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We propose and study an algorithm for computing a nearest passive system to a given non-passive linear time-invariant system (with much freedom in the choice of the metric defining `nearest', which may be restricted to structured…
The notion of positive realness for linear time-invariant (LTI) dynamical systems, equivalent to passivity, is one of the oldest in system and control theory. In this paper, we consider the problem of finding the nearest positive-real (PR)…
In these lectures notes, we review our recent works addressing various problems of finding the nearest stable system to an unstable one. After the introduction, we provide some preliminary background, namely, defining Port-Hamiltonian…
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 have been studied extensively for linear continuous-time dynamical systems. This manuscript presents a discrete-time pH descriptor formulation for linear, completely causal, scattering passive dynamical systems…
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…
We present a new method for the identification of linear time-invariant passive systems from noisy frequency response data. In particular, we propose to fit a parametrized port-Hamiltonian (pH) system, which is automatically passive, to…
We construct optimally robust port-Hamiltonian realizations of a given rational transfer function that represents a passive system. We show that the realization with a maximal passivity radius is a normalized port-Hamiltonian one. Its…
We present a novel physics-informed system identification method to construct a passive linear time-invariant system. In more detail, for a given quadratic energy functional, measurements of the input, state, and output of a system in the…
Stochastic port-Hamiltonian systems represent open dynamical systems with dissipation, inputs, and stochastic forcing in an energy based form. We introduce stochastic port-Hamiltonian neural networks, SPH-NNs, which parameterize the…
We develop a new numerical method for approximating the infinite time reachable set of strictly stable linear control systems. By solving a linear program with a constraint that incorporates the system dynamics, we compute a polytope with…
In this paper, we consider linear boundary port-Hamiltonian distributed parameter systems on a time-varying spatial domain. We derive the specific time-varying Dirac structure that these systems give rise to and use it to formally establish…
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…
Port-Hamiltonian (pH) systems are a very important modeling tool in almost all areas of systems and control, in particular in network based model of multi-physics multi-scale systems. They lead to remarkably robust models that can be easily…
Numerical methods for developing port-Hamiltonian representations of general linear time-invariant systems are studied. The approach extends previous port-Hamiltonian characterizations to include the general non-minimal case and the case…
The control of large-scale cyber-physical systems requires optimal distributed policies relying solely on limited communication with neighboring agents. However, computing stabilizing controllers for nonlinear systems while optimizing…
Port-Hamiltonian theory is an established way to describe nonlinear physical systems widely used in various fields such as robotics, energy management, and mechanical engineering. This has led to considerable research interest in the…
We study linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) control design for linear port-Hamiltonian systems. To this end, we exploit the freedom in choosing the weighting matrices and propose a specific choice which leads to an LQG controller which is…
Thirty years after the introduction of port-Hamiltonian systems, interest in this system class still remains high among systems and control researchers. Very recently, Jacob and Laasri obtained strong results on the solvability and…
The modeling framework of port-Hamiltonian descriptor systems and their use in numerical simulation and control are discussed. The structure is ideal for automated network-based modeling since it is invariant under power-conserving…