State feedback stabilisation for stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems with input time-delay

This paper devotes to solve the problem of state feedback stabilisation for a class of stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems with input time-delay. First, the delay-dependent control input is skillfully handled by using variable transformation technique. Then, by introducing the homogeneous domination approach and the appropriate Lyapunov--Krasovskii functional to deal with the time-delay, we construct a state feedback controller through a backstepping recursive design. It is shown that the proposed controller can guarantee the closed-loop system to be globally asymptotically stable (GAS) in probability. Finally, an example is given to verify the effectiveness of the obtained analytical results.     

Global output feedback stabilisation of stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems with time-delay

This paper considers the problem of output feedback stabilisation for stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems with time-varying delay. By using the homogeneous domination theory and solving several troublesome obstacles in the design and analysis, an output feedback controller is constructed to drive the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable in probability.     

Observer based output feedback regulation of a class of feedforward nonlinear systems with uncertain input and state delays using adaptive gain

We consider a global regulation problem of a class of feedforward nonlinear systems with uncertain delays by output feedback. The considered system is a generalized feedforward time-delay nonlinear system in the sense that an additional uncertain constant delay exists in the main control input to the system and feedforward nonlinearity includes states and input which have uncertain time-varying delays. Moreover, when feedforward nonlinearity satisfies some restrictive condition, we extend our control problem to the case such that the delay in the main control input is also a time-varying delay. To globally regulate the considered system, we develop an output feedback controller whose gain-scaling factor involves an adaptive dynamic. Two examples are given for illustration.     

Global stabilisation for a class of more general high-order time-delay nonlinear systems by output feedback

This paper addresses the problem of global stabilisation by output feedback for a class of high-order time-delay nonlinear systems with more general uncertainties, which cover both high-order and low-order nonlinearities. By introducing sign function and necessarily modifying the homogeneous domination approach, an output feedback controller is successfully constructed to guarantee the global asymptotic stability of the resulting closed-loop system. Due to the versatility of the homogeneous domination approach and homogeneous properties, the proposed method is also utilised to the control design of upper-triangular systems.     

基于神经网络补偿的非线性时滞系统时滞正反馈控制

A new adaptive time-delay positive feedback controller (ATPFC) is presented for a class of nonlinear time-delay systems. The proposed control scheme consists of a neural networks-based identification and a time-delay positive feedback controller. Two high-order neural networks (HONN) incorporated with a special dynamic identification model are employed to identify the nonlinear system. Based on the identified model, local linearization compensation is used to deal with the unknown nonlinearity of the system. A time-delay-free inverse model of the linearized system and a desired reference model are utilized to constitute the feedback controller, which can lead the system output to track the trajectory of a reference model. Rigorous stability analysis for both the identification and the tracking error of the closed-loop control system is provided by means of Lyapunov stability criterion. Simulation results are included to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

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.     

Robust output regulation problem for linear time-delay systems

In this paper, we study the robust output regulation problem for linear systems with input time-delay. By extending the internal model design method to linear time-delay systems, we have established solvability conditions for the problem by both dynamic state feedback control and dynamic output feedback control. The advantages of internal model approach over the feedforward design approach are that it can handle perturbations of the uncertain parameters in the plant and the control law, and it does not need to solve the regulator equations.     

Global output feedback stabilisation of nonlinear time-delay systems with unknown output function

This paper studies the problem of global output feedback stabilisation for a class of nonlinear time-delay systems with the unknown output function. By constructing the appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and observer, skillfully combining generalised adding a power integrator technique, sign function and homogeneous domination approach, an output feedback controller is designed to guarantee globally uniformly asymptotical stability of nonlinear time-delay systems with the unknown output function.     

具有输入时滞的随机前馈非线性系统的状态反馈镇定

针对一类具有输入时滞的随机前馈非线性系统, 首次研究了它的状态反馈镇定问题. 首先引入一个变量变换, 将其与齐次占优方法巧妙结合, 通过构造合适的 Lyapunov-Krasovskii 泛函, 设计了一个状态反馈控制器, 使得闭环系统的平衡点依概率全局渐近稳定.     

Global regulation of a class of feedforward and non-feedforward nonlinear systems with a delay in the input

In this paper, we propose a new state feedback controller using dynamic gain for input-delayed systems with high-order nonlinearity terms in both feedforward and non-feedforward forms. The controller design is based on a reduction method to remove the input delay and a gain scaling technique involving appropriate powers of high-order nonlinearity. As a result, more generalized systems containing feedforward and nonfeedforward terms with an input delay are regulated when the proposed power order condition of the nonlinear function is satisfied. An example is given to show the generality of our result over existing results.     

