2017/03/23 by Timothy H. Hughes, Hughes, Timothy H.
Engineering · #Advanced Control Systems Optimization #Control and Stability of Dynamical Systems #FOS: Electrical engineering #Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1703.08153
openalex publication_date 2017/03/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The positive-real and bounded-real lemmas solve two important linear-quadratic optimal control problems for passive and non-expansive systems, respectively. The lemmas assume controllability, yet a passive or non-expansive system can be uncontrollable. In this paper, we solve these optimal control problems without making any assumptions. In particular, we show how to extract the greatest possible amount of energy from a passive but not necessarily controllable system (e.g., a passive electric circuit) using state feedback. A complete characterisation of the set of solutions to the linear matrix inequalities in the positive-real and bounded-real lemmas is also obtained. In addition, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for a system to be non-expansive that augment the bounded-real condition with new conditions relevant to uncontrollable systems.