Equilibrium-independent passive-short (EIPS) systems are a class of that satisfy passivity-like dissipation inequality with respect to any forced equilibria non-positive passivity indices. This paper presents geometric approach for finding passivizing transformation such systems, relying on their steady-state input-output relation and the notion projective quadratic inequalities (PQIs). We show...

by Nicholas E. Kottenstette This dissertation shows how to develop wireless networked embedded control systems (wnecs) in which the controller and the plant are isolated and can only interact over a wireless network. Many of the new results presented are based on passivity and scattering theory. In particular we show how to: 1. synthesize discrete time passive, strictly-input passive, and stric...