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Stability and control of a non-linear system represent an important system configuration that frequently arises in practical engineering. Stability covers a vast range of systems that do not obey the superposition principle and applies to…
This paper develops systematically the output feedback exponential stabilization for a one-dimensional unstable/anti-stable wave equation where the control boundary suffers from both internal nonlinear uncertainty and external disturbance.…
Based on the principle of chaotification for continuous-time autonomous systems, which relies on two basic properties of chaos, i.e., globally bounded with necessary positive-zero-negative Lyapunov exponents, this paper derives a feasible…
This paper is concerned with stability conditions for the positive feedback interconnection of negative imaginary systems. A generalization of the negative imaginary lemma is derived, which remains true even if the transfer function has…
In this paper, we propose a Lyapunov-based reinforcement learning method for distributed control of nonlinear systems comprising interacting subsystems with guaranteed closed-loop stability. Specifically, we conduct a detailed stability…
Consider the $n$-th integrator $\dot x=J_nx+\sigma(u)e_n$, where $x\in\mathbb{R}^n$, $u\in \mathbb{R}$, $J_n$ is the $n$-th Jordan block and $e_n=(0\ \cdots 0\ 1)^T\in\mathbb{R}^n$. We provide easily implementable state feedback laws…
This paper proposes a novel nonlinear sliding mode state feedback controller for perturbed second-order systems. In analogy to a linear proportional-derivative (PD) feedback control, the proposed nonlinear scheme uses the output of interest…
In this paper, a state feedback control design with min/max operational limiting constraints is developed for multi-input-multi-output linear time invariant systems. Specifically, servo-tracking control problems with input and output…
This paper presents a survey of recent results on the theory of negative imaginary systems. This theory can be applied to the robust control of large flexible structures with colocated force actuators and position sensors.
In this work, we propose a methodology for the expression of necessary and sufficient Lyapunov-like conditions for the existence of stabilizing feedback laws. The methodology is an extension of the well-known Control Lyapunov Function (CLF)…
We construct a patchy feedback for a general control system on $\R^n$ which realizes practical stabilization to a target set $\Sigma$, when the dynamics is constrained to a given set of states $S$. The main result is that $S$--constrained…
This note proposes a data-driven output-feedback stabilizing policy iteration for unknown linear discrete-time systems with unmeasurable states. Existing policy iteration methods for optimal control must start from a stabilizing control…
Incremental stability is a property of dynamical systems that ensures the convergence of trajectories with respect to each other rather than a fixed equilibrium point or a fixed trajectory. In this paper, we introduce a related stability…
We consider noisy input/state data collected from an experiment on a polynomial input-affine nonlinear system. Motivated by event-triggered control, we provide data-based conditions for input-to-state stability with respect to measurement…
We consider the decoherence of a pseudo-spin ensemble under collective random rotations, and study, both theoretically and experimentally, how a nondestructive measurement combined with real-time feedback correction can protect the state…
This paper addresses the problem of input-to-state stabilization for a class of parabolic equations with time-varying coefficients, as well as Dirichlet and Robin boundary disturbances. By using time-invariant kernel functions, which can…
We propose a new technique for performing state space exploration of closed loop control systems with neural network feedback controllers. Our approach involves approximating the sensitivity of the trajectories of the closed loop dynamics.…
In this paper, we present an impedance control design for multi-variable linear and nonlinear robotic systems. The control design considers force and state feedback to improve the performance of the closed loop. Simultaneous feedback of…
For systems in canonical form with nonvanishing uncertainties/disturbances, this work presents an approach to full state regulation within prescribed time irrespective of initial conditions. By introducing the smooth hyperbolic-tangent-like…
This paper is motivated by the problem of asymptotically stabilizing invariant sets in the state space of control systems by means of output feedback. The sets considered are smooth embedded in submanifolds and the class of system is…