Frequency domain subspace identification of commensurate fractional order input time delay systems

A frequency domain subspace identification of fractional order systems with input timedelay is studied in this paper. A new identification method, which combines the merits of differential evolution (DE) algorithm and subspace identification algorithm in frequency domain, is presented. For the optimal search of fractional commensurate differential order and time delay parameters, the DE algorithm is applied. For fixed fractional commensurate differential order and time delay, subspace method is performed to obtain the state space model. Simulation results validate the proposed fractional order system identification method.     

Fractional order [proportional derivative] controller for a class of fractional order systems

Recently, fractional order systems (FOS) have attracted more and more attention in various fields. But the control design techniques available for the FOS suffer from the lack of direct systematic approaches. In this paper, we focus on a given type of simple model of FOS. A fractional order [proportional derivative] (FO-[PD]) controller is proposed for this class of FOS, and a practical and systematic tuning procedure has been developed for the proposed FO-[PD] controller synthesis. The fairness issue in comparing with other controllers such as the traditional integer order PID (IO-PID) controller and the fractional order proportional derivative (FO-PD) controller has been addressed under the same number of design parameters and the same specifications. Fair comparisons of the three controllers (i.e., IO-PID, FO-PD and FO-[PD]) via the simulation tests illustrate that, the IO-PID controller designed may not always be stabilizing to achieve flat-phase specification while both FO-PD and FO-[PD] controllers designed are always stabilizing. Furthermore, the proposed FO-[PD] controller outperforms FO-PD controller for the class of fractional order systems.     

分数阶混沌系统同步及其保密通信

针对参数未知的分数阶Chen混沌系统,研究其同结构同步以及与分数阶Lü混沌系统的异结构同步问题。利用分数阶系统稳定性理论和拉普拉斯变换理论,设计并证明了系统的反馈控制器,给出了一种分数阶混沌保密通信系统。运用分数阶微积分的预估——校正算法进行数值仿真,验证了所提出方法的有效性。     

Maximum sensitivity based fractional IMC–PID controller design for non-integer order system with time delay

A simple approach with a small number of tuning parameters is a key goal in fractional order controller design. Recently there have been a number of limited attempts to bring about improvements in these areas. In this paper, a new design method for a fractional order PID controller based on internal model control (IMC) is proposed to handle non-integer order systems with time delay. In order to reduce the number of tuning parameters and mitigate the impact of time delay, the fractional order internal model control scheme is used. Considering the robustness of the control system with respect to process variations and model uncertainty, maximum sensitivity is applied to the tuning of the parameters. The resulting controller has the structure of a fractional order PID which is cascaded with a filter. This is named a fractional IMC–PID controller. Numerical results are given to show the efficiency of the proposed controller.     

一种分数阶预测控制器的研究与实现

本论文研究了一种新型预测控制器RTD-A的分数阶实现方法及应用. 与常规控制器比较, RTD-A控制器具有参数意义明确, 易于整定和实施的优点. 论文将RTD-A控制器扩展到分数阶形式, 并与经Z-N法整定的分数阶PI?D1控制器和Wang-Juang-Chan法整定的PID控制器进行了比较. 所提出的分数阶预测控制器在设定值跟踪, 克服负荷扰动, 鲁棒性等方面都有较理想的控制性能. 仿真结果验证了这种分数阶预测控制器的有效性.     

A graphical tuning method of fractional order proportional integral derivative controllers for interval fractional order plant

In this paper, a novel graphical tuning method of fractional order proportional integral derivative (FOPID) controllers is proposed for a given interval fractional order plant family. Firstly, an approach is presented to solve the problem of robustly stabilizing the interval fractional order plant using FOPID controller. Moreover, some alternative methods are developed to reduce the computational burden of the presented approach. The results obtained here are general and strict proofs are given on these results. Secondly, a new approach is presented to calculate the complete sets of FOPID controller parameters which guarantee the specified H_∞-norm constraint for the interval fractional order plant. The developed approach is convenient and flexible. Finally, a unified design framework is proposed. The aim of the unified design is to compute the biggest region which can simultaneously provide internal stability, maintain the classical gain and phase margin and guarantee the modern H_∞-norm constraint for the interval fractional order plant. Examples are followed to illustrate the design procedure.     

