Finding maximum linear subsystems of nonlinear systems with outputs

The focus of this paper is to find the maximum input-output linearized subsystem. Necessary and sufficient conditions are presented under which there exist a static state feedback and a coordinate change to input-output linearize the system so that the linear subsystem has the largest dimension. A systematic method is also developed to compute the desired feedback and coordinate change     

带有不稳定子系统的切换非线性系统的积分输入状态稳定

本文针对带有不稳定子系统的切换非线性系统研究了系统的积分输入状态稳定性问题. 应用导数不定的 类Lyapunov函数得出切换非线性系统的积分输入状态稳定. 导数不定的类Lyapunov函数方法比传统的导数正定 的Lyapunov函数的方法更具有一般性. 文中包含两种情况: 当所有子系统为积分输入状态稳定时, 切换非线性系统 是积分输入状态稳定的; 当部分子系统为非积分输入状态稳定时, 本文证明了切换非线性系统的积分输入状态稳 定. 最后应用一个仿真例子描述了所提结果的有效性.     

Robust control for a class of state-constrained high-order switched nonlinear systems with unstable subsystems

This paper addresses the issue of robust stabilisation for a class of state-constrained high-order switched nonlinear systems whose subsystems are allowed to be all unstabilizable. A novel robust control scheme is established based on effective coupling of the technique of adding a power integrator and the method of multiple barrier Lyapunov functions. Explicitly, a sufficient condition for robustly stabilising the resulting closed-loop system in a domain is presented, which meanwhile can also guarantee that the violation of the constraints does not happen. Moreover, in the switching law design, we do not require the connection of barrier Lyapunov functions for two adjacent subsystems, and even a certain amount of jump is also allowed. Finally, the effectiveness of the provided control strategy is demonstrated via a simulation example.     

Exponential stability of nonlinear impulsive switched systems with stable and unstable subsystems

Exponential stability and robust exponential stability relating to switched systems consisting of stable and unstable nonlinear subsystems are considered in this study. At each switching time instant, the impulsive increments which are nonlinear functions of the states are extended from switched linear systems to switched nonlinear systems. Using the average dwell time method and piecewise Lyapunov function approach, when the total active time of unstable subsystems compared to the total active time of stable subsystems is less than a certain proportion, the exponential stability of the switched system is guaranteed. The switching law is designed which includes the average dwell time of the switched system. Switched systems with uncertainties are also studied. Sufficient conditions of the exponential stability and robust exponential stability are provided for switched nonlinear systems. Finally, simulations show the effectiveness of the result.     

On controlled invariance in nonlinear systems

The notion of Generalized Controlled Invariance (GCI) is introduced to allow for the loss of degrees of freedom in control that may be the necessary price for achieving a desired invariance. It is shown that subject to some technical rank restrictions, controlled invariance implies GCI. A sequential procedure that definitively establishes for a given system pair (Δ, χ), whether Δ is a GCI of χ is introduced, and through it, a verdict o the solvability of the controlled invariance problem (CIP) is reached.     

Practical output tracking of switched nonlinear systems in p-normal form with unstable subsystems

This paper studies practical output tracking of switched nonlinear systems in p-normal form. No solvability of the practical output tracking problem for subsystems is required. A constructive scheme to solve the problem for a switched nonlinear system is set up by exploiting the single Lyapunov function method and the tool of adding a power integrator. Also, we design a proper switching law and construct state-feedback controllers of subsystems. A two inverted pendulums as a practical example, which cannot be handled by the existing approaches, illustrates our theoretical result.     

Adaptive fuzzy decentralized control for interconnected MIMO nonlinear subsystems

This paper describes an adaptive fuzzy control strategy for decentralized control for a class of interconnected nonlinear systems with MIMO subsystems. An adaptive robust tracking control schemes based on fuzzy basis function approach is developed such that all the states and signals are bounded. In addition, each subsystem is able to adaptively compensate for disturbances and interconnections with unknown bounds. The resultant adaptive fuzzy decentralized control with multi-controller architecture guarantees stability and convergence of the output errors to zero asymptotically by local output-feedback. An extensive application example of a three-machine power system is discussed in detail to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

BIBO stability of fractional-order controlled nonlinear systems

The BIBO stability of fractional-order controlled nonlinear systems is investigated in this paper. By introducing the properties of some Mittag-Leffler functions and using an inequality satisfied by the Caputo derivative of a Lyapunov function, sufficient conditions to guarantee the BIBO stability are firstly presented. Then, the boundedness of solutions of the fractional financial system and the fractional low-order atmospheric circulation system are proved by the established stability results. Besides, two illustrative examples verify the theoretical results.     

