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The continuous-time analysis of existing iterative algorithms for optimization has a long history. This work proposes a novel continuous-time control-theoretic framework for equality-constrained optimization. The key idea is to design a…
We consider bounded extremum seeking controls for time-varying linear systems with uncertain coefficient matrices and measurement uncertainty. Using a new change of variables, Lyapunov functions, and a comparison principle, we provide…
It is nontrivial to achieve exponential stability even for time-invariant nonlinear systems with matched uncertainties and persistent excitation (PE) condition. In this paper, without the need for PE condition, we address the problem of…
This paper considers a class of uncertain linear quantum systems subject to uncertain perturbations in the system Hamiltonian. We present a method to design a coherent robust H-infinity controller so that the closed loop system is robustly…
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We derive new results regarding the controllability and the reachability of multitime controlled linear PDE systems of first order. These systems describe some important multitime evolution in engineering, economics and biology. Some of…
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In this paper, we study the control of a class of time-invariant linear ensemble systems whose natural dynamics are linear in the system parameter. This class of ensemble control systems arises from practical engineering and physical…
This note investigates the controllability of two unstable second-order systems that are coupled through a common input. These dynamics occur for different types of inverted-pendulum systems. Controllability is quantified by the volume of…
The problem of partial null controllability for linear autonomous evolution equations, which are controlled by a one-dimensional control, is under consideration. The partial null-controllability conditions for coupled abstract evolution…
We present an extension of Willems' Fundamental Lemma to the class of multi-input multi-output discrete-time feedback linearizable nonlinear systems, thus providing a data-based representation of their input-output trajectories. Two sources…
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For nonlinear analytic control systems, we introduce a new paradigm for dynamic output feedback stabilization. We propose to periodically sample the usual observer based control law, and to reshape it so that it coincides with a ''control…
The problem of feed-forward control of overhead crane system is discussed. By combining the Kalman's controllability theory and Hartman-Grobman theorem from dynamical system theory, a linear, continuous state feedback-based feed-forward…
Several theorems on the volume computing of the polyhedron spanned by a n-dimensional vector set with the finite-interval parameters are presented and proved firstly, and then are used in the analysis of the controllable regions of the…
Using a compactness-uniqueness approach, we show that the Fattorini criterion implies the exact controllability of general compactly perturbed controlled linear systems. We then apply this perturbation result to obtain new controllability…
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