Sampled-data H ∞ control for networked control systems with digital control inputs

In this article, the problem of sampled-data H _∞ control for networked control systems (NCSs) with digital control inputs is considered, where the physical plant is modelled as a continuous-time one, and the control inputs are discrete-time signals. By exploiting a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, using the Leibniz–Newton formula and a free-weighting matrix method, sufficient conditions for sampled-data H _∞ performance analysis and H _∞ controller design for such systems are given. Since the obtained conditions of H _∞ controller design are not expressed strictly in term of linear matrix inequalities, the sampled-data H _∞ controller is solved using modified cone complementary linearisation algorithm. In addition, the new sampled-data stability criteria for the NCSs is proved to be less conservative than some existing results. Numerical examples demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.     

Stability and stabilization of linear sampled-data systems with multi-rate samplers and time driven zero order holds

In multi-rate sampled-data systems, a continuous-time plant is controlled by a discrete-time controller which is located in the feedback loop between sensors with different sampling rates and actuators with different refresh rates. The main contribution of this paper is to propose sufficient Krasovskii-based stability and stabilization criteria for linear sampled-data systems, with multi-rate samplers and time driven zero order holds. For stability analysis, it is assumed that an exponentially stabilizing controller is already designed in continuous-time and is implemented as a discrete-time controller. For each sensor (or actuator), the problem of finding an upper bound on the lowest sampling frequency (or refresh rate) that guarantees exponential stability is cast as an optimization problem in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Furthermore, sufficient conditions for controller synthesis are formulated as LMIs. It is shown through examples that choosing the right sensors (or actuators) with adequate sampling frequencies (or refresh rates) has a considerable impact on stability of the closed-loop system.     

Stability of sampled-data piecewise affine systems: A time-delay approach

This paper addresses the stability analysis of sampled-data piecewise-affine (PWA) systems consisting of a continuous-time plant in feedback connection with a discrete-time emulation of a continuous-time state feedback controller. The sampled-data system is first considered as a continuous-time system with a variable time delay. Conditions under which the trajectories of the sampled-data closed-loop system will converge to an attracting invariant set are then presented. It is also shown that when the sampling period converges to zero, these conditions coincide with sufficient conditions for non-fragility of the stabilizing continuous-time PWA state feedback controller. The results are successfully applied to a helicopter example.     

Design of H 2 Controllers for Sampled-Data Systems with Input Time Delays

This paper presents a general framework based on lifting technique for sampled-data systems with input time delays. By analyzing the properties of operator-valued matrices of lifted systems with input time delays, an extended lifting technique is obtained. It is then shown that, with the proposed lifting technique, the complex behavior of the system can be illustrated by two simple lifted systems, which construct the extended lifted system. The extended lifted system has the same induced norm as that of the original system with an input time delay, since the proposed lifting technique is an isometric isomorphism. Through applying the proposed lifting technique to sampled-data systems with input time delays, the time-invariant discrete-time system with infinite-dimensional input and output spaces is obtained. The equivalent discrete-time system, which is derived from the extended lifted system, can satisfy the problem of H ₂ sampled-data control systems with input time delays. Simulation results are given to show that the proposed method can guarantee a more stable system response than the conventional H ₂ sampled-data controller for the sampled-data systems with the various input time delays.     

Prediction-based sampled-data H∞ controller design for attitude stabilisation of a rigid spacecraft with disturbances

This paper investigates the H_∞ control problem of the attitude stabilisation of a rigid spacecraft with external disturbances using prediction-based sampled-data control strategy. Aiming to achieve a ‘virtual’ closed-loop system, a type of parameterised sampled-data controller is designed by introducing a prediction mechanism. The resultant closed-loop system is equivalent to a hybrid system featured by a continuous-time and an impulsive differential system. By using a time-varying Lyapunov functional, a generalised bounded real lemma (GBRL) is first established for a kind of impulsive differential system. Based on this GBRL and Lyapunov functional approach, a sufficient condition is derived to guarantee the closed-loop system to be asymptotically stable and to achieve a prescribed H_∞ performance. In addition, the controller parameter tuning is cast into a convex optimisation problem. Simulation and comparative results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the developed control scheme.     

