Extremum Seeking (ES) is Practically Stable Whenever Model-Based ES is Stable

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Main Authors: McNamee, Patrick, Ahmadabadi, Zahra Nili, Krstić, Mirslav
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author McNamee, Patrick
Ahmadabadi, Zahra Nili
Krstić, Mirslav
author_facet McNamee, Patrick
Ahmadabadi, Zahra Nili
Krstić, Mirslav
contents Extremum seeking control (ESC) are optimization algorithms in continuous time, with model-based ESCs using true derivative information of the cost function and model-free ESCs utilizing perturbation-based estimates instead. Stability analysis of model-free ESCs often employs the associated average system, whose stability is dependent on the selection of the dither signal. We demonstrate first the challenge of this analysis approach by showing selections of relative dither amplitudes and rates at different ESC inputs which result in the average system always having an unstable equilibrium. Then we go on to show that, if the model-based ESC is globally asymptotically stable (GAS), then the average system is semiglobally practically asymptotically stable (sGPAS), and the model-free ESC is semiglobally practically uniformly asymptotically stable (sGPUAS). Thus, we free the system analyst from analyzing the stability of the average system with various dither signals, as it is sufficient to analyze the stability of the model-based ESC. The result for the original model-free ESC also provides a guideline for the user for how to select the dither amplitudes to ensure sGPUAS.
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spellingShingle Extremum Seeking (ES) is Practically Stable Whenever Model-Based ES is Stable
McNamee, Patrick
Ahmadabadi, Zahra Nili
Krstić, Mirslav
Optimization and Control
Extremum seeking control (ESC) are optimization algorithms in continuous time, with model-based ESCs using true derivative information of the cost function and model-free ESCs utilizing perturbation-based estimates instead. Stability analysis of model-free ESCs often employs the associated average system, whose stability is dependent on the selection of the dither signal. We demonstrate first the challenge of this analysis approach by showing selections of relative dither amplitudes and rates at different ESC inputs which result in the average system always having an unstable equilibrium. Then we go on to show that, if the model-based ESC is globally asymptotically stable (GAS), then the average system is semiglobally practically asymptotically stable (sGPAS), and the model-free ESC is semiglobally practically uniformly asymptotically stable (sGPUAS). Thus, we free the system analyst from analyzing the stability of the average system with various dither signals, as it is sufficient to analyze the stability of the model-based ESC. The result for the original model-free ESC also provides a guideline for the user for how to select the dither amplitudes to ensure sGPUAS.
title Extremum Seeking (ES) is Practically Stable Whenever Model-Based ES is Stable
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.15713