Reconfigurable control of Hammerstein systems after actuator failures: stability,tracking, and performance

A new method for the reconfigurable control of stable Hammerstein systems with sector-bounded static nonlinear input characteristics subject to actuator failures is described. It aims at the recovery of the nominal stability, setpoint tracking, disturbance rejection and performance properties by the reconfigured closed-loop system. This article extends the virtual actuator from linear systems to Hammerstein systems and provides sufficient linear matrix inequality conditions for closed-loop stability, and a corresponding synthesis algorithm. It is shown that the approach is robust against uncertainties of the static input nonlinearity in a small-gain sense, and universal in a certain sense. Feasible setpoints for the reconfigured closed-loop system are characterised, and infeasible setpoints are projected to feasible ones. An extension guarantees minimum performance loss. The method is successfully experimentally evaluated using a system of interconnected tanks.     

Adaptive output rejection of unmatched input disturbances

To adaptively reject the effect of certain unmatched input disturbances on the output of a linear time-invariant system, a transfer function matching condition is needed. A lemma which presents a novel basic property of linear systems is derived to characterize system conditions for such transfer function matching. An adaptive disturbance rejection control scheme is developed for such systems with uncertain dynamics parameters and disturbance parameters. This adaptive control technique is applicable to control of systems with actuator failures whose failure values, failure time instants, and failure patterns are unknown. A solution is presented to this adaptive actuator failure compensation problem, which ensures closed-loop stability and asymptotic output tracking, in the presence of any up to m−1 uncertain failures of the total m actuators. Desired adaptive system performance is verified by simulation results.     

Gain-scheduled control of time-varying delay systems with input constraint

This paper investigates gain-scheduled control design for linear systems with time-varying state delays subject to actuator saturation and external disturbance. Assuming the disturbance is peak bounded, a sufficient delay-dependent condition is established to guarantee that a family of level sets, corresponding to a novel parameter-dependent Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, are nested and invariant to the closed-loop system. The invariant sets are then used to obtain nested reachable sets (ellipsoids) to bound the closed-loop states. A family of continuous controllers are designed based on these nested ellipsoids. The controller with the best performance is selected, each time, based on the closed-loop state vector, while complying with the saturation bound, and the resulting closed-loop system is locally input-to-state stable. All conditions are represented in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) by the linear spline method. Finally, the benefit of the control method is illustrated by two examples.     

Robust Finite-time Attitude Tracking Control of Rigid Spacecraft Under Actuator Saturation

This paper investigates the robust finite-time attitude tracking control problem for rigid spacecraft considering the modeling uncertainty, external disturbance and actuator saturation. An auxiliary system is proposed to directly compensate for the saturated control input. First, the basic controller is formulated based on the fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode surface (FNTSMS), the fast-TSM-type reaching law and the auxiliary system in the presence of upper bounded external disturbance. Then, when facing system uncertainty which consists of both modeling uncertainty and external disturbance and has upper bounded first derivative, the extended state observer (ESO) is associated with the first controller to improve the robustness of control system. Furthermore, to handle more general system uncertainty which is upper bounded by a polynomial function of the closed-loop system states, a continuous adaptive controller is designed to compensate for the total system uncertainty on line. The proposed controllers are able to deal with system uncertainty, input singularity and actuator saturation, while simultaneously providing fast finite-time convergence speed for the control system. And the problems of complex parameters selection process and repeated differentiations of nonlinear functions can be avoided. Rigorous stability analyses are given via the Lyapunov stability theory and digital simulations are conducted to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed controllers.     

Markov跳变系统的输出反馈鲁棒预测控制

对离散时间Markov跳变系统, 当系统状态不完全可测时, 研究了一类基于输出反馈的鲁棒模型预测控制问题. 所研究系统为准线性参数时变的, 考虑在当前时刻系统的时变参数是已知的, 将来时刻未知的情况. 综合考虑系统存在多胞不确定性和有界噪声等因素, 通过运用线性矩阵不等式方法及变量变换思想, 将无穷时域性能指标的最小最大鲁棒预测控制问题转化为具有线性矩阵不等式约束的凸优化问题, 得到了系统的输出反馈控制律. 引入二次有界概念, 在满足输入输出约束的情况下, 保证闭环系统的随机稳定性. 数值算例验证了方法的有效性.     

