Stability and stabilization of switched stochastic systems under asynchronous switching

This paper studies the stability and stabilization problems for a class of switched stochastic systems under asynchronous switching. The asynchronous switching refers to that the switching of the candidate controllers does not coincide with the switching of system modes. Two situations are considered: (1) time-delayed switching situation, that is, the switching of the candidate controllers has a lag to the switching of the system modes; (2) mismatched switching situation, the switching of the candidate controllers does not match the switching of the system modes. Using average dwell time and Lyapunov-like function, sufficient conditions are established for stochastic input-to-state stability of the whole system. Also, the stabilizing controller design approach is proposed for switched stochastic linear systems. The minimal average dwell time and the controller gain are achieved. Finally, a numerical example is used to demonstrate the validity of the developed results.     

Finite-time quantised feedback asynchronously switched control of sampled-data switched linear systems

This paper studies the problem of stabilising a sampled-data switched linear system by quantised feedback asynchronously switched controllers. The idea of a quantised feedback asynchronously switched control strategy originates in earlier work reflecting actual system characteristic of switching and quantising, respectively. A quantised scheme is designed depending on switching time using dynamic quantiser. When sampling time, system switching time and controller switching time are all not uniform, the proposed switching controllers guarantee the system to be finite-time stable by a piecewise Lyapunov function and the average dwell-time method. Simulation examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the developed results.     

切换非线性正系统的有限时间稳定性

研究模型依赖平均驻留时间(MDADT)切换信号下一类齐次度为1的切换非线性正系统的有限时间稳定问题.首先,通过构造恰当的切换最大分离Lyapunov函数,借助于Dini导数,基于MDADT切换信号,给出切换非线性正系统有限时间稳定的充分条件.与已有的指数稳定性结果相比,进一步说明有限时间稳定与指数稳定的区别.其次,将所得结论应用于切换线性正系统,得到切换线性正系统在MDADT或平均驻留时间(ADT)切换信号下有限时间稳定的充分条件.最后,通过仿真算例验证所得结论的有效性.     

Asynchronous switching output feedback control of discrete-time switched linear systems

In this paper, the problem of dynamic output-feedback control synthesis is addressed for discrete-time switched linear systems under asynchronous switching. The proposed hybrid controller consists of a standard dynamic output-feedback switching control law and an impulsive reset law induced by controller state jumps. Using the average dwell time technique incorporating with multiple quadratic Lyapunov functions, the switching control synthesis conditions for asymptotic stability with guaranteed weighted ?₂-gain performance are derived as a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The proposed hybrid synthesis scheme advances existing design methods for output-feedback asynchronous switching control of switched linear systems in two important aspects: LMI formulation of the synthesis problem; and arbitrary order of the controller state. A numerical example is used to illustrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed design technique.     

分数阶时变切换系统有限时间异步控制

针对一类时变切换系统,当考虑子系统具有分数阶(Fractional Order)特性时,提出了一种基于模型依赖平均驻留时间方法的有限时间稳定性条件及异步切换控制策略.借助Caputo分数阶导数引理和切换Lyapunov函数,利用矩阵不等式技术提出了分数阶时变切换系统有限时间稳定的充分条件.将有限时间稳定的结果进一步推广到有限时间有界的情形,利用平均驻留时间思想提出了分数阶时变切换系统有限时间有界的充分条件,基于该条件设计了系统的异步切换控制器.所给出的设计方法将系统异步切换控制问题转化为矩阵不等式组的求解问题.通过数值仿真验证了所提控制方法的有效性.     

Robust resilient control for impulsive switched systems under asynchronous switching

The robust resilient control problem is addressed for a class of impulsive switched systems under asynchronous switching. Through constructing the piecewise Lyapunov function, a robust resilient controller is designed initially, which, for all admissible uncertainties, guarantees that the corresponding closed-loop system is exponentially stable under asynchronous switching signals. Here, the average dwell time method is utilized and the estimate of the trajectory is also presented. For the convenience of computation, all conditions are cast into the form of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, numerical examples and simulation results are demonstrated to illustrate the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Positive stabilization for switched linear systems under asynchronous switching

This paper is concerned with the positive stabilization for a class of switched systems under asynchronous switching signals. Because it inevitably takes some time to identify the active subsystem in the real systems and activate the corresponding controller, the switching of controllers lags behind that of subsystems, which arises the problem of the asynchronous switching. By analyzing the solution of dynamic systems, the mode‐dependent controllers are designed to guarantee the positivity and exponential stability for the resultant closed‐loop switched linear systems under asynchronous switching signals in continuous‐time and discrete‐time cases, respectively. Sufficient conditions for the existence of admissible state‐feedback controllers are developed, and the corresponding switching signals are designed. Furthermore, a synchronous switching phenomenon is discussed as a special case. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the results. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

线性切换系统的采样数据输出调节问题

本文基于采样控制,解决了线性切换系统的输出调节问题.首先考虑了外部输入信号是常数的情况,给出了采样周期与平均驻留时间的关系.通过构造一类Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函,使得闭环系统内部稳定且调节输出趋于零.其次考虑了外部输入信号是导数有界且时变的情况,给出了采样数据状态反馈控制器,并依据采样周期和平均驻留时间关系给出的切换条件得到了切换系统实用输出调节问题可解的充分条件.最后通过两个数值例子验证了方法的有效性.     

