Optimally robust H∞ polynomial fuzzy controller design using quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm

This paper proposes an optimally robust H_∞ polynomial fuzzy controller design using quantum-inspired evolutionary algorithm (QEA) for continuous/discrete time polynomial fuzzy systems with model uncertainties and external disturbances. To improve control performance, QEA is adopted to evolve optimal control gains with a fitness function that is defined by performance requirements. The stability and robustness of the control system are then guaranteed by the proposed robust H_∞ stability conditions, which are formed by the sum of squares (SOS) method. By using the principle of copositivity, novel relaxed SOS-based stability conditions are derived to reduce the conservativeness of solving SOS-based stability conditions, while the feasible solution space is broadened. Four numerical examples demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.     

Incremental Evolutionary Design of TSK Fuzzy Controllers

This paper proposes a novel method for the incremental design and optimization of first order Tagaki-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) fuzzy controllers by means of an evolutionary algorithm. Starting with a single linear control law, the controller structure is gradually refined during the evolution. Structural augmentation is intertwined with evolutionary adaptation of the additional parameters with the objective not only to improve the control performance but also to maximize the stability region of the nonlinear system. From the viewpoint of optimization the proposed method follows a divide-and-conquer approach. Additional rules and their parameters are introduced into the controller structure in a neutral fashion, such that the adaptations of the less complex controller in the previous stage are initially preserved. The proposed scheme is evaluated at the task of TSK fuzzy controller design for the upswing and stabilization of a rotational inverted pendulum. In the first case, the objective is a time optimal controller that upswings the pendulum in to the upper equilibrium point in shortest time. The stabilizing controller is designed as a state optimal controller. In a second application the optimization method is applied to the design of a fuzzy controller for vision-based mobile robot navigation. The results demonstrate that the incremental scheme generates solutions that are similar in control performance to pure parameter optimization of only the gains of a TSK system. Even more important, whereas direct optimization of control systems with more than 35 rules fails to identify a stabilizing control law, the incremental scheme optimizes fuzzy state-space partitions and gains for hundreds of rules.     

Design of polynomial fuzzy observer–controller for nonlinear systems with state delay: sum of squares approach

This paper investigates the problem of observer-based control for two classes of polynomial fuzzy systems with time-varying delay. The first class concerns a special case where the polynomial matrices do not depend on the estimated state variables. The second one is the general case where the polynomial matrices could depend on unmeasurable system states that will be estimated. For the last case, two design procedures are proposed. The first one gives the polynomial fuzzy controller and observer gains in two steps. In the second procedure, the designed gains are obtained using a single-step approach to overcome the drawback of a two-step procedure. The obtained conditions are presented in terms of sum of squares (SOS) which can be solved via the SOSTOOLS and a semi-definite program solver. Illustrative examples show the validity and applicability of the proposed results.     

Hybrid fuzzy control of robotics systems

This paper presents a new approach towards optimal design of a hybrid fuzzy controller for robotics systems. The salient feature of the proposed approach is that it combines the fuzzy gain scheduling method and a fuzzy proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller to solve the nonlinear control problem. The resultant fuzzy rule base of the proposed controller can be decomposed into two layers. In the upper layer, the gain scheduling method is incorporated with a Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy logic controller to linearize the robotics system for a given reference trajectory. In the lower layer, a fuzzy PID controller is derived for all the locally linearized systems by replacing the conventional PI controller by a linear fuzzy logic controller, which has different gains for different linearization conditions. Within the guaranteed stability region, the controller gains can be optimally tuned by genetic algorithms. Simulation studies on a pole balancing robot and a multilink robot manipulator demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed approach.     

一种基于人工免疫原理的最优模糊神经网络控制器

提出了一种基于人工免疫原理的最优RBF模糊神经网络控制器设计方案．首先给出了控制器结构，其次将免疫进化算法用于控制器参数的优化，设计了一种满足二次型性能指标的最优RBF模糊神经网络控制器．将该控制器用于控制实际倒立摆系统，并采用状态变量合成方法以大大减少模糊规则的数目，实验结果验证了该控制器的有效性．     

Multirate parallel distributed compensation of a cluster in wireless sensor and actor networks

The stabilisation problem for one of the clusters with bounded multiple random time delays and packet dropouts in wireless sensor and actor networks is investigated in this paper. A new multirate switching model is constructed to describe the feature of this single input multiple output linear system. According to the difficulty of controller design under multi-constraints in multirate switching model, this model can be converted to a Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy model. By designing a multirate parallel distributed compensation, a sufficient condition is established to ensure this closed-loop fuzzy control system to be globally exponentially stable. The solution of the multirate parallel distributed compensation gains can be obtained by solving an auxiliary convex optimisation problem. Finally, two numerical examples are given to show, compared with solving switching controller, multirate parallel distributed compensation can be obtained easily. Furthermore, it has stronger robust stability than arbitrary switching controller and single-rate parallel distributed compensation under the same conditions.     

