Authors:
Jean-Pierre Aubin,
Volume: 1, Page 466 Paper number 2701
Abstract:
This paper characterizes Lyapunov functions for hybrid control systems
and, more generally, to impulse differential inclusions. This is useful
to govern the evolution of an asymptotically stable solution of a an
hybrid system around an equilibrium and can also be used for designing
a global optimization algorithm.
Authors:
Sven Hedlund,
Anders Rantzer,
Volume: 1, Page 472 Paper number 2702
Abstract:
In a previous paper, we showed how classical ideas for dynamic programming
in discrete networks can be adapted to hybrid systems. The approach
is based on discretization of the continuous Bellman inequality which
gives a lower bound on the optimal cost. The lower bound is maximized
by linear programming to get an approximation of the optimal solution.
In this paper, we apply ideas from infinite-dimensional convex analysis
to get an inequality which is dual to the well known Bellman inequality.
The result is a linear programming problem that gives an estimate of
the approximation error in the previous numerical approaches.
Authors:
Michael D. Lemmon,
Volume: 1, Page 478 Paper number 2703
Abstract:
A controlled hybrid automaton is a hybrid automaton whose continuous-state
trajectories satisfy inhomogeneous differential equations. This paper
presents sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic global
solutions of piecewise-linear controlled hybrid automata.
Authors:
Daniel Liberzon,
João P. Hespanha,
A. Stephen Morse,
Volume: 1, Page 484 Paper number 2704
Abstract:
We describe a new switching logic, called ``hierarchical hysteresis
switching'', and establish a bound on the number of switchings produced
by this logic on a given interval. The motivating application is the
problem of controlling a linear system with large modeling uncertainty.
We consider a control algorithm consisting of a finite family of linear
controllers supervised by the hierarchical hysteresis switching logic.
In this context, the bound on the number of switchings enables us
to prove stability of the closed-loop system in the presence of noise,
disturbances, and unmodeled dynamics.
Authors:
Clyde F. Martin,
Robert Martin,
Volume: 1, Page 490 Paper number 2705
Abstract:
The cotton aphid is an important pest insect affecting the profitability
of cotton production in the Southwest. In this paper, we study the
problem of the optimal timing of pesticide application to control the
aphid. The problem is complicated by the presence of a significant
predator insect. The predator serves as a natural control of the aphid
and is adversely affected by application of pesticide. We determine
optimal state dependent rules for application of pesticide. We show
that first application of pesticide is a switching time between two
dynamic systems.
Authors:
Domenico Mignone,
Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate,
Manfred Morari,
Volume: 1, Page 504 Paper number 2706
Abstract:
In this paper we present various algorithms both for stability analysis
and state-feedback design for discrete-time piecewise affine systems.
As in the works of Johansson and Rantzer (1998), our approach hinges
on the use of piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions that can be computed
as the solution of a set of linear matrix inequalities. The basic algorithms
are made less conservative by exploiting the switching structure of
piecewise affine systems and by using relaxation procedures.
Authors:
Thomas Parisini,
Simona Sacone,
Volume: 1, Page 510 Paper number 2707
Abstract:
A hybrid receding-horizon control scheme for nonlinear discrete-time
systems is addressed in this work. Such a scheme is composed of two
control levels: a continuous level characterized by a finite set of
neural receding-horizon feedback control laws, and a discrete-event
level aimed at choosing the best control action to be applied to the
plant, depending on the current system conditions and on possible occurred
external events. The two-level scheme presents two major innovative
aspects: first, a new class of hybrid automata, namely the discrete-time
discrete-event automata, is used for the modeling of the proposed hybrid
control scheme. Moreover, receding-horizon regulators based on neural
approximators and off-line determined can be adopted at the continuous
level. The stability analysis of the hybrid control system is addressed
both in the case in which optimal receding-horizon feedback control
functions are used and in the case in which neural approximate regulators
are adopted.
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