A Saturating Extension of an Output Feedback Controller for Internally Damped Euler‐Lagrange Systems

In this research, a novel extension of the passivity‐based output feedback trajectory tracking controller is developed for internally damped Euler‐Lagrange systems with input saturation. Compared with the previous output feedback controllers, this new design of a combined adaptive controller‐observer system will reduce the risk of actuator saturation effectively via generalized saturation functions. Semi‐global uniform ultimate boundedness stability of the tracking errors and state estimation errors is guaranteed by Lyapunov stability analysis. An application of the proposed saturated output feedback controller is the stabilization of a nonholonomic wheeled mobile robot with saturated actuators towards desired trajectories. Simulation results are provided to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed controller in dealing with the actuator saturation.     

Discrete‐time output feedback for Markov jump systems with uncertain transition probabilities

This article addresses the output feedback control for discrete‐time Markov jump linear systems. With fully known transition probability, sufficient conditions for an internal model based controller design are obtained. For the case where the transition probabilities are uncertain and belong to a convex polytope with known vertices, we provide a sufficient LMI condition that guarantees the norm of the closed‐loop system is below a prescribed level. That condition can be improved through an iterative procedure. Additionally, we are able to deal with the case of cluster availability of the Markov mode, provided that some system matrices do not vary within a given cluster, an assumption that is suitable to deal with packet dropout models for networked control systems. A numerical example shows the applicability of the design and compares it with previous results. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Measurement feedback control for a class of feedforward nonlinear systems

We propose a measurement feedback controller for a class of feedforward nonlinear systems under sensor noise. The sensor noise has unknown magnitude, frequency, and phase. Our proposed controller is coupled with a low‐pass filter in such a way that the sensor noise is attenuated. We show that the controlled system results in bounded states whose ultimate bounds are inversely proportional to the minimum frequency of the sensor noise. Our result is further generalized to work in a case where the sensor noise is only required to have a Fourier transform with finite energy. Moreover, if the sensor noise enters only at partial states, depending on the location of the sensor noise, the ultimate bounds of the particular states can be made arbitrarily small via the gain factor of the controller. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Stabilization of One‐Dimensional Schrödinger Equation with Variable Coefficient under Delayed Boundary Output Feedback

This article considers stabilization of a one‐dimensional Schrödinger equation with variable coefficient and boundary observation which suffers from an arbitrary given time delay. We design an observer and predictor to stabilize the system. The state is estimated in the time span where the observation is available, and also predicted in the time interval where the observation is not available. It is shown that the estimated state feedback stabilizes the system exponentially. A numerical simulation is presented to illustrate the effect of the stabilizing controller.     

Dynamic Output Feedback Consensualization of Uncertain Swarm Systems with Time Delays

Consensus analysis and design problems of high‐dimensional discrete‐time swarm systems in directed networks with time delays and uncertainties are dealt with by using output information. Two subspaces are introduced, namely a consensus subspace and a complement consensus subspace. By projecting the state of a swarm system onto the two subspaces, a necessary and sufficient condition for consensus is presented, and based on different influences of time delays and uncertainties, an explicit expression of the consensus function is given which is very important in applications of swarm systems. A method to determine gain matrices of consensus protocols is proposed. Numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate theoretical results.     

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.     

Consensus of Fractional‐Order Uncertain Multi‐Agent Systems Based on Output Feedback

This paper is devoted to the consensus protocol design for a set of agents with fractional‐order uncertainty dynamics where the fractional order α satisfies 0 < α < 2. For multi‐agent systems (MASs) with fixed undirected topology, a distributed static output feedback protocol is proposed with an undetermined system matrix. Based on model transformation and fractional‐order stability theory, sufficient conditions are derived to ensure the consensus of MASs in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, a simulation example is employed to validate the effectiveness of the proposed consensus protocol.     

信息化项目实施中的问题反馈及处理机制分析

针对煤炭企业信息化项目的特殊性,以某煤炭企业信息化项目为例,分析了项目在实施过程中存在的问题,并提出了客观、合理的对策,建立了问题反馈及处理机制,实现了对项目实施过程的动态管理,对于实施信息化系统具有一定的借鉴作用。     

基于遗传算法的输出反馈动态面优化控制

针对一类只有输出信号可测且非线性项含不可测状态的不确定系统,基于输入信号置换思想构建了神经网络状态观测器,结合动态面理论设计了输出反馈自适应控制方案。通过理论分析确定了控制律参数选取范围,保证了闭环控制系统所有信号半全局一致终结有界; 利用遗传算法提出一种参数寻优策略,选取了最优的输入初始值和控制律参数,解决了控制冲击问题,提高了跟踪精度。     

利用DCS实现风阀电动执行器的开关量控制

简述了退火窑电动执行器的控制原理,通过分析电动执行器的故障特点,介绍了越于西门予S7-400H系统对执行器的改造方案,并重点叙述了该系统的硬件结构和控制程序的组态与设计等。