A synthesis framework for robust gain-scheduling controllers

We present a general framework for the systematic synthesis of robust gain-scheduling controllers by convex optimization techniques and for uncertain dynamical systems described by standard linear fractional representations. We distinguish between linear time-varying parameters, which are assumed to be available online as scheduling parameters for the controller, and genuine uncertainties, not necessarily time-varying, parametric or linear, that are not available online. Under the rough hypothesis that the control channel is not affected by the unmeasurable uncertainties and that the properties of the uncertainties and scheduling variables are captured by suitable families of integral quadratic constraints, this paper reveals how controller synthesis can be turned into a genuine semi-definite program. The design framework is shown to encompass a rich class of concrete scenarios.     

Robust reliability method for non-fragile guaranteed cost control of parametric uncertain systems

The problem of non-fragile guaranteed cost control of uncertain systems is studied from a new point of view of reliability against uncertainties. An efficient robust reliability method for the analysis and design of non-fragile guaranteed cost controller of parametric uncertain systems is presented systematically. By the method, a robust reliability measure of an uncertain control system satisfying required robust performance can be obtained, and the robustness bounds of uncertain parameters such that the control cost of a system is guaranteed can be provided. The optimal non-fragile guaranteed cost controller obtained in the paper may possess optimal guaranteed cost performance satisfying the precondition that the system is robustly reliable with respect to uncertainties occurring in both the controlled plant and controller gain. The presented formulations are in the framework of linear matrix inequality and thus can be carried out conveniently. The presented method provides an essential basis for the tradeoff between reliability and control cost in controller design of uncertain systems. Two numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the efficiency and feasibility of the presented method. It is shown that the coordination and simultaneous realization of the system performance, control cost, and robust reliability in control design of uncertain systems are significant.     

基于鲁棒可靠性的不确定时滞系统最优H∞控制器设计

用区间变量描述控制系统参数的不确定性,提出了不确定时滞系统鲁棒H_∞控制的鲁棒可靠性方法,基于鲁棒可靠性的不确定时滞系统最优状态反馈H_∞控制器设计方法,将系统的最优控制器设计归结为基于线性矩阵不等式(LMI)的优化问题．所设计的控制器可以在满足对所有不确定性鲁棒可靠的前提条件下,具有最优的H_∞鲁棒性能,并能在控制系统的设计中综合考虑控制性能、控制代价和鲁棒可靠性．数值算例说明了所提方法的有效性和可行性．     

高阶时滞过程预测PID控制器设计及鲁棒稳定性分析

针对高阶加滞后对象稳定性分析的局限性,提出了预测PID控制器的设计方法,利用Kharitonov定理和边缘理论分析此系统在参数不确定情况下输入、输出的鲁棒稳定性,并给出了系统保持稳定的最大过程参数区间。仿真结果表明,当过程参数偏离标称值时,此类预测PID控制器的设计方法能够使系统保持很好的控制性能和鲁棒稳定性能。是一种值得在实际工程中推广应用的新型控制器。     

An efficient methodology for robust control of dynamic systems with interval matrix uncertainties

Interval models are frequently used for dealing with uncertainties of control systems. However, it is well known that direct analysis and synthesis of a controlled dynamic system with interval matrix uncertainties may be a NP-hard problem. In this work, an efficient methodology for robustness analysis and robust control design of dynamic systems with interval matrix uncertainties is presented systematically, in which the uncertainties appearing in the controlled plant and controller realisation are taken into account simultaneously in an integrated framework. The fundamental problems, such as quadratic stability, guaranteed cost control and H_∞ control of uncertain systems are taken as examples to show the methodology. Necessary and sufficient conditions for linear dynamic systems with interval matrices are derived by transforming all the interval matrices into some more tractable forms. The whole reasoning process is logical and rigorous, and NP-hard problem is successfully avoided. The presented formulations are within the framework of linear matrix inequality and can be implemented conveniently. In contrast to existing vertex-set methods, in which the vertices of interval matrices need to be constructed and checked, the presented methods are more efficient. Three numerical examples are investigated to demonstrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the presented method.     

