Robust discrete-time sliding mode control for tracking and model following of uncertain nonlinear systems

This paper proposes a discrete-time controller for robust tracking and model following of a class of nonlinear, multi-input multi-output, systems. For this purpose, a discrete-time sliding mode controller (DTSMC) is used to ensure the stability, robustness and an output tracking against the modelling uncertainties, even at relatively large sampling periods. In this way, Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy modelling is used to decompose the nonlinear system to a set fuzzy-blended locally linearised subsystems. Implementation of the second Lyapunov theory for mismatched uncertain nonlinear T–S fuzzy models results in a set of linear matrix inequalities, which is used to design the sliding surface. A new method is then proposed to reach the quasi-sliding mode and stay thereafter. Simulation studies show that the proposed method guarantees the stability of closed-loop system and achieves small tracking error in the presence of parametric uncertainties at large sampling periods.     

Adaptive fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control of MIMO nonlinear uncertain systems

This article presents an integrated fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control (FTC) methodology for a class of nonlinear multi-input–multi-output systems. Based on the fault information obtained during the diagnostic procedure, an FTC component is designed to compensate for the effect of faults. In the presence of a fault, a baseline controller guarantees the boundedness of all the system signals until the fault is detected. After fault detection and then again after isolation, the controller is reconfigured to improve the tracking performance using online fault diagnostic information. Under certain assumptions, the stability and tracking performances of the closed-loop system are rigorously investigated. It is shown that the system signals always remain bounded and the output tracking error converges to a neighbourhood of the origin of the state space.     

Robust tracking control for uncertain fuzzy systems with time delay and external disturbances

In this article, robust tracking and disturbance rejection problem for Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy systems with time delay and external disturbances are discussed. Specifically, proportional-integral controller with an enhanced equivalent-input-disturbance technique is constructed to force the output trajectories to track the bounded reference input signal even in the presence of external disturbances. Further, the resulting fuzzy control system can be represented as an augmented system with state delay and uncertainties and the output tracking problem is transformed into stabilization problem of the augmented system. In the stabilization analysis, the considered fuzzy system does not share the same membership functions with the proposed control. Moreover, the delay-dependent stabilization criteria for the addressed fuzzy system are presented in the form of linear matrix inequalities by the virtue of augmented Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional. To be specific, the symmetric matrices involved in the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional need not be positive definite. Ultimately, three numerical examples are offered to support the validity of the established theoretical results.     

H2 guaranteed cost fuzzy control design for discrete-time nonlinear systems with parameter uncertainty

This paper presents a design method of H₂ guaranteed cost (GC) fuzzy controllers for discrete-time nonlinear systems with parameter uncertainties. The Takagi and Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model with parameter uncertainties is employed to represent an uncertain discrete-time nonlinear system. A sufficient condition for the existence of H₂ GC fuzzy controllers is presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The resulting fuzzy controllers not only guarantee that the closed-loop fuzzy system is quadratically stable, but also provide a guaranteed cost on the H₂ performance index. Furthermore, an optimal H₂ GC fuzzy controller in the sense of minimizing a bound on the guaranteed cost is provided by means of an LMI optimization procedure. Finally, it is also demonstrated, through numerical simulations on the backing up control of a truck-trailer, that the proposed design method is effective.     

Robust stabilisation control for discrete-time networked control systems

We consider the analysis and synthesis of discrete-time networked control systems (NCSs), where the plant has additive uncertainty and the controller is updated with the sensor information at stochastic time intervals. It is shown that the problem is linked to H_∞-control of linear discrete-time stochastic systems and a new small gain theorem is established. Based on this result, sufficient conditions are given for ensuring mean square stability of the NCS, and the genetic algorithm is utilised to design the controller of the NCS based on a linear matrix inequality technique. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed method.     