A homogeneous domination approach to state feedback of stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems

This paper investigates stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems for the first time. By introducing the homogeneous domination approach and solving several troublesome obstacles in the design and analysis procedure, a state feedback controller is constructed to render the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable in probability.     

Finite‐time output feedback stabilization of nonlinear high‐order feedforward systems

This paper considers the global finite‐time output feedback stabilization of a class of nonlinear high‐order feedforward systems. By using the homogeneous domination method together with adding a power integrator method and overcoming several troublesome obstacles in the design and analysis, a global finite‐time output feedback controller with reduced‐order observer is recursively designed to globally finite‐time stabilize nonlinear high‐order feedforward systems. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Time-varying feedforward and output feedback controllers for nonlinear time-delay processes

The problem of output regulation of nonlinear time-delay processes with time-varying disturbances is considered. We present a new disturbance-dependent coordinate transformation for the linearization of nonlinear time-varying processes. In our proposed controller configuration, the modified Smith-type predictor plays the central role. Using this approach, the modified Smith-type predictor is composed of a nonlinear process model and a linear internal model. The presented feedforward and dead-time compensation can eliminate the effect of delayed disturbances on the output. With the aid of the incorporating linear internal model it aims to achieve both the asymptotic output regulation and the dead time compensation. A reduced-order controller structure for nonlinear time-delay processes can also asymptotically track the desired trajectory. Finally, the synthesis controllers are successfully implemented for chemical reactor systems.     

Global stabilization of stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems with time-varying delay

In this paper, we consider the problem of global stabilization for a class of stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems with time-varying delay. By introducing the homogeneous domination design method and constructing the appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, a state feedback controller is constructed to drive the closed-loop system to be globally asymptotically stable in probability.     

具有持续扰动的时滞系统前馈2反馈最优控制

针对外部持续扰动下的线性时滞系统，提出一种前馈-反馈最优控制的逐次逼近算法．利用逐次逼近算法，将既含有时滞项又含有超前项的两点边值问题转化为不合时滞项和超前项的线性两点边值问题族，并证明了线性两点边值问题族的解序列一致收敛于原系统最优控制律．得到的最优控制律由解析的无时滞前馈-反馈控制部分和伴随向量序列极限形式的时滞补偿控制部分组成．通过截取时滞补偿序列的有限项，得到系统的前馈-反馈次优控制律．仿真示例表明，该方法对外部持续扰动具有良好的鲁棒性．     

Global asymptotic stabilization of feedforward nonlinear systems with a delay in the input

In this paper, by constructing appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals (LKF) and applying the model transformation of time-delay systems, a design scheme of state feedback controller for a class of feedforward nonlinear systems with a delay in the input is proposed. The designed controllers have a very simple structure and do not involve any saturation or recursive computation, which is widely applied in designing a controller of feedforward nonlinear systems. Using the transformation of coordinates and the property of Hurwitz polynomial, the problem of designing controller can be converted into the problem of finding a parameter, which can be solved by solving the optimization problem with linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) constraints. A simulation example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed design procedure.     

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.     

Non-predictor control of a class of feedforward nonlinear systems with unknown time-varying delays

This paper generalises the several recent results on the control of feedforward time-delay nonlinear systems. First, in view of system formulation, there are unknown time-varying delays in both states and main control input. Also, the considered nonlinear system has extended feedforward nonlinearities. Second, in view of control solution, our proposed controller is a non-predictor feedback controller whereas smith-predictor type controllers are used in the several existing results. Moreover, our controller does not need any information on the unknown delays except their upper bounds. Thus, our result has certain merits in both system formulation and control solution perspective. The analysis and example are given for clear illustration.     

一类非线性时滞系统的解耦控制

利用微分几何方法研究了一类非线性多输入多输出时滞系统的解耦问题．讨论了此类系统可解耦的充分条件，并给出了此类系统实现输入/输出间精确线性化的条件以及其标准形．文中给出了非线性时滞系统得以解耦的非线性状态反馈控制律；此状态控制律不但可以实现输出与时滞状态变量的解耦，还可以实现输出与输入间的精确线性化．而其闭环标准形的给出为此类系统实现各种控制目标带来了方便．     

Input-output feedback linearization of time-delay systems

In this note, the input-output linearization problem (IOLP) for a class of single-input-single-output nonlinear systems with multiple delays in the input, the output, and the state is studied. The problem is solved by means of various static or dynamic compensators, including state and output feedback. The mathematical setting is based on some noncommutative algebraic tools and the introduction of a nonlinear version of the so-called Roesser models for this class of systems. These are claimed to be the cornerstones for studying nonlinear time-delay systems. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of a static or pure shift output feedback which solves the IOLP. Sufficient conditions for the existence of a dynamic state feedback solution are included as well.