H∞ model reduction of switched LPV systems via semi-time-varying reduced-order model

This paper investigates the problem of model reduction for a class of switched linear parameter varying (LPV) systems with persistent dwell-time (PDT) switching property. The PDT switching generalizes the dwell-time and average dwell-time switching that are commonly concerned in the existing literature. To reduce the original high-order model with less conservatism, the constructed reduced-order model is both parameterized and semi-time-varying such that the model error system is uniformly stable over the PDT switching and guarantees an error performance in H _∞ sense. A numerical example is used to verify the validity and advantage of the theoretical results.