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Infinite-dimensional control systems with outputs are considered in the Hamiltonian formulation with generalized coordinates. An explicit scheme for constructing a dynamic observer for this class of systems is proposed with arbitrary gain…
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In this paper, we study the impulse controllability of a multi-dimensional heat equation with dynamic boundary conditions in a bounded smooth domain. Using a recent approach based on finite-time stabilization, we show that the system is…
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This paper considers the problem of finite dimensional output feedback H-infinity control for a class of nonlinear spatially distributed processes (SDPs) described by highly dissipative partial differential equations (PDEs), whose state is…
We tackle the boundary control and estimation problems for a class of viscous Hamilton-Jacobi PDEs, considering bilateral actuation and sensing, i.e., at the two boundaries of a 1-D spatial domain. First, we solve the nonlinear trajectory…
We obviate the use of observers for the purpose of output feedback tracking control of Lagrangian systems and solve some long-standing yet well-documented open problems. As often implemented in control practice, we replace unavailable…
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We present an approach to compute stabilizing controllers for continuous-time linear time-invariant systems directly from an input-output trajectory affected by process and measurement noise. The proposed output-feedback design combines (i)…
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We explore the approximation of feedback control of integro-differential equations containing a fractional Laplacian term. To obtain feedback control for the state variable of this nonlocal equation we use the Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman…
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A new systematic approach to the construction of approximate solutions to a class of nonlinear singularly perturbed feedback control systems using the boundary layer functions especially with regard to the possible occurrence of the…