Dynamic output feedback regulation for a class of nonlinear systems

In this paper results are presented on the problem of regulating nonlinear systems by output feedback, using Lyapunov-based techniques. In all the cases considered here, we assume that the part of the state which is not measured enters linearly in the equations. Sufficient conditions for the global stabilization of the observed states via dynamic output feedback are obtained, assuming that such stabilization is possible using state feedback. Systems satisfying these conditions include a natural class of bilinear systems and systems which reduce to linear observable systems when the nonlinear terms in the measured states are removed. Some simple examples are included to illustrate our approach.This work was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. J.-B. Pomet is now with Laboratoire d'Automatique de Nantes (URA C.N.R.S. 823), E.C.N., 44072 NANTES cedex 03, France; most of this work was done when he was with Queen's University.     

Stabilizing controllers design for switched nonlinear systems in strict-feedback form

This paper considers the stabilization problem for a class of switched nonlinear systems under arbitrary switching. Based on the backstepping method and the control Lyapunov function approach, it is shown that, under a simultaneous domination assumption, a switched nonlinear system in strict-feedback form can be globally uniformly asymptotically stabilized by a continuous state feedback controller. A universal formula for constructing stabilizing feedback laws is presented. One example is included for verifying the obtained results.     

Continuous finite‐time state feedback stabilizers for some nonlinear stochastic systems

This paper is concerned with the problem of finite‐time stabilization for some nonlinear stochastic systems. Based on the stochastic Lyapunov theorem on finite‐time stability that has been established by the authors in the paper, it is proven that Euler‐type stochastic nonlinear systems can be finite‐time stabilized via a family of continuous feedback controllers. Using the technique of adding a power integrator, a continuous, global state feedback controller is constructed to stabilize in finite time a large class of two‐dimensional lower‐triangular stochastic nonlinear systems. Also, for a class of three‐dimensional lower‐triangular stochastic nonlinear systems, a recursive design scheme of finite‐time stabilization is given by developing the technique of adding a power integrator and constructing a continuous feedback controller. Finally, a simulation example is given to illustrate the theoretical results. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Constructive stabilization for quadratic input nonlinear systems

In this paper stabilization of nonlinear systems with quadratic multi-input is considered. With the help of control Lyapunov function (CLF), a constructive parameterization of controls that globally asymptotically stabilize the system is proposed. Two different cases are considered. Firstly, under certain regularity assumptions, the feasible control set is parameterized, and continuous feedback stabilizing controls are designed. Then for the general case, piecewise continuous stabilizing controls are proposed. The design procedure can also be used to verify whether a candidate CLF is indeed a CLF. Several illustrative examples are presented as well.     

Controller design for nonlinear affine systems by control Lyapunov functions

This paper addresses the stabilization problems for nonlinear affine systems. First of all, the explicit feedback controller is developed for a nonlinear multiple-input affine system by assuming that there exists a control Lyapunov function. Next, based upon the homogeneous property, sufficient conditions for the continuity of the derived controller are developed. And then the developed control design methodology is applied to stabilize a class of nonlinear affine cascaded systems. It is shown that under some homogeneous assumptions on control Lyapunov functions and the interconnection term, the cascaded system can be globally stabilized. Finally, some interesting results of finite-time stabilization for nonlinear affine systems are also obtained.     

Finite-time tracking control for strict-feedback nonlinear systems with full state constraints

In this paper, an adaptive finite-time controller is considered for a class of strict-feedback nonlinear systems with parametric uncertainties and full state constraints. Novel tan-type barrier Lyapunov functions are proposed to ensure the boundedness of the fictitious state tracking errors. A new tuning function is constructed to eliminate the effect of uncertainties by using the extended finite-time stability condition. It is shown that under the proposed backstepping control scheme the finite-time convergence of system output tracking error to a small set around zero is realised and the full state constraints are not violated. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed finite-time control scheme.     

