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On The Dressing Method For The Generalised Zakharov-Shabat System, Rossen Ivanov
On The Dressing Method For The Generalised Zakharov-Shabat System, Rossen Ivanov
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The dressing procedure for the Generalised Zakharov-Shabat system is well known for systems, related to sl(N) algebras. We extend the method, constructing explicitly the dressing factors for some systems, related to orthogonal and symplectic Lie algebras. We consider ’dressed’ fundamental analytical solutions with simple poles at the prescribed eigenvalue points and obtain the corresponding Lax potentials, representing the soliton solutions for some important nonlinear evolution equations.
On The Empirical Balanced Truncation For Nonlinear Systems, Marissa Condon, Rossen Ivanov
On The Empirical Balanced Truncation For Nonlinear Systems, Marissa Condon, Rossen Ivanov
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Novel constructions of empirical controllability and observability gramians for nonlinear systems for subsequent use in a balanced truncation style of model reduction are proposed. The new gramians are based on a generalisation of the fundamental solution for a Linear Time-Varying system. Relationships between the given gramians for nonlinear systems and the standard gramians for both Linear Time-Invariant and Linear Time-Varying systems are established as well as relationships to prior constructions proposed for empirical gramians. Application of the new gramians is illustrated through a sample test-system.
Decentralized Control Of Vehicle Formations, Gerardo Lafferriere, Anca Williams, John S. Caughman Iv, J. J. P. Veerman
Decentralized Control Of Vehicle Formations, Gerardo Lafferriere, Anca Williams, John S. Caughman Iv, J. J. P. Veerman
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This paper investigates a method for decentralized stabilization of vehicle formations using techniques from algebraic graph theory. The vehicles exchange information according to a pre-specified communication digraph, G. A feedback control is designed using relative information between a vehicle and its in-neighbors in G. We prove that a necessary and sufficient condition for an appropriate decentralized linear stabilizing feedback to exist is that G has a rooted directed spanning tree. We show the direct relationship between the rate of convergence to formation and the eigenvalues of the (directed) Laplacian of G. Various special situations are discussed, including …