Optimal structured static state-feedback control design with limited model information for fully-actuated systems

We introduce the family of limited model information control design methods, which construct controllers by accessing the plant’s model in a constrained way, according to a given design graph. We investigate the closed-loop performance achievable by such control design methods for fully-actuated discrete-time linear time-invariant systems, under a separable quadratic cost. We restrict our study to control design methods which produce structured static state feedback controllers, where each subcontroller can at least access the state measurements of those subsystems that affect its corresponding subsystem. We compute the optimal control design strategy (in terms of the competitive ratio and domination metrics) when the control designer has access to the local model information and the global interconnection structure of the plant-to-be-controlled. Finally, we study the trade-off between the amount of model information exploited by a control design method and the best closed-loop performance (in terms of the competitive ratio) of controllers it can produce.     

An adaptive control with optimal disturbances rejection

This paper provides a way to optimize the overall disturbances rejection performance of the adaptive control system in the presence of unknown external disturbances.Especially,the updatable non-empty admissible model set,which is consistent to the a priori knowledge of the plant parameter and the online measurements,is computed.With the overall system performance as the criteria,the nominal model is optimally chosen within the admissible model set.The optimal nominal model is subsequently used to synthesize the optimal closed-loop controller based on the 1 design methodology.Combining the above two aspects,an optimal adaptive control scheme is proposed.Because of the consistency of the identification criteria and control object,the adaptive control scheme proposed in this paper can achieve the overall optimal disturbances rejection performance,and the effect of the interplay between the identification and control of the adaptive system can be handled effectively.In addition,the computable optimal performance is also provided.     

An H∞ suboptimal robust control approach for systems with uncertainties and data dropouts

This paper studies the design of control systems subject to plant uncertainties and data losses in the channel connecting the plant sensor with the controller. The controller design has two main objectives. The first one is to robustify the control law against plant uncertainties. The other one is to achieve good performance by minimising the variance of the error signal. Data losses are modelled as an independent and identically distributed sequence of Bernoulli random variables. For analysis and design, this random variable is replaced by an additive noise plus gain channel model. To cope with structural uncertainties in the model of the plant, an H_∞ control technique is employed. The controller is synthesised in order to make the closed-loop system robust against structural uncertainties of the nominal model, while achieving optimal performance of the system in the presence of dropouts.     

Robust adaptive fault tolerant control for a process with actuator faults

This paper studies design and implementation of an enhanced multivariable adaptive control scheme for an uncertain nonlinear process exposed to actuator faults. For adaptive fault compensation, a model reference adaptive control (MRAC) strategy is utilized as main controller. A new adaptation algorithm making possible to improve transient performance of adaptive control is integrated to the controller. With the help of further modifications, some restrictive conditions on multivariable adaptive design are relaxed so that the system requires less plant information. The resulting controller has a simpler structure than the other matrix factorization based controllers. At the final stage of design, a robust adaptive control scheme is obtained with consideration of practical implementation problems such as sensor noises, external disturbances and unmodeled​ system dynamics. It is proved that the controller guarantees closed-loop signal boundedness and asymptotic output tracking. Real-time experiment results acquired from quadruple tank benchmark system are presented in order to exhibit the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

一种新的数据驱动的非线性自适应切换控制方法

针对一类非线性离散时间动态系统, 提出了一种新的非线性自适应切换控制方法. 该方法首先把非线性项分解为前一拍可测部分与未知增量和的形式, 并充分利用被控对象的大数据信息和知识, 把非线性项前一拍可测数据与未知增量都用于控制器设计, 分别设计了线性自适应控制器, 带有非线性项前一拍可测数据补偿的非线性自适应控制器以及带有非线性项未知增量估计与补偿的非线性自适应控制器. 三个自适应控制器通过切换函数和切换规则来协调控制被控对象. 既保证了闭环系统的稳定性, 同时又提高了闭环系统的性能. 分析了闭环切换系统的稳定性和收敛性. 最后, 通过水箱液位系统的物理实验, 实验结果验证了所提算法的有效性.     

