New parameterization of MIMO systems

The parameterization of MIMO systems in the open-loop balanced representation was introduced by Kabamba (1985) to show the advantages of using the balanced canonical form over other classical canonical forms as regards the guaranteed stability and minimality of the representation. The parameterization of MIMO systems in closed-loop balanced representation is introduced: the stability is guaranteed under particular conditions and the minimality is also assured. The importance that such a type of realization plays is fundamental in the synthesis of MIMO systems with assigned characteristic values; this allows us to investigate, for example, the stability of closed-loop systems with a low-order regulator. Indeed, for a defined class of MIMO systems, the introduced parameterization allows us to derive sufficient conditions for the closed-loop dissipativeness and for the stability of the reduced-order compensator, generalizing some results proved for S1SO systems.     

Analytical design of active disturbance rejection control for nonlinear uncertain systems with delay

For first-order nonlinear uncertain systems with delay, the analytical design of active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) with matched time delay is rigorously studied. The conditions of stabilizing the closed-loop system are studied in the form of parameters’ explicit sets such that the tuning laws of ADRC can be directly obtained and intuitively demonstrated in engineering practice. The necessary and sufficient condition of the asymptotical stability for the closed-loop system in the case of linear time-invariant is explicitly given. The condition of stabilizing the closed-loop system with nonlinear uncertain dynamics is quantitatively presented. Moreover, the water tank experiment illustrates the proposed tuning laws.     

高阶大惯性系统的线性自抗扰控制器设计

针对自抗扰控制器在热力系统高阶大惯性过程控制中效果不佳的问题,提出一种利用高阶系统模型信息进行补偿的自抗扰控制器设计方法.基于理论分析,给出各可调参数的物理意义及其定量化参数整定方法,并从观测误差、开环频率特性和参数稳定域等方面分析补偿自抗扰控制器能够提高控制效果的原因.仿真对比实验和鲁棒性检验结果表明,所提方法在设定值跟踪、抗扰能力和性能鲁棒性方面均优于PI/PID,同时能够显著改善低阶自抗扰控制器对高阶大惯性过程的控制效果,具有很好的工程推广潜力.     

On the filtered Smith predictor for MIMO processes with multiple time delays

This paper discusses about a unified implementation structure of the filtered Smith predictor (FSP) for MIMO processes with multiple time delays. Two kinds of dead-time free models are analyzed in order to extend the original properties of the SISO Smith predictor to MIMO processes with multiple time delays. It is demonstrated that FSP strategy can be applied to control open-loop unstable processes with multiple time delays by considering a model without any input, output or internal coupling delays. Moreover, for open-loop stable processes, it is shown that the FSP scheme can be used to speed-up disturbance rejection of processes with multiple time delays by using a nominal model without delay. Different simulation examples are used to illustrate the proposed strategy properties and advantages over other MIMO time-delay compensators. The results may be considered to control either square or non-square processes.     

Disturbance-observer-based robust control for time delay uncertain systems

A robust control scheme is proposed for a class of systems with uncertainty and time delay based on disturbance observer technique. A disturbance observer is developed to estimate the disturbance generated by an exogenous system, and the design parameters of the disturbance observer are determined by solving linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Based on the output of the disturbance observer, a robust control scheme is proposed for the time delay uncertain system. The disturbance-observer-based robust controller is combined of two parts: one is a linear feedback controller designed using LMIs and the other is a compensatory controller designed with the output of the disturbance observer. By choosing an appropriate Lyapunov function candidate, the stability of the closed-loop system is proved. Finally, simulation example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Robustness of a discrete-time predictor-based controller for time-varying measurement delay

A predictor-based controller for time-varying delay systems is presented in this paper and its robustness properties for different uncertainties are analyzed. First, a time-varying delay dependent stability condition is expressed in terms of LMIs. Then, uncertainties in the knowledge of all plant-model parameters are considered and the resulting closed-loop system is shown to be robust with respect to these uncertainties. A significant improvement with respect to the same control strategy without predictor is achieved. The scheme is applicable to open-loop unstable plants and it has been tested in a real-time application to control the roll angle of a quad-rotor helicopter prototype. The experimental results show good performance and robustness of the proposed scheme even in the presence of long delay uncertainties.     

基于降阶观测器的双线性系统H∞补偿器设计

讨论了多输入多输出双线性连续时间系统的基于降阶观测器的[H∞]补偿器设计问题。利用线性矩阵不等式和Lyapunov方程,得到了保证闭环系统全局渐近稳定且满足给定干扰抑制水平的bang-bang控制律的设计。仿真验证了所给理论结果的有效性。     

Design of feedforward controllers for multivariable plants

Simple methods for the design of feedforward controllers to achieve steady-state disturbance rejection and command tracking in stable multivariable plants are developed in this paper. The controllers are represented by simple and low-order transfer functions and are not based on reconstruction of the states of the commands and disturbances. For unstable plants, it is shown that the present method can be applied directly when an additional feedback controller is employed to stabilize the plant. The feedback and feedforward controllers do not affect each other and can be designed independently based on the open-loop plant to achieve stability, disturbance rejection and command tracking, respectively. Numerical examples are given for illustration.     

