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The synthesis problem of static output feedback controllers within the anistropic-norm setup is revisited. A tractable synthesis approach involving iterations over a convex optimization problem is suggested, similarly to existing results…
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We design receding horizon control strategies for stochastic discrete-time linear systems with additive (possibly) unbounded disturbances, while obeying hard bounds on the control inputs. We pose the problem of selecting an appropriate…
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In this paper we study the semi-global (approximate) state feedback stabilization of an infinite dimensional quantum stochastic system towards a target state. A discrete-time Markov chain on an infinite-dimensional Hilbert space is used to…
Robust control of complex engineered and biological systems hinges on the integration of feedforward and feedback mechanisms. This is exemplified in neural motor control, where feedforward muscle co-contraction complements sensory-driven…
We solve the $H^{\infty}$-control problem with state feedback for infinite dimensional boundary control systems of parabolic type with distributed disturbances and apply the results to equations with Hardy potentials with the singularity…
Distributed linear control design is crucial for large-scale cyber-physical systems. It is generally desirable to both impose information exchange (communication) constraints on the distributed controller, and to limit the propagation of…
We develop an optimization-based framework for joint real-time trajectory planning and feedback control of feedback-linearizable systems. To achieve this goal, we define a target trajectory as the optimal solution of a time-varying…
We present a method for optimal control with respect to a linear cost function for positive linear systems with coupled input constraints. We show that the optimal cost function and resulting sparse state feedback for these systems can be…
We address H-infinity structured static state feedback and give a simple form for an optimal control law applicable to linear time invariant systems with symmetric and Hurwitz state matrix. More specifically, the control law as well as the…
This paper focuses on boundary approximate controllability under positivity constraints of a wide range of infinite-dimensional control systems. We develop frequency domain controllability criteria. Firstly, we derive a controllability…
This paper is concerned with the distributed optimal control of a time-discrete Cahn--Hilliard/Navier--Stokes system with variable densities. It focuses on the double-obstacle potential which yields an optimal control problem for a family…
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We consider a rate control problem for an $N$-particle weakly interacting finite state Markov process. The process models the state evolution of a large collection of particles and allows for multiple particles to change state…
We propose a stochastic prediction-control framework to promote safety in automated driving by directly controlling the joint state probability density functions (PDFs) subject to the vehicle dynamics via trajectory-level state feedback. To…
This paper is concerned with the design of an augmented state feedback controller for finite-dimensional linear systems with nonlinear observation dynamics. Most of the theoretical results in the area of (optimal) feedback design are based…
This paper is concerned with the distributed control and stabilization problems for linear discrete-time large scale systems with imposed constraints. The main contributions of this paper are: Firstly, by using the maximum principle…