Modified Smith predictor with a robust disturbance reduction scheme for linear systems with small time delays

This paper presents a robust disturbance reduction scheme using an artificial neural network (ANN) for linear systems with small time delays. It is assumed that the nominal linear systems are stable, minimum phase and relative degree one systems. The proposed structure is an integration of a modified Smith predictor and an ANN‐based disturbance reduction scheme. Unlike other disturbance rejection methods, the proposed approach does not require information about unknown load disturbance frequencies. An ANN is used to approximate the unknown load disturbances and to enhance the robustness of the proposed disturbance reduction scheme against modelling errors in the estimated time delay and the process model. Connective weights of the ANN are trained on‐line using a back‐propagation algorithm until uncertainties resulting from unknown load disturbances and modelling errors are minimized. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the presented disturbance reduction scheme for controlling linear delay systems subjected to step or periodic unknown load disturbances.     

具有输入饱和的近空间飞行器鲁棒控制

针对近空间飞行器这一类存在外部扰动,输入饱和和参数不确定的多输入多输出线性系统,提出了一种基于干扰观测器的抗饱和鲁棒控制方案.将干扰观测器与抗饱和控制技术相结合,从而消除系统存在的未知外部扰动、输入饱和和不确定性对系统控制的影响.首先,设计干扰观测器对线性外部系统产生的未知扰动进行估计.然后根据干扰观测器输出,通过超前抗饱和方法设计抗饱和补偿器,并将其加入到鲁棒控制器的设计中,保证闭环系统存在输入饱和、未知外部扰动和参数不确定情况下的稳定性.为便于设计,干扰观测器、抗饱和补偿器和控制器设计矩阵均通过求解线性矩阵不等式得到.最后,将提出的鲁棒抗饱和控制方法应用于近空间飞行器,仿真结果验证了该控制方案的有效性.     

Modified Smith predictor scheme for periodic disturbance reduction in linear delay systems

This paper presents a disturbance reduction scheme for linear systems with time delays. The linear systems in the study are assumed to be nominally stable, minimum phase, and relative degree one systems. The proposed scheme is a combination of Astrom’s modified Smith predictor with a disturbance reduction controller and a grey predictor. Unlike conventional disturbance rejection methods, the scheme proposed in this study does not require the estimation of disturbance frequencies. The grey prediction method is used to approximate the inverse of the time delay and to enhance the robustness of the disturbance reduction scheme against errors in the estimated delay time. The simulation results demonstrate the successful performance of the proposed disturbance reduction method for controlling a linear system with time delays, subjected to both step and periodic disturbances.     

Global robust tracking control of non-affine nonlinear systems with application to yaw control of UAV helicopter

In this paper, a novel robust nonlinear tracking control scheme is proposed for the yaw channel of an unmanned-aerial-vehicle helicopter that is non-affine in the control input. By a novel dynamic modeling technique, the non-affine nonlinear systems are approximated to facilitate the desired control design. In the controller design procedure, the terminal sliding model control method is introduced to deal with the unknown uncertainties/disturbances. Moreover, filter and disturbance estimator are combined to further reduce the chattering. A systematic procedure is developed and related theoretical and practical issues are discussed. The proposed nonlinear tracking control scheme can guarantee the asymptotic output tracking of the closed-loop control systems in spite of unknown uncertainties/disturbances. Finally, the simulation results on the dynamic model of a real helicopter-on-arm are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed new control techniques.     

非仿射纯反馈非线性系统的自抗扰控制

针对一类具有外部扰动的不确定非仿射纯反馈非线性系统,结合反演和自抗扰技术,提出了一种新的控制设计方案,该方案中反演设计的每一步引入了自抗扰设计,同时采用微分器和扩展状态观测器分别估计虚拟控制的导数和系统的未知部分.与现有设计方法不同,它不是直接利用逼近定理来构建理想的控制器.该方案设计过程简单,并且通过输入状态稳定性分析证明了系统状态能渐近收敛到原点的任意小邻域内.仿真结果证实了该方法的有效性.     

Disturbance-observer-based robust control for time delay uncertain systems

A robust control scheme is proposed for a class of systems with uncertainty and time delay based on disturbance observer technique. A disturbance observer is developed to estimate the disturbance generated by an exogenous system, and the design parameters of the disturbance observer are determined by solving linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Based on the output of the disturbance observer, a robust control scheme is proposed for the time delay uncertain system. The disturbance-observer-based robust controller is combined of two parts: one is a linear feedback controller designed using LMIs and the other is a compensatory controller designed with the output of the disturbance observer. By choosing an appropriate Lyapunov function candidate, the stability of the closed-loop system is proved. Finally, simulation example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

具有状态和测量时滞不确定系统的鲁棒H∞状态估计

考虑一类已知状态和测量时滞且范数有界参数不确定连续时间系统的鲁棒H∞状态估计问题.这个问题解的充分条件由二个代数Riccati不等式给出,它可以保证存在一个渐近稳定状态估计器使得对于所有不确定性从外界干扰到输出估计误差的传递函数满足指定的H∞指标.以上这些结果可以推广到一类未知状态和测量时滞且范数有界参数不确定连续系统的鲁棒H∞状态估计问题,对于已知状态和测量时滞系统,所得状态估计器与参数不确定性无关,而与时滞有关.对于未知状态和测量时滞系统,其状态估计器不仅与参数不确定性无关,而且与时滞也无关.     