Reliable observer-based H∞ control of uncertain state-delayed systems

This paper is concerned with the reliable H_∞ control design problem for linear state-delayed system using observed-based output feedback. It proposes a reliable control design scheme for the case of possibly a simultaneous presence of actuator failures and sensor failures. Modified algebraic Riccati inequalities are developed to solve the problem addressed. Based on this approach, observer-based feedback control laws are designed that guarantee closed-loop asymptotic stability and reduction of the effect of an augmented disturbance input on the controlled output of a prescribed level, not only when the system is operating properly, but also under actuator and sensor failures. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Design of switched linear systems in the presence of actuator saturation and L-infinity disturbances

This paper considers the problem of disturbance tolerance/rejection of a switched system resulting from a family of linear systems subject to actuator saturation and L-infinity disturbances. For a given set of linear feedback gains, a given switching scheme and a given bound on the L-infinity norm of the disturbances, conditions are established, in terms of linear or bilinear matrix inequalities, under which a set of a certain form is invariant for a given switched linear system in the presence of actuator saturation and L-infinity disturbances, and the closed-loop system possesses a certain level of disturbance rejection capability. With these conditions, the design of feedback gains and switching scheme can be formulated and solved as constrained optimization problems. Disturbance tolerance is measured by the largest bound on the disturbances for which the trajectories starting from a given set remain bounded. Disturbance rejection is measured either by the L-infinity norm of the system output or by the system’s ability to steer its state into and/or keep it within a small neighborhood of the origin. In the event that all systems in the family are identical, the switched system reduces to a single system under a switching feedback law. Simulation results show that such a single system under a switching feedback law could have stronger disturbance tolerance/rejection capability than a single linear feedback law can.     

含有界扰动系统的多模型自适应控制

对含有有界扰动和参数不确定性的离散时间被控对象建立多个辨识模型, 覆盖被控对象的参数不确定性. 给定指标切换函数, 构成多模型自适应控制器. 引入“局部化”技术, 在保持计算精度的同时, 提高了计算速度. 同时证明, 多模型自适应控制可以保证闭环系统输入输出稳定, 且保证对给定有界参考输入、被控对象输出可在一给定界范围内跟踪参考输入.     

输入饱和的一类切换系统神经网络跟踪控制

针对单输入单输出系统研究一种在任意切换下的跟踪控制问题,系统包含未知扰动和输入饱和特性.首先,利用高斯误差函数描述一个连续可导的非对称饱和模型.其次,利用径向基神经网络（Radial basis function neural network,RBF NN）逼近未知的系统动态.最后,基于公共的Lyapunov函数构造状态反馈控制器.设计的控制器避免过多参数调节从而减轻计算负荷.结果展示本文给出的状态反馈控制器可以保证闭环系统的所有信号是半全局一致有界的,并且跟踪误差可收敛到零值小的领域内.最后的仿真结果进一步验证提出方法的有效性.     

Adaptive output-feedback control for a class of nonlinear systems with actuator failures and input quantisation

In this paper, an adaptive output feedback control technique is proposed for a class of nonlinear systems with unknown parameters, unknown nonlinear functions, quantised input and possible actuator failures up to infinity. A modified backstepping approach is proposed by the use of high-gain K-filters, hyperbolic tangent function property and bound-estimation approach to compensate for the effect of possible number of actuator failures up to infinity, input quantisation and unknown nonlinear functions. It is proved both mathematically and by simulation that with the proposed controller, all the signals of the closed-loop system are globally bounded despite of input quantisation, unknown nonlinear functions and possible number of actuator failures up to infinity.     

Actuator amplitude saturation control for systems with exogenous disturbances

We have developed fixed-order (i.e. full- and reduced-order) controllers for systems with actuator amplitude constraints and exogenous bounded energy L 2 disturbances. The actuator amplitude saturation and disturbance rejection constraints were embedded within an optimization problem by constructing a Riccati equation whose solution guaranteed closed-loop global asymptotic stability in the face of sector-bounded input nonlinearities and non-expansivity (gain boundedness) of the input-output system energy. The efficacy of the proposed framework is demonstrated via a numerical example.     

Semi-global output regulation for linear systems with input saturation by composite nonlinear feedback control

To improve transient performance of output response, this paper applies composite nonlinear feedback (CNF) control technique to investigate semi-global output regulation problems for linear systems with input saturation. Based on a linear state feedback control law for a semi-global output regulation problem, a state feedback CNF control law is constructed by adding a nonlinear feedback part. The extra nonlinear feedback part can be applied to improve the transient performance of the closed-loop system. Moreover, an observer is designed to construct an output feedback CNF control law that also solves the semi-global output regulation problem. The sufficient solvability condition of the semi-global output regulation problem by CNF control is the same as that by linear control, but the CNF control technique can improve the transient performance. The effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated by a disturbance rejection problem of a translational oscillator with rotational actuator system.     

