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Robust stabilization conditions for uncertain switched affine systems subject to a unitary input delay are presented. They are obtained through the Lyapunov framework and a min-switching state-feedback predictive control law. The result…
This paper is devoted to the development of adaptive control schemes for uncertain discrete-time systems, which guarantee robust, global, exponential convergence to the desired equilibrium point of the system. The proposed control scheme…
This paper considers a stochastic control framework, in which the residual model uncertainty of the dynamical system is learned using a Gaussian Process (GP). In the proposed formulation, the residual model uncertainty consists of a…
In this paper, we consider the problem of multi-objective optimal control of a dynamical system with additive and multiplicative noises with given second moments and arbitrary probability distributions. The objectives are given by quadratic…
This paper develops a new approach to the estimation of the degree of boundedness or stability of multidimensional nonlinear systems with time-dependent nonperiodic coefficients-an essential task in various engineering and natural science…
The paper presents a novel approach to synthesize robust controllers for nonlinear systems along perturbed trajectories. The approach linearizes the system with respect to a reference trajectory. In contrast to existing methods rooted in…
We initiate a formal study on the use of low-dimensional latent representations of dynamical systems for verifiable control synthesis. Our main goal is to enable the application of verification techniques -- such as Lyapunov or barrier…
In this work, we develop a method based on robust control techniques to synthesize robust time-varying state-feedback policies for finite, infinite, and receding horizon control problems subject to convex quadratic state and input…
The classical quadratic regulator problem has rarely been studied for systems with persistent memory until recent times. In this paper we study the quadratic tracking problem on a \emph{ finite time horizon} for a system described by a…
We study the time-inconsistent linear quadratic optimal control problem for forward-backward stochastic differential equations with potentially indefinite cost weighting matrices for both the state and the control variables. Our research…
In this paper we deal with infinite-dimensional nonlinear forward complete dynamical systems which are subject to external disturbances. We first extend the well-known Datko lemma to the framework of the considered class of systems. Thanks…
In this article, a novel Finite Time Stability (FTS) analysis of Fractional-Order Time Delay Systems (FOTDSs) is proposed. By using the fixed point approach, sufficient conditions for the robust FTS of FOTDSs have been established. Two…
We provide general methods for explicitly constructing strict Lyapunov functions for fully nonlinear slowly time-varying systems. Our results apply to cases where the given dynamics and corresponding frozen dynamics are not necessarily…
In this paper, a control scheme for stochastic predefined-time stabilization is proposed, which improves the control effect compared with stochastic finite-time or fixed-time stabilization. The stochastic predefined-time stabilization…
Stabilization of linear systems with unknown dynamics is a canonical problem in adaptive control. Since the lack of knowledge of system parameters can cause it to become destabilized, an adaptive stabilization procedure is needed prior to…
In this paper, we consider the inverse optimal control problem for the discrete-time linear quadratic regulator, over finite-time horizons. Given observations of the optimal trajectories, and optimal control inputs, to a linear…
The paper deals with local robust feedback synthesis for systems with multidimensional control and unknown bounded perturbations. Using V.~I.~Korobov's controllability function method, we construct a bounded control which steers an…
In this paper, we present a systematic stability analysis of the quadrature-based moment method (QBMM) for the one-dimensional Boltzmann equation with BGK or Shakhov models. As reported in recent literature, the method has revealed its…
We provide Lyapunov-like characterizations of boundedness and convergence of non-trivial solutions for a class of systems with unstable invariant sets. Examples of systems to which the results may apply include interconnections of stable…
Today's complex robotic designs comprise in some cases a large number of degrees of freedom, enabling for multi-objective task resolution (e.g., humanoid robots or aerial manipulators). This paper tackles the stability problem of a…