Decentralised adaptive robust control of uncertain large-scale interconnected systems with multiple time-varying delays

The problem of decentralised adaptive robust stabilisation is considered for a class of uncertain large-scale time-delay interconnected dynamical systems. It is assumed that the upper bounds of the uncertainties, interconnection terms and external disturbances are unknown, and that the time-varying delays are any nonnegative continuous and bounded functions, and do not require that their derivatives have to be less than one. For such a class of uncertain large-scale time-delay interconnected systems, a new method is presented whereby a class of continuous memoryless decentralised local adaptive robust state feedback controllers is proposed. It is also shown that the solutions of uncertain large-scale time-delay interconnected systems can be guaranteed to be uniformly exponentially convergent towards a ball which can be as small as desired. In addition, since the proposed decentralised local adaptive robust state feedback controllers are completely independent of time delays, the results obtained in this article may also be applicable to a class of large-scale interconnected dynamical systems with uncertain time delays. Finally, a numerical example is given to demonstrate the validity of the results.     

一类不确定Lurie时滞奇异系统的鲁棒H∞控制

研究一类具有不确定性的Lurie时滞奇异系统的鲁棒稳定性分析和H∞状态反馈控制器设计方法.针对一类具有参数不确定性、未知时滞的奇异系统,得出了系统鲁棒稳定和鲁棒H∞状态反馈控制器存在的充分条件,它能使得不确定Lurie时滞奇异系统的解在所容许的范围内是正则的、无摄动的和稳定的;而且还得出了基于线性矩阵不等式(LMI)的鲁棒H∞状态反馈控制器的设计方法,使得闭环系统具有鲁棒稳定性和H∞性能.     

Adaptive robust stabilisation for a class of uncertain nonlinear time-delay dynamical systems

The problem of adaptive robust stabilisation is considered for a class of uncertain nonlinear dynamical systems with multiple time-varying delays. It is assumed that the upper bounds of the nonlinear delayed state perturbations are unknown and that the time-varying delays are any non-negative continuous and bounded functions which do not require that their derivatives have to be less than one. In particular, it is only required that the nonlinear uncertainties, which can also include time-varying delays, are bounded in any non-negative nonlinear functions which are not required to be known for the system designer. For such a class of uncertain nonlinear time-delay systems, a new method is presented whereby a class of continuous memoryless adaptive robust state feedback controllers with a rather simpler structure is proposed. It is also shown that the solutions of uncertain nonlinear time-delay systems can be guaranteed to be uniformly exponentially convergent towards a ball which can be as small as desired. Finally, as an application, an uncertain nonlinear time-delay ecosystem with two competing species is given to demonstrate the validity of the results.     

Decentralised robust stabilisation of uncertain large-scale interconnected time-delay systems with unknown upper bounds of uncertainties

The problem of decentralised robust stabilisation is considered for a class of uncertain large-scale time-delay interconnected dynamical systems. In the paper, the upper bounds of delayed state perturbations, uncertainties, interconnection terms, and external disturbances are assumed to be completely unknown, and the delays are assumed to be any non-negative constants. For such a class of uncertain large-scale time-delay interconnected systems, a new method is presented whereby a class of adaptation-free decentralised local robust state feedback controllers can be constructed. In addition, it is also shown that the solutions of uncertain large-scale time-delay interconnected systems can be guaranteed to be uniformly ultimately bounded. Finally, as an application to the practical mechanical systems, some simulations of a numerical example are provided to demonstrate the validity of the theoretical results.     

带饱和执行器的不确定时滞系统的鲁棒控制

研究了一类具有饱和执行器约束的不确定时滞系统时滞依赖型无记忆鲁棒控制问题.所考虑的时滞系统包括时变未知但有界的不确定参数以及状态和控制的时滞项.文中应用了Lyapunov定理以及线性矩阵不等式(LMI)方法来研究该系统的分析和综合问题,导出了一个新的鲁棒可镇定判据和相应的无记忆鲁棒镇定控制律设计方法.所得的基于一组LMIs的结果是与时滞相关的.     

Single-approximation-based adaptive control of a class of nonlinear time-delay systems

This paper presents a simple adaptive control approach for uncertain strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown time-varying delays. All nonlinear functions and time delays in the systems are assumed to be unknown. Compared with the existing works, the contribution of this study is the design of a simple adaptive control law using single function approximator, without the implementation of virtual controllers derived from the backstepping design procedure. Unlike the existing backstepping methods, virtual controllers are only used as intermediate signals for designing the actual control. Therefore, the proposed control scheme is simpler than the existing methods for strict-feedback time-delay systems because the problems of using multiple approximators and calculating virtual controllers are eliminated. In addition, it is shown that all signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded.     

