Dynamic output feedback sliding mode control for nonminimum phase linear systems with disturbance attenuation

A sliding mode control algorithm using output information only is developed in this paper for a linear system with mismatched disturbance. The nominal system is allowed to be nonminimum phase. A scheme designed to combine the output‐dependent integral sliding surface with a reduced‐order observer is proposed. Utilizing an H_∞ control analytical technique, once the system is in the sliding mode, the proposed algorithm can guarantee robust stabilization and sustain the nature of performing disturbance attenuation when the solution to one algebraic Riccati inequality can be found. A controller is designed to satisfy the reaching and sliding condition in line with the reduced‐order observer. Finally, a numerical example is explained to show the applicability of the proposed scheme. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Non-linear output feedback tracking control for AUVs in shallow wave disturbance condition

This article presents a non-linear output feedback tracking controller deisgn for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) operating in shallow water area. In a shallow water environment, significant disturbances due to shallow water waves affect the motion of marine vehicles greatly. Since it is not energy efficient to counteract the oscillatory disturbances due to waves, it is critical to obtain the wave information or wave induced disturbance information and design an energy efficient controller to reduce the action of actuators to counteract wave disturbances to avoid wear and tear on actuators. In this article, a non-linear observer is first designed to estimate the low frequency (LF) motion of AUVs and to filter out wave-frequency (WF) motion of AUVs due to shallow water wave by using position and attitude measurements. Based on the designed observer, a non-linear output feedback controller is subsequently derived by using the observer backstepping technique. By using this approach, the AUV achieves global exponential tracking without excessive energy consumption to counteract the wave disturbance and also avoids excessive wear and tear on thrusters. Global exponential stability (GES) of overall observer-controller system is proved through Lyapunov stability theory. A set of simulations is carried out by using the KAMBARA (Silpa-Anan 2001 Silpa-Anan, C. 2001. “Autonomous Underwater Robot: Vision and Control”. In Master's thesis, The Australian National University.  [Google Scholar]) AUV model to demonstrate the performance of the proposed observer and output feedback controller.     

A framework for design of scheduled output feedback model predictive control

We present a stabilizing scheduled output feedback Model Predictive Control (MPC) algorithm for constrained nonlinear systems with large operating regions. We design a set of local output feedback predictive controllers with their estimated regions of stability covering the desired operating region, and implement them as a single scheduled output feedback MPC which on-line switches between the set of local controllers and achieves nonlinear transitions with guaranteed stability. This algorithm provides a general framework for scheduled output feedback MPC design.     

Constrained output feedback model predictive control for nonlinear systems

A constrained output feedback model predictive control approach for nonlinear systems is presented in this paper. The state variables are observed using an unscented Kalman filter, which offers some advantages over an extended Kalman filter. A nonlinear dynamic model of the system, considered in this investigation, is developed considering all possible effective elements. The model is then adaptively linearized along the prediction horizon using a state-dependent state space representation. In order to improve the performance of the control system as many linearized models as the number of prediction horizons are obtained at each sample time. The optimum results of the previous sample time are utilized for linearization at the current sample time. Subsequently, a linear quadratic objective function with constraints is formulated using the developed governing equations of the plant. The performance and effectiveness of the proposed control approach is validated both in simulation and through real-time experimentation using a constrained highly nonlinear aerodynamic test rig, a twin rotor MIMO system (TRMS).     

Dynamic output feedback robust model predictive control

The synthesis approach for dynamic output feedback robust model predictive control is considered. The notion of quadratic boundedness is utilised to characterise the stability properties of the augmented closed-loop system. A finite horizon performance cost, which corresponds to the worst case of both the polytopic uncertainty and the bounded disturbance/noise, is utilised. It is not required to specify the horizon length. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller.     

