Sliding mode state and parameter identification for linear stochastic systems

This paper presents the sliding mode mean-square and mean-module state filtering and parameter identification problems for linear stochastic systems with unknown parameters over linear observations, where unknown parameters are considered Wiener processes. The original problems are reduced to the sliding mode mean-square and mean-module filtering problems for an extended state vector that incorporates parameters as additional states. The obtained sliding mode filters for the extended state vector also serve as the optimal identifiers for the unknown parameters. Performance of the designed sliding mode mean-square and mean-module state filters and parameter identifiers are verified for both, stable and unstable, linear uncertain systems.     

Sliding mode controller design for linear systems with unmeasured states

This paper addresses the optimal controller problem for a linear system over linear observations with respect to different Bolza–Meyer criteria, where (1) the integral control and state energy terms are quadratic and the non-integral term is of the first degree or (2) the control energy term is quadratic and the state energy terms are of the first degree. The optimal solutions are obtained as sliding mode controllers, each consisting of a sliding mode filter and a sliding mode regulator, whereas the conventional feedback LQG controller fails to provide a causal solution. Performance of the obtained optimal controllers is verified in the illustrative example against the conventional LQG controller that is optimal for the quadratic Bolza–Meyer criterion. The simulation results confirm an advantage in favor of the designed sliding mode controllers.     

Asynchronous sliding mode control of semi-Markovian jump systems with state saturation

This paper deals with the sliding mode control problem for semi-Markovian jump systems with state saturation, in which the controller may not be synchronized with the considered systems. A mode-detector is introduced to estimate the unavailable system mode, based on which an asynchronous sliding mode controller is designed. Then, both the $\mu$-exponential mean-square stability and the reachability of sliding surface are analyzed. Furthermore, a solving algorithm is given to acquire the feasible controller gains. Finally, the proposed asynchronous sliding mode control approach under state-saturation is illustrated via simulation results.     

Quantized asynchronous extended dissipative observer-based sliding mode control for Markovian jump TS fuzzy systems

This article is dedicated to the issue of asynchronous adaptive observer-based sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear stochastic switching systems with Markovian switching. The system under examination is subject to matched uncertainties, external disturbances, and quantized outputs and is described by a TS fuzzy stochastic switching model with a Markovian process. A quantized sliding mode observer is designed, as are two modes-dependent fuzzy switching surfaces for the error and estimated systems, based on a mode dependent logarithmic quantizer. The Lyapunov approach is employed to establish sufficient conditions for sliding mode dynamics to be robust mean square stable with extended dissipativity. Moreover, with the decoupling matrix procedure, a new linear matrix inequality-based criterion is investigated to synthesize the controller and observer gains. The adaptive control technique is used to synthesize asynchronous sliding mode controllers for error and SMO systems, respectively, so as to ensure that the pre-designed sliding surfaces can be reached, and the closed-loop system can perform robustly despite uncertainties and signal quantization error.Finally, simulation results on a one-link arm robot system are provided to show potential applications as well as validate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Sliding mode optimal control for linear systems

This paper addresses the optimal control problem for a linear system with respect to a Bolza–Meyer criterion with a non-quadratic non-integral term. The optimal solution is obtained as a sliding mode control, whereas the conventional linear feedback control fails to provide a causal solution. Performance of the obtained optimal controller is verified in the illustrative example against the conventional LQ regulator that is optimal for the quadratic Bolza–Meyer criterion. The simulation results confirm an advantage in favor of the designed sliding mode control.     

Optimal and robust control for linear state-delay systems

This paper presents the optimal regulator for a linear system with state delay and a quadratic criterion. The optimal regulator equations are obtained using the maximum principle. Performance of the obtained optimal regulator is verified in the illustrative example against the best linear regulator available for linear systems without delays. Simulation graphs demonstrating better performance of the obtained optimal regulator are included. The paper then presents a robustification algorithm for the obtained optimal regulator based on integral sliding mode compensation of disturbances. The general principles of the integral sliding mode compensator design are modified to yield the basic control algorithm oriented to time-delay systems, which is then applied to robustify the optimal regulator. As a result, the sliding mode compensating control leading to suppression of the disturbances from the initial time moment is designed. The obtained robust control algorithm is verified by simulations in the illustrative example.     

