Comments on “Necessary and sufficient stability condition of fractional-order interval linear systems” [Automatica 44 (2008), 2985–2988]

This paper shows that the main thesis of the article “Necessary and sufficient stability condition of fractional-order interval linear systems” by Ahn and Chen (Automatica, vol. 44, pp. 2985–2988) is only a sufficient (and not a necessary) condition for the robust stability of fractional-order linear systems.     

Robust control of variable speed autonomous underwater vehicle

Set point tracking control of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) via robust model predictive control (RMPC) is considered. Input-constrained RMPC with integral action, which has been developed in our previous work, is used to control the AUV in this study. In order to derive a RMPC control rule, non-linear dynamics of AUV with six degree of freedom is linearized at certain operating points. So, horizontal and vertical plane dynamics of system are represented by linear models which have polytopic uncertainties. Since the derived control rule will be used in real time, the computation time should be reduced. To overcome this computational time problem and get rid of trial–error step of Algorithm 1, a new algorithm is proposed here. The simulations are carried out using the control rule based on this algorithm and these results are presented.     

关于自适应非线性镇定的某些结果

不确定非线性系统的反馈控制一直是控制科学的中心问题之一,迄今已经取得很大进展。然而,目前现有大部分工作所研究的反馈控制规律,或是连续时间形式的,或是采样反馈形式但需要采样频率充分快,或是离散时间反馈形式,但需要被控离散时间系统的非线性函数增长速度不超过线性。要消除或减弱这些约束条件,一般来讲是相当困难的。这就促使我们探究反馈机制的最大能力和根本局限。尽管近年来在这个方向有许多重要进展,但仍有许多非平凡的重要问题有待研究。例如,在反馈通道中有时滞情形,或者系统状态是高维的情形。在本文中,我们将探索两类比较特殊的离散时间不确定非线性动力系统的控制问题,给出关于全局自适应反馈镇定的某些初步结果。     

基于回收质量不确定与政府双参与的再制造闭环供应链定价策略研究

基于回收质量不确定的现实考虑,运用Stackelberg博弈论方法研究政府补贴和碳税双参与的再制造闭环供应链的定价问题,采用数值仿真的方法量化分析补贴额度和碳税率对再制造闭环供应链定价策略、供应链各成员利润、供应链碳排放量的影响,以及回收质量对再制造闭环供应链的影响。研究发现：政府补贴和碳税的双参与改善了由政府征收碳税而引起的市场不活跃现象,促进了闭环供应链的回收再制造,比单纯补贴或碳税更有效地引导了再制造闭环供应链;无论哪种手段参与,提高废旧产品的回收质量都有助于提高废旧产品的回收量、制造商的利润、第三方回收商的利润以及供应链的总利润,也有助于降低供应链的碳排放。     

Stability analysis and controller design of interval type-2 fuzzy systems with time delay

The type-2 fuzzy models can handle the system uncertainties directly based on the type-2 fuzzy sets. In this paper, the Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy model approach is extended to the stability analysis and controller design for interval type-2 (IT2) fuzzy systems with time-varying delay. Delay-dependent robust stability criteria are developed in terms of linear matrix inequalities by using the improvement technique of free-weighting matrices. Less conservative results are obtained by considering the information contained in the footprint of uncertainty. Finally, two simulation examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results. One is provided to show the merits of the proposed method, the other based on the continuous stirred tank reactor model is given to illustrate the design processes of IT2 fuzzy controller for a nonlinear system with parameter uncertainties.     

石油产品中硫醇硫含量测定的不确定度评估

根据国家标准GB/T1792-88《馏分燃料中硫醇硫含量测定法(电位滴定法)》的试验方法．考察评估了该项分析的测量不确定度。     

Stability Analysis and Controller Design of Discrete Interval Type‐2 Fuzzy Systems

This paper is concerned with trajectory stabilization of a computer simulated model car with uncertain velocity via type‐2 fuzzy control systems. First, stability conditions of discrete interval type‐2 fuzzy control systems are given in accordance with the definition of stability in the sense of Lyapunov. Then, we approximate a computer simulated model car, whose dynamics are nonlinear and velocity is uncertain. A type‐2 Takagi–Sugeno TS fuzzy controller is designed to handle system uncertainty. The control rules, which guarantee stability of the system, are derived from the approximated model. The simulation results show that the type‐2 fuzzy control rules can effectively stabilize the car model.     

Robust Unknown Input Observer Design for Linear Uncertain Time Delay Systems with Application to Fault Detection

In this paper, a novel approach is proposed to design a robust fault detection observer for uncertain linear time delay systems. The system is composed of both norm‐bounded uncertainties and exogenous signals (noise, disturbance, and fault) which are considered to be unknown. The main contribution of this paper is to present unknown input observer (UIO)‐based fault detection system which shows the maximum sensitivity to fault signals and the minimum sensitivity to other signals. Since the system contains uncertainty terms, an H_∞ model‐matching approach is used in design procedure. The reference residual signal generator system is designed so that the fault signal has maximum sensitivity while the exogenous signals have minimum sensitivity on the residual signal. Then, the fault detection system is designed by minimizing the estimation error between the reference residual signal and the UIO residual signal in the sense of H_∞ norm. A sufficient condition for the existence of such a filter is exploited in terms of certain linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Application of the proposed method in a numerical example and an engineering process are simulated to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm. Simulation results show the validity of the proposed approach to detect the occurrence of faults in the presence of modeling errors, disturbances, and noise.     

一类混合延迟混沌神经网络的同步

时滞混沌神经网络系统是解空间为无穷维系统,可生成多个正向Lyapunov指数,产生具有高度随机性和不可预测性的混沌甚至超混沌序列,这种特性使得时滞混沌神经网络系统特别适用于保密通信中,混沌同步是保密通信中的关键技术。基于Lyapunov稳定性理论和线性矩阵不等式(LMI)方法,研究了一类具有时变延迟和分布式延迟的混沌神经网络系统的同步问题,考虑系统的内部参数不确定性和外部干扰及混合时滞等因素,将系统时滞项加入所设计的控制器中,给出了保证误差系统的全局均方渐近稳定的充分条件和控制律,实现驱动系统和响应系统的同步。与其它方法相比,所设计的含有时滞项的控制器提高了系统误差精度及反应速率。最后,通过仿真实例,验证了所提方法的有效性。     

Robust consensus for uncertain multi‐agent systems with discrete‐time dynamics

This paper investigates robust consensus for multi‐agent systems with discrete‐time dynamics affected by uncertainty. In particular, the paper considers multi‐agent systems with single and double integrators, where the weighted adjacency matrix is a polynomial function of uncertain parameters constrained into a semialgebraic set. Firstly, necessary and sufficient conditions are provided for robust consensus based on the existence of a Lyapunov function polynomially dependent on the uncertainty. In particular, an upper bound on the degree required for achieving necessity is provided. Secondly, a necessary and sufficient condition is provided for robust consensus with single integrator and nonnegative weighted adjacency matrices based on the zeros of a polynomial. Lastly, it is shown how these conditions can be investigated through convex programming by exploiting linear matrix inequalities and sums of squares of polynomials. Some numerical examples illustrate the proposed results. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.