Stabilization of an unstable tubular reactor by nonlinear passive output feedback control

The multiple–input multiple–output (MIMO) output feedback (OF) control problem of an exothermic multi-jacket tubular open-loop unstable reactor is addressed. Over its axial length, the reactor has several equally sized cooling jackets. The controller must adjust the jacket temperatures on the basis of per jacket temperature measurements so that the closed-loop system is robustly stable. The problem is solved within a constructive framework, by combining notions and tools from chemical reactor engineering and partial differential equations (PDEs) control systems theory. The result is a MIMO nonlinear OF dynamic control design with (i) a decentralized MIMO passive state feedback (SF) controller implemented with a pointwise observer (PWO), (ii) closed-loop stability conditions in terms of sensor set and control gains, and (iii) efficient late lumping-based on-line implementation. The design is put in perspective with industrial PI and inventory control, and applied to a representative example through numerical simulation with favorable comparison against adaptive controllers.     

Fuzzy approximate disturbance decoupling of MIMO nonlinear systems by backstepping and application to chemical processes

Fuzzy approximate disturbance decoupling concept is introduced for a class of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems with completely unknown nonlinearities. Based on backstepping technique, a fuzzy almost disturbance decoupling control scheme is proposed. The fuzzy controllers guarantee internal uniform ultimate boundedness of the closed-loop adaptive systems and render a bounded approximate L/sub 2/ gain from the disturbance input to the output. The developed design scheme is applied to control a two continuous stirred tank reactor process. The simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the method proposed in this paper.     

Approximate local output regulation for nonlinear distributed parameter systems

Output regulation for a class of nonlinear infinite-dimensional systems, called regular nonlinear systems (RNS), is the subject of this work. For the plants in this class, the linearization at the origin is an exponentially stable regular linear system (RLS). The plants are driven by a control input and a disturbance signal. Well-posedness of the plants for small initial states, control inputs and disturbance signals is established and it is shown that if the control input and the disturbance signal for a plant are T-periodic, then so are its state and output (asymptotically). On the basis of this characterization, an approximate local output regulator problem for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) plants in the RNS class is addressed. Given a plant, the regulation objective is to ensure that a finite number of harmonics of a T-periodic reference signal and the plant output are identical whenever the reference signal, the T-periodic disturbance signal for this plant and the initial state are small. An internal model based output feedback control scheme is proposed for an exponentially stable RLS for tracking reference signals, which are a finite sum of functions that are a product of a sinusoid and a polynomial in time. This scheme merely uses the transfer function gains of the RLS at the poles of the Laplace transform of the reference signal and practically requires no other data. Using the proposed control scheme, a linear finite-dimensional controller is designed for a MIMO nonlinear plant in the RNS class using minimal plant information. The resulting closed-loop system is rigorously analyzed to establish that the controller achieves the regulation objective. The efficacy of the control design is illustrated numerically using the model of a cable coupled to a point mass via a nonlinear spring.     

时滞纳米运动系统的多速率采样预测自抗扰控制

电容型纳米位置传感器在纳米伺服系统中得到了越来越多的应用.这类超高精度模拟传感器用于反馈信号时因较长的模数转换时间将带来明显的测量时滞.而这类数字纳米伺服系统也因硬件使其采样频率在处理高频干扰时受到带宽限制.本文针对测量时滞和高频干扰的挑战,提出一种带采样预测功能的多速率自抗扰控制器设计方法.首先建立了电容式位移传感器的纳米运动平台带有时滞的动力学模型.其次,基于该模型设计多率采样预测线性扩张状态观测器和多率反馈控制器.通过设计预测型观测器,适当选取观测器增益,消除时滞对状态观测的影响.另外,将输出预估器加入预测扩张状态观测器中重构采样点间系统输出值,从而在时滞系统中更好地估计和消除高频干扰,并给出了系统的稳定性分析.最后通过压电驱动纳米运动平台的实时控制实验验证本文提出控制器的有效性.     

T-S 模糊时滞模型的时滞相关稳定性分析和镇定

研究一类用T—S模糊模型描述的非线性不确定时滞系统的时滞相关鲁棒镇定问题．基于线性矩阵不等式的可行解，首先给出利用T—S模糊模型描述的非线性时滞系统时滞相关稳定性准则；然后给出了经状态反馈鲁棒镇定设计的新方法．所设计的控制器能确保闭环系统渐近稳定．     

Analyzing stability margins of homogeneous MIMO control systems

Homogeneous MIMO automatic control systems consisting of single-type separate subsystems are considered. Frequency methods of finding modulus and phase stability margins of the MIMO system with respect to amplitude-phase characteristics of open-loop and closed-loop subsystems are proposed. These methods help make constructing stability domains of the MIMO system with the given stability margin easy and visual, which means that one can apply them to solve problems of synthesizing MIMO automatic control systems.     