基于感知模糊自适应蚁群算法的非线性PID控制

随着系统复杂度的提高和对象不确定性因素的增加,为克服线性PID动态性能和稳态性能差的缺陷,分析了非线性PID控制器各控制参数对误差的理想变化过程,构造非线性PID控制器。由于增益参数大量增加,传统参数优化方法不再适用,在分析蚁群算法的基础上,提出了基于感知自适应蚁群算法,并加入模糊自适应信息素更新机制,用于优化非线性PID控制器的设计方法。通过仿真实验将该控制器与基于蚁群算法的非线性PID控制器和基于蚁群算法、Z-N法的PID控制器进行对比,并对控制性能和收敛性能进行了分析,结果表明该算法有效克服了传统蚁群算法收敛速度较慢、容易陷入局部最优而停滞的缺陷,该控制器具有更好的动态性能和稳态性能。     

LMI‐Based Robust PID Controller Design for Voltage Control of Islanded Microgrid

This paper presents the design of a robust proportional integral derivative (PID) controller for the control of a single phase microgrid voltage. A microgrid consists of loads, distributed generation units and several power‐electronics interfaced LC filter and voltage source inverter. These loads are unknown and parameters are uncertain which produce unmodeled load dynamics. This unmodeled load dynamics reduces the voltage tracking performance of the microgrid. The proposed controller gives the robustness of the system with unmodeled load dynamics. Under different kinds of uncertainties, PID controller guarantees the stability and provides zero steady‐state error and fast transient response. The robustness and optimal performance of the controller is obtained by using linear matrix inequality approach. The performance of the controller under different uncertainties is studied. Results indicate the robustness and high voltage tracking performance of the microgrid system.     

Guaranteed cost PID control for uncertain discrete‐time stochastic systems with additive gain perturbations

This paper investigates a novel design method for robust nonfragile proportional‐integral‐derivative (PID) control that is based on the guaranteed cost control (GCC) problem for a class of uncertain discrete‐time stochastic systems with additive gain perturbations. On the basis of linear matrix inequality (LMI), a class of fixed PID controller parameters is obtained, and some sufficient conditions for the existence of the GCC are derived. Although the additive gain perturbations are included in the feedback systems, both the stability of closed‐loop systems and adequate cost bound are attained. As a sequel, decentralized GCC PID for a class of discrete‐time uncertain large‐scale stochastic systems is also considered. Finally, the numerical results demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed controller synthesis. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

IQC‐synthesis under structural constraints

A new controller synthesis technique enabling the design of control systems satisfying prescribed structural constraints as well as stability and performance specifications given in terms of integral quadratic constraints (IQC) is presented. The proposed approach relies on a nonsmooth optimization technique to solve the IQC feasibility problem directly in the frequency domain. As corroborated by the two numerical examples presented, the technique allows the synthesis of control laws of great practical utility (eg, PID, decentralized, and reduced‐order output feedback controllers) for a large class of systems presenting, for example, slope‐restricted nonlinearities, time‐varying delays, and uncertain parameters with bounded rates of variation.     

污水处理系统溶解氧的模糊自适应PID控制

曝气生物滤池的工艺复杂,参数检测困难,并具有大滞后、干扰多等特点,所以要实现该工艺的自动控制,保证生产的稳定、高效运行并非易事。本文就影响曝气生物滤池工艺处理效果的曝气过程提出了溶解氧模糊自适应PID控制算法。仿真表明,模糊自适应PID控制器的控制性能优于常规模糊控制器和PID控制器,既可保证出水水质,又能节约动力费用。     

