Design of Adaptive Block Backstepping Controllers with Perturbations Estimation for Nonlinear State‐Delayed Systems in Semi‐Strict Feedback Form

This paper is an extended study of an existing block backstepping control scheme designed for a class of perturbed multi‐input systems with multiple time‐varying delays to solve regulation problems, where the time‐varying delays must be linear with state variables. A new control scheme is proposed in this research where all the unknown multiple time‐varying delay terms in the dynamic equations can be nonlinear state functions in non‐strict feedback form, and the upper bounds of the time‐delays as well as their derivatives need not to be known in advance. Another improvement is to further alleviate the problem of “explosion of complexity,” i.e., to reduce the number of time derivatives of virtual inputs that the designers have to compute in the design of controllers. This is done by utilizing an existent derivative estimation algorithm to estimate the perturbations in the designing of proposed controllers. Adaptive mechanisms are also embedded in the controllers so that the upper bounds of perturbations and perturbation estimation errors are not required to be known beforehand. The resultant controlled systems guarantee asymptotic stability in accordance with the Lyapunov stability theorem. Finally, a numerical example and a practical application are demonstrated to verify the merits and feasibility of the proposed control scheme.     

Design of block backstepping controllers for a class of perturbed multiple inputs and state-delayed systems in semi-strict-feedback form

Based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, an adaptive block backstepping control scheme is proposed in this paper for a class of multi-input systems with mismatched multiple state-delayed perturbations to solve regulation problems. The traditional backstepping control method is modified so that it can be directly applied to systems in block semi-strict-feedback form. The terms in the dynamic equations which do not satisfy the block strict-feedback form are accumulated in the last design step and are suppressed effectively by the adaptive gains, so that the property of asymptotic stability is achieved. Adaptive mechanisms are employed in each of the virtual input controllers as well as the robust controller, hence the least upper bounds of perturbations are not required to be known in advance. A numerical example and a practical application are also given for demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed control scheme.     

Immersion and invariance adaptive control of a class of nonlinear systems with unknown control direction

The goal of this article is to extend the adaptive control problem of parametric strict feedback form nonlinear systems, using immersion and invariance to the case of unknown, possibly, time-varying control direction. The idea is to immerse a target system in ? ^n?1, which is stabilised through the design of virtual controllers, into an extended system in ? ^n+p . The designed controller takes advantage of the well-known Nussbaum functions to deal with the unknown sign of input multiplier and is designed through the manifold dynamics belonging to ? ^p+1. The effectiveness of the proposed method is shown through a simulation example and is also compared to the classical adaptive backstepping approach with an unknown control direction.     

Block backstepping control of multi-input nonlinear systems with mismatched perturbations for asymptotic stability

Based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, a methodology of designing the block backstepping controller for a class of multi-input systems with matched and mismatched perturbations is proposed in this article. Some adaptive mechanisms are embedded both in the virtual input controller and in the backstepping controllers so that not only are the mismatched perturbations suppressed, but also part knowledge of the upper bound of perturbation is not required. Finally, an example of stabilising the control-moment-gyro devices is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed methodology.     

Adaptive fuzzy switched control design for uncertain nonholonomic systems with input nonsmooth constraint

In this paper, a fuzzy adaptive switched control approach is proposed for a class of uncertain nonholonomic chained systems with input nonsmooth constraint. In the control design, an auxiliary dynamic system is designed to address the input nonsmooth constraint, and an adaptive switched control strategy is constructed to overcome the uncontrollability problem associated with x₀(t₀) = 0. By using fuzzy logic systems to tackle unknown nonlinear functions, a fuzzy adaptive control approach is explored based on the adaptive backstepping technique. By constructing the combination approximation technique and using Young's inequality scaling technique, the number of the online learning parameters is reduced to n and the ‘explosion of complexity’ problem is avoid. It is proved that the proposed method can guarantee that all variables of the closed-loop system converge to a small neighbourhood of zero. Two simulation examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control approach.     