带有内动态的离散不确定非线性系统的滑模预测跟踪控制

对于一类带有内动态的单输入-单输出不确定离散非线性系统,基于滑模预测控制技术设计了一个控制器.通过反馈校正和滚动优化技术,可以及时补偿不确定性的影响,提高了匹配和不匹配不确定项的鲁棒性.然后,通过滚动优化技术得到期望的滑模控制律.特别地,通过预测控制,滑模控制的抖振现象可以消除.最后,在不确定项的界未知的情况下,得到闭环系统的所有信号都是有界的,并且跟踪误差是鲁棒稳定的.仿真例子说明所提出控制方法的有效性.     

Fault estimation and fault tolerant control for linear stochastic uncertain systems

This article investigates the fault estimation and fault tolerant control (FTC) problems for linear stochastic uncertain systems. By introducing the fictitious noise, the fault is augmented as part of the systems state, and then a robust estimator is proposed to simultaneously obtain the state and fault estimation. Based on the estimated information, the active FTC is presented to eliminate the impact of the fault. Finally, a simulation example is conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of our main method.     

Improved results on observer-based control for discrete-time fuzzy systems

This paper is concerned with the design problem of observer-based H_∞ control for discrete-time Takagi?Sugeno (T?S) fuzzy systems. New sufficient conditions guaranteeing the H_∞ performance of the T?S fuzzy systems are derived. With the aid of some special derivations, bilinear matrix inequalities are converted into a set of linear matrix inequalities which can be solved using a single-step resolution procedure. In comparison with the existing literature results, the proposed approach may provide more relaxed conditions while ensuring better H_∞ performance. Finally, both numerical and practical examples are given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Fuzzy observer-based control for maximum power-point tracking of a photovoltaic system

This paper presents a novel fuzzy control design method for maximum power-point tracking (MPPT) via a Takagi and Sugeno (TS) fuzzy model-based approach. A knowledge-dynamic model of the PV system is first developed leading to a TS representation by a simple convex polytopic transformation. Then, based on this exact fuzzy representation, a H_∞ observer-based fuzzy controller is proposed to achieve MPPT even when we consider varying climatic conditions. A specified TS reference model is designed to generate the optimum trajectory which must be tracked to ensure maximum power operation. The controller and observer gains are obtained in a one-step procedure by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The proposed method has been compared with some classical MPPT techniques taking into account convergence speed and tracking accuracy. Finally, various simulation and experimental tests have been carried out to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed TS fuzzy MPPT strategy.     

基于模糊模型的不确定非线性系统鲁棒D 镇定

针对 T- S模糊模型描述的不确定非线性系统 ,应用二次 D-稳定概念 ,对给定复平面上的某一D域提出模糊系统全局鲁棒 D-稳定的充分条件 ,基于并行分布补偿 (PDC)技术 ,各局部状态反馈镇定控制器设计归结于解一组耦合线性矩阵不等式 (L MI) ,全局控制器通过隶属度函数由各局部控制器混合而成 ,并以此保证整个系统的鲁棒 D-稳定性。最后用质量弹簧阻尼系统给出了仿真示例。     

非线性离散系统的近似最优跟踪控制

研究非线性离散系统的最优跟踪控制问题. 通过在由最优控制问题所导致的非线性两点边值问题中引入灵敏度参数, 并对它进行Maclaurin级数展开, 将原最优跟踪控制问题转化为一族非齐次线性两点边值问题. 得到的最优跟踪控制由解析的前馈反馈项和级数形式的补偿项组成. 解析的前馈反馈项可以由求解一个Riccati差分方程和一个矩阵差分方程得到. 级数补偿项可以由一个求解伴随向量的迭代算法近似求得. 以连续槽式反应器为例进行仿真验证了该方法的有效性．     

切换系统的同时故障估计与容错控制

当切换系统发生故障时,通常需要依次进行故障诊断和容错控制.为了提高切换系统故障诊断的可靠性和容错控制的及时性,本文提出一种同时故障估计与容错控制方法.针对满足平均驻留时间约束的线性切换系统,首先建立了基于状态观测器的同时故障估计与容错控制器,并将其设计问题转化为了加权H∞性能指标下增广误差系统的多目标求解问题.然后使用平均驻留时间技术和多Lyapunov函数方法设计了故障估计与容错控制器的参数,又通过松弛矩阵方法进一步得到了保守性较低的结果.最后,利用一个例子对本文所提方法进行了仿真,证实了该方法的有效性.     

