Stability,L2‐gain and asynchronous H ∞ control for continuous‐time switched systems

This paper is concerned with the stability and L₂‐gain problems for a class of continuous‐time linear switched systems with the existed asynchronous behaviors, where ‘asynchronous’ means that the switching of the controllers to be designed has a lag to the switching of the system modes. Firstly, a new sufficient condition on the asymptotic stability and weighted L₂‐gain analysis is obtained by using multiple Lyapunov functions combined with the average dwell time technique. Moreover, a result that is formulated in form of linear matrix inequalities is derived for the problem of asynchronous H _∞ control. Based on the result, the mode‐dependent controllers can be designed. Finally, an illustrative numerical example is presented to show the effectiveness of the obtained results.Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Viewing direction measurements on flat and curved flexible E‐paper displays

The viewing direction characterization of reflective displays is more demanding than for emissive displays because defined illumination–detection geometries must be maintained for each viewing direction. In addition, the geometry should mimic the behavior of viewers who tend to exclude the reflection of light sources from a handheld reflective display. Viewing direction data was extracted from measured Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Functions, showing that a source inclination of 45° sufficiently excludes the specular and haze components of source reflection from the measurement. Applying this so‐called 45/θ geometry to curved flexible displays is not straightforward since viewing direction, display curvature, and alignment each affect the measured reflectance. The viewing direction geometry proposed for convex cylindrical displays uses a ring light to deliver viewing‐direction independent illuminance, and maps the range of viewing directions onto the pixels of an image sensor. The illumination can also be applied to flat displays, allowing direct comparisons of flat and cylindrical display states. First results on e‐paper show good agreement with Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function data.     

RCC拱坝的封拱温度与温度荷载研究

在对RCC拱坝封拱温度与温度荷载特点分析的基础上,用4座不同坝高的RCC拱坝分别以坝体多年平均温度和由仿真分析计算得到的蓄水时的实际温度作为温度荷载的计算起点,用有限元等效应力法计算不同坝高的坝体应力,根据计算结果讨论不同坝高时RCC拱坝的封拱温度与温度荷载。计算表明,以多年平均温度作为封拱温度计算温度荷载与仿真方法计算的温度荷载的差距随着坝高的增大而增大。对于100m以上的拱坝应该用仿真分析的方法研究温度荷载,以确定真实的封拱温度;不进行二期水冷和封拱灌浆时,对于100m以上的高拱坝,要进行充分论证,一般坝踵可能会出现较大拉应力而引起坝踵开裂;对于RCC高拱坝应采用冷却水管和分缝相结合的方式,在蓄水前通过二期水冷使坝体温度下降到设计封拱温度后进行封拱灌浆,以减小运行期的温度荷载。     

The Output Feedback H∞ Control Design for the Linear Stochastic System Driven by Both Brownian Motion and Poisson Jumps: A Nonlinear Matrix Inequality Approach

We extend the output feedback H_∞ control approaches to the stochastic system including Poisson jumps. In this model, both the control and exogenous disturbance simultaneously enter the volatility and jumps. By completing square methods, a nonlinear matrix inequality is used for solving such problems to give the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a compensator.     

Robust Absolute Stability Analysis of Multiple Time‐Delay Lur'e Systems With Parametric Uncertainties

The problem of robust absolute stability for time‐delay Lur'e systems with parametric uncertainties is investigated in this paper. The nonlinear part of the Lur'e system is assumed to be both time‐invariant and time‐varying. The structure of uncertainty is a general case that includes norm‐bounded uncertainty. Based on the Lyapunov–Krasovskii stability theory, some delay‐dependent sufficient conditions for the robust absolute stability of the Lur'e system will be derived and expressed in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). These conditions reduce the conservativeness in computing the upper bound of the maximum allowed delay in many cases. Numerical examples are given to show that the proposed stability criteria are less conservative than those reported in the established literatures.     

Quantized H∞ Control for Networked Systems with Communication Constraints

The problem of quantized H_∞ control for networked control systems (NCSs) subject to time‐varying delay and multiple packet dropouts is investigated in this paper. Both the control input and the measurement output signals are quantized before being transmitted and the quantized errors are described as sector bound uncertainties. The measurement channel and the control channel packet dropouts are considered simultaneously, and the stochastic variables satisfying Bernoulli random binary distribution are utilized to model the random multiple packet dropouts. Sufficient conditions for the existence of an observer‐based controller are established to ensure the exponential mean‐square stablility of the closed‐loop system and achieve the optimal H_∞ disturbance attenuation level. By using a globally convergent algorithm involving convex optimization, the nonconvex feasibility can be solved successfully. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed method.     

基于自相似流的IEEE 802.16e休眠算法

为了减少移动站点的功率消耗,降低服务基站空中资源的使用,IEEE802.16e引入了休眠模式。移动站点与服务基站协商后进入休眠周期并暂时终止业务服务。休眠模式算法目前研究工作大都基于包到达服从泊松过程的假定来设计与分析算法,但研究表明,数据包到达的时间间隔遵循类似Pareto分布的重尾分布。针对网络流量的自相似特性,提出指数递减的休眠模式算法。理论分析与实验表明,此算法在平均响应时间和平均能量消耗方面都要优于IEEE802.16e协议所建议的指数递增休眠模式算法。     

A new view of fuzzy hypernear-rings

In this survey article, we first introduce the concept of quasi-coincidence of a fuzzy interval value with an interval valued fuzzy set. This concept is a generalized concept of quasi-coincidence of a fuzzy point within a fuzzy set. By using this new idea, we consider the interval valued (∈,∈∨q)-fuzzy sub-hypernear-rings (hyperideals) of a hypernear-ring, and hence, a generalization of a fuzzy sub-near-ring (ideal) is given. Some related properties of fuzzy hypernear-rings are described. Finally, we consider the concept of implication-based interval valued fuzzy sub-hypernear-rings (hyperideals) in a hypernear-ring, in particular, the implication operators in Lukasiewicz system of continuous-valued logic are discussed.     

State feedback control of continuous-time T-S fuzzy systems via switched fuzzy controllers

This paper studies the problem of state feedback control of continuous-time T-S fuzzy systems. Switched fuzzy controllers are exploited in the control design, which are switched based on the values of membership functions, and the control scheme is an extension of the parallel distributed compensation (PDC) scheme. Sufficient conditions for designing switched state feedback controllers are obtained with meeting an H_∞ norm bound requirement and quadratic D stability constraints. It is shown that the new control design method provides less conservative results than the corresponding ones via the parallel distributed compensation (PDC) scheme. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Suboptimal robust synthesis for MIMO plant under coprime factor perturbations

Suboptimal robust synthesis for MIMO nominal system under coprime factor perturbations is considered in classical and non-classical statements. In the classical statement, weights of perturbations and upper bound on magnitude bounded exogenous disturbance are assumed to be known to controller designer. Suboptimal synthesis within ε tolerance is reduced to the solution of log₂(1/ε) standard mixed sensitivity problems of ℓ₁ optimization. In the non-classical statement, the upper bounds on perturbations and exogenous disturbance are to be estimated from measurement data and suboptimal synthesis is reduced to the solution of 1/ε mixed sensitivity problems.