Transfer function conditions for output feedback disturbance rejection

A recent paper [1] has derived state space conditions under which the disturbance transfer function in a linear multivariable system can be zeroed by a dynamic compensator forced by a prescribed set of measurements. The present note derives necessary conditions for this problem in terms of the orders of the open-loop control, disturbance, and measurement transfer functions. These necessary conditions are shown to be generically sufficient for solvability. Moreover, they provide additional insight into the geometric solvability conditions, are simple to check, and extend the corresponding results obtained for the state feedback case [2].     

Quantitative feedback control for multivariable model matching and disturbance rejection

This article extends two recent contributions in the field of quantitative feedback theory to the multivariable case. They concern the model matching and the measured disturbance rejection problems. The model matching problem is a tracking control problem with specifications given as acceptable deviations from an ideal response. The measured disturbance rejection problem balances feedback and feedforward actions to reject disturbances. Both perspectives present advantages over classical quantitative feedback theory techniques in certain situations. This paper develops the necessary tools to solve both control problems in the case of multi‐input multi‐output plants. In particular, it shows how to derive nonconservative controller bounds for each of the single‐input single‐output control problems in which the overall multivariable problem is divided. The result is a systematic controller design methodology for multi‐input multi‐output plants with structured uncertainty. The application of the technique to the well‐known quadruple‐tank process illustrates the benefits of the method. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

High-gam adaptive regulator for a string equation with uncertain harmonic disturbance under boundary output feedback control

This paper considers the boundary stabilization and parameter estimation of a one-dimensional wave equation in the case when one end is fixed and control and hamaomc disturbance with uncertain amplitude are input at another end. A high-gain adaptive regulator is designed in terms of measured collocated end velocity. The existence and uniqueness of the classical solution ofthe closed-loop system is proven. It is shown that the state of the system approaches the standstill as time goes to infinity and mean-while, the estimated parameter converges to the unknown parameter.     

含不匹配扰动非严格反馈系统的输出反馈补偿控制

针对一类非严格反馈非线性系统,系统中包含不确定函数和未知外部扰动,提出一种带不匹配扰动补偿的输出反馈模糊控制器.采用模糊逻辑系统逼近未知的非线性函数,同时构造模糊状态观测器观测系统未知状态.考虑观测器和控制器会受到外部扰动和模糊逼近误差构成的不匹配总扰动信号影响,采用改进的扰动观测器对不匹配扰动进行估计和补偿,使扰动观...     

Finite dimensional disturbance observer based control for nonlinear parabolic PDE systems via output feedback

This paper considers the problem of finite dimensional disturbance observer based control (DOBC) via output feedback for a class of nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation (PDE) systems. The external disturbance is generated by an exosystem modeled by ordinary differential equations (ODEs), which enters into the PDE system through the control channel. Motivated by the fact that the dominant dynamic behavior of parabolic PDE systems can be characterized by a finite number of degrees of freedom, the modal decomposition technique is initially applied to the PDE system to derive a slow subsystem of finite dimensional ODEs. Subsequently, based on the slow subsystem and the exosystem, a disturbance observer (DO) and a slow mode observer (SMO) are constructed to estimate the disturbance and the slow modes. Moreover, an observation spillover observer (OSO) is also constructed to cancel approximately the effect of the observation spillover. Then, a finite dimensional DOBC design via output feedback is developed to estimate and compensate the disturbance, such that the closed-loop PDE system is exponentially stable in the presence of the disturbance. The condition for the existence of the proposed controller is given in terms of bilinear matrix inequality. Two algorithms based on the linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique are provided for solving control and observer gain matrices of the proposed controller. Finally, the developed design method is applied to the control of a one-dimensional diffusion-reaction process to illustrate its effectiveness.     

Semi-global sampled-data output feedback disturbance rejection control for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems

This paper investigates the semi-global output feedback disturbance rejection control problem for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with additive disturbances using linear sampled-data control. Aiming to reject the adverse effects caused by the uncertainties and unknown nonlinear perturbations which may not satisfy the strict feedback or feedforward structure, a new generalised discrete-time extended state observer is proposed to estimate the disturbance at sampling points. An output feedback disturbance rejection control law is then constructed in a sampled-data form which facilitates digital implementations. By selecting adequate control gains and a sufficiently small sampling period to restrain the state growth under a zero-order-hold input, the semi-global asymptotic stability of the hybrid closed-loop system and the disturbance rejection ability are proved. Both numerical example and an application of a single-link robot arm system demonstrate the feasibility and efficacy of the proposed method.     

基于输出反馈的直升机变结构控制律设计

针对直升机的小扰动模型,设计了静态输出反馈滑模控制器（SOFSMC）。利用参考模型,实现了直升机的相关动态指标。针对滑模面的设计问题,将其等价地转化为一组双线性矩阵不等式（BLMI）,并采用迭代线性矩阵不等式（ILMI）技术来求解。针对控制律的综合问题,给出了一种基于单位向量法的控制律,并通过引入线性反馈来保证系统进入滑动模态后线性控制部分与标称系统的线性控制部分的一致性。仿真结果验证了该方法的有效性。     

Decentralized adaptive output feedback control via input/output inversion

A decentralized adaptive output feedback control design method is presented for control of large-scale interconnected systems. It is assumed that all the controllers share prior information about the subsystem reference models. Based on that information, a linear dynamic output feedback compensator and linearly parameterized neural network (NN) are introduced for each subsystem to partially cancel the effect of the interconnections on the tracking performance. Boundedness of error signals is shown through Lyapunov's direct method.     

基于混沌粒子群优化的约束状态反馈预测控制算法

提出一种基于混沌粒子群优化的约束状态反馈预测控制算法,用于解决带有输入约束和状态约束的控制问题.将混沌粒子群优化引入到约束状态反馈预测控制的滚动优化过程中,增强了算法在约束范围内的局部搜索和全局搜索能力.通过对一个实际的带有约束的线性离散系统控制优化问题的解决,验证了基于混沌粒子群优化的状态反馈预测控制算法的可行性和有效性,与传统的二次规划算法的比较结果说明了此算法的优越性,证明了状态反馈预测控制系统良好的鲁棒性.     

Flatness-based linear output feedback control for disturbance rejection and tracking tasks on a Chua's circuit

A linear output feedback controller is developed for trajectory tracking problems defined on a modified version of Chua's circuit. The circuit modification considers the introduction of a flat input, i.e. a suitable external control input channel guided by (a) the induction of the flatness property on a measurable output signal of the circuit and (b) the physical viability of the control input. A linear active disturbance rejection control based on a high-gain linear disturbance observer, is implemented on a laboratory prototype. We show that the state-dependent disturbance can be approximately, but arbitrarily closely, estimated through a linear high-gain observer, called a generalised proportional integral (GPI) observer, which contains a linear combination of a sufficient number of extra iterated integrals of the output estimation error. Experimental results are presented in the output reference trajectory tracking of a signal generated by an unrelated chaotic system of the Lorenz type. Laboratory experiments illustrate the proposed linear methodology for effectively controlling chaos.     

Universal disturbance rejection for nonlinear systems in output feedback form

This note deals with global disturbance rejection via output feedback of a class of uncertain nonlinear systems subject to a class of unknown disturbances. Both the uncertainty in the system model and the uncertainty in the exosystem are tackled concurrently. The disturbances generated from an unknown linear exosystem are completely rejected. The order of the exosystem is assumed known, and the eigenvalues are distinct. The system is assumed in the format of the minimum-phase output feedback form, with no knowledge of the values of any system parameters, including the high-frequency gain. No other assumptions are needed in the control design. A new set of filters are introduced for state estimation. The stability of the internal model is exploited to design a new auxiliary error, involving both the unknown parameters of the reformatted exosystem and those of the system, which makes it possible to group all the unknown parameters in a format suitable to adaptive control design. A Nussbaum gain is introduced in adaptive control design to tackle the unknown high-frequency gain and a number of control coefficients are also made adaptive so that the disturbance rejection is global with respect to unknown frequencies in the disturbances.