Robust global stabilisability by means of sampled-data control with positive sampling rate

This work proposes a notion of robust reachability of one set from another set under constant control. This notion is used to construct a control strategy, involving sequential set-to-set reachability, which guarantees robust global stabilisation of non-linear sampled data systems with positive sampling rate. Sufficient conditions for robust reachability of one set from another under constant control are also provided. The proposed method is illustrated through a number of examples, including the study of the sampled-data stabilisation problem of the chemostat.     

Self-triggered sampling control for networked control systems with delays and packets dropout

In this paper, a self-triggered sampling (STS) scheme is proposed for a networked control system with delays and packets dropout. Sampling periods are given based on a probability of successful transmission for packets by signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio measured via quality-of-service. The networked control system is described as a switched delta operator system by the STS scheme. Sufficient conditions of stability for the network control system with delays and packets dropout are given with average dwell time in terms of linear matrix inequalities. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness and potential for the developed techniques.     

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.     

Delay-dependent resilient-robust stabilisation of uncertain networked control systems with variable sampling intervals

This work is concerned with the robust resilient control problem for uncertain networked control systems (NCSs) with variable sampling intervals, variant-induced delays and possible data dropouts, which is seldom considered in current literature. It is mainly based on the continuous time-varying-delay system approach. Followed by the nominal case, delay-dependent resilient robust stabilising conditions for the closed-loop NCS against controller gain variations are derived by employing a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional which makes good use of the information of both lower and upper bounds on the varying input delay, and the upper bound on the variable sampling interval as well. A feasible solution of the obtained criterion formulated as linear matrix inequalities can be gotten. A tighter bounding technique is presented for acquiring the time derivative of the functional so as to utilise many more useful elements, meanwhile neither slack variable nor correlated augmented item is introduced to reduce overall computational burden. Two examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Observer-based output feedback control of networked control systems with non-uniform sampling and time-varying delay

This paper investigates the problem of observer-based output feedback control for networked control systems with non-uniform sampling and time-varying transmission delay. The sampling intervals are assumed to vary within a given interval. The transmission delay belongs to a known interval. A discrete-time model is first established, which contains time-varying delay and norm-bounded uncertainties coming from non-uniform sampling intervals. It is then converted to an interconnection of two subsystems in which the forward channel is delay-free. The scaled small gain theorem is used to derive the stability condition for the closed-loop system. Moreover, the observer-based output feedback controller design method is proposed by utilising a modified cone complementary linearisation algorithm. Finally, numerical examples illustrate the validity and superiority of the proposed method.     

Robust fault detection filter design for networked control systems with delay distribution characterisation

In this article, robust fault detection (RFD) is investigated for networked control systems with delay distribution characterisation. By utilising an observer-based fault detection filter as a residual generator, the RFD of networked control systems with non-uniformly distributed network‐induced time-varying delay is formulated as an H _∞ model-matching problem. Delay-interval-dependent and delay-interval-occurrence-rate-dependent sufficient conditions are obtained by employing the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional approach. Especially, the robust fault detection filters guarantee strong robustness from residual signal to disturbance as well as high sensitivity to faults. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design techniques.     

时变采样周期网络控制系统的鲁棒容错控制器设计

研究具有时变采样周期网络控制系统的执行器失效的完整性问题．假设系统任意两个连续采样间隔具有上界,利用输入时延法,将时变采样周期网络控制系统等价转化为连续时变时延网络控制系统．在此基础上,基于时延条件,应用Ｌｙａｐｕｎｏｖ稳定性理论和线性矩阵不等式（ＬＭＩｓ）方法证明了鲁棒容错控制律的存在条件,设计了鲁棒容错控制器,并给出了系统完整性条件下的最大允许时延的估计方法．仿真结果验证了所提方法的可行性和有效性．     

