Design of interval type-2 fuzzy sliding-mode controller

In this paper, an interval type-2 fuzzy sliding-mode controller (IT2FSMC) is proposed for linear and nonlinear systems. The proposed IT2FSMC is a combination of the interval type-2 fuzzy logic control (IT2FLC) and the sliding-mode control (SMC) which inherits the benefits of these two methods. The objective of the controller is to allow the system to move to the sliding surface and remain in on it so as to ensure the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system. The Lyapunov stability method is adopted to verify the stability of the interval type-2 fuzzy sliding-mode controller system. The design procedure of the IT2FSMC is explored in detail. A typical second order linear interval system with 50% parameter variations, an inverted pendulum with variation of pole characteristics, and a Duffing forced oscillation with uncertainty and disturbance are adopted to illustrate the validity of the proposed method. The simulation results show that the IT2FSMC achieves the best tracking performance in comparison with the type-1 Fuzzy logic controller (T1FLC), the IT2FLC, and the type-1 fuzzy sliding-mode controller (T1FSMC).     

Fuzzy sliding mode control for a robot manipulator

This work presents the design of a robust control system using a sliding mode controller that incorporates a fuzzy control scheme. The presented control law superposes a sliding mode controller and a fuzzy logic controller. A fuzzy tuning scheme is employed to improve the performance of the control system. The proposed fuzzy sliding mode control (FSMC) scheme utilizes the complementary cooperation of the traditional sliding mode control (SMC) and the fuzzy logic control (FLC). In other words, the proposed control scheme has the advantages which it can guarantee the stability in the sense of Lyapunov function theory and can ameliorate the tracking errors, compared with the FLC and SMC, respectively. Simulation results for the trajectory tracking control of a two-link robot manipulator are presented to show the feasibility and robustness of the proposed control scheme. This work was presented in part at the 13th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics, Oita, Japan, January 31–February 2, 2008     

ADALINE based robust control in robotics: a Riemann-Liouville fractional differintegration based learning scheme

This paper presents an approach to improve the performance of intelligent sliding model control achieved by the use of a fundamental constituent of soft computing, named Adaptive Linear Element (ADALINE). The proposed scheme is based on the fractional calculus. A previously considered tuning scheme is revised according to the rules of fractional order differintegration. After a comparison with the integer order counterpart, it is seen that the control system with the proposed adaptation scheme provides (1) better tracking performance, (2) suppression of undesired drifts in parameter evolution and (3) a very high degree of robustness and insensitivity to disturbances. The claims are justified through some simulations utilizing the dynamic model of a two degrees of freedom (DOF) direct drive robot arm and overall, the contribution of the paper is to introduce the fractional order calculus into a robust and nonlinear control problem with some outperforming features that are absent when the integer order differintegration operators are adopted.     

基于再励自组织模糊CPN的稳定控制系统设计

针对一类非线性系统,提出一种基于再励学习的自组织模糊ＣＰＮ的稳定控制系统。控制结构中采用滑模控制使状态到达设计的切换面,保证系统稳定;用基于再励学习的自组织模糊ＣＰＮ 作为补偿控制器减弱系统不确定部分的影响。仿真实例表明了所给算法的有效性。     

Design and Implementation of Fuzzy Sliding-Mode Controller for a Wedge Balancing System

In this paper, we address the design and implementation of fuzzy sliding-mode controller for balancing a wedge system. At first, we examine the mathematical model of the wedge balancing system. The dynamic system is complex and ill defined; hence we propose the fuzzy sliding-mode control (FSMC) method to achieve the control objective. The proposed control method enhances the ability of fuzzy logic control so that the minimal number of fuzzy inference rules is systematically obtained even the plant parameters are unknown. Both computer simulations and real-time experiments are exploited to demonstrate the validity and feasibility of the developed control scheme.     

Fault tolerant control based on neural network interval type-2 fuzzy sliding mode controller for octorotor UAV

In this paper, a robust controller for a six degrees of freedom (6 DOF) octorotor helicopter control is proposed in presence of actuator and sensor faults. Neural networks (NN), interval type-2 fuzzy logic control (IT2FLC) approach and sliding mode control (SMC) technique are used to design a controller, named fault tolerant neural network interval type-2 fuzzy sliding mode controller (FTNNIT2FSMC), for each subsystem of the octorotor helicopter. The proposed control scheme allows avoiding difficult modeling, attenuating the chattering effect of the SMC, reducing the number of rules for the fuzzy controller, and guaranteeing the stability and the robustness of the system. The simulation results show that the FTNNIT2FSMC can greatly alleviate the chattering effect, tracking well in presence of actuator and sensor faults.     

