Finite-time stochastic boundedness for Markovian jumping systems via the sliding mode control

The finite-time stochastic boundedness (FTSB) via the sliding mode control (SMC) approach is analyzed for Markovian jumping systems (MJSs) with time-delays. First, an integral switching surface is constructed. And to make sure the reachability of the sliding mode surface in a finite-time, an SMC law is designed. In addition, the delay-dependent criteria for FTSB are obtained over the reaching phase and the sliding motion phase. Furthermore, in line with linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), sufficient conditions are provided to guarantee the FTSB of systems over the whole finite-time interval. Lastly, an example is given to indicate the validity of the proposed approach.     

Event-triggered sliding mode control of uncertain switched systems under denial-of-service attacks

This study is concerned with the event-triggered sliding mode control problem for a class of cyber-physical switched systems, in which the Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks may randomly occur according to the Bernoulli distribution. A key issue is how to design the output feedback sliding mode control (SMC) law for guaranteeing the dynamical performance of the closed-loop system under DoS attacks. To this end, an event-triggered mechanism is firstly introduced to reduce the communication load, under which the measurement signal is transmitted only when a certain triggering condition is satisfied. An usable output signal for the controller is constructed to compensate the effect of unmeasured states and DoS attacks. And then, a dynamic output feedback sliding mode controller is designed by means of the attack probability and the compensated output signals. Both the reachability and the mean-square exponential stability of sliding mode dynamics are investigated and the corresponding sufficient conditions are obtained. Finally, some numerical simulation results are provided.     

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.     

Distributed event-triggered sliding mode control of switched systems

This paper investigates the problem of distributed event-triggered sliding mode control (SMC) for switched systems with limited communication capacity. Moreover, the system output and switching signals are both considered to be sampled by distributed digital sensors, which may cause control delay and asynchronous switching. First of all, a novel distributed event-triggering scheme for switched systems is proposed to reduce bandwidth requirements. Then, a state observer is designed to estimate the system state via sampled system output with transmission delay. Based on the observed system state, a switched SMC law and corresponding switching law are designed to guarantee the exponential stability of the closed-loop system with H_∞ performance. Finally, an application example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

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.     

Security control for Markov jump system with adversarial attacks and unknown transition rates via adaptive sliding mode technique

This paper is concerned with the security control problem for a class of Markov jump systems subject to false data injection attack and incomplete transition rates. An on-line estimation strategy is provided for the time-variant and unknown cyber-attack modes. And then, an adaptive sliding mode controller is synthesized with different robust terms for different modes to guarantee the reachability of the specified sliding surface. Moreover, the sufficient conditions for the stability of the closed-loop systems are derived. Finally, it is shown from simulation results that the effect of both false data injection attack and incomplete TRs can be effectively attenuated by the present adaptive SMC method.     

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.     

Reachable set control for singular systems with disturbance via sliding mode control

The problem of the reachable set (RS) control of sliding mode control (SMC) for a class of singular systems with or without time-varying delay under zero initial conditions is studied. The purpose is to get an RS boundary containing all states of the system by designing an SMC. Firstly, singular systems with or without time-varying delay are decomposed into slow and fast subsystems by using the decomposition approach. Then, the augmented Lyapunov functional is built utilizing the decomposed state vector. The SMC is designed based on the exponential reaching criterion, resulting in the corresponding closed-loop control system (CLCS) construction. As a consequence, an RS criterion is constructed by employing the inequality scaling approach and the free-weighting matrix in conjunction with the linear matrix inequality (LMI). Finally, the validity and primacy of the results are provided by two numerical and practical examples.     

