Optimal preview control for a linear continuous-time stochastic control system in finite-time horizon

This paper discusses the design of the optimal preview controller for a linear continuous-time stochastic control system in finite-time horizon, using the method of augmented error system. First, an assistant system is introduced for state shifting. Then, in order to overcome the difficulty of the state equation of the stochastic control system being unable to be differentiated because of Brownian motion, the integrator is introduced. Thus, the augmented error system which contains the integrator vector, control input, reference signal, error vector and state of the system is reconstructed. This leads to the tracking problem of the optimal preview control of the linear stochastic control system being transformed into the optimal output tracking problem of the augmented error system. With the method of dynamic programming in the theory of stochastic control, the optimal controller with previewable signals of the augmented error system being equal to the controller of the original system is obtained. Finally, numerical simulations show the effectiveness of the controller.     

Design of Preview Controller for Linear Continuous-time Systems with Input Delay

This paper makes it possible to design a preview controller for linear continuous-time systems with input delay, which expands the preview control theory. An augmented error system is established. And a variable substitution is used to transform the delay preview control system into a delay-free one whose preview controller uses the future value of the augmented state vector. The future value of the augmented state vector is estimated by the information of the current state vector, the control input on the past time window, and the reference signal on the future time window. Under the assumption of zero initial conditions, a simplified controller with both delay compensation and preview compensation is obtained for the original system. In addition, a preview controller with full-order observer is offered. Finally, simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and robustness of the controller.     

时变参数不确定离散时间系统的预见控制

基于具有参数依赖的Lyapunov函数方法及LMI技巧,研究一类时变参数不确定离散时间系统的预见跟踪控制问题.首先,采用预见控制理论中误差系统的方法,引入两个与状态变量和输入变量有关的辅助信号,构造出包含未来目标值信号和干扰信号的信息的扩大误差系统,将原系统的预见跟踪问题转化为扩大误差系统的镇定问题;然后,针对扩大误差系统,考虑输出反馈时,通过改造输出方程融合可预见信号的未来信息.研究表明,通过求解LMI,即可确定静态输出反馈预见控制器增益矩阵的参数矩阵.数值仿真表明了结果的有效性.     

Preview control for a class of linear stochastic systems with multiplicative noise

ABSTRACT

In this paper, the preview control problem for a class of linear continuous time stochastic systems with multiplicative noise is studied based on the augmented error system method. First, a deterministic assistant system is introduced, and the original system is translated to the assistant system. Then, the integrator is employed to ensure the output of the closed-loop system tracking the reference signal accurately. Second, the augmented error system, which includes integrator vector, control vector and reference signal, is constructed based on the system after translation. As a result, the tracking problem is transformed into the optimal control problem of the augmented error system, and the optimal control input is obtained by the dynamic programming method. This control input is regarded as the preview controller of the original system. For a linear stochastic system with multiplicative noise, the difficulty being unable to construct an augmented error system by the derivation method is solved in this paper. And, the existence and uniqueness solution of the Riccati equation corresponding to the stochastic augmented error system is discussed. The numerical simulations show that the preview controller designed in this paper is very effective.     

Output feedback preview tracking control for discrete-time polytopic time-varying systems

This paper focuses on the problem of static output feedback preview tracking control for discrete-time systems with time-varying parameters subject to a previewable reference signal. We develop a design method of a robust controller with integral and preview actions achieving robust tracking performance. First, an augmented error system including future information on reference signal is constructed by introducing two new related auxiliary variables to the original system state and input. This leads to a tracking problem being transformed into a regulator problem. Then, a previewable reference signal is fully utilised through reformulation of the output equation for the augmented error system while considering a static output feedback. Meanwhile, the static output preview control gains are solved explicitly by the proposed conditions. Finally, a numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

一类具有输入时滞的时变离散系统的预见控制

针对一类具有输入时滞的时变离散系统,研究其预见控制问题.利用差分算子的性质,对系统的输入时滞项和目标信号进行差分处理,构造包含目标信号但不含时滞的扩大误差系统.基于最优控制和预见控制的相关理论,得到了扩大误差系统带有预见前馈补偿的控制器.进一步,利用矩阵分解方法,将高阶Riccati方程进行降阶处理,从而得到原时滞系统的预见控制器.最后通过仿真实例验证了所提出方法的有效性.     

