Observability of linear systems with commensurate delays and unknown inputs

This paper investigates the observability analysis for linear time systems whose outputs are affected by unknown inputs. Three different definitions of observability are proposed. By introducing the Smith form and comparing the invariant factors, a sufficient condition is deduced for each proposed observability definition. Three examples are given for the purpose of highlighting the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Development of soft sensor by incorporating the delayed infrequent and irregular measurements

Originated from challenging industrial applications, this paper addresses a soft sensor development problem for linear systems with two types of measurements. One is fast, regular and delay-free measurements. The other is infrequent, irregular measurements with time-varying delays. The approach to be taken is based on the Kalman filter and data fusion technique, avoiding running the full augmented state Kalman filter, and leading to a considerably lower implementation cost. Although it is suboptimal, the loss in performance is minor compared to the optimal filter. Two simulation examples demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach. An industrial soft sensor application example is also used to demonstrate its practicality.     

一类混合延迟混沌神经网络的同步

时滞混沌神经网络系统是解空间为无穷维系统,可生成多个正向Lyapunov指数,产生具有高度随机性和不可预测性的混沌甚至超混沌序列,这种特性使得时滞混沌神经网络系统特别适用于保密通信中,混沌同步是保密通信中的关键技术。基于Lyapunov稳定性理论和线性矩阵不等式(LMI)方法,研究了一类具有时变延迟和分布式延迟的混沌神经网络系统的同步问题,考虑系统的内部参数不确定性和外部干扰及混合时滞等因素,将系统时滞项加入所设计的控制器中,给出了保证误差系统的全局均方渐近稳定的充分条件和控制律,实现驱动系统和响应系统的同步。与其它方法相比,所设计的含有时滞项的控制器提高了系统误差精度及反应速率。最后,通过仿真实例,验证了所提方法的有效性。     

基于时变时滞动态拓扑的二阶Leader-Following多智能体一致性分析

针对具有时变时滞的二阶Leader-Following多智能体系统,研究了其一致性问题。假设其通信拓扑是时刻切换的,并且每个子时间段内系统拓扑不完全连通,采用Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函和矛盾分析法,对系统进行了解耦分析,得出只需所有时间段内的拓扑并集连通,且系统的特征根满足一定条件,系统能达到一致,并进行了理论证明。以4个following智能体与1个leader智能体做成的网络为例进行具体说明,所得仿真结果验证了理论的有效性。     

Stochastic stability of semi‐Markovian jump systems with mode‐dependent delays

Semi‐Markovian jump systems, due to the relaxed conditions on the stochastic process, and its transition rates are time varying, can be used to describe a larger class of dynamical systems than conventional full Markovian jump systems. In this paper, the problem of stochastic stability for a class of semi‐Markovian systems with mode‐dependent time‐variant delays is investigated. By Lyapunov function approach, together with a piecewise analysis method, a sufficient condition is proposed to guarantee the stochastic stability of the underlying systems. As more time‐delay information is used, our results are much less conservative than some existing ones in literature. Finally, two examples are given to show the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed techniques. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new result on the delay‐dependent stability of discrete systems with time‐varying delays

This paper proposes an improvement to the delay‐dependent stability of discrete systems with time‐varying delays. The approach is based on the observation that the positive definiteness of a chosen Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional does not necessarily require all the involved symmetric matrices to be positive definite, which has been overlooked in the literature. The derived delay‐dependent stability conditions are in terms of linear matrix inequalities. It is theoretically proved that our results are less conservative than the corresponding ones obtained by requiring the positive definiteness of all the symmetric matrices in a chosen Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional. The importance of the present approach is that a great number of delay‐dependent analysis and synthesis results obtained by the aforementioned requirement in the literature can be improved by the present approach without introducing any new decision variables. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Decentralized output feedback stabilization for a class of large‐scale feedforward nonlinear time‐delay systems

This paper is concerned with the decentralized stabilization problem for a class of large‐scale feedforward nonlinear time‐delay systems. The uncertain nonlinearities involved in the systems are assumed to be bounded by continuous functions of the inputs and delayed inputs multiplied by unmeasured states and delayed states. An observer‐based decentralized output feedback control scheme is proposed by using the dynamic gain control design approach. On the basis of the Lyapunov–Krasovskii stability theory, the global asymptotic stability of the closed‐loop control system is proved. Contrary to many existing control designs for feedforward nonlinear systems, the celebrated forwarding design and saturation design are not utilized here. An example is finally given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design procedure. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

具有非局部时滞的自我约束型竞争扩散模型行波解的存在性

通过对生物竞争模型的研究,在现实背景的基础上,提出了一类具有自我约束型的竞争模型.模型采用上、下解方法,研究了其行波解的存在性。表明了在一定的边界条件下,方程的解是存在的。同时改进了前人的研究范围,把这种方法推广到更广泛的范围。     

一类捕食-被捕食模型解的渐近性态

对两种群的捕食-被捕食模型,利用正性定理和线性化方法,研究了一类带时滞具有阶段结构非线性反应扩散系统的牛曼初边值问题,得到了解的存在性和平衡态方程正解的局部渐近稳定的充分条件.这个结果隐含着捕食-被捕食系统的共存是持久的.