Robust absolute stability criteria for uncertain Lurie interval time-varying delay systems of neutral type

This study investigates the delay-dependent robust absolute stability analysis for uncertain Lurie systems with interval time-varying delays of neutral type. First, we divide the whole delay interval into two segmentations with an unequal width and checking the variation of the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) for each subinterval of delay, much less conservative delay-dependent absolute and robust stability criteria are derived. Second, a new delay-dependent robust stability condition for uncertain Lurie neutral systems with interval time-varying delays, which expressed in terms of quadratic forms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), and has been derived by constructing the LKF from the delayed decomposition approach (DDA) and integral inequality approach (IIA). Finally, three numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed stability criteria.     

Mixed H2/Hinfinity output-feedback control of second-order neutral systems with time-varying state and input delays

A mixed H2/Hinfinity output-feedback control design methodology is presented in this paper for second-order neutral linear systems with time-varying state and input delays. Delay-dependent sufficient conditions for the design of a desired control are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A controller, which guarantees asymptotic stability and a mixed H2/Hinfinity performance for the closed-loop system of the second-order neutral linear system, is then developed directly instead of coupling the model to a first-order neutral system. A Lyapunov-Krasovskii method underlies the LMI-based mixed H2/Hinfinity output-feedback control design using some free weighting matrices. The simulation results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.     

H∞ filtering for a class of discrete-time singular Markovian jump systems with time-varying delays

The problem of _H∞$H_{\infty }$ filtering for a class of discrete-time singular Markovian jump systems with time-varying delays is investigated in this paper. The transition probabilities under consideration are time-varying, i.e., Markovian chain is nonhomogeneous. By using the Lyapunov functional approach and reciprocally convex technique, a less conservative delay-dependent bounded real lemma is developed in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Moreover, a sufficient condition for the existence of the desired filter which guarantees the stochastic admissibility and the _H∞$H_{\infty }$ performance index of the resulting filtering error system is presented. Numerical examples are employed to show the usefulness of the proposed results.     

Further triple integral approach to mixed-delay-dependent stability of time-delay neutral systems

This paper studies the asymptotic stability for a class of neutral systems with mixed time-varying delays. Through utilizing some Wirtinger-based integral inequalities and extending the convex combination technique, the upper bound on derivative of Lyapunov-Krasovskii (L-K) functional can be estimated more tightly and three mixed-delay-dependent criteria are proposed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), in which the nonlinearity and parameter uncertainties are also involved, respectively. Different from those existent works, based on the interconnected relationship between neutral delay and state one, some novel triple integral functional terms are constructed and the conservatism can be effectively reduced. Finally, two numerical examples are given to show the benefits of the proposed criteria.     

Robust guaranteed cost control for singular Markovian jump systems with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with the guaranteed cost control for continuous-time singular Markovian jump systems with time-varying delay. Without using the free weighting matrices method, a delay-range-dependent condition is derived in terms of strict linear matrix inequality (LMI), which guarantees that the singular system is regular, impulse free and mean-square exponentially stable with an H(∞) performance. Based on this, the existence condition of the guaranteed cost state feedback controller is proposed. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness and less conservatism of the proposed design method.     

IDENTIFICATION OF TIME-VARYING MODAL PARAMETERS USING LINEAR TIME-FREQUENCY REPRESENTATION

A new method of parameter identification based on linear time-frequency representation andHilbert transform is proposed to identify modal parameters of linear time-varying systems frommeasured vibration responses. Using Gabor expansion and synthesis theory measured responses arerepresented in the time-frequency domain and modal components are reconstructed by time-frequencyfiltering. The Hilbert transform is applied to obtain time histories of the amplitude and phase angle ofeach modal component, from which time-varying frequencies and damping ratios are identified. The     

A new online delay estimation-based robust adaptive stabilizer for multi-input neutral systems with unknown actuator nonlinearities

This paper studies the problem of actuator-nonlinearities compensation in the multi-input uncertain neutral systems. The neutral systems with different unknown time-varying delays, unmodeled dynamics, nonlinear perturbations and disturbances are considered. A new methodology based on the online estimation of the delays to compensate for the effects generated by dead-zone and saturation, acting in series on a system's input are presented. The online estimations of the unknown delays are accomplished by adaptive laws that guarantee the exponential stabilities of the estimated delays. In the presence of state time delay, derivative state time delay, unmodeled dynamics, nonlinear perturbations, disturbances and both input dead-zone and saturation, the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system is ensured and the state response converge to the origin. Finally, the practicability and the efficacy of the proposed approach is demonstrated via a numerical example.     