Design of decentralised adaptive sliding mode controllers for large-scale systems with mismatched perturbations

Based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, a methodology for designing a decentralised adaptive sliding mode control scheme is proposed in this paper. This scheme is implemented for a class of large-scale systems with both matched and mismatched perturbations. The perturbations and the interconnection terms are assumed to be norm bounded under certain mild conditions. The decentralised sliding surfaces with adaptive mechanisms embedded are specially designed for each subsystem, so that when each subsystem enters the sliding mode, the mismatched perturbations and the effects of interconnections can be effectively overcome and achieve asymptotic stability. The decentralised controller with embedded adaptive mechanisms is capable of driving the controlled state trajectories into the designated sliding surface in finite time. This is also achieved without the knowledge of upper bounds of the perturbations except those of the uncertainties in the input channels. A numerical example is included to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed control scheme.     

Adaptive control of feedback linearizable systems: a modelling error compensation approach

An adaptive output feedback controller for single input feedback linearizable systems is proposed. The output derivatives are estimated with a state high-gain observer, and the matched uncertainties are handled using a modelling error compensation method. Compared with existing adaptive methods, this approach avoids overparameterizations yielding an (n+1)-order compensator, where n is the system dimension. Semiglobal stability is proven with the aid of existing results on the stability of controlled nonlinear systems with high-gain state observation. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive state feedback control for time-delay stochastic nonlinear systems based on dynamic gain method

This paper studies the adaptive state feedback control for p normal form time-delay stochastic nonlinear systems with unknown parameters by dynamic gain technique. The power order restriction is completely removed and tracking problem is further studied. Through the inductive design method, the virtual controllers are constructed in each step, and the corresponding dynamic gain is introduced to eliminate residual terms generated by the differential operator of Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional in the subsequent step, which is used to deal with the time-delay terms. The unknown parameters are addressed by the modified tuning function method. Based on the constructed adaptive controller, the boundedness of the tracking error and other state variables can be guaranteed. Especially, if the reference signal is zero, the state variables can converge to equilibrium almost surely. Finally, simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Observer‐based adaptive control for nonlinear strict‐feedback stochastic systems with output constraints

In this paper, an adaptive output‐feedback control problem is investigated for nonlinear strict‐feedback stochastic systems with input saturation and output constraint. A barrier Lyapunov function is used to solve the problem of output constraint. Then, fuzzy logic systems are used to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions, and a fuzzy state observer is designed to estimate the unmeasured states. To overcome the difficulties in designing the control signal in the saturation, we introduce an auxiliary signal in the n + 1th step in the deduction. By combining Nussbaum technique and the adaptive backstepping technique, an adaptive output‐feedback control method is developed. The proposed control method not only overcomes the problem of the compensation for the nonlinear term from the input saturation but also overcomes the problem of unavailable state measurements. It is proved that all the signals of the closed‐loop system are semiglobally uniformly ultimately bounded. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by the simulation results.     

Asymptotic tracking control for constrained nonstrict‐feedback MIMO nonlinear systems via parameter compensations

This paper studies the problem of adaptive fuzzy asymptotic tracking control for multiple input multiple output nonlinear systems in nonstrict‐feedback form. Full state constraints, input quantization, and unknown control direction are simultaneously considered in the systems. By using the fuzzy logic systems, the unknown nonlinear functions are identified. A modified partition of variables is introduced to handle the difficulty caused by nonstrict‐feedback structure. In each step of the backstepping design, the symmetric barrier Lyapunov functions are designed to avoid the breach of the state constraints, and the issues of overparametrization and unknown control direction are settled via introducing two compensation functions and the property of Nussbaum function, respectively. Furthermore, an adaptive fuzzy asymptotic tracking control strategy is raised. Based on Lyapunov stability analysis, the developed control strategy can effectually ensure that all the system variables are bounded, and the tracking errors asymptotically converge to zero. Eventually, simulation results are supplied to verify the feasibility of the proposed scheme.     