一种基于模型的网络控制系统稳定性分析

针对实际网络控制系统被控对象状态无法直接测量得到这种情况,提出了在模型侧进行状态观测的网络结构,在设计了观测器的基础上,研究了系统稳定性问题。仿真结果验证了系统稳定性条件的有效性,从仿真中还可看出,采用此结构系统具有较强的鲁棒性。     

A new networked predictive control approach for systems with random network delay in the forward channel

This article is concerned with the design of a networked predictive control (NPC) scheme with random network delay in the forward channel. A new design method of NPC is proposed. Correspondingly, the necessary and sufficient conditions on the stability of the closed-loop networked control system are derived. The merit of the proposed design method lies in its decreased conservativeness, which is achieved by packing the current predictive control signal with history predictive signals. By this means, the future plant input is known. Therefore, the state predictor can be designed such that its performance and stability will not be affected by the future input of the plant, while the existing design methods of NPC cannot do so. The proposed design method is shown to be much less conservative than the existing result through several examples.     

Sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear discrete-time networked systems with multiple stochastic communication delays

In this article, a sliding mode control problem is studied for a class of uncertain nonlinear networked systems with multiple communication delays. A sequence of stochastic variables obeying Bernoulli distribution is applied in the system model to describe the randomly occurring communication delays. The discrete-time system considered is also subject to parameter uncertainties and state-dependent stochastic disturbances. A novel discrete switching function is proposed to facilitate the sliding mode controller design. The sufficient conditions are derived by means of the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. It is shown that the system dynamics in the specified sliding surface is robustly exponentially stable in the mean square if two LMIs with an equality constraint are feasible. A discrete-time SMC controller is designed that is capable of guaranteeing the discrete-time sliding-mode reaching condition of the specified sliding surface. Finally, a simulation example is given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

基于快速输出采样反馈的网络控制系统滑模控制

针对网络控制系统的网络诱导时延问题,提出了一种新的滑模控制方法。通过快速采样被控对象输出,建立了具有线性时不变被控对象的网络控制系统的离散模型。在此基础上,用极点配置法给出了滑模切换面参数,设计了输出反馈离散滑模控制器。仿真结果验证了该控制方法的有效性。     

Dual scheduling and quantised control for networked control systems with communication constraints

A novel integrated design scheme of average dwell time scheduling strategy, dynamic bandwidth allocation policy and quantised control for a collection of networked control systems (NCSs) with time delay and communication constraints is proposed in this paper. A scheduling policy is presented to accommodate the limitation of communication capacity which depends on the convergence rate of closed-loop system and divergence rate of open-loop plant. Linear programming technique is adopted to dynamically allocate bit rate for each node and the strategy is used to make trade-offs between the network utilisation and the control performance which provides an effective way of optimising the quality of control (QoC) and the quality of service (QoS) for NCSs. Mid-tread uniform quantisers update the quantisation rules according to the assignment of the bit rate and convert the quantised state into a kind of input saturation with bounded disturbances. Taking into account the effect of dual scheduling strategy and quantisation, the NCSs are modelled as discrete-time switched systems with bounded disturbances. Furthermore, a scheduling and quantised feedback control co-design procedure is proposed for the simultaneous stabilisation of the collection of networked subsystems. Finally, a simulation example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Anomaly detection and resilient control of networked control system with multi-hop routing

With the wide application of networked control systems, how to deal with data injection attacks and maintain the stability of control systems including wireless multi-hop networks is a problem that the researchers and technological workers must consider and solve. Based on the construction of a control system including wireless multi-hop networks, the data transmission mode between routing nodes and the stability condition of the control system are given. Considering the existence of data injection attacks to routing nodes, a real-time detection method for anomaly behaviours is presented on the basis of chi-square goodness-of-fit test. In the case of data injection actions taking place, a strategy of switching paths in turn is used to execute the control task. The strategy is satisfied with the resilient stability of the control system. The simulation results show that the detection method can detect the data injection actions in real time, and the control strategy can restore control variables to proper values when the data injection actions exist. These methods have certain application prospects and popularisation values.     

