Min-switching local stabilization for discrete-time switching systems with nonlinear modes

This paper deals with the discrete-time switched Lur’e problem in finite domain. The aim is to provide a stabilization inside an estimate of the origin’s basin of attraction, as large as possible, via a suitable switching rule. The design of this switching rule is based on the min-switching policy and can be induced by sufficient conditions given by Lyapunov–Metzler inequalities. Nevertheless instead of intuitively considering a switched quadratic Lyapunov function for this approach, a suitable switched Lyapunov function including the modal nonlinearities is proposed. The assumptions required to characterize the nonlinearities are only mode-dependent sector conditions, without constraints related to the slope of the nonlinearities. An optimization problem is provided to allow the maximization of the size of the basin of attraction estimate–which may be composed of disconnected sets–under the stabilization conditions. A numerical example illustrates the efficiency of our approach and emphasizes the specificities of our tools.