The standard regulator problem for systems with input delays. An approach through singular control theory (Q1344940)

For the finite-dimensional state space system \[ \dot x= Ax+ \left\{\sum^ N_{i= 1} B_ i u(t- h_ i)+ \int^ 0_{-h} B(s) u(t+ s) ds\right\}, \] where the novelty is in the introduction of ``delays'' in the control (modelling perhaps actuator-dynamics), the author considers the ``infinite-horizon'' LQR problem: \[ \min_ u \int^ \infty_ 0 [x(t), Qx(t)] dt+ \int^ \infty_ 0 [Ru(t), u(t)] dt,\quad R> 0,\quad Q\geq 0, \] and shows the existence of solution under appropriate ``stabilizability'' conditions, involving a generalized algebraic Riccati equation. The novelty in the technique of solution is the use of the so-called ``singular'' LQR problem, where \(R\) as above is singular.