Recursive state estimation for discrete‐time nonlinear systems with event‐triggered data transmission,norm‐bounded uncertainties and multiple missing measurements

In this paper, we consider the recursive state estimation problem for a class of discrete‐time nonlinear systems with event‐triggered data transmission, norm‐bounded uncertainties, and multiple missing measurements. The phenomenon of event‐triggered communication mechanism occurs only when the specified event‐triggering condition is violated, which leads to a reduction in the number of excessive signal transmissions in a network. A sequence of independent Bernoulli random variables is employed to model the multiple measurements missing in the transmission. The norm‐bounded uncertainties that could be considered as external disturbances which lie in a bounded set. The purpose of the addressed filtering problem is to obtain an optimal robust recursive filter in the minimum‐variance sense such that with the simultaneous presence of event‐triggered data transmission, norm‐bounded uncertainties, and multiple missing measurements; the filtering error is minimized at each sampling time. By solving two Riccati‐like difference equations, the filter gain is calculated recursively. Based on the stochastic analysis theory, it is proved that the estimation error is bounded under certain conditions. Finally, two numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Finite‐horizon robust Kalman filtering for uncertain discrete time‐varying systems with state‐delay

A finite‐horizon robust estimator design approach is developed for a class of discrete time‐varying uncertain systems with state‐delay. It extends the Kalman filter to the case in which the considered system is subject to norm‐bounded uncertainties in both state and output matrices. The state and gain matrices of the designed filter are optimized to give a minimal upper bound such that the estimation error variance is guaranteed to lie within a certain bound for all admissible uncertainties. A simulation example is presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach by comparing to the traditional Kalman filtering method. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

多丢包不确定离散系统的鲁棒Kalman滤波

研究了同时具有不确定性和多丢包情况下的离散时变系统的鲁棒滤波问题, 其中的不确定性是时变的、范数有界的, 且存在于系统的状态矩阵和输出矩阵中. 通过把多丢包问题建模成系统模型中的随机参数, 在允许的不确定性情况下, 给出了估计误差方差的上界, 并进一步基于矩阵范数的意义最小化该上界. 结果表明, 通过求解两个Riccati差分方程, 可以设计鲁棒滤波器. 最后, 提出适合在线计算的鲁棒滤波算法, 并通过仿真实例表明所提算法的有效性和实用性.     

A Delay‐Dependent Approach to Robust Fast Adaptive Fault Estimation Design for Uncertain Neutral Systems with Time‐Varying Interval Delay

This paper studies the problem of robust fault estimation for neutral systems, which are subjected to uncertainties, actuator fault, time‐varying interval delay, and norm‐bounded external disturbance. Based on the fast adaptive fault estimation (FAFE) algorithm, we focus on the design of a fault estimation filter that guarantees stability in the filtering error system with a prescribed H_∞ performance. A novel Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functional is employed, which includes time delay information. A delay‐dependent criterion of robust fault estimation design is obtained by employing the free‐weighting matrices technique, and the proposed result has advantages over some existing results, in that it is less conservative and it enlarges the application scope. An improved sufficient condition for the existence of such a filter is proposed in terms of the linear matrix inequality (LMI) by the Schur complements and the cone complementary linearization algorithm. Finally, illustrative examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

An optimal approach to output‐feedback robust model predictive control of LPV systems with disturbances

An observer‐based output feedback predictive control approach is proposed for linear parameter varying systems with norm‐bounded external disturbances. Sufficient and necessary robust positively invariant set conditions of the state estimation error are developed to determine the minimal ellipsoidal robust positively invariant set and observer gain through offline computation. The quadratic upper bound of state estimation error is updated and included in an ‐type cost function of predictive control to optimize transient output feedback control performance. Recursive feasibility of the dynamic convex optimization problem is guaranteed in the proposed predictive control strategy. With the input‐to‐state stable observer, the closed‐loop control system states are steered into a bounded set. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

误差方差约束下Delta算子不确定系统的鲁棒H∞滤波

研究Delta算子不确定系统在稳态估计误差方差约束下的鲁棒H∞滤波问题.目的是设计滤波器,使得系统在状态矩阵和输出矩阵均存在不确定性时,滤波过程是渐近稳定的,每个状态的稳态估计误差的方差不大于事先给定值,且从噪声输入到误差输出的传递函数满足给定的H∞范数约束.基于矩阵不等式方法,提出了滤波器的存在条件和显式表达式.所得结果可将连续和离散系统的有关结论统一到Delta算子框架.     

