Asynchronous switching output feedback control of discrete-time switched linear systems

In this paper, the problem of dynamic output-feedback control synthesis is addressed for discrete-time switched linear systems under asynchronous switching. The proposed hybrid controller consists of a standard dynamic output-feedback switching control law and an impulsive reset law induced by controller state jumps. Using the average dwell time technique incorporating with multiple quadratic Lyapunov functions, the switching control synthesis conditions for asymptotic stability with guaranteed weighted ?₂-gain performance are derived as a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The proposed hybrid synthesis scheme advances existing design methods for output-feedback asynchronous switching control of switched linear systems in two important aspects: LMI formulation of the synthesis problem; and arbitrary order of the controller state. A numerical example is used to illustrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed design technique.     

Cooperative output regulation of multi-agent systems with switched leader dynamics

In this paper, the cooperative output regulation problem for heterogeneous multi-agent systems is addressed by considering a switched leader dynamics. The switched leader dynamics consists of multiple linear models and a switching rule governing the switches among them. A switched leader is capable of generating various sophisticated reference signals for more complicated multi-agent coordination tasks. A novel distributed hybrid impulsive switching control scheme is proposed to achieve cooperative output regulation. Distributed switching stability is established using the average dwell-time technique with multiple Lyapunov functions. Moreover, the associated distributed control synthesis conditions are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities plus linear matrix equations. As a result, both switching rules for the leader and distributed switching protocols for the followers can be jointly synthesised via efficient semi-definite programming. An example has been used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Stability analysis and control synthesis of switched impulsive systems

In this paper, we investigate the stability analysis problem of switched impulsive nonlinear systems and several stabilization problems of switched discrete‐time linear systems are studied. First, sufficient conditions ensuring globally uniformly asymptotically stability of switched nonlinear impulsive system under arbitrary and DDT (dynamical dwell time which defines the length of the time interval between two successive switchings) switching are derived, respectively. In the DDT switching case, we first consider the switched system composed by stable subsystems, then we extend the results to the case where not all subsystems are stable. The stabilizations of switched discrete‐time linear system under arbitrary switching, DDT switching and asynchronous switching are investigated respectively. Based on the stability analysis results, the control synthesis consists of controller design for each subsystem and state impulsive jumping generators design at switching instant. With the aid of the state impulsive jumping generators at switching instant, the ‘energy’ produced by switching can be minimized, which leads to less conservative results. Several numerical examples are given to illustrate the proposed results within this paper. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

线性切换系统的采样数据输出调节问题

本文基于采样控制,解决了线性切换系统的输出调节问题.首先考虑了外部输入信号是常数的情况,给出了采样周期与平均驻留时间的关系.通过构造一类Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函,使得闭环系统内部稳定且调节输出趋于零.其次考虑了外部输入信号是导数有界且时变的情况,给出了采样数据状态反馈控制器,并依据采样周期和平均驻留时间关系给出的切换条件得到了切换系统实用输出调节问题可解的充分条件.最后通过两个数值例子验证了方法的有效性.     

Neural networks stabilization and disturbance attenuation for nonlinear switched impulsive systems

In this paper, we address the problem of neural networks (NNs) stabilization and disturbance rejection for a class of nonlinear switched impulsive systems. An adaptive NN feedback control scheme and an impulsive controller for output tracking error disturbance attenuation of nonlinear switched impulsive systems are given under all admissible switched strategy based on NN. The NN is used to compensate for the nonlinear uncertainties of switched impulsive systems, and the approximation error of NN is introduced to the adaptive law in order to improve the tracking attenuation quality of the switched impulsive systems. Impulsive controller is designed to attenuate effect of switching impulse. Under all admissible switching law, impulsive controller and adaptive NN feedback controller can guarantee asymptotic stability of tracking error and improve disturbance attenuation level of tracking error for the overall nonlinear switched impulsive system. Finally, a numerical example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control and stabilization methods.     

Robust exponential stabilization for network-based switched control systems

It has become a common practice to employ networks in control systems for connecting controllers and sensors/actuators on controlled plants and processes. A network-based switched control system, as a special case of networked control systems, is studied. Such a system is represented with network-induced delays and packet dropout as a switched delay system. Sufficient conditions for robust exponential stability are derived for a class of switching signals with average dwell time. A stabilization design for continuous-time, linear switched plant with nonlinear perturbation under a given communication network via a hybrid state feedback controller is proposed. A hybrid controller design is network-dependent and given in terms of linear matrix inequalities.     