Optimal Robust Control for Unstable Delay System

Proportional-Integral-Derivative control system has been widely used in industrial applications. For uncertain and unstable systems, tuning controller parameters to satisfy the process requirements is very challenging. In general, the whole system’s performance strongly depends on the controller’s efficiency and hence the tuning process plays a key role in the system’s response. This paper presents a robust optimal Proportional-Integral-Derivative controller design methodology for the control of unstable delay system with parametric uncertainty using a combination of Kharitonov theorem and genetic algorithm optimization based approaches. In this study, the Generalized Kharitonov Theorem (GKT) for quasi-polynomials is employed for the purpose of designing a robust controller that can simultaneously stabilize a given unstable second-order interval plant family with time delay. Using a constructive procedure based on the Hermite-Biehler theorem, we obtain all the Proportional-Integral-Derivative gains that stabilize the uncertain and unstable second-order delay system. Genetic Algorithms (GAs) are utilized to optimize the three parameters of the PID controllers and the three parameters of the system which provide the best control that makes the system robust stable under uncertainties. Specifically, the method uses genetic algorithms to determine the optimum parameters by minimizing the integral of time-weighted absolute error ITAE, the Integral-Square-Error ISE, the integral of absolute error IAE and the integral of time-weighted Square-Error ITSE. The validity and relatively effortless application of presented theoretical concepts are demonstrated through a computation and simulation example.     

Optimum design of fractional order PID controller for AVR system using chaotic ant swarm

Fractional-order PID (FOPID) controller is a generalization of standard PID controller using fractional calculus. Compared to PID controller, the tuning of FOPID is more complex and remains a challenge problem. This paper focuses on the design of FOPID controller using chaotic ant swarm (CAS) optimization method. The tuning of FOPID controller is formulated as a nonlinear optimization problem, in which the objective function is composed of overshoot, steady-state error, raising time and settling time. CAS algorithm, a newly developed evolutionary algorithm inspired by the chaotic behavior of individual ant and the self-organization of ant swarm, is used as the optimizer to search the best parameters of FOPID controller. The designed CAS-FOPID controller is applied to an automatic regulator voltage (AVR) system. Numerous numerical simulations and comparisons with other FOPID/PID controllers show that the CAS-FOPID controller can not only ensure good control performance with respect to reference input but also improve the system robustness with respect to model uncertainties.     

基于改进遗传算法寻优的神经网络PID控制及应用

根据神经网络PID控制器初值的选取影响系统控制性能的特点,提出了一种基于改进遗传算法寻优的神经网络PID控制方法.即先利用遗传算法对PID控制器参数离线寻优,将求出的参数值作为控制器的比例、积分、微分系数的初值,再进行神经网络PID控制.对一类液位过程的实时控制结果表明采用本方法的控制系统具有较好的稳定性和鲁棒性.     

Robust fuzzy 3D path following for autonomous underwater vehicle subject to uncertainties

This paper addresses a three-dimensional (3D) path following control problem for underactuated autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) subject to both internal and external uncertainties. A two-layered framework synthesizing the 3D guidance law and heuristic fuzzy control is proposed to achieve robust adaptive following along a predefined path. In the first layer, a 3D guidance controller for underactuated AUV is presented to guarantee the stability of path following in the kinematics stage. In the second layer, a heuristic adaptive fuzzy algorithm based on the guidance command and feedback linearization Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller is developed in the dynamics stage to account for the nonlinear dynamics and system uncertainties, including inaccuracy modelling parameters and time-varying environmental disturbances. Furthermore, the sensitivity analysis of the heuristic fuzzy controller is presented. Against most existing methods for 3D path following, the proposed robust fuzzy control scheme reduces the design and implementation costs of complicated dynamics controller, and relaxes the knowledge of the accuracy dynamics modelling and environmental disturbances. Finally, numerical simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed control framework and illustrate the outperformance of the proposed controller as well.     

