A descriptor system approach to robust stability of uncertain neutral systems with discrete and distributed delays

The robust stability of uncertain linear neutral systems with discrete and distributed delays is investigated. The uncertainties under consideration are norm bounded, and possibly time varying. The proposed stability criteria are formulated in the form of a linear matrix inequality and it is easy to check the robust stability of the considered systems. Numerical examples are given to indicate significant improvements over some existing results.     

线性离散时滞系统的鲁棒耗散控制

考虑线性离散时滞系统的二次型耗散控制问题.对于确定系统,给出渐近稳定且严格二次型耗散的条件和动态输出反馈控制器使闭环系统渐近稳定且严格二次型耗散.对于不确定系统,考虑不确定性具有耗散特性的情形,讨论鲁棒耗散性分析和动态输出反馈鲁棒耗散控制问题.通过构造增广系统,将不确定系统的鲁棒严格二次型耗散分析和设计转化为确定系统的情况.所得结果为离散时滞系统的无源控制和H∞控制提供了统一框架,且为离散时滞系统的分析和设计提供了一种更灵活、保守性更小的方法.     

Delay‐dependent robust stability and stabilization for uncertain discrete singular systems with delays

The robust stability and robust stabilization for time‐delay discrete singular systems with parameter uncertainties is discussed. A delay‐dependent linear matrix inequality (LMI) condition for the time‐delay discrete systems to be nonsingular and stable is given. Based on this condition and the restricted system equivalent transformation, the delay‐dependent LMI condition is proposed for the time‐delay discrete singular systems to be admissible. With this condition, the problems of robust stability and robust stabilization are solved, and the delay‐dependent LMI conditions are obtained. Numerical examples illustrate the effectiveness of the method given in the paper. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

New results on robust exponential stability of integral delay systems

The robust exponential stability of integral delay systems with exponential kernels is investigated. Sufficient delay-dependent robust conditions expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities and matrix norms are derived by using the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional approach. The results are combined with a new result on quadratic stabilisability of the state-feedback synthesis problem in order to derive a new linear matrix inequality methodology of designing a robust non-fragile controller for the finite spectrum assignment of input delay systems that guarantees simultaneously a numerically safe implementation and also the robustness to uncertainty in the system matrices and to perturbation in the feedback gain.     

非线性扰动不确定时滞系统时滞相关鲁棒观测器设计

研究一类具有非线性扰动的不确定时滞系统的时滞相关鲁棒稳定性及其基于观测器 的时滞相关鲁棒控制问题.将线性矩阵不等式(LMI,1inear matrix inequality)与数值不等式 (AVI,algebraic value inequality)方法相结合给出了开环系统渐近稳定及其指数稳定的时滞相 关条件.并设计了系统的观测器,给出了该系统基于观测器的时滞相关可镇定条件.     

Allowable delay bound for consensus of linear multi-agent systems with communication delay

This paper studies the consensus of a group of linear dynamic agents with a uniform communication delay and focuses on searching an allowable delay bound. As long as the delay is less than this bound, there exist linear feedback consensus protocols driving the multi-agent system to achieve consensus. Both fixed and switching topology cases are investigated. In both cases, the consensus problem is converted to the robust stability problem of corresponding uncertain state-delayed systems. By using Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional analysis, consensus conditions which contain the feedback gain conditions and delay conditions are proposed for systems over fixed and switching topologies, respectively. Furthermore, allowable delay bounds are obtained for both systems by solving the optimal robust stabilisation problems. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the results.     

不确定多重状态时滞离散系统的LMI鲁棒稳定条件

研究了具有多重状态时滞的凸多面体不确定离散系统的鲁棒稳定性分析问题．基于参数依赖的李亚普诺夫稳定性和线性矩阵不等式推导出使得时滞鲁棒稳定系统鲁棒稳定的充分条件．应用此条件，通过测试一组线性矩阵不等式的可解性即可达到判定系统的鲁棒稳定性的目的．因为使用了参数依赖的李亚普诺夫稳定性思想，此鲁棒稳定条件比基于二次稳定概念的稳定条件的保守性更小．算例验证了结果．     

AN LMI APPROACH TO ROBUST STABILITY OF UNCERTAIN DISCRETE SINGULAR TIME‐DELAY SYSTEMS

The problem of robust stability analysis for uncertain discrete singular time‐delay systems is investigated in this paper. By decomposing the nominal system into slow and fast subsystems, a linear matrix inequality (LMI) condition is proposed for a discrete singular time‐delay system to be regular, causal and stable. Based on this, an LMI criterion is obtained for robust stability of an uncertain discrete singular time‐delay system. Two numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed approach.     

ON ROBUST STABILITY OF LINEAR NEUTRAL SYSTEMS WITH MIXED DELAYS AND NORM‐BOUNDED UNCERTAINTY

This paper investigates the robust stability of linear neutral systems with mixed delays and norm‐bounded uncertainty. Using new Lyapunov‐Krasovskii functionals, less conservative delay‐dependent robust stability conditions for such systems in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) are derived. Numerical examples show that the results obtained in this paper significantly improve the estimate of the stability limit over some existing results in other literature.     

