Global finite-time stabilisation for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems by output feedback

In this paper, the problem of global finite-time stabilisation by output feedback is considered for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems. First, based on homogeneous systems theory and the adding a power integrator technique, a homogeneous reduced order observer and control law are constructed in a recursive manner for the nominal system. Then, the homogeneous domination approach is used to deal with the nonlinearities in drift and diffusion terms; it is shown that the proposed output-feedback control law can guarantee that the closed-loop system is global finite-time stable in probability. Finally, simulation examples are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Global exponential stabilisation of a class of nonlinear time-delay systems

This paper deals with the state and output feedback stabilisation problems for a family of nonlinear time-delay systems satisfying some relaxed triangular-type condition. The delay is supposed to be constant. Parameter-dependent control laws are used to compensate for the nonlinearities. Based on the Lyapunov–Krasovskii functionals, global exponential stability of the closed-loop systems is achieved. Finally, an extension to nonlinear time-varying delay systems is given.     

Global output feedback stabilisation of nonlinear time-delay systems with unknown output function

This paper studies the problem of global output feedback stabilisation for a class of nonlinear time-delay systems with the unknown output function. By constructing the appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and observer, skillfully combining generalised adding a power integrator technique, sign function and homogeneous domination approach, an output feedback controller is designed to guarantee globally uniformly asymptotical stability of nonlinear time-delay systems with the unknown output function.     

Global decentralised stabilisation for a class of uncertain large-scale feedforward nonlinear systems

In this paper, the problem of global decentralised stabilisation for a class of uncertain large-scale feedforward nonlinear systems is investigated. The system under consideration is allowed to contain unknown non-Lipschitz continuous nonlinear terms. The design of the global decentralised controllers takes a two steps procedure. First of all, based on the adding a power integrator technique and the homogeneous domination approach a local homogeneous decentralised controller is proposed for each subsystem of the large-scale feedforward nonlinear system. Then, we integrate a series of nested saturation functions with the homogeneous decentralised controllers and adjust the saturation levels to ensure globally asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system. Simulation studies are conducted to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.     

Global stabilisation for a class of more general high-order time-delay nonlinear systems by output feedback

This paper addresses the problem of global stabilisation by output feedback for a class of high-order time-delay nonlinear systems with more general uncertainties, which cover both high-order and low-order nonlinearities. By introducing sign function and necessarily modifying the homogeneous domination approach, an output feedback controller is successfully constructed to guarantee the global asymptotic stability of the resulting closed-loop system. Due to the versatility of the homogeneous domination approach and homogeneous properties, the proposed method is also utilised to the control design of upper-triangular systems.     

Finite-time output feedback stabilisation for a class of feedforward nonlinear systems with input saturation

This paper considers the problem of global finite-time stabilisation by output feedback for a class of feedforward (upper triangular) nonlinear systems with input saturation. Based on the finite-time stability theorem, and by skillfully using the homogeneous domination approach and the nested saturation technique, a saturated output feedback controller is successfully constructed, which renders the origin of the closed-loop system globally finite-time stable. In simulation studies, a numerical example is illustrated to show the effectiveness of the control scheme. Moreover, the design strategy is successfully applied to solve the saturated finite-time control problem for vertical wheel on rotating table.     

Global output feedback stabilization of upper-triangular nonlinear time-delay systems

In this paper,the problem of global output feedback stabilization for a class of upper-triangular nonlinear systems with time-varying time-delay in the state is considered.The uncertain nonlinearities are assumed to be higher-order in the unmeasurable states.Based on the extended homogeneous domination approach,using a low gain observer in combination with controller,the delay-independent output feedback controller makes closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable under a homogeneous growth condition.     

Global decentralised stabilisation for a class of uncertain large-scale high-order upper-triangular nonlinear systems

This paper considers the global decentralised stabilisation problem for a class of uncertain large-scale high-order upper-triangular nonlinear systems. First, a local linear decentralised controller is recursively constructed based on the generalised homogeneous system theory and the adding a power integrator method. Second, aiming for global stabilisation, a series of nested saturation functions are integrated with the proposed local linear decentralised controller. Then, it is proved that the obtained decentralised saturated controller will render the whole closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable. Due to the flexibility of the generalised homogeneous method, the proposed control approach not only weakens the existing restrictions imposed on the interconnected nonlinearities, but also can be applied to a more general class of upper-triangular nonlinear systems. Furthermore, two simulations examples are conducted to show the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Global stabilization of a class of time-delay nonlinear systems

This paper is concerned with the problem of global stabilization by state feedback and output feedback for a class of time-delay nonlinear systems that are dominated by a triangular system satisfying linear growth conditions. By solving the Lyapunov equation and constructing the appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals (LKF), the linear and memoryless state feedback controller and output feedback controller making the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable (GAS) are explicitly constructed respectively. Comparing our design scheme with the backstepping method which has been widely used to deal with strictly feedback nonlinear systems, our design scheme is much simpler and more efficient. An example is given to show that the proposed design procedures are very simple and efficient.     

