线性切换系统的采样数据输出调节问题

本文基于采样控制,解决了线性切换系统的输出调节问题.首先考虑了外部输入信号是常数的情况,给出了采样周期与平均驻留时间的关系.通过构造一类Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函,使得闭环系统内部稳定且调节输出趋于零.其次考虑了外部输入信号是导数有界且时变的情况,给出了采样数据状态反馈控制器,并依据采样周期和平均驻留时间关系给出的切换条件得到了切换系统实用输出调节问题可解的充分条件.最后通过两个数值例子验证了方法的有效性.     

Multiple-mode adaptive state estimator for nonlinear switched systems

This paper deals with the issue of state estimator design for nonlinear switched systems. A multiplemode adaptive estimator is proposed under mode-dependent average dwell time (MDADT) switching, and the switching signal with MDADT constraint is also obtained to guarantee the exponential stability of estimation error dynamics, where the Lipschitz constant may be unknown since it is adaptively adjusted by designing an adaptation law. Based on both Lyapunov stable theory and the feasible solution of an optimization problem with linear matrix inequality constraint, the gain matrices and switching signals are provided, respectively. The sufficient conditions of the existence of multiple-mode adaptive switched estimator are also derived. Meanwhile, the above methods are also extended to the case of the average dwell time (ADT) switching, and an algorithm is given to summarize the implementation of the proposed estimators. Finally, the effectiveness of the designed methods is illustrated by simulation examples.     

线性多智能体系统一致性问题的部分稳定性方法

提出了处理高阶线性多智能体系统一致性问题的线性变换.该线性变换将一致性问题转化为一个部分稳定问题.研究了一般线性协议下线性多智能体系统的三个问题: 1) 寻找一致性收敛判据; 2) 计算一致性函数; 3) 设计线性一致性协议的增益矩阵.具体来说,提出了基于矩阵 Hurwitz 稳定的一致性收敛的充分必要条件,给出了一致性函数的解析表达式,同时建立了一致性协议的增益矩阵与多智能体系统收敛时间和一致性精度的关系,并针对预先给定的收敛时间和精度要求设计了增益矩阵.     

线性多智能体系统一致性问题的部分稳定性方法（英文）

A linear transformation is proposed to deal with the consensus problem of high-order linear multi-agent systems(LMASs).In virtue of the linear transformation, the consensus problem is equivalently translated into a partial stability problem. We discuss three issues of the LMASs under a generalized linear protocol: 1) to find criteria of consensus convergence; 2) to calculate consensus function; 3) to design gain matrices in the linear consensus protocol. Precisely, we provide a necessary and sufficient criterion of consensus convergence in terms of Hurwitz stability of a matrix and give an analytical expression of the consensus function. In addition, we set up a relation between the gain matrices in the protocol and the convergence time and consensus accuracy of the agents, and then design the gain matrices with respect to a pre-specified convergence time and a required consensus accuracy.     

Allowable sampling period for consensus control of multiple general linear dynamical agents in random networks

This article studies the consensus problem for a group of sampled-data general linear dynamical agents over random communication networks. Dynamic output feedback protocols are applied to solve the consensus problem. When the sampling period is sufficiently small, it is shown that as long as the mean topology has globally reachable nodes, the mean square consensus can be achieved by selecting protocol parameters so that n???1 specified subsystems are simultaneously stabilised. However, when the sampling period is comparatively large, it is revealed that differing from low-order integrator multi-agent systems the consensus problem may be unsolvable. By using the hybrid dynamical system theory, an allowable upper bound of sampling period is further proposed. Two approaches to designing protocols are also provided. Simulations are given to illustrate the validity of the proposed approaches.     

Robust consensus of multiple inertial agents with coupling delays and variable topologies

In this paper, we consider the exponential second‐order consensus problem of a network of inertial agents with time‐varying coupling delays and variable balanced topologies. The passive decomposition approach is employed to incorporate the agents' inertial effect into the distributed control design. The sufficient conditions for the exponential second‐order consensus are provided, both when the topology is switched arbitrarily (without dwell time between consecutive switches) and when it is switched with average dwell time. The results present conditions that must be satisfied by the controller design parameters and performance requirements. Furthermore, an approach to the design of consensus protocol is presented, which is robust to the time delays and the dynamically changing interaction topologies. Numerical examples are given to illustrate our theoretical results. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A robust control approach to stabilization of networked control systems with time-varying delays

