%0 Book Section
%A Bemporad, Alberto
%A Giua, Alessandro
%A Seatzu, Carla
%B Discrete Event Systems (WODES) : Proceedings of Sixth International Workshop 
%C 2–4 October 2002 Zaragoza, SPAIN
%D 2002
%F eprints:590
%I IEEE
%K continuous-time systems;hybrid systems;infinite-horizon control;iterative algorithm;operating mode sequence;optimal control;switched linear systems;switching instants;switching sequence;continuous time systems;iterative methods;linear systems;optimal control
%P 335-340
%T An iterative algorithm for the optimal control of continuous-time switched linear systems
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/590/
%X For continuous-time switched linear systems, this paper proposes an approach for solving infinite-horizon optimal control problems where the decision variables are the switching instants and the sequence of operating modes. The procedure iterates between a "master" procedure that finds an optimal switching sequence of modes, and a "slave" procedure that finds the optimal switching instants. The effectiveness of the approach is shown through simple simulation examples.