一类离散时间切换混杂系统鲁棒控制

由于切换规则的存在使得切换混杂控制系统的稳定性研究变得极为复杂,如何针对给定的系统设计适当的控制器和切换规则没有统一的方法.本文考虑一类线性不确定离散时间切换混杂系统的鲁棒二次镇定和渐近镇定问题.利用公共李雅普诺夫函数方法和多李雅普诺夫函数方法,分别设计了切换混杂系统鲁棒状态反馈控制器和鲁棒输出反馈控制器,保证了切换混杂系统的二次稳定性和渐近稳定性.仿真结果验证了所提算法的正确有效性.     

Robust resilient control for impulsive switched systems under asynchronous switching

The robust resilient control problem is addressed for a class of impulsive switched systems under asynchronous switching. Through constructing the piecewise Lyapunov function, a robust resilient controller is designed initially, which, for all admissible uncertainties, guarantees that the corresponding closed-loop system is exponentially stable under asynchronous switching signals. Here, the average dwell time method is utilized and the estimate of the trajectory is also presented. For the convenience of computation, all conditions are cast into the form of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, numerical examples and simulation results are demonstrated to illustrate the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

一类离散时间切换线性系统的无差拍控制

研究一类带多控制器和多传感器离散时间线性系统的无差拍控制.对能控系统,通过适当的状态坐标变换获得系统矩阵的块三角结构,再设计状态反馈和周期切换策略使得状态反馈矩阵在有限周期内为零,从而保证闭环系统的无差拍稳定.进一步,对能观系统,设计具有有限时间精确估计的动态输出反馈,通过适当的周期切换策略实现闭环系统的无差拍稳定.最后,给出一个例子以验证所提设计方法的有效性.     

Regulation in bimodal systems

This paper considers the regulation problem for bimodal systems against known disturbance and reference signals. Switching between the two plant models as well as between the disturbance and reference signals is defined according to a switching surface. The design of the proposed regulators involves three main steps. First, a set of observer‐based Q‐parameterized stabilizing controllers for the switched system is constructed. The stability and the input/output properties for the resulting closed‐loop switched system with the Q‐parameterized controllers are analysed. Second, regulation conditions for each of the two subsystems in the resulting bimodal switched closed‐loop system are presented. In the third step, regulation conditions for the switched closed‐loop system are developed using two approaches. In the first approach, sufficient regulation conditions are derived based on the closed‐loop system's input–output properties. In the second approach, the forced switched closed‐loop system is transformed into an unforced impulsive switched system using an appropriate coordinate transformation. Hence, the regulation problem for the switched closed‐loop system is transformed into a stability analysis problem for the origin of an impulsive switched system. A regulator synthesis method based on solving some linear matrix inequalities is proposed. Finally, a numerical example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Controller synthesis for switched positive linear systems by output feedback

The output-feedback controller synthesis issue for a class of continuous-time switched linear systems via average dwell time switching with constrained controls and output is addressed. First, we focus on the output-feedback stabilisation by decomposing control gain matrix. Second, the stabilisation problem with sign-restricted controls while imposing positivity and stability on closed-loop system is solved, then the results extend to asymmetrically bounded controls and constrained outputs. All the derived conditions are formulated as linear programming. Finally, numerical examples are given to show the applicability of the proposed methods.     

On singular hybrid switched and impulsive systems

In this work, the problem of stability analysis for a class of singular hybrid switched and impulsive system (HSIS) is addressed. Corresponding to each subsystem, a hybrid switched and impulsive controller is designed and then the exponential stability property of the proposed singular HSIS is discussed for linear and nonlinear cases. Because switched systems without impulses are a special case of HSISs, the results are also given to switched system with synchronous and asynchronous controllers. The obtained results apply to control singular systems, and the introduced theorems allow knowing how the control must be designed. Two numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed approaches. At first, by using MATLAB^® software, the proposed method is applied to a class of physiological processes of endocrine disruptor diethylstilbestrol models to illustrate the effectiveness of the results obtained here for the linear case. Thereafter, another numerical example is provided to support the presented theoretical results for the nonlinear case.     

Model reference robust adaptive control for a class of uncertain switched linear systems

In this paper, we proposed a model reference robust adaptive control approach for a class of uncertain switched linear systems, in which subsystems of the switched linear system are in control canonical form. The control architecture is composed of a switched reference system (SRS) and a switched adaptive controller (SAC). The SRS specifies the desired dynamics of the uncertain switched linear system, while the SAC makes the uncertain switched linear system dynamics track the SRS dynamics. By multiple Lyapunov functions method, we prove that the closed‐loop switched system is uniformly bounded under arbitrary switching laws, provided that a linear matrix inequality (LMI)‐based sufficient condition is satisfied. We apply the proposed approach to a typical servo‐hydraulic positioning system. The simulation results show that the proposed approach is fairly insensitive to disturbances, uncertainties and non‐smoothly varying dynamics, and performs better than a proportional‐derivative controller or a minimal controller synthesis controller. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Fault estimator design for a class of switched systems with time-varying delay

This article studies the problem of fault estimator design for switched time-delay systems with impulsive control. The delay signal is assumed to be uniformly bounded, differentiable and has a bounded derivative. The problem is first formulated in the framework of H _∞ filtering by incorporating a priori knowledge of the fault into the design procedure. A hybrid controller, composed of a fault estimator and an impulsive controller, is constructed. Some delay-dependent sufficient conditions are derived on the existence of the hybrid controller by using the multiple Lyapunov functional approach. In addition, based on the cone complementarity algorithm, the solutions to the parameter matrices are obtained by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Simultaneous fault detection and control for switched systems with actuator faults

This paper is concerned with the fault detection and control problem for discrete-time switched systems. The actuator faults, especially ‘outage cases’, are considered. The detector/controller is designed simultaneously such that the closed-loop system switches under an average dwell time, and when a fault is detected, an alarm is generated and then the controller is switched to allow the norm of the states of the subsystem to increase within the acceptable limits. Thus, a switching strategy which combines average dwell time switching with event-driven switching is proposed. Under this switching strategy, the attention is focused on designing the detector/controller such that estimation errors between residual signals and faults are minimised for the fulfillment of fault detection objectives; simultaneously, the closed-loop system becomes asymptotically stable for the fulfillment of control objectives. A two-step procedure is adopted to obtain the solutions through satisfying a set of linear matrix inequalities. An example comprising of three cases is considered. Through these cases, it is demonstrated that the fault detection and control for switched systems using a two-stage switching strategy and asynchronous switching are feasible.     

非线性切换系统基于观测器的容错控制器设计

针对一类具有执行器故障的非线性切换系统,研究基于系统状态估计和故障重构的容错控制问题.首先,在具有平均驻留时间(ADT)的切换信号下,设计一种切换PI观测器作为状态-故障估计器,以达到对系统状态和故障同时渐近估计的目的;其次,基于线性矩阵不等式,给出非线性切换系统观测器存在的充分条件;再次,基于PI观测器给出的状态和故障估计,提出一种非线性切换系统的容错控制器设计方法;最后,以一个电子电路为仿真实例进行分析,验证了所提出方法的可行性和适用性.     

Stabilization and second‐order optimization for multimodule impulsive switched linear systems

In this work, we investigate stabilization and optimization issues for a class of multimodule impulsive switched linear systems. First, we establish a necessary and sufficient criterion on asymptotic stabilizability via a pathwise state‐feedback scheme, which achieves the merits of both time‐driven and state‐feedback mechanisms. Then, we present an impulse/switching instant optimization problem that usually arises in finite‐horizon optimal control. To reduce the computational burden, we propose a novel method via developing efficiently computable expressions for the cost function, the gradient vector, and the Hessian matrix. Next, we design a second‐order optimization algorithm searching for the optimal impulse/switching instants. Finally, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Robust finite-time guaranteed cost control for impulsive switched systems with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with the problem of robust finite-time guaranteed cost control for a class of impulsive switched systems with time-varying delay. Firstly, the definitions of finite-time boundedness, finite-time stabilization, and robust finite-time guaranteed cost control are presented. Next, based on the average dwell-time approach, sufficient conditions on robust finite-time guaranteed cost control are obtained for the uncertain impulsive switched systems. Then, by using multiple Lyapunov-like functional method and linear matrix equality (LMI) technique, the state feedback controller is designed to guarantee that the uncertain impulsive switched system is finite-time stabilized. Furthermore, a finite-time guaranteed cost bound is given. Finally, a numerical example is shown to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Finite-time quantised feedback asynchronously switched control of sampled-data switched linear systems

This paper studies the problem of stabilising a sampled-data switched linear system by quantised feedback asynchronously switched controllers. The idea of a quantised feedback asynchronously switched control strategy originates in earlier work reflecting actual system characteristic of switching and quantising, respectively. A quantised scheme is designed depending on switching time using dynamic quantiser. When sampling time, system switching time and controller switching time are all not uniform, the proposed switching controllers guarantee the system to be finite-time stable by a piecewise Lyapunov function and the average dwell-time method. Simulation examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the developed results.     

Analysis and control of switched linear systems via modified Lyapunov–Metzler inequalities

This paper addresses analysis and switching control problems of continuous/discrete‐time switched linear systems. A particular class of matrix inequalities, the so‐called Lyapunov–Metzler inequalities, will be modified to provide conditions for stability analysis and output feedback control synthesis under a relaxed min‐switching logic. The switching rule combined with switching output feedback controllers will be designed to stabilize the switched system and satisfy a prespecified gain performance. The proposed analysis and switching control approach could refrain frequent switches commonly observed in min‐switching based designs. The effectiveness of the proposed approach will be illustrated through numerical examples. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.