The stabilization problem is studied for networked control systems (NCSs) with time-varying delay that may be larger than one sampling period. By considering state feedback controllers, the closed-loop NCS is described as a switched delay system, which is then represented as an interconnected feedback system. A sufficient BIBO stability condition is derived for the closed-loop NCS by using the small gain theorem and the average dwell time technique. Design procedures for the BIBO stabilizing controllers are also presented. An example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Finite‐time boundedness of switched systems with time‐varying delays via sampled‐data control

In the framework of sampled‐data control, finite‐time boundedness (FTB) of switched systems with time‐varying delays is investigated. Sufficient conditions for FTB of switched systems with time‐varying delays via sampled‐data control are proposed. Moreover, considering the relationship between the sampling period and the mode‐dependent average dwell time, switching signals are designed. In addition, finite‐time weighted L₂‐gain (FTW‐L₂‐gain) of switched systems with time‐varying delays is proposed to measure their disturbance tolerance capacity within a finite‐time interval. Multiple Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functionals are applied to complete subsequent proofs in detail. Simulation results are exemplified to verify the proposed method.     

A stability criterion for asynchronously switched linear systems via sampled‐data control

This paper considers an asynchronous problem for sampled‐data control of switched linear systems, which are described as switched linear systems with an input delay. To handle the problem, this paper proposes a stability criterion for the systems by constructing a novel Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functional dependent not on system modes but on controller modes. The functional continuously remains when the system modes are switched but discontinuously changes whenever the controller mode moves to the current system mode at the sampling instants. Furthermore, the functional is allowed to increase or decrease up to a certain level when the functional discontinuously changes and to increase up to a certain level when the system modes and the controller modes are asynchronous. Based on the functional, this paper derives an average dwell time associated with the interval of samplings and the incremental level of the functional for guaranteeing the stability of the systems. A numerical example illustrates the validation of the proposed method.     

On the general consensus protocol in multi‐agent networks with second‐order dynamics and sampled data

This paper considers the problem of the convergence of the consensus for multiple agents in a directed network. A general distributed consensus protocol is designed, the advantage of this protocol is that almost all the existing linear local interaction consensus protocols can be considered as special cases of the present paper. Necessary and sufficient conditions are established for reaching consensus of the system by choosing the appropriate sampling period, the control parameters and the spectra of the Laplacian matrix. It is found that second‐order consensus cannot be reached for a sufficiently large sampling period while it can be reached for a sufficiently small one. Furthermore, the coupling gains can be carefully designed under the given network structure and the sampling period. Finally, a simulation example is given to verify and illustrate the theoretical analysis.     

基于模型依赖平均驻留时间的线性切换系统有限时间??∞ 控制

针对一类具有有界干扰的线性切换系统研究其有限时间鲁棒控制问题。基于模型依赖平均驻留时间,提出了系统有限时间有界且具有H∞性能指标的充分条件,与传统方法中系统具有单一平均驻留时间不同,各切换子系统具有各自的平均驻留时间,因而降低了设计的保守性。进一步,将切换系统的有限时间状态反馈控制器设计转化为具有线性矩阵不等式约束的优化问题。数值算例和仿真对比表明,所提出的方法增加了切换律设计的自由度。     

基于部分稳定性方法的离散时间多智能体系统的一致性

研究有向信息拓扑下离散时间线性多智能体系统的一致性分析与设计问题.利用提出的线性变换,将一致性问题转换为相应线性系统的部分变元渐近稳定性问题.基于部分变元稳定性理论,得到有向信息拓扑下离散时间线性多智能体系统达到渐近一致的基于矩阵Schur稳定性的充要条件和状态一致函数的解析表达式.同时设计了反馈增益矩阵.最后数值实例验证了所得理论的有效性.     

