On reachability and null-controllability of nonstrict convex processes

Abstract

This paper studies reachability and null-controllability for difference inclusions involving convex processes. Such difference inclusions arise, for instance, in the study of linear discrete-time systems whose inputs and/or states are constrained to lie within a convex cone. After developing a geometric framework for convex processes relying on invariance properties, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for both reachability and null-controllability in terms of the spectrum of dual processes.