Finite-time inter-layer projective synchronization of Caputo fractional-order two-layer networks by sliding mode control

Finite-time inter-layer projective synchronization (FIPS) of Caputo fractional-order two-layer networks (FTN) based on sliding mode control (SMC) technique is investigated in this article. Firstly, in order to realize the FIPS of FTN, a fractional-order integral sliding mode surface (SMS) is established. Then, through the theory of SMC, we design a sliding mode controller (SMCr) to ensure the appearance of sliding mode motion. According to the fractional Lyapunov direct method, the trajectories of the system are driven to the proposed SMS, and some novel sufficient conditions for FIPS of FTN are derived. Furthermore, as two special cases of FIPS, finite-time inter-layer synchronization and finite-time inter-layer anti-synchronization for the FTN are studied. Finally, this paper takes the fractional-order chaotic Lü’s system and the fractional-order chaotic Chen’s system as the isolated node of the first layer system and the second layer system, respectively. And the numerical simulations are given to demonstrate the feasibility and validity of the proposed theoretical results.     

Projective synchronization in fixed time for complex dynamical networks with nonidentical nodes via second-order sliding mode control strategy

This paper is concerned with the global projective synchronization in fixed time for complex dynamical networks (CDNs) with nonidentical nodes in the presence of disturbances. Firstly, in order to realize the fixed-time projective synchronization of CDNs with matched disturbances, the second-order sliding mode is established, and the global fixed-time reachability of sliding manifolds is analyzed. The fixed-time stability of the sliding mode dynamics is also proved analytically based on Lyapunov stability theory. Moreover, the fixed convergence time of both reaching and sliding mode phases can be adjusted to any desired values in advance by the choice of the designable parameters. Secondly, in order to realize the fixed-time projective synchronization of CDNs with mismatched disturbances, a super-twisting-like (STL) controller, which does not require the information of the derivative of the sliding variable, is designed, and the synchronization condition is addressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). By the proposed controllers, continuous control signals can be provided to reduce the chattering effect and improve the control accuracy. Finally, two numerical examples are given to demonstrate the validity of the theoretical results and the the feasibility of the proposed approaches.     

Fixed-time synchronization of multiplex networks by sliding mode control

Multiplex networks involve different types of synchronization due to their complex spatial structure. How to control multiplex networks to achieve different types of synchronization is an interesting topic. This paper considers the fixed-time synchronization of multiplex networks under sliding mode control (SMC). Firstly, for realizing three types of synchronization of multiplex networks in a fixed time, a unified sliding mode surface (SMS) is established. After that, based on the theory of SMC, a sliding mode controller (SMCr) which is more intelligent and has a simpler form than those in the existing literature is put forward for multiplex networks. It can not only guarantee the emergence of sliding mode motion, but also can realize three different kinds of synchronization by adjusting some parameters or even one parameter of the controller. Based on some theories of fixed-time stability, this paper deduces several sufficient conditions for the trajectories of the system to reach the preset SMS in a fixed time, and derives some sufficient conditions for multiplex networks to realize three different types of fixed-time synchronization. At the same time, the settling time which can reveal what factors determine the fixed-time synchronization in multiplex networks is obtained. Finally, in numerical simulations, different chaotic systems are set for each layer of multiplex networks to represent the nodes of different layers, which can prove that the theoretical results are practical and effective.     

Lag projective synchronization of fractional-order delayed chaotic systems

This paper considers the lag projective synchronization of fractional-order delayed chaotic systems. The lag projective synchronization is achieved through the use of comparison principle of linear fractional equation at the presence of time delay. Some sufficient conditions are obtained via a suitable controller. The results show that the slave system can synchronize the past state of the driver up to a scaling factor. Finally, two different structural fractional order delayed chaotic systems are considered in order to examine the effectiveness of the lag projective synchronization. Feasibility of the proposed method is validated through numerical simulations.     

Further results on fixed/preassigned-time projective lag synchronization control of hybrid inertial neural networks with time delays

This article aims to study fixed-time projective lag synchronization(FXPLS) and preassigned-time projective lag synchronization(PTPLS) of hybrid inertial neural networks(HINNs) with state-switched and discontinuous activation functions(DAFs). By constructing new hybrid fixed-time control and based on theory of non-smooth analysis, we achieve novel results on FXPLS for such HINNs. Through designing novel hybrid preassigned-time control, new criteria on PTPLS of the HINNs is also taken into account. And as distinct from recent works, the FXPLS and PTPLS results are established via non-variable substitution and in a more generalized framework than common synchronization, which also has more extensive practical applications. Finally, example simulations are displayed to set forth the validity of the acquired FXPLS and PTPLS.     