Sliding mode control with uncertainty adaptation for uncertain input-delay systems

This paper deals with a sliding mode control with uncertainty adaptation for the robust stabilization of uncertain input delay systems. The types of uncertainties comprise unknown time-varying non-linear parameter perturbations and external disturbance. A sliding surface including a state predictor is employed to compensate for the input delay. The proposed method does not need a priori knowledge of upper bounds on the norm of the uncertainties, but estimates them by using the adaptation scheme based on the sliding surface. Then, a robust control law with uncertainty adaptation is derived to ensure the existence of the sliding mode.     

一类3阶非线性系统的非奇异终端滑模控制

针对传统非奇异终端滑模控制方法不适用于3阶系统的问题,提出一类具有不确定和外干扰的3阶非线性系统的新型非奇异终端滑模控制方法.该方案首先结合backstepping控制中的动态面方法和传统2阶非奇异终端滑模控制构造非奇异3阶终端滑模面,首次提出采用高阶滑模微分器估计值代替控制器中的负指数项.采用非线性干扰观测器任意精度地估计不确定和干扰,设计控制器中的补偿项.采用终端吸引子函数做趋近律避免抖振的同时能保证有限时间趋近滑模面.基于有限时间稳定李雅普诺夫定理证明了被控状态将在有限时间内收敛到任意小的闭球内.所提出方案快于传统的递阶线性滑模控制和其他非奇异终端滑模控制.仿真中与其他滑模控制方案对比,总误差减小18%以上,超调及收敛时间也显著下降.     

Active disturbance rejection control to MIMO nonlinear systems with stochastic uncertainties: approximate decoupling and output-feedback stabilisation

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we apply the active disturbance rejection control, an emerging control technology, to output-feedback stabilisation for a class of uncertain multi-input multi-output nonlinear systems with vast stochastic uncertainties. Two types of extended state observers (ESO) are designed to estimate both unmeasured states and stochastic total disturbance which includes unknown system dynamics, unknown stochastic inverse dynamics, external stochastic disturbance without requiring the statistical characteristics, uncertain nonlinear interactions between subsystems, and uncertainties caused by the deviation of control parameters from their nominal values. The estimations decouple approximately the system after cancelling stochastic total disturbance in the feedback loop. As a result, we are able to design an ESO-based stabilising output-feedback and prove the practical mean square stability for the closed-loop system with constant gain ESO and the asymptotic mean square stability with time-varying gain ESO, respectively. Some numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed output-feedback control scheme.     

含时变不确定线性系统的自适应鲁棒跟踪控制

针对系统的不确定性和扰动满足匹配条件,不确定性界和扰动界未知的情形,讨论含时变不确定性线性系统的鲁棒跟踪问题。自适应控制器的设计不涉及确定性界和扰动界,运用变结构方法,可使带扰系统实现渐近跟踪。该方法适合一类较广泛的不确定系统,鲁棒性较强。仿真例子表明了该方法的有效性。     

具有不确定未知界的相似组合系统的鲁棒自适应跟踪控制

讨论一类具有相似结构的不确定组合系统的鲁棒自适应跟踪问题。针对系统的不确定性界和扰动界完全未知的情形，首先从理论上证明了可设计鲁棒自适应分散跟踪控制器，确保受控系统的输出渐近跟踪参考模型的输出；进而从工程实际的角度，给出了确保受控系统输出实用跟踪参考模型输出的鲁棒自适应分散跟踪控制器的设计方案。     

Saturating composite disturbance-observer-based control and H ∞ control for discrete time-delay systems with nonlinearity

This note is concerned with a saturating composite disturbance-observer-based control (DOBC) and H _∞ control for a class of discrete time-delay systems with nonlinearity and disturbances. The disturbances are supposed to include two parts. One in the input channel is generated by an exogenous system with uncertainty, which can represent the harmonic signals with modeling perturbations. The other is supposed to have the bounded H ₂ norm, which can represent parametric uncertainties and external disturbance existing in the controlled object. The design approaches of reduced-order disturbance observer are presented for the estimation of the disturbance. By composite control law with saturation, the disturbances can be rejected and attenuated, simultaneously, the desired dynamic performances can be guaranteed for discrete time-delay systems with known and unknown nonlinear dynamics, respectively. Simulation for a flight control system is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme compared with the previous schemes.     