State‐feedback stabilization for a class of stochastic time‐delay nonlinear systems

This paper investigates the problem of state‐feedback stabilization for a class of lower‐triangular stochastic time‐delay nonlinear systems without controllable linearization. By extending the adding‐a‐power‐integrator technique to the stochastic time‐delay systems, a state‐feedback controller is explicitly constructed such that the origin of closed‐loop system is globally asymptotically stable in probability. The main design difficulty is to deal with the uncontrollable linearization and the nonsmooth system perturbation, which, under some appropriate assumptions, can be solved by using the adding‐a‐power‐integrator technique. Two simulation examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the control algorithm proposed in this paper.Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust disturbance attenuation of nonlinear systems using output feedback and state-dependent scaling

This paper presents an approach to output feedback stabilization with disturbance attenuation for nonlinear systems in the presence of dynamic uncertainties. A new formulation of state-dependent scaling is introduced into the output feedback design, which unifies treatment of nonlinear and linear gains. The effect of disturbance on the controlled output, which is allowed to be any function of output measurements, can be always attenuated to an arbitrarily small level with global asymptotic stability if the plant belongs to a wide class of triangular systems whose uncertainties do not necessarily have finite linear-gains. The uncertain dynamics is not limited to input-to-state stable systems either. The approach is not only a natural extension of popular approaches in robust linear control, but also advantageous to numerical computation which is applicable to non-triangular systems as well as triangular systems.     

Finite‐time stabilization for a class of nonlinear systems with time‐varying delay

This paper investigates the finite‐time stabilization problem for a class of nonlinear systems with time‐varying delay. Under suitable assumptions, a new state feedback control law is designed by using the adding a power integrator technique. By constructing an appropriate Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functional, it is shown that the corresponding closed‐loop system is finite‐time stable. Two simulation examples are given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Smooth output feedback stabilization for a class of nonlinear systems with time‐varying powers

This paper investigates the global asymptotic stabilization problem for a class of nonlinear systems with time‐varying powers. First, adding a power integrator technique is revamped to design a smooth state feedback controller, which is implementable with only upper and lower bounds of the time‐varying powers. When the system state is not fully available and the time‐varying power is exactly known, a smooth output feedback controller constituted by a state feedback and a nonlinear state observer is constructed to globally stabilize the system. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fixed-time stability analysis and stabilization control of a class of nonlinear systems with output constraints

This article investigates the fixed-time stabilization problem for a class of high-order nonlinear systems with monotone degrees and output constraints. Firstly, a new fixed-time stability criterion is established, which is less conservative in the explicit and delicate selection of Lyapunov functions. Then, by choosing a novel -type barrier Lyapunov function (BLF) and using the generalized adding a power integrator (AAPI) technique, a fixed-time stabilization controller is explicitly constructed while achieving the requirement of state constraints. The novelty of the proposed control strategy can tackle simultaneously the fixed-time stabilization of the involved systems with and without output constraints, without changing the controller structure. A simulation example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.     

Nonlinear feedback design for fixed-time tracking of a class of nonlinear systems

Fixed-time control is more preferable than finite-time control in practical applications since the settling time is independent of the system initial condition in a fixed-time control problem. Moreover, systems in real world usually suffer from unfavourable factors, such as unknown control coefficients and external disturbance. In this paper, we consider the fixed-time tracking control for a class of nonlinear systems by considering the aforementioned two points. A strategy for specifying the control input is established by the method of adding a power integrator. The designed control law guarantees that the reference signal can be followed in a fixed time. As an application, the bank-to-turn missile system is used to show the efficiency of the proposed fixed-time tracking scheme.     

Markov跳变系统的有限时间状态反馈镇定

讨论一类含有限能量未知扰动的线性Markov跳变系统的有限时间镇定问题.针对连续系统和离散系统两种情况,利用构造的Lyapunov-Krasovskii函数,并结合线性矩阵不等式方法,分别证明并给出了跳变系统有限时间镇定控制器有解的充分条件.采用该方法设计的镇定控制器可使连续系统和离散系统对所有满足条件的未知扰动是有限时问有界和有限时间镇定的.最后通过数值示例表明了该设计方法的有效性.     

A continuous state feedback controller design for high-order nonlinear systems with polynomial growth nonlinearities

In this paper, we investigate the problem of global stabilization for a general class of high-order and non-smoothly stabilizable nonlinear systems with both lower-order and higher-order growth conditions. The designed continuous state feedback controller is recursively constructed to guarantee the global strong stabilization of the closed-loop system.     