执行器饱和T-S模糊系统的鲁棒耗散容错控制

研究了一类执行器饱和状态变时滞T-S模糊系统的鲁棒容错控制问题. 通过时滞相关Lyapunov函数和对状态的椭球域约束, 基于线性矩阵不等式技术, 提出了非线性系统稳定的不变集条件和模糊鲁棒耗散容错控制器存在的充分条件. 控制方案的设计结果不仅为执行器饱和状态变时滞T-S模糊系统的无源控制和H1鲁棒控制建立了统一框架, 而且保证了闭环控制系统对执行器故障的稳定性和容错性. 最后以时滞倒车系统的控制仿真验证了方法 的有效性.     

Robust output regulation problem for linear time-delay systems

In this paper, we study the robust output regulation problem for linear systems with input time-delay. By extending the internal model design method to linear time-delay systems, we have established solvability conditions for the problem by both dynamic state feedback control and dynamic output feedback control. The advantages of internal model approach over the feedforward design approach are that it can handle perturbations of the uncertain parameters in the plant and the control law, and it does not need to solve the regulator equations.     

New Robust Stability Conditions and Design of Robust Stabilizing Controllers for Takagi–Sugeno Fuzzy Time-Delay Systems

In this paper, we consider robust stability and stabilization of uncertain Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy time-delay systems where uncertainties come into the state and input matrices. Some stability conditions and robust stability conditions for fuzzy time-delay systems have already been obtained in the literature. However, those conditions are rather conservative and do not guarantee the stability of a wide class of fuzzy systems. This is true in case of designing stabilizing controllers for fuzzy time-delay systems and it thus leads to a conservative fuzzy controller design as well. We first consider rather relaxed robust stability conditions of uncertain fuzzy systems. To this end, we introduce an auxiliary system to the original fuzzy time-delay system to obtain generalized delay-dependent stability conditions. Such an auxiliary system has some arbitrary matrices that generalize not only the system representation but also delay-dependent stability conditions. Conditions we obtain here are delay-dependent conditions that depend on the upper bound of time-delay, and are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Then, we compare our delay-dependent stability conditions with other conditions in the literature, and show that our conditions guarantee the stability of a wider class of systems than others. Next, we consider the robust stabilization problem with memoryless and delayed state feedback controllers. Based on our generalized robust stability conditions, we obtain delay-dependent sufficient conditions for the closed-loop system to be robustly stable, and give a design method of robustly stabilizing controllers. Finally, we give three examples that illustrate our results.     

Reduction-based robust active queue management control

This paper is concerned with the design of improved active queue management (AQM) control schemes for time-delay systems taking into account explicitly the presence of delays in the controller design. A robust controller coping with uncertainties on the network parameters such as round-trip time and load variations is proposed. This is based on an appropriate robust reduction method for time-delay systems. A robust observer for time-delay systems is used to estimate online the average transmission window resulting in a robust output feedback stabilization scheme for AQM. The resulting control law is validated and tested firstly through numerical simulations and then pseudo-experimentally by network simulator (NS-2).     

ROBUST STABILIZATION OF A CLASS OF UNCERTAIN TIME DELAY SYSTEMS IN SLIDING MODE

This paper addresses the problem of robust stabilization of a class of uncertain systems subject to internal (i.e., in the state) point delays, external (i.e., in the input) point delays and nonlinear disturbances by using sliding mode control. Methods for the design of sliding mode controllers based on state feedback, static output feedback and dynamic output feedback, respectively, are proposed. Sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability and robustnesss of the closed–loop systems are given under a wide class of admissible nonlinear disturbances. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

ADAPTIVE ROBUST CONTROL OF UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS WITH TIME‐VARYING STATE DELAY

In this paper, a new adaptive robust control scheme is developed for a class of uncertain dynamical systems with time‐varying state delay, unknown parameters and disturbances. By incorporating adaptive techniques into the robust control method, we propose a continuous adaptive robust controller which guarantees the uniform boundedness of the system and at the same time, the regulating error enters an arbitrarily designated zone in a finite time. The proposed controller is independent of the time‐delay, hence it is applicable to a class of dynamical systems with uncertain time delays. The paper includes simulation studies demonstrating the performance of the proposed control scheme.     

Robust exponential stabilization for uncertain systems with state and control delay

This paper is concerned with the issue of robust stabilization for uncertain time-delay systems in which delay terms appear as both states and controls. The uncertain time-delay systems under consideration are described by state differential equations with time-invariant unknown but bounded delays. Based on the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional method, exponential stabilization criteria are also derived. Our results, which are given in terms of quadratic forms of state, depend on the size of the delay and are more informative and accurate. This is because the proposed methods have not included any supplementary conditions on the system's matrix. Thus, the proposed criteria in general are less conservative than existing ones and successfully avoid all existing problems. The results are illustrated with numerical examples. We believe that the proposed schemes are applicable to robust control design.     

