Ordering and refining path-complete Lyapunov functions through composition lifts

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Autori principali: Jongeneel, Wouter, Jungers, Raphaël M.
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author Jongeneel, Wouter
Jungers, Raphaël M.
author_facet Jongeneel, Wouter
Jungers, Raphaël M.
contents A fruitful approach to study stability of switched systems is to look for multiple Lyapunov functions. However, in general, we do not yet understand the interplay between the desired stability certificate, the template of the Lyapunov functions and their mutual relationships to accommodate switching. In this work we elaborate on path-complete Lyapunov functions: a graphical framework that aims to elucidate this interplay. In particular, previously, several preorders were introduced to compare multiple Lyapunov functions. These preorders are initially algorithmically intractable due to the algebraic nature of Lyapunov inequalities, yet, lifting techniques were proposed to turn some preorders purely combinatorial and thereby eventually tractable. In this note we show that a conjecture in this area regarding the so-called composition lift, that was believed to be true, is false. This refutal, however, points us to a beneficial structural feature of the composition lift that we exploit to iteratively refine path-complete graphs, plus, it points us to a favourable adaptation of the composition lift.
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spellingShingle Ordering and refining path-complete Lyapunov functions through composition lifts
Jongeneel, Wouter
Jungers, Raphaël M.
Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
A fruitful approach to study stability of switched systems is to look for multiple Lyapunov functions. However, in general, we do not yet understand the interplay between the desired stability certificate, the template of the Lyapunov functions and their mutual relationships to accommodate switching. In this work we elaborate on path-complete Lyapunov functions: a graphical framework that aims to elucidate this interplay. In particular, previously, several preorders were introduced to compare multiple Lyapunov functions. These preorders are initially algorithmically intractable due to the algebraic nature of Lyapunov inequalities, yet, lifting techniques were proposed to turn some preorders purely combinatorial and thereby eventually tractable. In this note we show that a conjecture in this area regarding the so-called composition lift, that was believed to be true, is false. This refutal, however, points us to a beneficial structural feature of the composition lift that we exploit to iteratively refine path-complete graphs, plus, it points us to a favourable adaptation of the composition lift.
title Ordering and refining path-complete Lyapunov functions through composition lifts
topic Optimization and Control
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.18189