Optimal LQG controller for linear stochastic systems with unknown parameters

This paper presents the optimal LQG controller for linear systems with unknown parameters. The optimal controller equations are obtained using the separation principle, whose applicability to the considered problem is substantiated. Performance of the obtained optimal controller is verified in the illustrative example against the conventional LQG controller that is optimal for linear systems with known parameters. Simulation graphs verifying overall performance and computational accuracy of the designed optimal controller are included.     

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.     

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.     

Optimal controller for uncertain stochastic polynomial systems

This paper presents the optimal quadratic-Gaussian controller for uncertain stochastic polynomial systems with linear control input and a quadratic criterion over linear observations. The optimal closed-form controller equations are obtained using the separation principle, whose applicability to the considered problem is substantiated. As intermediate results, the paper gives closed-form solutions of the optimal regulator and controller problems for stochastic polynomial systems with linear control input and a quadratic criterion. Performance of the obtained optimal controller is verified in the illustrative example against the conventional quadratic-Gaussian controller that is optimal for stochastic polynomial systems with known parameters. Simulation graphs demonstrating overall performance and computational accuracy of the designed optimal controller are included.     

Robust sliding mode control of a DC/DC Boost converter with switching frequency regulation

This paper presents the design of a hysteresis band controller to regulate the switching frequency in a sliding mode controlled nonlinear Boost power converter. The proposed architecture relies on a piecewise linear modeling of the switching function behavior within the hysteresis band, and consists of a continuous-time integral-type controller that modifies the amplitude of the hysteresis band of the comparator in accordance with the error between the desired and the actually measured switching period. The study provides the dynamical models of the converter operating in sliding mode and the switching frequency control loop. Moreover, the design of the parameters of both the sliding mode control and the switching frequency controller guarantee the fulfilment of the desired output voltage regulation of the Boost converter and the steady state setting of the switching frequency with a known, taylored dynamics. A Boost power converter prototype has been built to validate the proposal. Experimental results confirm the predicted good performance of the controllers, as well as the robustness with respect to changes in the switching frequency reference and the system parameters.     

Asynchronous output feedback control for fuzzy Markovian jump systems via sliding mode

This paper investigates the design problem of asynchronous output feedback controller via sliding mode for a class of discrete-time fuzzy Markovian jump systems. Considering the non-synchronization phenomenon between the Markovian jump systems and the sliding controller, an asynchronous control method with a stochastic variable is adopted to describe the connections of the systems and controller. On the other hand, not full of states are accessible for the controller since it is impossible or very expensive to estimate all of states, while the output information can be acquired to the controller all the time. Based on the above aspects, the asynchronous output feedback controller via sliding mode for fuzzy Markovian jump systems is investigated to ensure the sliding mode dynamics to be stochastically stable, besides, several sufficient conditions are given to find a set of feasible solutions of the controller parameters. The asynchronous sliding mode control law is synthesized to guarantee the reachability of the trajectories of the closed-loop systems. Finally, a simulation example is to verify the effectiveness of the control strategy.     

Output integral sliding mode control to stabilize position of a Stewart platform

The problem of the realization of integral sliding mode controllers, based only on output information, is applied to a Stewart platform. This platform has three degrees of freedom and it is used as a remote surveillance devise. We consider the hierarchical sliding mode observer, allowing the reconstruction of the system states from the initial moment if we suppose that there exist ideal sliding modes and equivalent output injections. This allows the implementation of an output integral sliding mode controller ensuring the insensitivity of the state trajectory with respect to the matched uncertainties from the initial moment. The discrete realization output integral sliding mode controller requires the filtration to obtain the equivalent output injections. It is shown that the observation error can be made arbitrarily small after an arbitrary small time without any adjustment of the observer parameters, only by decreasing the sampling step and filter time constant. The results obtained are illustrated by simulations.     

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.     

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.     

Sparsely distributed sliding mode control for interconnected systems

This paper proposes a framework for the design of sparsely distributed output feedback discrete-time sliding mode control (ODSMC) for interconnected systems. The major target here is to develop an observer based discrete-time sliding mode controller employing a sparsely distributed control network structure in which local controllers exploit some other sub-systems’ information as well as its own local information. As the local controllers/observers have access to some other sub-systems’ states, the control performance will be improved and the applicability region will be widened compared to the decentralised structure. As the first step, a stability condition is derived for the overall closed-loop system obtained from applying ODSMC to the underlying interconnected system, by assuming a priori known structure for the control/observer network. The developed LMI based controller design scheme provides the possibility to employ different information patterns such as fully distributed, sparsely distributed and decentralised patterns. In the second step, we propose a methodology to identify a sparse control/observer network structure with the least possible number of communication links that satisfies the stability condition given in the first step. The boundedness of the obtained overall closed-loop system is analysed and a bound is derived for the augmented system state which includes the closed-loop system state and the switching function.     

