Nonlinear robust observer design using an invariant manifold approach

This paper presents a method to design a reduced order observer using an invariant manifold approach. The main advantages of this method are that it enables a systematic design approach, and (unlike most nonlinear observer design methods), it can be generalized over a larger class of nonlinear systems. The method uses specific mapping functions in a way that minimizes the error dynamics close to zero. Another important aspect is the robustness property which is due to the manifold attractivity: an important feature when an observer is used in a closed loop control system. A two degree-of-freedom system is used as an example. The observer design is validated using numerical simulation. Then experimental validation is carried out using hardware-in-the-loop testing. The proposed observer is then compared with a very well known nonlinear observer based on the off-line solution of the Riccati equation for systems with Lipschitz type nonlinearity. In all cases, the performance of the proposed observer is shown to be very high.     

New approach to observer design for two-dimensional systems

A new method of observer design for shift-invariant two-dimensional digital systems is presented. The method is applicable to a large class of two-dimensional systems and the condition of applicability is very simple to test.     

LPV鲁棒故障观测器设计

针对线性参数变化（Linear Parameter Varying,LPV）系统的故障检测问题,采用H_- / H_∞混合优化方法,对基于LPV模型的鲁棒故障观测器（RFDO）进行设计,基于离散的参数依赖李亚普诺夫函数,得到了系统的LPV鲁棒故障观测器的综合条件,经过转化,观测器的设计问题被转化为一组线性矩阵不等式的求解问题;利用LMI工具求解线性矩阵不等式,得到了系统的LPV鲁棒故障观测器。最后,通过在一点上对故障输入的非线性仿真,验证了该方法的有效性。     

LMI approach to robust unknown input observer design for continuous systems with noise and uncertainties

The full order robust unknown input observers for continuous systems are presented. The observers are designed for both linear and nonlinear systems considering both noise and uncertainties. First, an unknown input observer is designed for linear systems. The observer is derived based on linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. Then the observer design problem is extended for a class of nonlinear systems whose nonlinear function satisfies the Lipschitz condition. The main advantage of these observers over the existing works on UIO design is that these can handle both noise and uncertainties simultaneously. The performance of the observers is demonstrated by applying it to the robust state estimation of single link robot arm.     

时变不确定系统鲁棒控制器设计的新方法

基于包含两个二次项的分段Lyapunov函数,研究了线性时变不确定系统的鲁棒控制器设计问题.所考虑的系统由两个矩阵的凸组合构成,通过引入一个附加矩阵,推导出鲁棒控制器存在的充分条件.该控制器的状态反馈增益的求解问题可以转化为一组带有两个比例参数的线性矩阵不等式的凸优化问题.最后的数值示例说明了该设计方法的可行性.     

Circle-criterion approach to discrete-time nonlinear observer design

This paper addresses the design of discrete-time nonlinear observers through the circle criterion. The new design method is mainly devoted to either globally Lipschitz systems or bounded-state systems whose nonlinearities can be decomposed into a linear combination of positive-slope nonlinearities. The observer design is not restricted to systems with positive-slope nonlinearities, but it encompasses systems with non-positive-slope nonlinearities too. Stability conditions of the observation error are given in terms of numerically tractable linear matrix inequalities. Illustrative examples are presented in order to highlight the main features and advantages of the new proposed technique over some classical designs.     

Adaptive observer design for robust fault estimation

In this article, fault diagnosis for a class of linear systems based on adaptive observer is investigated. Linear systems without model uncertainty are first considered, and two adaptive observers are designed for fault identification. The first one uses optimal design for minimizing the estimation error. The second one can achieve asymptotic fault estimation. The general situation where the system is subjected to either model errors or external disturbance is then discussed. Robust adaptive control techniques are applied to guarantee the convergence to a bounded set. Simulation of sensor fault diagnosis for an induction motor is presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

An approach to robust control design

A robust stability test is formulated and the methodology of its use in the robust control system design is presented. The paper makes a contribution to the existing approaches to solution of this class of problems.     

新的基于LMI的鲁棒故障检测滤波器设计方法*

提出一种新的基于LMI的滤波器设计方法,能够解决在线性时不变系统中进行故障检测时所遇到的多目标优化问题。通常在故障检测中,H∞范数用于描述残差对于外界干扰的鲁棒性,而H指标用于描述残差对于故障的灵敏度。通过引入残差的误差值,将多个指标（H∞和H指标）统一转换成H∞范数,从而将故障检测滤波器的设计问题转换成对H∞范数优化问题;然后用一种新颖的基于LMI的方法来求解;最后,将本算法应用于某导弹发生故障的纵向平面模型,仿真结果表明了该算法能有效、及时地检测出故障。     

一种基于鲁棒自适应观测器的故障区分方法

设计了一种鲁棒自适应观测器,通过其输出残差对传感器故障信息敏感性很高,而对系统故障信息敏感性很低的特点,实现了故障区分.设计了一套故障区分控制系统和检测策略,用以区分两类故障,以免发生误判现象.举例说明了该策略的可行性和有效性.     