不确定随机时滞系统的鲁棒H∞保性能控制

讨论了一类具有时变时滞的不确定It类型随机系统的鲁棒H∞保性能控制问题. 运用Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函方法, 设计使得闭环系统鲁棒随机指数均方稳定, 且具有给定H∞干扰抑制度 γ 的状态反馈保性能控制器. 控制器存在的充分条件以线性矩阵不等式(LMIs)的形式表示. 进一步, 通过求解具有LMIs约束的凸优化问题, 给出了不确定随机时滞系统的最优保性能控制器的设计方法. 最后通过一个数值例子验证了所提方法的有效性.     

Adaptive robust control of uncertain nonlinear systems with nonlinear delayed state perturbations

The problem of robust stabilization of uncertain nonlinear dynamical systems with multiple time delays is considered. In the paper, the upper bound of the nonlinearity and uncertainty, including delayed states, is assumed to be a linear function of some parameters which are still assumed to be unknown. Here, we do not require that the nonlinear terms including delayed states are linear norm-bounded in the states. An improved adaptation law with σ-modification is employed to estimate the unknown parameters, and a class of memoryless adaptive robust state feedback controllers is proposed. It is also shown that the proposed adaptive robust controllers can guarantee the uniform asymptotic stability of uncertain nonlinear time-delay systems. Finally, as a numerical example, an uncertain time-delay ecosystem with two competing species is given to demonstrate the validity of the results.     

Quantized robust ℋ∞ control of discrete-time systems with random communication delays

The article considers stability and robust ?_∞ controller design of discrete-time systems with random communication delays and state quantization. A finite state Markov process is used to model communication delays between sensors and controllers. Measurements are assumed to be quantized by a logarithmic quantizer, and the effect of quantization errors are incorporated into the controller design. Based on a Lyapunov–Krasovskii approach, novel methodologies for analysing stability and designing a time-delay mode-dependent quantized state feedback controller are proposed. The controller is obtained through solving bilinear matrix inequalities (BMIs) using the cone complementarity linearisation algorithm.     

不确定时变时滞系统的自适应全局鲁棒滑模控制

针对一类存在时变状态时滞的不确定性系统, 基于全程滑模的思想, 引入一种带状态时滞项的积分型滑模面, 以消除趋近模态, 实现全程滑模控制; 基于一种新颖的自由权矩阵时滞转换模型, 采用线性矩阵不等式(LMI) 的方法给出并证明了滑动模态稳定的充分条件, 降低了保守性; 结合自适应控制思想设计出自适应滑模控制器, 克服了不确定性以及时变的时滞影响.

     

Delay-dependent robust stabilization of uncertain systems withmultiple state delays

This paper deals with the problem of robust stabilization for uncertain systems with multiple state delays. The parameter uncertainties are time-varying and unknown but are norm-bounded, and the delays are time-varying. A new method for achieving robust stabilization is presented for a class of uncertain time-delay systems via linear memoryless state feedback control. The results depend on the size of the delays and are given in terms of several linear matrix inequalities     

Robust fault detection filter design for a class of time-delay systems via equivalent transformation

This paper is concerned with the robust fault detection filter (RFDF) design for a class of linear timeinvariant systems (LTISs) with output state time delays. Although existing results in literatures study the RFDF for timedelay systems, few is concerned with the output state time-delay systems. The basic idea of our study is to eliminate the time delays of system and transform it to a delay-free system (i.e., a linear time-invariant system without time delays) by the bicausal change of coordinates approach. Then, we design the RFDF for the delay-free LTIS, which is equivalent to the original system with time delays. We first introduce a class of systems with output state time delays, whose fault can be detected by using the RFDF design approach for delay-free systems. Then, since the RFDF design problem can be formulated as a standard H-infinity-model matching problem, it is solved by using H-infinity-optimization LMI techniques. In the last, the adaptive threshold of fault detection is chosen and an illustrative design example is used to demonstrate the validity of the design approach.     

Robust Output Regulation of T--S Fuzzy Systems With Multiple Time-Varying State and Input Delays

This paper proposes a robust output regulator design for Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy systems with uncertain time delays. For generalization of the control problem, we assume that there exist affine dynamics, unknown multiple time-varying delays in state and input, uncertain parameters, disturbance, and partial state feedback. Both continuous-time and discrete-time cases are considered in a unified theoretical derivation. Here, we introduce a memoryless fuzzy observer and a fuzzy integral compensator. In comparison with previous studies, the proposed scheme drops the need for coordinate transformation, calculation of the desired operational point, which is known state and input delays, and exact fuzzy modeling. The control result is asymptotic output regulation for systems without disturbance and guaranteed $H^{infty}$ performance for systems with disturbance. Moreover, a piecewise constant output regulation is achieved without controller redesign. In addition, the developed fuzzy regulator can be applied to both affine and nonaffine uncertain time-delay systems. Finally, numerical simulations are performed by using two typical time-delay systems to validate the expected performance.