Finite-time combination-combination synchronization of four different chaotic systems with unknown parameters via sliding mode control

In this paper, we apply the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control technique to realize the novel combination-combination synchronization between combination of two chaotic systems as drive system and combination of two chaotic systems as response system with unknown parameters in a finite time. On the basic of the adaptive laws and finite-time stability theory, an adaptive combination sliding mode controller is proposed to ensure the occurrence of the sliding motion in a given finite time for four different chaotic systems. In theory, it is proved that the sliding mode technique can realize fast convergence for four different chaotic systems in the finite time. Some criteria and corollaries are derived for finite-time combination-combination synchronization of four different chaotic systems. Numerical simulation results are shown to verify the effectiveness and correctness of the combination-combination synchronization.     

Finite-time chaos control and synchronization of fractional-order nonautonomous chaotic (hyperchaotic) systems using fractional nonsingular terminal sliding mode technique

In this paper, a novel fractional-order terminal sliding mode control approach is introduced to control/synchronize chaos of fractional-order nonautonomous chaotic/hyperchaotic systems in a given finite time. The effects of model uncertainties and external disturbances are fully taken into account. First, a novel fractional nonsingular terminal sliding surface is proposed and its finite-time convergence to zero is analytically proved. Then an appropriate robust fractional sliding mode control law is proposed to ensure the occurrence of the sliding motion in a given finite time. The fractional version of the Lyapunov stability is used to prove the finite-time existence of the sliding motion. The proposed control scheme is applied to control/synchronize chaos of autonomous/nonautonomous fractional-order chaotic/hyperchaotic systems in the presence of both model uncertainties and external disturbances. Two illustrative examples are presented to show the efficiency and applicability of the proposed finite-time control strategy. It is worth to notice that the proposed fractional nonsingular terminal sliding mode control approach can be applied to control a broad range of nonlinear autonomous/nonautonomous fractional-order dynamical systems in finite time.     

Fractional order fixed-time nonsingular terminal sliding mode synchronization and control of fractional order chaotic systems

This paper presents fractional order fixed-time nonsingular terminal sliding mode control for stabilization and synchronization of fractional order chaotic systems with uncertainties and disturbances. First, a novel fractional order terminal sliding mode surface is proposed to guarantee the fixed-time convergence of system states along the sliding surface. Second, a nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller is designed to force the system states to reach the sliding surface within fixed-time and remain on it forever. Furthermore, the fractional Lyapunov stability theory is used to prove the fixed-time stability and the robustness of the proposed control scheme and estimate the upper bound of convergence time. Next, the proposed control scheme is applied to the synchronization of two nonidentical fractional order Liu chaotic systems and chaos suppression of fractional order power system. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme. Finally, some application issues about the proposed scheme are discussed.

     

Robust finite-time tracking for a square fully actuated class of nonlinear systems

In this paper, the robust finite-time tracking problem is addressed for a square fully actuated class of nonlinear systems subjected to disturbances and uncertainties. Firstly, two applicable lemmas are derived and novel nonlinear sliding surfaces (manifolds) are defined by applying these lemmas. Secondly, by developing the nonsingular terminal sliding mode control, two different types of robust nonlinear control inputs are designed to meet and accomplish the aforementioned finite-time tracking objective. The global finite-time stability of the closed-loop nonlinear system is evaluated analytically and mathematically. The proposed control inputs are utilized to tackle and solve two interesting issues containing (a): the finite-time tracking problem of the unified chaotic system and (b): the finite-time synchronization of two non-identical hyperchaotic systems. Finally, based on MATLAB software, two numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate and demonstrate the effectiveness and performance of the proposed robust finite-time nonlinear control schemes.

     

A novel terminal sliding mode controller for a class of non-autonomous fractional-order systems

This paper introduces a finite-time control technique for control of a class of non-autonomous fractional-order nonlinear systems in the presence of system uncertainties and external noises. It is known that finite-time control methods demonstrate better robustness and disturbance rejection properties. Moreover, finite time control methods have optimal settling time. In order to design a robust finite-time controller, a new nonsingular terminal sliding manifold is proposed. The proposed sliding mode dynamics has the property of fast convergence to zero. Afterwards, a novel fractional sliding mode control law is introduced to guarantee the occurrence of the sliding motion in finite time. The convergence times of both reaching and sliding phases are estimated. The main characteristics of the proposed fractional sliding mode technique are (1) finite-time convergence to the origin; (2) the use of only one control input; (3) robustness against system uncertainties and external noises; and (4) the ability of control of non-autonomous fractional-order systems. At the end of this paper, some computer simulations are included to highlight the applicability and efficacy of the proposed fractional control method.     