H∞ Adaptive tracking control for switched systems based on an average dwell-time method

This paper investigates the H_∞ state tracking model reference adaptive control (MRAC) problem for a class of switched systems using an average dwell-time method. First, a stability criterion is established for a switched reference model. Then, an adaptive controller is designed and the state tracking control problem is converted into the stability analysis. The global practical stability of the error switched system can be guaranteed under a class of switching signals characterised by an average dwell time. Consequently, sufficient conditions for the solvability of the H_∞ state tracking MRAC problem are derived. An example of highly manoeuvrable aircraft technology vehicle is given to demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed design method.     

Robust H ∞ and adaptive tracking control against actuator faults with a linearised aircraft application

This article studies the problem of designing adaptive fault-tolerant H _∞ tracking controllers for a class of aircraft flight systems against general actuator faults and bounded perturbations. A robust adaptive state-feedback controller is constructed by a stabilising controller gain and an adaptive control gain function. Using mode-dependent Lyapunov functions, linear matrix inequality-based conditions are developed to find the controller gain such that disturbance attenuation performance is optimised. Adaptive control schemes are proposed to estimate the unknown controller parameters on-line for unparametrisable stuck faults and perturbation compensations. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, it is shown that the resulting closed-loop systems can guarantee asymptotic tracking with H _∞ performances in the presence of faults on actuators and perturbations. An application to a decoupled linearised dynamic aircraft system and its simulation results are given.     

A family of robust adaptive excitation controllers for synchronous generators with steam valve via Hamiltonian function method

Using the Hamiltonian function method,this paper proposes a family of robust adaptive excitation controllers for synchronous generators with steam valve control.First,a parameterization method of robus...     

Adaptive sliding mode control for plants with mismatched perturbations to achieve asymptotical stability

In this paper an adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) scheme based on the Lyapunov stability theorem is proposed for a class of multi‐input multi‐output (MIMO) systems with mismatched perturbations to solve robust tracking problems. Adaptive mechanisms are employed in the design of a specific sliding surface function, so that when the dynamics of controlled system enters the sliding surface, the adaptive gains are capable of adapting the upper bounds of mismatched perturbations and the trajectories of tracking errors can achieve the objective of asymptotical stability. Some adaptive mechanisms are also employed in the controller's design, so that the reaching phase can be accomplished in a finite time without the requirement of the information of upper bounds of partial mismatched perturbations. Finally the control scheme is applied to control an AC motor for showing the feasibility of the proposed methodology. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Nonlinear adaptive control for power integrator triangular systems by switching linear controllers

In this paper, a nonlinear adaptive stabilizer is designed for a class of power integrator triangular systems with the following four features: (i) the chained integrators have the powers of positive odd numbers, which makes the linearization of the studied system uncontrollable; (ii) the nonlinear function contains the virtual control variables; (iii) the bound of the nonlinear parameters entering the function nonlinearity is not required to be known a priori; and (iv) there exists an unknown control coefficient with the unknown bound in the control channel. Our proposed adaptive controller is a switching type controller, in which the designed adaptive stabilizer takes a two‐step procedure: a linear stabilizing controller containing the tuning gains is first designed by the adding a power integrator technique. Switching logic is then proposed to tune online the gains in a switching manner. The proposed adaptive controller globally asymptotically stabilizes the considered system in the sense that, for any initial conditions, the state converges to the origin while all the signals of the closed‐loop system are bounded. Simulation studies clarify and verify the approach. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于虚拟参考反馈整定的改进无模型自适应控制

针对一类离散时间非线性系统, 提出一种基于虚拟参考反馈整定的改进无模型自适应控制方案. 首先, 利用动态线性化方法给出非线性系统的紧格式动态线性化模型; 然后, 基于优化技术设计控制算法和伪偏导数估计算法; 最后, 设计基于虚拟参考反馈整定的伪偏导数初值和重置值的估计算法. 该控制方案设计仅依赖于被控系统的输入和输出数据, 且能保证闭环系统的稳定性和收敛性. 仿真比较结果验证了所提出方法的有效性.

