Left inversion of analytic nonlinear SISO systems via formal power series methods

WS Gray, LAD Espinosa, M Thitsa - Automatica, 2014 - Elsevier
Given a single-input, single-output (SISO) system, F, and a function y in the range of F, the
left inversion problem is to determine an input u such that y= F [u]. The goal of this paper is to …

Faa di Bruno Hopf algebra of the output feedback group for multivariable Fliess operators

WS Gray, LAD Espinosa, K Ebrahimi-Fard - Systems & Control Letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Given two nonlinear input–output systems written in terms of Chen–Fliess functional
expansions, ie, Fliess operators, it is known that the feedback interconnected system is …

Fractional Fliess operators: two approaches

IM Winter-Arboleda, WS Gray… - 2015 49th Annual …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A useful representation of an input-output map in a nonlinear control system is the Chen-
Fliess functional series or Fliess operator. It can be viewed as a noncommutative …

On the radius of convergence of interconnected analytic nonlinear input-output systems

M Thitsa, WS Gray - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2012 - SIAM
A complete analysis is presented of the radii of convergence of the parallel, product,
cascade and feedback interconnections of analytic nonlinear input-output systems …

A unified approach to generating series for mixed cascades of analytic nonlinear input–output systems

WS Gray, M Thitsa - International journal of control, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
The primary goal is to describe in a unified fashion the generating series for the cascade
connection of any two analytic nonlinear input–output systems. In particular, it will be shown …

Continuity of Chen-Fliess series for applications in system identification and machine learning

R Dahmen, WS Gray, A Schmeding - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Model continuity plays an important role in applications like system identification,
adaptive control, and machine learning. This paper provides sufficient conditions under …

Linear Operator Differential Equations with Applications to Linear Time-Varying Systems

WS Gray, EI Verriest - 2023 59th Annual Allerton Conference …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A classical result in linear system theory is that a causal linear time-varying (LTV) system
has a smooth finite dimensional realization if and only if its impulse response exhibits a …

On Fliess operators driven by L2-Itô random processes

LAD Espinosa, WS Gray… - Proceedings of the 48h …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fliess operators with deterministic inputs have been studied since the late 1970's and are
well understood. When the inputs are stochastic processes the theory is less developed …

System identification entropy for Chen-Fliess series and their interconnections

WS Gray - 2022 58th Annual Allerton Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The notion of system identification entropy is defined for the class of analytic nonlinear input-
output systems having Chen-Fliess series representations. This quantity describes the …

On Fliess operators driven by L 2-Itô processes

LA Duffaut Espinosa, WS Gray… - … An International Journal …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Fliess operators, which are a type of functional series expansion, have been used to
describe a broad class of nonlinear input–output maps driven by deterministic inputs. But in …