Discrete-time control of continuous systems with approximate decentralized fixed modes

In this paper, the discrete-time control of decentralized continuous-time systems, which have approximate decentralized fixed modes, is studied. It is shown that under certain conditions, discrete-time controllers can improve the overall performance of the decentralized control system, when a linear time-invariant continuous-time controller is ineffective. In order to obtain these conditions, a quantitative measure for different types of approximate fixed modes in a decentralized system is given. In this case, it is shown that discrete-time zero-order hold (ZOH) controllers, and in particular, that generalized sampled-data hold functions (GSHF), can significantly improve the overall performance of the resultant closed-loop system. The proposed sampled-data controller is, in fact, a linear time-varying controller for the continuous-time system.     

Discrete-time modeling of sampled-data control systems with directfeedthrough

Discrete-time models of sampled-data control systems are addressed when both a continuous-time plant and a discrete-time controller have a feedthrough. It is pointed out that in this case discrete-time models which can be found in most references should not be used in the closed-loop context. A new state-space model appropriate for the closed-loop modeling and formulas for calculating the related discrete-time pulse transfer functions are derived. Intersample phenomena are studied and the feasibility of that model to describe systems with parasitic dynamics is emphasized. Examples from the literature illustrate the relevance of the issue     

非线性采样系统指数稳定的新条件

研究了非线性采样系统的稳定性问题. 对以采样周期为参数的离散时间系统族, 证明了全局指数稳定的Lyapunov定理和逆定理. 分别基于系统的一般近似模型和Euler近似模型, 给出了闭环系统全局指数稳定的新条件. 与现有结果相比, 取消了Lyapunov函数全局Lipschitz连续的假设, 减弱了闭环系统全局指数稳定的充分条件.     

Matrosov theorem for parameterized families of discrete-time systems

A version of Matrosov's theorem for parameterized discrete-time time-varying systems is presented. The theorem is a discrete-time version of the continuous-time result in Loria et al., 2002 (δ-persistency of excitation: a necessary and sufficient condition for uniform attractivity, 2002, submitted for publication). Our result facilitates controller design for sampled-data nonlinear systems via their approximate discrete-time models. An application of the theorem to establishing uniform asymptotic stability of systems controlled by model reference adaptive controllers designed via approximate discrete-time plant models is presented.     

基于采样控制的一类本质非线性系统的全局镇定

针对一类含不确定参数的本质非线性系统,基于非光滑控制技术,提出了 一种基于采样控制的全局非光滑镇定方案. 首先,基于加幂积分技术和递归设计方法,提出了一类采样状态反馈控制器构造性设计方法.然后,通过合理地构造Lyapunvo泛函,严格地证明了存在一个最大采样周期 可以保证闭环系统的全局渐近稳定性. 由于控制器是离散形式的,所以在实际中易于用计算机来实现. 仿真结果验证了该方法的有效 性.     

基于观测器的一类连续非线性系统的采样控制

首先使用反演方法分别设计了系统的连续时间状态反馈控制器、连续时间观测器和基于连续时间观测器的连续时间控制器. 接下来, 利用零阶保持法对连续时间状态反馈控制器进行离散化, 获得了状态反馈采样控制器; 利用零阶保持法对基于连续时间观测器 的连续时间控制器离散化, 获得了基于连续时间观测器的采样控制器; 利用Euler法对连续时间观测器离散化, 同时利用零阶保持法对控制器离散化, 从而获得了采样观测器和基于采样观测器的采样控制器. 本文论证了上述状态反馈采样控制器和基于连续时间观测器的采样控制器可以保证闭环系统渐近稳定, 而基于采样观测器的采样控制器可以保证被控对象的状态是有界的, 其最终边界依赖于设计参数与采样周期. 最后, 通过选择适当的采样周期, 完成了闭环采样控制系统的设计. 一个船舶航向控制的例子表明应用本文 所提方法设计出的三种采样控制器具有良好的控制效果.     