Stability analysis and control synthesis of switched impulsive systems

In this paper, we investigate the stability analysis problem of switched impulsive nonlinear systems and several stabilization problems of switched discrete‐time linear systems are studied. First, sufficient conditions ensuring globally uniformly asymptotically stability of switched nonlinear impulsive system under arbitrary and DDT (dynamical dwell time which defines the length of the time interval between two successive switchings) switching are derived, respectively. In the DDT switching case, we first consider the switched system composed by stable subsystems, then we extend the results to the case where not all subsystems are stable. The stabilizations of switched discrete‐time linear system under arbitrary switching, DDT switching and asynchronous switching are investigated respectively. Based on the stability analysis results, the control synthesis consists of controller design for each subsystem and state impulsive jumping generators design at switching instant. With the aid of the state impulsive jumping generators at switching instant, the ‘energy’ produced by switching can be minimized, which leads to less conservative results. Several numerical examples are given to illustrate the proposed results within this paper. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Event-triggered finite-time dynamic output feedback control for switched affine systems with asynchronous switching

This paper investigates the event-triggered finite-time dynamic output feedback control for switched affine systems (SASs) with asynchronous switching. A key point of the study is to set up a dynamic output feedback switched affine controller together with an event-triggered mechanism (ETM). By using an average dwell time (ADT) approach and resorting to a controller-mode-dependent Lyapunov functional, the finite-time stability (FTS) performance is achieve for the closed-loop SASs. The system dynamics under the proposed ETM are fully discussed during the synchronous and asynchronous switching intervals. The existence of the lower bound on interevent intervals is discussed emphatically, which excludes the occurrence of Zeno behavior. Finally, an application example of the DC-DC converter is given to show effectiveness of the acquired control algorithm.     

Fault detection for switched nonlinear systems under asynchronous switching

Asynchronous switching between switched system and associated filter or controller frequently occurs in several applications. In this article, the fault detection problem for a class of switched nonlinear systems with asynchronous switching is addressed. To model the switched system behaviour under asynchronous switching, two working modes are adopted to facilitate the studies on the issue. Then, based on average dwell time approach, a fault detection filter is developed via solving LMIs. Furthermore, it is proved that the fault detection problem under synchronous switching is only a particular case of our results for asynchronous switching. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of proposed results.     

Asynchronous fault detection filter design approach for discrete‐time switched linear systems

This paper is concerned with the problem of the fault detection filter design for discrete‐time switched linear systems with average dwell‐time. The designed fault detection filters are also switched systems, which are assumed to be asynchronously switched with the original switched systems. Improved results on the weighted l₂ performance and the H _? performance are first given, and the multiple Lyaounov‐like functions during matched period and unmatched period for the running time of one subsystem are used. By the aid of multiple Lyapunov‐like functions combined with Projection Lemma, the FD filters are designed such that the augmented systems under asynchronous switching are exponentially stable, and the residual signal generated by the filters achieves the weighted l₂‐gain for disturbances and guarantees the H _? performance for faults. Sufficient conditions are formulated by linear matrix inequalities, and the filter gains are characterized in terms of the solution of a convex optimization problem. Finally, examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Control discrete-time switched singular systems with state delays under asynchronous switching

This article is concerned with the problem of state feedback control for a class of discrete-time switched singular systems with time-varying state delays under asynchronous switching. The asynchronous switching considered here means that the switching instants of the candidate controllers lag behind those of the system modes. The concept of mismatched control rate is introduced. By using the multiple Lyapunov function approach and the average dwell time technique, a sufficient condition for the existence a stabilising switching law is first derived to guarantee the regularity, causality and exponential stability of the closed-loop system in the presence of asynchronous switching. The stabilising switching law is characterised by a upper bound on the mismatched control rate and a lower bound on the average dwell time. Then, the corresponding solvability condition for a set of mode-dependent state feedback controllers is established by using the linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique. Finally, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

异步时滞切换正系统的有限时间镇定

研究异步切换下时滞切换正系统的有限时间控制问题,即针对控制器切换滞后于子系统切换形成的异步现象,基于平均驻留时间切换方法对切换正系统开展有限时间镇定研究.首先,将每个正子系统运行的区间划分为子系统与控制器匹配和失配区间,并构造多余正Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函;其次,基于有限时间稳定理论,实现平均驻留时间切换律及异步时滞切换正系统有限时间镇定控制器的联合设计,并给出连续时间和离散时间两种情形下系统有限时间镇定的充分条件;最后,通过两个仿真例子验证所提出方法的有效性.     