Robust stabilisation of rotary inverted pendulum using intelligently optimised nonlinear self-adaptive dual fractional-order PD controllers

This article presents an intelligently optimised self-tuning fractional-order control scheme to improve the attitude-stabilisation of an inverted pendulum. Primarily, the scheme employs two Fractional-order Proportional-Derivative (FPD) controllers acting concurrently on the system to minimise the deviations in its state-trajectories. Wherein, one FPD controller compensates the variations in pendulum-angle and its fractional-order derivative to vertically balance the pendulum, where as the other FPD controller acts as a position controller and regulates the variations in arm-angle and its fractional-order derivative. The integration of fractional calculus with conventional PD controllers optimises the reference-tracking performance of the control scheme by increasing its degrees-of-freedom and design flexibility. In order to further improve the system’s immunity against exogenous disturbances, the PD gains of each controller are dynamically adjusted after each sampling interval using piecewise nonlinear functions of their respective state-variations. The hyper-parameters of the nonlinear gain-adjustment functions as well as the fractional-number power of the derivative-operator of each controller are selected via Particle-Swarm-optimisation (PSO) algorithm. The proposed adaptive control scheme is tested on the QNET Rotary Inverted Pendulum setup via ‘hardware-in-the-loop’ experiments. The optimality and robustness of the proposed control scheme are validated by comparing its performance with PSO-based fixed-gain dual-PD and dual-FPD control schemes.     

Adaptive Mittag‐Leffler Stabilization of a Class of Fractional Order Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

This paper deals with the stabilization of a class of commensurate fractional order uncertain nonlinear systems. The fractional order system concerned is of the strict‐feedback form with uncertain nonlinearity. An adaptive control scheme combined with fractional order update laws is proposed by extending classical backstepping control to fractional order backstepping scheme. The asymptotic stability of the closed‐loop system is guaranteed under the construction of fractional Lyapunov functions in the sense of generalized Mittag‐Leffler stability. The fractional order nonlinear system investigated can be stabilized asymptotically globally in presence of arbitrary uncertainty. Finally illustrative examples and numerical simulations are performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Active disturbance rejection control for nonlinear fractional‐order systems

This paper investigates active disturbance rejection control involving the fractional‐order tracking differentiator, the fractional‐order PID controller with compensation and the fractional‐order extended state observer for nonlinear fractional‐order systems. Firstly, the fractional‐order optimal‐time control scheme is studied to propose the fractional‐order tracking differentiator by the Hamilton function and fractional‐order optimal conditions. Secondly, the linear fractional‐order extend state observer is offered to acquire the estimated value of the sum of nonlinear functions and disturbances existing in the investigated nonlinear fractional‐order plant. For the disturbance existing in the feedback output, the effect of the disturbance is discussed to choose a reasonable parameter in fractional‐order extended state observer. Thirdly, by this observed value, the nonlinear fractional‐order plant is converted into a linear fractional‐order plant by adding the compensation in the controller. With the aid of real root boundary, complex root boundary, and imaginary boot boundary, the approximate stabilizing boundary with respect to the integral and differential coefficients is determined for the given proportional coefficient, integral order and differential order. By choosing the suitable parameters, the fractional‐order active disturbance rejection control scheme can deal with the unknown nonlinear functions and disturbances. Finally, the illustrative examples are given to verify the effectiveness of fractional‐order active disturbance rejection control scheme. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

分数阶迭代学习控制的收敛性分析

本文将传统的迭代学习控制时域和频域分析方法扩展到一类针对分数阶非线性系统的分数阶迭代学习控制时域分析方法.提出了一类新的分数阶迭代学习控制框架并简化了收敛条件,且证明了常增益情况下两类分数阶迭代学习控制收敛条件的等价性问题.该讨论进一步引出了如下两个结果:分数阶不确定系统的分数阶自适应迭代学习控制的可学习区域以及理想带阻型分数阶迭代学习控制的框架.上述结果均得到了仿真验证.     

