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In this study, the design problem of multiple‐mode observer and multiple‐mode controller is studied for switched positive linear systems. By proposing a new design approach for a class of switched positive linear system, numerical conditions for the existence of multiple‐mode observer and multiple‐mode controller are presented by using linear programming approach. First, a multiple‐mode observer is designed such that the error system is exponentially stable. Next, a robust multiple‐mode interval observer is presented for uncertain switched positive systems with uncertain parameters. In the sequel, a multiple‐mode output‐feedback controller is designed such that the closed‐loop system is exponentially stable. Compared with the existing references, the design method can bring out lower computational burden. Finally, three examples are given to show the effectiveness of the authors' results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study, the authors analyse the stability of switched positive linear time‐delay systems. By developing a novel multiple discontinuous co‐positive Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional approach, the stability conditions are established for switched positive time delay systems by a linear programming approach under mode‐dependent average dwell time switching. Moreover, under average dwell time switching, the corresponding stability conditions are also proposed. It is shown that their results can obtain smaller lower bounds on dwell time. Finally, simulation results are given to show the effectiveness of their methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, we study an optimization problem of minimizing a linear function subject to fuzzy relational inequalities with the addition–min composition. This optimization setting has recently been proposed to model the network cogestion issue when a BitTorrent-like peer-to-peer file-sharing system is used for data transmission. In a 2014 paper, a pseudominimal index (PMI)-based approach was proposed to search for an optimal solution. It turns out that the PMI-based approach may require to solve several to many linear programming problems in order to get an optimal solution. In this paper, we point out that the feasible domain is indeed convex. And we only need to solve a single linear programming problem to generate an optimal solution for the original optimization problem. Furthermore, our approach could be extended to the case with a nonlinear continuous objective function. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this paper, we investigate an optimization problem for continuous-time Markov decision processes with both impulsive and continuous controls. We consider the so-called constrained problem where the objective of the controller is to minimize a total expected discounted optimality criterion associated with a cost rate function while keeping other performance criteria of the same form, but associated with different cost rate functions, below some given bounds. Our model allows multiple impulses at the same time moment. The main objective of this work is to study the associated linear program defined on a space of measures including the occupation measures of the controlled process and to provide sufficient conditions to ensure the existence of an optimal control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study investigates the feedback control for a class of switched positive linear systems (SPLSs). By means of the linear programming approach, output‐feedback and state‐feedback controllers for the underlying systems with average dwell time are designed, respectively. Under these controllers, the closed‐loop systems are positive and asymptotically stable. These results obtained provide a way to solve the control synthesis problems of SPLSs by multiple linear copositive Lyapunov functions. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the validity of the present design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is two fold. First to establish the theory of discounted constrained Markov decision processes with a countable state and action spaces with general multi-chain structure. Second, to introduce finite approximation methods. We define the occupation measures and obtain properties of the set of all achievable occupation measures under the different admissible policies. We establish the optimality of stationary policies for the constrained control problem, and obtain an LP with a countable number of decision variables through which stationary optimal policies are computed. Since for such an LP one cannot expect to find an optimal solution in a finite number of operations, we present two schemes for finite approximations and establish the convergence of optimal values and policies for both the discounted and the expected average cost, with unbounded cost. Sometimes it turns out to be easier to solve the problem with infinite state space than the problem with finite yet large state space. Based on the optimal policy for the problem with infinite state space, we construct policies which are almost optimal for the problem with truncated state space. This method is applied to obtain an €-optimal policy for a problem of optimal priority assignment under constraints for a system of K finite queues. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to develop an automation platform that particularly emphases the beam reinforcements of a continuous beam of an RC building and automatically checks all designs to ensure that the arrangements of reinforcements comply with the American Concrete Institute code. The platform can establish the types of location patterns of lap splices (called lapping patterns) for the longitudinal reinforcements; calculate the length of every reinforcement; arrange the same sized reinforcements by length in decreasing order; choose the proper stock lengths for bar cutting; and determine the best lapping pattern with optimal stock length by the trial and error method or the linear programming approach, which can yield the most economical way to supply a proper stock length for cutting. Finally, the platform can automatically generate the shop drawing and schedule the reinforcements, which may be very useful for building construction and management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]