Delay‐dependent stability for Markovian genetic regulatory networks with time‐varying delays

This paper is concerned with the problem of stochastic stability analysis for a class of genetic regulatory networks with Markovian jump parameters and time‐varying delays. A delay‐dependent stability criterion is derived by using a novel mode‐dependent Lyapunov functional. The derived stability criterion is expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities and is less conservative than the existing ones in the literature. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed stability criterion. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

A new result on the delay‐dependent stability of discrete systems with time‐varying delays

This paper proposes an improvement to the delay‐dependent stability of discrete systems with time‐varying delays. The approach is based on the observation that the positive definiteness of a chosen Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional does not necessarily require all the involved symmetric matrices to be positive definite, which has been overlooked in the literature. The derived delay‐dependent stability conditions are in terms of linear matrix inequalities. It is theoretically proved that our results are less conservative than the corresponding ones obtained by requiring the positive definiteness of all the symmetric matrices in a chosen Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional. The importance of the present approach is that a great number of delay‐dependent analysis and synthesis results obtained by the aforementioned requirement in the literature can be improved by the present approach without introducing any new decision variables. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Two general integral inequalities and their applications to stability analysis for systems with time‐varying delay

Integral inequalities have been widely used in stability analysis for systems with time‐varying delay because they directly produce bounds for integral terms with respect to quadratic functions. This paper presents two general integral inequalities from which almost all of the existing integral inequalities can be obtained, such as Jensen inequality, the Wirtinger‐based inequality, the Bessel–Legendre inequality, the Wirtinger‐based double integral inequality, and the auxiliary function‐based integral inequalities. Based on orthogonal polynomials defined in different inner spaces, various concrete single/multiple integral inequalities are obtained. They can produce more accurate bounds with more orthogonal polynomials considered. To show the effectiveness of the new inequalities, their applications to stability analysis for systems with time‐varying delay are demonstrated with two numerical examples. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

H∞ Control with Transients for Singular Systems

In this paper, the problem of a generalized type of H_∞ control is investigated for continuous‐time singular systems, which treats a mixed attenuation of exogenous inputs and initial conditions. First, a performance measure that is essentially the worst‐case norm of the regulated outputs over all exogenous inputs and initial conditions is introduced. A necessary and sufficient condition is obtained to ensure the singular system to be admissible and the performance measure to be less than a prescribed scalar. Based on the criterion a sufficient condition for the existence of a state‐feedback controller is established in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Moreover, the relationship between the performance measure and the standard H_∞ norm of the system is provided. Two numerical examples are given to demonstrate the properties of the obtained results.     

重力坝动力深层抗滑稳定性研究

基于我国西南某待建高碾压混凝土重力坝,建立了典型坝段三维有限元接触分析模型,分别采用强度折减动力分析法和时程安全系数分析法,综合研究了坝基动力深层抗滑稳定性。同时针对传统时程安全系数分析存在的局限性,基于概率统计深入探讨并改进了可靠度动力安全系数评价指标。研究结果表明,大坝满足动力深层抗滑稳定设计要求,本文所采用的理论方法能够考虑地震作用的往复性和随机性,评价结果更为科学合理,为重力坝动力抗滑稳定的定量判别进行了有益探索。     

An LMI Approach to consensus in second-order multi-agent systems

This paper deals with the consensus problem of the second-order multi-agent systems based on linear system theory. By a system transformation, the consensus problem is converted to the stability problem of a linear system. The second-order systems considered include the systems with both the fixed topology and the Markov switching topology. Necessary and sufficient conditions of consensus or mean square consensus are obtained. The results are extended to the cases of the uncertain transition probability rates and time-delay, respectively. Finally, a simulation example is given to show the effectiveness of the presented results.     

Coordinated control with multiple dynamic leaders for uncertain Lagrangian systems via self‐tuning adaptive distributed observer

This paper studies coordinated control of multiple Lagrangian systems with parametric uncertainties subject to external disturbances by proposing a fully distributed continuous control law based on the improved self‐tuning adaptive observer inspired by non‐identifier‐based high‐gain adaptive control technique. Under this distributed continuous control law, a group of Lagrangian systems are driven to the convex hull spanned by multiple heterogenous dynamic leaders, which can be any combination of step signals of arbitrary unknown magnitudes, ramp signals of arbitrary unknown slopes, and sinusoidal signals of arbitrary unknown amplitudes, initial phases, and any unknown frequencies. It is also worth to mention that this control law we propose, depending neither on any information of leader systems for uninformed followers, nor on external disturbances, even independent of neighbors' velocity, can achieve asymptotic tracking of multiple leaders without any additional condition instead of ensuring the ultimate boundedness of the containment error as in the literature. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一类不确定性广义非线性系统的鲁棒控制

考虑一类上有不确定性广义非线性系统Ｅｚ＝（Ａ＋ΔＡ）ｚ＋Ｂｖ＋ｆ（ｚ）的鲁棒控制问题,这里Ｅ是奇异的ｆ（ｚ）系统的非线性部分,在适当的假设下,得到了基于状态反馈作用的鲁棒控制存在的条件。     

三轴差动式管道机器人的驱动特性及仿真研究

为解决轮式管道机器人弯管运行的干涉问题,研制一种具有差动运行功能的轮式管道机器人——三轴差动式管道机器人.首先介绍了机器人的结构组成和基本原理,对机器人的牵引力、越障能力等驱动特性进行分析,建立相应的理论分析模型.同时,建立机器人的虚拟样机仿真模型,对其牵引力、越障能力进行仿真研究,仿真结果与理论分析基本一致.机器人在弯管运行的仿真结果表明:机器人能够顺利通过弯管,三轴差动机构具有较好的差动效果.