The scenario approach to robust control design

This paper proposes a new probabilistic solution framework for robust control analysis and synthesis problems that can be expressed in the form of minimization of a linear objective subject to convex constraints parameterized by uncertainty terms. This includes the wide class of NP-hard control problems representable by means of parameter-dependent linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). It is shown in this paper that by appropriate sampling of the constraints one obtains a standard convex optimization problem (the scenario problem) whose solution is approximately feasible for the original (usually infinite) set of constraints, i.e., the measure of the set of original constraints that are violated by the scenario solution rapidly decreases to zero as the number of samples is increased. We provide an explicit and efficient bound on the number of samples required to attain a-priori specified levels of probabilistic guarantee of robustness. A rich family of control problems which are in general hard to solve in a deterministically robust sense is therefore amenable to polynomial-time solution, if robustness is intended in the proposed risk-adjusted sense.     

An optimal control approach to robust control design

We propose an optimal control approach to robust control design. Our goal is to design a state feedback to stabilize a system under uncertainty. We translate this robust control problem into an optimal control problem of minimizing a cost. Because the uncertainty bound is reflected in the cost, the solution to the optimal control problem is a solution to the robust control problem. Our approach can deal with both linear and non-linear systems. Furthermore it can handle both matched and unmatched uncertainties. It can also handle uncertainty in the control input matrix.     

LMI optimization approach to robust decentralized controller design

A new approach for design of robust decentralized controllers for continuous linear time‐invariant systems is proposed using linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The proposed method is based on closed‐loop diagonal dominance. Sufficient conditions for closed‐loop stability and closed‐loop block‐diagonal dominance are obtained. Satisfying the obtained conditions is formulated as an optimization problem with a system of LMI constraints. By adding an extra LMI constraint to the system of LMI constraints in the optimization problem, the robust control is addressed as well. Accordingly, the decentralized robust control problem for a multivariable system is reduced to an optimization problem for a system of LMI constraints to be feasible. An example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dissipativity-based robust reduced-order fault estimation observer design of multi-agent systems

In this paper, a distributed reduced-order fault estimation observer is studied for both continuous- and discrete-time multi-agent systems with directed communication topologies. Initially, a distributed reduced-order observer is proposed to estimate the occurred faults, which can reduce the number of the fault estimation observer’s order of multi-agent systems. What is more, based on strict dissipativity and pole placement constrains, a multi-constrained design is given to calculate gain matrices of distributed reduced-order observer. Finally, simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed distributed reduced-order fault estimation technique.     

Input output linearization approach to state observer design fornonlinear system

Presents a state observer for a class of nonlinear systems based on the input output linearization. While the previous result presented state observers for nonlinear systems of full relative degree, we proposed a procedure fur the design of nonlinear state observers which do not require the hypothesis of full relative degree. Assuming that there exists a global state observer for internal dynamics and that some functions are globally Lipschitz, we can design a globally convergent state observer. It is also shown that if the zero dynamics are locally exponentially stable, then there exists a local state observer. An example is given to illustrate the proposed design of nonlinear state observers     

A direct algebraic approach to observer design under switching measurement equations

Based on the algebraic transformation of a switched linear measurement equation into a nonlinear, yet deterministic, equation, an asymptotic state observer is constructed for discrete-time linear systems whose observations are generated according to randomly switching measurement modes. The observer, which combines the algebraic transformation with a Newton observer applied to the resulting nonlinear measurement equation, is shown to be locally exponentially convergent under arbitrary mode sequences.     

一种新颖的鲁棒模糊滑模观测器设计及干扰重构方法

针对一类由T-S模糊模型描述的不确定非线性系统,提出一种新颖的鲁棒模糊滑模观测器设计和干扰重构方法.首先,给出一种T-S模糊模型的等价形式.其次,在考虑滑模匹配条件不满足、状态不可测的情况下,利用高增益估计器构造辅助变量.为避免其峰化问题,提出基于高增益估计器的鲁棒滑模观测器.然后,基于所提出的等价形式,给出一类不确定非线性系统的鲁棒模糊滑模观测器设计方法.并证明其不但对系统的未知干扰具有鲁棒性,而且能保证状态估计残差在有限的时间内收敛于任意小的邻域,并可应用等价输出误差介入原理重构出系统的干扰.最后,将该方法应用于双关节机械臂的控制仿真实验.结果表明所提方法的有效性.     

不确定时滞系统鲁棒镇定新方法

针对一类同时具有状态和控制滞后的不确定时滞系统,提出了一种新的时滞依赖型鲁棒镇定设计方法.通过引入一种新的线性状态变换,分离出时滞依赖因子,采用Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函方法,导出了不确定时滞系统可鲁棒镇定的时滞依赖型的新判据,所得结论以线性矩阵不等式组的解的形式表示.仿真结果表明所得结论较之已有结果更为简单,具有更小保守性,且有更广泛的应用范围,不仅可以解决小时滞问题,也可用于解决大时滞问题.     

A neuro-fuzzy multiple-model observer approach to robust fault diagnosis based on the DAMADICS benchmark problem

This paper presents a new framework for fault detection and isolation (FDI) based on neuro-fuzzy multiple modelling together with robust optimal de-coupling of observers. This new paradigm is called the ‘Neuro-Fuzzy and De-coupling Fault Diagnosis Scheme’ (NFDFDS). Multiple operating points are taken care of through the NF modelling framework. The structure also provides residuals that are de-coupled to ‘unknown inputs’, making use of the earlier research on unknown input de-coupling. The NF paradigm exploits the combined abilities of neural networks and fuzzy logic and is an efficient modelling tool for non-linear dynamic systems because of its approximation and reasoning capabilities. The paper also provides a comparative study of NFDFDS with the Extended Unknown Input Observer (EUIO) for FDI, using the DAMADICS benchmark example.