     

H∞Fuzzy State‐Feedback Control Plus State‐Derivative‐Feedback Control Synthesis for Photovoltaic Systems

This paper addresses the problem of designing an H_∞fuzzy state‐ feedback (SF) plus state‐derivative‐feedback (SDF) control system for photovoltaic (PV) systems based on a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. The TS fuzzy controller is designed on the basis of the Takagi‐Sugeno (TS) fuzzy model. The sufficient condition is found such that the system with the fuzzy controller is asymptotically stable and an H_∞performance is satisfied. First, a dc/dc buck converter is considered to regulate the power output by controlling state and state‐derivative variables of PV systems. The dynamic model of PV systems is approximated by the TS fuzzy model in the form of nonlinear systems. Then, based on a well‐known Lyapunov functional approach, the synthetic is formulated of an H_∞fuzzy SF plus SDF control law, which guarantees the L₂‐gain from an exogenous input to the regulated output to be less than or equal to some prescribed value. Finally, to show effectiveness, the simulation of the PV systems with the proposed control is assessed by the computer programme. The proposed control method shows good performance for power output and high stability for the PV system.     

Integrated adaptive robust control for multilateral teleoperation systems under arbitrary time delays

With the increasing industrial requirements such as bigger size object, stable operation, and complex task, multilateral teleoperation systems extended from traditional bilateral teleoperation are widely developed. In this paper, the integrated control design is developed for multilateral teleoperation systems, where n master manipulators are operated by human to remotely control n slave manipulators cooperatively handling a target object. For the first time, the control objectives of multilateral teleoperation including stability, synchronization, transparency, and internal force distribution are clarified systematically. A novel communication architecture is proposed to cope with communication delays, where the estimated environmental parameters are transmitted from the slave side to the master, to replace the traditional environmental force measurement in the communication channel. A kind of nonlinear adaptive robust control technique is used to deal with nonlinearities, unknown parameters, and modeling uncertainties existing in the master, slave, and environmental dynamics, so that the excellent tracking performance is achieved in both master and slave sides. The coordinated motion/force control is designed in the slave side by the optimal internal force distribution among n slave manipulators, and the impedance control is designed in the master side to realize the target transparency behavior. In summary, the proposed control algorithm can achieve the guaranteed robust stability, the excellent synchronization and transparency performance, and the optimal internal force distribution simultaneously for multilateral teleoperation systems under arbitrary time delays and various modeling uncertainties. The simulation is carried out on a 2‐master/2‐slave teleoperation system, and the results show the effectiveness of the proposed control design. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive sliding mode controller design based on T-S fuzzy system models

An adaptive sliding mode control (ASMC) technique based on T-S fuzzy system models is proposed in this paper for a class of perturbed nonlinear MIMO dynamic systems in order to solve tracking problems. A T-S fuzzy model is firstly formed by utilizing fuzzy theorem to amalgamate a set of linearized dynamic equations. The adaptive sliding mode controller is then designed based on this fuzzy model with perturbations. The proposed control scheme can drive the dynamics of controlled system into a designated sliding surface in finite time, and guarantee the property of asymptotical stability. It is also shown that the information of upper bound of modeling errors as well as perturbations, except the information of upper bound of input uncertainty, is not required when using the proposed controller.     

非线性系统的直接自适应输出反馈监督模糊控制

针对一类单输入单输出非线性不确定系统，提出一种稳定的直接自适应模糊输出反馈监督控制算法，该算法不需要系统的状态完全可测的假设条件，监督控制不仅迫使系统的状态在指定的集合内，而且当模糊自适应控制处于良好的工作状态时，监督控制可以关闭，证明了整个模糊自适应输出反馈控制算法可以保证闭环系统稳定。