Control of passive systems using the satisficing paradigm

This paper extends the application of the recently proposed satisficing control strategy to passive systems. The satisficing control is based on notions of satisficing decision theory. In this framework a set of asymptotically stabilizing control laws can be parameterized in order to obey an instantaneous cost-benefit inequality. Using the nonlinear version of the Kalman-Yacubovitch-Popov property this technique can be extended to passive systems. To illustrate the novelty of this approach, the paper considers the attitude control problem of a rigid body.