Hybrid state-space fuzzy model-based controller with dual-ratesampling for digital control of chaotic systems

We develop a hybrid state-space fuzzy model-based controller with dual-rate sampling for digital control of chaotic systems. A Takagi-Sugeno (TS) fuzzy model is used to model the chaotic dynamic system and the extended parallel-distributed compensation technique is proposed and formulated for designing the fuzzy model-based controller under stability conditions. The optimal regional-pole assignment technique is also adopted in the design of the local feedback controllers for the multiple TS linear state-space models. The proposed design procedure is as follows: an equivalent fast-rate discrete-time state-space model of the continuous-time system is first constructed by using fuzzy inference systems. To obtain the continuous-time optimal state-feedback gains, the constructed discrete-time fuzzy system is then converted into a continuous-time system. The developed optimal continuous-time control law is finally converted into an equivalent slow-rate digital control law using the proposed intelligent digital redesign method. The main contribution of the paper is the development of a systematic and effective framework for fuzzy model-based controller design with dual-rate sampling for digital control of complex such as chaotic systems. The effectiveness and the feasibility of the proposed controller design method is demonstrated through numerical simulations on the chaotic Chua circuit     

Design of an Optimal Fuzzy Sliding Mode Control using Scalar Sign Function

The purpose of this paper is to present a new design for an optimal fuzzy sliding mode control based on a modified parallel distributed compensator and using a scalar sign function method. The proposed fuzzy sliding mode control uses a modified parallel distributed compensator scheme to find the optimal gains. To do this, the control gains are not considered constant through the linearized subsystem. Among these, we find state feedback gains, which are determined in offline mode using some prescribed performance criteria. Moreover, the fuzzy sliding surface of the system is designed using a stable eigenvector and the scalar sign function. The advantages of the proposed design are minimum energy control effort, faster response, and zero steady‐state error. We analyze and test the performance and stability of the new optimal fuzzy sliding mode control using simulation results that show that the proposed approach is very effective.     

An intelligent coordinator design for GCSC and AGC in a two-area hybrid power system

This study addresses the design procedure of an optimized fuzzy fine-tuning (OFFT) approach as an intelligent coordinator for gate controlled series capacitors (GCSC) and automatic generation control (AGC) in hybrid multi-area power system. To do so, a detailed mathematical formulation for the participation of GCSC in tie-line power flow exchange is presented. The proposed OFFT approach is intended for valid adjustment of proportional–integral controller gains in GCSC structure and integral gain of secondary control loop in the AGC structure. Unlike the conventional classic controllers with constant gains that are generally designed for fixed operating conditions, the outlined approach demonstrates robust performance in load disturbances with adapting the gains of classic controllers. The parameters are adjusted in an online manner via the fuzzy logic method in which the sine cosine algorithm subjoined to optimize the fuzzy logic. To prove the scalability of the proposed approach, the design has also been implemented on a hybrid interconnected two-area power system with nonlinearity effect of governor dead band and generation rate constraint. Success of the proposed OFFT approach is established in three scenarios by comparing the dynamic performance of concerned power system with several optimization algorithms including artificial bee colony algorithm, genetic algorithm, improved particle swarm optimization algorithm, ant colony optimization algorithm and sine cosine algorithm.     

Optimal fuzzy controller based on non-monotonic Lyapunov function with a case study on laboratory helicopter

This paper presents a new approach to design an observer-based optimal fuzzy state feedback controller for discrete-time Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy systems via LQR based on the non-monotonic Lyapunov function. Non-monotonic Lyapunov stability theorem proposed less conservative conditions rather than common quadratic method. To compare with optimal fuzzy feedback controller design based on common quadratic Lyapunov function, this paper proceeds reformulation of the observer-based optimal fuzzy state feedback controller based on common quadratic Lyapunov function. Also in both methodologies, the dependence of optimisation problem on initial conditions is omitted. As a practical case study, the controllers are implemented on a laboratory twin-rotor helicopter to compare the controllers' performance.     