一类不确定切换系统的鲁棒状态反馈镇定

研究了一类扰动项不满足匹配条件的不确定切换系统的鲁棒镇定问题.在每个子系统均不能镇定的情况下,利用完备性条件和多李雅普诺夫函数方法,分别得到了不确定切换系统可镇定的充分条件.状态矩阵和控制输入矩阵同时带有时变、未知且有界的不确定性,基于凸组合技术和LMI方法,设计出鲁棒状态反馈控制器及相应的切换策略,使得闭环系统在其平衡点处是渐近稳定的.最后仿真结果表明所设计的控制器及切换策略的正确有效性.     

On the convergence of nonlinear optimal control using pseudospectral methods for feedback linearizable systems

We consider the optimal control of feedback linearizable dynamic systems subject to mixed state and control constraints. In contrast to the existing results, the optimal controller addressed in this paper is allowed to be discontinuous. This generalization requires a substantial modification to the existing convergence analysis in terms of both the framework as well as the notion of convergence around points of discontinuity. Although the nonlinear system is assumed to be feedback linearizable, the optimal control does not necessarily linearize the dynamics. Such problems frequently arise in astronautical applications where stringent performance requirements demand optimality over feedback linearizing controls. We prove that a sequence of solutions obtained using the Legendre pseudospectral method converges to the optimal solution of the continuous‐time problem under mild conditions. Published in 2007 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

切换非线性系统的输出反馈周期事件触发控制

本文针对一类在任意切换信号作用下的切换非线性系统, 研究了其输出反馈周期事件触发控制问题. 所考 虑的非线性系统采用非严格反馈形式且含有未知时变控制系数. 在本文中, 仅利用采样时刻的系统输出. 为了估计 系统的不可量测的状态, 基于采样的系统输出构造了降维状态观测器. 为了减少通信资源的利用, 提出了一种新的 输出反馈周期事件触发策略, 该策略包含仅利用事件触发时刻的信息构造的输出反馈事件触发控制器以及仅在采 样时刻间歇性监测的离散事件触发机制. 通过选取可容许的采样周期及合适的公共Lyapunov函数, 证明了闭环系统 在任意切换下全局渐近稳定. 最后, 通过将本文中所给出的控制方案应用到数值算例中验证了其有效性.     

On the simultaneous stabilization of stochastic nonlinear systems

In this paper, the problem of simultaneous stabilization in probability by state feedback is investigated for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems whose drift and diffusion terms are dependent on the control and for which classical methods are not applicable. Under the assumption that a collection of stochastic control Lyapunov functions (SCLFs) is known and based on the generalized stochastic Lyapunov theorem, we derive sufficient conditions for the simultaneous stabilization in probability by a continuous state feedback controller that we explicitly compute. We also derive a necessary condition when the system coefficients satisfy some regularity conditions. This work generalizes previous results on the simultaneous stabilization of stochastic nonlinear systems. The obtained results are illustrated by a numerical example.     

Simultaneous stabilization for a collection of nonlinear control systems in canonical form

A controller design method is provided to simultaneously stabilize a collection of nonlinear control systems in canonical form. It is shown that, under a mild assumption, any collection of nonlinear systems in canonical form can be simultaneously stabilized by one continuous state feedback controller. A constructive universal formula is presented explicitly. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the validity of the method. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Data-driven asymptotic stabilization for discrete-time nonlinear systems

In this paper, we propose a data-driven feedback controller design method based on Lyapunov approach, which can guarantee the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop and enlarge the estimate of domain of attraction (DOA) for the closed-loop. First, sufficient conditions for a feedback controller asymptotically stabilizing the discrete-time nonlinear plant are proposed. That is, if a feedback controller belongs to an open set consisting of pairs of control input and state, whose elements can make the difference of a control Lyapunov function (CLF) to be negative-definite, then the controller asymptotically stabilizes the plant. Then, for a given CLF candidate, an algorithm, to estimate the open set only using data, is proposed. With the estimate, it is checked whether the candidate is or is not a CLF. If it is, a feedback controller is designed just using data, which satisfies sufficient conditions mentioned above. Finally, the estimate of DOA for closed-loop is enlarged by finding an appropriate CLF from a CLF candidate set based on data. Because the controller is designed directly from data, complexity in building the model and modeling error are avoided.