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We study the control of networked systems with the goal of optimizing both transient and steady-state performances while providing stability guarantees. Linear proportional-integral (PI) controllers are almost always used in practice, but…
Since the classical proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller has continued to be the most widely used feedback methods in engineering systems by far, it is crucial to investigate the working mechanism of PID in dealing with…
Recent development of contraction theory based analysis of singularly perturbed system has opened the door for inspecting differential behavior of multi time-scale systems. In this paper a contraction theory based framework is proposed for…
We propose an abstract framework for solving the constrained set-point tracking problem for impedance passive infinite-dimensional nonlinear systems. The class of systems considered is governed by monotone differential inclusions and allows…
In this paper, a discrete-time I&I-based adaptive IDA-PBC controller for uncertain nonlinearly parameterized port-controlled Hamiltonian systems (PCH), where the parameter uncertainties are assumed in the energy function, is constructed. A…
This paper proposes a generalized passivity sensitivity analysis for power system stability studies. The method uncovers the most effective instability mitigation actions for both device-level and system-level investigations. The particular…
In this paper, we derive new passive maps akin to incremental passive maps, for a class of nonlinear systems using dynamic feedback and Krasovskii's method. Further using the passive maps we present a control methodology for stabilization…
We present a stabilizing output-feedback controller for nonlinear finite and infinite-dimensional control systems governed by monotone operators that respects given input constraints. In particular, we show under a detectability-like…
This note addresses the output synchronization problem of incrementally output-feedback passive nonlinear systems in the presence of exogenous disturbances. Two kinds of distributed controllers are proposed; one placed at the nodes and the…
This work primarily focuses on an operator inference methodology aimed at constructing low-dimensional dynamical models based on a priori hypotheses about their structure, often informed by established physics or expert insights. Stability…
We consider output tracking and disturbance rejection for abstract infinite-dimensional systems with input saturation. We solve the control problem using a control law which consists of a stabilising error feedback term and a feedforward…
Boundary feedback control design is studied for 1D hyperbolic systems with an in-domain disturbance and a boundary feedback controller under the effect of actuator saturation. Nonlinear semigroup theory is used to prove well-posedness of…
We study synchronization of nonlinear systems that satisfy an incremental passivity property. We consider the case where the control input is subject to a class of disturbances, including constant and sinusoidal disturbances with unknown…
This manuscript describes several approaches to tune the parameters of a class of passivity-based controllers for standard nonlinear mechanical systems. In particular, we are interested in controllers that preserve the mechanical system…
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…
The problem of partial stabilization for nonlinear control systems described by the Ito stochastic differential equations is considered. For these systems, we propose a constructive control design method which leads to establishing the…
This article addresses the nonadaptive and robust output regulation problem of the general nonlinear output feedback system with error output. The global robust output regulation problem for a class of general output feedback nonlinear…