Herein is investigated the method of solution of quadratic programming problems. The algorithm is based on the effective selection of constraints. Quadratic programming with constraintsequalities are solved with the help of an algorithm, so that matrix inversion is avoided, because of the more convenient organization of the Calculus. Optimal solution is determined in a finite number of iteratio...

The matrix differential Riccati equation (DRE) is ubiquitous in control and systems theory. The presence of the quadratic term implies that a simple linear-systems fundamental solution does not exist. Of course it is well-known that the Bernoulli substitution may be applied to obtain a linear system of doubled size. Here however, tools from max-plus analysis and semiconvex duality are brought t...

Iteratively Re-weighted Least Squares (IRLS) is a method for solving minimization problems involving non-quadratic cost functions, perhaps non-convex and non-smooth, which however can be described as the infimum over a family of quadratic functions. This transformation suggests an algorithmic scheme that solves a sequence of quadratic problems to be tackled efficiently by tools of numerical lin...

This paper addresses the mixed H−/H∞ fault detection observer design issue for a class of linear parameter varying (LPV) system. Based on the quadraticH∞ performance and affine quadratic H∞ performance concepts, as well as the corresponding quadratic H− index performance and affine quadratic H− index performance for measuring the worst-case fault sensitivity of the underlying LPV system, the ex...

In the case that the matrix of a linear complementarity problem consists of the sum of a positive semi-definite matrix and a co-positive matrix a general condition is deduced implying that the Lemke algorithm will terminate with a complementarity solution. Applications are presented on bi-matrix games, convex quadratic programming and multi-period programs.

This paper is concerned with non-quadratic stabilization of continuous-time Takagi-Sugeno (TS) models. The well-known problem of handling time-derivatives of membership functions (MFs) as to obtain conditions in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) is overcome by reducing global goals to the estimation of a region of attraction. Instead of parallel distributed compensation (PDC), a non...

The commutator length “cl G ” of a group G is the least natural number c such that every element of the derived subgroup of G is a product of c commutators. We give an upper bound for cl G when G is a d-generator nilpotent-by-abelian-by-finite group. Then, we give an upper bound for the commutator length of a soluble-by-finite linear group over C that depends only on d and the degree of lineari...

Abstract. We provide the first classical derivation of the Lloyd–Berry formula for the effective wavenumber of an acoustic medium filled with a sparse random array of identical small scatterers. Our approach clarifies the assumptions under which the Lloyd–Berry formula is valid. More precisely, we derive an expression for the effective wavenumber which assumes the validity of Lax’s quasicrystal...