A probabilistic framework for the control of systems with discrete states and stochastic excitation

• Autores: Gianluca Meneghello, Paolo Luchini, Thomas R. Bewley
• Localización: Automatica: A journal of IFAC the International Federation of Automatic Control, ISSN 0005-1098, Vol. 88, 2018, págs. 113-116
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A probabilistic framework is proposed for the optimization of efficient switched control strategies for physical systems dominated by stochastic excitation. In this framework, the equation for the state trajectory is replaced with an equivalent equation for its probability distribution function in the constrained optimization setting. This allows for a large class of control rules to be considered, including hysteresis and a mix of continuous and discrete random variables. The problem of steering atmospheric balloons within a stratified flowfield is a motivating application; the same approach can be extended to a variety of mixed-variable stochastic systems and to new classes of control rules.