Finite-time output feedback stabilization of high-order uncertain nonlinear systems

This paper studies the problem of finite-time output feedback stabilization for a class of high-order nonlinear systems with the unknown output function and control coefficients. Under the weaker assumption that output function is only continuous, by using homogeneous domination method together with adding a power integrator method, introducing a new analysis method, the maximal open sector Ω of output function is given. As long as output function belongs to any closed sector included in Ω, an output feedback controller can be developed to guarantee global finite-time stability of the closed-loop system.     

Further results on global stabilization of uncertain nonlinear systems by output feedback

For a family of uncertain nonlinear systems dominated by a triangular system that satisfies linear growth condition with an output dependent growth rate, we prove that global robust stabilization can be achieved by smooth output feedback. This conclusion has incorporated and generalized the recent output feedback stabilization results, for instance, the work (IEEE Trans. Automat. Control 2002; 47 :2068–2073) where the same conclusion was already shown to be true for planar systems, and the work (Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE, CDC, 2003; 1544–1549) where the growth rate is required to be a polynomial function of the system output. There are two key ingredients in the present contribution. One of them is the introduction of a rescaling transformation with a dynamic factor that is tuned on‐line through a Riccati‐like differential equation, which turns out to be extremely effective in dealing with the system uncertainty. The other one is the development of a recursive observer design algorithm making it possible to assign the robust observer gains in a step‐by‐step fashion. Both a smooth state feedback controller and a robust observer are explicitly constructed for the rescaled system using only the knowledge of the bounding system. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Semi‐global stabilization of nonlinear systems by nonsmooth output feedback

Semi‐global stabilization by output feedback is studied for a class of nonuniformly observable and nonsmoothly stabilizable nonlinear systems. The contribution of this paper is to point out that most of the restrictive growth conditions required in the previous work can be relaxed or removed if a less demanding control objective, namely, semi‐global instead of global stabilization is sought. In particular, it is proved that without imposing restrictive conditions, semi‐global stabilization by nonsmooth output feedback can be achieved for a chain of odd power integrators perturbed by a smooth triangular vector field, although it is neither smoothly stabilizable nor uniformly observable. Extensions to nonstrictly triangular systems are also discussed in the two‐dimensional case. Several examples are provided to illustrate the key features of the proposed semi‐global output feedback controllers. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Input saturation and global stabilization of nonlinear systems viastate and output feedback

For multi-input multi-output nonlinear systems whose free dynamics are Lyapunov stable, the author shows how the problem of global stabilization via dynamic output feedback can be solved by using the technique of input saturation. The power of this technique is also illustrated by solving the problem of global stabilization via bounded state feedback for affine nonlinear systems with stable unforced dynamics. Analogous results are established for discrete-time nonlinear systems     

Recursive scaling design for robust global nonlinear stabilization via output feedback

This paper proposes a novel approach to robust backstepping for global stabilization of uncertain nonlinear systems via output feedback. The design procedure developed in this paper is based on the concept of state‐dependent scaling, which handles output‐feedback stabilization problems of strict‐feedback systems with various structures of uncertainties in a unified way. The proposed method is suitable for numerical computation. The theory of the method employs the Schur complements formula instead of Young's inequality and completing the squares. This paper shows a condition of allowable uncertainty size under which an uncertain system is globally stabilized by output feedback. A class of systems is shown to be always globally stabilizable for arbitrarily large nonlinear size of uncertainties. A recursive procedure of robust observer design for such a class of uncertain systems is presented. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On global stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems with high-order nonlinearities by state feedback

We consider a problem of global stabilization of a class of nonlinear systems. The considered nonlinear systems are in the approximately feedback linearized form and perturbed nonlinear terms contain high-order terms. We propose a control law that has a dynamic controller gain which is effectively tuned to deal with high-order nonlinear terms. Our new method broadens a class of nonlinear systems under consideration over the existing results.     

Global stabilization of high-order nonlinear time-delay systems by state feedback

We consider the problem of global stabilization by state feedback for a class of high-order nonlinear systems with time-delay. By developing a novel dynamic gain-based backstepping approach, a state feedback controller independent of the time-delay is explicitly constructed with the help of appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals. The precise knowledge (even the upper bound) of the time-delay is not required. It is proved that the states of the nonlinear time-delay systems can be regulated to the origin while all the closed loop signals are globally bounded. Finally, both physical and academic examples are given to illustrate the applications of the proposed scheme.     

Norm estimators and global output feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems WithISS inverse dynamics

A preliminary result on the construction of norm estimators for general nonlinear systems that do not necessarily admit a input output to state stable (IOSS)-Lyapunov characterization is given. Furthermore, an output feedback stabilization scheme is presented that makes use of norm estimators. This construction extends some previous results allowing for more general nonlinearities. Two examples complete the work.     

Further results on output feedback stabilization for stochastic high-order nonlinear systems with time-varying delay

This article further discusses the output feedback stabilization problem for stochastic high-order nonlinear systems with time-varying delay. Under the weaker conditions on nonlinearities in drift and diffusion vector fields, by using the idea of homogeneous domination approach, skillfully choosing an appropriate Lyapunov–Krasoviskii functional, and successfully solving several troublesome obstacles in the design and analysis procedure, an output feedback controller is constructed to render the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable in probability.     

Global output feedback stabilisation of high-order nonlinear systems with low-order and high-order nonlinearities

In this paper, we study the global output feedback stabilisation of a class of high-order nonlinear systems with more general low-order and high-order nonlinearities. By constructing the novel Lyapunov function and observer, based on the homogeneous domination theory together with adding a power integrator method, an output feedback controller is developed to guarantee the equilibrium of the closed-loop system globally uniformly asymptotically stable.     

Remarks on smooth feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems

We investigate the problem of smooth feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems with stable uncontrolled dynamics. We present sufficient conditions for the existence of a smooth feedback stabilizing control that are also necessary in the case of linear systems. Analogous results are established for discrete time systems.     

On passivity-based output feedback global stabilization of euler-lagrange systems

It is well known that in systems described by Euler-Lagrange equations the stability of the equilibria is determined by the potential energy function. Further, these equilibria are asymptotically stable if suitable damping is present in the system. These properties motivated the development of a passivity-based controller design methodology which aims at modifying the potential energy of the closed loop and the addition of the required dissipation. To achieve the latter objective measurement of the generalized velocities is typically required. Our main contribution in this paper is the proof that damping injection without velocity measurement is possible via the inclusion of a dynamic extension provided the system satisfies a dissipation propggation condition. This allows us to determine a class of Euler-Lagrange systems that can be globally asymptotically stabilized with dynamic output feedback. We illustrate this result with the problem of set-point control of elastic joints robots. Our research contributes, if modestly, to the development of a theory for stabilization of nonlinear systems with physical structures which effectively exploits its energy dissipation properties.     

Global output feedback stabilization of upper-triangular nonlinear time-delay systems

In this paper,the problem of global output feedback stabilization for a class of upper-triangular nonlinear systems with time-varying time-delay in the state is considered.The uncertain nonlinearities are assumed to be higher-order in the unmeasurable states.Based on the extended homogeneous domination approach,using a low gain observer in combination with controller,the delay-independent output feedback controller makes closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable under a homogeneous growth condition.     

Asymptotic stabilization via output feedback for nonlinear systems with delayed output

We propose a novel and simple design scheme of output feedback controller for a class of nonlinear systems with delayed output. The nonlinear systems considered here are more general than feedforward systems (upper triangular systems). By constructing an appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) and solving linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), the delay-dependent controller making the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable (GAS) is explicitly constructed. A simulation example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design procedure.     

Impulsive positive observers and dynamic output feedback stabilization of positive linear continuous systems

This paper is concerned with the design and the synthesis of the impulsive positive observer (IPO) for positive linear continuous systems. The IPO can estimate the states for positive systems even when the measured output is only available at discrete‐time instants. In this paper, a time‐varying weighted copositive Lyapunov function is constructed, and the upper and lower bounds of impulsive intervals method combined with the convex combination technique are used to establish sufficient conditions for the existence of the IPO. Furthermore, the design of the dynamic output feedback controller based on the IPO is addressed to positively stabilize positive linear systems. Algorithms are given to design the IPO and the controller, respectively. Finally, two numerical examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the theoretical results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Further results on state feedback stabilization of stochastic high-order nonlinear systems

In this paper,a combined homogeneous domination and sign function design approach is presented to state feedback control for a class of stochastic high-order nonlinear systems with time-varying delay.The use of the combined approach relaxes the restriction on nonlinear functions and makes the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable in probability.     

Losslessness, feedback equivalence, and the global stabilization ofdiscrete-time nonlinear systems

In this paper a necessary and sufficient condition for a nonlinear system of the form Σ, given by x(k+1)=f(x(k))+g(x(k))u(k), y(k)=h(x(k))+J(x(k))u(k), to be lossless is given, and it is shown that a lossless system can be globally asymptotically stabilized by output feedback if and only if the system is zero-state observable. Then, we investigate conditions under which Σ can be rendered lossless via smooth state feedback. In particular, we show that this is possible if and only if the system in question has relative degree {0,...,0} and has lossless zero dynamics. Under suitable controllability-like rank conditions, we prove that nonlinear systems having relative degree {0,...,0} and lossless zero dynamics can be globally stabilized by smooth state feedback. As a consequence, we obtain sufficient conditions for a class of cascaded systems to be globally stabilizable. The global stabilization problem of the nonlinear system Σ without output is also investigated in this paper by means of feedback equivalence. Some of the results are parallel to analogous ones in continuous-time, but in many respects the theory is substantially different and many new phenomena appear     

A theorem on global stabilization of nonlinear systems by linear feedback

In this paper we investigate the global stabilizability problem for a wide class of single-input nonlinear systems whose the linearization at the equilirrium is controllable. We show that under general assumptions there exists a linear feedback law which globally exponentially stabilizes the system at its equilibrium. The proof of our main theorem is based on some ideas from a previous paper. We use the theorem to recover a recent result of Gauthier et al. concerning the observer design problem.     

A generalized homogeneous domination approach for global stabilization of inherently nonlinear systems via output feedback

In this paper, we introduce a generalized framework for global output feedback stabilization of a class of uncertain, inherently nonlinear systems of a particularly complex nature since their linearization around the equilibrium is not guaranteed to be either controllable or observable. Based on a new observer/controller construction and a homogeneous domination design, this framework not only unifies the existing output feedback stabilization results, but also leads to more general results which have been never achieved before, establishing this methodology as a universal tool for the global output feedback stabilization of inherently nonlinear systems. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

State feedback stabilization for high-order stochastic nonlinear systems with zero dynamics

In this paper, for a class of high-order stochastic nonlinear systems with zero dynamics which are neither necessarily feedback linearizable nor affine in the control input, the problem of state feedback stabilization is investigated for the first time. Under some weaker assumptions, a smooth state feedback controller is designed, which ensures that the closed-loop system has an almost surely unique solution on [0,∞）, the equilibrium at the origin of the closed-loop system is globally asymptotically stable in probability, and all the states can be regulated to the origin almost surely. A simulation example demonstrates the control scheme.