Lag quasi-synchronization of incommensurate fractional-order memristor-based neural networks with nonidentical characteristics via quantized control: A vector fractional Halanay inequality approach

This work realizes lag quasi-synchronization of incommensurate fractional-order memristor-based neural networks (FMNNs) with nonidentical characteristics via quantized control. The motivations behind this research work are threefold: (1) quantized controllers, which generate discrete control signals, can be more easily realized in computers than non-quantized controllers, and can consume smaller communication capacity; (2) incommensurate orders in a single FMNN and nonidentical characteristics in drive-response FMNNs are inescapable due to the differences among the circuit elements used to implement FMNNs; (3) convergence analysis of delayed incommensurate fractional-order nonlinear systems, which is the basis for the derivation of synchronization criterion, has not been handled perfectly. As an effective tool for convergence analysis of delayed incommensurate fractional-order nonlinear systems, especially for estimation of ultimate state bound, a vector fractional Halanay inequality is established at first. Then, a quantized synchronization controller, in which the dead-zone is introduced into some logarithmic quantizers to avoid chattering phenomenon, is designed. By means of vector Lyapunov function together with the newly derived vector fractional Halanay inequality, the synchronization criterion is proved theoretically. Lastly, numerical simulations supplementarily illustrate the correctness of the synchronization criterion. In contrast with the hypotheses in the relevant literature, the hypotheses in this paper are weaker.     

Non-fragile finite-time sliding mode control for Markovian jump systems with randomly occurring uncertainties and controller gain variations

This paper considers the sliding mode control (SMC) problem of a class of uncertain Markovian jump systems, in which there exist randomly occurring parameter uncertainties and random gain variations in the controller. By introducing two independent random variables obeying Bernoulli distribution, the random characteristics of parameter uncertainties and controller gain variations are described. A mode-dependent sliding surface is constructed, and then, the non-fragile SMC scheme is synthesized such that the specified sliding surface is reached in finite time. Furthermore, the stochastic finite-time boundedness over both the reaching and sliding stages are ensured simultaneously under some sufficient conditions. Finally, the developed non-fragile SMC approach is verified by a practical example.     

Design of sliding surface for mismatched uncertain systems to achieve asymptotical stability

The design of an adaptive sliding mode control (SMC) scheme is proposed in this paper for stabilizing a class of dynamic systems with matched and mismatched perturbations. Two methods for designing a novel sliding surface function are introduced first. By utilizing a pseudocontrol input in the sliding surface function, one cannot only suppress the mismatched perturbations in the sliding mode, but also obtain the property of asymptotical stability. Then a sliding mode controller is designed to drive the controlled systems to the designated sliding surface in a finite time. Adaptive mechanism is also embedded in the controller as well as in the sliding surface function designed from the second method to overcome the perturbations, so that the informations of upper bound of perturbations are not required. An application of flight control and experimental results of controlling a servomotor are also given for demonstrating the applicability of the proposed control scheme.     

Co-design of transition rates and sliding mode switched controller for Markovian jumping systems under intermittent DoS attacks

This paper focuses on the stabilization problem for a class of Markovian jumping systems (MJSs) subject to intermittent denial-of-service (IDoS) attacks by synthesizing the sliding mode control (SMC) and the transition rate matrix (TRM). The existing conditions for the transition rates are firstly established to ensure the exponential mean-square stability of the unforced uncertain MJSs. And then, a co-design scheme for both the sliding mode controller and TRM is synthesized to achieve the exponential mean-square stability of the closed-loop system under IDoS, in which a switching estimator is utilized to estimate the unmeasurable system state. By introducing a novel Lyapunov function, both the reachability and the stability of sliding mode dynamics are detailedly analyzed, and an iterative optimization algorithm is given for solving the corresponding sufficient conditions. Finally, the proposed co-design SMC strategy is illustrated via the simulation examples.     

Adaptive single input sliding mode control for hybrid-synchronization of uncertain hyperchaotic Lu systems

This paper addresses the problem of hybrid synchronization for hyperchaotic Lu systems without and with uncertain parameters via a single input sliding mode controller (SMC). Based on the SMC approach, the proposed controller not only minimizes the influence of uncertainty but also enhances the robustness of the system. The uncertain parameters are estimated by using new adaptation laws which ensure the uncertain parameters convergence to their original value. A hybrid synchronization scheme is useful to maintain the vastly secured and secrecy in the area of secure communication by using the control theory approach. The proposed hybrid synchronization results are providing a superiority of forming a chaotic secure communication scheme. Finally, a numerical example is provided to demonstrate the validity of the theoretical analysis.     

Chattering-free full-order recursive sliding mode control for finite-time attitude synchronization of rigid spacecraft

This paper investigates a quaternion-based finite-time cooperative attitude synchronization and tracking of multiple rigid spacecraft with a virtual leader subject to bounded external disturbances. Firstly, the communication network between followers is assumed to be an undirected graph and every follower can get a direct access to the virtual leader, by using two neighborhood attitude error signals, a novel chattering-free recursive full-order sliding mode control algorithm is proposed such that all follower spacecraft synchronize to the virtual leader in finite time. In the proposed algorithm, the sliding mode surface is constructed by two layers of sliding mode surfaces, which are called as the outer and the inner sliding mode surfaces. To achieve finite-time performance of sliding mode dynamics, the outer sliding mode surface is designed as a terminal sliding mode manifold, and the inner one is designed as a fast nonsingular terminal sliding mode manifold, respectively. Then, to reduce the heavy communication burden, a distributed recursive full-order sliding mode control law is designed by introducing a distributed finite-time sliding mode estimator such that only a subset of the group members has access to the virtual leader. Finally, a numerical example is illustrated to demonstrate the validity of the proposed results.     

