A duality-based convex optimization approach to L2 -gain control of piecewise affine slab differential inclusions

This paper introduces the dual parameter set of a piecewise affine (PWA) system. This is a key concept to enable a convex formulation of PWA controller synthesis for PWA slab differential inclusions using a new convex relaxation. Another important contribution of the paper is to present PWA L2-gain analysis and synthesis results for PWA systems whose output is also a PWA function of the state (as opposed to a piecewise-linear function). Unlike other results existing in the literature, the sufficient LMI conditions in this paper are valid for synthesis, even when the PWA systems include sliding modes. A numerical example with sliding modes illustrates the new approach.