International Journal of Control, Vol.90, No.10, 2178-2196, 2017
H-infinity control of continuous-time Markov jump linear systems with detector-based mode information
This paper features new results on H-infinity analysis and control of linear systems with Markov jump disturbances, in a scenario of partial observations of the jump process. We consider the situations in which the jump process can only be measured through a suitable detector. A distinctive feature of the approach here is that it is general enough to encompass particular scenarios such as that of perfect information, no information (mode independent) and cluster observations of the Markov jump process. The main results, comprising a new bounded real lemma and a condition for state feedback synthesis, are expressed via linear matrix inequality-based optimisation problems. The method devised for the design of H-infinity controllers is applied to the control of an unmanned aerial vehicle model.