New conditions on finite-time stability of linear discrete-time system

This paper is concerned with the problems of set-based finite-time stability (SFTS) and set-based finite-time boundedness (SFTB) for both certain and uncertain linear time-varying systems. The concepts of SFTS and SFTB are defined. Different from existing results, sufficient conditions for SFTS and SFTB are directly derived from the basic definitions of finite-time stability (FTS) and finite-time boundedness (FTB) by using the convex hull technique rather than utilizing the weighted quadratic functions. Thus, more practical constraints on the system states can be dealt with. Furthermore, intervals, zonotopes and polytopes are employed to describe the typical compact convex sets. For linear uncertain systems, the uncertain time-varying state sets are assumed to be represented by interval matrices and matrix zonotopes, respectively. Finally, numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the main results.     

Finite-time boundedness of interval type-2 fuzzy systems with time delay and actuator faults

This paper is concerned with the issue of finite-time boundedness of discrete-time uncertain interval type-2 fuzzy systems with time-varying delay and external disturbances via an observer-based reliable control strategy. According to the system output variable, a full-state observer that shares the same membership functions of the plant is constructed to estimate the unknown system states. In addition, a reliable controller subject to observer states and actuator faults is designed to formulate the closed-loop feedback control system, which does not share the same membership functions of the plant. Then, by constructing an appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and using the finite-time stability theory, a new set of delay-dependent sufficient conditions guaranteeing the finite-time boundedness of the addressed system is established in the framework of linear matrix inequalities. Furthermore, the explicit expressions of gain matrices of the state observer and the reliable controller are given in terms of the established sufficient conditions. Finally, simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the obtained theoretical results.     

Finite-time stability analysis and stabilization for linear discrete-time system with time-varying delay

The problem of finite-time stability for linear discrete-time systems with time-varying delay is studied in this paper. In order to deal with the time delay, the original system is firstly transformed into two interconnected subsystems. By constructing a delay-dependent Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and using a two-term approximation of the time-varying delay, sufficient conditions of finite-time stability are derived and expressed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The derived stability conditions can be applied into analyzing the finite-time stability and deriving the maximally tolerable delay. Compared with the existing results on finite-time stability, the derived stability conditions are less conservative. In addition, for the stabilization problem, we design the state-feedback controller. Finally, numerical examples are used to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Robust finite-time sliding mode control for discrete-time singular system with time-varying delays

This paper explores the finite-time bounded issue for discrete-time singular time-varying delay system via sliding mode control method. A suitable discrete-time sliding mode control law is constructed to drive the state trajectories onto the specified sliding surface in a given finite time interval. Meanwhile, sufficient conditions for finite-time bounded to the closed-loop delayed system are provided in both reaching phase and sliding motion phase. In addition, the finite-time sliding mode controller gain matrix can be solved by using the linear matrix inequalities approach. Finally, three numerical examples are illustrated to demonstrate the superiority and practicability of presented results.     

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.     

Asynchronous input-output finite-time filtering for switched LPV systems

The input-output finite-time filtering problem is addressed for a class of switched linear parameter-varying systems in this paper. Firstly, by constructing a parameter-dependent Lyapunov function and resorting to the average dwell time approach, sufficient conditions ensuring finite-time boundedness and input-output finite-time stability are established for the augmented filtering error system. Then, a parameter-dependent asynchronous filter is designed such that the augmented filtering error system are both finite-time bounded and input-output finite-time stable. Finally, the active magnetic bearing model is introduced and verifies the main algorithms in this paper.     

New criterion for finite-time stability of linear discrete-time systems with time-varying delay

This paper is concerned with the problem of finite-time stability analysis of linear discrete-time systems with time-varying delay. The time-varying delay has lower and upper bounds. By choosing a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii-like functional, a new sufficient condition is derived to guarantee that the state of the system with time-varying delay does not exceed a given threshold during a fixed time interval. Then, the corresponding corollary is developed for the case of constant time delay. Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness and merits of the proposed method.     

Robust finite-time stability of discrete time systems with interval time-varying delay and nonlinear perturbations

The problem of finite-time stability (FTS) for discrete-time systems with interval time-varying delay, nonlinear perturbations and parameter uncertainties is considered in this paper. In order to obtain less conservative stability criteria, a finite sum inequality with delayed states is proposed. Some sufficient conditions of FTS are derived in the form of the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) by using Lyapunov–Krasovskii-like functional (LKLF) with power function and single/double summation terms. More precisely estimations of the upper bound of the initial value of LKLF and the lower bound of LKLF are proposed. As special cases, the FTS of nominal discrete-time systems with constant or time-varying delay is considered. The numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the results and their improvement over the existing literature.     

