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Leveraging a stochastic extension of Zubov's equation, we develop a physics-informed neural network (PINN) approach for learning a neural Lyapunov function that captures the largest probabilistic region of attraction (ROA) for stochastic…

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This paper considers the problem of approximating the "maximal" region of attraction (the set that contains all asymptotically stable sets) of any given set of locally exponentially stable nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs)…

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This work estimates safe invariant subsets of the Region of Attraction (ROA) for a seven-state vehicle-with-driver system, capturing both asymptotic stability and the influence of state-safety bounds along the system trajectory. Safe sets…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-08 Martino Gulisano , Marco Gabiccini

This paper studies distributed adaptive estimation over sensor networks with partially unknown source dynamics. We present parallel continuous-time and discrete-time designs in which each node runs a local adaptive observer and exchanges…

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We consider the problem of designing a stabilizing and optimal static controller with a pre-specified sparsity pattern. Since this problem is NP-hard in general, it is necessary to resort to approximation approaches. In this paper, we…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-09-26 Luca Furieri , Yang Zheng , Antonis Papachristodoulou , Maryam Kamgarpour

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

In this paper, we present a framework for Stability Analysis of Systems of Coupled Linear Partial-Differential Equations. The class of PDE systems considered in this paper includes parabolic, elliptic and hyperbolic systems with Dirichelet,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-28 Matthew M. Peet

Pointwise-in-time stability notions for Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) provide quantitative metrics for system performance by establishing bounds on the rate of decay of the system state in terms of initial condition -- allowing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-19 Declan S. Jagt , Matthew M. Peet

This article establishes the existence of Lyapunov functions for analyzing the stability of a class of state-constrained systems, and it describes algorithms for their numerical computation. The system model consists of a differential…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-14 Marianne Souaiby , Aneel Tanwani , Didier Henrion

In this paper, we propose an iterative method for using SOS programming to estimate the region of attraction of a polynomial vector field, the conjectured convergence of which necessitates the existence of polynomial Lyapunov functions…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-04-25 Hesameddin Mohammadi , Matthew M. Peet

While global convergence of the Douglas-Rachford iteration is often observed in applications, proving it is still limited to convex and a handful of other special cases. Lyapunov functions for difference inclusions provide not only global…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Ohad Giladi , Björn S. Rüffer

This technical note studies the distributed optimization problem of a sum of nonsmooth convex cost functions with local constraints. At first, we propose a novel distributed continuous-time projected algorithm, in which each agent knows its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Xianlin Zeng , Peng Yi , Yiguang Hong

The increasing uptake of inverter based resources (IBRs) has resulted in many new challenges for power system operators around the world. The high level of complexity of IBR generators makes accurate classical model-based stability analysis…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-22 Lucas Lugnani , Morgan Jones , Luís F. C. Alberto , Mathew Peet , Daniel Dotta

This article presents a novel numerically tractable technique for synthesizing Lyapunov functions for equilibria of nonlinear vector fields. In broad strokes, corresponding to an isolated equilibrium point of a given vector field, a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-28 Raavi Gupta , Sameep Chattopadhyay , Pradyumna Paruchuri , Debasish Chatterjee

We propose a sampling-based approach to learn Lyapunov functions for a class of discrete-time autonomous hybrid systems that admit a mixed-integer representation. Such systems include autonomous piecewise affine systems, closed-loop…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-23 Shaoru Chen , Mahyar Fazlyab , Manfred Morari , George J. Pappas , Victor M. Preciado

We present a new approach for constructing polytope Lyapunov functions for continuous-time linear switching systems (LSS). This allows us to decide the stability of LSS and to compute the Lyapunov exponent with a good precision in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-06-24 Nicola Guglielmi , Linda Laglia , Vladimir Protasov

This technical note deals with the problem of asymptotically stabilizing the splay state configuration of a network of identical pulse coupled oscillators through the design of the their phase response function. The network of pulse coupled…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-14 Francesco Ferrante , Yongqiang Wang

We study distributed differentiation, where agents in a networked system estimate the average of local time-varying signals and their derivatives under mild assumptions on the agents' signals and their first and second derivatives. Existing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-03 Rodrigo Aldana-López , Irene Perez Salesa , David Gomez Gutierrez , Rosario Aragues , Carlos Sagues

Despite Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (Neural ODEs) exhibiting intrinsic robustness, existing methods often impose Lyapunov stability for formal guarantees. However, these methods still face a fundamental accuracy-robustness…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Chaoyang Luo , Yan Zou , Nanjing Huang

Lyapunov functions play a fundamental role in analyzing the stability and convergence properties of optimization methods. In this paper, we propose a novel and straightforward approach for constructing Lyapunov functions for first-order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-12 Daniil Merkulov , Ivan Oseledets