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In this letter, we prove that under mild conditions, the scaled graph of a reset control system is bounded by the scaled graph of its underlying base linear system, i.e., the system without resets. Building on this new insight, we establish…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 T. de Groot , W. P. M. H. Heemels , S. J. A. M. van den Eijnden

The Scaled Relative Graph (SRG) is a geometric tool that maps the action of a multi-valued nonlinear operator onto the 2D plane, used to analyze the convergence of a wide range of iterative methods. As the SRG includes the spectrum for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-05 Xinmeng Huang , Ernest K. Ryu , Wotao Yin

Closed-loop positivity of feedback interconnections of positive monotone nonlinear systems is investigated. It is shown that an instantaneous gain condition on the open-loop systems which implies feedback well-posedness also guarantees…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-27 Sei Zhen Khong , Corentin Briat , Anders Rantzer

In this paper, we study the connectivity of a one-dimensional soft random geometric graph (RGG). The graph is generated by placing points at random on a bounded line segment and connecting pairs of points with a probability that depends on…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-01-04 Michael Wilsher , Carl P. Dettmann , Ayalvadi Ganesh

We introduce a novel approach to feedback stability analysis for linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, overcoming the limitations of the sectoriality assumption in the small phase theorem. While phase analysis for single-input single-output…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Eder Baron-Prada , Adolfo Anta , Alberto Padoan , Florian Dörfler

Graphical methods for system analysis have played a central role in control theory. A recently emerging tool in this field is the Scaled Relative Graph (SRG). In this paper, we further extend its applicability by showing how the SRG of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-06 Talitha Nauta , Richard Pates

In this paper, the notion of robust strict QSR-dissipativity is applied to solve the static output feedback control problem for a class of continuous-time nonlinear rational systems subject to input saturation and bounded parametric…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-31 Thiago Alves Lima , Diego de. S. Madeira , Valessa V. Viana , Ricardo C. L. F. Oliveira

Understanding which system structure can sustain stable dynamics is a fundamental step in the design and analysis of large scale dynamical systems. Towards this goal, we investigate here the structural stability of systems with a random…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-03-26 Mohamed Ali Belabbas , Artur Kirkoryan

Scaled Relative Graphs (SRGs) provide an intuitive graphical frequency-domain method for the analysis of Nonlinear (NL) systems, generalizing the Nyquist diagram. In this paper, we develop a method for computing $L_2$-gain bounds for Lur'e…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-11 Julius P. J. Krebbekx , Roland Tóth , Amritam Das , Thomas Chaffey

It is known that the stability of a feedback interconnection of two linear time-invariant systems implies that the graphs of the open-loop systems are quadratically separated. This separation is defined by an object known as the multiplier.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-16 Axel Ringh , Xin Mao , Wei Chen , Li Qiu , Sei Zhen Khong

This paper investigates the robustness of the Lur'e problem under positivity constraints, drawing on results from the positive Aizerman conjecture and robustness properties of Metzler matrices. Specifically, we consider a control system of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-07 Hamidreza Montazeri Hedesh , Moh. Kamalul Wafi , Bahram Shafai , Milad Siami

Classical sufficient conditions for ensuring the robust stability of a dynamical system in feedback with a nonlinearity include passivity, small gain, circle, and conicity theorems. We present a generalized version of these results for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-15 Saman Cyrus , Laurent Lessard

Stability and control of a non-linear system represent an important system configuration that frequently arises in practical engineering. Stability covers a vast range of systems that do not obey the superposition principle and applies to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-04 Asifa Yousaf

In this paper, we consider robust stability analysis of large-scale sparsely interconnected uncertain systems. By modeling the interconnections among the subsystems with integral quadratic constraints, we show that robust stability analysis…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Martin S. Andersen , Sina Khoshfetrat Pakazad , Anders Hansson , Anders Rantzer

Soft-reset controllers are introduced as a way to approximate hard-reset controllers. The focus is on implementing reset controllers that are (strictly) passive and on analyzing their interconnection with passive plants. A passive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-23 Justin H. Le , Andrew R. Teel

We study local stabilization of nonlinear control systems under explicit gain constraints on the feedback law. Using a quantitative refinement of Brockett's openness condition, we introduce the notion of a maximal continuous openness rate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Bryce Christopherson , Farhad Jafari

This paper investigates the robust stability problem of a feedback system in the presence of uncertainties induced by graphical regions in the plane where the scaled relative graphs (SRGs) reside. Our main results are developed using a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-15 Ding Zhang , Di Zhao , Philipp Braun , Jianqi Chen

We provide theoretical guarantees for recursive feasibility and practical exponential stability of the closed-loop system of a feedback linearizable nonlinear system when controlled by a robust data-driven nonlinear predictive control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-28 Mohammad Alsalti , Victor G. Lopez , Julian Berberich , Frank Allgöwer , Matthias A. Müller

An input-output approach to stability analysis is explored for networked systems with uncertain link dynamics. The main result consists of a collection of integral quadratic constraints, which together imply robust stability of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-22 Simone Mariano , Michael Cantoni

The energy transition is causing many stability-related challenges for power systems. Transient stability refers to the ability of a power grid's bus angles to retain synchronism after the occurrence of a major fault. In this paper a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-01-12 Tim Aschenbruck , Willem Esterhuizen , Stefan Streif