Observer-based discrete-time sliding mode control for systems with unmatched uncertainties

This paper addresses an observer-based sliding mode control (SMC) approach for discrete-time systems with unmatched uncertainties. A modified sliding surface based on disturbance estimation and a sliding mode controller are designed to counteract with the unmatched disturbance. The proposed method exhibits the following three features. First, the hyperplane matrix is designed in a simple way based on the discrete-time Riccati equation. Second, a chattering-free SMC method is utilized. Third, the proposed approach retains the nominal performance of the system. The stability of the overall system is achieved and simulation results are presented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Event-triggered sliding mode tracking control of autonomous surface vehicles

This paper is concerned with an event-triggered sliding mode control (SMC) scheme for trajectory tracking in autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs). First, an event-triggered variable that consists of tracking error, desired trajectory and exogenous input of the reference system is introduced to decrease the magnitude of the robust SMC term. Then, the reaching conditions of the designed event-triggered sliding mode are established. Moreover, the event-triggered induced errors that exist in the rotation matrix of the ASV are analyzed. In the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances, the proposed event-triggered SMC scheme can ensure the control accuracy and low-frequency actuator updates. Then both actuator wear and energy consumption of the actuators can be reduced comparing with the traditional time-triggered controller. The proposed controller not only guarantees uniform ultimate boundedness of the tracking error but also ensures non-accumulation of inter-execution times. The results are illustrated through simulation examples.     

Finite-time lag projective synchronization of nonidentical fractional delayed memristive neural networks

Without considering identical systems, this paper investigates the finite-time lag projective synchronization of nonidentical fractional delayed memristive neural networks (FDMNN) by designing a novel fractional sliding mode controller (SMC). Due to the existence of memristor, the research is under the framework of Filippov solution. We firstly construct a fractional integral sliding mode surface (SMS). Based on sliding mode control theory and Lyapunov stability theorem, a novel fractional SMC is proposed to realize the lag projective synchronization of nonidentical FDMNN in finite time, and the synchronization setting time is less conservative than the existing results. As the special cases, some sufficient conditions are extended to projective synchronization, lag synchronization, anti-lag synchronization of nonidentical FDMNN in finite time, which improve and enrich some existing results. At last, a simulation example is given to prove the validity of the conclusions.     

Sliding mode control for uncertain discrete-time systems with Markovian jumping parameters and mixed delays

This paper is concerned with the robust sliding mode control (SMC) problem for a class of uncertain discrete-time Markovian jump systems with mixed delays. The mixed delays consist of both the discrete time-varying delays and the infinite distributed delays. The purpose of the addressed problem is to design a sliding mode controller such that, in the simultaneous presence of parameter uncertainties, Markovian jumping parameters and mixed time-delays, the state trajectories are driven onto the pre-defined sliding surface and the resulting sliding mode dynamics is stochastically stable in the mean-square sense. A discrete-time sliding surface is firstly constructed and an SMC law is synthesized to ensure the reaching condition. Moreover, by constructing a new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and employing the delay-fractioning approach, a sufficient condition is established to guarantee the stochastic stability of the sliding mode dynamics. Such a condition is characterized in terms of a set of matrix inequalities that can be easily solved by using the semi-definite programming method. A simulation example is given to illustrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed design scheme.     

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.     

Adaptive sliding mode control for a class of MIMO nonlinear systems with uncertainties

This paper proposes an adaptive scheme of designing sliding mode control (SMC) for affine class of multi-input multi-output (MIMO) nonlinear systems with uncertainty in the systems dynamics and control distribution gain. The proposed adaptive SMC does not require any a priori knowledge of the uncertainty bounds and therefore offers significant advantages over the non-adaptive schemes of SMC design. The closed loop stability conditions are derived based on Lyapunov theory. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated via simulations considering an example of a two-link robot manipulator and has been found to be satisfactory.     

Resilient observer-based sliding mode control of connected vehicles with denial-of-service attacks

This paper investigates an observer-based sliding mode control (SMC)) for connected vehicles under denial-of-service attacks. The attacks refer to interrupting communication channels between vehicles. Firstly, a reduced order observer is used to estimate the relative acceleration between neighbor vehicles, and a switching communication topology is introduced to model the attack. Then, an observer based sliding mode controller is proposed to achieve desired stability performance. Moreover, a quadratic cost performance is also defined and the cost upper bound is proved. Some sufficient conditions are provided such that the connected vehicles can achieve robust tracking performance, and input-to-state string stability is guaranteed under zero initial errors. Finally, numerical simulations are given to illustrate the validity of the designed controller.