Stability and Stabilization of Block-cascading Switched Linear Systems

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate the problem of quadratic stability and stabilization in switched linear systems using reducible Lie algebra. First, we investigate the structure of all real invariant subspaces for a given linear system. The result is then used to provide a comparable cascading form for switching models. Using the common cascading form, a common quadratic Lyapunov function is (QLFs) is explored by finding common QLFs of diagonal blocks. In addition, a cascading Quaker Lemma is proved. Combining it with stability results, the problem of feedback stabilization for a class of switched linear systems is solved.