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This work deals with the event-triggered finite-time control for high-order systems based on an implicit Lyapunov function (ILF). With the construction of an inverse optimal problem, a novel expression of ILF is obtained. By designing the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-10 Peng Wang , Shuzhi Sam Ge , Xiaobing Zhang

To address feasibility issues in model predictive control (MPC), most implementations relax state constraints by using slack variables and adding a penalty to the cost. We propose an alternative strategy: relaxing the initial state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-18 Johannes Köhler , Melanie N. Zeilinger

A dynamic backstepping method is proposed to design controllers for nonlinear systems in the pure-feedback form, for which the traditional backstepping method suffers from solving the implicit nonlinear algebraic equation. The idea of this…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-06-28 Sheng Zhang , Wei-qi Qian

In this work we show that given a nonlinear programming problem, it is possible to construct a family of dynamical systems defined on the feasible set of the given problem, so that: (a) the equilibrium points are the unknown critical points…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-11-07 Iasson Karafyllis

Cloud computing creates new possibilities for control applications by offering powerful computation and storage capabilities. In this paper, we propose a novel cloud-assisted model predictive control (MPC) framework in which we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-22 Nan Li , Kaixiang Zhang , Zhaojian Li , Vaibhav Srivastava , Xiang Yin

In this paper, we focus on the problem about direct way to design a stable controller for nonlinear system. A framework of learning controller with Lyapunov-based constraint is proposed, which is intended to transform designing and analyis…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-03-11 Me Le , Chi Yanxun , Li Zhiwei , Xu Dongfu , Zhang Yulong

Control Lyapunov Functions (CLFs) have been extensively used in the control community. A well-known drawback is the absence of a systematic way to construct CLFs for general nonlinear systems, and the problem can become more complex with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Zheng Gong , Sylvia Herbert

Designing control inputs that satisfy safety requirements is crucial in safety-critical nonlinear control, and this task becomes particularly challenging when full-state measurements are unavailable. In this work, we address the problem of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Shiqing Wei , Prashanth Krishnamurthy , Farshad Khorrami

This paper presents a new method for synthesizing stochastic control Lyapunov functions for a class of nonlinear stochastic control systems. The technique relies on a transformation of the classical nonlinear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman partial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-09-07 Yoke Peng Leong , Matanya B. Horowitz , Joel W. Burdick

Model Predictive Control (MPC) is well understood in the deterministic setting, yet rigorous stability and performance guarantees for stochastic MPC remain limited to the consideration of terminal constraints and penalties. In contrast,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Jonas Schießl , Hannah Selder , Ruchuan Ou , Michael Heinrich Baumann , Timm Faulwasser , Lars Grüne

This paper deals with the tracking control problem for a very simple class of unknown nonlinear systems. In this paper, we presents a design strategy for tracking control of time-varying state constrained nonlinear systems in an adaptive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-12 Pankaj Kumar Mishra , Nishchal K Verma

This paper presents a Lyapunov function based control strategy for networked control systems (NCS) affected by variable time delays and data loss. A special focus is put on the reduction of the computational complexity. A specific buffering…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-13 Katarina Stanojevic , Martin Steinberger , Martin Horn

We develop a predictor-feedback control design for multi-input nonlinear systems with distinct input delays, of arbitrary length, in each individual input channel. Due to the fact that different input signals reach the plant at different…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-25 Nikolaos Bekiaris-Liberis , Miroslav Krstic

This work provides a framework for nonlinear model-free control of systems with unknown input-output dynamics, but outputs that can be controlled by the inputs. This framework leads to real-time control of the system such that a feasible…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-13 Amit K. Sanyal

Many real-world systems are governed by the time-dependent, nonlinear differential equations. Dynamics of an electrical system are also best described using the very equations. Being one of the preferred machines when using advanced control…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-12-05 Srikanth Peetha , Michael L. McIntyre

A controller synthesis method for state- and input-constrained nonlinear systems is presented that seeks continuous piecewise affine (CPA) Lyapunov-like functions and controllers simultaneously. Non-convex optimization problems are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-08 Reza Lavaei , Leila Bridgeman

This paper presents a methodology for the construction of simple Control Lyapunov Functionals (CLFs) for boundary controlled parabolic Partial Differential Equations (PDEs). The proposed methodology provides functionals that contain only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-07 Iasson Karafyllis

A comprehensive approach addressing identification and control for learningbased Model Predictive Control (MPC) for linear systems is presented. The design technique yields a data-driven MPC law, based on a dataset collected from the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Enrico Terzi , Lorenzo Fagiano , Marcello Farina , Riccardo Scattolini

Koopman operator-based methods enable data-driven bilinear representations of unknown nonlinear control systems. Accurate representations often demand significantly higher dimensions than the original system, making control design…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Sami Leon Noel Aziz Hanna , Nicolas Hoischen , Sandra Hirche , Armin Lederer

We present a safety-critical controller for the problem of stabilization for force-controlled nonholonomic mobile robots. The proposed control law is based on the constructions of control Lyapunov functions (CLFs) and control barrier…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-04 Tianyu Han , Bo Wang