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Real-time measurements of the scheduling parameter of linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems enables the synthesis of robust control invariant (RCI) sets and parameter dependent controllers inducing invariance. We present a method to…
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The Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) framework provides a modeling and control design toolchain to address nonlinear (NL) system behavior via linear surrogate models. Despite major research effort on LPV data-driven modeling, a key…
In controlling systems with large operating envelopes, it is often necessary to adjust the desired dynamics according to operating conditions. This paper presents a robust adaptive control architecture for linear parameter-varying (LPV)…
An interpolation method for discretising continuous-time Linear Time Invariant (LTI) models is proposed in this paper. It consists first in using the Loewner interpolation framework on a specific set of frequency data and secondly to…
The sudden onset of deleterious and oscillatory dynamics (often called instabilities) is a known challenge in many fluid, plasma, and aerospace systems. These dynamics are difficult to address because they are nonlinear, chaotic, and are…
We introduce a novel data-driven method to mitigate the risk of cascading failures in delayed discrete-time Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) systems. Our approach involves formulating a distributionally robust finite-horizon optimal control…
The robust tracking and model following problem of linear discrete-time systems is investigated in this paper. An approach to design robust tracking controllers is proposed. The system is controlled to track dynamic inputs generated from a…
This paper studies the linear quadratic regulation (LQR) problem of unknown discrete-time systems via dynamic output feedback learning control. In contrast to the state feedback, the optimality of the dynamic output feedback control for…
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We propose a convex controller synthesis framework for a large class of constrained linear systems, including those described by (deterministic and stochastic) partial differential equations and integral equations, commonly used in fluid…