TY - JOUR T1 - Nearly time optimal stabilizing patchy feedbacks JF - Ann. Inst. H. Poincare Anal. Non Lineaire 24 (2007) 279-310 Y1 - 2007 A1 - Fabio Ancona A1 - Alberto Bressan AB - We consider the time optimal stabilization problem for a nonlinear control system $\\\\dot x=f(x,u)$. Let $\\\\tau(y)$ be the minimum time needed to steer the system from the state $y\\\\in\\\\R^n$ to the origin, and call $\\\\A(T)$ the set of initial states that can be steered to the origin in time $\\\\tau(y)\\\\leq T$. Given any $\\\\ve>0$, in this paper we construct a patchy feedback $u=U(x)$ such that every solution of $\\\\dot x=f(x, U(x))$, $x(0)=y\\\\in \\\\A(T)$ reaches an $\\\\ve$-neighborhood of the origin within time $\\\\tau(y)+\\\\ve$. UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/2185 U1 - 2059 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - On the attainable set for Temple class systems with boundary controls JF - SIAM J. Control Optim. 43 (2005) 2166-2190 Y1 - 2005 A1 - Fabio Ancona A1 - Giuseppe Maria Coclite AB - Consider the initial-boundary value problem for a strictly hyperbolic, genuinely nonlinear, Temple class system of conservation laws % $$ u_t+f(u)_x=0, \\\\qquad u(0,x)=\\\\ov u(x), \\\\qquad {{array}{ll} &u(t,a)=\\\\widetilde u_a(t), \\\\noalign{\\\\smallskip} &u(t,b)=\\\\widetilde u_b(t), {array}. \\\\eqno(1) $$ on the domain $\\\\Omega =\\\\{(t,x)\\\\in\\\\R^2 : t\\\\geq 0, a \\\\le x\\\\leq b\\\\}.$ We study the mixed problem (1) from the point of view of control theory, taking the initial data $\\\\bar u$ fixed, and regarding the boundary data $\\\\widetilde u_a, \\\\widetilde u_b$ as control functions that vary in prescribed sets $\\\\U_a, \\\\U_b$, of $\\\\li$ boundary controls. In particular, we consider the family of configurations $$ \\\\A(T) \\\\doteq \\\\big\\\\{u(T,\\\\cdot); ~ u {\\\\rm is a sol. to} (1), \\\\quad \\\\widetilde u_a\\\\in \\\\U_a, \\\\widetilde u_b \\\\in \\\\U_b \\\\big\\\\} $$ that can be attained by the system at a given time $T>0$, and we give a description of the attainable set $\\\\A(T)$ in terms of suitable Oleinik-type conditions. We also establish closure and compactness of the set $\\\\A(T)$ in the $lu$ topology. PB - SISSA Library UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/1581 U1 - 2537 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Stability rates for patchy vector fields JF - ESAIM COCV 10 (2004) 168-200 Y1 - 2004 A1 - Fabio Ancona A1 - Alberto Bressan AB - This paper is concerned with the stability of the set of trajectories of a patchy vector field, in the presence of impulsive perturbations. Patchy vector fields are discontinuous, piecewise smooth vector fields that were introduced in Ancona and Bressan (1999) to study feedback stabilization problems. For patchy vector fields in the plane, with polygonal patches in generic position, we show that the distance between a perturbed trajectory and an unperturbed one is of the same order of magnitude as the impulsive forcing term. PB - EDP Sciences UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/2959 U1 - 1741 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Well-posedness for general 2x2 systems of conservation laws JF - Mem. Amer. Math. Soc. 169 (2004), no. 801, x+170 pp. Y1 - 2004 A1 - Fabio Ancona A1 - Andrea Marson PB - SISSA Library UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/1241 U1 - 2702 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Some results on the boundary control of systems of conservation laws JF - SIAM J.Control Optim. 41 (2003),no.2, 607 Y1 - 2003 A1 - Alberto Bressan A1 - Fabio Ancona A1 - Giuseppe Maria Coclite PB - SISSA Library UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/1615 U1 - 2503 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Flow Stability of Patchy Vector Fields and Robust Feedback Stabilization JF - SIAM J. Control Optim. 41 (2002) 1455-1476 Y1 - 2002 A1 - Fabio Ancona A1 - Alberto Bressan AB - The paper is concerned with patchy vector fields, a class of discontinuous, piecewise smooth vector fields that were introduced in AB to study feedback stabilization problems. We prove the stability of the corresponding solution set w.r.t. a wide class of impulsive perturbations. These results yield the robusteness of patchy feedback controls in the presence of measurement errors and external disturbances. PB - SIAM UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/3073 U1 - 1260 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Homogeneous tangent vectors and high order necessary conditions for optimal controls JF - J. Dynam. Control Systems 3 (1997), no. 2, 205--240 Y1 - 1997 A1 - Fabio Ancona PB - SISSA Library UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/1015 U1 - 2841 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Existence of solutions for a class of non-convex differential inclusions JF - Rend.Sem.Mat.Univ. Padova, 83 (1990), 71-76 Y1 - 1990 A1 - Fabio Ancona A1 - Giovanni Colombo PB - SISSA Library UR - http://hdl.handle.net/1963/792 U1 - 2999 U2 - Mathematics U3 - Functional Analysis and Applications ER -