Output feedback stabilisation of high-order nonlinear feedforward time-delay systems

This paper studies the output feedback control problem for high-order nonlinear feedforward time-delay systems. Systems become more general due to both low-order and high-order in nonlinearities taking any value in certain intervals. By constructing the new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and reduced-order observer, based on the homogeneous domination theory, an output feedback controller is developed to guarantee high-order nonlinear feedforward time-delay systems globally asymptotically stable. A simulation example demonstrates the theoretical result.     

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.     

Global decentralised stabilisation for a class of uncertain large-scale feedforward nonlinear systems

In this paper, the problem of global decentralised stabilisation for a class of uncertain large-scale feedforward nonlinear systems is investigated. The system under consideration is allowed to contain unknown non-Lipschitz continuous nonlinear terms. The design of the global decentralised controllers takes a two steps procedure. First of all, based on the adding a power integrator technique and the homogeneous domination approach a local homogeneous decentralised controller is proposed for each subsystem of the large-scale feedforward nonlinear system. Then, we integrate a series of nested saturation functions with the homogeneous decentralised controllers and adjust the saturation levels to ensure globally asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system. Simulation studies are conducted to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.     

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.     

Globally uniformly asymptotical stabilisation of time-delay nonlinear systems

Globally uniformly asymptotical stabilisation of nonlinear systems in feedback form with a delay arbitrarily large in the input is dealt with based on the backstepping approach in this article. The design strategy depends on the construction of a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional. A continuously differentiable control law is obtained to globally uniformly asymptotically stabilise the closed-loop system. The simulation shows the effectiveness of the method.     

Finite-time output feedback stabilisation for a class of feedforward nonlinear systems with input saturation

This paper considers the problem of global finite-time stabilisation by output feedback for a class of feedforward (upper triangular) nonlinear systems with input saturation. Based on the finite-time stability theorem, and by skillfully using the homogeneous domination approach and the nested saturation technique, a saturated output feedback controller is successfully constructed, which renders the origin of the closed-loop system globally finite-time stable. In simulation studies, a numerical example is illustrated to show the effectiveness of the control scheme. Moreover, the design strategy is successfully applied to solve the saturated finite-time control problem for vertical wheel on rotating table.     

Global stabilisation for a class of switched high-order stochastic nonlinear systems

This paper is devoted to the problem of global stabili sation for a class of switched high-order stochastic nonlinear systems under arbitrary switchings. By extending the adding -a -power -integrator technique and choosing an appropriate common Lyapunov function, a common state-feedback controller is explicitly constructed to render the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable in probability. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by a simulation example.     

Global finite-time stabilisation of a class of switched nonlinear systems

This paper is concerned with the global finite-time stabilisation problem for a class of switched nonlinear systems under arbitrary switchings. All subsystems of the studied switched system under consideration are in lower triangular form. Based on the adding one power integrator technique, both a class of non-Lipschitz continuous state feedback controllers and a common Lyapunov function are simultaneously constructed such that the closed-loop switched system is global finite-time stable under arbitrary switchings. In the controller design process, a common coordinate transformation of all subsystems is exploited to avoid using individual coordinate transformations for subsystems. Finally, two examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Time-varying state-feedback stabilisation of stochastic feedforward nonlinear systems with unknown growth rate

We consider the time-varying state-feedback stabilisation problem for a class of stochastic feedforward nonlinear systems with unknown growth rate in this paper. A new LaSalle-type theorem for stochastic time-varying systems is firstly established by using the generalized weakly positive definite function. As an application, to deal with serious uncertainties in the unknown growth rate, a time-varying approach, rather than an adaptive one, is adopted to design the scheme of a state-feedback controller for stochastic feedforward systems. Based on the established LaSalle-type theorem, it is shown that all signals of the resulting closed-loop system converge to zero almost surely. Illustrative examples are given to verify the theoretical findings.     

Finite-time stability and stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with the problems of finite-time stability (FTS) and finite-time stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems with time-varying delay, which can be represented by Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy system. Some new delay-dependent FTS conditions are provided and applied to the design problem of finite-time fuzzy controllers. First, based on an integral inequality and a fuzzy Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, a delay-dependent FTS criterion is proposed for open-loop fuzzy system by introducing some free fuzzy weighting matrices, which are less conservative than other existing ones. Then, the parallel distributed compensation controller is designed to ensure FTS of the time-delay fuzzy system. Finally, an example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design approach.     

