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In this paper, we formulate an optimization-based control-by-interconnection approach to the stabilization problem of nonlinear port-Hamiltonian systems. Motivated by model predictive control, the feedback is defined as an initial part of a…
We present a gradient-based identification algorithm to identify the system matrices of a linear port-Hamiltonian system from given input-output time data. Aiming for a direct structure-preserving approach, we employ techniques from optimal…
Port-Hamiltonian (pH) systems offer a highly structured and energy-based modular framework for control systems. Many pH systems exhibit non-polynomial non-linearities. We consider the problem of immersing such systems into a…
Learning dynamical systems through purely data-driven methods is challenging as they do not learn the underlying conservation laws that enable them to correctly generalize. Existing port-Hamiltonian neural network methods have recently been…
We study nonlinear singular optimal control problems of port-Hamil-tonian (descriptor) systems. We employ general control-affine cost functionals that include as a special case the energy supplied to the system. We first derive optimality…
The relationships between port-Hamiltonian systems modeling and the notion of monotonicity are explored. The earlier introduced notion of incrementally port-Hamiltonian systems is extended to maximal cyclically monotone relations, together…
In this paper we design discrete port-Hamiltonian systems systematically in two different ways, by applying discrete gradient methods and splitting methods respectively. The discrete port-Hamiltonian systems we get satisfy a discrete notion…
In this paper a method of controlling nonholonomic systems within the port-Hamiltonian (pH) framework is presented. It is well known that nonholonomic systems can be represented as pH systems without Lagrange multipliers by considering a…
With this contribution, we give a complete and comprehensive framework for modeling the dynamics of complex mechanical structures as port-Hamiltonian systems. This is motivated by research on the potential of lightweight construction using…
This paper studies the problem of frequency regulation in power grids, while maximizing the social welfare. Two price-based controllers are proposed; the first one an internal-model-based controller and the second one based on a continuous…
Port-Hamiltonian (PH) systems provide a framework for modeling, analysis and control of complex dynamical systems, where the complexity might result from multi-physical couplings, non-trivial domains and diverse nonlinearities. A major…
Control theory often takes the mathematical model of the to-be-control-led system for granted. In contrast, port-Hamiltonian systems theory bridges the gap between modelling and control for physical systems. It provides a unified framework…
It is well known that any port-Hamiltonian (pH) system is passive, and conversely, any minimal and stable passive system has a pH representation. Nevertheless, this equivalence is only concerned with the input-output mapping but not with…
Feedback controllers for port-Hamiltonian systems reveal an intrinsic inverse optimality property since each passivating state feedback controller is optimal with respect to some specific performance index. Due to the nonlinear…
Large-scale cyber-physical systems require that control policies are distributed, that is, that they only rely on local real-time measurements and communication with neighboring agents. Optimal Distributed Control (ODC) problems are,…
We suggest a global perspective on dynamic network flow problems that takes advantage of the similarities to port-Hamiltonian dynamics. Dynamic minimum cost flow problems are formulated as open-loop optimal control problems for general…
We give a short overview of advantages and drawbacks of the classical formulation of minimum cost network flow problems and solution techniques, to motivate a reformulation of classical static minimum cost network flow problems as optimal…
In this letter, we study the energy-optimal control of nonlinear port-Hamiltonian (pH) systems in discrete time. For continuous-time pH systems, energy-optimal control problems are strictly dissipative by design. This property, stating that…
Stability and stabilization of linear port-Hamiltonian systems on infinite-dimensional spaces are investigated. This class is general enough to include models of beams and waves as well as transport and Schr\"odinger equations with boundary…
The high volatility of renewable energies calls for more energy efficiency. Thus, different physical systems need to be coupled efficiently although they run on various time scales. Here, the port-Hamiltonian (pH) modeling framework comes…