Observer-based sliding mode control for a class of uncertain nonlinear neutral delay systems

In this paper, the observer-based sliding mode control (SMC) problem is investigated for a class of uncertain nonlinear neutral delay systems. A new robust stability condition is proposed first for the sliding mode dynamics, then a sliding mode observer is designed, based on which an observer-based controller is synthesized by using the SMC theory combined with the reaching law technique. Then, a sufficient condition of the asymptotic stability is proposed in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI) for the overall closed-loop system composed of the observer dynamics and the state estimation error dynamics. Furthermore, the reachability problem is also discussed. It is shown that the proposed SMC scheme guarantees the reachability of the sliding surfaces defined in both the state estimate space and the state estimation error space, respectively. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the feasibility of the proposed design scheme.     

Design of memory-based adaptive integral sliding-mode controller for fractional-order T-S fuzzy systems and its applications

This study investigates the passivity analysis of fractional-order Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems subject to external disturbances and nonlinear perturbations under an adaptive integral sliding mode control (AISMC) methodology. To better accommodate the features of the T-S fuzzy dynamical model, a novel fractional-order memory-based integral-type sliding manifold function is defined, which is different from the existing sliding manifold function. With the help of Caputo fractional-order derivative properties and quadratic Lyapunov functional, some linear matrix inequality (LMI)-based sufficient criteria are derived to ensure the asymptotic stability conditions of resulting sliding mode dynamics with passive performance index. Besides that, an adaptive sliding mode control law is designed for the addressed systems to guarantee the system state variables onto the predefined integral sliding manifold. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed controller is validated based on derived sufficient conditions with two practical models, such as fractional-order interconnected power systems and fractional-order permanent-magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) model, respectively.     

On stability for sampled-data nonlinear ADRC-based control system with application to the ball-beam problem

This paper mainly concerns with the stability analysis of the sampled-data nonlinear active disturbance rejection control (ADRC)-based control system. Firstly, a class of single-input-single-output (SISO) continuous plant is discretized using zero-order-hold (ZOH), and several kinds of digital implementation methods for the nonlinear extended state observer (NLESO) are newly proposed. Then the sampled-data nonlinear ADRC (NLADRC) based closed-loop system is transformed into a discrete-time Lurie-like system, to which linear matrix inequality (LMI)-based sufficient conditions for absolute stability and robust absolute stability are obtained. The sufficient conditions provide convenient and effective methods for determining the stability and its relationship with the parameters of the controller, the plant and the sampling period. Using the ball-beam system as an example, the proposed results are verified in both simulations and experiments.     

Dissipative observers for discrete-time nonlinear systems

This paper addresses the problem of designing a state observer for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems using the dissipativity theory. We show that the dissipative observation methodology, originally proposed by one of the authors for continuous-time nonlinear systems, can be extended to the discrete-time case. For constructing a convergent observer, the methodology is applied to the nonlinear estimation error dynamics, which is decomposed into a discrete-time Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) subsystem in the forward loop, connected to a time-varying static nonlinearity in the feedback loop. In order to assure asymptotic stability of the closed-loop, complementary dissipativity conditions are imposed on each of the subsystems: (i) the static nonlinearity is required to be dissipative with respect to a quadratic supply rate, and (ii) the observer gains are designed such that the LTI system is dissipative with respect to a complementary supply rate. As in the continuous time framework, the proposed method includes as special cases, unifies and generalizes some observer design methods proposed previously in the literature. A great advantage of the Dissipative Observer Design Method proposed here is that it leads to Matrix Inequalities for the design of the observer gains, and these can be usually converted into Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMI’s). The results are illustrated using Chua’s Chaotic system.     

Finite-time stabilization of nonlinear time delay systems using LQR based sliding mode control

In this paper, we discussed the robust finite-time stability of conic type nonlinear systems with time varying delays. Some novel conditions are derived to design a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) based sliding mode control (SMC) by proposing an integral switching surface. The sufficient conditions are derived for the considered nonlinear system using Lyapunov–Krasovskii stability theory and linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. The proposed conditions can be solved using some standard numerical packages. Finally, a practical example is provided to validate the advantages and effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Observer-based sliding mode control for a class of discrete systems via delta operator approach

In this paper, an observer-based sliding mode control (SMC) problem is investigated for a class of uncertain delta operator systems with nonlinear exogenous disturbance. A novel robust stability condition is obtained for a sliding mode dynamics by using Lyapunov theory in delta domain. Based on a designed sliding mode observer, a sliding mode controller is synthesized by employing SMC theory combined with reaching law technique. The robust asymptotical stability problem is also discussed for the closed-loop system composed of the observer dynamics and the state estimation error dynamics. Furthermore, the reachability of sliding surfaces is also investigated in state-estimate space and estimation error space, respectively. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the developed method.     

T-S fuzzy tracking control of nonlinear constrained time-delay systems using a reference-management approach

A new control design approach is proposed for a class of nonlinear systems expressed by Takagi–Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model, considering several objectives including robustness against input time-varying delay, input constraint satisfaction, and reference tracking. The proposed controller is designed on the basis of an augmented model, Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, linear matrix inequality (LMI) tools, and parallel distributed compensation (PDC) approach. Proof of the input-to-state stability (ISS) criterion is provided for the error dynamics. Input constraint satisfaction is performed using a reference-management algorithm based on the linearized closed-loop system from the reference input to the constrained variables. In order to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control approach, simulations are performed on three practical examples, including a flexible-joint robot and a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR).     