Improved robust stabilization method for linear systems with interval time-varying input delays by using Wirtinger inequality

This paper investigates the robust stabilization problem for uncertain linear systems with interval time-varying delays. By constructing novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals and developing delay-partitioning approaches, some delay-dependent stability criteria are derived based on an improved Wirtinger׳s inequality and the reciprocally convex method. The proposed methods have improved the stability conditions without increasing much computational complexity. A state feedback controller design approach is also presented based on the proposed criteria. Numerical examples are finally given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Non-fragile sampled-data robust synchronization of uncertain delayed chaotic Lurie systems with randomly occurring controller gain fluctuation

This paper proposes a new non-fragile stochastic control method to investigate the robust sampled-data synchronization problem for uncertain chaotic Lurie systems (CLSs) with time-varying delays. The controller gain fluctuation and time-varying uncertain parameters are supposed to be random and satisfy certain Bernoulli distributed white noise sequences. Moreover, by choosing an appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF), which takes full advantage of the available information about the actual sampling pattern and the nonlinear condition, a novel synchronization criterion is developed for analyzing the corresponding synchronization error system. Furthermore, based on the most powerful free-matrix-based integral inequality (FMBII), the desired non-fragile sampled-data estimator controller is obtained in terms of the solution of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, three numerical simulation examples of Chua's circuit and neural network are provided to show the effectiveness and superiorities of the proposed theoretical results.     

A delay decomposition approach to robust stability analysis of uncertain systems with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with delay-dependent robust stability for uncertain systems with time-varying delays. The proposed method employs a suitable Lyapunov-Krasovskii's functional for new augmented system. Then, based on the Lyapunov method, a delay-dependent robust criterion is devised by taking the relationship between the terms in the Leibniz-Newton formula into account. By developing a delay decomposition approach, the information of the delayed plant states can be taken into full consideration, and new delay-dependent sufficient stability criteria are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) which can be easily solved by various optimization algorithms. Numerical examples are included to show that the proposed method is effective and can provide less conservative results.     

Stability analysis of neutral type neural networks with mixed time-varying delays using triple-integral and delay-partitioning methods

This paper investigates the asymptotical stability problem for a class of neutral type neural networks with mixed time-varying delays. The system not only has time-varying discrete delay, but also distributed delay, which has never been discussed in the previous literature. Firstly, improved stability criteria are derived by employing the more general delay partitioning approach and generalizing the famous Jensen inequality. Secondly, by constructing a newly augmented Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals, some less conservative stability criteria are established in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, four numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and the advantage of the proposed main results.     

用于线性时变系统辨识的固定长度平移窗投影估计递推子空间方法

给出了一个新的用于线性时变参数结构系统模态参数识别的基于固定长度平移窗投影估计的递推子空间方法。首先推得基于平移窗投影估计的子空间跟踪算法,以代替奇异值分解,再推得系统数据矩阵的一阶修正形式,从而得到新的基于平移窗投影估计的递推子空间方法。该方法可有效地降低算法的计算量。最后通过刚度随时间变化的3自由度系统和一具有移动质量的机械臂系统的时变模态频率辨识仿真表明该方法可有效地辨识线性时变系统的伪模态参数。     

Finite-time resilient decentralized control for interconnected impulsive switched systems with neutral delay

This paper is concerned with the problem of finite-time control for a class of interconnected impulsive switched systems with neutral delay in which the time-varying delay appears in both the state and the state derivative. The concepts of finite-time boundedness and finite-time stability are respectively extended to interconnected impulsive switched systems with neutral delay for the first time. By applying the average dwell time method, sufficient conditions are first derived to cope with the problem of finite-time boundedness and finite-time stability for interconnected impulsive switched systems with neutral delay. In addition, the purpose of finite-time resilient decentralized control is to construct a resilient decentralized state-feedback controller such that the closed-loop system is finite-time bounded and finite-time stable. All the conditions are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities to ensure finite-time boundedness and finite-time stability of the given system. Finally, an example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Admissibility analysis for discrete-time singular systems with randomly occurring uncertainties via delay-divisioning approach

This paper deals with the problem of admissibility analysis for discrete-time singular system with time-delays. The uncertainties occurring in the system parameters are assumed to be random. By constructing Lyapunov functional, sufficient delay-dependent stochastic admissibility conditions are established via delay divisioning approach in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be easily checked by utilizing the numerically efficient Matlab LMI toolbox. Numerical examples and their simulation results are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained theoretical results.     

