Discrete‐time systems with slope restricted nonlinearities: Zames–Falb multiplier analysis using external positivity

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Abstract This article exploits positive systems theory in the search for Zames–Falb multipliers for the analysis of discrete‐time Lurie systems, where the nonlinearity is assumed to be slope‐restricted. Although a similar problem has been tackled in a continuous time context, the results in discrete‐time take a different form and require a somewhat different approach to overcome certain technical problems. The work has two compelling features: (i) the arising algorithms are completely convex; and (ii) numerical results compare well with the state‐of‐the‐art in some cases, providing the least conservative result in one instance.

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