Fault detection for discrete‐time switched singular time‐delay systems: an average dwell time approach

In this paper, the fault detection problem is investigated for a class of discrete‐time switched singular systems with time‐varying state delays. The residual generator is firstly constructed based on a switched filter, and the design of fault detection filter is formulated as an H _∞ filtering problem, that is, minimizing the error between residual and fault in the H _∞ sense. Then, by constructing an appropriate decay‐rate‐dependent piecewise Lyapunov function and using the average dwell time scheme, a sufficient condition for the residual system to be regular, causal, and exponential stable while satisfying a prescribed H _∞ performance is derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The corresponding solvability condition for the desired fault detection filters is also established via LMI approach. Finally, a numerical example is presented to show the effectiveness of the developed theoretical results.Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Delay‐dependent model reduction for continuous‐time switched state‐delayed systems

This paper studies the problem of exponential H_∞ model reduction for continuous‐time switched delay system under average dwell time (ADT) switching signals. Time delay under consideration is interval time varying. Our attention is focused on the construction of the desired reduced order models, which guarantee that the resulting error systems under ADT switching signals are exponentially stable with an H_∞ norm bound. By introducing a block matrix and making use of the ADT approach, delay‐dependent sufficient conditions for the existence of reduced order models are derived and formulated in terms of strict linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Owing to the absence of non‐convex constraints, it is tractable to construct an admissible reduced order model. The effectiveness of the proposed methods is illustrated via two numerical examples. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fault detection for a class of network‐based nonlinear systems with communication constraints and random packet dropouts

This paper is dealt with the fault detection (FD) problem for a class of network‐based nonlinear systems with communication constraints and random packet dropouts. The plant is described by a Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy time‐delay model, it has multiple sensors and only one of them is actually communicated with the FD filter at each transmission instant, and the packet dropouts occur randomly. The goal is to design a FD filter such that, for all unknown inputs, control inputs, time delays and incomplete data conditions, the estimation error between the residual and ‘fault’ (or, more generally, the weighted fault) is minimized. By casting the addressed FD problem into an auxiliary H_∞ filtering problem of a stochastic switched fuzzy time‐delay system, a sufficient condition for the existence of the desired FD filter is established in terms of linear matrix inequalities. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed technique. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust H ∞ filtering for a class of uncertain stochastic hybrid neutral systems with time‐varying delay

This paper is devoted to the problem of robust H _∞ filtering for a class of uncertain switched neutral systems subject to stochastic disturbance and time‐varying delay. Attention is focused on the design of a full‐order switched filter such that the filtering error system is robust mean‐square exponentially stable with a prescribed weighted H _∞ performance. On the basis of the average dwell time approach and the piecewise Lyapunov function technique, sufficient conditions for the solvability of this problem are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Then, by solving the corresponding linear matrix inequalities, the desired full‐order switched filter is derived for all admissible uncertainties, time‐varying delay, and stochastic disturbances. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust H∞ filtering for uncertain Markovian jump systems with mode‐dependent distributed delays

This paper deals with the problem of robust H_∞ filter design for Markovian jump systems with norm‐bounded time‐varying parameter uncertainties and mode‐dependent distributed delays. Both the state and the measurement equations are assumed to be with distributed delays. Sufficient conditions for the existence of robust H_∞ filters are obtained. Via solving a set of linear matrix inequalities, a desired filter can be constructed. The developed theory is illustrated by a simulation example. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

filtering for switched discrete‐time systems under asynchronous switching: A dwell‐time dependent Lyapunov functional method

In this article, the filtering problem for switched discrete‐time linear systems under asynchronous switching is addressed in the framework of dwell time, where ‘asynchronous switching’ covers more general and practical cases, for example, the switching lags caused by mode identification process are taken into consideration. Firstly, a novel dwell‐time dependent Lyapunov function (DTDLF) is introduced to solve stability and ?₂ gain analysis problems. The main advantage of DTDLF approach is that the derived conditions are all convex in system matrices, so it is convenient to be applied into filter design with performance instead of weighted performance as many other previous results. Thus, on the basis of DTLDF, a dwell‐time dependent filter with time‐varying structure is proposed to achieve the desirable non‐weighted filtering performance. It is notable that the proposed approach can also easily characterize the relationships among filtering performance, dwell time, and asynchronous time. Two examples are provided to validate the theoretical findings in this paper. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust H∞ filtering for switched linear discrete‐time systems with polytopic uncertainties

In this paper, the problem of robust H_∞ filtering for switched linear discrete‐time systems with polytopic uncertainties is investigated. Based on the mode‐switching idea and parameter‐dependent stability result, a robust switched linear filter is designed such that the corresponding filtering error system achieves robust asymptotic stability and guarantees a prescribed H_∞ performance index for all admissible uncertainties. The existence condition of such filter is derived and formulated in terms of a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) by the introduction of slack variables to eliminate the cross coupling of system matrices and Lyapunov matrices among different subsystems. The desired filter can be constructed by solving the corresponding convex optimization problem, which also provides an optimal H_∞ noise‐attenuation level bound for the resultant filtering error system. A numerical example is given to show the effectiveness and the potential of the proposed techniques. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Active fault‐tolerant control for switched systems with time delay

