Robust H∞ control for networked control systems

The robust H∞ control for networked control systems with both stochastic network-induced delay and data packet dropout is studied. When data are transmitted over network, the stochastic data packet dropout process can be described by a two-state Markov chain. The networked control systems with stochastic network-induced delay and data packet dropout are modeled as a discrete time Markov jump linear system with two operation modes. The sufficient condition of robust H∞ control for networked control systems stabilized by state feedback controller is presented in terms of linear matrix inequality. The state feedback controller can be constructed via the solution of a set of linear matrix inequalities. An example is given to verify the effectiveness of the method proposed.     

Robust reliable H∞ control for discrete-time Markov jump linear systems with actuator failures

The robust reliable H∞ control problem for discrete-time Markovian jump systems with actuator failures is studied. A more practical model of actuator failures than outage is considered. Based on the state feedback method, the resulting closed-loop systems are reliable in that they remain robust stochastically stable and satisfy a certain level of H∞ disturbance attenuation not only when all actuators are operational, but also in case of some actuator failures, The solvability condition of controllers can be equivalent to a feasibility problem of coupled linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）. A numerical example is also given to illustrate the design procedures and their effectiveness.     

Sliding mode H∞ control for a class of uncertain nonlinear state-delayed systems

A new proportional-integral (PI) sliding surface is designed for a class of uncertain nonlinear state-delayed systems. Based on this, an adaptive sliding mode controller (ASMC) is synthesized, which guarantees the occurrence of sliding mode even when the system is undergoing parameter uncertainties and external disturbance. The resulting sliding mode has the same order as the original system, so that it becomes easy to solve the H_∞ control problem by designing a memoryless H_∞ state feedback controller. A delay-dependent sufficient condition is proposed in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), which guarantees the sliding mode robust asymptotically stable and has a noise attenuation level γ in an H_∞ sense. The admissible state feedback controller can be found by solving a sequential minimization problem subject to LMI constraints by applying the cone complementary linearization method. This design scheme combines the strong robustness of the sliding mode control with the H_∞ norm performance. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Delay-dependent robust H∞ control of convex polyhedral uncertain fuzzy systems

The robust H∞ control problem for a class of uncertain Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy systems with timevarying state delays is studied. The uncertain parameters are supposed to reside in a polytope. Based on the delay-dependent Lyapunov functional method, a new delay-dependent robust H∞ fuzzy controller, which depends on the size of the delays and the derivative of the delays, is presented in term of linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）. For all admissible uncertainties and delays, the controller guarantees not only the asymptotic stability of the system but also the prescribed H∞ attenuation level. In addition, the effectiveness of the proposed design method is demonstrated by a numerical example.     

Robust H∞ controller design for sampled-data systems with parametric uncertainties

This article investigates the problem of robust H∞ controller design for sampled-data systems with time-varying norm-bounded parameter uncertainties in the state matrices. Attention is focused on the design of a causal sampled-data controller, which guarantees the asymptotical stability of the closed-loop system and reduces the effect of the disturbance input on the controlled output to a prescribed H∞ performance bound for all admissible uncertainties. Sufficient condition for the solvability of the problem is established in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). It is shown that the desired H∞ controller can be constructed by solving certain LMIs. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Fault-tolerant control of linear uncertain systems using H∞ robust predictive control

The robust fault-tolerant control problem of linear uncertain systems is studied. It is shown that a solution for this problem can be obtained from a H∞ robust predictive controller （RMPC） by the method of linear matrix inequality （LMI）. This approach has the advantages of both H∞ control and MPC： the robustness and ability to handle constraints explicitly. The robust closed-loop stability of the linear uncertain system with input and output constraints is proven under an actuator and sensor faults condition. Finally, satisfactory results of simulation experiments verify the validity of this algorithm.     