基于遗传算法的模糊神经网络控制器设计及其稳定性分析

首先根据联结主义思想模糊控制器设计问题转化为对模糊神经网络参数的设计和优化,然后通过遗传算法对模糊神经网络的参数进行集中优化,得到了被控对象的一个最优或次优的控制器－模糊神经控制器,稳定性分析为此设计理论依据。     

Stabilisation of discrete-time polynomial fuzzy systems via a polynomial lyapunov approach

This paper deals with the problem of designing a controller for a class of discrete-time nonlinear systems which is represented by discrete-time polynomial fuzzy model. Most of the existing control design methods for discrete-time fuzzy polynomial systems cannot guarantee their Lyapunov function to be a radially unbounded polynomial function, hence the global stability cannot be assured. The proposed control design in this paper guarantees a radially unbounded polynomial Lyapunov functions which ensures global stability. In the proposed design, state feedback structure is considered and non-convexity problem is solved by incorporating an integrator into the controller. Sufficient conditions of stability are derived in terms of polynomial matrix inequalities which are solved via SOSTOOLS in MATLAB. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.     

Delay-dependent robust stabilisation for a class of fuzzy bilinear systems with time-varying delays in state and control input

The stabilisation problem for a class of Takagi–Sugeno (TS) fuzzy bilinear systems (FBSs) with time-varying state and input delays is investigated in this article. A fuzzy controller is designed to stabilise TS FBSs with time-varying state and input delays via the parallel distributed compensation method. Based on a Lyapunov–Krasoviskii function, the delay-dependent stabilisation conditions are proposed in terms of a linear matrix inequality to guarantee the asymptotic stabilisation of time-delay FBSs with disturbance input. Two numerical examples with delays in the state and input are given to demonstrate that the proposed stability condition is less conservative than some existing results. Finally, the validity and applicability of the proposed control scheme are successfully demonstrated in the control of a Van de Vusse reactor with delay.     

Polynomial Fuzzy Observer Designs: A Sum-of-Squares Approach

This paper presents a sum-of-squares (SOS) approach to polynomial fuzzy observer designs for three classes of polynomial fuzzy systems. The proposed SOS-based framework provides a number of innovations and improvements over the existing linear matrix inequality (LMI)-based approaches to Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy controller and observer designs. First, we briefly summarize previous results with respect to a polynomial fuzzy system that is a more general representation of the well-known T-S fuzzy system. Next, we propose polynomial fuzzy observers to estimate states in three classes of polynomial fuzzy systems and derive SOS conditions to design polynomial fuzzy controllers and observers. A remarkable feature of the SOS design conditions for the first two classes (Classes I and II) is that they realize the so-called separation principle, i.e., the polynomial fuzzy controller and observer for each class can be separately designed without lack of guaranteeing the stability of the overall control system in addition to converging state-estimation error (via the observer) to zero. Although, for the last class (Class III), the separation principle does not hold, we propose an algorithm to design polynomial fuzzy controller and observer satisfying the stability of the overall control system in addition to converging state-estimation error (via the observer) to zero. All the design conditions in the proposed approach can be represented in terms of SOS and are symbolically and numerically solved via the recently developed SOSTOOLS and a semidefinite-program solver, respectively. To illustrate the validity and applicability of the proposed approach, three design examples are provided. The examples demonstrate the advantages of the SOS-based approaches for the existing LMI approaches to T-S fuzzy observer designs.     

基于AFSMC算法的四旋翼飞行器控制策略研究

针对四旋翼飞行器在飞行过程中,控制系统存在非线性、强耦合、不确定性和鲁棒性差的问题,建立了关于四旋翼飞行器的动力学数学模型,将自适应控制、模糊控制和滑模控制相结合,提出基于自适应模糊滑模控制(AFSMC)的快速平稳控制策略。采用模糊系统推理方法实现理想控制律的逼近。在满足李雅普诺夫稳定性条件的前提下进行控制器的设计和稳定性分析,并结合四旋翼的数学模型和给定参数进行了MATLAB仿真。仿真结果表明,AFSMC控制器相比常规PID控制器具有良好的动态性能和抗干扰能力。     

