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This paper formulates and studies the concept of quasi-Disturbance-to-Error Stability (qDES) which characterizes robustness of a nonlinear observer to an output measurement distur...
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2016
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—We design a leak detection system consisting of an adaptive observer based on a set of two coupled one dimensional first order hyperbolic partial differential equations governi...
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2016
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2016
—The uniform stability notion for a class of nonlinear time-varying systems is studied using the homogeneity framework. It is assumed that the system is weighted homogeneous cons...
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2016
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2016
—This technical note studies the negative imaginary properties of descriptor linear systems based on state-space realizations. Under the assumption of a minimal realization, nece...
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2016
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2016
—In this work, we develop a recursive filter to estimate orientation in 3D, represented by quaternions, using directional distributions. Many closed-form orientation estimation ...
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2016
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2016
In this paper, we propose a new paradigm of control, called a maximum hands-off control. A handsoff control is defined as a control that has a short support per unit time. The ma...
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2016
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2016
—The Structured Singular Value (SSV) provides a powerful tool to test robust stability and performance of feedback systems subject to structured uncertainties. Unfortunately, com...
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2016
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2016
—This paper examines stochastic optimal control problems in which the state is perfectly known, but the controller’s measure of time is a stochastic process derived from a stri...
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2016
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2016
—We prove stability of time-varying systems with delays, using linear Lyapunov functionals and positive systems, and we provide robustness of the stability with respect to multip...