计及时滞的互联电网负荷频率控制最优分数阶PID控制器设计

分数阶PID控制器相比于传统整数阶PID控制器,具有控制性能好、鲁棒性强等诸多优势,可应用于电网的负荷频率控制(load frequency control,LFC)中.针对网络化时滞互联电网的LFC问题,提出了一种基于计算智能的分数阶PID控制器参数优化整定方案.该方案选择时滞LFC系统时域输出响应构建优化目标函数,采用最近提出的灰狼优化算法获得最优的分数阶PID控制器参数,所设计的控制器能确保一定时滞区间内LFC系统的稳定性.仿真算例表明,所设计的LFC最优分数阶PID控制器比传统整数阶PID控制器的控制性能更优,时滞鲁棒性更强.     

A nonparametric approach to design robust controllers for uncertain systems: Application to an air flow heating system

This paper presents an approach to design robust fixed structure controllers for uncertain systems using a finite set of measurements in the frequency domain. In traditional control system design, usually, based on measurements, a model of the plant, which is only an approximation of the physical system, is first built, and then control approaches are used to design a controller based on the identified model. Errors associated with the identification process as well as the inevitable uncertainties associated with plant parameter variations, external disturbances, measurement noise, etc. are expected to all contribute to the degradation of the performance of such a scheme. In this paper, we propose a nonparametric method that uses frequency-domain data to directly design a robust controller, for a class of uncertainties, without the need for model identification. The proposed technique, which is based on interval analysis, allows us to take into account the plant uncertainties during the controller synthesis itself. The technique relies on computing the controller parameters for which the set of all possible frequency responses of the closed-loop system are included in the envelope of a desired frequency response. Such an inclusion problem can be solved using interval techniques. The main advantages of the proposed approach are: (1) the control design does not require any mathematical model, (2) the controller is robust with respect to plant uncertainties, and (3) the controller structure can be chosen a priori, which allows us to select low-order controllers. To illustrate the proposed method and demonstrate its efficacy, an application to an air flow heating system is presented.     

一类非自衡过程预测PID控制器的设计及鲁棒稳定性的分析研究*

针对一类非自衡过程,为了提高系统的整体性能,提出了预测PID控制器的设计方法;利用Kharitonov 定理和边缘理论分析此系统在参数不确定情况下输入、输出的鲁棒稳定性,并给出了系统保持稳定的最大过程参数区间。仿真结果表明,当过程参数偏离标称值时,此预测PID控制器的设计方法能够使系统保持很好的鲁棒稳定性,是一种值得在实际工程中推广应用的新型控制器。     

一类不确定性系统鲁棒H∞控制器

研究一类具有匹配不确定性系统鲁棒H∞控制问题,第一,基于矩阵不等式给出了二次稳定的条件并且对系统的H∞性能进行了分析;第二,给出了系统的鲁棒H∞控制器,该控制器不仅满足系统二次稳定的条件,而且也满足H∞性能约束条件;最后,数值算例说明了控制器的有效性和可行性。     

Robust synthesis of a PID controller by uncertain multimodel approach

This paper presents an effective method to design a PID (or PI) controller for nonlinear systems where desirable robustness and performance properties must be maintained across a large range of operating conditions. For this purpose, an uncertain multimodel of the original nonlinear system is used. The uncertainties affecting the system are treated as stochastic matrices. Based on this multimodel representation a robust PID controller can be designed in order to obtain acceptable performance for all operating conditions. Numerical examples show the practical applicability of the proposed method.     

丢包网络化控制系统非脆弱量化H∞控制

针对非线性网络化控制（NCS）系统中控制器参数存在摄动的问题,考虑传感器—控制器和控制器—执行器均存在随机丢包和量化误差,提出了一种加性非脆弱量化H_∞控制器的设计方法．利用李亚普诺夫稳定性理论和线性矩阵不等式（LMI）方法,将该问题转化为线性矩阵不等式约束和线性目标函数的凸优化问题进行求解,给出了丢包下的非脆弱量化H_∞控制器存在的充分条件．所设计的控制器在容许的参数摄动、丢包概率和量化密度条件下,不仅能保证闭环NCS的稳定性和性能要求,而且是非脆弱的．数值仿真验证了所提方法的有效性．