时滞系统的降维状态预测观测器及预测控制器设计

研究控制项含有时滞的线性系统的预测控制问题.利用被控对象的预测输出向量和系统的控制向量,设计了一种降维状态预测观测器,并将该状态观测器用于时滞控制系统的最优状态反馈控制中.利用该状态预测观测器可将闭环系统的时滞项移至系统闭环结构之外,从而最优控制规律完全可以按无时滞系统进行设计.由性能指标计算公式表明,该预测控制器关于二次型性能指标是次优的.     

基于性能指标约束的一类输入死区非线性系统最优控制

针对一类考虑指定性能和带有输入死区约束的严格反馈非线性系统,本文提出了一种自适应模糊最优控制方法.采用模糊逻辑系统逼近系统的未知非线性函数及代价函数,利用backstepping方法及命令滤波技术,设计前馈控制器.针对仿射形式的误差系统,结合自适应动态规划技术,设计最优反馈控制器.采用指定性能控制方法,将系统跟踪误差约束在指定范围内.利用死区斜率信息解决具有死区输入的非线性系统的控制问题.基于Lyapunov稳定性理论,证明闭环系统内所有信号是一致最终有界的.最后仿真结果验证了本文方法的可行性和有效性.     

基于PID和LQR的四旋翼无人机控制系统研究

为提高四旋翼无人机的飞行稳定性、无人飞行器控制系统的鲁棒性和控制精度,以建立的四旋翼无人机飞行控制系统模型为基础,采用现代控制理论与传统控制论相结合的方法,针对姿态角速率、姿态角分别设计内环LQR(线性二次型调节器)控制器,及外环PID控制的双回路闲环控制器.充分利用PID控制器易于掌握且对模型要求精度低、LQR控制器能改善内回路的动态特性和稳态性能的特点,完成四旋翼无人机的飞行控制.通过实验遴选该双闭环控制器相关参数并进行优化,实验结果表明所设计的双回路控制器控制性能指标良好.     

Adaptive control with optimal tracking performance

This paper provides a way to optimise the steady-state tracking performance of the adaptive control system in the presence of unknown external disturbances. A-priori knowledge of the dynamic model of the reference signal to be tracked is not completely known. Especially, the updatable non-empty admissible model set, which is consistent to the a-priori knowledge of the plant parameter and the online measurements, is computed. Treating the overall system performance as the criteria, the nominal model is optimally chosen within the admissible model set. The optimal nominal model is subsequently used to synthesise the optimal closed-loop controller that minimises the steady-state absolute value of the tracking error. Combining the above two aspects, an optimal adaptive control scheme is proposed. Because of the consistency of the identification criteria and control object, the adaptive control scheme proposed in this paper can achieve the overall optimal steady-state tracking performance, and the effect of the interplay between the identification and control of the adaptive system can be handled effectively. In addition, the computable optimal performance is also provided.     

基于多控制器的直接自适应控制

为解决多模型自适应控制可能造成的模型失配不稳定性问题,利用非伪控制理论,提出了一种直接辨识控制器的方法。由一步超前控制器构造控制器集,通过一个具有一定属性的恰当选择的代价函数,只要控制器集中至少存在一个镇定的控制器,即自适应控制问题是可行的,滞后切换逻辑总能快速将镇定控制器切换到控制回路中,保证闭环系统稳定和输出误差渐近趋于零。给出了闭环系统在L2e意义下输入输出稳定性结论,并给出仿真实例验证其有效性。     

Adaptive control of rigid body satellite

The minimal controller synthesis （MCS） is an extension of the hyperstable model reference adaptive control algorithm. The aim of minimal controller synthesis is to achieve excellent closed-loop control despite the presence of plant parameter variations, external disturbances, dynamic coupling within the plant and plant nonlinearities. The minimal controller synthesis algorithm was successfully applied to the problem of decentralized adaptive schemes. The decentralized minimal controller synthesis adaptive control strategy for controlling the attitude of a rigid body satellite is adopted in this paper. A model reference adaptive control strategy which uses one single three-axis slew is proposed for the purpose of controlling the attitude of a rigid body satellite. The simulation results are excellent and show that the controlled system is robust against disturbances.     

