Finite-time stabilization of discrete-time conewise linear systems

The finite-time stabilizing control design problem for discrete-time conewise linear systems is tackled in this paper. Such a class of systems consists of the union of ordinary linear time-invariant subsystems, whose dynamics are defined in prescribed conical regions, constituting a conical partition of the state space. By imposing some cone-copositivity properties to a suitable piecewise quadratic function, two sufficient conditions are preliminarily derived concerning the system’s finite-time stability. By building on them, novel results are then presented for the system’s finite-time stabilization through a piecewise linear output feedback controller. Such results are based on the solution of feasibility problems involving sets of Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs). A numerical example illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed approach.