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In this paper, we focus on the problem about direct way to design a stable controller for nonlinear system. A framework of learning controller with Lyapunov-based constraint is proposed, which is intended to transform designing and analyis…
Exact discrete-time models of nonlinear systems are difficult or impossible to obtain, and hence approximate models may be employed for control design. Most existing results provide conditions under which the stability of the approximate…
This paper is concerned with the stability analysis of encrypted observer-based control for linear continuous-time systems. Since conventional encryption has limited ability to deploy in continuous-time integral computation, our work…
In this paper, we propose a novel nonlinear observer based on neural networks, called neural observer, for observation tasks of linear time-invariant (LTI) systems and uncertain nonlinear systems. In particular, the neural observer designed…
This paper presents a new approach to design verified compositions of Neural Network (NN) controllers for autonomous systems with tasks captured by Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) formulas. Particularly, the LTL formula requires the system to…
We consider the problem of formally verifying almost-sure (a.s.) asymptotic stability in discrete-time nonlinear stochastic control systems. While verifying stability in deterministic control systems is extensively studied in the…
This paper provides a Lyapunov-based small-gain theorem for input-to-state stability (ISS) of networks composed of infinitely many finite-dimensional systems. We model these networks on infinite-dimensional $\ell_{\infty}$-type spaces. A…
This paper addresses characterizations of Integral Input-to-State Stability (iISS) for hybrid systems with memory. Based on the Krasovskii approach, a novel Lyapunov characterization of iISS is established to extend the hybrid system theory…
This paper presents a constraint-lifting control framework for designing stabilizing controllers that guarantee the forward invariance of a prescribed safe set. State-of-the-art safety-enforcing methods, such as control barrier functions…
A constructive tool of nonlinear control systems design, the method of Control Lyapunov Functions (CLF) has found numerous applications in stabilization problems for continuous time, discrete-time and hybrid systems. In this paper, we…
This paper examines the problem of stabilizing linear distributed delay systems with nonlinear distributed delay kernels and dissipativity constraints. Specifically, the nonlinear distributed kernel includes functions such as polynomials,…
We propose new methods for learning control policies and neural network Lyapunov functions for nonlinear control problems, with provable guarantee of stability. The framework consists of a learner that attempts to find the control and…
In this study, we present a novel sliding mode safety-critical controller designed to address both stability and safety concerns in a class of nonlinear uncertain systems. The controller features two feedback loops: an inner loop designed…
We study a control architecture for nonlinear constrained systems that integrates a performance-boosting (PB) controller with a scheduled Predictive Safety Filter (PSF). The PSF acts as a pre-stabilizing base controller that enforces state…
This work proposes a new a framework for determining robust periodic invariant sets and their associated control laws for constrained uncertain linear systems. Necessary and sufficient conditions for stabilizability by periodic controllers…
This paper gives further insights about the Lyapunov-Krasovskii characterization of input-tostate stability (ISS) for switching retarded systems on the basis of the results in [I. Haidar and P. Pepe. Lyapunov-krasovskii characterization of…
We propose a piecewise learning framework for controlling nonlinear systems with unknown dynamics. While model-based reinforcement learning techniques in terms of some basis functions are well known in the literature, when it comes to more…
This technical note studies Lyapunov-like conditions to ensure a class of dynamical systems to exhibit predefined-time stability. The origin of a dynamical system is predefined-time stable if it is fixed-time stable and an upper bound of…
Gated Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) are widely used for nonlinear system identification due to their high accuracy, although they often exhibit complex, chaotic dynamics that are difficult to analyze. This paper investigates the…