Distributionally Robust Model Order Reduction for Linear Systems

In this letter, we investigate distributionally robust model order reduction for linear, discrete-time, time-invariant systems. The external input is assumed to follow an uncertain distribution within a Wasserstein ambiguity set. We begin by considering the case where the distribution is certain and formulate an optimization problem to obtain the reduced model. When the distribution is uncertain, the interaction between the reduced-order model and the distribution is modeled by a Stackelberg game. To ensure solvability, we first introduce the Gelbrich distance and demonstrate that the Stackelberg game within a Wasserstein ambiguity set is equivalent to that within a Gelbrich ambiguity set. Then, we propose a nested optimization problem to solve the Stackelberg game. Furthermore, the nested optimization problem is relaxed into a nested convex optimization problem, ensuring computational feasibility. Finally, a simulation is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.