一类线性离散广义系统最优预见控制器设计

提出一类广义线性离散系统的预见控制问题.首先,利用差分算子构造扩大误差系统,然后通过引入一些恒等式,把可预见的目标信号的差分也包含在扩大误差系统的状态向量中,把所考虑的广义系统的预见控制问题转化为一个形式上的普通广义系统的控制问题.由熟知的广义系统最优控制理论的结论,得到广义系统的带有预见作用的控制器.对扩大误差系统的R-能稳性和能检测性进行了详细讨论.     

Preview control of polytopic time-varying systems subject to actuator saturation

In this study, a novel method is proposed to track a previewable reference signal in the polytopic time-varying system with input saturation. Firstly, an augmented model containing future information is constructed using a new formal variable. This leads to the tracking control problem of polytopic time-varying system with input saturation is transformed into a stability problem of augmented error system. Next, the state and static output feedback preview controls are introduced, and the corresponding controller gains are produced by the proposed conditions. Two examples are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed preview controller.     

Output feedback preview control for polytopic uncertain discrete‐time systems with time‐varying delay

This paper considers the preview tracking control problem of polytopic uncertain discrete‐time systems with a time‐varying delay subject to a previewable reference signal. First, a model transformation is employed and a discrete‐time system with a time‐invariant delay and an external disturbance is obtained. The difference operator method can be extended to derive an augmented error system that includes future information on the reference signal. Then, a previewable reference signal is fully utilized through reformulation of the output equation while considering the output feedback. Based on the small gain theorem, a static output feedback controller with preview actions is designed such that the output can asymptotically track the reference signal. Finally, numerical simulation examples also illustrate the superiority of the desired preview controller for the uncertain system in the paper.     

线性连续时滞系统最优预见重复控制

针对一类线性连续时滞系统,提出一种最优预见重复控制设计方法.首先,通过一种等价变换,将被控时滞系统转化为无时滞系统.然后,利用L阶差分算子提升技巧,获得包含状态变量导数和跟踪误差的增广连续系统.在此基础上,通过定义一种新的性能指标,将预见重复控制设计问题转化为连续非自治系统的线性二次调节问题.进一步,基于最优控制理论,得到包含状态反馈、误差积分、重复控制、时滞补偿和预见补偿的最优预见重复控制器.该控制器包含了已有文献的多种控制器形式.最后,通过一个数值仿真实例,说明所提方法的有效性.     

Cooperative global optimal preview tracking control of linear multi-agent systems: an internal model approach

This paper investigates the cooperative global optimal preview tracking problem of linear multi-agent systems under the assumption that the output of a leader is a previewable periodic signal and the topology graph contains a directed spanning tree. First, a type of distributed internal model is introduced, and the cooperative preview tracking problem is converted to a global optimal regulation problem of an augmented system. Second, an optimal controller, which can guarantee the asymptotic stability of the augmented system, is obtained by means of the standard linear quadratic optimal preview control theory. Third, on the basis of proving the existence conditions of the controller, sufficient conditions are given for the original problem to be solvable, meanwhile a cooperative global optimal controller with error integral and preview compensation is derived. Finally, the validity of theoretical results is demonstrated by a numerical simulation.     

利用提升-预估法设计离散时间时滞线性系统的预见控制器

研究一类既有状态时滞又有输入时滞的离散时间线性系统的预见控制问题.分别使用离散提升技术和变量替换法将系统中的状态时滞和输入时滞消掉,得到一个无时滞的系统.在此基础上,使用预见控制理论和状态预估法得到一个带有状态时滞补偿、输入时滞补偿和参考信号预见补偿的控制器.针对不同的时滞使用不同的方法进行消除,有效地降低了增广系统的维数.最后,通过一个数值算例验证了所提出设计方法的有效性.     

