Abstract: | This paper studies the construction of switching sequences for reachability realization of switched impulsive control systems. An approach is proposed to design switching sequences so that the reachable subspace of switched impulsive control systems is expressed in terms of the reachable state sets of the designed switching sequences. For a class of switched impulsive control systems, it is proved that a single switching sequence can be designed with its reachable state set coinciding with the reachable subspace. Periodic switching sequences are also constructed in this paper for the reachability realization problem. The results present a new way to exploit the switching mechanism to achieve the reachability and controllability of switched impulsive control systems. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |