Robust H∞ Filtering For Uncertain Stochastic Time‐Delay Systems

This paper deals with the problem of robust H_∞ filtering for uncertain stochastic systems. The system under consideration is subject to time‐varying norm‐bounded parameter uncertainties and unknown time delays in both the state and measurement equations. The problem we address is the design of a stable filter that ensures the robust stochastic stability and a prescribed H_∞ performance level for the filtering error system irrespective of all admissible uncertainties and time delays. A suffient condition for the solvability of this problem is proposed and a linear matrix inequality approach is developed for the design of the robust H_∞ filters. An illustrative example is provided to demonstrate the effctiveness of the proposed approach.     

Exponential H∞ filter design for stochastic time‐varying delay systems with Markovian jumping parameters

In this paper, the exponential H_∞ filter design problem is investigated for a general class of stochastic time‐varying delay system with Markovian jumping parameters. The stochastic uncertainties appear in both the dynamic and the measurement equations and the state delay is assumed to be time‐varying. Attention is focused on the design of mean‐square exponentially stable and Markovian jump filter such that the filtering error systems are mean‐square exponentially stable and the estimation error satisfies a given H_∞ performance. By introducing some slack matrix variables, delay‐dependent sufficient conditions for the solvability of the above problem are presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). In addition, the decay rate can be a given positive value without any other constraints. When the proposed LMIs are feasible, an explicit expression of the desired H_∞ filter can be given. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design approach. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Reliable H ∞ Filtering for Mixed Time‐Delay Systems with Stochastic Nonlinearities and Multiplicative Noises

This paper investigates the reliable H_∞ filtering problem for a class of mixed time‐delay systems with stochastic nonlinearities and multiplicative noises. The mixed delays comprise both discrete time‐varying and distributed delays. The stochastic nonlinearities in the form of statistical means cover several well‐studied nonlinear functions. The multiplicative disturbances are in the form of a scalar Gaussian white noise with unit variance. Furthermore, the failures of sensors are quantified by a variable varying in a given interval. In the presence of mixed delays, stochastic nonlinearities, and multiplicative noises, sufficient conditions for the existence of a reliable H _∞ filter are derived, such that the filtering error dynamics is asymptotically mean‐square stable and also achieves a guaranteed H _∞ performance level. Then, a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach for designing such a reliable H _∞ filter is presented. Finally, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the developed theoretical results.     

State‐saturated H∞ filtering with randomly occurring nonlinearities and packet dropouts: the finite‐horizon case

This paper deals with the H_∞ filtering problem for a class of discrete time‐varying systems with state saturations, randomly occurring nonlinearities as well as successive packet dropouts. Two mutually independent sequences of random variables that obey the Bernoulli distribution are employed to describe the random occurrence of the nonlinearities and packet dropouts. The purpose of the addressed problem is to design a time‐varying filter such that the H_∞ disturbance attenuation level is guaranteed, over a given finite‐horizon, for the filtering error dynamics in the presence of saturated states, randomly occurring nonlinearities, and successive packet dropouts. By introducing a free matrix with its infinity norm less than or equal to 1, the error state is bounded by a convex hull so that some sufficient conditions obtained via solving a certain set of recursive nonlinear matrix inequalities. Furthermore, the obtained results are extended to the case when state saturations are partial. Two numerical simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed filter design approach. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

H∞ filtering for singular systems with time‐varying delay

This paper is concerned with the delay‐dependent H_∞ filtering problem for singular systems with time‐varying delay in a range. In terms of linear matrix inequality approach, the delay‐range‐dependent bounded real lemmas are proposed, which guarantee the considered system to be regular, impulse free and exponentially stable while satisfying a prescribed H_∞ performance level. The sufficient conditions are proposed for the existence of linear H_∞ filter. Numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness and the benefits of the proposed methods. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Gain‐scheduled H∞ filtering of parameter‐varying systems

This paper deals with the gain‐scheduled H_∞ filtering problem for a class of parameter‐varying systems. A sufficient condition for the existence of a gain‐scheduled filter, which guarantees the asymptotic stability with an H_∞ noise attenuation level bound for the filtering error system, is given in terms of a finite number of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The filter is designed to be parameter‐varying and have a nonlinear fractional transformation structure. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the application of the proposed method. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exponential H∞ Filtering for Discrete‐Time Switched State‐Delay Systems Under Asynchronous Switching

The exponential H_∞ filtering problem of discrete‐time switched state‐delay systems under asynchronous switching is considered in this paper. The objective is to design a full‐order or reduced‐order switched filter guaranteeing the exponential stability with the weighted H_∞ performance of the filtering error system. A sufficient condition for the exponential stability with the weighted H_∞ performance of the filtering error system is provided based on delay‐dependent multiple Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functionals. The gains of the filter can be obtained by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities. A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the developed results.     

H∞ finite‐horizon filtering for complex networks with state saturations: The weighted try‐once‐discard protocol

This paper addresses the finite‐horizon H_∞ filtering problem for a kind of discrete state‐saturated time‐varying complex networks subjected to the weighted try‐once‐discard (WTOD) protocol. Under the WTOD protocol, only the measurement signal from one sensor node is allowed to be transmitted to the filter at each time point, where such a node is selected based on a certain quadratic selection principle. The main purpose of this paper is to design an H_∞ filter that guarantees the disturbance attenuation level on a given finite time‐horizon for the underlying complex network subject to both state saturations and WTOD protocols. By using the convex hull approach, sufficient conditions are first obtained to ensure the existence for the desired filter to achieve the H_∞ performance specification by means of a few recursive matrix inequalities. Then, based on the obtained results, the filter parameters are designed, which cope effectively with both state saturations and communication protocols. Finally, a numerical simulation is employed to demonstrate the validity of the developed filter algorithm.     

Finite‐Time H∞ Filtering for Nonlinear Continuous‐Time Singular Semi‐Markov Jump Systems

The stochastic finite‐time H_∞ filtering issue for a class of nonlinear continuous‐time singular semi‐Markov jump systems is discussed in this paper. Firstly, sufficient conditions on singular stochastic H_∞ finite‐time boundedness for the filtering error system are established. The existence of a unique solution for the corresponding system is also ensured. Secondly, based on the bounds of the time‐varying transition rate, without imposing constraints on slack variables, a novel approach to finite‐time H_∞ filter design is proposed in the forms of strict LMIs, which guarantees the filtering error system is singular stochastic H_∞ finite‐time bounded and of a unique solution. Compared with the existing ones, the presented results reveal less conservativeness. Finally, one numerical example is exploited to testify the advantage of the proposed design technique.     

Delay‐range‐dependent robust H∞ filtering for uncertain systems with interval time‐varying delays

This paper is concerned with the problem of delay‐range‐dependent robust H_∞ filtering for systems with time‐varying delays in a range. The aim of this problem is to design a filter such that, for all admissible uncertainties, the filtering error system is robustly asymptotically stable with a prescribed H_∞ level. The desired filter can be constructed by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). An illustrative numerical example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

H ∞ filtering for impulsive networked control systems with random packet dropouts and randomly occurring nonlinearities

In this paper, the problem of H _∞ filtering for impulsive networked control systems with random packet dropouts and randomly occurring nonlinearities is investigated. By utilizing an impulsive model, the network‐induced imperfections including packet dropout and delay are described by the Bernoulli distributed sequence. The delay in the model is assumed to be time varying. Moreover, nonlinearity in the model is assumed to satisfy sector‐like nonlinearities. The H _∞ filter is designed by using the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach and convex optimization technique. The filter gain matrices for the nonlinear networked control systems can be achieved by solving LMIs, which can be easily facilitated by using some standard numerical packages. Finally, a numerical example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed results. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Exponential H∞ filtering for nonlinear discrete‐time switched stochastic systems with mixed time delays and random missing measurements

This paper is concerned with the exponential H_∞ filtering for a class of nonlinear discrete‐time switched stochastic hybrid systems with mixed time delays and random missing measurements. The switched system under study involves stochastic disturbance, time‐varying discrete delay, bounded distributed delay and nonlinearity. Attention is focused on the design of a mode‐dependent filter that guarantees the exponential stability in the mean‐square sense and a prescribed H_∞ noise attenuation level for the filtering error dynamics. By constructing a new Lyapunov functional and using the average dwell time scheme, a new delay‐dependent sufficient condition for the existence of the filter is presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities. A numerical example is finally given to show the effectiveness of the proposed design method. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Bounded H∞ synchronization for time‐varying networks with probability‐dependent information

This paper addresses the bounded H_∞ synchronization problem for the time‐varying coupled networks with stochastic noises and randomly occurring nonlinearities over a finite horizon. The bounded H_∞ synchronization performance constraint is proposed to quantify the degree of the synchronization regarding the exogenous disturbances. The nonlinearities considered in this paper are assumed to satisfy the sector‐like conditions and characterized by a time‐varying Bernoulli distribution with measurable probability in real time. Based on the Kronecker product and the Hadamard product, a sufficient condition is established firstly to ensure the bounded H_∞ synchronization of the network by utilizing the probability‐dependent method. Then the obtained criterion is further converted into a computationally available one by transforming the time‐varying probability into a polytopic form, which is presented in terms of matrix inequalities and hence can be verified easily by applying the Matlab toolbox. Finally, simulation examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

LMI APPROACH TO ROBUST FILTERING FOR DISCRETE TIME‐DELAY SYSTEMS WITH NONLINEAR DISTURBANCES

This paper investigates the problem of robust filtering for a class of uncertain nonlinear discrete‐time systems with multiple state delays. It is assumed that the parameter uncertainties appearing in all the system matrices reside in a polytope, and that the nonlinearities entering into both the state and measurement equations satisfy global Lipschitz conditions. Attention is focused on the design of robust full‐order and reduced‐order filters guaranteeing a prescribed noise attenuation level in an H∞ or l₂‐l∞ sense with respect to all energy‐bounded noise disturbances for all admissible uncertainties and time delays. Both delay‐dependent and independent approaches are developed by using linear matrix inequality (LMI) techniques, which are applicable to systems either with or without a priori information on the size of delays.     

Fault Estimation for Nonlinear Networked Systems with Time‐Varying Delay and Random Packet Dropout

In this paper, the fault estimation problem is studied for a class of nonlinear networked control systems with imperfect measurements. A novel measurement model is proposed to take time‐varying delays, random packet dropouts, and the packet‐dropout compensation into consideration simultaneously. After properly augmenting the states of the original system and the fault estimation filter, the addressed fault estimation problem is converted into an auxiliary H_∞ filtering problem for a stochastic parameter system. In terms of matrix inequalities, a sufficient condition for the existence of the fault estimation filter is derived that depends on the packet dropout rate, the upper and lower bounds of time delays, and the size of the consecutive packet dropouts. Finally, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Further results on H∞ filtering for discrete‐time systems with state delay

This article studies the problem of H_∞ filtering for linear discrete‐time systems with state delay. Via delay partitioning idea, two new H_∞ filter design methods are proposed with much less conservatism than most existing results. The improvement lies in constructing two new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals by partitioning the known constant lower bound of delay into several segments equally. Using free‐weighting matrix and Jensen inequality methods, two new delay‐dependent bound real lemmas (BRLs) are obtained, which depend on both the delay and the partitioning number. Based on the obtained BRLs, new H_∞ filter design approaches are proposed in terms of linear matrix inequalities. The results are immediately extended to multiple time delay case and polytopic uncertain case, respectively. Three numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and advantage of the proposed approaches. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust distributed H∞ filtering over an uncertain sensor network with multiple fading measurements and varying sensor delays

In this paper, the problem of robust distributed H_∞ filtering is investigated for state‐delayed discrete‐time linear systems over a sensor network with multiple fading measurements, random time‐varying communication delays, and norm‐bounded uncertainties in all matrices of the system. The diagonal matrices, whose elements are individual independent random variables, are utilized to describe the multiple fading measurements. Furthermore, the Bernoulli‐distributed white sequences are introduced to model the random occurrence of time‐varying communication delays. In the proposed filtering approach, the stability of the estimation error system is first shown by the Lyapunov stability theory and the H_∞ performance is then achieved using a linear matrix inequality method. Finally, two numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness and performance of the proposed approach.     

Robust L2−L∞ Filtering for Stochastic Systems with Discrete and Distributed Time‐Varying Delays

This paper is devoted to the problem of robust L₂–L_∞ filtering for a class of stochastic systems with both discrete and distributed time‐varying delays. The objective is to design a full‐order filter such that the resulting filtering error system is stochastically asymptotically stable with a prescribed L₂–L_∞ performance satisfied. Delay‐dependent sufficient condition for the existence of the filter is obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). And the filter design method is proposed, while the explicit expression for the desired filter is also given. Numerical examples are included to illustrate the benefit and the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Optimal H∞ scaling for sensitivity optimization of detection filters

The paper deals with the sensitivity optimization of detection filters in linear time‐varying (LTV) systems which are subject to multiple simultaneous faults and disturbances. The robust fault detection filter design problem as a scaled H_∞ filtering problem is considered. The effect of two different input scaling approaches to the optimization process is investigated. The objective is to provide the smallest scaled L₂ gain of the unknown input of the system that is guaranteed to be less than a prespecified level, i.e., to produce a filter with optimal disturbance suppression capability in such a way that sufficient sensitivity to failure modes should still be maintained. It is shown how to obtain bounds on the scaled L₂ gain by transforming the standard H_∞ filtering problem into a convex feasibility problem, specifically, a structured, linear matrix inequality (LMI). Numerical examples demonstrating the effect of the scaled optimization with respect to conventional H_∞ filtering is presented. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A less conservative method for designing H∞ filters for linear time‐delay systems

This paper focuses on H_∞ filtering for linear time‐delay systems. A new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) is constructed by uniformly dividing the delay interval into two subintervals, and choosing different Lyapunov matrices on each subinterval. Based on this new LKF, a less conservative delay‐dependent bounded real lemma (BRL) is established to ensure that the resulting filtering error system is asymptotically stable with a prescribed H_∞ performance. Then, this new BRL is equivalently converted into a set of linear matrix inequalities, which guarantee the existence of a suitable H_∞ filter. Compared with some existing filtering results, some imposed constraints on the Lyapunov matrices are removed through derivation of the sufficient condition for the existence of the filter. Numerical examples show that the results obtained in this paper significantly improve the H_∞ performance of the filtering error system over some existing results in the literature. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.