Comparison between a switching controller and two LTI controllers for a class of LTI plants

We consider the design of three different control architectures for a step response tracking problem within a class of linear time‐invariant (LTI) plants. Our goal is to motivate the use of a particular switching architecture that has been the subject of our prior work. We present the design of the particular switching architecture that we use and characterize its step response performance (measured in terms of the percentage overshoot and 1% settling time of the step response). We then compare the response of the switching controller with two other forms of LTI control in a servo configuration, one in which the order of the controller is constrained to be first order (which matches the order of the dynamics of the switching controller) and one in which the order of the controller is unconstrained. We will show that the switching architecture can outperform first‐order LTI control, first in the context of a particular example. We shall then provide a weak generalization to extend this result to a more general class of plants. We shall also show that, while the LTI control of unconstrained order can outperform the switching architecture, the performance improvement is bounded (in a sense to be defined). Moreover, one method of designing close‐to‐optimal controllers will be discussed, which yields controllers of very high order. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

H∞ switching fuzzy control of solar power generation systems with asymmetric input constraint

This paper aims at presenting a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) controller for photovoltaic (PV) systems subject to asymmetric input constraint. Indeed, the output voltage of the DC‐DC converter used for adjusting the photovoltaic output power can be controlled by means of variation of duty ratio limited between 1 and 0. The control design goal is to improve the efficiency of PV systems under asymmetric saturation of duty ratio. To achieve this goal, first, a Takagi‐Sugeno (T‐S) fuzzy model is used to represent the nonlinear behavior of the PV system. A T–S reference model is employed to give the ideal state direction which must be followed. To achieve a good steady state tracking, the integral of the state tracking error is used to define an extended system state vector. Second, the input characteristic is partitioned into several regions. In each region, the asymmetric saturation function can be considered as a symmetric saturation function. Furthermore, H∞ stabilization conditions for the resulting switching fuzzy control of the PV system under actuator saturation are formulated in term of linear matrix inequalities (LMI) using the Lyapunov approach. Simulation results are exhibited to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design method.     

Robustness of discrete periodically time-varying control under LTIunstructured perturbations

Investigates robustness of linear periodically time varying (LPTV) control of discrete linear time invariant (LTI) plants subject to LTI unstructured perturbations. The note first derives a necessary and sufficient condition for robust stability of an LPTV system subject to LTI perturbations, which is less conservative than the well known small gain condition. It then presents a quantitative analysis on the robustness of LPTV control under LTI unstructured perturbations in comparison with that of LTI control. It is shown that under the normal value of the controller period suggested in the previous literature, the stability margin is deteriorated by LPTV control if LTI unstructured perturbations are considered. Hence LTI control is superior to LPTV control in this respect     

Switching controller design for linear time invariant plant with a single I/O delay

ABSTRACT

To deal with the problem of conflicting requirements that cannot be satisfied by only a single LTI controller, this paper focuses on the design of a switching controller, which includes several stabilising linear time-invariant (LTI) controllers designed independently with different control performance criteria, for a specific LTI plant with a single I/O delay. The switching controller design procedure is divided into three steps. First, using simple loop shifting arguments, the design problem is reducible to an equivalent delay-free one. Second, traditional LTI controller synthesis methods could be considered independently for the delay-free plant. Third, based on a quadratically stable state space realisation method, a Youla parameter including a switching strategy with these controllers is designed to guarantee different requirements. Finally, a numerical example is provided to demonstrate the validity and efficiency of the approach.     

Switching between stabilizing controllers

This paper deals with the problem of switching between several linear time-invariant (LTI) controllers—all of them capable of stabilizing a specific LTI process—in such a way that the stability of the closed-loop system is guaranteed for any switching sequence. We show that it is possible to find realizations for any given family of controller transfer matrices so that the closed-loop system remains stable, no matter how we switch among the controller. The motivation for this problem is the control of complex systems where conflicting requirements make a single LTI controller unsuitable.     

含状态时滞及执行器饱和不确定系统反馈镇定及L2增益分析

研究了具有控制饱和状态时滞不确定系统的L2控制问题,提出了状态反馈方法,利用Lyapunov函数可获得时滞相关的线性矩阵不等式.线性矩阵不等式条件可保证闭环系统无干扰时鲁棒内稳定性和在某椭球内预先给定的有干扰时L2性能水平,该不等式通过引入辅助矩阵解除了执行器饱和对系统的影响而更易于实现且减小了保守性.采用线性矩阵不等式技术,将控制器存在的充分条件转化为凸优化问题.在此基础上设计了系统的状态反馈控制器,最后用数值仿真验证了所提出方法的可行性.     