Delay-dependent robust H∞ control for uncertain discrete time-delay fuzzy systems

The robust H∞ control problem of norm bounded uncertain discrete Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems with state delay is addressed. First, by constructing an appropriate basis-dependent Lyapunov-Krasovskii function, a new delay-dependent sufficient condition on robust H∞-disturbance attenuation is presented, in which both robust stability and prescribed H∞ performance are guaranteed to be achieved. Then based on the condition, a delay-dependent robust H∞ controller design scheme is developed in term of a convex algorithm. Finally, examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Robust H∞ filtering for discrete-time systems with Markovian switching and time-delays

The robust H∞ filtering problem for uncertain discrete-time Markovian jump linear systems with modedependent time-delays is investigated. Attention is focused on designing a Markovian jump linear filter that ensures robust stochastic stability while achieving a prescribed H∞ performance level of the resulting filtering error system, for all admissible uncertainties. The key features of the approach include the introduction of a new type of stochastic Lyapunov functional and some free weighting matrix variables. Sufficient conditions for the solvability of this problem are obtained in terms of a set of linear matrix inequalities. Numerical examples are provided to demonstrate the reduced conservatism of the proposed approach.     

Robust H∞ control for neutral stochastic uncertain systems with time-varying delay

The problem of robust H∞ control for uncertain neutral stochastic systems with time-varying delay is discussed. The parameter uncertaintie is assumed to be time varying norm-bounded. First, the stochastic robust stabilization of the stochastic system without disturbance input is investigated by nonlinear matrix inequality method. Then, a full-order stochastic dynamic output feedback controller is designed by solving a bilinear matrix inequality (BMI), which ensures a prescribed stochastic robust H∞ performance level for the resulting closed loop system with nonzero disturbance input and for all admissible uncertainties. An illustrative example is provided to show the feasibility of the controller and the potential of the proposed technique.     

Design of unknown input observer with H∞ performance for linear time-delay systems

A unknown input observer (UIO) design for a class of linear time-delay systems when the observer error can't completely decouple from unknown input is dealt with. A sufficient condition to its existence is presented based on Lyapunov stability method Design problem of the proposed observer is formulated in term of linear matrix inequalities. Two design problems of the observer with internal delay and without internal delay are formulated Based on H_∞ control theory in time-delay systems, the proposed observer is designed in term of linear matrix inequalities (LMI). A design algorithm is proposed The effective of the proposed approach is illustrated by a numerical example     

Delay-dependent decentralized H∞ filtering for uncertain interconnected systems

This article considers delay dependent decentralized H∞ filtering for a class of uncertain intercon nected systems,where the uncertainties are assumed to be time varying and satisfy the norm-bounded conditions.First,combining the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional approach and the delay integral inequality of matrices,a sufficient condition of the existence of the robust decentralized H∞ filter is derived,which makes the error systems asymptotically stable and satisfies the H∞ norm of the transfer function from noise input to error output less than the specified up-bound on the basis of the form of uncertainties.Then,the above sufficient condition is transformed to a system of easily solvable LMIs via a series of equivalent transformation.Finally,the numerical simulation shows the efficiency of the main results.     

Neural network-based H∞ filtering for nonlinear systems with time-delays

A novel H∞ design methodology for a neural network-based nonlinear filtering scheme is addressed. Firstly, neural networks are employed to approximate the nonlinearities. Next, the nonlinear dynamic system is represented by the mode-dependent linear difference inclusion （LDI）. Finally, based on the LDI model, a neural network-based nonlinear filter （NNBNF） is developed to minimize the upper bound of H∞ gain index of the estimation error under some linear matrix inequality （LMI） constraints. Compared with the existing nonlinear filters, NNBNF is time-invariant and numerically tractable. The validity and applicability of the proposed approach are successfully demonstrated in an illustrative example.     

Robust H∞ output feedback controller design for uncertain discrete-time switched systems via switched Lyapunov functions

The H∞ output feedback control problem for uncertain discrete-time switched systems is reasearched. A new characterization of stability and H∞ performance for the switched system under arbitrary switching is obtained by using switched Lyapunov function.Then,based on the characterization,a linear matrix inequality (LMI)approach is developed to design a switched output feedback controller which guarantees the stability and H∞ performance of the closed-loop system.A numerical example is presented to demonstrate the application of the proposed method.     