压水堆功率跟踪自适应保性能控制器设计

针对压水堆动态模型的高度非线性和不确定性特点,本文提出一种自适应保性能跟踪控制器(adaptive guaranteed cost control,AGCC)设计方法.首先以堆芯的点堆方程为基础,引入功率跟踪误差的积分项,构造反应堆的增广状态空间模型,再结合线性参数变化(linear parameter varying,LPV)理论,建立了堆芯系统的多胞LPV模型.该控制器的控制输入由状态反馈控制和不确定性补偿组成,结合保性能控制理论和多胞模型理论,求解线性矩阵不等式得到变增益状态反馈矩阵,确保闭环系统全局渐近稳定;利用李亚普诺夫稳定理论得到不确定性参数的自适应律,实现对系统不确定性的动态补偿.仿真结果表明,该控制器不仅对系统不确定项具有自适应性,而且有较好的负荷跟踪性能.     

An improved state-space model structure and a corresponding predictive functional control design with improved control performance

Conventional state-space model predictive control requires a state estimator/observer to access the state information for feedback controller design. Its drawbacks are the numerical convergence stability of the observer and closed-loop control performance deterioration with activated plant input/output constraints. The recent direct use of measured input and output variables to formulate a non-minimal state-space (NMSS) model overcomes these problems, but the subsequent controller is too sensitive to model mismatch. In this article, an improved structure of NMSS model that incorporates the output-tracking error is first formulated and then a subsequent predictive functional control design is proposed. The proposed controller is tested on both model match and model mismatch cases for comparison with previous controllers. Results show that control performance is improved. In addition, a linear programming method for constraints dealing and a closed form of transfer function representation of the control system are provided for further insight into the proposed method.     

Design of a Robust Optimal Decentralized PI Controller Based on Nonlinear Constraint Optimization For Level Regulation: An Experimental Study

This paper presents the development of a new robust optimal decentralized PI controller based on nonlinear optimization for liquid level control in a coupled tank system. The proposed controller maximizes the closed-loop bandwidth for specified gain and phase margins, with constraints on the overshoot ratio to achieve both closed-loop performance and robustness. In the proposed work, a frequency response fitting model reduction technique is initially employed to obtain a first order plus dead time (FOPDT) model of each higher order subsystem. Furthermore, based on the reduced order model, a proposed controller is designed. The stability and performance of the proposed controller are verified by considering multiplicative input and output uncertainties. The performance of the proposed optimal robust decentralized control scheme has been compared with that of a decentralized PI controller. The proposed controller is implemented in real-time on a coupled tank system. From the obtained results, it is shown that the proposed optimal decentralized PI controller exhibits superior control performance to maintain the desired level, for both the nominal as well as the perturbed case as compared to a decentralized PI controller.      

具有模糊监督控制器的积分变结构间接自适应控制

针对一类不确定非线性系统, 基于变结构控制原理, 并利用具有非线性可调参数的模糊系统去逼近过程未知函数, 提出一种具有模糊监督控制器的积分变结构间接自适应控制方案. 该方案通过监督控制器保证闭环系统所有信号有界. 进一步, 通过引入最优逼近误差的自适应补偿项来消除建模误差的影响. 理论分析证明了跟踪误差收敛到零. 仿真结果表明了该方法的有效性.     

Adaptive and non-adaptive 'pole-placement' control of multivariable linear time-varying plants

In this paper, the adaptive and non-adaptive 'pole-placement' control problems are addressed for a class of indexinvariant multivariable linear time-varying plants. In the case where the plant parameters are completely known, it is shown that a 'pole-placement'-like control algorithm can be designed by solving a time-varying Diophantine equation. Furthermore, the tracking performance of such a controller can be improved by incorporating the internal model principle into the design. In the case where the plant parameters are only partially known, a gradient-based adaptive law with projection and normalization is employed to estimate the plant parameters on-line. An adaptive controller is then designed, based on these parameter estimates, and the stability properties of the adaptive closed-loop plant are established. The design and realization of both the adaptive and non-adaptive control laws is illustrated by means of a simple example.     

