ROBUST H∞ CONTROL FOR UNCERTAIN NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

This paper studies the robust H∞ disturbance attenuation with internal stability for uncertain nonlinear control systems. By adding one power integrator technique, this paper designs a explicit smooth robust dynamic feedback law while rejecting the disturbance to any specified degree of accuracy. Further, the example and simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed schemes.     

L ∞-estimates of mixed finite element methods for general nonlinear optimal control problems

This paper investigates L~∞-estimates for the general optimal control problems governed by two-dimensional nonlinear elliptic equations with pointwise control constraints using mixed finite element methods.The state and the co-state are approximated by the lowest order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element spaces and the control is approximated by piecewise constant functions.The authors derive L~∞-estimates for the mixed finite element approximation of nonlinear optimal control problems.Finally,the numerical examples are given.     

The limit theorem for dependent random variables with applications to autoregression models

This paper studies the autoregression models of order one, in a general time series setting that allows for weakly dependent innovations. Let {X _t } be a linear process defined by X _t = Σ _k=0^∞ψ _k ɛ _t−k , where {ψ _k , k ≥ 0} is a sequence of real numbers and {ɛ _k , k = 0, ±1, ±2, …} is a sequence of random variables. Two results are proved in this paper. In the first result, assuming that {ɛ _k , k ≥ 1} is a sequence of asymptotically linear negative quadrant dependent (ALNQD) random variables, the authors find the limiting distributions of the least squares estimator and the associated regression t statistic. It is interesting that the limiting distributions are similar to the one found in earlier work under the assumption of i.i.d. innovations. In the second result the authors prove that the least squares estimator is not a strong consistency estimator of the autoregressive parameter α when {ɛ _k , k ≥ 1} is a sequence of negatively associated (NA) random variables, and ψ ₀ = 1, ψ _k = 0, k ≥ 1.     

Invariant density,Lapunov exponent,and almost sure stability of Markovian-regime-switching linear systems

This paper is concerned with stability of a class of randomly switched systems of ordinary differential equations. The system under consideration can be viewed as a two-component process (X(t), α(t)), where the system is linear in X(t) and α(t) is a continuous-time Markov chain with a finite state space. Conditions for almost surely exponential stability and instability are obtained. The conditions are based on the Lyapunov exponent, which in turn, depends on the associate invariant density. Concentrating on the case that the continuous component is two dimensional, using transformation techniques, differential equations satisfied by the invariant density associated with the Lyapunov exponent are derived. Conditions for existence and uniqueness of solutions are derived. Then numerical solutions are developed to solve the associated differential equations.     

New Results on H∞ Control for Nonlinear Conformable Fractional Order Systems

This paper deals with H_∞ control problem for nonlinear conformable fractional order systems. The authors first derive new sufficient condition for exponential stability of nonlinear conformable fractional order systems based on Lyapunov-like function method for conformable fractional order systems and linear matrix inequalities(LMIs) approach. Then, by introducing a new concepts of H_∞ control problem for nonlinear conformable fractional order systems, the authors study H_∞ performance analysis and H_∞ state feedback controller design problems for the considered systems. In terms of LMIs, a sufficient condition is proposed to ensure the nonlinear conformable fractional order systems are not only exponentially stable, but also satisfy H_∞ performance γ. An explicit expression for state feedback controllers is also designed to make the closed-loop system is exponentially stable with H_∞performance γ. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the validity and effectiveness of the proposed results.     

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.     

Properties of storage functions and applications to nonlinear stochastic <Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Subscript>∞</Subscript> control

This paper discusses the properties of the storage functions for a class of nonlinear stochastic systems. Some necessary and sufficient conditions for a function to be a storage function are derived. As applications, the finite and infinite horizon nonlinear stochastic H _∞ controls for systems with state, control, and external disturbance dependent noise are investigated, which generalize the previous results.     

Nonconforming finite element method for nonlinear parabolic equations

<正> A nonconforming finite element method for the nonlinear parabolic equations is studied inthis paper.The convergence analysis is presented and the optimal error estimate in L~2(‖·‖_h)norm isobtained through Ritz projection technique,where ‖·‖_h is a norm over the finite element space.     

Several cryptographic applications of Σ-protocol

Σ-protocol has been proved to be a very powerful cryptographic tool and widely used in numerous important cryptographic applications. In this paper, the authors make use of Σ-protocol as a main tool to resolve the following difficult problems 1–3 and to construct three efficient cryptographic protocols 4–6:

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.     

Nonhomogeneous boundary value problems for the Korteweg-de Vries equation on a bounded domain

<正> This paper studies an initial-boundary-value problem (IBVP) of the Korteweg-de Vriesequation posed on a finite interval with general nonhomogeneous boundary conditions.Using thestrong Kato smoothing property of the associated linear problem,the IBVP is shown to be locallywell-posed in the space H~s(0,1) for any s≥0 via the contraction mapping principle.     

STABILIZATION OF NONUNIFORM TIMOSHENKOBEAM WITH COUPLED LOCALLY DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACKS

The stabilization problem of a nonuniform Timoshenko beam system With coupled locally distributed feedback controls is studied. First, by proving the uniqueness of the solution to the related ordinary differential equations, we establish the asymptotic decay of the energy corresponding to the closed loop system. Then, by virtue of piecewise multiplier method, we prove the exponential decay of the closed loop system.     