Robust nonlinear filter for nonlinear systems with multiplicative noise uncertainties,unknown external disturbances,and packet dropouts

This study is concerned with the robust nonlinear filtering problem for nonlinear discrete‐time stochastic system with multiplicative noise uncertainties, unknown external disturbances, and packet dropouts. The focus of this paper is to design a filter with predictor–corrector structure such that the upper bound on the state estimation error variance is minimized in the presence of multiplicative noise, unknown external disturbances, and packet dropouts. Thus, a robust nonlinear filter based on the method to obtain the upper bound on variances of multiplicative noises, unknown disturbances, and packet dropouts is designed. Further stability analysis shows that the proposed filter has robustness against multiplicative noises, unknown external disturbances, and packet dropouts. Simulation results show that the proposed filter is more effective than extended Kalman filter and other robust extended Kalman filter. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

离散系统方差约束鲁棒H2/H∞滤波的新算法

考虑带有稳态误差方差约束的线性受扰系统的鲁棒H₂/H_∞滤波问题.引入了广义逆矩阵,提出了一个新的算法.通过直接解两个Riccati方程后,获得滤波器,并且同时满足3个性能要求:滤波过程是渐近稳定的;每个状态的稳态估计误差方差不超过规定的上界;从外部噪声输入到误差状态输出的传递函数的H_∞范数满足规定的上界.一个数字例子说明了这种设计方法的有效性.     

Optimal guaranteed cost filtering for uncertain discrete-time linear systems

This paper presents a result on the design of a steady-state robust state estimator for a class of uncertain discrete-time linear systems with normal bounded uncertainty. This result extends the steady state Kalman filter to the case in which the underlying system is uncertain. A procedure is given for the construction of a state estimator which minimizes a bound on the state error covariance. It is shown that this leads to a state estimator which is optimal with respect to a notion of quadratic guaranteed cost state estimation.     

Improved robust stability criteria and design of robust stabilizing controller for uncertain linear time‐delay systems

In this paper, an improved linear matrix inequality (LMI)‐based robust delay‐dependent stability test is introduced to ensure a larger upper bound for time‐varying delays affecting the state vector of an uncertain continuous‐time system with norm‐bounded‐type uncertainties. A quasi‐full‐size Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional is chosen and free‐weighting matrix approach is employed. Less restrictive sufficient conditions are derived for robust stability of time‐varying delay systems with norm‐bounded‐type uncertainties. Moreover, the investigation of the stabilization problem with memoryless state‐feedback control is presented such that the stabilizability criteria are obtained in terms of matrix inequalities, which can be solved via utilizing a cone complementarity minimization algorithm. Finally, the problem of output feedback stabilization for square systems is also taken into consideration. The output feedback stabilizability criteria are derived in the form of linear matrix inequalities, which are convex and can be easily solved using interior point algorithms. A plenty of numerical examples are presented indicating that the proposed stability and stabilization methods effectively improve the existing results. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

不确定离散系统的最优鲁棒滤波

本文对一类含有范数有界参数不确定的离散线性系统的滤波问题进行了研究,了有限时域时变以及无限时域时不变两种情形,给出了一个对所有可容许参数不确定都能满足的估计误差方差上界,得到了使得该上界达到最小的最优鲁棒滤波器形式及其存在的充要条件,数值结果表明：当系统存在参数不确定时,本文所得到的滤波器优于标准的Ｋａｌｍａｎ滤波器以及文（４）中的鲁棒滤波器。     

Robust unscented Kalman filtering for nonlinear uncertain systems

A derivative‐free robust Kalman filter algorithm is proposed for nonlinear uncertain systems. The unscented transform (UT) is adopted instead of the linearization technique to obtain the solution of the H_∞ filter Riccati equation. A robust unscented Kalman filter (RUKF) is derived to guarantee an optimized upper bound on the estimation error covariance despite the model uncertainties and the approximation error of the UT. The proposed algorithm is applied to a satellite attitude determination system. Simulation results show that the RUKF is more effective than the unscented Kalman filter (UKF) in cases where alignment errors are present. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Modified particle filter and Gaussian filter with packet dropouts

This technical note is concerned with the nonlinear filtering for networked control systems. First, the modified particle filter algorithm with intermittent observations is proposed and the conditional Cramér‐Rao lower (CRL) bound with packet dropouts for nonlinear non‐Gaussian system is derived. Second, an upper bound for the CRL bound of the Gaussian filter with packet losses is obtained by constructing a linear Gaussian‐Markovian networked system because of the complexity in direct analysis and computation. Third, a sufficient condition is given for the bounded expectation of the CRL bound, which is the necessary condition for bounded mean‐square error covariance. Finally, an example illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed filter.     

A variance‐constrained approach to event‐triggered distributed extended Kalman filtering with multiple fading measurements

In this paper, a distributed extended Kalman filtering problem is studied for discrete‐time nonlinear systems with multiple fading measurements. To alleviate the network communication burden, the event‐triggered communication scheme is employed in both sensor‐to‐estimator channel and estimator‐to‐estimator channel. As such, the data transmission is executed only when the predefined event occurs. In addition, a set of independent random variables with known statistical properties is defined to represent the phenomenon of multiple fading measurements. The variance‐constrained approach is adopted to derive an upper bound for the estimation error covariance in consideration of the event‐triggered mechanism and truncated error by linearization. The filter gain for each node is then designed to minimize such an upper bound by recursively solving two Raccati‐like difference equations. By virtue of the stochastic stability theory, a sufficient condition is provided to guarantee the boundedness of the estimation error. Finally, a simulation example is presented to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed filtering algorithm.     

