Output tracking control of Boolean control networks via state feedback: Constant reference signal case

This paper investigates the state feedback based output tracking control of Boolean control networks (BCNs) with a constant reference signal by using the semi-tensor product method. Based on the algebraic expression of BCNs and by constructing a series of reachable sets, a general procedure is proposed for the design of the state feedback laws for BCNs to track a constant reference signal. The study of an illustrative example shows that the obtained new results are effective in designing state feedback based output tracking controllers for BCNs to track a constant reference signal.