This paper focuses on the problem of active fault‐tolerant control for switched systems with time delay. By utilizing the fault diagnosis observer, an adaptive fault estimate algorithm is proposed, which can estimate the fault signal fast and exactly. Meanwhile, a delay‐dependent criterion is obtained with the purpose of reducing the conservatism of the adaptive observer design. Based on the fault estimation information, an observer‐based fault‐tolerant controller is designed to guarantee the stability of the closed‐loop system. In terms of linear matrix inequality, sufficient conditions are derived for the existence of the adaptive observer and fault‐tolerant controller. Finally, a numerical example is included to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exponential l2 − l∞ filtering for discrete‐time switched systems under a new framework

In this paper, a robust exponential l₂ ? l_∞ filtering problem is addressed for discrete‐time switched systems with polytopic uncertainties. The purpose of robust exponential l₂ ? l_∞ filtering is to design a filter such that the resulting filtering error system is robustly exponentially stable with a decay rate and a prescribed exponential l₂ ? l_∞ performance index. The robust exponential l₂ ? l_∞ filtering problem is solved via an average dwell time approach. Sufficient conditions in terms of strict LMI are derived for checking the robust exponential stability of a filter. An explicit expression for the desired robust exponential filter is also given. Finally, a numerical example is provided to demonstrate the potential and effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

H∞ filtering of discrete-time interconnected systems with failed interconnections

The H_∞ filtering problem for interconnected systems is addressed in this paper. In order to facilitate the stability analysis of interconnected systems under the conditions of failed interconnections, a strategy related to switched systems is introduced. Assume that the interconnections among these subsystems disconnect based on the mode-dependent average dwell time (MDADT), a switching signal is implemented to denote the failed interconnections cases. In the aid of the MDADT method, a filter is designed such that the fault detection (FD) system is asymptotically stable and satisfies the weighted H_∞ performance. Finally, a numerical simulation is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed filter.     

On robust H∞ filtering of uncertain Markovian jump time‐delay systems

This paper is concerned with the problems of stability analysis, H_∞ performance analysis, and robust H_∞ filter design for uncertain Markovian jump linear systems with time‐varying delays. The purpose is to improve the existing results on these problems. Firstly, a new delay‐dependent stability criterion is obtained on the basis of a novel mode‐dependent Lyapunov functional. Secondly, a new delay‐dependent bounded real lemma (BRL) is derived. It is shown that the presented stability criterion and the BRL are less conservative than the existing ones in the literature. Thirdly, with the new BRL, delay‐dependent conditions for the solvability of the addressed H_∞ filtering problem are given. All the results obtained in this paper are expressed by means of strict linear matrix inequalities. Three numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the utility of the proposed methods. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Transient management of a supervisory fault‐tolerant control scheme based on dwell‐time conditions

The paper deals with the design of an active fault‐tolerant control strategy based on the supervisory control approach technique for linear time invariant MIMO systems affected by disturbances, measurement noise, and faults. From a bank of Luenberger observers that plays the role of a fault detection and isolation scheme, the supervisory algorithm aims at selecting the suitable fault‐tolerant controller by means of a hysteresis‐based switching mechanism. Based on dwell‐time conditions, Lyapunov global exponential stability is addressed, and it is shown how transient behaviors due to the inherent interactions between fault detection and isolation, fault‐tolerant control, and the reconfiguration mechanism can be improved. The main advantage with respect to existing solutions of open literature is relative to a simple parameterization of all controllers (possibly having different state dimensions, integral action, and/or unstable poles) in order to cope with bumps and undesirable transients when (possible multiple) switches occur. Moreover, it is shown that it is possible to improve (reduce) the dwell‐time value in some cases. The efficiency of the approach is demonstrated on the academic highly maneuverable technology benchmark. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Threshold computation for fault detection in linear discrete‐time Markov jump systems

This paper proposes a threshold computation scheme for an observer‐based fault detection (FD) in linear discrete‐time Markovian jump systems. An observer‐based FD scheme typically consists of two stages known as residual generation and residual evaluation. Even information of faults is contained inside a residual signal, a decision of faults occurrence is consequently made by a residual evaluation stage, which consists of residual evaluation function and threshold setting. For this reason, a successful FD strongly depends on a threshold setting for a given residual evaluation function. In this paper, Kalman filter (KF) is used as a residual generator. Based on an accessibility of Markov chain to KF, two types of residual generations are considered, namely mode‐dependent and mode‐independent residual generation. After that threshold is computed in a residual evaluation stage such that a maximum fault detection rate is achieved, for a given false alarm rate. Without any knowledge of a probability density function of residual signal before and after fault occurrence, a threshold is computed by using an estimation of residual evaluation function variance in a fault‐free case. Finally, a detection performance is demonstrated by a numerical example. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A small‐gain approach for adaptive output‐feedback NN control of switched pure‐feedback nonlinear systems