Robust MPC for Linear Systems with Structured Time‐Varying Uncertainties and Saturating Actuator

In this paper, a synthesis of model predictive control (MPC) algorithm is presented for uncertain systems subject to structured time‐varying uncertainties and actuator saturation. The system matrices are not exactly known, but are affine functions of a time varying parameter vector. To deal with the nonlinear actuator saturation, a saturated linear feedback control law is expressed into a convex hull of a group of auxiliary linear feedback laws. At each time instant, a state feedback law is designed to ensure the robust stability of the closed‐loop system. The robust MPC controller design problem is formulated into solving a minimization problem of a worst‐case performance index with respect to model uncertainties. The design of controller is then cast into solving a feasibility of linear matrix inequality (LMI) optimization problem. Then, the result is further extended to saturation dependent robust MPC approach by introducing additional variables. A saturation dependent quadratic function is used to reduce the conservatism of controller design. To show the effectiveness, the proposed robust MPC algorithms are applied to a continuous‐time stirred tank reactor (CSTR) process.     

Stochastic reliable control of a class of networked control systems with actuator faults and input saturation

The stochastic reliable control problem for networked control systems (NCSs) subject to actuator failure and input saturation is investigated in this paper. In order to get the relationship between the maximum allowable consecutive packet dropouts, the packet dropout probability, the actuator failure matrix and the input saturation, a packet dropout probability dependent condition is given via linear matrix inequality (LMI) technology. Then, a suitable reliable controller is designed to ensure the closed-loop system to be exponentially mean square stable against actuator failures and input saturation. Finally, numerical examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Switching event-triggered control of switched systems with actuator saturation

This paper focuses on switching event-triggered controller design for switched continuous-time systems with actuator saturation. First, we revisit the switching event-triggered sampled-data mechanism (ETSDM) to adapt it to the state feedback control of switched systems with actuator saturation. Then, by thinking of the ETSDM as a switching between periodic sampling and continuous ETSDM, constructing a switching multiple Lyapunov functions to give the analysis and design, and adopting the sector conditions to deal with the saturation, the sufficient conditions and the initial region ensuring the exponential stability of the switched system are proposed. Furthermore, the corresponding solvable conditions for the switching event-triggered controller and the triggering parameter matrices are established. Finally, a circuit example is given to illustrate the validity of the proposed results.     

含状态时滞及执行器饱和不确定系统反馈镇定及L2增益分析

研究了具有控制饱和状态时滞不确定系统的L₂控制问题, 提出了状态反馈方法, 利用Lyapunov函数可获得时滞相关的线性矩阵不等式. 线性矩阵不等式条件可保证闭环系统无干扰时鲁棒内稳定性和在某椭球内预先给定的有干扰时L₂性能水平, 该不等式通过引入辅助矩阵解除了执行器饱和对系统的影响而更易于实现且减小了保守性. 采用线性矩阵不等式技术, 将控制器存在的充分条件转化为凸优化问题. 在此基础上设计了系统的状态反馈控制器, 最后用数值仿真验证了所提出方法的可行性.     

Decentralized control of discrete‐time linear time invariant systems with input saturation

We study decentralized stabilization of discrete‐time linear time invariant (LTI) systems subject to actuator saturation using LTI controllers. The requirement of stabilization under both saturation constraints and decentralization imposes obvious necessary conditions on the open‐loop plant, namely that its eigenvalues are in the closed unit disc and further that the eigenvalues on the unit circle are not decentralized fixed modes. The key contribution of this work is to provide a broad sufficient condition for decentralized stabilization under saturation. Specifically, we show through an iterative argument that the stabilization is possible: whenever (1) the open‐loop eigenvalues are in the closed unit disc; (2) the eigenvalues on the unit circle are not decentralized fixed modes; and (3) these eigenvalues on the unit circle have algebraic multiplicity of 1. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A virtual actuator and sensor approach for fault tolerant control of LPV systems

In this paper, a fault tolerant control (FTC) strategy using virtual actuators and sensors for linear parameter varying (LPV) systems is proposed. The main idea of this FTC method, initially developed for LTI systems, is to reconfigure the control loop such that the nominal controller could still be used without need of retuning it. The plant with the faulty actuator/sensor is modified adding the virtual actuator/sensor block that masks the actuator/sensor fault. The suggested technique is an active FTC strategy that reconfigures the virtual actuator/sensor on-line taking into account faults and operating point changes. The stability of the reconfigured control loop is guaranteed if the faulty plant is stabilizable/detectable. The LPV virtual actuator/sensor is designed using polytopic LPV techniques and linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A two-tank system simulator is used to assess the performance of the proposed method. In particular, it is shown that the application of the proposed technique results in an improvement, in terms of performance, with respect to the LTI counterpart.     

