Adaptive nonlinear observer for state and unknown parameter estimation in noisy systems

This paper proposes a novel adaptive observer for Lipschitz nonlinear systems and dissipative nonlinear systems in the presence of disturbances and sensor noise. The observer is based on an H_∞ observer that can estimate both the system states and unknown parameters by minimising a cost function consisting of the sum of the square integrals of the estimation errors in the states and unknown parameters. The paper presents necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of the observer, and the equations for determining observer gains are formulated as linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) that can be solved offline using commercially available LMI solvers. The observer design has also been extended to the case of time-varying unknown parameters. The use of the observer is demonstrated through illustrative examples and the performance is compared with extended Kalman filtering. Compared to previous results on nonlinear observers, the proposed observer is more computationally efficient, and guarantees state and parameter estimation for two very broad classes of nonlinear systems (Lipschitz and dissipative nonlinear systems) in the presence of input disturbances and sensor noise. In addition, the proposed observer does not require online computation of the observer gain.     

Magnetic sensor-based simultaneous state and parameter estimation using a nonlinear observer

This paper presents an observer design technique for a newly developed non-intrusive position estimation system based on magnetic sensors. Typically, the magnetic field of an object as a function of position needs to be represented by a highly nonlinear measurement equation. Previous results on observer design for nonlinear systems have mostly assumed that the measurement equation is linear, even if the process dynamics are nonlinear. Hence, a new nonlinear observer design method for a Wiener system composed of a linear process model together with a nonlinear measurement equation is developed in this paper. First, the design of a two degree-of-freedom nonlinear observer is proposed that relies on a Lure system representation of the observer error dynamics. To improve the performance in the presence of parametric uncertainty in the measurement model, the nonlinear observer is augmented to estimate both the state and unknown parameters simultaneously. A rigorous nonlinear observability analysis is also presented to show that a dual sensor configuration is a sufficient and necessary condition for simultaneous state and parameter estimation. Finally, the developed observer design technique is applied to non-intrusive position estimation of the piston inside a pneumatic cylinder. Experimental results show that both position and unknown parameters can be reliably estimated in this application.     

Integrated observer based fault estimation for a class of Lipschitz nonlinear systems

The fault estimation for a class of nonlinear systems with Lipschitzian nonlinearities and faults is studied in this article. An integrated estimation observer that covers the robust estimation observer (REO) and adaptive estimation observer (AEO) is proposed to improve the accuracy of fault estimation. Compared with the traditional AEO, the designed observer does not involve the output derivatives and can be more suitable for practical applications. Furthermore, based on the designed observer, the coupling term emerging in the obtained error dynamics can be eliminated reasonably and less conservative stability conditions for the error dynamics can be obtained, whereas the case is hard to be achieved based on the existing intermediate estimator approach in the literature. Compared with the traditional REO and AEO, the fault can be estimated with a good accuracy by using the proposed integrated estimation observer. Numerical examples test the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed method.     

基于广义未知输入观测器的鲁棒故障估计方法

当干扰存在时,有效地估计故障且放松故障的限制条件需要进一步的研究,为此针对含未知干扰的非线性连续系统的鲁棒故障估计问题提出一种广义未知输入观测器方法。首先,将执行器故障向量和传感器故障向量与原系统状态向量组成广义系统,放松对故障类型的限制,对此广义系统设计未知输入观测器解耦干扰,保证鲁棒性的同时估计出状态变量、执行器故障及其一阶微分和传感器故障。然后通过解线性矩阵不等式（LMI）给出估计误差渐近收敛的条件。最后,在MATLAB 的simulink平台上用三叶片水平轴风力模型仿真验证本文观测器的故障估计有效性鲁棒性。     

A note on interval observer design for unknown input estimation

This paper addresses the problem of interval observer design for unknown input estimation in linear time-invariant systems. Although the problem of unknown input estimation has been widely studied in the literature, the design of joint state and unknown input observers has not been considered within a set-membership context. While conventional interval observers could be used to propagate with some additional conservatism, unknown inputs by considering them as disturbances, the proposed approach allows their estimation. Under the assumption that the measurement noise and the disturbances are bounded, lower and upper bounds for the unmeasured state and unknown inputs are computed. Numerical simulations are presented to show the efficiency of the proposed approach.     

Adaptive parameter estimation for a general dynamical system with unknown states

This paper is concerned with the design of a state filter for a time‐delay state‐space system with unknown parameters from noisy observation information. The key is to investigate new identification algorithms for interactive state and parameter estimation of the considered system. Firstly, an observability canonical state‐space model is derived from the original model by linear transformation for the purpose of simplifying the model structure. Secondly, a direct state filter is formulated by minimizing the state estimation error covariance matrix on the basis of the Kalman filtering principle. Thirdly, once the unknown states are estimated, a state filter–based recursive least squares algorithm is proposed for parameter estimation using the least squares principle. Then, a state filter–based hierarchical least squares algorithm is derived by decomposing the original system into several subsystems for improving the computational efficiency. Finally, the numerical examples illustrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed algorithms.     