A new singular system approach to output feedback sliding mode control for fractional order nonlinear systems

This paper studies the problem of output feedback sliding mode control (OFSMC) for fractional order nonlinear systems. A necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a sliding surface is obtained by a new singular system approach and a linear matrix equality (LMI), which reduces the conservativeness of the system. Then an OFSMC law is designed based on a fractional order Lyapunov method, which ensures that the resulting fractional closed-loop system is asymptotically stable and the states of the fractional closed-loop system converge to the sliding surface in finite time. A fractional electrical circuit is discussed to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

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.     

Composite learning adaptive sliding mode control of fractional-order nonlinear systems with actuator faults

This paper considers the tracking control of fractional-order nonlinear systems (FONSs) in triangular form with actuator faults by means of sliding mode control (SMC) and composite learning SMC (CLSMC). In SMC design, a fractional sliding surface is introduced, and an adaptation law is designed to update the estimation of the mismatched parametric uncertainty in the actuator faults. The proposed SMC can guarantee the convergence of the tracking error where a persistent excitation (PE) condition should be satisfied. To overcome this limitation, by using the online recorded data and the instantaneous data, a prediction error of the parametric uncertainty is defined. Both the tracking error and the prediction error are utilized to generate a composite learning law. A composite learning law is designed by using the prediction error and the tracking error. The proposed CLSMC can guarantee not only the stability of system but also the accurate estimation of the parametric uncertainties in the actuator faults. In CLSMC, only an interval-excitation (IE) condition that is weaker than the PE one should be satisfied. Finally, simulation example is presented to show the control performance of the proposed methods.     

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.     

Graph theory-based finite-time synchronization of fractional-order complex dynamical networks

This paper considers the finite-time synchronization problem for a class of fractional-order complex dynamical networks (FOCDNs). By utilizing the properties of fractional calculus and fractional-order comparison principle, we propose a new lemma. Base on the new lemma, some analysis techniques and algebraic graph theory method, some novel criteria are given to ensure finite-time synchronization of FOCDNs, and the upper bound of the setting time for synchronization is estimated. At last, numerical simulations are given to verify the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Model transformation based sliding mode control of discrete-time two-dimensional Fornasini–Marchesini systems

This paper investigates the problem of sliding mode control (SMC) for discrete-time two-dimensional (2-D) systems subject to external disturbances. Given a 2-D Fornasini–Marchesini (FM) local state space model, attention is focused on designing the 2-D sliding surface and sliding mode controller, which guarantees the resultant closed-loop system to be asymptotically stable. Particularly, this problem is solved using the model transformation based method. First of all, sufficient conditions are formulated for the existence of a linear sliding surface guaranteeing the asymptotic stability of the equivalent sliding mode dynamics. Based on this, a sliding mode controller is synthesized to ensure that the associated 2-D FM system satisfies the reaching condition. The efficiency of the proposed 2-D SMC law design is shown by a numerical example. This paper extends the idea of model transformation to the 2-D systems and solves the SMC problem of a more general 2-D model in FM type for the first time.     

Synchronization of fractional-order spatiotemporal complex-valued neural networks in finite-time interval and its application

This paper focuses on the synchronization of fractional-order complex-valued neural networks (FOCVNNs) with reaction–diffusion terms in finite-time interval. Different from the existing complex-valued neural networks (CVNNs), the reaction–diffusion phenomena and fractional derivative are first considered into the system, meanwhile, the parameter switching (the system parameters will switch with the state) is considered, which makes the presented model more comprehensive. By choosing an appropriate Lyapunov function, the driver and response systems achieve Mittag-Leffler synchronization under a suitable controller. In addition, based on the fractional calculus theorem and the basic inequality methods, a criterion of synchronization for the error system in finite-time interval is derived and the upper bound of the corresponding finite synchronization time can be obtained. Finally, two examples are provided, one is a numerical example to explain the effectiveness of the main results, and the other shows that the results of this paper can be applied to image encryption for any size with high-security coefficient.     

Observer-based finite-time asynchronous sliding mode control for Markov jump systems with time-varying delay

The issue of finite-time sliding mode control (SMC) is studied for a class of Markov jump systems, in which parameter uncertainties, external disturbances and time-varying delay are considered. Firstly, a suitable observer-based SMC law is devised so that state trajectory of the system can reach the designed sliding mode surface in finite-time, the gain of the controller is asynchronous to the mode of original system. Meanwhile, the sufficient conditions of finite-time boundedness in the sliding phase and reaching phase are derived by the time partition strategy. Moreover, the gains of the observer and the observer-based controller will be acquired by using the linear matrix inequalities tool. In fine, emulation products are used to confirm the merits of the SMC strategy.