Robust Dual Control based on Gain Scheduling

Abstract: We present a novel strategy for robust dual control of linear time-invariant systems based on gain scheduling with performance guarantees. This work relies on prior results of determining uncertainty bounds of system parameters estimated through exploration. Existing approaches are unable to account for changes of the mean of system parameters in the exploration phase and thus to accurately capture the dual effect. We address this limitation by selecting the future (uncertain) mean as a scheduling variable in the control design. The result is a semi-definite program-based design that computes a suitable exploration strategy and a robust gain-scheduled controller with probabilistic quadratic performance bounds after the exploration phase.