Maximum sensitivity based fractional IMC–PID controller design for non-integer order system with time delay

A simple approach with a small number of tuning parameters is a key goal in fractional order controller design. Recently there have been a number of limited attempts to bring about improvements in these areas. In this paper, a new design method for a fractional order PID controller based on internal model control (IMC) is proposed to handle non-integer order systems with time delay. In order to reduce the number of tuning parameters and mitigate the impact of time delay, the fractional order internal model control scheme is used. Considering the robustness of the control system with respect to process variations and model uncertainty, maximum sensitivity is applied to the tuning of the parameters. The resulting controller has the structure of a fractional order PID which is cascaded with a filter. This is named a fractional IMC–PID controller. Numerical results are given to show the efficiency of the proposed controller.     

Fuzzy Sliding‐mode Strategy for Air–fuel Ratio Control of Lean‐burn Spark Ignition Engines

Minimization of emissions of carbon dioxide and harmful pollutants and maximization of fuel economy for lean‐burn spark ignition (SI) engines relies to a large extent on precise air–fuel ratio (AFR) control. However, the main challenge of AFR control is the large time‐varying delay in lean‐burn engines. Since the system is usually subject to external disturbances and uncertainties, a high level of robustness in AFR control design must be considered. We propose a fuzzy sliding‐mode control (FSMC) to track the desired AFR in the presence of periodic disturbances. The proposed method is model free and does not need any system characteristics. Based on the fuzzy system input–output data, two scaling factors are first employed to normalize the sliding surface and its derivative. According to the concept of the if‐then rule, an appropriate rule table for the logic system is designed. Then, based on Lyapunov stability criteria, the output scaling factor is determined such that the closed‐loop stability of the internal dynamics with uniformly ultimately bounded (UUB) performance is guaranteed. Finally, the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed control scheme are evaluated under various operating conditions. The baseline controllers, namely, a PI controller with Smith predictor and sliding‐mode controller, are also used to compare with the proposed FSMC. It is shown that the proposed FSMC has superior regulation performance compared to the baseline controllers.     

网络控制中基于FSMC观测器的时延补偿

针对网络控制系统中因存在通讯时延、网络诱导噪声及数据丢失等而可能引起系统性能降低或不稳定的问题，利用模糊滑模控制理论，在时延存在的情况下，基于观测器建立不确定网络控制系统模型；并利用预估方法对网络控制系统的时延进行补偿，从而保证系统的稳定。设计模糊滑模控制器（FSMC）来抑制网络控制系统中的诱导噪声及滑模面上的“抖动”，以及采用预估补偿策略处理网络中的时滞和数据包丢失等，可有效保证系统的稳定。仿真实例表明了该算法的合理性、有效性。     

飞翼布局无人机分数阶积分滑模姿态控制

针对存在复合干扰的飞翼布局无人机(UAV)姿态控制问题,提出了一种基于分数阶积分滑模与双幂次趋近律的姿态跟踪控制方案.结合分数阶微积分及滑模变结构控制理论,设计了分数阶积分滑模面.为解决传统趋近律收敛时间长和抖振严重等不足,提出一种具有二阶滑模特性且有限时间收敛的双幂次趋近律.在名义控制律的基础上,设计super twisting滑模干扰观测器,实现对复合干扰的估计和补偿,增强内外环控制器应对复合干扰的鲁棒性.为充分利用冗余操纵面与解决非线性舵效问题,在飞行控制系统中引入了非线性控制分配环节.仿真结果验证了所提方案的有效性.     

基于最大灵敏度的加热系统分数阶内模控制

针对加热系统热传导过程模型不精确和系统参数不确定性问题, 提出一种新的基于最大灵敏度的分数阶内模控制方案. 采用分数阶模型描述加热系统可以提高精度, 而内模控制能够很好地处理系统参数不确定性问题. 利用最大灵敏度整定分数阶控制器参数, 并以此获得强鲁棒性控制系统. 数值结果验证了所提出的分数阶内模控制方案的有效性, 具有比整数阶内模控制方案更好的控制性能.

