On input‐to‐state stability‐based design for leader/follower formation control with measurement delays

This paper addresses the design of low‐level controllers for leader–follower formations of nonholonomic vehicles in the presence of bounded measurement delays. The concept of input‐to‐state stability is extended to encompass the effect of bounded delays and restrictions on the input. A method is proposed to integrate a Smith predictor in a backstepping design on the basis of nested saturations and nonlinear small‐gain assignment, which allows for time delays in the feedback loop. Robustness analysis under uncertain bounded time delays is provided, and design tradeoffs resulting from the use of bounded controls are discussed. Illustrative simulations are shown to validate the design and robustness analysis in the context of a simple leader–follower trailing control problem. 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.     

On Detectability and Observability of Discrete‐Time Stochastic Markov Jump Systems with State‐Dependent Noise

This paper mainly studies the notions of detectability and observability for discrete‐time stochastic Markov jump systems with state‐dependent noise. Two concepts, called “W‐detectability” and “W‐observability,” for such systems are introduced, and are shown to coincide with the other concepts on detectability and observability reported recently in literature. Moreover, some criteria and interesting properties for both W‐detectability and W‐observability are obtained.     

Limit load and shakedown analysis of plastic structures under stochastic uncertainty

Problems from plastic analysis are based on the convex, linear or linearised yield/strength condition and the linear equilibrium equation for the stress (state) vector. In practice one has to take into account stochastic variations of several model parameters. Hence, in order to get robust maximum load factors, the structural analysis problem with random parameters must be replaced by an appropriate deterministic substitute problem. A direct approach is proposed based on the primary costs for missing carrying capacity and the recourse costs (e.g. costs for repair, compensation for weakness within the structure, damage, failure, etc.). Based on the mechanical survival conditions of plasticity theory, a quadratic error/loss criterion is developed. The minimum recourse costs can be determined then by solving an optimisation problem having a quadratic objective function and linear constraints. For each vector a(·) of model parameters and each design vector x, one obtains then an explicit representation of the “best” internal load distribution F^∗. Moreover, also the expected recourse costs can be determined explicitly. Consequently, an explicit stochastic nonlinear program results for finding a robust maximal load factor μ^∗. The analytical properties and possible solution procedures are discussed.     

Stability and control of nonlinear systems described by retarded functional equations: a review of recent results

This paper reports on recent results in a series of the work of the authors on the stability and nonlinear control for general dynamical systems described by retarded functional differential and difference equations. Both internal and external stability properties are studied. The corresponding Lyapunov and Razuminkhin characterizations for input-to-state and input-to-output stabilities are proposed. Necessary and sufficient Lyapunov-like conditions are derived for robust nonlinear stabilization. In particular, an explicit controller design procedure is developed for a new class of nonlinear time-delay systems. Lastly, sufficient assumptions, including a small-gain condition, are presented for guaranteeing the input-to-output stability of coupled systems comprised of retarded functional differential and difference equations.     

RAZUMIKHIN-TYPE THEOREMS OF NEUTRAL STOCHASTIC FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

The stability of stochastic functional differential equation with Markovian switching was studied by several authors,but there was almost no work on the stability of the neutral stochastic functional differential equations with Markovian switching.The aim of this article is to close this gap.The authors establish Razumikhin-type theorem of the neutral stochastic functional differential equations with Markovian switching,and those without Markovian switching.     

On the model-based networked control for singularly perturbed systems

In this paper, the control of a two-time-scale plant, where the sensor is connected to a linear controller/actuator via a network is addressed. The slow and fast systems of singularly perturbed systems are used to produce an estimate of the plant state behavior between transmission times, by which one can reduce the usage of the network. The approximate solutions of the whole systems are derived and it is shown that the whole systems via the network control are generally asymptotically stable as long as their slow and fast systems are both stable. These results are also extended to the case of network delay.     

广义双线性系统的终端滑模控制

研究广义双线性系统的终端滑模变结构控制问题.基于Lyapunov稳定性理论,运用Lyapunov函数方法,给出广义双系统的终端滑动模超出面,设计相应的终端滑模变结构控制器,使得闭环系统渐进稳定,实现滑动模运动,保证系统状态在有限时间内到达平衡点,得到广义双线性系统全局稳定的充分条件.所给的可行性算例,说明这一方法的有效性与可行性.     

含随机穿越特征指标的离散系统满意估计问题

当待估量的期望值是一个有界区域时, 对待估量穿越目的域边界问题进行了讨论. 通过对离散估计系统的区域极点、随机穿越特征量等指标的相容性进行分析, 给出了一种满足多指标要求的满意待机估计策略, 并设计了基于双线性矩阵不等式组(BMIs)的求解算法. 所给出的待机估计策略可保证待估量在目的域内平均滞留度满足一定的指标, 同时相对目的域边沿的平均穿越周期尽可能小, 从而达到了待估量在目的域内、外的时间分布更加均匀 的目的. 数值算例说明了所设计的估计策略满足多指标要求.     

一类非线性时滞系统的鲁棒间接自适应控制

针对一类不确定非线性时滞系统,基于变结构控制原理,利用多层神经网络逼近的能力,提出具有投影算法的间接自适应控制方案。该方案通过监督控制器保证闭环系统所有信号有界,并引入综合误差的自适应补偿项来消除建模误差的影响。理论分析证明跟踪误差收敛到零,仿真结果表明该方法有的效性。