Fault-tolerant decentralized H-infinity control for multi-channel systems using homotopy method

This paper considers a fault-tolerant decentralized H-infinity control problem for multi-channel linear time-invariant systems. The purpose is to design a decentralized H-infinity output feedback controller to.stabilize the given system and achieve a certain H-infinity performance requirement both in the normal situation and in the situation where any one of the local controllers fails. The designed problem is reduced to a feasibility problem of a set of bilinear matrix inequalities （BMIs）. An algorithm is proposed to solve the BMIs. First, the normal situation is considered where all the local controllers are functioning. The local controllers are obtained from a standard centralized H-infinity controller by using a homotopy method imposing a structural constraint progressively. Secondly, the above case is extended to the one where any one of the local controllers fails. We again use a homotopy method where the coefficient matrices of the failed controller are decreased progressively to zero. The efficiency of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated by an example.

A CONTINUATION HOMOTOPY METHOD FOR THE INVERSE PROBLEM OF OPERATOR IDENTIFICATION AND ITS APPLICATION

A new widly convergent method for solving the problem of operator identification is illustrated. Numerical simulations are carried out to test the feasibility and to study the general characteristics of the technique without the real measurement data. This technique is a direct application of the continuation homo-topy method for solving nonlinear systems of equations. It is found that this method does give excellent results in solving the inverse problem of the elliptic differential equations.

Finding Periodic Solutions of Ordinary Differential Equations by the Homotopy Method

As an important aspect of applications, it is discussed how to find periodic solutions for ordinary differential equations. By using the homotopy method, a global method for finding those solutions is proposed.

Finding Periodic Solutions of High Order Duffing Equations via Homotopy Method

This paper presents a detailed analysis of finding the periodic solutions for the high order Duffing equation x^（2n） ＋ g（x） = e（t） （n ≥ 1）. Firstly, we give a constructive proof for the existence of periodic solutions via the homotopy method. Then we establish an efficient and global convergence method to find periodic solutions numerically.

Solving Fixed Point Problems in More General Nonconvex Sets Via an Interior Point Homotopy Method

In this paper,we are mainly devoted to solving fixed point problems in more general nonconvex sets via an interior point homotopy method.Under suitable conditions,a constructive proof is given to prove the existence of fixed points,which can lead to an implementable globally convergent algorithm.

Modified Homotopy Method for a Class of Brouwer Fixed-point Problems

In this paper, we modify the homotopy method （proposed by Yu and Lin, Appl. Math. Comput., 74（1996）, 65） and hence make the modified method be able to solve Brouwer fixed-point problems in a broader class of nonconvex subsets in Rn. In addition, a simple example is given to show the effectiveness of the modified method.

Finding Solutions to the Picard Boundary Value Problem via Homotopy Method

This paper deals with the problem of finding solutions to the Picard boundary problem. In our approacn, by means of the homotopy method, the equation considered is linked to a simpler equation by introducing a parameter. We first find the solutions of the simpler equation, and give a priori estimates of the equation we considered, and then one can obtain the solutions of Picard boundary problem by following the path of solutions of Cauchy problem.

Existence of Periodic Solutions for Odd Order Ordinary Differential Equations via the Homotopy Method

This paper deals with the problems of finding periodic solutions for the third order ordinary differential equations of the form (1) where T is a fixed positive number and f satisfies some additional conditions which will be stated later.The periodicity problem has been one of main topics in the qualitative theory of ordinary

A Combined Homotopy Infeasible Interior-Point Method for Convex Nonlinear Programming

In this paper, on the basis of the logarithmic barrier function and KKT conditions, we propose a combined homotopy infeasible interior-point method （CHIIP） for convex nonlinear programming problems. For any convex nonlinear programming, without strict convexity for the logarithmic barrier function, we get different solutions of the convex programming in different cases by CHIIP method.

Iteratively weighted thresholding homotopy method for the sparse solution of underdetermined linear equations

Recently, iteratively reweighted methods have attracted much interest in compressed sensing, outperforming their unweighted counterparts in most cases. In these methods, decision variables and weights are optimized alternatingly, or decision variables are optimized under heuristically chosen weights. In this paper,we present a novel weighted l1-norm minimization problem for the sparsest solution of underdetermined linear equations. We propose an iteratively weighted thresholding method for this problem, wherein decision variables and weights are optimized simultaneously. Furthermore, we prove that the iteration process will converge eventually. Using the homotopy technique, we enhance the performance of the iteratively weighted thresholding method. Finally, extensive computational experiments show that our method performs better in terms of both running time and recovery accuracy compared with some state-of-the-art methods.

A GEOMETRICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE WITHOUT-EXCEPTION FEASIBILITY OF PL HOMOTOPY METHODS

PL homotopy metheds are effective methods to locate zerces(or fixed points) of highly nonlinearmappirgs. Due to the Jexicographical system, the methods are feasible without exceptions Thispaper presents a geemetrical interpretation of the without-exception feasibility.

Computation of Load Flow Problems with Homotopy Methods

Load flow computations are the basis for voltage security assessments in power systems. All of the flow equation solutions must be computed to explore the mechanisms of voltage instability and voltage collapse. Conventional algorithms, such as Newton's methods and its variations, are not very desirable because they can not be easily used to find all of the solutions. This paper investigates homotopy methods which can be used for numerically computing the set of all isolated solutions of multivariate polynomial systems resulting from load flow computations. The results significantly reduce the number of paths being followed.

A FINITE-DIFFERENCE RELAXATION SCHEME BASED ON BOTH MULTIGRID TECHNIQUES AND HOMOTOPY METHOD FOR 2D STEADY-STATE NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS

In this paper, multigrid techniques together with homotopy method are applied to propose a kind of finite-difference relaxation scheme for 2D steady-state Navier-Stokes equations. The proposed numerical scheme can give convergent results for viscous flows with high Reynolds number. As an example, the results of shear-driven cavity flow with high Reynolds number up to 25000 on fine grid 257×257 are given.

A HOMOTOPY METHOD OF SWITCHING SOLUTION BRANCHES AT THE PITCHFORK BIFURCATION POINT

Provides information on a study which proposed a continuation method for switching solution branches at a pitchfork point. Problem of the standard pitchfork; Information on the systems of equations; Numerical examples of the efficiency of the proposed switching method.

Homotopy Continuation Method for Linear Complementarity Problems

It is well known that a linear complementarity problem (LCP) can be formulated as a system of nonsmooth equations F(x) = 0, where F is a map from Rninto itself. Using the aggregate function, we construct a smooth Newton homotopy H(x,t) = 0. Under certain assumptions, we prove the existence of a smooth path defined by the Newton homotopy which leads to a solution of the original problem, and study limiting properties of the homotopy path.

Nonlinear oscillations with parametric excitation solved by homotopy analysis method

An analytical technique, namely the homotopy analysis method （HAM）, is used to solve problems of nonlinear oscillations with parametric excitation. Unlike perturbation methods, HAM is not dependent on any small physical parameters at all, and thus valid for both weakly and strongly nonlinear problems. In addition, HAM is different from all other analytic techniques in providing a simple way to adjust and control convergence region of the series solution by means of an auxiliary parameter h. In the present paper, a periodic analytic approximations for nonlinear oscillations with parametric excitation are obtained by using HAM, and the results are validated by numerical simulations.

Improving convergence of incremental harmonic balance method using homotopy analysis method

We have deduced incremental harmonic balance an iteration scheme in the （IHB） method using the harmonic balance plus the Newton-Raphson method. Since the convergence of the iteration is dependent upon the initial values in the iteration, the convergent region is greatly restricted for some cases. In this contribution, in order to enlarge the convergent region of the IHB method, we constructed the zeroth-order deformation equation using the homotopy analysis method, in which the IHB method is employed to solve the deformation equation with an embedding parameter as the active increment. Taking the Duffing and the van der Pol equations as examples, we obtained the highly accurate solutions. Importantly, the presented approach renders a convenient way to control and adjust the convergence.

New homotopy analysis transform method for solving the discontinued problems arising in nanotechnology

We present a new reliable analytical study for solving the discontinued problems arising in nanotechnology. Such problems are presented as nonlinear differential-difference equations. The proposed method is based on the Laplace trans- form with the homotopy analysis method （HAM）. This method is a powerful tool for solving a large amount of problems. This technique provides a series of functions which may converge to the exact solution of the problem. A good agreement between the obtained solution and some well-known results is obtained.