不确定时滞系统鲁棒容错控制研究

研究一类不确定时滞系统的鲁棒容错控制问题。针对既有状态滞后,又有控制输入滞后,且假定状态和控制输入的不确定项均是范数有界的线性系统,通过引入无记忆状态反馈控制器,基于Lyapunov稳定性理论和LMI方法,给出了一个在传感器完全失效或执行器完全失效故障情况下具有鲁棒容错性能的充分条件,并用求解线性矩阵不等式组方便地得到容错控制器设计结果。最后用算例验证了该设计方法的有效性和可行性。     

An output-based adaptive iterative learning controller for high relative degree uncertain linear systems

In this paper, we derive an output tracking error model based on signals filtered from plant input and output, and then present a new output-based adaptive iterative learning controller for repeatable linear systems with unknown parameters, high relative degree, initial resetting error, input disturbance and output noise. The proposed controller solves the important robustness issues without assuming the bounds of uncertainties to be sufficiently small and can be applied to high relative degree plants without using output differentiation. Control parameters are updated between successive iterations so as to compensate for unknown system parameters and uncertainties. It is shown that the internal signals inside closed-loop learning system remain bounded and the output tracking error will asymptotically converge to a profile tunable by some design parameters. Furthermore, the learning speed is easily improved if the learning gain is increased.     

A Lyapunov-based adaptive control framework for discrete-time non-linear systems with exogenous disturbances

A direct adaptive non-linear control framework for discrete-time multivariable non-linear uncertain systems with exogenous bounded disturbances is developed. The adaptive non-linear controller addresses adaptive stabilization, disturbance rejection and adaptive tracking. The proposed framework is Lyapunov-based and guarantees partial asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system; that is, asymptotic stability with respect to part of the closed-loop system states associated with the plant. In the case of bounded energy ? ₂ disturbances the proposed approach guarantees a non-expansivity constraint on the closed-loop input–output map. Finally, three illustrative numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed approach.     

Disturbance Attenuation of LPV Systems with Bounded Inputs

A design technique is proposed for disturbance attenuation in linear parameter varying (LPV) systems with bounded inputs. The actuator constraints are handled via a typical LPV approach, in which the time varying parameter is related to the error between the command input and the actual input. Since these two signals are known in most applications, a standard LPV structure for the controller is possible. As a result, the design of controllers with bounded actuators is no more difficult – fundamentally – than the unconstrained control of the LPV system. For example, state feedback problem is convex and the output feedback problem is convex if all of the parameters are available on-line. Cases where the parameters are not available on-line (i.e., traditional robust problems), rate constraint or when the underlying Lyapunov matrix is itself parameter varying are also discussed.     

线性自抗扰控制器的稳定性研究

研究了线性扩张状态观测器(Extended state observer, ESO)的估计能力,并且分析了在线性自抗扰控制(Linear active disturbance rejection control, LADRC)下闭环系统的稳定性. 对于系统模型未知的情形, 给出了线性扩张观测器估计误差有界的证明, 并通过分析得出了如下结论: 在扩张状态观测器跟踪误差趋于零的前提下, 在线性自抗扰控制下的闭环系统可以实现对设定信号的精确跟踪以及输入-输出有界(Bounded input and bounded output, BIBO)稳定.     

Adaptive fault-tolerant control of linear systems with actuator saturation and L2-disturbances

This paper studies the problem of designing adaptive fault-tolerant H-infinity controllers for linear timeinvariant systems with actuator saturation. The disturbance tolerance ability of the closed-loop system is measured by an optimal index. The notion of an adaptive H-infinity performance index is proposed to describe the disturbance attenuation performances of closed-loop systems. New methods for designing indirect adaptive fault-tolerant controllers via state feedback are presented for actuator fault compensations. Based on the on-line estimation of eventual faults, the adaptive fault-tolerant controller parameters are updated automatically to compensate for the fault effects on systems. The designs are developed in the framework of the linear matrix inequality （LMI） approach, which can guarantee the disturbance tolerance ability and adaptive H-infinity performances of closed-loop systems in the cases of actuator saturation and actuator failures. An example is given to illustrate the efficiency of the design method.     

欠驱动船舶航迹Backstepping自适应模糊控制

针对欠驱动船舶直线航迹跟踪问题,提出一种Backstepping自适应模糊控制方法．在模糊逼近误差存在未知上确界的假设条件下,基于Lyapunov~论证明了闭环系统在所有信号一致最终有界意义下具有均方意义稳定性．本文提出的控制器具有设计直观和结构简洁的特点,并且对参数摄动和外界干扰都具有良好的鲁棒性．在状态变量和控制输入共同约束下的仿真实验验证了该方法的有效性．