H∞ and H2 controller design for linear systems is a difficult, nonconvex, nonsmooth optimization problem when the order of the controller is fixed to be less than that of the open-loop plant, a typical requirement in e.g. embedded aerospace control systems. In addition, it is often desired to compute a single controller which stabilizes multiple plants simultaneously.
HIFOO is aimed at solving fixed-order stabilization and performance optimization problems. It depends on a hybrid algorithm for nonsmooth, nonconvex optimization based on quasi-Newton updating and gradient sampling. In particular, HIFOO address the following problems:
- fixed-order stabilization
- fixed-order strong stabilization
- fixed-order simultaneous stabilization
- fixed-order H∞ optimization
- fixed-order H2 optimization
- fixed-order complex stability radius optimization
- fixed-order stability margin (spectral abscissa) optimization
- fixed-order robust stability margin (pseudospectral abscissa) optimization
If you publish work that uses HIFOO, please refer to the following two papers:
- D. Arzelier, G. Deaconu, S. Gumussoy and D. Henrion.
H2 for HIFOO
International Conference on Control and Optimization with Industrial Applications, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, August 2011
- S. Gumussoy, D. Henrion, M. Millstone and M.L. Overton.
Multiobjective Robust Control with HIFOO 2.0
Proceedings of the IFAC Symposium on Robust Control Design, Haifa, 2009
HIFOO is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under grants DMS-0714321, DMS-1016325 and DMS-1317205. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of NSF.