Nonlinear sliding mode high-gain observers for fault estimation

A robust high gain observer for state and unknown inputs/faults estimations for a special class of nonlinear systems is developed in this article. Ensuring the observability of the faults/unknown inputs with respect to the outputs, the faults can be estimated from the sliding surface. Under a Lipschitz condition for the nonlinear part, the high gain observers are designed under some regularity assumptions. In the sliding mode, the convergence of the estimation error dynamics is proven similar to the analysis of high-gain observers.     

Nonlinear state estimation with robust convergence

The problem of designing a dynamic measurement processor for the on-line estimation of the state of a multi-input multi-output nonlinear plant is addressed. The plant can be either observable or detectable, encompassing a broad range of cases in process systems engineering. On the basis of the structure of a suitable property of robust nonlinear estimability, an estimator is built and its convergence studied, yielding sufficient conditions for robust convergence, a systematic construction, and a tractable gain tuning procedure. The estimability property has a verifiable test, and the execution of the tuning procedure, as well as the interpretation of its convergence features can be achieved within a conventional control framework for linear single-input controllers or single-output filters. The estimation of a continuous polymer reactor is considered as an application example.     

Nonlinear adaptive control system design with asymptotically stable parameter estimation error

The paper presents a new general method for nonlinear adaptive system design with asymptotic stability of the parameter estimation error. The advantages of the approach include asymptotic unknown parameter estimation without persistent excitation and capability to directly control the estimates transient response time. The method proposed modifies the basic parameter estimation dynamics designed via a known nonlinear adaptive control approach. The modification is based on the generalised prediction error, a priori constraints with a hierarchical parameter projection algorithm, and the stable data accumulation concepts. The data accumulation principle is the main tool for achieving asymptotic unknown parameter estimation. It relies on the parametric identifiability system property introduced. Necessary and sufficient conditions for exponential stability of the data accumulation dynamics are derived. The approach is applied in a nonlinear adaptive speed tracking vector control of a three-phase induction motor.     

Nonlinear observer design via an extended observer canonical form

Based on the theory of designing unknown input observers, an extended nonlinear observer canonical form is introduced. Observers can easily be constructed for those systems which can be transformed into this canonical form. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of such transformation are derived and furthermore an algorithm for calculating this transformation in given.     

无未知参数先验信息的非线性自适应观测器设计

研究了一类具有未知参数的非线性系统自适应观测器设计问题．不同于现有结果,本文所研究的非线性系统更为。一般,已知的系统信息更少：1）系统未知参数的范数的上界未知;2）具有关于可测输出非Lipschitz连续的非线性动态;3）系统输出显式地依赖于控制输入．通过设计自适应调节器来估计未知参数范数,从而给出了不基于未知参数先验信息的非线性自适应观测器设计的新方法．所设计的观测器为令局渐近收敛的,即实现了系统状态的渐近重构,确保了未知参数估计的一致有界性．此外,在系统输出不显式地依赖于控制输入的条件下,研究了降维观测器的设计问题．仿真例子验证了本文理论结果的正确性．     

无未知参数先验信息的非线性自适应观测器设计

研究了一类具有未知参数的非线性系统自适应观测器设计问题.不同于现有结果,本文所研究的非线性系统更为一般,已知的系统信息更少:1)系统未知参数的范数的上界未知;2)具有关于可测输出非Lipschitz连续的非线性动态:3)系统输出显式地依赖于控制输入.通过设计自适应调节器来估计未知参数范数,从而给出了不基于未知参数先验信息的非线性自适应观测器设计的新方法.所设计的观测器为全局渐近收敛的,即实现了系统状态的渐近重构,确保了未知参数估计的一致有界性.此外,在系统输出不显式地依赖于控制输入的条件下,研究了降维观测器的设计问题.仿真例子验证了本文理论结果的正确性.     

Nonlinear observer design for state and disturbance estimation

A new systematic framework for nonlinear observer design that allows the concurrent estimation of the process state variables together with key unknown process or sensor disturbances is proposed. The nonlinear observer design problem is addressed within a similar methodological framework as the one introduced in [N. Kazantzis, C. Kravaris, Nonlinear observer design using Lyapunov's auxiliary theorem, Systems Control Lett. 34 (1998) 241; A.J. Krener, M. Xiao, Nonlinear observer design in the Siegel domain, SIAM J. Control Optim. 41 (2002) 932.] for state estimation purposes only. From a mathematical standpoint, the problem under consideration is addressed through a system of first-order singular PDEs for which a rather general set of solvability conditions is derived. A nonlinear observer is then designed with a state-dependent gain that is computed from the solution of the system of singular PDEs. Under the aforementioned conditions, both state and disturbance estimation errors converge to zero with assignable rates. The convergence properties of the proposed nonlinear observer are tested through simulation studies in an illustrative example involving a biological reactor.     