离散模糊双线性关联大系统的广义H2分散控制

基于分段二次Lyapunov函数稳定性理论,研究了一类离散模糊双线性关联大系统广义H₂分散控制问题。模糊双线性关联大系统由J个相互关联的离散T-S模糊双线性系统组成。通过构造分段Lyapunov函数,给出了系统二次稳定的充分性条件。在此基础上,设计了广义H₂分散状态反馈控制器,使闭环系统广义H₂稳定,控制器的设计可以通过序列线性规划矩阵方法求解得到。仿真结果表明所提方法的有效性。     

H ∞ filtering for continuous-time systems with pointwise time-varying delay

The problem of H_∞filtering for continuous-time systems with pointwise time-varying delay is investigated in this paper.By applying an innovation analysis in Krein space,a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of an H_∞filter is derived in two methods:One is the partial differential equation approach,the other is the reorganized innovation analysis approach.The former gives a solution to the proposed H_∞filtering problem in terms of the solution of a partial differential equation with boundary conditions.The later gives an analytical solution to the proposed H_∞filtering problem in terms of the solutions of Riccati and matrix differential equations.     

H ∞ control of networked multi-agent systems

This paper concerns the disturbance rejection problem arising in the coordination control of a group of autonomous agents subject to external disturbances. The agent network is said to possess a desired level of disturbance rejection, if the H _∞ norm of its transfer function matrix from the disturbance to the controlled output is satisfactorily small. Undirected graph is used to represent the information flow topology among agents. It is shown that the disturbance rejection problem of an agent network can be solved by analyzing the H _∞ control problem of a set of independent systems whose dimensions are equal to that of a single node. An interesting result is that the disturbance rejection ability of the whole agent network coupled via feedback of merely relative measurements between agents will never be better than that of an isolated agent. To improve this, local feedback injections are applied to a small fraction of the agents in the network. Some criteria for possible performance improvement are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, extensions to the case when communication time delays exist are also discussed. This research is supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China under Grants Nos. 10832006 and 60674093.     

Discrete-time mean-field stochastic <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Subscript>2</Subscript>/<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Subscript>∞</Subscript> control

The finite horizon H ₂/H _∞ control problem of mean-field type for discrete-time systems is considered in this paper. Firstly, the authors derive a mean-field stochastic bounded real lemma (SBRL). Secondly, a sufficient condition for the solvability of discrete-time mean-field stochastic linearquadratic (LQ) optimal control is presented. Thirdly, based on SBRL and LQ results, this paper establishes a sufficient condition for the existence of discrete-time stochastic H ₂/H _∞ control of meanfield type via the solvability of coupled matrix-valued equations.     

Fuzzy Static Output Feedback <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Subscript>∞</Subscript> Control for Nonlinear Systems Subject to Parameter Uncertainties

This study is concerned with the stabilization issue of nonlinear systems subject to parameter uncertainties. An interval type-2 T-S fuzzy model is used to represent the nonlinear systems subject to parameter uncertainties. An interval type-2 fuzzy static output feedback controller is designed to synthesize the interval type-2 T-S fuzzy systems. The membership-function-dependent stability conditions are derived by utilizing the information of upper and lower membership functions. The proposed stability conditions are presented in the form of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). LMI-based stability conditions for interval type-2 fuzzy static output feedback H_∞ control synthesis are also developed. Several simulation examples are given to show the superiority of the proposed approach.     

不确定关联时滞系统的分散可靠控制设计方法

研究一类不确定关联时滞系统的分散可靠控制设计问题。系统包含状态时滞,非线性扰动和参数不确定性。目的是利用LMI方法设计分散线性无记忆状态反馈控制器,使得对于任意容许的不确定性以及在每一个子系统中预先指定的执行器子集合内执行器的失效,相应的闭环系统渐近稳定。最后给出一个数值例子验证了所给结果的有效性。     

Robust decentralized H∞ control of multi-channel systems with norm-bounded parametric uncertainties

A robust decentralized H∞ control problem for uncertain multi-channel systems is considered. The uncertainties are assumed to be time-invariant, norm-bounded, and exist in both the system and control input matrices. The dynamic output feedback is mainly dealt with. A necessary and sufficient condition for the uncertain multi-channel system to be stabilized robustly with a specified disturbance attenuation level is derived based on the bounded real lemma, which is reduced to a feasibility problem of a nonlinear matrix inequality (NMI). A two-stage homotopy method is used to solve the NMI iteratively. First, a decentralized controller for the nominal system with no uncertainty is computed by imposing structural constraints on the coefficient matrices of the controller gradually. Then the decentralized controller is modified, again gradually, to cope with the uncertainties. On each stage, a variable is fixed alternately at the iterations to reduce the NMI to a linear matrix inequality (LMI). A given example shows the efficiency of this method.