This paper presents a constructive method for showing exponential stability of autonomous nonlinear systems consisting of state-dependent weighted linear systems. This kind of system representation is common in for instance fuzzy systems or is the result of an exact or approximative description of an arbitrary nonlinear vector field. Stability is shown by joining multiple local Lyapunov functio...

MPC or model predictive control is representative of control methods which are able to handle inequality constraints. Closed-loop stability can therefore be ensured only locally in the presence of constraints of this type. However, if the system is neutrally stable, and if the constraints are imposed only on the input, global asymptotic stability can be obtained; until recently, use of infinite...

We construct a generic, simple, and efficient scheduling policy for stochastic processing networks, and provide a general framework to establish its stability. Our policy is randomized and prioritized: with high probability it prioritizes jobs which have been least routed through the network. We show that the network is globally stable under this policy if there exists an appropriate quadratic ...

This technical note proposes a switching anti-windup design, which aims to enlarge the domain of attraction of the closed-loop system. Multiple anti-windup gains along with an index function that orchestrates the switching among these anti-windup gains are designed based on the min function of multiple quadratic Lyapunov functions. In comparison with the design of a single anti-windup gain whic...

Abstract: This paper is concerned with the problem of H∞ filtering for continuous-time nonlinear quadratic systems. The aim is to design a full order dynamic filter that can also contain quadratic terms. The strategy relies on the use of a quadratic Lyapunov function and an inequality condition that assures an H∞ performance bound for the augmented quadratic system, composed by the original sys...

Abstract We consider a nonlinear state transformation that allows us to work with non-quadratic polynomial Lyapunov functions. We use these polynomials to form Lyapunov functions to demonstrate simultaneous stability for a finite collection of linear systems. Under a weak definiteness condition, our main result, Theorem 3, shows that the minimum degree polynomial Lyapunov function that demonstr...

We consider the problem of constructing Lyapunov functions for linear differential equations with delays. For such systems it is known that stability implies that there exists a quadratic Lyapunov function on the state space, although this is in general infinite dimensional. We give an explicit parametrization of a finite-dimensional subset of the cone of Lyapunov functions using positive semid...

This technical note proposes a switching anti-windup design, which aims to enlarge the domain of attraction of the closed-loop system. Multiple anti-windup gains along with an index function that orchestrates the switching among these anti-windup gains are designed based on the min function of multiple quadratic Lyapunov functions. In comparison with the design of a single anti-windup gain whic...

For a large class of relay feedback systems (RFS) there will be limit cycle oscillations. Conditions to check existence and local stability of limit cycles for these systems are well known. Global stability conditions, however, are practically non-existent. This paper presents conditions in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) that guarantee global asymptotic stability of a limit cycle...