Title : 
Cone-Copositive Piecewise Quadratic Lyapunov Functions for Conewise Linear Systems
         
        
            Author : 
Iervolino, Raffaele ; Vasca, Francesco ; Iannelli, Luigi
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dipt. di Ing. Elettr. e Tecnol. dell´Inf., Univ. di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this technical note, cone-copositive piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions (PWQ-LFs) for the stability analysis of conewise linear systems are proposed. The existence of a PWQ-LF is formulated as the feasibility of a cone-copositive programming problem which is represented in terms of linear matrix inequalities. A constructive procedure for its solution is provided. Examples show the effectiveness of the approach, also in the case of uncertain conewise linear systems.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Lyapunov methods; linear matrix inequalities; linear systems; piecewise linear techniques; stability; PWQ-LF; cone-copositive piecewise quadratic Lyapunov function; cone-copositive programming problem; conewise linear system; linear matrix inequalities; stability analysis; Linear matrix inequalities; Linear systems; Lyapunov methods; Partitioning algorithms; Stability analysis; Standards; Symmetric matrices; Conewise linear systems; LMIs; Piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions; Switched systems; piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions; stability analysis; switched systems; uncertain systems;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TAC.2015.2409933