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A class of abstract nonlinear time-periodic evolution problems is considered which arise in electrical engineering and other scientific disciplines. An efficient solver is proposed for the systems arising after discretization in time based…
We propose a forward-backward splitting dynamical system for solving inclusion problems of the form $0\in A(x)+B(x)$ in Hilbert spaces, where $A$ is a maximal operator and $B$ is a single-valued operator. Involved operators are assumed to…
In this paper, we propose a new approach to prove stability of non-linear discrete-time systems. After introducing the new concept of stability contractor, we show that the interval centred form plays a fundamental role in this context and…
The task of inducing, via continuous static state-feedback control, an asymptotically stable heteroclinic orbit in a nonlinear control system is considered in this paper. The main motivation comes from the problem of ensuring convergence to…
Many low-Mach or all-Mach number codes are based on space discretizations which in combination with the first order explicit Euler method as time integration would lead to an unstable scheme. In this paper, we investigate how the choice of…
The stabilization of unstable nonlinear systems and tracking control are challenging engineering problems due to the encompassed nonlinearities in dynamic systems and their scale. In the past decades, numerous observer-based control designs…
Controlling complex dynamical systems has been a topic of considerable interest in academic circles in recent decades. While existing works have primarily focused on closed-loop control schemes with infinite-time durations, this paper…
We present a new stability and error analysis of fully discrete approximation schemes for the transient Stokes equation. For the spatial discretization, we consider a wide class of Galerkin finite element methods which includes both inf-sup…
Assessment of the degree of boundedness/stability of multidimensional nonlinear systems with time-dependent and nonperiodic coefficients is an important problem in various applied areas which has no adequate resolution yet. Most of the…
This paper focuses on the discrete-time backward stochastic linear quadratic (BSLQ) optimal control problem with nonhomogeneous system terms and cost function cross terms. The terminal constraint of such systems distinguishes it from…
This paper studies an optimal control problem for continuous-time stochastic systems subject to reachability objectives specified in a subclass of metric interval temporal logic specifications, a temporal logic with real-time constraints.…
We develop a method to control discrete-time systems with constant but initially unknown parameters from linear temporal logic (LTL) specifications. We introduce the notions of (non-deterministic) parametric and adaptive transition systems…
Stabilizing an unknown control system is one of the most fundamental problems in control systems engineering. In this paper, we provide a simple, model-free algorithm for stabilizing fully observed dynamical systems. While model-free…
This paper completely solves the controllability problems of two-dimensional multi-input discrete-time bilinear systems with and without drift. Necessary and sufficient conditions for controllability, which cover the existing results, are…
This paper is devoted to a study of infinite horizon optimal control problems with time discounting and time averaging criteria in discrete time. It is known that these problems are related to certain infinite-dimensional linear programming…
This paper addresses the optimal covariance steering problem for stochastic discrete-time linear systems subject to probabilistic state and control constraints. A method is presented for efficiently attaining the exact solution of the…
Solutions to optimal control problems can be discontinuous, even if all the functionals defining the problem are smooth. This can cause difficulties when numerically computing solutions to these problems. While conventional numerical…
We develop a family of stabilized backward differentiation formula (sBDF) schemes of orders one through four for semilinear parabolic equations. The proposed methods are designed to achieve three properties that are rarely available…
We study a single Markovian qubit governed by a Lindblad master equation and subject to fast unitary control. Using reduced control systems and optimal control theory we determine (i) controls for cooling and heating such systems in a…
This paper studies the Lagrange stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems whose linear part has a singular system matrix and which have multiple periodic (in state) nonlinearities. Both state and output feedback Lagrange stabilization…