Delay-dependent stability analysis and stabilization for discrete-time fuzzy systems with state delay: a fuzzy Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional approach.

This correspondence studies stability analysis and stabilization for discrete-time Takagi and Sugeno fuzzy systems with state delay. First, a new fuzzy Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) is constructed to derive a delay-dependent stability condition for open-loop fuzzy systems. Then, a delay-dependent stabilization approach based on a nonparallel distributed compensation scheme is provided for closed-loop fuzzy systems. Both state feedback and observer-based control cases are considered. The proposed stability and stabilization conditions are represented in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be solved efficiently by using existing LMI optimization techniques. Finally, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Mittag‐Leffler stabilization for an unstable time‐fractional anomalous diffusion equation with boundary control matched disturbance

This paper addresses the Mittag‐Leffler stabilization for an unstable time‐fractional anomalous diffusion equation with boundary control subject to the control matched disturbance. The active disturbance rejection control (ADRC) approach is adopted for developing the control law. A state‐feedback scheme is designed to estimate the disturbance by constructing two auxiliary systems: One is to separate the disturbance from the original system to a Mittag‐Leffler stable system and the other is to estimate the disturbance finally. The proposed control law compensates the disturbance using its estimation and stabilizes system asymptotically. The closed‐loop system is shown to be Mittag‐Leffler stable and the constructed auxiliary systems in the closed loop are proved to be bounded. This is the first time for ADRC to be applied to a system described by the fractional partial differential system without using the high gain.     

Robust Stabilization of the Distributed Parameter System With Time Delay via Fuzzy Control

In this paper, stabilization of the distributed parameter system (DPS) with time delay is studied using Galerkin's method and fuzzy control. With the help of Galerkin's method, the dynamics of DPS with time delay can be first converted into a group of low-order functional ordinary differential equations, which will be used for design of the robust fuzzy controller. The fuzzy controller designed can guarantee exponential stability of the closed-loop DPS. Some sufficient conditions are derived for the stabilization together with the linear matrix inequality design approach. The effectiveness of the proposed control design methodology is demonstrated in numerical simulations.     

New Approach to Delay-Dependent Stability Analysis and Stabilization for Continuous-Time Fuzzy Systems With Time-Varying Delay

This paper is concerned with delay-dependent stability analysis and stabilization problems for continuous-time Takagi and Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems with a time-varying delay. A new method for the delay-dependent stability analysis and stabilization is suggested, which is less conservative than other existing ones. First, based on a fuzzy Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF), a delay-dependent stability criterion is derived for the open-loop fuzzy systems. In the derivation process, some free fuzzy weighting matrices are introduced to express the relationships among the terms of the system equation, and among the terms in the Leibniz-Newton formula. Then, a delay-dependent stabilization condition based on the so-called parallel distributed compensation (PDC) scheme is worked out for the closed-loop fuzzy systems. The proposed stability criterion and stabilization condition are represented in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) and compared with the existing ones via two examples. Finally, application to control of a truck-trailer is also given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method.     

Adaptive neural control of uncertain MIMO nonlinear systems

In this paper, adaptive neural control schemes are proposed for two classes of uncertain multi-input/multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems in block-triangular forms. The MIMO systems consist of interconnected subsystems, with couplings in the forms of unknown nonlinearities and/or parametric uncertainties in the input matrices, as well as in the system interconnections without any bounding restrictions. Using the block-triangular structure properties, the stability analyses of the closed-loop MIMO systems are shown in a nested iterative manner for all the states. By exploiting the special properties of the affine terms of the two classes of MIMO systems, the developed neural control schemes avoid the controller singularity problem completely without using projection algorithms. Semiglobal uniform ultimate boundedness (SGUUB) of all the signals in the closed-loop of MIMO nonlinear systems is achieved. The outputs of the systems are proven to converge to a small neighborhood of the desired trajectories. The control performance of the closed-loop system is guaranteed by suitably choosing the design parameters. The proposed schemes offer systematic design procedures for the control of the two classes of uncertain MIMO nonlinear systems. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness of the approach.     

An adaptive fuzzy design for fault-tolerant control of MIMO nonlinear uncertain systems

This paper presents a novel control method for accommodating actuator faults in a class of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) nonlinear uncertain systems.The designed control scheme can tolerate both the time-varying lock-in-place and loss of effectiveness actuator faults.In each subsystem of the considered MIMO system,the controller is obtained from a backstepping procedure;an adaptive fuzzy approximator with minimal learning parameterization is employed to approximate the package of unknown nonlinear functions in each design step.Additional control effort is taken to deal with the approximation error and external disturbance together.It is proven that the closed-loop stability and desired tracking performance can be guaranteed by the proposed control scheme.An example is used to show the effectiveness of the designed controller.