Offshore crane control based on adaptive external models

An adaptive controller for cranes employed in heavy-lift offshore marine operations is presented. The control objective is to reduce the hydrodynamic slamming load acting on a payload at water entry of moonpool operations, while letting the payload track a given velocity profile. The adopted solution relies upon the use of an adaptive observer and two adaptive external models of the disturbance, employed to recover the unavailable information about the error to be regulated. As a result, the closed-loop system is rendered adaptive with respect to both the plant parameters and the frequencies of the harmonic disturbances affecting the system. A certainty-equivalence controller which makes use of the estimated parameters and the reconstructed tracking error is proposed, and the performance of the overall scheme is verified experimentally on a scale-model. Results show a remarkable improvement over a previous approach based on an observer-based internal model control of fixed structure.     

High-performance decentralized control design for general interconnected systems with applications in cooperative control

This paper deals with the decentralized control of an interconnected system, where each subsystem has models of all other subsystems (subject to uncertainty). A decentralized controller is constructed based on a reference centralized controller. It is shown that when a priori knowledge of each subsystem about the other subsystems’ models is exact, then the decentralized closed-loop system can perform exactly the same as its centralized counterpart. An easy-to-check necessary and sufficient condition for the internal stability of the decentralized closed-loop system is obtained. Moreover, the stability of the closed-loop system in the presence of the perturbation in the parameters of the system is investigated, and it is shown that the decentralized control system is probably more robust than its centralized counterpart. A proper cost function is then defined to evaluate the closeness of the decentralized closed-loop system to the corresponding centralized control system. This enables the designer to obtain the maximum allowable standard deviation for the modelling errors of the subsystems to achieve a satisfactorily small relative performance deviation with a sufficiently high probability. Finally, the proposed method is exploited to design a near-optimal decentralized control law with respect to a quadratic cost function, whose performance can, under certain conditions, be equal to the minimum achievable performance index corresponding to the centralized LQR control law. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated in three numerical examples.     

Identification for control: Optimal input intended to identify a minimum variance controller

It is well known that the quality of the parameters identified during an identification experiment depends on the applied excitation signal. Prediction error identification using full order parametric models delivers an ellipsoidal region in which the true parameters lie with some prescribed probability level. This ellipsoidal region is determined by the covariance matrix of the parameters. Input design strategies aim at the minimization of some measure of this covariance matrix. We show that it is possible to optimize the input in an identification experiment with respect to a performance cost function of a closed-loop system involving explicitly the dependence of the designed controller on the identified model. In the present contribution we focus on finding the optimal input for the estimation of the parameters of a minimum variance controller, without the intermediate step of first minimizing some measure of the model parameter accuracy. We do this in conjunction with using covariance formulas which are not asymptotic in the model order, which is rather new in the domain of optimal input design. The identification procedure is performed in closed-loop. Besides optimizing the input power spectrum for the identification experiment, we also address the question of optimality of the controller. It is a wide belief that the minimum variance controller should be the optimal choice, since we perform an experiment for designing a minimum variance controller. However, we show that this may not always be the case, but rather depends on the model structure.     

冷带轧机厚控系统自适应鲁棒输出反馈动态控制器设计

冷带轧机厚控系统可被认为是一个受外界干扰的线性不确定时滞系统.本文首先设计了标称系统下的鲁棒输出反馈动态控制器,以改善闭环系统的动静态性能;其次,在系统不需要满足不确定性匹配条件的情况下,将参数和外部扰动不确定性综合考虑.应用Lyapunov稳定性理论设计了系统不确定性上界参数的自适应估计器和系统的自适应控制器,保证了闭环系统的渐近稳定性,减小了设计的保守性;两者结合实现了板带出口厚度的有效控制.最后通过一个仿真实例说明本文所提出的自适应鲁棒控制器的有效性.