Feedback stabilization for a coupled PDE-ODE production system (Q2197195)

The authors consider the continuous and discrete feedback stabilization for a coupled PDE-ODE model describing a serial production system. They set out to analyze the control laws for the coupled system and to study corresponding stabilization questions of equilibrium dynamics in the presence of disturbances. Employing the discrete \(L^2\)-stabilization technique allows them to derive a mixed feedback law that guarantees exponential stability also in bottleneck situations. It is also shown that linear feedback law leads to at most asymptotic stability. Based on the numerical approximation for the coupled PDE-ODE system, they compute decay rates and derive a mixed feedback law which, while being consistent with the analytical result, also deals with queueing situations.