Asynchronous non-fragile control for persistent dwell-time switched singularly perturbed systems with strict dissipativity

This paper focuses on the problem of asynchronous non-fragile dissipativity control for a class of switched singularly perturbed systems (SPSs) governed by the persistent dwell-time (PDT) switching mechanism in the discrete-time context. Unlike some previous results, the modes of system and controller in this paper are assumed to be asynchronized, which conforms better with the practical scenarios. Besides, considering the case that the controllers may be affected by uncertain factors and can not be realized accurately during system operation, the non-fragile mechanism is introduced in the process of controller design to enhance the reliability and security of the SPSs. Based on Lyapunov stability theory and stochastic analysis theory, some sufficient conditions are obtained, which can ensure the exponentially mean-square stable (EMSS) and strict dissipative performance of the closed-loop system. Furthermore, the asynchronous non-fragile slow state variables feedback (SSVF) controller gains are obtained by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, a numerical example and an inverted pendulum model are applied to demonstrate the superiority and the practicability of the developed control mechanism.     

Finite-time tracking using sliding mode control

Finite-time stability involves dynamical systems whose trajectories converge to an equilibrium state in finite time. In this paper, we consider a general class of fully actuated mechanical systems described by Euler–Lagrange dynamics and the class of underactuated systems represented by mobile robot dynamics that are required to reach and maintain the desired trajectory in finite time. An approach known as the terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) involves non-smooth sliding surfaces such that, while on the sliding surface, the error states converge to the origin in finite time thus ensuring finite-time tracking. The main advantage of this control scheme is in fast converging times without excessive control effort. Such controllers are known to have singularities in some parts of the state space and, in this paper, we propose a method of partitioning the state space into two regions where the TSMC is bounded and its complement. We show that the region of bounded TSMC is invariant and design an auxiliary sliding mode controller predicated on linear smooth sliding surface for the initial conditions outside this region. Furthermore, we extend these results to address TSMC for underactuated systems characterized by the mobile robot dynamics. We demonstrate the efficacy of our approach by implementing it for a scenario when multiple dynamic agents are required to move in a fixed formation with respect to the formation leader. Finally, we validate our results experimentally using a wheeled mobile robot platform.     

Sliding mode mean square filter design for linear stochastic time delay systems

This paper investigates the mean-square filtering problem for a linear time delay systems with Gaussian white noises. The obtained solution contains a sliding mode term, signum of the innovations process. It is demonstrated that the estimate produced by the designed filter generates the mean-square estimate, which has the same minimum estimation-error variance as the best estimate given by the classical Kalman–Bucy filter. The theoretical result is applied to an illustrative example: the tryptophan operon of E. coli, verifying the performance of the designed filter. It is demonstrated that the estimates produced by the designed sliding-mode mean-square filter and the Kalman–Bucy filter yield the same estimation-error variance. Simulation graphs demonstrate the better performance of the designed sliding-mode filter and show the potential of the proposed new filter.     

Fractional order sliding mode control of a pneumatic position servo system

Gas flow has fractional order dynamics; therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the pneumatic systems with a proportional valve to regulate gas flow have fractional order dynamics as well. There is a hypothesis that the fractional order control has better control performance for this inherent fractional order system, although the model used for fractional controller design is integer order. To test this hypothesis, a fractional order sliding mode controller is proposed to control the pneumatic position servo system, which is based on the exponential reaching law. In this method, the fractional order derivative is introduced into the sliding mode surface. The stability of the controller is proven using Lyapunov theorem. Since the pressure sensor is not required, the control system configuration is simple and inexpensive. The experimental results presented indicate the proposed method has better control performance than the fractional order proportional integral derivative (FPID) controller and some conventional integral order control methods. Points to be noticed here are that the fractional order sliding mode control is superior to the integral order sliding mode counterpart, and the FPID is superior to the corresponding integral order PID, both with optimal parameters. Among all the methods compared, the proposed method achieves the highest tracking accuracy. Moreover, the proposed controller has less chattering in the manipulated variable, the energy consumption of the controller is therefore substantially reduced.