不确定离散时间系统的有限时间预见跟踪控制

研究一类不确定离散时间系统的有限时间鲁棒预见控制问题.与以往对误差信号和系统方程取差分不同,通过引入辅助变量,并用系统状态向量及输入向量与相应辅助变量之差代替通常的状态差分,避免对时变的系数矩阵取差分,使得扩大误差系统的构造成为可能.另外,所推导的扩大误差系统不再包含误差向量,这不仅能降低系统的阶数而且能推广适用对象....     

Fractional order predictive sliding-mode control for a class of nonlinear input-delay systems: singular and non-singular approach

Nonlinear models of physical systems usually suffer from input delay and external disturbances. Moreover, when a delayed state is in the input signal gain, it can be non-singular or singular. So, designing a robust controller in a nonlinear system with input and state delay, suitable for non-singular and singular input signal gain, is imperative. The main contribution of our study is to design a new state feedback fractional order predictive sliding mode control (FOPSMC) procedure which not only guarantees the stability of a nonlinear system with known constant input and state delay but also controls the output signal to the desired value. Firstly, a predictor is designed for the system to achieve an input-delay-free one. Then, a state feedback FOPSMC is proposed based on a fractional order sliding signal for a nonlinear system with non-singular control gain. Also, a state feedback FOPSMC and a fractional order sliding mode observer (FOSMO) for the virtual disturbance are designed for singular control gain situation. It is proved analytically, through the Lyapunov stability criteria, that both control procedures can stabilise the system and can control the output signal to the desired value, effectively. Finally, the simulation results verify the effectiveness of the analytical achievements.     

Velocity field control of a class of electrically-driven manipulators

This article addresses the control of robotic manipulators under the assumption that the desired motion in the operational space is encoded through a velocity field. In other words, a vectorial function assigns a velocity vector to each point in the robot workspace. Thus, the control objective is to design a control input such that the actual operational space velocity of the robot end-effector asymptotically tracks the desired velocity from the velocity field. This control formulation is known in the literature as velocity field control. A new velocity field controller together with a rigorous stability analysis is introduced in this article. The controller is developed for a class of electrically-driven manipulators. In this class of manipulators, the passivity property from the servo-amplifier voltage input to the joint velocity is not satisfied. However, global exponential stability of the state space origin of the closed-loop system is proven. Furthermore, the closed-loop system is proven to be and output strictly passive map from an auxiliary input to a filtered error signal. To confirm the theoretical conclusions, a detailed experimental study in a two degrees-of-freedom direct-drive manipulator is provided. Particularly, experiments consist of comparing the performance of a simple PI controller and a high-gain PI controller with respect to the new control scheme.     

Robust fault diagnosis and fault‐tolerant control for non‐Gaussian uncertain stochastic distribution control systems

The purpose of fault diagnosis of stochastic distribution control systems is to use the measured input and the system output probability density function to obtain the fault estimation information. A fault diagnosis and sliding mode fault‐tolerant control algorithms are proposed for non‐Gaussian uncertain stochastic distribution control systems with probability density function approximation error. The unknown input caused by model uncertainty can be considered as an exogenous disturbance, and the augmented observation error dynamic system is constructed using the thought of unknown input observer. Stability analysis is performed for the observation error dynamic system, and the H_∞ performance is guaranteed. Based on the information of fault estimation and the desired output probability density function, the sliding mode fault‐tolerant controller is designed to make the post‐fault output probability density function still track the desired distribution. This method avoids the difficulties of design of fault diagnosis observer caused by the uncertain input, and fault diagnosis and fault‐tolerant control are integrated. Two different illustrated examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Cooperative optimal preview tracking control of continuous-time multi-agent systems

This paper presents the cooperative preview control method for continuous-time multi-agent systems with a time-invariant directed communication topology. First, the cooperative tracking preview control problem is transformed into the optimal regulation problem of an augmented system. Next, by applying the results of the standard optimal preview control of continuous-time linear systems, a controller of the augmented system is obtained. Furthermore, the stabilisability and detectability of the augmented system are studied under the fixed digraph and the prescribed leader. Then, we derive the controller of multi-agent systems with error integral and preview action that can guarantee the achievement of cooperative optimal preview tracking. Finally, the effectiveness of the controller is shown by numerical simulations.