Pseudo-state feedback stabilization of commensurate fractional order systems

This paper addresses the problem of pseudo-state feedback stabilization of commensurate fractional order systems (FOS). In the proposed approach, Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMI) formalism is used to check if the pseudo-state matrix eigenvalues belong to the FOS stability region of the complex plane. A review of LMI stability conditions is first proposed for fractional order 0<ν<1 and 1<ν<2. The paper then focuses particularly on the case 0<ν<1 as the stability region is non-convex and associated LMI condition is not as straightforward to obtain as in the case 1<ν<2. A new LMI stability condition is thus proposed. Based on this condition, a necessary and sufficient LMI method for the design of stabilizing controllers is given. This method paves the way for extension to FOS of various LMI-based results. Among these possible extensions, a first result on robust control of polytopic fractional order systems is given in this paper.     

Rotary flexible joint control by fractional order controllers

In this paper, a fractional order control law is proposed and implemented for the evaluation of trajectory tracking performance of a rotary flexible-joint system. A state feedback based fractional integral control scheme is used in this proposed method. In this scheme, state feedback is responsible for stabilizing the system. The compensator, in series with the fractional integrator leads to obtain a similar closed-loop transient response like Bode’s ideal transfer function. The effectiveness of the proposed controller in tracking and being robust against parameter uncertainties is demonstrated through simulation. In addition, to show the usefulness of the proposed control scheme, the fractional controller is compared to an integer state feedback control by simulation and through experimentation on the Quanser’s rotary flexible-joint system.     

分数阶系统的分数阶PID控制器设计

对于一些复杂的实际系统,用分数阶微积分方程建模要比整数阶模型更简洁准确.分数阶微积分也为描述动态过程提供了一个很好的工具.对于分数阶模型需要提出相应的分数阶控制器来提高控制效果.本文针对分数阶受控对象,提出了一种分数阶PID控制器的设计方法.并用具体实例演示了对于分数阶系统模型,采用分数阶控制器比采用古典的PID控制器取得更好的效果.     

Routh table test for stability of commensurate fractional degree polynomials and their commensurate fractional order systems

A Routh table test for stability of commensurate fractional degree polynomials and their commensurate fractional order systems is presented via an auxiliary integer degree polynomial. The presented Routh test is a classical Routh table test on the auxiliary integer degree polynomial derived from and for the commensurate fractional degree polynomial. The theoretical proof of this proposed approach is provided by utilizing Argument principle and Cauchy index. Illustrative examples show efficiency of the presented approach for stability test of commensurate fractional degree polynomials and commensurate fractional order systems. So far, only one Routh-type test approach [1] is available for the commensurate fractional degree polynomials in the literature. Thus, this classical Routh-type test approach and the one in [1] both can be applied to stability analysis and design for the fractional order systems, while the one presented in this paper is easy for peoples, who are familiar with the classical Routh table test, to use.     

Tuning fractional order proportional integral controllers for fractional order systems

In this paper, two fractional order proportional integral controllers are proposed and designed for a class of fractional order systems. For fair comparison, the proposed fractional order proportional integral (FOPI), fractional order [proportional integral] (FO[PI]) and the traditional integer order PID (IOPID) controllers are all designed following the same set of the imposed tuning constraints, which can guarantee the desired control performance and the robustness of the designed controllers to the loop gain variations. This proposed design scheme offers a practical and systematic way of the controllers design for the considered class of fractional order plants. From the simulation and experimental results presented, both of the two designed fractional order controllers work efficiently, with improved performance comparing with the designed stabilizing integer order PID controller by the observation. Moreover, it is interesting to observe that the designed FO[PI] controller outperforms the designed FOPI controller following the proposed design schemes for the class of fractional order systems considered.     

分数阶混沌系统的延迟同步

基于分数阶线性系统的稳定性理论，结合反馈控制和主动控制方法，提出了实现分数阶混沌系统的延迟同步的一种新方法．该方案通过设计合适的控制器将分数阶混沌系统的延迟同步问题转化为分数阶线性误差系统在原点的渐近稳定性问题．分数阶Chen系统的数值模拟结果验证了该方案的有效性．     

Subspace-based continuous-time identification of fractional order systems from non-uniformly sampled data

This work focuses on the identification of fractional commensurate order systems from non-uniformly sampled data. A novel scheme is proposed to solve such problem. In this scheme, the non-uniformly sampled data are first complemented by using fractional Laguerre generating functions. Then, the multivariable output error state space method is employed to identify the relevant system parameters. Moreover, an in-depth property analysis of the proposed scheme is provided. A numerical example is investigated to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

集成神经网络与自适应算法的分数阶滑模控制

针对被控对象的参数时变和外部扰动问题,本文融合神经网络的万能逼近能力和自适应控制技术,并结合分数阶微积分理论,提出了基于神经网络和自适应控制算法的分数阶滑模控制策略.本文采用等效控制的方法设计滑模控制律,并利用神经网络的万能逼近能力估测控制律的变化,结合自适应控制算法和分数阶微积分理论抑制传统滑模控制系统的抖震,同时根据Lyapunov稳定性理论分析了系统的稳定性,最后给出了实验结果.实验结果表明,本文提出的基于神经网络和自适应控制算法的分数阶滑模控制系统,能保持滑模控制器对系统外部扰动和参数变化鲁棒性的同时,也能有效地抑制抖震,使得系统获得较高的控制性能.     