具有执行器饱和的切换2-D系统事件触发控制

针对具有执行器饱和的切换2-D连续离散系统,提出了一种基于多Lyapunov函数法的事件触发控制方案。为了减少通信资源浪费和执行器的损耗,提出了一种事件触发机制。该触发机制考虑了执行器饱和特性,只有当执行器未饱和,且满足事件触发条件时,控制器才会更新。利用凸组合技术和多Lyapunov函数法,提出了一种状态依赖的切换信号与状态反馈控制器的设计方法,并对闭环系统的指数稳定性进行了分析,利用线性矩阵不等式技术导出了控制器增益矩阵存在的充分条件。利用Darboux方程的仿真算例验证了所提出的事件触发控制方案的有效性,仿真结果表明了在所设计的控制方案下,闭环系统的状态是指数收敛的,同时还能减少通信资源的浪费。     

Analysis and design of output feedback control systems with actuator saturation

A dynamic output feedback controller design approach based on cone complementary linearisation procedure is proposed for linear time-invariant （LTI） systems with actuator saturation. First, the estimation of the domain of attraction is given. Then, a design method to find a larger estimation of the domain of attraction is presented. In the process of design, nonconvex conditions are obtained, so a cone complementary linearisation procedure is exploited to solve the nonconvex feasibility problem. Two examples are given to illustrate the efficiency of the design method.     

输入受限约束下的汽车横摆力矩混合切换控制策略研究

目前在汽车横摆力矩控制器设计中,往往忽略了系统输入是有限的这一约束条件,因此所设计的控制器并不能总是工作在预先设定的反馈规律下。这在实际环境中将导致系统性能的不可靠。为此,在二次最优控制器的基础上,增加抗饱和控制器的设计,并通过混合切换控制策略来达到既保证良好的控制性能,同时又能适应系统输入有限这一约束条件。仿真实验表明,所设计的控制策略与这些控制器单独控制相比,不仅抗饱和性能得到提高,而且控制性能也同样令人满意。该方案的设计为更加合理的汽车稳定性控制策略提供参考。     

Decentralized switching control for hierarchical systems

In this paper, a decentralized switching scheme is introduced for uncertain interconnected systems with a structure which is “approximately hierarchical”, and where the switching controller acts on the control agents independently of each other. In this problem, it is assumed that the plant at any point of time can be described by a finite set of linear time-invariant (LTI) finite-dimensional models, but that the switching controller does not require any knowledge of these plant models; the only requirement made is that there exists a known finite set of decentralized controllers, containing at least one controller which can stabilize and regulate the actual physical plant at any time. Simulation results obtained for the proposed decentralized switching controller are given.     

Anti‐windup design for uncertain nonlinear systems subject to actuator saturation and external disturbance

A novel anti‐windup design method is provided for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems subject to actuator saturation and external disturbance. The controller considered incorporates both an active disturbance rejection controller as well as an anti‐windup compensator. The dynamical uncertainties and external disturbance are treated as an extended state of the plant, and then estimate it using an extended state observer and compensate for it in the control action, in real time. The anti‐windup compensator produces a signal based on the difference between the controller output and the saturated actuator output, and then augment the signal to the control to deal with the windup phenomenon caused by actuator saturation. We first show that, with the application of the proposed controller, the considered nonlinear system is asymptotically stable in a region including the origin. Then, in the case that the controller in linear form, we establish a linear matrix inequality‐based framework to compute the extended state observer gain and the anti‐windup compensation gain that maximize the estimate of the domain of attraction of the resulting closed‐loop system. The effectiveness of the proposed method is illustrated by a numerical example. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Anti-windup controller design using linear parameter-varying control methods

In this paper, we seek to provide a systematic anti-windup control synthesis approach for systems with actuator saturation within a linear parameter-varying (LPV) design framework. The closed-loop induced L2 gain control problem is considered. Different from conventional two-step anti-windup design approaches, the proposed scheme directly utilizes saturation indicator parameters to schedule accordingly the parameter-varying controller. Hence, the synthesis conditions are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) that can be solved very efficiently. The resulting gain-scheduled controller is non-linear in general and would lead to graceful performance degradation in the presence of actuator saturation non-linearities and linear performance recovery. An aircraft longitudinal dynamics control problem with two input saturation non-linearities is used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed LPV anti-windup scheme.     

一类饱和非有理系统状态反馈设计

本文研究了一类饱和非有理系统状态反馈镇定问题.通过线性分式表示技术,这类非有理系统可以转化为带有两个非线性回路的线性时不变(linear time-invariant,LTI)系统.假设非有理函数项分别满足局部扇形区间不等式以及局部Lipschitz条件,提出了两种基于LMI条件的镇定方法.最后,举例证明了所提出方法的有效性.     

运用线性反馈分析设计饱和线性系统

给出了状态反馈控制饱和单输入系统以及动态输出反馈单输出饱和线性系统是全局渐近稳定还是区域渐近稳定的充分性条件,并在区域渐近稳定的情况下计算其不变吸引椭球.对于控制饱和系统,运用Ricatti方程迭代法设计控制器,以使所得椭球尽量大.仿真算例说明了所提出方法的有效性.