Finite-time H∞ control of periodic piecewise linear systems

In this paper, the finite-time stability, stabilisation, L₂-gain and H_∞ control problems for a class of continuous-time periodic piecewise linear systems are addressed. By employing a time-varying control scheme in which the time interval of each subsystem constitutes a number of basic time segments, the finite-time controllers can be developed with periodically time-varying control gains. Based on a piecewise time-varying Lyapunov-like function, a sufficient condition of finite-time stability and the relevant time-varying controller are proposed. Considering the finite-time boundedness of the closed-loop periodic system, the L₂-gain criterion with continuous time-varying Lyapunov-like matrix function is studied. A finite-time H_∞ controller is proposed based on the L₂-gain analysis. Finally, numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed criteria.     

Stability of sampled-data piecewise-affine systems under state feedback

This paper addresses stability of sampled-data piecewise-affine (PWA) systems consisting of a continuous-time plant and a discrete-time emulation of a continuous-time state feedback controller. The paper presents conditions under which the trajectories of the sampled-data closed-loop system will exponentially converge to a neighborhood of the origin. Moreover, the size of this neighborhood will be related to bounds on perturbation parameters related to the sampling procedure, in particular, related to the sampling period. Finally, it will be shown that when the sampling period converges to zero the performance of the stabilizing continuous-time PWA state feedback controller can be recovered by the emulated controller.     

不确定离散广义系统的时滞相关非脆弱无源控制

针对不确定离散时滞广义系统,研究其时滞相关鲁棒严格无源、渐近稳定性以及相关的非脆弱控制问题．首先利用线性矩阵不等式（LMI）和自由权矩阵的概念,分析了离散广义系统时滞相关严格无源以及渐近稳定性的条件;然后讨论不确定离散广义系统的时滞相关鲁棒严格无源和渐近稳定性,并讨论具有加性非脆弱反馈控制设计使得闭环系统满足相应性能,同时给出控制器的构造方法;最后通过数值算例说明该方法的有效性．     

Adaptive output feedback control of general MIMO systems using multirate sampling and its application to a cart–crane system

In adaptive output feedback control based on almost strictly positive real conditions, a technical difficulty arises when the multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system under consideration is non-square, and in particular, has less inputs than outputs. To overcome this, we propose the idea of multirate sampled-data control—by carefully choosing faster input sampling rates, we obtain a lifted discrete-time system, which has the same number of inputs and outputs and does not give rise to the causality constraint. The adaptive control strategy is then applied to the lifted system, resulting in a multirate adaptive output feedback controller which is implementable digitally and provides closed-loop stability under certain conditions. The results reported here are validated on an experimental cart–crane system.     

采样系统鲁棒稳定性分析的新方法

The lifting technique is now the most popular tool for dealing with sampled-data control systems. However, for the robust stability problem the system norm is not preserved by the lifting as expected. And the result is generally conservative under the small gain condition. The reason for the norm difference by the lifting is that the state transition operator in the lifted system is zero in this case. A new approach to the robust stability analysis is proposed. It is to use an equivalent discrete-time uncertainty to replace the continuous-time uncertainty. Then the general discretized method can be used for the robust stability problem, and it is not conservative. Examples are given in the paper.     

Uniform asymptotic stability of hybrid dynamical systems with delay

We formulate a model for hybrid dynamical systems with delay, which covers a large class of delay systems. Under several mild assumptions, we establish sufficient conditions for uniform asymptotic stability of hybrid dynamical systems with delay via a Lyapunov-Razumikhin technique. To demonstrate the developed theory, we conduct stability analyses for delay sampled-data feedback control systems including a nonlinear continuous-time plant and a linear discrete-time controller.     

Robust H ∞ networked control for discrete-time fuzzy systems with state quantisation

The problem of robust H _∞ control for uncertain discrete-time Takagi and Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy networked control systems (NCSs) with state quantisation is investigated. A new model of network-based control with simultaneous consideration of network-induced delays and packet dropouts is proposed. By using a fuzzy Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF), we derive a less conservative delay-dependent stability condition for the closed-loop NCSs. Robust H _∞ fuzzy controller is developed for the asymptotical stabilisation of the NCSs. Since it is not expressed as strict LMI conditions, the cone complementary linearisation procedure is exploited to solve the nonconvex feasibility problem. A numerical example shows the feasibility applications of the proposed technique.