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Continuous-Time Singular Linear-Quadratic Control: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Existence of Regular Solutions

Optimization and Control 2014-04-08 v1

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to close the remaining gaps in the understanding of the role that the constrained generalized continuous algebraic Riccati equation plays in singular linear-quadratic (LQ) optimal control. Indeed, in spite of the vast literature on LQ problems, it is only in a recent paper that a sufficient condition for the existence of a non-impulsive optimal control has for the first time connected this equation with the singular LQ optimal control problem. In this paper, we establish four equivalent conditions providing a complete picture that connects the singular LQ problem with the generalized continuous algebraic Riccati equation and with the geometric properties of the underlying system.

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@article{arxiv.1404.1667,
  title  = {Continuous-Time Singular Linear-Quadratic Control: Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for the Existence of Regular Solutions},
  author = {Augusto Ferrante and Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.1667},
  year   = {2014}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1305.5312