Analysis of fractional delay systems of retarded and neutral type

This paper analyses several properties linked to the robust control of fractional differential systems with delays. The BIBO stability of both retarded and neutral fractional delay systems is related to the location of their poles. In the particular case of retarded systems, we give some properties of the poles of the system and the singular values of its Hankel operator.     

Robust Control of Positive Fractional‐Order Interconnected Systems with Heterogeneous Delays

The problem of robust decentralized control of positive fractional‐order interconnected systems with heterogeneous time‐varying delays is studied in this paper. Necessary and sufficient conditions are first derived for internal positiveness of the system. By exploiting the monotonicity induced from positivity of the system, robust stability conditions subject to uncertain system parameters are derived. The derived stability conditions are then utilized to address the controller synthesis problem. The design conditions for obtaining controller gains of stabilizing decentralized controllers are formulated using linear programming, which can be effectively solved by various convex optimization algorithms. Finally, the effectiveness of the obtained results is validated by two numerical examples.     

Optimal fractional order PIλDμ controller for stabilization of cart‐inverted pendulum system: Experimental results

The cart‐inverted pendulum is a non‐minimum phase system having right half s‐plane pole and zero in close vicinity to each other. Linear time invariant (LTI) classical controllers cannot achieve satisfactory loop robustness for such systems. Therefore, in the present work the fractional order PI^λD^μ (FOPID) controller is addressed for robust stabilization of the system, since fractional order controller design allows more degrees of freedom compared to its integer order counterparts by virtue of its two parameters λ and μ. The controller parameters are tuned by three evolutionary optimization techniques. In order to select the controller parameters optimally, a novel non‐linear fitness function using integral time square error (ITSE), settling‐time, and rise time is proposed here. The control algorithm is implemented successfully in real‐time. Moreover, stability analysis of the system compensated with a fractional order controller is presented using Riemann surface. Robustness of the physical cart‐inverted pendulum system towards multiplicative gain variations and plant parameter variations is verified. In this regard, it is shown that the fractional order controller provides satisfactory robust performance in both simulation and real‐time system.     

A proof for non existence of periodic solutions in time invariant fractional order systems

The aim of this note is to highlight one of the basic differences between fractional order and integer order systems. It is analytically shown that a time invariant fractional order system contrary to its integer order counterpart cannot generate exactly periodic signals. As a result, a limit cycle cannot be expected in the solution of these systems. Our investigation is based on Caputo’s definition of the fractional order derivative and includes both the commensurate or incommensurate fractional order systems.     

Stochastic switched controller design of networked control systems with a random long delay

The problem of stabilizing Networked Control Systems (NCSs) with random but bounded delays is discussed in this paper. By using an augmented state‐space method, this class of problem can be modeled as a discrete‐time jump linear system governed by finite‐state Markov chains. As the network‐induced time vary delay of NCSs changes along with the network transferring route and the network load, results in systems becoming instable with controller designs based on a fixed transition matrix, we firstly make use of the V‐K iteration algorithm to design m groups of stabilizing controllers that satisfy different m transition matrixes, and then constitute a switched controller for them and a switch. The simulation shows that if the switched controller is used to stabilize the discrete‐time jump linear system, this system not only has a larger stabilizing span, but also has better dynamic stabilizing characters compared to those with only one group of controllers. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Proportional integral-fractional filter controller design for first order lag plus time delay system

In this work, a design approach of proportional integral-fractional filter (PI-FF) controller for first order plus time delay system (FOPTD) is proposed in order to enhance the feedback control system performance characteristics. The controller design method is drawn up such that the transfer function of the overall closed-loop system is equivalent to the transfer function of the general fractional Bagley–Torvik reference model whose behaviour ranges from relaxation to oscillation for different values of the fractional order derivative and the damping ratio-like parameter. The tuning parameters of the PI-FF controller are derived analytically from the FOPTD process model and the general fractional Bagley–Torvik reference model parameters. Illustrative examples were presented to test the effectiveness and the usefulness of the proposed PI-FF controller on the feedback control system performance characteristics enhancement.