Reliable H∞ control for a class of switched nonlinear systems

Dimirovski, Georgi M. (Dogus Author)This paper focuses on the problem of reliable H∞ control for a class of switched nonlinear systems with actuator failures among a prespecified subset of actuators. In existing works, the reliable H∞ design methods are all based on a basic assumption that the never failed actuators must stabilize the given system. But when actuators suffer ”serious failure”– the never failed actuators can not stabilize the given system, the standard design methods of reliable H∞ control do not work. Based on the switching technique, the problem can be solved by means of switching among subsystems or finite candidate controllers.16th Triennial World Congress of International, Federation of Automatic Control, IFAC 200