Experimental application of nonlinear minimum variance estimation for fault detection systems

The purpose of this paper is to present an experimental design and application of a novel model-based fault detection technique by using a nonlinear minimum variance (NMV) estimator. The NMV estimation technique is used to generate a residual signal which is then used to detect faults in the system. The main advantage of the approach is the simplicity of the nonlinear estimator theory and the straightforward structure of the resulting solution. The proposed method is implemented and validated experimentally on DC servo system. Experimental results demonstrate that the technique can produce acceptable performance in terms of fault detection and false alarm.     

Robust mixed performance switching control for uncertain discrete switched systems with time delay

In this paper, the problem of H₂ and H_∞ mixed switching control of uncertain discrete switched systems with time delay is considered via a switching signal design. New Lyapunov functional and Wirtinger inequality are used to guarantee the mixed performance for discrete switched time-delay system. The number of using LMI variables is less than our past proposed approach. Finally, a numerical example is illustrated to show the improvement of the developed results.     

Robust nonlinear variable selective control for networked systems

This paper is concerned with the networked control of a class of uncertain nonlinear systems. In this way, Takagi–Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy modelling is used to extend the previously proposed variable selective control (VSC) methodology to nonlinear systems. This extension is based upon the decomposition of the nonlinear system to a set of fuzzy-blended locally linearised subsystems and further application of the VSC methodology to each subsystem. To increase the applicability of the T-S approach for uncertain nonlinear networked control systems, this study considers the asynchronous premise variables in the plant and the controller, and then introduces a robust stability analysis and control synthesis. The resulting optimal switching-fuzzy controller provides a minimum guaranteed cost on an H₂ performance index. Simulation studies on three nonlinear benchmark problems demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Integrated fault estimation and fault‐tolerant control for uncertain Lipschitz nonlinear systems

This paper proposes an integrated fault estimation and fault‐tolerant control (FTC) design for Lipschitz non‐linear systems subject to uncertainty, disturbance, and actuator/sensor faults. A non‐linear unknown input observer without rank requirement is developed to estimate the system state and fault simultaneously, and based on these estimates an adaptive sliding mode FTC system is constructed. The observer and controller gains are obtained together via H_∞ optimization with a single‐step linear matrix inequality (LMI) formulation so as to achieve overall optimal FTC system design. A single‐link manipulator example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

State-feedback stabilisation for fuzzy bilinear uncertain system with disturbance via fuzzy control approach

This article presents a fuzzy control scheme for a class of Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy uncertain bilinear system with disturbance (FUBSD). First, the T–S FUBSD is established and based on the parallel distributed compensation method, the overall robust H _∞ fuzzy controller is proposed to globally stabilise the T–S FUBSD. Then, some sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee the robust stabilisability of the overall fuzzy control system via linear matrix inequalities. Finally, a numerical example is utilised to demonstrate the validity and effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Non-fragile H∞ dynamic output feedback control for uncertain Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy systems with time-varying delay

This paper mainly focuses on the problem of non-fragile H_∞ dynamic output feedback control for a class of uncertain Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy systems with time-varying state delay. Based on a new type of Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional without ignoring any subtle integral terms in the derivatives, a less conservative dynamic output feedback controller with additive gain variations is designed, which guarantees that the closed-loop fuzzy system is asymptotically stable and satisfies a prescribed H_∞-performance level. Furthermore, the obtained parameter-dependent conditions are given in terms of solution to a set of linear matrix inequalities, which improve some existing relevant results. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and merits of the proposed method.