Finite-time stabilisation for a class of output-constrained nonholonomic systems with its application

This paper studies the problem of finite-time stabilisation for a class of uncertain nonholonomic systems in chained form with output constraint. A nonlinear mapping is first introduced to transform the output-constrained system into a new unconstrained one. Then, by employing the adding a power integrator technique and switching control strategy, a state feedback controller is successfully constructed to render that the states of closed-loop system converge to zero in a finite time without violation of the constraint. As an application of the proposed theoretical results, the problem of finite-time parking a unicycle-type mobile robot is tackled. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Global stabilization for a class of switched nonlinear feedforward systems

The problem of global stabilization for a class of switched nonlinear feedforward systems under arbitrary switchings is investigated in this paper. Based on the integrator forwarding technique and the common Lyapunov function method, we design bounded state feedback controllers of individual subsystems to guarantee asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system. A common coordinate transformation of all subsystems is exploited to avoid individual coordinate transformations for subsystems that are required when applying the forwarding recursive design scheme. An example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method.     

Simple saturated designs for ANCBC systems and extension to feedforward nonlinear systems

This article re-examines the robust stabilisation of the asymptotically null-controllable with bounded controls (ANCBC) systems, and extends the established algorithm to a wide class of feedforward nonlinear systems whose nominal dynamics contains both multiple integrators and multiple oscillators. Based on the notion of ‘converging-input bounded-state’ (CIBS) rather than ‘small-input small-state’ (SISS), the computation burden in Sussmann et al. (Sussmann, H.J., Sontag, E.D., and Yang, Y. (1994), ‘A General Result on the Stabilization of Linear Systems using Bounded Controls’, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 39, 2411–2425) is reduced and a class of simple saturated control laws is presented for the CIBS stabilisation of ANCBC systems. Then, by combining the technique of dealing with higher-order terms, the algorithm for ANCBC systems is extended to feedforward nonlinear systems.     

Global finite-time output feedback stabilisation for a class of uncertain nontriangular nonlinear systems

This article addresses the problem of global finite-time output feedback stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems in nontriangular form with an unknown output function. Since the output function is not precisely known, traditional observers based on the output is not implementable. We first design a state observer and use the observer states to construct a controller to globally stabilise the nominal system without the perturbing nonlinearities. Then, we apply the homogeneous domination approach to design a scaled homogeneous observer and controller with an appropriate choice of gain to render the nonlinear system globally finite-time stable.     

Finite-time stabilisation of a class of stochastic nonlinear systems with dead-zone input

This paper addresses the problem of finite-time stabilisation by state feedback for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems in strict-feedback form. Remarkably, the system under consideration possesses high-order and low-order nonlinear growth rates and the dead-zone input. By delicately combining sign function with adding a power integrator technique, a state feedback controller is designed such that the closed-loop system is finite-time stable in probability. Simulation results of the parallel active suspension system are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Observer and output feedback stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems

In this paper, we discuss the boundedness of nonlinear stochastic difference systems with time-varying delays. Several criteria on exponential ultimate boundedness in mean square are derived. Examples are also discussed to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Continuous global stabilisation of high-order time-delay nonlinear systems++

This paper studies the global stabilisation problem for a class of high-order nonlinear systems with multiple time delays. A distinct property of the systems to be investigated is that powers on the upper bound restrictions of nonlinearities are allowed to take values on a continuous interval. By introducing the sign functions and using the generalised method of adding a power integrator, this paper successfully designs a continuous global state-feedback controller independent of time delays. Moreover, a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional is constructed to prove the globally asymptotic stability of the resulting closed-loop system.     

一类非线性状态时滞系统的基于采样控制器的渐近稳定问题

针对一类含有状态时滞的非线性系统,利用采样控制方法研究其渐近稳定问题.解决这一问题的关键在于对系统时滞的处理,以及对由于采样方法而产生的状态增长误差进行估计.由于所考虑的时滞是常时滞,可以利用分割方法对系统时滞进行分割,将时滞划分成与采样时间长度相同的数个时间区间,并基于这种分割,通过数学归纳法对系统状态增长误差进行估计.通过坐标变换引入一个比例增益压制系统的非线性项,然后设计含有比例增益的状态采样观测器和采样控制器,结合非线性时滞系统的Lyapunov泛函方法分析闭环系统的稳定性,最终确定比例增益和采样时间需要满足的条件,以保证闭环系统的渐近稳定性.最后通过数值例子表明所用研究方法以及所得研究结果是有效的.