Unconstrained Parametrizations of Discrete-Time Linear Input-Output Models

Stability and Dissipativity by Construction

Journal Article (2026)
Author(s)

Johan Kon (Eindhoven University of Technology)

Roland Toth (HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control, Eindhoven University of Technology)

Jeroen van de Wijdeven (ASML)

Marcel Heertjes (Eindhoven University of Technology, ASML)

Tom Oomen (TU Delft - Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden, Eindhoven University of Technology)

Research Group
Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2025.3616268
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Publication Year
2026
Language
English
Research Group
Team Jan-Willem van Wingerden
Journal title
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Issue number
3
Volume number
71
Pages (from-to)
1660-1675
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Abstract

It is often required that identified models exhibit certain stability and dissipativity properties, e.g., passivity or ℓ2-gain. The aim of this article is to develop an unconstrained parametrization of linear parameter-varying (LPV) input–output (IO) discrete-time (DT) models that guarantees stability/dissipativity by construction, i.e., the model is stable/dissipative for any choice of model parameters. To achieve this, it is shown that any quadratically stable/dissipative DT-LPV-IO model can be generated by a mapping of transformed coefficient functions that are constrained to the unit ball. The unit ball is reparameterized through a Cayley transformation, resulting in a fully unconstrained parameterization. These results immediately apply to linear time-varying IO models. In the linear time-invariant case, an unconstrained parameterization of all stable/dissipative DT transfer functions is obtained. The unconstrained parametrization enables, among others, the use of neural network coefficient functions in LPV system identification while guaranteeing stability and dissipativity.

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