Fractional-order sliding mode control for a bearingless induction motor based on improved load torque observer

In order to improve the anti-disturbance performance of a bearingless induction motor (BIM) control system, a fractional-order sliding mode control (FOSMC) strategy based on improved load torque observer is proposed on the basis of the sliding mode speed regulation system. Using the information memory and genetic characteristics of the fractional calculus operator, the fractional integral term of the speed error is introduced in the design of the traditional sliding surface, which reduces the influence of disturbance on the speed regulation system. The fractional-order sliding mode control law is derived based on the BIM mathematical model, and the stability of the control law is proved by Lyapunov theorem. An improved observer is constructed based on the BIM state equations, and the real-time observed load torque is introduced into the fractional-order sliding mode controller. To improve the observer's convergence speed, the proportional integral form is used to replace the integral form in the traditional reduced order load observer. And the state error feedback coefficients of the improved load observer are calculated. Both simulation and experimental results verified the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy.     

Dissipative state observer design for nonlinear time-delay systems

This paper is concerned with the design of dissipative state observers for a family of time-delay nonlinear systems. The Dissipativity method, proposed by one of the authors for delay-free nonlinear systems, is extended here to a class of time-delay nonlinear systems. The design method consists in decomposing the time-delay estimation error dynamics into a time-delay linear subsystem and a time-varying memoryless nonlinearity, connected in a negative feedback loop. By using some storage functionals, both delay-independent and delay-dependent dissipativity criteria are derived in order to guarantee the exponential convergence property of the observer. The exponential stability of the estimation error is then ensured, assuming that the nonlinearity is dissipative with respect to a quadratic supply rate and the linear part is designed, through the observer gains, to be dissipative with respect to a complementary supply rate. The design conditions are formulated in terms of tractable bilinear (BMI’s) or linear matrix inequalities (LMI’s). An interesting advantage is that the proposed dissipative design extends and generalizes under a unified framework several methods available in the literature, since a wide diversity of nonlinearities can be considered. Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Output feedback robust H∞ control for spacecraft rendezvous system subject to input saturation: A gain scheduled approach

In this paper, the problem of output feedback robust H_∞ control for spacecraft rendezvous system with parameter uncertainties, disturbances and input saturation is investigated. Firstly, a full-order state observer is designed to reconstruct the full state information, whose gain matrix can be obtained by solving the linear matrix inequality (LMI). Subsequently, by combining the parametric Riccati equation approach and gain scheduled technique, an observer-based robust output feedback gain scheduled control scheme is proposed, which can make full use of the limited control capacity and improve the control performance by scheduling the control gain parameter increasingly. Rigorous stability analyses are shown that the designed discrete gain scheduled controller has faster convergence performance and better robustness than static gain controller. Finally, the performance and advantage of the proposed gain scheduled control scheme are demonstrated by numerical simulation.     

Observer-based feedback control of two-level open stochastic quantum system

The observer-based feedback control for the two-level bilinear open stochastic quantum system is proposed in this paper. The state of open stochastic quantum system (OSQS) is described in the Cartesian coordinate system. The proposed state observer is designed by using state-dependent differential Riccati equation (SDDRE) and constructed for optimally estimating the state of OSQS from measurement output of the system. The state of observer is continuously updated by the output data of continuous weak measurement (CWM). A Lyapunov Feedback control is designed based on estimated state of the observer for the state transfer of OSQS. An exponential Lyapunov function is chosen to ensure the stability of the system. The observer-based Lyapunov feedback control (OLFC) strategy is developed according to the stochastic Lyapunov stability theorem. The numerical simulation results verify the achievability of the proposed OLFC strategy in terms of state estimation and state transfer of OSQS. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the observer tracks the state of system asymptotically with minimum error of ± 3%. The proposed OLFC has the ability to move the state of OSQS from arbitrary initial state to the final target eigenstate with high fidelity ≥ 90%.     

Robust observer design for multi-motor web-winding system

This paper develops a novel observer design method for multi-motor web-winding system. Firstly, the multi-motor web-winding system is regarded as a synthetic system with several subsystems, where the dynamic model for each subsystem is given. Then, the nonlinear diffeomorphism transformation is introduced to obtain a transformed system with block triangular structure and the interconnections among the subsystems are allowed. Next, a decentralized high-gain observer with sliding mode is designed for the transformed system, based on which the estimation error dynamics can be got. Sufficient condition of asymptotic stability for estimation error dynamics is derived by the Lyapunov stability theory and the observer gain is obtained. After that, the observer for original multi-motor web-winding system is achieved via inverse transformation. Finally, the simulation and analysis are performed in the three-motor web-winding system to verify the effectiveness of the proposed observer.     

