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A new method for the optimal solutions is proposed. Originating from the continuous-time dynamics stability theory in the control field, the optimal solution is anticipated to be obtained in an asymptotically evolving way. By introducing a…
The present paper provides a sufficient condition to ensure output finite-time and fixed-time stability. Comparing with analogous researches the proposed result is less restrictive and obtained for a wider class of systems. The presented…
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This work proposes a new procedure for the stabilization of time-delay systems using Static Output Feedback (SOF) control. A previous convex optimization approach to SOF for Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) is extended to time-delay…
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The key challenges in design of predictor-based control laws for switched systems with arbitrary switching and long input delay are the potential unavailability of the future values of the switching signal (at current time) and the fact…
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A key problem in computational biology is discovering the gene expression changes that regulate cell fate transitions, in which one cell type turns into another. However, each individual cell cannot be tracked longitudinally, and cells at…
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This note addresses the output synchronization problem of incrementally output-feedback passive nonlinear systems in the presence of exogenous disturbances. Two kinds of distributed controllers are proposed; one placed at the nodes and the…
A well-posed initial-boundary value problem is formulated for the model problem of the vector wave equation subject to the divergence-free constraint. Existence, uniqueness and stability of the solution is proved by reduction to a system…
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