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No 6 (2025)

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Linear systems

Generalization of Gershgorin Circle Theorem with Application to Analysis and Design of Control Systems

Furtat I.B.

Abstract

The application of the Gershgorin circle theorem and some of its derivatives to estimating matrix eigenvalues is considered. The obtained results are developed to design a localization region for matrix eigenvalues with interval‑indefinite constant and non‑stationary elements. The concept of e‑circles is introduced to obtain more accurate estimates of these regions than when using Gershgorin circles. The obtained results are applied to the stability analysis of network systems, where it is shown that the proposed methods allows one to analyze a network with a much larger number of agents than when using methods for solving linear matrix inequalities in CVX and Yalmip/SeDuMi, as well as the eig (for calculating matrix eigenvalues) and lyap (for solving the Lyapunov equation) algorithms in MatLab. It is shown that if the developed methods are applied not to the system itself, but to the result obtained using the Lyapunov function method, then it is possible to study systems with matrices without diagonal dominance. This allowed us to consider the modification of the Demidovich condition for systems with non‑stationary parameters and the design of the control law for non‑stationary systems with matrices without diagonal dominance. All the obtained results are illustrated by numerical modeling.

Automation and Telemechanics. 2025;(6):3-23
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Incomplete Measurements-Based Exponential Stabilization and Asymptotic Estimation of Solutions of Linear Neutral Systems

Khartovskii V.E., Metelskii A.V., Karpuk V.V.

Abstract

This paper is devoted to a linear autonomous differential-difference system of neutral type with lumped delays. For such systems, we propose existence criteria for output-feedback controllers based on incomplete measurements that ensure a given spectrum of the closed-loop system or its exponential stabilization. In addition, we prove existence criteria for observers forming asymptotic estimates with errors described by linear homogeneous systems with a predetermined characteristic quasipolynomial or exponential stability. All the considerations are constructive and contain a method for designing a corresponding controller or observer.

Automation and Telemechanics. 2025;(6):24-42
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Nonlinear systems

Stabilization of Oscillations in an Autonomous Corrected Conservative System by Constructing an Attracting Cycle

Tkhai V.N.

Abstract

This paper considers a conservative system admitting a family of single-frequency oscillations with a domain Ω. For the original system, an autonomous controlled (ε-corrected) system with a small gain is introduced; a given oscillation from the domain Ω is stabilized by constructing a cycle that attracts all trajectories from this domain together with its ε-neighborhood. A universal adaptive control law, acting as a nonlinear force linear in velocity, is designed to track the current value of potential energy during motion. The cycle is constructed for any system oscillation. As a result, a new class of autonomous controlled systems is obtained based on the conservative system, and the operating modes of this class are stabilized (in the large) cycles with any desired energy. Examples are provided.

Automation and Telemechanics. 2025;(6):43-60
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Stochastic systems

The Use of Optimal Filtering Methods for Passive Monitoring of Available Bandwidth of a Network Channel

Borisov A.V.

Abstract

The article is devoted to the development of mathematical support for the solution to an applied problem of the available bandwidth estimation for a network data transmission channel based on the indirect observations of one of the transmitted flows. The problem is transformed to the state filtering of a Markov jump process given some indirect perfect (noiseless) and counting observations. The obtained estimates are represented as solutions to some coupled systems of ordinary differential equations and recursive relations. The performance of the proposed estimates is illustrated by a numerical example.
Automation and Telemechanics. 2025;(6):61-85
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Control in technical systems

Kalman Filter in the Strapdown Airborne Gravimetry Problem Based on the Refined Model of GNSS Data Errors

Arkhipova A.S., Vyazmin V.S.

Abstract

The paper considers the problem of gravity disturbance determination on the aircraft flight trajectory using measurements from a strapdown airborne gravimeter. The gravimeter measurements include raw data from the inertial sensors and global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. The problem is reduced to optimal stochastic estimation given an a priori model of gravity disturbance in the time domain and stochastic models of the inertial sensor measurement errors and the GNSS data errors (the errors of kinematic accelerations derived from carrier phase measurements). The estimation algorithm is the Kalman filter and smoothing. We show that the accuracy of gravity estimation can be improved when using a refined model of the kinematic acceleration errors instead of using the traditional model (a white noise process). The refined model is given as the second difference of a discrete-time white noise.
Automation and Telemechanics. 2025;(6):86-101
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Control in Social Economic Systems

Informational Control of Strategies in an n-Player Oligopoly Game with Reflexive Behavior

Geraskin M.I.

Abstract

This paper is devoted to an n-player oligopoly game with quantity competition under general demand and cost functions. Players are assumed to be reflexive: each player conjectures about the strategies of all other players. As a result, the subsets of players with different Stackelberg leadership levels are formed in this game (a game with multilevel leadership). The reflexion of players is formalized by conjectural variations, i.e., players’ expectations regarding the impact of their actions on the counterparty’s action. The problem of controlling the strategy of one player (the controlled player) by the other (n −1) players (the Principal) is investigated, and an optimal Nash equilibrium is established in terms of the Principal’s utility criterion. A hierarchical game model of players’ interactions is proposed, and the dependence of the maximum of the Principal’s utility function on the vector of the sums of conjectural variations (SCV) of all players is found within this model. The dependence is used to calculate the controlled player’s SCV value optimizing the Principal’s utility function. An informational control method is developed, enabling the Principal to induce the controlled player to choose the reaction function optimal from the former’s standpoint.
Automation and Telemechanics. 2025;(6):102-117
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Optimization, system analysis, and operations research

Optimization by a Probabilistic Criterion in a Dynamic Test Passing Model

Ivanov S.V., Stepanov A.V.

Abstract

A dynamic model of passing a time-limited test is considered. The problems of finding program and positional strategies that maximize the probability of test passing are stated. A strategy is to complete or not complete a current test task. A positional strategy is defined as a function of the time spent since the test start and the sum of points scored for previous tasks. Bellman’s dynamic programming method is used to design a positional strategy. An algorithm based on the branch-and-bound method is proposed to find an optimal program strategy. The results of calculations are presented and compared with those of a similar problem with a time limit (i.e., when the test is considered unpassed if the testee does not meet the limit).
Automation and Telemechanics. 2025;(6):118-130
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