Global stabilization of linear systems with bounded controls using state-dependent saturation functions

By using the so-called SP-stable polynomials, this paper reconsiders the problem of global stabilization of linear systems with input saturation. Firstly, a new nonlinear feedback law consisting of parallel connections of saturation functions by means of the so-called state-dependent saturation function is proposed for global stabilization of chains of integrators system. The state-dependent saturation function allows increasing the control energy when some of the states are badly scaled and can improve significantly the transient performances of the closed-loop system. Secondly, this type of global stabilization nonlinear feedback laws is extended to a class of linear systems that can be globally stabilized by bounded controls. Numerical examples show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Stabilization of a non-homogeneous rotating body-beam system with the torque and nonlinear distributed controls

This paper considers the stabilization of non-homogeneous rotating body-beam system with the torque and nonlinear distributed controls. To stabilize the system, the authors propose the torque and nonlinear distributed controls applied on the disk and flexible beam respectively. As long as the angular velocity of the disk does not exceed the square root of the first eigenvalue of the related self-adjoint positive definite operator, the authors show that the torque and nonlinear distributed control laws suppress the system vibrations, in the sense that the beam vibrations are forced to decay exponentially to zero and the body rotates with a desired angular velocity.     

A new <Emphasis Type="Italic">ɛ</Emphasis>-generalized projection method of strongly sub-feasible directions for inequality constrained optimization

In this paper, the nonlinear optimization problems with inequality constraints are discussed. Combining the ideas of the strongly sub-feasible directions method and the ɛ-generalized projection technique, a new algorithm starting with an arbitrary initial iteration point for the discussed problems is presented. At each iteration, the search direction is generated by a new ɛ-generalized projection explicit formula, and the step length is yielded by a new Armijo line search. Under some necessary assumptions, not only the algorithm possesses global and strong convergence, but also the iterative points always get into the feasible set after finite iterations. Finally, some preliminary numerical results are reported.     

Solutions for singular p-Laplacian equation in R n

In this paper, the authors study the existence and non-existence of positive solutions for singular p-Laplacian equation −∆ _p u = f(x)u ^−α + λg(x)u ^β in R ^N ; where N ≥ 3, 1 < p < N, λ > 0, 0 < α < 1, max(p, 2) < β + 1 < p* = \fracN_pN - p \frac{{{N_p}}}{{N - p}} . We prove that there exists a critical value ¤ such that the problem has at least two solutions if 0 < λ < Λ; at least one solution if λ = Λ; and no solutions if λ > Λ.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">H</Emphasis><Subscript>∞</Subscript> control for stochastic systems with Poisson jumps

This paper discusses the H _∞ control problem for a class of linear stochastic systems driven by both Brownian motion and Poisson jumps. The authors give the basic theory about stabilities for such systems, including internal stability and external stability, which enables to prove the bounded real lemma for the systems. By means of Riccati equations, infinite horizon linear stochastic state-feedback H _∞ control design is also extended to such systems.     

A single server retrial queue with general retrial times and two-phase service

An M / G / 1 retrial queue with a first-come-first-served (FCFS) orbit, general retrial time, two-phase service and server breakdown is investigated in this paper. Customers are allowed to balk and renege at particular times. Assume that the customers who find the server busy are queued in the orbit in accordance with an FCFS discipline. All customers demand the first “essential” service, whereas only some of them demand the second “optional” service, and the second service is multioptional. During the service, the server is subject to breakdown and repair. Assume that the retrial time, the service time, and the repair time of the server are all arbitrarily distributed. By using the supplementary variables method, the authors obtain the steady-state solutions for both queueing and reliability measures of interest. This research is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 10871020.     

Removable ears of 1-extendable graphs

<正> Carvalho,Lucchesi and Murty proved that any 1-extendable graph G different from K_2and C_(2n)has at least Δ(G)edge-disjoint removable ears,and any brick G distinct from K_4 and■hasat least Δ(G)-2 removable edges,where Δ(G)denotes the maximum degree of G.In this paper,weimprove the lower bounds for numbers of removable ears and removable edges of 1-extendable graphs.It is proved that any 1-extendable graph G different from K_2 and C_(2n)has at least χ′(G)edge-disjointremovable ears,and any brick G distinct from K_4 and■has at least χ′(G)-2 removable edges,whereχ′(G)denotes the edge-chromatic number of G.     

EXTENDED CLUSTERING COEFFICIENTS：GENERALIZATION OF CLUSTERING COEFFICIENTS IN SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS

The clustering coefficient C of a network, which is a measure of direct connectivity between neighbors of the various nodes, ranges from 0 （for no connectivity） to 1 （for full connectivity）. We define extended clustering coefficients C（h） of a small-world network based on nodes that are at distance h from a source node, thus generalizing distance-1 neighborhoods employed in computing the ordinary clustering coefficient C = C（1）. Based on known results about the distance distribution Pδ（h） in a network, that is, the probability that a randomly chosen pair of vertices have distance h, we derive and experimentally validate the law Pδ（h）C（h） ≤ c log N / N, where c is a small constant that seldom exceeds 1. This result is significant because it shows that the product Pδ（h）C（h） is upper-bounded by a value that is considerably smaller than the product of maximum values for Pδ（h） and C（h）. Extended clustering coefficients and laws that govern them offer new insights into the structure of small-world networks and open up avenues for further exploration of their properties.