Indefinite LQ optimal control with equality constraint for discrete-time uncertain systems

Abstract

Based on uncertainty theory, this paper studies a kind of discrete-time uncertain linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control with equality constraint for the terminal state, allowing the state and control weighting matrices in the cost function to be indefinite. First, we transform the uncertain LQ optimal control problem into an equivalent deterministic optimal control problem. Then, a necessary condition for the existence of optimal linear state feedback control is presented by means of matrix minimum principle. Moreover, the well-posedness of the uncertain LQ problem is proved by applying the technique of completing squares. Finally, an example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.