Linear time varying systems and sampled-data systems (Q5933225)

The monograph develops the \(H_2\) and \(H_\infty\) control theory for sampled-data systems from the point of view of jump systems and introduces the linear system theory for time-varying systems which covers \(H_2\) and \(H_\infty\) control. Jump systems arise when impulse controls are involved. They are natural state-space representations of sampled-data systems which can be written as jump systems with constant coefficients which are regarded as periodic systems with period equal to the sampling period. At the same time, original parameters and signals are mantained in the new system. Since jump systems with constant coefficients are periodic systems and hence time-varying systems, extension of the system theory to time-varying systems is required, and certain arguments for time-invariant systems may not have easy extensions to time-varying systems. The systems theory for time-varying systems is important itself and gives some new points of view and new insights into the system theory of time-invariant systems. The monograph consists of six chapters, an appendix with the basic results from functional analysis, a list of references and an index. The first chapter introduces the reader to all the systems considered in the sequel, including the jump system which is obtained from a sampled-data system. Chapters 2 to 4 have a similar structure and deal with continuous-time systems, discrete-time systems, and jump systems respectively. For all these systems stability aspects, quadratic control, differential games, \(H_\infty\) control, \(H_\infty\) filtering, and \(H_2\) control are discussed. The main results of Chapter 4 are applied in the next chapter to a special case of jump systems which arises from the sampled-data systems with zero-order hold. Finally, in Chapter 6 further developments in the theory of jump systems are discussed. An extension to infinite dimensions is given and sampled-data fuzzy systems which can express certain nonlinear sampled-data systems are introduced. It is also shown how to design stabilizing output feedback controllers using jump systems. The monograph is well-written and will be beneficial for graduate students and researchers interested in sampled-data systems in particular and in control theory in general.