Stabilization of switched neural networks with time‐varying delay via bumpless transfer control

This paper investigates the stabilization of switched neural networks with time‐varying delay. In order to overcome the drawback that the classical switching state feedback controller may generate the bumps at switching time, a new switching feedback controller which can smooth effectively the bumps is proposed. According to mode‐dependent average dwell time, new exponential stabilization results are deduced for switched neural networks under the proposed feedback controller. Based on a simple corollary, the procedures which are used to calculate the feedback control gain matrices are also obtained. Two simple numerical examples are employed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Stability analysis of switched systems with stable and unstable subsystems: An average dwell time approach

We study the stability properties of switched systems consisting of both Hurwitz stable and unstable linear time-invariant subsystems using an average dwell time approach. We propose a class of switching laws so that the entire switched system is exponentially stable with a desired stability margin. In the switching laws, the average dwell time is required to be sufficiently large, and the total activation time ratio between Hurwitz stable subsystems and unstable subsystems is required to be no less than a specified constant. We also apply the result to perturbed switched systems where nonlinear vanishing or non-vanishing norm-bounded perturbations exist in the subsystems, and we show quantitatively that, when norms of the perturbations are small, the solutions of the switched systems converge to the origin exponentially under the same switching laws.     

具有脉冲作用的切换线性广义系统的稳定性

本文引入一类新的系统模型—具有脉冲作用的切换线性广义系统. 应用驻留时间(Dwell time)方法和平均驻留时间(Average dwell time)方法研究其稳定性问题, 并给出系统指数稳定性的充分条件. 证明了当平均驻留时间足够大且重设律是允许的, 那么系统是指数稳定的. 利用广义系统的受限等价性质, 具体给出允许的重设律的设计方法. 数值例子说明本文方法的有效性.     

Event-triggered Control of Discrete-time Switched Linear Systems with an Arbitrary Sampling Period

In this paper, the event-triggered control problem for discrete-time switched linear systems with an arbitrary sampling period is considered. At each sampling instant, only the sampled information of system state and switching signal is available to the controller. Particularly, the sampling period is arbitrary in this paper and frequent switching is allowed to happen in an inter-event period. Based on that, by constructing a time- and mode-dependent quadratic piecewise Lyapunov function, a new globally exponentially stability (GES) result under modal dwell time (MDT) criteria is obtained. By the novel Lyapunov function and the state variable transformation technique, a statefeedback controller is designed for the switched linear system. At last, a numerical example is proposed to illustrate our approach.

     

H∞ Control for a Class of Continuous‐time Switched Systems with State Constraints

This paper investigates the H_∞ control problem for a class of continuous‐time switched systems subject to state constraints with an improved average dwell time. The state constraints are converted into state saturations by limiting the state in a unit hypercube. By employing this proposed improved average dwell time method, which takes into account different decay rates of a Lyapunov function related to an active subsystem according to whether the saturations occur or not, the resulting minimum of admissible average dwell time is smaller than the one of the standard average dwell time, which only considers the same decay rate regardless of whether the saturations occur or not. In addition, switched state feedback controllers are designed such that the closed‐loop switched system, subject to state constraints, is asymptotically stable and achieves a weighted L₂‐gain. Sufficient conditions for H_∞ control of the switched system with state constraints are derived before an application to a Pulse‐Width‐Modulation (PWM)‐driven boost converter is given to illustrate the applicability and the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Delay‐Dependent Exponential Stability for Discrete‐Time Singular Switched Systems with Time‐Varying Delay

In this paper, the exponential stability problem is investigated for a class of discrete‐time singular switched systems with time‐varying delay. By using a new Lyapunov functional and average dwell time scheme, a delay‐dependent sufficient condition is established in terms of linear matrix inequalities for the considered system to be regular, causal, and exponentially stable. Different from the existing results, in the considered systems the corresponding singular matrices do not need to have the same rank. A numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed result.     

一类线性不确定切换系统的非脆弱控制器设计方法

针对一类线性不确定切换系统，在控制器增益存在加性摄动的情况下，给出了非脆弱状态反馈控制器的两种设计方案：方案1是利用多Lyapunov函数方法，通过子系统之间的切换，使系统对所有可允许的不确定性保持渐近稳定;方案2是基于平均驻留时间方法，给出了非脆弱状态反馈控制器存在的一个充分条件．相应的结果都是以线性矩阵不等式的形式给出．最后以一个数值例子说明了上述两种方法的有效性.     

Controller synthesis for switched positive linear systems by output feedback

The output-feedback controller synthesis issue for a class of continuous-time switched linear systems via average dwell time switching with constrained controls and output is addressed. First, we focus on the output-feedback stabilisation by decomposing control gain matrix. Second, the stabilisation problem with sign-restricted controls while imposing positivity and stability on closed-loop system is solved, then the results extend to asymmetrically bounded controls and constrained outputs. All the derived conditions are formulated as linear programming. Finally, numerical examples are given to show the applicability of the proposed methods.