MINIMAL TIME DISCRETE SYSTEM

Abstract

The minimal time regulator problem is investigated for a saturating sampled-data control system which has a linear plant with real and distinct characteristic roots. An optimal control was obtained in two stages, first determining the sets R'(sub)N of state space points from which the origin can be reached in N sampling periods or less and second obtaining a unique canonical representation of all points in R(sub)N, the set of state space points from which the origin can be reached in N sampling periods and no less. A block diagram description is given for an analog computer that generates the proposed optimal control. In the sampled-data case, the optimal control is not unique except for the points on the boundary of the R'(sub)N's. As T, the sampling period, tends to zero, the length of L(sub)1 goes to zero and the proposed optimal control becomes, in the limit, identical to the usual one for the continuous case: the critical surface becomes the switching surface. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1960
Accession Number
AD0254012

Entities

People

  • C.a. Desoer
  • J. Wing

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Computers
  • Boundaries
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Regulators
  • Sampling
  • Switching

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Approximation Theory.
  • Control Systems Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers