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This paper is concerned with the output feedback stabilization of a reaction-diffusion equation by means of bounded control inputs in the presence of saturations. Using a finite-dimensional controller composed of an observer coupled with a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-02 Hugo Lhachemi , Christophe Prieur

We augment existing generator-side primary frequency control with load-side control that are local, ubiquitous, and continuous. The mechanisms on both the generator and the load sides are decentralized in that their control decisions are…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-03-25 Changhong Zhao , Steven Low

The present paper is mainly aimed at introducing a novel notion of stability of nonlinear time-delay systems called Rational Stability. According to the Lyapunov-type, various sufficient conditions for rational stability are reached. Under…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-17 Nadhem Echi , Boulbaba Ghanmi

We propose a learning-based method for Lyapunov stability analysis of piecewise affine dynamical systems in feedback with piecewise affine neural network controllers. The proposed method consists of an iterative interaction between a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-24 Shaoru Chen , Mahyar Fazlyab , Manfred Morari , George J. Pappas , Victor M. Preciado

Stability certificates play a critical role in ensuring the safety and reliability of robotic systems. However, deriving these certificates for complex, unknown systems has traditionally required explicit knowledge of system dynamics, often…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Zhe Shen

We design the controls of physical systems that are faced by uncertainties. The system dynamics are described by random hyperbolic balance laws. The control aims to steer the system to a desired state under uncertainties. We propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-20 Stephan Gerster , Markus Bambach , Michael Herty , Muhammad Imran

The paper deals with the problem of the sampled data feedback stabilization for autonomous nonlinear systems. The corresponding results extend those obtained in earlier works by the same authors. The sufficient conditions we establish are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-24 John Tsinias , Dionysis Theodosis

Most of nonlinear robust control methods just consider the affine nonlinear nominal model. When the nominal model is assumed to be affine nonlinear, available information about existing non-affine nonlinearities is ignored. For non-affine…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-30 Chaolun Lu , Yongqiang Li , Zhongsheng Hou , Yuanjing Feng , Yu Feng , Ronghu Chi , Xuhui Bu

Learning-based methods are powerful in handling complex scenarios. However, it is still challenging to use learning-based methods under uncertain environments while stability, safety, and real-time performance of the system are desired to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Zhixuan Wu , Rui Yang , Lei Zheng , Hui Cheng

There are two main challenges in control of hybrid systems which are to guarantee the closed-loop stability and reduce computational complexity. In this paper, we propose the exponential stability conditions of hybrid systems which are…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-08-21 Alireza Olama , Mokhtar Shasadeghi , Amin Ramezani

Safe control for dynamical systems is critical, yet the presence of unknown dynamics poses significant challenges. In this paper, we present a learning-based control approach for tracking control of a class of high-order systems, operating…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-03 Zewen Yang , Xiaobing Dai , Weijie Yang , Bahar İlgen , Aleksandar Anžel , Georges Hattab

There have been attempts in reinforcement learning to exploit a priori knowledge about the structure of the system. This paper proposes a hybrid reinforcement learning controller which dynamically interpolates a model-based linear…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-10 Nicholas Capel , Naifu Zhang

In Part I of this paper we propose a decentralized optimal frequency control of multi-area power system with operational constraints, where the tie-line powers remain unchanged in the steady state and the power mismatch is balanced within…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-02 Zhaojian Wang , Feng Liu , Steven H. Low , Changhong Zhao , Shengwei Mei

In this paper, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based approach to the Lyapunov optimization is considered to minimize the time-average penalty while maintaining queue stability. A proper construction of state and action spaces is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-16 Sohee Bae , Seungyul Han , Youngchul Sung

The topic of this manuscript is the stability analysis of continuous-time switched nonlinear systems with constraints on the admissible switching signals. Our particular focus lies in considering signals characterized by upper and lower…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Matteo Della Rossa

The paper deals with the control and regulation by integral controllers forthe nonlinear systems governed by scalar quasi-linear hyperbolic partial differentialequations. Both the control input and the measured output are located on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-30 Vincent Andrieu , Ngoc-Tu Trinh , Cheng-Zhong Xu

This paper presents a novel approach to generating stabilizing controllers for a large class of dynamical systems using diffusion models. The core objective is to develop stabilizing control functions by identifying the closest…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Amartya Mukherjee , Thanin Quartz , Jun Liu

Control Lyapunov functions are traditionally used to design a controller which ensures convergence to a desired state, yet deriving these functions for nonlinear systems remains a complex challenge. This paper presents a novel,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Luc McCutcheon , Bahman Gharesifard , Saber Fallah

This paper presents a novel Lyapunov-Based Quantum Reinforcement Learning (LQRL) framework that integrates quantum policy optimization with Lyapunov stability analysis for continuous-time vehicle control. The proposed approach combines the…

Many modern nonlinear control methods aim to endow systems with guaranteed properties, such as stability or safety, and have been successfully applied to the domain of robotics. However, model uncertainty remains a persistent challenge,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Andrew J. Taylor , Victor D. Dorobantu , Hoang M. Le , Yisong Yue , Aaron D. Ames