Robust finite-time stability of singular nonlinear systems with interval time-varying delay

The problem of robust finite-time stability (RFTS) for singular nonlinear systems with interval time-varying delay is studied in this paper. Some delay-dependent sufficient conditions of RFTS are derived in the form of the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) by using Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) method and singular analysis technique. Two examples are provided to show the applications of the proposed criteria.     

Finite-time stability and stabilization of linear discrete time-varying stochastic systems

This paper studies the finite-time stability and stabilization of linear discrete time-varying stochastic systems with multiplicative noise. Firstly, necessary and sufficient conditions for the finite-time stability are presented via a state transition matrix approach. Secondly, this paper also develops the Lyapunov function method to study the finite-time stability and stabilization of discrete time-varying stochastic systems based on matrix inequalities and linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) so as to Matlab LMI Toolbox can be used.The state transition matrix-based approach to study the finite-time stability of linear discrete time-varying stochastic systems is novel, and its advantage is that the state transition matrix can make full use of the system parameter informations, which can lead to less conservative results. We also use the Lyapunov function method to discuss the finite-time stability and stabilization, which is convenient to be used in practical computations. Finally, three numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Finite-time extended dissipativity control for interval type-2 fuzzy systems with resilient memory sampled-data controller

In this work, the finite-time extended dissipativity of the interval type-2 (IT2) fuzzy systems with probabilistic time-varying delay is discussed via resilient memory sampled-data control. To enable the stability analysis and control combination, an IT2 fuzzy model is employed to represent the dynamics of nonlinear systems of which the parameter uncertainties are taken by IT2 membership functions distinguish by the lower and upper membership functions. The main objective of this paper is to design a resilient memory sampled-data controller such that the resulting closed-loop system is finite-time bounded and satisfies extended dissipative performance. Moreover, the solvability of the derived conditions not only depends on the size of the delay but also on the probabilistic distribution of the delay taking values in some interval, thus probabilistic delay protocol is encountered in the IT2 fuzzy model. By employing suitable Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) along with Wirtinger-based inequality, a set of sufficient conditions ensuring the finite-time extended dissipative performance for IT2 fuzzy systems are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, two numerical simulations are presented to reveal the effectiveness of the developed technique.     

Fixed-time synchronization of memristor-based fuzzy cellular neural network with time-varying delay

This paper mainly investigates the fixed-time synchronization of memristor-based fuzzy cellular neural network (MFCNN) with time-varying delay. By utilizing differential inclusion, set-valued map theory, the definitions of finite-time and fixed-time stability, we convert the fixed-time synchronization control of the drive-response MFCNN into the equivalent fixed-time stability problem of the error system between the drive-response systems. Some novel sufficient conditions are derived to guarantee the fixed-time synchronization of the drive-response MFCNN based on a simple Lyapunov function and a nonlinear feedback controller. Meanwhile, the settling time can be estimated by simple calculations. Furthermore, these fixed-time synchronization criteria here are easy to validate and extend to the MFCNN without time-varying delay and general memristor-based neural networks. Finally, three numerical examples are given to illustrate the correctness of the main results.     

Finite-time stabilization of nonlinear systems via impulsive control with state-dependent delay

This paper focuses on the issue of finite-time stability for a general form of nonlinear systems subject to state-dependent delayed impulsive controller. Based on the Lyapunov theory and the impulsive control theory, sufficient conditions for finite-time stability (FTS) and finite-time contractive stability (FTCS) are obtained. Additionally, we apply theoretical results to finite-time synchronization of chaotic systems and design the effective state-dependent delayed impulsive controllers in terms of techniques of linear matrix inequality (LMI). Finally, we present two numerical examples of finite-time synchronization of cellular neural networks and Chua’s circuit to verify the effectiveness of our results.     

Global exponential robust stability of Cohen-Grossberg neural network with time-varying delays and reaction-diffusion terms

In this paper, the global exponential robust stability is investigated for Cohen-Grossberg neural network with time-varying delays and reaction-diffusion terms, this neural network contains time-invariant uncertain parameters whose values are unknown but bounded in given compact sets. Neither the boundedness and differentiability on the activation functions nor the differentiability on the time-varying delays are assumed. By using general Halanay inequality and M-matrix theory, several new sufficient conditions are obtained to ensure the existence, uniqueness, and global exponential robust stability of equilibrium point for Cohen-Grossberg neural network with time-varying delays and reaction-diffusion terms. Several previous results are improved and generalized, and three examples are given to show the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