T-S模糊系统输出反馈控制器的稳定性分析与设计

输出反馈控制是T-S模糊控制系统设计的一种重要方法．本文提出了一类由模糊状态观测器和模糊调节器构成的输出反馈控制器稳定性分析和解析设计的新方法．为了减小稳定性分析的保守性和难度,本文充分利用了模糊规则前件变量模糊隶属度函数的结构信息,对前件变量采用标准模糊分划的T-S模糊系统输出反馈控制器进行了研究,获得了一些新的稳定性条件．然后采用平行分布补偿法(PDC)和线性矩阵不等式方法(LMI),研究了该类输出反馈控制器的解析设计方法．通过一个非线性质量块-弹簧-阻尼器系统输出反馈控制器的设计和计算机仿真,验证了本文方法的有效性．     

Delay-range-dependent robust stabilisation and H ∞ control for nonlinear uncertain stochastic fuzzy systems with mode-dependent time delays and Markovian jump parameters

This article focuses on the problems of robust stabilisation and H _∞ control for nonlinear uncertain stochastic systems with mode-dependent time delay and Markovian jump parameters represented by the Takagi–Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model approach. The system under consideration involves parameter uncertainties, Itô-type stochastic disturbances, Markovian jump parameters and unknown nonlinear disturbances. The purpose is to design a state feedback controller such that the closed-loop system is robustly exponentially stable in the mean square and satisfies a prescribed H _∞ performance level. Novel delay-range-dependent conditions in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) are derived for the solvability of robust stabilisation and H _∞ control problem. A desired fuzzy controller can be constructed by solving a set solutions of LMIs and can be easily calculated by Matlab LMI control toolbox. Finally, a numerical example is presented to illustrate the proposed method.     

A STABLE SELF-LEARNING OPTIMAL FUZZY CONTROL SYSTEM

The issue of developing a stable self-learning optimal fuzzy control system is discussed in this paper. Three chief objectives are accomplished: 1) To develop a self-learning fuzzy controller based on genetic algorithms. In the proposed methodology, the concept of a fuzzy sliding mode is introduced to specify the system response, to simplify the fuzzy rules and to shorten the chromosome length. The speed of fuzzy inference and genetic evolution of the proposed strategy, consequently, is higher than that of the conventional fuzzy logic control. 2) To guarantee the stability of the learning control system. A hitting controller is designed to achieve this requirement. It works as an auxiliary controller and supports the self-learning fuzzy controller in the following manner. When the learning controller works well enough to allow the system state to lie inside a pre-defined boundary layer, the hitting controller is disabled. On the other hand, if the system tends to diverge, the hitting controller is turned on to pull the state back. The system is therefore stable in the sense that the state is bounded by the boundary layer. 3) To explore a fuzzy rule-base that can minimize a standard quadratic cost function. Based on the fuzzy sliding regime, the problem of minimizing the quadratic cost function can be transformed into that of deriving an optimal sliding surface. Consequently, the proposed learning scheme is directly applied to extract the optimal fuzzy rulebase. That is, the faster the hitting time a controller has and the shorter the distance from the sliding surface the higher fitness it possesses. The superiority of the proposed approach is verified through simulations.     

Optimal fuzzy control of exponential synchronisation via genetic algorithm

In this study, a novel approach via GA-based fuzzy control is proposed to realize the exponential optimal H^∞ synchronisation of MTDC systems. A robustness design of model-based fuzzy control is first presented to overcome the effect of modelling errors between the MTDC systems and T-S fuzzy models. Next, a delay-dependent exponential stability criterion is derived in terms of Lyapunov's direct method to guarantee that the trajectories of the slave system can approach those of the master system. Subsequently, the stability conditions of this criterion are reformulated into LMIs. According to the LMIs, a fuzzy controller is then synthesised to exponentially stabilise the error systems. Moreover, the capability of GA in random search for near-optimal solutions, the lower and upper bounds of the search space based on the feedback gains via LMI approach can be set so that the GA will seek better feedback gains of fuzzy controllers to speed up the synchronisation. Additionally, an IGA was proposed to overcome both the shortcomings of premature convergence of GA and local search. According to the IGA, a fuzzy controller is synthesised not only to realise the exponential synchronisation but also to achieve the optimal H^∞ performance by minimising the disturbance attenuation level.     

Finite-time stability and stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with the problems of finite-time stability (FTS) and finite-time stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems with time-varying delay, which can be represented by Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy system. Some new delay-dependent FTS conditions are provided and applied to the design problem of finite-time fuzzy controllers. First, based on an integral inequality and a fuzzy Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, a delay-dependent FTS criterion is proposed for open-loop fuzzy system by introducing some free fuzzy weighting matrices, which are less conservative than other existing ones. Then, the parallel distributed compensation controller is designed to ensure FTS of the time-delay fuzzy system. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design approach.