This paper investigates the problem of adaptive output‐feedback neural network (NN) control for a class of switched pure‐feedback uncertain nonlinear systems. A switched observer is first constructed to estimate the unmeasurable states. Next, with the help of an NN to approximate the unknown nonlinear terms, a switched small‐gain technique‐based adaptive output‐feedback NN control scheme is developed by exploiting the backstepping recursive design scheme, input‐to‐state stability analysis, the common Lyapunov function method, and the average dwell time (ADT) method. In the recursive design, the difficulty of constructing an overall Lyapunov function for the switched closed‐loop system is dealt with by decomposing the switched closed‐loop system into two interconnected switched systems and constructing two Lyapunov functions for two interconnected switched systems, respectively. The proposed controllers for individual subsystems guarantee that all signals in the closed‐loop system are semiglobally, uniformly, and ultimately bounded under a class of switching signals with ADT, and finally, two examples illustrate the effectiveness of theoretical results, which include a switched RLC circuit system.     

Delay‐dependent robust L2–L∞ filtering of T‐S fuzzy systems with time‐varying delays

This paper considers the problem of robust delay‐dependent L₂–L_∞ filtering for a class of Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy systems with time‐varying delays. The purpose is to design a fuzzy filter such that both the robust stability and a prescribed L₂–L_∞ performance level of the filtering error system are guaranteed. A delay‐dependent sufficient condition for the solvability of the problem is obtained and a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach is developed. A desired filter can be constructed by solving a set of LMIs. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

LMI solutions to the mixed ℋ︁−/ℋ︁∞ fault detection observer design for linear parameter‐varying systems

This paper addresses the mixed ??_?/??_∞ fault detection observer design issue for a class of linear parameter‐varying (LPV) systems. Analogous to the definition of the quadratic ??_∞ performance for LPV systems and the ??_? index for linear time invariant (LTI) systems, the quadratic ??_? index and the affine quadratic ??_? index for LPV systems are defined in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The first algorithm for designing the mixed ??_?/H_∞ observer is proposed, which aims at minimizing the quadratic ??_∞ performance and maximizing the quadratic ??_? index of the observer error dynamic systems. To reduce the conservativeness of this algorithm, the affine quadratic ??_∞ performance and the affine ??_? index for LPV systems are utilized. The robustness conditions and affine ??_? index conditions for the underlying observer optimization issue are formulated as parameter‐dependent LMIs. The Gridding technique and multi‐convexity concept are applied, respectively, for reducing the parameter‐dependent LMIs to finite LMI constraints. Correspondingly, two iterative algorithms are proposed. Furthermore, the threshold design and the estimation of the worst undetectable fault size are investigated. An example is studied to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

H∞ filtering for continuous‐time singular systems with time‐varying delay

This paper focuses on H_∞ filter design for continuous‐time singular systems with time‐varying delay. A delay‐dependent H_∞ performance analysis result is first established for error systems via a novel estimation method. By combining a well‐known inequality with a delay partition technique, the upper bound of the derivative of the Lyapunov functional is estimated more tightly and expressed as a convex combination with respect to the reciprocal of the delay rather than the delay. Based on the derived H_∞ performance analysis results, a regular and impulse‐free H_∞ filter is designed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A numerical example is given to demonstrate the merits of the proposed method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Network‐based fault detection for discrete‐time state‐delay systems: A new measurement model

In this paper, the fault detection problem is studied for a class of discrete‐time networked systems with multiple state delays and unknown input. A new measurement model is proposed to account for both the random measurement delays and the stochastic data missing (package dropout) phenomenon, which are typically resulted from the limited capacity of the communication networks. At any time point, one of the following cases (random events) occurs: measurement missing case, no time‐delay case, one‐step delay case, two‐step delay case, …, q‐step delay case. The probabilistic switching between different cases is assumed to obey a homogeneous Markovian chain. We aim to design a fault detection filter such that, for all unknown input and incomplete measurements, the error between the residual and weighted faults is made as small as possible. The addressed fault detection problem is first converted into an auxiliary H_∞ filtering problem for a certain Markovian jumping system (MJS). Then, with the help of the bounded real lemma of MJSs, a sufficient condition for the existence of the desired fault detection filter is established in terms of a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A simulation example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed techniques. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Quasi‐passivity‐based adaptive stabilization for switched nonlinearly parameterized systems

This paper investigates the adaptive quasi‐passification‐based stabilization problem for a class of switched nonlinearly parameterized systems via average dwell time method. First, when all the subsystems have any same relative degree, the global practical stability is achieved by combining the recursive feedback quasi‐passification design technique with a switched adaptive control technique. The states and parameter estimation errors converge to the ball whose sizes can be reduced by choosing appropriate design parameters. Second, when the system states are unavailable for measurements, adaptive output feedback controllers are designed to stabilize the system using quasi‐passivity. The proposed output feedback controllers do not depend on any state observer. Finally, three examples show the effectiveness of the proposed methods.