A simple approach for switched control design with control bumps limitation

By its own nature, control of switched systems in general leads to expressive discontinuities at switching times. Hence, this class of dynamic systems needs additional care as far as implementation constraints such as for instance control amplitude limitation is concerned. This paper aims at providing numerically tractable conditions to be incorporated in the control design procedure in order to reduce control bumps. The switching strategy and continuous control laws are jointly determined as well as an Jew guaranteed cost is minimized. Due to its theoretical and practical importance, special attention is given to the dynamic output feedback control design problem. The results are illustrated by means of examples borrowed from the literature which are also used for comparisons that put in evidence the efficiency of the proposed strategy. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.