Stabilization of linear impulsive systems under dwell-time constraints: Interval observer-based framework

The problem of interval observer design is studied for a class of linear impulsive systems. Ranged and minimum dwell-time constraints are considered under detectability assumption. The first contribution of this paper lies in designing interval observers for linear impulsive systems under ranged and minimum dwell-time constraints, and investigating positivity of the estimation error dynamics in addition to stability. Several observers are designed oriented on different conditions of positivity and stability for estimation error dynamics. The boundedness of the estimation error (input-to-state stability property) and the observer stability conditions are stated as infinite-dimensional linear programming problems. Next, an output stabilizing feedback design problem is discussed, where the stability is checked using linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Efficiency of the proposed approach is demonstrated by computer simulations for a commercial electric vehicle equipped with a low power range extender fuel cell, a bouncing ball, an academic linear impulsive system and for Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) and Fault-Tolerant Control (FTC) of a power split device with clutch for heavy-duty military vehicles.