Decentralised output-feedback control for a class of large-scale stochastic high-order upper-triangular nonlinear systems

Under the weaker conditions on the drift and diffusion terms, this paper focuses on the global decentralised output-feedback control for a class of large-scale stochastic high-order upper-triangular nonlinear systems. By introducing an appropriate coordinate transformation, the original system is transformed into an equivalent one with tunable gain. After that, by reasonably combing the homogeneous domination approach with stochastic nonlinear systems stability criterion, and skillfully choosing the low gain scale, the decentralised output-feedback controller is constructed for each subsystem to ensure that the closed-loop system is globally asymptotically stable in probability. The simulation example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design scheme.     

Global stabilisation of nonlinear time-delay systems by partial-state feedback

This paper studies the global stabilisation of a class of partial-state feedback nonlinear systems with time-varying delay. By adopting the dynamic gain-based design method and backstepping technique, a state-feedback controller is constructed with the help of appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional. It is proved that all the measurable states of the closed-loop systems converge to the origin, and a simulation example is given to verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Global output feedback stabilisation for a class of upper triangular stochastic nonlinear systems

This paper investigates the problem of global output feedback stabilisation for a class of upper triangular stochastic nonlinear systems which are neither necessarily feedback linearisable nor affine in the control input. Based on the adding of a power integrator technique and homogeneous domination approach, an output feedback controller is explicitly constructed to ensure that the equilibrium at the origin of the closed-loop system is globally asymptotically stable in probability. A simulation example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the design scheme.     

Global state feedback stabilisation for a class of high-order nonlinear systems with quantised input and state

In this paper, we aim at addressing the problem of global state feedback stabilisation for a class of high-order nonlinear systems with quantised input and state. The nonlinear functions of the system are bounded by both low-order and high-order terms multiplied by a polynomial-type incremental rate. With the combination of homogeneous domination approach and sector bound approach, a quantised controller computed from quantised state is constructed and a guideline is derived for selecting the parameters of the quantisers. Further, it is proved that, with the proposed scheme, the closed-loop system is globally asymptotically stable.     

Global output feedback stabilisation of high-order nonlinear systems with multiple time-varying delays

This paper investigates the problem of global output feedback stabilisation for a class of high-order nonlinear systems with multiple time-varying delays. By using backstepping recursive technique and the homogeneous domination approach, a continuous output feedback controller is successfully designed, and the global asymptotic stability of the resulting closed-loop system is proven with the help of an appropriate Lyapunov– Krasovskii functional. Two simulation examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Approximation-based control of nonlinear MIMO time-delay systems

Approximation-based control is presented for a class of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems in block-triangular form with unknown state delays. Neural networks (NNs) are utilized to approximate and compensate for unknown functions in the system dynamics, including the unknown bounds of the functions of delayed states. The use of a separation technique removes the need for any assumption on the function of delayed states, and allows the handling of multiple delays in each function of delayed states. By combining the use of Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals and adaptive NN backstepping, the proposed control guarantees that all closed-loop signals remain bounded, while the outputs converge to a neighborhood of the desired trajectories. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Global stabilisation for a class of switched high-order stochastic nonlinear systems

This paper is devoted to the problem of global stabili sation for a class of switched high-order stochastic nonlinear systems under arbitrary switchings. By extending the adding -a -power -integrator technique and choosing an appropriate common Lyapunov function, a common state-feedback controller is explicitly constructed to render the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable in probability. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by a simulation example.     

Global output feedback stabilisation of stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems with time-delay

This paper considers the problem of output feedback stabilisation for stochastic high-order feedforward nonlinear systems with time-varying delay. By using the homogeneous domination theory and solving several troublesome obstacles in the design and analysis, an output feedback controller is constructed to drive the closed-loop system globally asymptotically stable in probability.     

Global finite-time output feedback stabilisation for a class of uncertain nontriangular nonlinear systems

This article addresses the problem of global finite-time output feedback stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems in nontriangular form with an unknown output function. Since the output function is not precisely known, traditional observers based on the output is not implementable. We first design a state observer and use the observer states to construct a controller to globally stabilise the nominal system without the perturbing nonlinearities. Then, we apply the homogeneous domination approach to design a scaled homogeneous observer and controller with an appropriate choice of gain to render the nonlinear system globally finite-time stable.     

Observer and output feedback stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems

In this paper, we discuss the boundedness of nonlinear stochastic difference systems with time-varying delays. Several criteria on exponential ultimate boundedness in mean square are derived. Examples are also discussed to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Global finite-time stabilisation by output feedback for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems

This article considers the problem of global finite-time stabilisation by output feedback for a class of nonlinear systems comprised of a chain of power integrators perturbed by an uncertain vector field. To solve the problem, we first construct a homogeneous observer and controller in a recursive way for the nominal system without the perturbing nonlinearities. Then, using the homogeneous domination approach, we scale the homogeneous observer and controller with an appropriate choice of gain to render the uncertain nonlinear system globally finite-time stable. Due to the use of a reduced-order observer, the proposed output feedback controller is applicable to those systems with unknown gains associated with the power integrators.