Robust fault detection for networked control systems with nonlinear disturbances and imperfect measurements

In this article, the robust fault detection (FD) problem is investigated for networked control systems with nonlinear disturbances and imperfect measurements. Under the consideration of packet-dropout compensation, a new measurement model is proposed to take the time-varying delay, random packet dropout and quantisation effect into account simultaneously. After properly augmenting the states of the original system and the FD filter, the robust FD problem is formulated as an auxiliary H _∞ filtering problem for a stochastic parameter system with time-varying delays and uncertainties. A sufficient condition for the existence of the robust FD filter is derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities, which depends on both the network status and the quantisation density. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Observer-based tracking controller design for networked predictive control systems with uncertain Markov delays

This paper is concerned with a tracking controller design problem for discrete-time networked predictive control systems. The control law used here is a combined state-feedback control and integral control. Since not all the states are available in practice, a local Luenberger observer is utilised to estimate the state vector. The measured output and estimated state vector are packed together and transmitted to the tracking controller via a communication channel with a limited capacity. Meanwhile, the control signal is also transmitted through a communication network.Network-induced delays on both links are considered for the signal transmission and modelled by Markov chains. Moreover, it is assumed that the elements in Markov transition matrices are subject to uncertainties. In order to fully compensate for network-induced delays, the controller generates a sequence of control signals which are dependent on each possible delay in the feedforward channel. By taking the augmentation twice, we obtain delay-free stochastic closed-loop systems and the controlled output is chosen as the tracking error. Sufficient conditions are provided for the energy-to-peak performance of the closed-loop systems. The feedback gains of the controller can be derived by solving a minimisation problem. Two examples are illustrated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method.     

网络化非线性系统的非脆弱保性能控制

对具有对数量化和马尔可夫链数据包丢失的网络化Lipschitz非线性系统的非脆弱保性能控制问题进行研究。将网络化控制系统描述为马尔可夫跳变系统,根据Lyapunov稳定性理论,以线性矩阵不等式形式给出网络化Lipschitz非线性系统具有加性和乘性摄动的非脆弱保性能控制器存在的充分条件,控制器增益矩阵可通过解一组线性矩阵不等式求出。数值算例验证了该方法的有效性。     

非线性网络控制系统的故障检测

针对一类具有随机丢包的非线性网络控制系统,研究了系统的故障检测问题.基于T-S模糊模型将对象线性化,考虑了控制器和执行器之间、控制器和传感器之间的随机丢包现象,采用满足Bernoulli分布的二进制序列来描述数据传输的随机丢包.同时利用模糊主导子系统规则,设计了模糊观测器,给出了基于观测器闭环系统渐近稳定的充分条件,并通过数值仿真实验验证了该方法的有效性.     

Event-triggered fuzzy filtering in networked control system for a class of non-linear system with time delays

This paper focuses on the design of H _∞ filter and event-triggered scheme for a class of continuous non-linear networked control systems (NCSs) based on fuzzy system appeared with time delays. First, we consider the discrete event-triggered (ET) scheme to make efficient utilisation of bandwidth. Under this ET-scheme, sensor releases the data only when our sampled-data plant violates the specific event-triggered condition. Second, the T-S fuzzy system is used to model the non-linear NCSs. Another purpose of this paper is to design filters involving delays. Such filters have a more general form than the delay-free filters that have been mostly considered in the traditional studies. By using the time-delay system, co-design of event-triggered scheme and H _∞ filter for the delayed NCSs is presented in a unified frame work. To choose the latest data packet and discard the dis-ordered packet logic, zero-order hold is inserted between the fuzzy filter and event generator. Then, by using the novel fuzzy Lyapunov–Krasovskii function approach with free-weighting matrix technique, H _∞ filter design of event-triggered delay NCSs is proposed. Finally, to show the effective result of our co-design method, a tunnel-diode example is given.