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Robust Discrete-Time Pontryagin Maximum Principle on Matrix Lie Groups

Optimization and Control 2020-07-28 v1

Abstract

This article considers a discrete-time robust optimal control problem on matrix Lie groups. The underlying system is assumed to be perturbed by exogenous unmeasured bounded disturbances, and the control problem is posed as a min-max optimal control wherein the disturbance is the adversary and tries to maximise a cost that the control tries to minimise. Assuming the existence of a saddle point in the problem, we present a version of the Pontryagin maximum principle (PMP) that encapsulates first-order necessary conditions that the optimal control and disturbance trajectories must satisfy. This PMP features a saddle point condition on the Hamiltonian and a set of backward difference equations for the adjoint dynamics. We also present a special case of our result on Euclidean spaces. We conclude with applying the PMP to robust version of single axis rotation of a rigid body.

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@article{arxiv.2007.13459,
  title  = {Robust Discrete-Time Pontryagin Maximum Principle on Matrix Lie Groups},
  author = {Anant A. Joshi and Debasish Chatterjee and Ravi N. Banavar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.13459},
  year   = {2020}
}
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