Feature‐based recursive observer design for homography estimation and its application to image stabilization

This paper presents a new algorithm for online estimation of a sequence of homographies applicable to image sequences obtained from robotic vehicles equipped with vision sensors. The approach taken exploits the underlying Special Linear group structure of the set of homographies along with gyroscope measurements and direct point‐feature correspondences between images to develop temporal filter for the homography estimate. Theoretical analysis and experimental results are provided to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed algorithm. The experimental results show excellent performance and robustness even in the case of very fast camera motions (relative to frame rate) and severe occlusions.     

Nonlinear joint state and parameter estimation: Application to a wastewater treatment plant

A systematic approach to joint state and time-varying parameter estimation for nonlinear systems is proposed in this paper. Applying the sector nonlinearity transformation to both the system nonlinearities and the time-varying parameters, the original system is equivalently rewritten as a Takagi–Sugeno system with unmeasurable premise variables. A joint state and parameter observer whose parameters are designed by solving an LMI optimization problem is then proposed. The target application is a realistic model of an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant, being an uncertain nonlinear system affected by a time-varying parameter.     

Nonlinear robust fault reconstruction and estimation using a sliding mode observer

This paper considers fault detection and estimation issues for a class of nonlinear systems with uncertainty, using an equivalent output error injection approach. A particular design of sliding mode observer is presented for which the parameters can be obtained using LMI techniques. A fault estimation approach is presented to estimate the fault and the estimation error is dependent on the bounds on the uncertainty. For a special class of uncertainty, a fault reconstruction scheme is presented where the reconstructed signal can approximate the fault signal to any accuracy. The proposed fault estimation/reconstruction signals are only based on the available plant input/ouput information and can be calculated on-line. Finally, a simulation study on a robotic arm system is presented to show the effectiveness of the scheme.     

状态估计与未知输入和可测噪声同时重构方法

针对一类不确定线性系统,讨论了状态估计及未知输入和可测噪声重构方法。首先,对仅具有未知输入的线性系统,讨论了观测器匹配条件不满足前提下的状态估计和未知输入重构问题;通过设计降维观测器和高阶滑模观测器,提出一种未知输入代数重构方法;然后,将以上结论上升到具有未知输入和可测噪声的线性系统,以此提出了状态估计及未知输入和可测噪声同时重构的方法;最后,通过对飞行器模型进行仿真,验证了所提出方法的有效性。     

含未知输入的时滞系统的函数观测器及输出反馈镇定

考虑了含未知输入的时滞系统的线性函数观测器设计.在一个不失一般性的秩条件假定下,以线性矩阵不等式(LMI)的形式给出了观测器存在的时滞无关型及时滞相关型判据,进而得到函数观测器改进的设计方法.此外,还讨论了降维状态观测器的设计,给出了基于观测器的反馈镇定控制器,实现了闭环的特征根分离及内稳定.具体算例说明了本文方法的有效性.     

Fault estimation observer design for a class of nonlinear multiagent systems in finite‐frequency domain

This paper focuses on the fault estimation observer design problem in the finite‐frequency domain for a class of Lipschitz nonlinear multiagent systems subject to system components or actuator fault. First, the relative output estimation error is defined based on the directed communication topology of multiagent systems, and an observer error system is obtained by connecting adaptive fault estimation observer and the state equation of the original system. Then, sufficient conditions for the existence of the fault estimation observer are obtained by using a generalized Kalman‐Yakubovich‐Popov lemma and properties of the matrix trace, which guarantee that the observer error system satisfies robustness performance in the finite‐frequency domain. Meanwhile, the pole assignment method is used to configure the poles of the observer error system in a certain area. Finally, the simulation results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Multiple sliding mode observers and unknown input estimations for Lipschitz nonlinear systems

Multiple sliding mode observers for state and unknown input estimations of a class of MIMO nonlinear systems are systematically developed in this paper. A new nonlinear transformation is formulated to divide the original system into two interconnected subsystems. The unknown inputs are assumed to be bounded and not necessarily Lipschitz, and do not require any matching condition. Under structural assumptions for the unknown input distribution matrix, the sliding mode terms of the nonlinear observer are designed to track their respective unknown inputs. Also, the unknown inputs can be reconstructed from the multiple sliding mode structurally. The conditions for asymptotic stability of estimation error dynamics are derived. Finally, simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.