Sliding-mode estimators for a class of non-linear systems affected by bounded disturbances

The problem of state estimation for a class of non-linear systems with Lipschitz non-linearities is addressed using sliding-mode estimators. Stability conditions have been found to guarantee asymptotic convergence to zero of the estimation error in the absence of noise and non-divergence if the state perturbations and measurement noise are bounded. A method is proposed to find a suitable solution to the algebraic Riccati equation on which the design of the estimator is based. The performance of the resulting sliding-mode filter minimizes an upper bound on the asymptotic estimation error. Based on such an approach, a sliding-mode estimator may be designed so as to outperform the extended Kalman filter in practical applications with models affected by uncertainty and strong, possibly unknown non-linearities, as shown by means of simulations.     

Linear quadratic networked control of uncertain polytopic systems

This paper investigates the problem of designing robust linear quadratic regulators for uncertain polytopic continuous‐time systems over networks subject to delays. The main contribution is to provide a procedure to determine a discrete‐time representation of the weighting matrices associated to the quadratic criterion and an accurate discretized model, in such a way that a robust state feedback gain computed in the discrete‐time domain assures a guaranteed quadratic cost to the closed‐loop continuous‐time system. The obtained discretized model has matrices with polynomial dependence on the uncertain parameters and an additive norm‐bounded term representing the approximation residual error. A strategy based on linear matrix inequality relaxations is proposed to synthesize, in the discrete‐time domain, a digital robust state feedback control law that stabilizes the original continuous‐time system assuring an upper bound to the quadratic cost of the closed‐loop system. The applicability of the proposed design method is illustrated through a numerical experiment. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust adaptive neural observer design for a class of nonlinear parabolic PDE systems

A robust adaptive neural observer design is proposed for a class of parabolic partial differential equation (PDE) systems with unknown nonlinearities and bounded disturbances. The modal decomposition technique is initially applied to the PDE system to formulate it as an infinite-dimensional singular perturbation model of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). By singular perturbations, an approximate nonlinear ODE system that captures the dominant (slow) dynamics of the PDE system is thus derived. A neural modal observer is subsequently constructed on the basis of the slow system for its state estimation. A linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach to the design of robust adaptive neural modal observers is developed such that the state estimation error of the slow system is uniformly ultimately bounded (UUB) with an ultimate bound. Furthermore, using the existing LMI optimization technique, a suboptimal robust adaptive neural modal observer can be obtained in the sense of minimizing an upper bound of the peak gains in the ultimate bound. In addition, using two-time-scale property of the singularly perturbed model, it is shown that the resulting state estimation error of the actual PDE system is UUB. Finally, the proposed method is applied to the estimation of temperature profile for a catalytic rod.     

时变系统最小均方算法的性能分析

在无过程数据平稳性假设和各态遍历等条件下,运用随机过程理论研究了最小方算法（LMS）的有界收敛性,给出了估计误差的上界,论述了LMS算法收敛因子或步长的选择方法,以使参数估计误差上界最小。这对于提高LMS算法的实际应用效果有着重要意义。LMS算法的收敛性分析表明：（1）对于确定性时不变系统,LMS算法是指数速度收敛的;（2）对于确定性时变系统,收敛因子等于1,LMS算法的参数估计误差上界最小;（3）对于时变或不变随机系统,LMS算法的参数估计误差一致有上界。     

Robust state estimation for uncertain linear systems with deterministic input signals

In this paper, we investigate state estimations of a dynamical system in which not only process and measurement noise, but also parameter uncertainties and deterministic input signals are involved. The sensitivity penalization based robust state estimation is extended to uncertain linear systems with deterministic input signals and parametric uncertainties which may nonlinearly affect a state-space plant model. The form of the derived robust estimator is similar to that of the well-known Kalman filter with a comparable computational complexity. Under a few weak assumptions, it is proved that though the derived state estimator is biased, the bound of estimation errors is finite and the covariance matrix of estimation errors is bounded. Numerical simulations show that the obtained robust filter has relatively nice estimation performances.     

Modified UBB-based input estimation method for nonlinear manoeuvring target tracking problem

The input detection and estimation methods in the manoeuvring target tracking (MTT) application need algorithms for manoeuvring detection and covariance resetting. This algorithm causes an improper delay in target states tracking. In this paper, for solving this problem, unknown but bounded approach for uncertainties modelling is used and a different state space model is developed. In this model, target acceleration is treated as an augmented state in the corresponding state equation. By using interval mathematics, the linearisation error is bounded by an ellipsoidal set and considered in the model development. In augmented state equations, the MTT problem converted to non-manoeuvring target tracking problem. Therefore, the set membership filter is rearranged and used for simultaneous target state and manoeuvre estimation. Furthermore, estimated convex set boundedness is analysed and an upper bound for the estimation error is calculated. The theoretical development of the proposed method is verified with numerical simulations, which contain examples of tracking various manoeuvring targets. The simulation result of the proposed method is compared with traditional input estimation methods. The comparison shows the acceptable performance of the proposed method in the simultaneous estimation of the target acceleration and state vector for the manoeuvring and non-manoeuvring scenarios.