Finite-time stability and asynchronous resilient control for Itô stochastic semi-Markovian jump systems

In this paper, the finite-time stability and asynchronous resilient control for a class of Itô stochastic semi-Markov jump systems are studied. Firstly, the sufficient conditions of the finite-time stability for stochastic semi-Markovian jump systems are given. Secondly, the state feedback and observer-based finite-time asynchronous resilient controllers are designed. By multiple Lyapunov functions approach, the sufficient conditions for the existence of these two types of controllers which make the system stochastically stabilizable in finite time are given. Compared with nonresilient case, the existence of the resilient controller can eliminate the influence of the uncertainties and get better results. Finally, a numerical example is given to verify the effectiveness of our results.     

New finite-time stability for fractional-order time-varying time-delay linear systems: A Lyapunov approach

The primary goal of this paper is to examine the finite-time stability and finite-time contractive stability of the linear systems in fractional domain with time-varying delays. We develop some sufficient criteria for finite-time contractive stability and finite-time stability utilizing fractional-order Lyapunov-Razumikhin technique. To validate the proposed conditions, two different types of dynamical systems are taken into account, one is general time-delay fractional-order system and another one is fractional-order linear time-varying time-delay system, furthermore the efficacy of the stability conditions is demonstrated numerically.     

Two-layer distributed hybrid affine formation control of networked Euler–Lagrange systems

This paper tackles a distributed hybrid affine formation control (HAFC) problem for Euler–Lagrange multi-agent systems with modelling uncertainties using full-state feedback in both time-varying and constant formation cases. First, a novel two-layer framework is adopted to define the HAFC problem. Using the property of the affine transformation, we present the sufficient and necessary conditions of achieving the affine localizability. Because only parts of the leaders and followers can access to the desired formation information and states of the dynamic leaders, respectively, we design a distributed finite-time sliding-mode estimator to acquire the desired position, velocity, and acceleration of each agent. In the sequel, combined with the integral barrier Lyapunov functions, we propose a distributed formation control law for each leader in the first layer and a distributed affine formation control protocol for each follower in the second layer respectively with bounded velocities for all agents, meanwhile the adaptive neural networks are applied to compensate the model uncertainties. The uniform ultimate boundedness of all the tracking errors can be guaranteed by Lyapunov stability theory. Finally, corresponding simulations are carried out to verify the theoretical results and demonstrate that with the proposed control approach the agents can accurately and continuously track the given references.     

Reachable set synthesis for singular systems with time-varying delay via the adaptive event-triggered scheme

This work is concerned with the problem of reachable set synthesis for a class of singular systems with time-varying delay via the adaptive event-triggered scheme. Compared with the static event-triggered mechanism, the adaptive event-triggered mechanism can save the communication resources more effectively. By virtue of Lyapunov stability theory, sufficient conditions are given to guarantee the stability of the closed-loop system and that the reachable set of the resulting system is bounded by the obtained ellipsoid. In addition, by using linear matrix inequality technique and free-weighting matrix method, the weighting matrix of event-triggered condition and proportional-derivative (P-D) feedback controller gains are obtained. The effectiveness and superiority of the developed control approach are substantiated by a numerical example and two practical examples.     

An optimization approach to static output-feedback control of LTI positive systems with delayed measurements

In this paper, we investigate the static output-feedback stabilization problem for LTI positive systems with a time-varying delay in the state and output vectors. By exploiting the induced monotonicity, necessary and sufficient conditions ensuring exponential stability of the closed-loop system are first quoted. Based on the derived stability conditions, necessary and sufficient stabilization conditions are formulated in terms of matrix inequalities. This general setting is then transformed into suitable vertex optimization problems by which necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a desired static output-feedback controller are obtained. The proposed synthesis conditions are presented in the form of linear programming conditions, which can be effectively solved by various convex algorithms.     

Observer-based finite-time H∞ control for uncertain discrete-time nonhomogeneous Markov jump systems

The problem of observer-based finite-time H_∞ control for discrete-time Markov jump systems with time-varying transition probabilities and uncertainties is studied in this paper, in which time-varying transition probabilities are modelled as convex polyhedron, and the parameter uncertainty satisfies norm-bounded. First of all, a Luenberger observer is designed to measure the system state. Then, observer-based controller is constructed to ensure the stochastic finite-time boundedness of the resulting closed-loop system with an H_∞ performance. Furthermore, sufficient conditions are derived in light of linear matrix inequalities. In the end, the flexibility and applicability of the developed methods are demonstrated by two illustrative examples.