Simultaneous fault detection and control for switched systems with actuator faults

This paper is concerned with the fault detection and control problem for discrete-time switched systems. The actuator faults, especially ‘outage cases’, are considered. The detector/controller is designed simultaneously such that the closed-loop system switches under an average dwell time, and when a fault is detected, an alarm is generated and then the controller is switched to allow the norm of the states of the subsystem to increase within the acceptable limits. Thus, a switching strategy which combines average dwell time switching with event-driven switching is proposed. Under this switching strategy, the attention is focused on designing the detector/controller such that estimation errors between residual signals and faults are minimised for the fulfillment of fault detection objectives; simultaneously, the closed-loop system becomes asymptotically stable for the fulfillment of control objectives. A two-step procedure is adopted to obtain the solutions through satisfying a set of linear matrix inequalities. An example comprising of three cases is considered. Through these cases, it is demonstrated that the fault detection and control for switched systems using a two-stage switching strategy and asynchronous switching are feasible.     

Decentralised output-feedback control design for switched fuzzy large-scale systems

This paper investigates the output-feedback control design problem for a class of switched Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy large-scale systems with non-measurable premise variables. The considered fuzzy large-scale systems consist of several interconnected subsystems with different switching modes and there exists the asynchronous switching between the system switching modes and the controller switching modes. A decentralised state observer is proposed to estimate the unmeasured states, and a new output-feedback decentralised control scheme is developed by using the state observers and the switching functions. Based on the theory of Lyapunov stability and average dwell-time methods, the sufficient conditions of ensuring the switched control system stability are proposed and proved, which are formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities. An applicable example is provided to show the effectiveness of the obtained theoretical results.     

Asynchronous H∞ filtering for linear switched systems with average dwell time

This paper is concerned with the H_∞ filtering problem for a class of continuous-time linear switched systems with the asynchronous behaviours, where ‘asynchronous’ means that the switching of the filters to be designed has a lag to the switching of the system modes. By using the Lyapunov-like functions and the average dwell time technique, a sufficient condition is obtained to guarantee the asymptotic stability with a weighted H_∞ performance index for the filtering error system. Moreover, the results are formulated in the form of linear matrix inequalities that are numerical feasible. As a result, the filter design problem is solved. Finally, an illustrative numerical example is presented to show the effectiveness of the results.     

非线性切换系统基于观测器的容错控制器设计

针对一类具有执行器故障的非线性切换系统,研究基于系统状态估计和故障重构的容错控制问题.首先,在具有平均驻留时间(ADT)的切换信号下,设计一种切换PI观测器作为状态-故障估计器,以达到对系统状态和故障同时渐近估计的目的;其次,基于线性矩阵不等式,给出非线性切换系统观测器存在的充分条件;再次,基于PI观测器给出的状态和故障估计,提出一种非线性切换系统的容错控制器设计方法;最后,以一个电子电路为仿真实例进行分析,验证了所提出方法的可行性和适用性.     

Stability of switched systems with limiting average dwell time

In this paper, the stability problems of a class of switched systems with limiting average dwell time (ADT) are concerned. The common ADT is improved to a form of limit, and the limiting ADT even can be infinite. Different from previous results, in order to take full advantage of stabilizing switchings, switching‐dependent switched parameters are first used to describe the relationship of two consecutive activated switchings. Then, stability criteria of switched systems with limiting ADT are established, which are less conservative comparing with the existing results. Additionally, some stability criteria of switched systems including continuous‐time and discrete‐time cases are derived. Finally, the validity and effectiveness of our results are elucidated by numerical examples.     

Robust asynchronous bumpless transfer for switched linear systems

This study is concerned with the asynchronous bumpless transfer (ABT) problem for a class of switched linear systems with external disturbances. Asynchronous switching or transfer implies that the transfers between sub-controllers and between sub-plants are asynchronous, and ABT is to ensure that there is no controller/plant-induced bumps or undesirable transients to the process. Specifically, the ABT process is first divided into two parts: robust performance bumpless transfer (RPBT) between sub-plants and robust control bumpless transfer (RCBT) between sub-controllers. Then, with a set of pre-given sub-plants under disturbances and corresponding sub-controllers, the RPBT and RCBT design schemes are, respectively, proposed. The designed RPBT and RCBT compensators are based on model reference adaptive sliding mode control such that the switched system can perform smooth transitions during the whole asynchronous switching process. Furthermore, by using average dwell time technique, the condition for guaranteeing the switched closed-loop system to be stable under ABT is developed. Finally, numerical simulations demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.