Stabilization of a class of slowly switched positive linear systems : state-feedback control

Abstract

The main goal of this paper is to investigate the stabilization problem for a class of switched positive linear systems (SPLS) with average dwell time (ADT) switching in continuous-time context. State-feedback controllers and the corresponding switching law with ADT property are designed, which stabilize the closed-loop systems while keeping the states nonnegative. The proposed conditions, formulated as linear matrix inequalities, can be directly used for controller synthesis and switching designing. Finally, a numerical example is given to demonstrate the validity of the obtained results. Key words: Average dwell time; stabilization; switched positive linear systems.