Feedback control of linear systems with optimal sensor and actuator selection

This article demonstrates a combined [Formula: see text] feedback control design for linear time-invariant and linear parameter-varying systems and optimal sensors and actuator selection. The combined design problem is systematically constructed as a mixed Boolean semidefinite programming optimization problem. We impose Big-M reformulations to the non-deterministic polynomial-time-hard coupled problem to be solved as a convex optimization problem using the branch and bound algorithm. The combined design of dynamic output feedback control along with optimal actuator selection for a linear time-invariant seismic rejection controller design serves as an application for validation by simulation. In addition, active vibration control of a smart composite plate along with optimal sensor and actuator selection validates the developed approach for linear parameter-varying controller synthesis. On comparing this approach with exhaustive search, it is observed that mixed Boolean semidefinite programming approaches have faster computation time, and comparing with the iterative reweighted ℓ 1 norm algorithm and mixed Boolean semidefinite programming using outer approximations, mixed Boolean semidefinite programming yields a global solution.