水雷运动变时滞区间系统保性能非脆弱H∞控制

针对水雷运动控制试验中模型存在不确定性和综合误差难以确定的问题, 给出矩阵分解区间系统描述, 避免求二次方根的保守性, 设计了一种变时滞区间系统非脆弱H∞保性能控制器, 基于LMI方法给出解决上述问题的凸优化解法, 设计的控制器对所有的不确定性、时变时滞和海流干扰, 保证闭环系统稳定性、二次型性能指标上界和干扰衰减水平. 并给出使性能函数上界最小的最优控制器设计算法和最小干扰衰减度, 用某型水雷不确定运动系统分析演示了该方法的有效性.     

LESO-based Position Synchronization Control for Networked Multi-Axis Servo Systems With Time-Varying Delay

The position synchronization control (PSC) problem is studied for networked multi-axis servo systems (NMASSs) with time-varying delay that is smaller than one sampling period. To improve the control performance of the system, time-varying delays, modeling uncertainties, and external disturbances are first modeled as a lumped disturbance. Then, a linear extended state observer (LESO) is devised to estimate the system state and the lumped disturbance, and a linear feedback controller with disturbance compensation is designed to perform individual-axis tracking control. After that, a cross-coupled control approach is used to further improve synchronization performance. The bounded-input-bounded-output (BIBO) stability of the closed-loop control system is analyzed. Finally, both simulation and experiment are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.      

Robust H/sub /spl infin// control for uncertain discrete-time-delay fuzzy systems via output feedback controllers

This work investigates the problem of robust output feedback H/sub /spl infin// control for a class of uncertain discrete-time fuzzy systems with time delays. The state-space Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model with time delays and norm-bounded parameter uncertainties is adopted. The purpose is the design of a full-order fuzzy dynamic output feedback controller which ensures the robust asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system and guarantees an H/sub /spl infin// norm bound constraint on disturbance attenuation for all admissible uncertainties. In terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), a sufficient condition for the solvability of this problem is presented. Explicit expressions of a desired output feedback controller are proposed when the given LMIs are feasible. The effectiveness and the applicability of the proposed design approach are demonstrated by applying this to the problem of robust H/sub /spl infin// control for a class of uncertain nonlinear discrete delay systems.     

Delay‐range‐dependent control of nonlinear time‐delay systems under input saturation

This paper describes a delay‐range‐dependent local state feedback controller synthesis approach providing estimation of the region of stability for nonlinear time‐delay systems under input saturation. By employing a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, properties of nonlinear functions, local sector condition and Jensen's inequality, a sufficient condition is derived for stabilization of nonlinear systems with interval delays varying within a range. Novel solutions to the delay‐range‐dependent and delay‐dependent stabilization problems for linear and nonlinear time‐delay systems, respectively, subject to input saturation are derived as specific scenarios of the proposed control strategy. Also, a delay‐rate‐independent condition for control of nonlinear systems in the presence of input saturation with unknown delay‐derivative bound information is established. And further, a robust state feedback controller synthesis scheme ensuring L₂ gain reduction from disturbance to output is devised to address the problem of the stabilization of input‐constrained nonlinear time‐delay systems with varying interval lags. The proposed design conditions can be solved using linear matrix inequality tools in connection with conventional cone complementary linearization algorithms. Simulation results for an unstable nonlinear time‐delay network and a large‐scale chemical reactor under input saturation and varying interval time‐delays are analyzed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive variable structure control of MIMO nonlinear systems with time-varying delays and unknown dead-zones

In this paper, adaptive variable structure neural control is presented for a class of uncertain multi-input multi-output （MIMO） nonlinear systems with state time-varying delays and unknown nonlinear dead-zones. The unknown time-varying delay uncer- tainties are compensated for using appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals in the design. The approach removes the assumption of linear function outside the deadband without necessarily constructing a dead-zone inverse as an added contribution. By utilizing the integral-type Lyapunov function and introducing an adaptive compensation term for the upper bound of the residual and optimal approximation error as well as the dead-zone disturbance, the closed-loop control system is proved to be semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded. In addition, a modified adaptive control algorithm is given in order to avoid the high-frequency chattering phenomenon. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the approach.     

Two‐stage stability control for strict‐feedback systems with input delays and input nonlinear uncertainties

In this paper, a two‐stage control procedure is proposed for stabilization of a class of strict‐feedback systems with unknown constant time delays and nonlinear uncertainties in the input. A nominal controller is first designed to compensate input time delays without considering input nonlinear uncertainties. Extended from backstepping algorithm, input delay compensation is realized by means of predicted states that are computed through integration of cascaded system dynamics, making the nominal closed‐loop system asymptotically stable. Based on the nominal controller presented for the input delay system, a multi‐timescale system is subsequently developed to estimate the unknown input nonlinearity and make the estimate approach the nominal control input as fast as possible. It is proved that the proposed control scheme can make states of the strict‐feedback systems converge to zero and all the signals of the closed‐loop systems are guaranteed to be bounded in the presence of input time delays and nonlinear uncertainties. Simulation verification is carried out to illuminate the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.