函数,利用积分不等式,得到了新的时滞相关的稳定性准则。通过数值例子验证了结果的有效性。     

凸锥型不确定线性切换系统的二次镇定

研究具有凸锥型不确定性的线性切换系统的二次鲁棒稳定化问题.这种不确定性是由若干已知常数矩阵所张成的凸锥构成的.利用凸组合技术,分别给出了连续和离散线性切换系统的鲁棒二次可稳定条件及切换律的设计方法.按照这些条件,只要判断张成凸锥的顶点矩阵的某个凸组合是否可稳即可.最后给出仿真例子.     

广义区间系统的稳定性与二次能稳分析

对于一类广义区间系统,利用Lyapunov方法,研究了该系统的稳定性.通过广义Lyapunov不等式的建立,得到了此系统结构稳定的充分必要条件是广义Lyapunov不等式有解.在此基础上,建立了广义Riccati不等式,由此不等式得到了此系统二次能稳的充要条件是广义Riccati不等式有解.这些结果将对进一步研究此系统有着重要的基础作用.最后,举例说明了主要结果.     

Asymptotic stability and disturbance attenuation properties for a class of networked control systems

In this paper, stability and disturbance attenuation issues for a class of Networked Control Systems (NCSs) under uncertain access delay and packet dropout effects are considered. Our aim is to find conditions on the delay and packet dropout rate, under which the system stability and H∞ disturbance attenuation properties are preserved to a desired level. The basic idea in this paper is to formulate such Networked Control System as a discrete-time switched system. Then the NCSs’ stability and performance problems can be reduced to the corresponding problems for switched systems, which have been studied for decades and for which a number of results are available in the literature. The techniques in this paper are based on recent progress in the discrete-time switched systems and piecewise Lyapunov functions.     

Asymptotic stability and disturbance attenuation properties for a class of networked control systems

In this paper, stability and disturbance attenuation issues for a class of Networked Control Systems (NCSs) under uncertain access delay and packet dropout effects are considered. Our aim is to find conditions on the delay and packet dropout rate, under which the system stability and H∞ disturbance attenuation properties are preserved to a desired level. The basic idea in this paper is to formulate such Networked Control System as a discrete-time switched system. Then the NCSs’ stability and performance problems can be reduced to the corresponding problems for switched systems, which have been studied for decades and for which a number of results are available in the literature. The techniques in this paper are based on recent progress in the discrete-time switched systems and piecewise Lyapunov functions.     

离散区间系统的二次稳定性及其稳定裕度分析

研究了动态离散区间系统的鲁棒稳定性问题,提出了系统二次稳定的充分与必要条件,以及相应的稳定裕度的计算方法,并推广到离散参数不确定系统.所有结论以线性矩阵不等式(LMI)的形式给出.利用功能强大的LMI工具,求解非常方便.所给实例表明,该方法用于确定动态离散区间系统的鲁棒稳定性及其稳定裕度,非常有效.     

Improved results on stability and stabilization criteria for uncertain linear systems with time-varying delays

In this paper, the problems of stability and stabilization for linear systems with time-varying delays and norm-bounded parameter uncertainties are considered. By constructing augmented Lyapunov functionals and utilizing auxiliary function-based integral inequalities, improved delay-dependent stability and stabilization criteria for guaranteeing the asymptotic stability of the system are proposed with the framework of linear matrix inequalities. Four numerical examples are included to show that the proposed results can reduce the conservatism of stability and stabilization criteria by comparing maximum delay bounds.     

Quadratic stability and stabilization of matrix second‐order time‐varying systems

This paper investigates the quadratic stability and stabilization of a class of matrix second‐order time‐varying systems. All the system matrices including the second‐order differential coefficient matrix are assumed to have the time‐varying norm‐bounded parameters. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the quadratic stability and stabilization of such time‐varying systems are derived. All the results are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Two illustrative examples are given to show that our results are effective and less conservative than the results obtained by other researchers. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.