Stability results of a class of hybrid systems under switched continuous-time and discrete-time control (Q1040113)

This paper addresses the stability problem for a switched system formed by a finite family of linear subsystems \[ \dot x= A_ix+ B_iu\quad (i= 1,\dots, N),\quad x\in\mathbb{R}^n,\;u\in\mathbb{R}^m. \] The authors assume that for each \(i\), there exists a stabilizing linear feedback \(u= K_ix\) for the \(i\)th subsystem, and that the resulting family of closed-loop subsystems admits a common quadratic Lyapunov function. The control law for the switched system is defined by means of a sequence of switching times \(\tau_0= 0<\tau_1<\tau_2<\cdots\)\ . On each interval \([\tau_j, \tau_{j+1})\) the control law may be indifferently defined as either \(u(t)= K_ix(t)\) (where \(i\) is the active index for the \(j\)th interval) or the sampled value \(u(t)\equiv K_i x(\tau_j)\). The authors prove that asymptotic stability is guaranteed provided that the mesh size \(\max\{\tau_{j+1}- \tau_j\}\) is sufficiently small. The paper contains also a sufficient condition for the existence of a common Lyapunov function, and extensions of the result to systems with static output feedback and/or centralized/decentralized control.