     

FUZZY SLIDING MODE CONTROLLER DESIGN: INDIRECT ADAPTIVE APPROACH

In this paper, using the concept of sliding mode control SMC, a fuzzy sliding mode controller FSMC, which is synthesized by linguistic control rules, is proposed. Two sets of fuzzy rule bases are utilized to represent the controlled system. The membership functions of the THEN-part, which is used to construct a suitable equivalent control of SMC, are changed according to adaptive law. In particular, only one adaptive factor is characterized to adapt the membership functions instead of several ones in conventional adaptive approaches. Under this design scheme, we not only maintain the distribution of membership functions over state space but also reduce considerably computing time. The proposed indirect adaptive FSMC is synthesized through the following stages. First, we construct the fuzzy rule bases according to the common sense of SMC to describe the model of the controlled system, and define the fuzzy sets whose membership functions are equally distributed in state space. Then, the derived adaptive law is used to adjust the membership functions of the THEN-part to approximate an equivalent control without knowing the mathematical model of the controlled system. Third, a hitting control is developed to guarantee the stability of the control system. Finally, we smooth the hitting control via proposed heuristic control rules. We apply this FSMC to controlling a nonlinear inverted pendulum system to confirm the validity of the proposed approach.     

Proportional-integral based fuzzy sliding mode control of the milling head

A-axis (that is, the milling head) is an essential assembly in the five-axis CNC machine tools, positioning precision of which directly affects the machining accuracy and surface qualities of the processed parts. Considering the influence of nonlinear friction and uncertain cutting force on the control precision of the A-axis, a novel fuzzy sliding mode control (FSMC) based on the proportional-integral (PI) control is designed according to the parameters adaptation. Main idea of the control scheme is employing the fuzzy systems to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions and adopting the PI control to eliminate the input chattering. Simulation analyses and experimental results illustrate that the designed control strategy is robust to the uncertain load and the parameters perturbation.     

Design of fractional order modeling based extended non-minimal state space MPC for temperature in an industrial electric heating furnace

In this paper, an improved approach of extended non-minimal state space (ENMSS) fractional order model predictive control (FMPC) is presented and tested on the temperature model of an industrial heating furnace. In the fractional order model predictive control algorithm, fractional order single-input single-output (SISO) system is discretized via fractional order Grünwald-Letnikov (GL) definition. The ENMSS fractional order model that contains the state variable and the fractional order output tracking error is formulated by choosing appropriate state variables. Meanwhile, the fractional order integral is introduced into the cost function and the GL definition is used to obtain the discrete form of the continuous cost function. Then the control signals are derived by minimizing the fractional order cost function. Lastly, the temperature process control of a heating furnace is illustrated to reflect the performance of the proposed FMPC method. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed FMPC method.     

The Design of a Coprime‐Factorized Predictive Functional Controller for Unstable Fractional Order Systems

In this paper, a new approach, called coprime‐factorized predictive functional control method (CFPFC‐F) is proposed to control unstable fractional order linear time invariant systems. To design the controller, first, a prediction model should be synthesized. For this purpose, coprime‐factorized representation is extended for unstable fractional order systems via a reduced approximated model of unstable fractional order (FO) system. That is, an approximated integer model of fractional order system is derived via the well‐known Oustaloup method. Then, the high order approximated model is reduced to a lower one via a balanced truncation model order reduction method. Next, the equivalent coprime‐factorized model of the unstable fractional‐order plant is employed to predict the output of the system. Then, a predictive functional controller (PFC) is designed to control the unstable plant. Finally, the robust stability of the closed‐loop system is analyzed via small gain theorem. The performance of the proposed control is investigated via simulations for the control of an unstable non‐laminated electromagnetic suspension system as our simulation test system.     

Design and Implementation of Digital Fractional Order PID Controller Using Optimal Pole-Zero Approximation Method for Magnetic Levitation System

The aim of this paper is to employ fractional order proportional integral derivative (FO-PID) controller and integer order PID controller to control the position of the levitated object in a magnetic levitation system (MLS), which is inherently nonlinear and unstable system. The proposal is to deploy discrete optimal pole-zero approximation method for realization of digital fractional order controller. An approach of phase shaping by slope cancellation of asymptotic phase plots for zeros and poles within given bandwidth is explored. The controller parameters are tuned using dynamic particle swarm optimization (dPSO) technique. Effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is verified by simulation and experimental results. The performance of realized digital FO-PID controller has been compared with that of the integer order PID controllers. It is observed that effort required in fractional order control is smaller as compared with its integer counterpart for obtaining the same system performance.