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Optimal Control of Switched Dynamical Systems Under Dwell Time Constraints
Optimal Control of Switched Dynamical Systems Under Dwell Time Constraints
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Ali, Usman
Egerstedt, Magnus B.
Egerstedt, Magnus B.
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This paper addresses the problem of optimally
scheduling the mode sequence and mode duration for switched
dynamical systems under dwell time constraints that describe how long a system has to stay in a mode before they can
switch to another mode. The schedule should minimize a given
cost functional defined on the state trajectory. The topology of the optimization space for switched dynamical systems with and without dwell time constraints is investigated and it is
shown that the notion of local optimality must be replaced by stationarity with regards to a suitably chosen optimality
function when dwell time constraints are present. Hence, an optimality function is proposed to characterize the solution
to the dwell time problem as points that satisfy optimality condition defined in terms of optimality function. A conceptual algorithm is presented to solve the mode scheduling problem
and its convergence to stationary points is proved. A numerical
example is given to highlight the algorithm.
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2014-12
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