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We consider a simply-supported Euler-Bernoulli beam with viscous and Kelvin--Voigt damping. Our objective is to attenuate the effect of an unknown distributed disturbance using one piezoelectric actuator. We show how to design a suitable…
This contribution is concerned with the motion planning for underactuated Euler-Bernoulli beams. The design of the feedforward control is based on a differential parametrization of the beam, where all system variables are expressed in terms…
Analyzing signals arising from dynamical systems typically requires many modeling assumptions and parameter estimation. In high dimensions, this modeling is particularly difficult due to the "curse of dimensionality". In this paper, we…
This paper investigates the output feedback stabilization of parabolic equation with Lipschitz nonlinearity over general multidimensional domain using spectral geometry theories. First, a novel nonlinear observer is designed, and the error…
This work deals with the problem of designing observers for the estimation of a single function of the states for discrete-time nonlinear systems. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of lower order functional observers…
We consider the problem of distributed state estimation of a linear time-invariant (LTI) system by a network of sensors. We develop a distributed observer that guarantees asymptotic reconstruction of the state for the most general class of…
The internal state of a dynamical system, a set of variables that defines its evolving configuration, is often hidden and cannot be fully measured, posing a central challenge for real-time monitoring and control. While observers are…
This paper considers the problem of determining an optimal control action based on observed data. We formulate the problem assuming that the system can be modelled by a nonlinear state-space model, but where the model parameters, state and…
This study presents the application of variable-order (VO) fractional calculus to the modeling of nonlocal solids. The reformulation of nonlocal fractional-order continuum mechanic framework, by means of VO kinematics, enables a unique…
This paper introduces a novel recursive distributed estimation algorithm aimed at synthesizing input and state interval observers for nonlinear bounded-error discrete-time multi-agent systems. The considered systems have sensors and…
The problem of state estimation for a system of coupled hyperbolic PDEs and ODEs with Lipschitz nonlinearities with boundary measurements is considered. An infinite dimensional observer with a linear boundary injection term is used to solve…
The paper deals with the observer design problem for a wide class of triangular time-varying nonlinear systems, with unobservable linearization. Sufficient conditions are derived for the existence of a Luenberger-type observer, when it is a…
We study the problem of designing distributed functional observers for LTI systems. Specifically, we consider a setting consisting of a state vector that evolves over time according to a dynamical process. A set of nodes distributed over a…
This paper is concerned with the stability analysis of a lossless Euler-Bernoulli beam that carries a tip payload which is coupled to a nonlinear dynamic feedback system. This setup comprises nonlinear dynamic boundary controllers…
A simply structured distributed observer is described for estimating the state of a continuous-time, jointly observable, input-free, linear system whose sensed outputs are distributed across a time-varying network. It is explained how to…
This paper proposes an algebraic observer-based modulating function approach for linear time-variant systems and a class of nonlinear systems with discrete measurements. The underlying idea lies in constructing an observability…
We consider the problem of forecasting complex, nonlinear space-time processes when observations provide only partial information of on the system's state. We propose a natural data-driven framework, where the system's dynamics are modelled…
This paper studies the robustness of observability of a linear time-invariant system under sensor failures from a computational perspective. To be precise, the problem of determining the minimum number of sensors whose removal can destroy…
This published paper investigates the distributed tracking control problem for a class of Euler-Lagrange multi-agent systems when the agents can only measure the positions. In this case, the lack of the separation principle and the strong…
In [1], it is established that a convergent observer with an infinite gain margin can be designed for a given nonlinear system when a Riemannian metric showing that the system is differentially detectable (i.e., the Lie derivative of the…