参数不确定时滞系统的鲁棒稳定性

研究一类具有参数不确定时滞系统的鲁棒稳定性问题．假定其线性部分的参数不确定性由区间摄动模武描述，非线性部分的动态不确定性由积分二次约束(IQC)描述，给出了时滞互联系统鲁棒稳定的充分条件，并根据IQC乘子的特性，将无穷维稳定性检验问题转化为一维检验或有限检验问题．     

Robust stability bounds for multi-delay networked control systems

In this paper, the robust stability of a perturbed linear continuous-time system is examined when controlled using a sampled-data networked control system (NCS) framework. Three new robust stability bounds on the time-invariant perturbations to the original continuous-time plant matrix are presented guaranteeing stability for the corresponding discrete closed-loop augmented delay-free system (ADFS) with multiple time-varying sensor and actuator delays. The bounds are differentiated from previous work by accounting for the sampled-data nature of the NCS and for separate communication delays for each sensor and actuator, not a single delay. Therefore, this paper expands the knowledge base in multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) sampled-data time delay systems. Bounds are presented for unstructured, semi-structured, and structured perturbations.     

含区间时变时滞的线性不确定系统非脆弱鲁棒控制

针对一类时滞是时变的且属于一个已知区间的线性系统,利用Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函方法,结合积分不等式方法,以线性矩阵不等式的形式,给出了区间时滞线性系统的时滞相关鲁棒稳定性准则,并设计了非脆弱鲁棒控制器。数值算例表明,所得结论是有效的,具有更低的保守性。     

Less conservative robust stability criteria for uncertain discrete stochastic singular systems with time-varying delay

The problem of robust stabilisation for uncertain discrete singular systems with time-varying delay is discussed in this article. First, a new delay-distribution-dependent Lyapunov function is established. Then, sufficient conditions are proposed for guaranteeing that the uncertain discrete singular system with time-varying delay has the properties of regularity, causality and stability. Finally, a suitable robust state feedback controller is designed by linear matrix inequality. Numerical examples illustrate that the results derived from the proposed method are less conservative than the existing ones.     

Robust model predictive control of discrete nonlinear systems with time delays and disturbances via T–S fuzzy approach

In this paper, robust fuzzy model predictive control of a class of nonlinear discrete systems subjected to time delays and persistent disturbances is investigated. Based on the modeling method of delay difference inclusions, nonlinear discrete time-delay systems can be represented by T–S fuzzy systems comprised of piecewise linear delay difference equations. Moreover, Lyapunov–Razumikhin function (LRF), instead of Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF), is employed for time-delay systems due to its ability to reflect system original state space and its advantages in controller synthesis and computation. The robust positive invariance and input-to-state stability with respect to disturbance under such circumstances are investigated. A robust constraint set is adopted that the system state is converged to this set round the desired point. In addition, the controller synthesis conditions are derived by solving a set of matrix inequalities. Simulation results show that the proposed approach can be successfully applied to the well-known continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) systems subjected to time delay.     

Sliding mode control of uncertain systems with distributed time-delay: parameter-dependent Lyapunov functional approach

The robust stability and robust sliding mode control problems are studied for a class of linear distributed time-delay systems with polytopic-type uncertainties by applying the parameter-dependent Lyapunov functional approach combining with a new method of introducing some relaxation matrices and tuning parameters, which can be chosen properly to lead to a less conservative result. First, a sufficient condition is proposed for robust stability of the autonomic system; next, the sufficient conditions of the robust stabilization controller and the existence condition of sliding mode are developed. The results are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which can be solved via efficient interior-point algorithms. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the feasibility and advantages of the proposed design scheme.     

Robust stability and stabilization of discrete singular systems with interval time-varying delay and linear fractional uncertainty

The robust stability and robust stabilization problems for discrete singular systems with interval time-varying delay and linear fractional uncertainty are discussed. A new delay-dependent criterion is established for the nominal discrete singular delay systems to be regular, causal and stable by employing the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. It is shown that the newly proposed criterion can provide less conservative results than some existing ones. Then, with this criterion, the problems of robust stability and robust stabilization for uncertain discrete singular delay systems are solved, and the delay-dependent LMI conditions are obtained. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the e?ectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Sliding mode control of uncertain systems with distributed time-delay： parameter-dependent Lyapunov functional approach

The robust stability and robust sliding mode control problems are studied for a class of linear distributed time-delay systems with polytopic-type uncertainties by applying the parameter-dependent Lyapunov functional approach combining with a new method of introducing some relaxation matrices and tuning parameters, which can be chosen properly to lead to a less conservative result. First, a sufficient condition is proposed for robust stability of the autonomic system; next, the sufficient conditions of the robust stabilization controller and the existence condition of sliding mode are developed. The results are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）, which can be solved via efficient interior-point algorithms. A numerical example is presented to illustrate the feasibility and advantages of the proposed design scheme.     

Adaptive neural network control of bilateral teleoperation with unsymmetrical stochastic delays and unmodeled dynamics

In this paper, adaptive NN control is proposed for bilateral teleoperation system with dynamic uncertainties, unknown external disturbances, and unsymmetrical stochastic delays in communication channel to achieve transparency and robust stability. Compared with previous passivity‐based teleoperation framework, the communication delays are unsymmetrical and stochastic. By partial feedback linearization using nominal dynamics, the nonlinear dynamics of the teleoperation system are transformed into two subsystems: local master/slave dynamics control and time‐delay motion tracking. By integrating Markov jump systems and adaptive parameters updating, adaptive NN control strategy is developed. The stability of the closed‐loop system and the boundedness of tracking errors are proved using Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional synthesis under specific linear matrix inequalities conditions. The proposed adaptive NN control is robust against motion disturbances, parametric uncertainties, and unsymmetrical stochastic delay, which effectiveness is validated by extensive simulation studies. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.