Stability and asynchronous stabilization for a class of discrete-time switched nonlinear systems with stable and unstable subsystems

The stability analysis and asynchronous stabilization problems for a class of discrete-time switched nonlinear systems with stable and unstable subsystems are investigated in this paper. The Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model is used to represent each nonlinear subsystem. Through using the T-S fuzzy model, the studied systems are modeled into the switched T-S fuzzy systems. By using the switching fuzzy-basis-dependent Lyapunov functions (FLFs) approach and mode-dependent average dwell time (MDADT) technique, the stability conditions for the open-loop switched T-S fuzzy systems with unstable subsystems and asynchronous stabilization conditions for the closed-loop switched T-S fuzzy systems with unstable subsystems are obtained. Both the stability results and asynchronous stabilization results are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally two numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the results obtained.     

Input/output‐to‐state stability for switched nonlinear systems with unstable subsystems

In this paper, a couple of sufficient conditions for input/output‐to‐state stability (IOSS) of switched nonlinear systems with non‐IOSS subsystems are derived by exploiting the multiple Lyapunov functions (MLFs) method. A state‐norm estimator–based small‐gain theorem is also established for switched interconnected nonlinear systems under some proper switching laws, where the small‐gain property of individual connected subsystems is not required in the whole state space instead only in some subregions of the state space. The state‐norm estimator for the switched system under study is explicitly designed via a constructive procedure by exploiting the MLFs method and the classical small‐gain technique. The presented results permit removal of a technical condition in existing literature, where all subsystems in switched systems are IOSS or some are IOSS. An illustrative example is also provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Stability analysis of hybrid switched nonlinear singular time-delay systems with stable and unstable subsystems

The issue of exponential stability of a class of continuous-time switched nonlinear singular systems consisting of a family of stable and unstable subsystems with time-varying delay is considered in this paper. Based on the free-weighting matrix approach, the average dwell-time approach and by constructing a Lyapunov-like Krasovskii functional, delay-dependent sufficient conditions are derived and formulated to check the exponential stability of such systems in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). By checking the corresponding LMI conditions, the average dwell-time and switching signal conditions are obtained. This paper also highlights the relationship between the average dwell-time of the switched nonlinear singular time-delay system, its stability and the exponential convergence rate of differential and algebraic states. A numerical example shows the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Input and output constraints-based stabilisation of switched nonlinear systems with unstable subsystems and its application

This paper studies the problem of stabilisation of switched nonlinear systems with output and input constraints. We propose a recursive approach to solve this issue. None of the subsystems are assumed to be stablisable while the switched system is stabilised by dual design of controllers for subsystems and a switching law. When only dealing with bounded input, we provide nested switching controllers using an extended backstepping procedure. If both input and output constraints are taken into consideration, a Barrier Lyapunov Function is employed during operation to construct multiple Lyapunov functions for switched nonlinear system in the backstepping procedure. As a practical example, the control design of an equilibrium manifold expansion model of aero-engine is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method.     

非线性受控系统状态方程的任意阶近似解

针对工作在理想状态附近的受控系统,通过对其非线性状态方程进行Taylor展开,使之变为无穷级数形式的常微分方程组;然后在线性状态方程组解的基础上采用常数变异法,使之变换成积分方程;最后采用逐次逼近法求得非线性状态方程的任意阶近似解,并进一步讨论了系统状态的方均包络矩阵的转移规律.     

A small gain theorem for systems with non-causal subsystems

Small gain theorems are used to verify the stability of a feedback interconnection of causal stable systems. In this work, we extend the small gain condition to test the stability of a feedback interconnection of two stable systems at least one of which is non-causal. This result may find application in the robust controller design for time-delay systems.     

Identifying subsystems in information systems analysis

The paper discusses five main criteria for the construction of subsystems of an information system. The criteria are flexibility/changeability, separability, comprehensibility, integrability and data usage and/or creation. Two procedures based on the data usage and/or creation criterion are described. These procedures are used to determine the composition of each subsystem, keeping the other four criteria in focus. An application of the methodology to a sample data is presented.     

On symmetric and unity interconnections between three nonlinear subsystems

A specific type of interconnection is examined with regard to three nonlinear subsystems in this communique. Further, the two possibilities of this specific linear interconnection are investigated in detail. For each kind of interconnection, conditions for the global stability of the overall system are derived, via the Popov method, which are simple and easy to apply. The conditions are rather conservative in nature, though a certain amount of flexibility does exist in the choice of the various parameters in the event of constraints other than stability are to be satisfied. An example is included to illustrate the utility of the conditions.     

Numerical investigation of attainability sets of nonlinear controlled differential systems

The paper is devoted to schemes of approximation of attainability sets of nonlinear controlled differential systems where the problem of program control optimization is an “elementary operation.” The results of numerical experiments are represented.