Bounds on reachable sets using ordinary differential equations with linear programs embedded

Title

Bounds on reachable sets using ordinary differential equations with linear programs embedded

Publication Type
Journal Article
Year of Publication
2016
Journal
IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information
Volume
33
Issue
2
Pagination
519-541
Abstract

This work considers the computation of rigorous componentwise time-varying bounds on the states of a non-linear control system. This work develops a new implementation of an existing bounding theory that exploits physical information to produce tight bounds. It is shown that the solution of a certain initial value problem in ordinary differential equations (ODEs) depending on parametric linear programs (LPs) (which are said to be ‘embedded’) yields componentwise bounds. To ensure the numerical tractability of such a formulation, some properties of the resulting system of ODEs with LPs embedded are discussed. Finally, the tightness of the bounds are demonstrated for models of reacting chemical systems with uncertain rate parameters.