Generalized filtering of one-sided Lipschitz nonlinear systems under measurement delays

This paper addresses the filtering problem for the one-sided Lipschitz nonlinear systems under measurement delays and disturbances using a generalized observer. A generalized architecture for filtering of the one-sided Lipschitz nonlinear systems with output delays is explored, which exhibits diverging manifolds, namely, the conventional static-gain filter and the dynamical filter, and can be employed to render robust stability of the filtering error dynamics. A matrix inequality based framework is obtained by employing a Lyapunov?Krasovskii (LK) functional, whose derivative is exploited through Jensen's inequality, one-sided Lipschitz condition, quadratic inner-boundedness inequality and range of the measurement delay, resulting into L₂ stability for the filtering error system. Generalized filter design for the Lipschitz nonlinear systems with delayed outputs and specific results for the delay-dependent and delay-rate-independent filtering schemes for the one-sided Lipschitz nonlinear systems are deduced from the proposed approach. Convex optimization techniques are employed to achieve a solution for the nonlinear constraints through linear matrix inequalities by employing cone complementary linearization approach. Illustrative numerical examples to demonstrate the effectiveness of proposed method are provided.     

Adaptive fault-tolerant shape control for nonlinear Lipschitz stochastic distribution systems

This paper addresses the problem of adaptive fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for a class of nonlinear non-Gaussian stochastic systems subject to time-varying loss of control effectiveness faults. In this work, time-varying faults, Lipschitz nonlinear property and general stochastic characteristics are taken into consideration in a unified framework. Instead of using the system output signal, the output distribution is adopted for shape control. Both the states and faults are simultaneously estimated by an adaptive observer. Then, a fault tolerant shape controller is designed to compensate for the faults and realize stochastic output distribution tracking. Both the fault estimation and the fault tolerant control schemes are designed based on linear matrix inequality (LMI) technique. Satisfactory performance has been obtained for a numerical simulation example. Furthermore the proposed scheme is successfully tested in a case study of particle size distribution control for an emulsion polymerization reactor.     

Command filtered adaptive output feedback design with novel Lyapunov-based analysis for nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics

This paper presents a novel Lyapunov function-based backstepping controller design to tackle the tracking problems for nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics and unmeasurable states. The coexistence of unmodeled dynamics and unmeasurable states is the main challenge, which calls for novel techniques to take these two factors into account simultaneously. First, the classical Luenberger observer is extended with a novel transformation function to decouple the original system state and state estimation error. In this way, the effect of unmodeled dynamics on system stability can be separately considered. On this basis, a command-filtered controller is designed to simplify the backstepping design procedures. It is worthy to pointed out that, a novel Lyapunov function is developed to simplify the stability analysis with command filter, where the filter errors, the observer error, compensated tracking errors, and parameter estimation errors can be guaranteed to be semi-globally uniformly ultimate bounded. The simulation studies are investigated to validate the effectiveness of the presented design scheme.     

Dynamical robust H∞ filtering for nonlinear uncertain systems: An LMI approach

In this paper, a new approach to robust H_∞ filtering for a class of nonlinear systems with time-varying uncertainties is proposed in the LMI framework based on a general dynamical observer structure. The nonlinearities under consideration are assumed to satisfy local Lipschitz conditions and appear in both state and measured output equations. The admissible Lipschitz constants of the nonlinear functions are maximized through LMI optimization. The resulting H_∞ observer guarantees asymptotic stability of the estimation error dynamics with prespecified disturbance attenuation level and is robust against time-varying parametric uncertainties as well as Lipschitz nonlinear additive uncertainty.     

Fuzzy sliding mode control design of Markovian jump systems with time-varying delay

This paper studies the robust stochastic stabilization problem for a class of fuzzy Markovian jump systems with time-varying delay and external disturbances via sliding mode control scheme. Based on the equivalent-input-disturbance (EID) approach, an online disturbance estimator is implemented to reject the unknown disturbance effect on the considered system. Specifically, to obtain exact EID estimation Luenberger fuzzy state observer and a low-pass filter incorporated to the closed-loop system. Moreover, novel fuzzy EID-based sliding mode control law is constructed to ensure the stability of the closed-loop system with satisfactory disturbance rejection performance. By employing Lyapunov stability theory and some integral inequalities, a new set of delay-dependent robust stability conditions is derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The resulting LMI is used to find the gains of the state-feedback controller and the state observer a for the resulting closed-loop system. At last, numerical simulations based on the single-link arm robot model are provided to illustrate the proposed design technique.     

Observer-based boundary control of semi-linear parabolic PDEs with non-collocated distributed event-triggered observation

This paper deals with the problem of boundary control for a class of semi-linear parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs) with non-collocated distributed event-triggered observation. A semi-linear Luenberger PDE observer with an output error based event-triggering condition is constructed by using the event-triggered observation to exponentially track the PDE state. By the estimated state, a feedback controller is proposed. It has been shown by the Lyapunov technique, and a variant of Poincaré–Wirtinger inequality that the resulting closed-loop coupled PDEs is exponentially stable if a sufficient condition presented in terms of standard linear matrix inequality (LMI) is satisfied. Moreover, a rigorous proof is provided for existence of a minimal dwell-time between two triggering times. Finally, numerical simulation results are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed design method.