Eigenstructure assignment by the differential Sylvester equation for linear time-varying systems

This work is concerned with the assignment of the desired eigenstructure for linear time-varying systems such as missiles, rockets, fighters, etc. Despite its well-known limitations, gain scheduling control continues to be a major focus of research efforts. Scheduling of frozen-time, frozen-state controllers for fast time-varying dynamics is known to be mathematically fallacious and practically hazardous. Therefore, recent research efforts are being directed towards applying time-varying controllers. In this paper, we i) introduce a differential algebraic eigenvalue theory for linear time-varying systems, and ii) propose an eigenstructure assignment scheme for linear time-varying systems via the differential Sylvester equation based upon newly developed notions. The whole design procedure of the proposed eigenstructure assignment scheme is very systematic. The scheme can be used to determine the stability of linear time-varying systems easily as well as to provide a new horizon of designing controllers for linear time-varying systems. The presented method is illustrated by a numerical example.     

Further results on delay-range-dependent stability with additive time-varying delay systems

In this paper, new conditions for the delay-range-dependent stability analysis of time-varying delay systems are proposed in a Lyapunov–Krasovskii framework. Time delay is considered to be time-varying and has lower and upper bounds. A new method is first presented for a system with two time delays, integral inequality approach (IIA) used to express relationships among terms of Leibniz–Newton formula. Constructing a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional includes information belonging to a given range; new delay-range-dependent criterion is established in term of linear matrix inequality (LMI). The advantage of that criterion lies in its simplicity and less conservative. This paper also presents a new result of stability analysis for continuous systems with two additive time-variant components representing a general class of delay with strong application background in network-based control systems. Resulting criteria are then expressed in terms of convex optimization with LMI constraints, allowing for use of efficient solvers. Finally, three numerical examples show these methods reducing conservatism and improving maximal allowable delay.     

Robust preview control for a class of uncertain discrete-time systems with time-varying delay

This paper proposes a concept of robust preview tracking control for uncertain discrete-time systems with time-varying delay. Firstly, a model transformation is employed for an uncertain discrete system with time-varying delay. Then, the auxiliary variables related to the system state and input are introduced to derive an augmented error system that includes future information on the reference signal. This leads to the tracking problem being transformed into a regulator problem. Finally, for the augmented error system, a sufficient condition of asymptotic stability is derived and the preview controller design method is proposed based on the scaled small gain theorem and linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique. The method proposed in this paper not only solves the difficulty problem of applying the difference operator to the time-varying matrices but also simplifies the structure of the augmented error system. The numerical simulation example also illustrates the effectiveness of the results presented in the paper.     

Further improvement on delay-range-dependent robust absolute stability for Lur׳e uncertain systems with interval time-varying delays

This paper investigates improved delay-range-dependent robust absolute stability criteria for a class of Lur׳e uncertain systems with interval time-varying delays. By using delayed decomposition approach (DDA), a tighter upper bound of the derivative of Lyapunov functional can be obtained, and thus the proposed criteria give results with less conservatism compared with some previous ones. An integral inequality approach (IIA) is proposed to reduce the conservativeness in computing the allowable maximum admissible upper bound (MAUB) of the time-delay. The developed stability condition is expressed in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI) that manipulates fewer decision variables and requires reduced computational load. Finally, three numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed stability criteria.     

Further improvement on delay-range-dependent stability results for linear systems with interval time-varying delays

This paper provides an improved delay-range-dependent stability criterion for linear systems with interval time-varying delays. No model transformation and no slack matrix variable are introduced. Furthermore, overly bounding for some cross term is avoided. The resulting criterion has advantages over some previous ones in that it involves fewer matrix variables but has less conservatism, which is established theoretically. Finally, two numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Model-free adaptive fractional order control of stable linear time-varying systems

This paper presents a new model-free adaptive fractional order control approach for linear time-varying systems. An online algorithm is proposed to determine some frequency characteristics using a selective filtering and to design a fractional PID controller based on the numerical optimization of the frequency-domain criterion. When the system parameters are time-varying, the controller is updated to keep the same desired performances. The main advantage of the proposed approach is that the controller design depends only on the measured input and output signals of the process. The effectiveness of the proposed method is assessed through a numerical example.