Finite time chaos control for a class of chaotic systems with input nonlinearities via TSM scheme

This paper investigates nonsingular terminal sliding mode control for a class of uncertain systems with nonlinear inputs and its application in chaos control. When some of the system states are finite-time stable, the nonlinear items that coupled with these states may come into zeros in other subsystems. This will simplify the stability analysis of the whole system greatly. Compared with the traditional finite-time stabilization design method, the introduction of the terminal sliding mode can reduce the input dimensions. Only one control input is requested to realize chaos control of the Liu system when unmatched uncertainties and input nonlinearity coexist. The parameter matrices in the TSM can be determined through the solution of LMIS. Simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

A switching fractional calculus-based controller for normal non-linear dynamical systems

In this paper, a fractional calculus-based terminal sliding mode controller is introduced for finite-time control of non-autonomous non-linear dynamical systems in the canonical form. A fractional terminal switching manifold which is appropriate for canonical integer-order systems is firstly designed. Then some conditions are provided to avoid the inherent singularities of the conventional terminal sliding manifolds. A non-smooth Lyapunov function is adopted to prove the finite time stability and convergence of the sliding mode dynamics. Afterward, based on the sliding mode control theory, an equivalent control and a discontinuous control law are designed to guarantee the occurrence of the sliding motion in finite time. The proposed control scheme uses only one control input to stabilize the system. The proposed controller is also robust against system uncertainties and external disturbances. Two illustrative examples show the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed fractional finite-time control strategy. It is worth noting that the proposed sliding mode controller can be applied for control and stabilization of a large class of non-autonomous non-linear uncertain canonical systems.     

Synchronization of nonlinear chaotic electromechanical gyrostat systems with uncertainties

This paper solves the problem of robust synchronization of nonlinear chaotic gyrostat systems in a given finite time. The parameters of both master and slave chaotic gyrostat systems are assumed to be unknown in advance. In addition, the gyrostat systems are disturbed by unknown model uncertainties and external disturbances. Suitable update laws are proposed to estimate the unknown parameters. Based on the finite-time control idea and update laws, appropriate control laws are designed to ensure the stabilization of the closed-loop system in finite time. The precise value of the convergence time is given. A numerical simulation demonstrates the applicability and efficiency of the proposed finite-time synchronization strategy.     

Finite-time generalized synchronization of chaotic systems with different order

In this paper, the generalized synchronization of chaotic systems with different order is studied. The definition of finite-time generalized synchronization is put forward for the first time. Based on the finite-time stability theory, two control strategies are proposed to realize the generalized synchronization of chaotic systems with different order in finite time. Besides the relation between the parameter β, the initial states of systems and the convergent time were obtained. The corresponding numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of proposed schemes.     

Efficient targeted energy transfer of bistable nonlinear energy sink: application to optimal design

This paper addresses the tracking control problem of Euler–Lagrange systems with external disturbances in an environment containing obstacles. Based on a novel sliding manifold, a new asymptotic tracking controller is proposed to ensure the tracking errors converge to zero as time goes to infinity. Moreover, based on a modified nonsingular terminal sliding manifold, a finite-time convergent control algorithm is also developed to make sure the tracking errors converge to a small bounded area near the origin in finite time. Through introducing collision avoidance functions into the sliding manifolds, both controllers can guarantee the obstacle avoidance. Moreover, the stability of the closed-loop systems and approaches free of local minima have been rigorously analyzed. Finally, numerical simulations are carried out to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed strategies.     

Decentralized adaptive attitude synchronization control for spacecraft formation using nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode

This paper studies the attitude synchronization control problem for a group of spacecraft. Considering inertia uncertainties and external disturbances with unknown bounds, a decentralized adaptive control scheme is developed using nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode (NFTSM). A multispacecraft NFTSM is firstly designed, which contains the advantages of the nonsingular terminal sliding mode and the traditional linear sliding mode together. Then, the continuous decentralized adaptive NFTSM control laws with boundary layer by employing NFTSM associated with novel adaptive architecture are proposed, which can eliminate the chattering, and guarantee the attitude tracking errors converge to the regions containing the origin in finite time. At last, numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the performance of the proposed control strategy.     

Adaptive nonsingular terminal sliding mode control for synchronization of identical Φ 6 oscillators

The main goal of this paper is to propose the adaptive nonsingular terminal sliding mode controllers for complete synchronization (CS) and anti-synchronization (AS) between two identical ?? ⁶ Van der Pol or Duffing oscillators with presentations of system uncertainties and external disturbances. Unlike directly eliminating the nonlinear items of synchronized error system for sliding mode control schemes in the literature, the proposed adaptive controllers can tackle the nonlinear dynamics without active cancellation. The controllers can be implemented without known bounds of system uncertainties and external disturbances. Meanwhile, the feedback gains are not determined in advance but updated by the adaptive rules. Sufficient conditions are given based on the Lyapunov stability theorem and numerical simulations are performed to verify the effectiveness of presented schemes. The results show that the chaotic synchronization can be achieved accurately by the chattering free control.     

Adaptive sliding mode control of uncertain chaotic systems with input nonlinearity

This paper is concerned with the stabilization problem of uncertain chaotic systems with input nonlinearity. The slope parameters of this nonlinearity are unmeasured. A new sliding function is designed, then an adaptive sliding mode controller is established such that the trajectory of the system converges to the sliding surface in a finite time and finite-time reachability is theoretically proved. Using a virtual state feedback control technique, sufficient condition for the asymptotic stability of sliding mode dynamics is derived via linear matrix inequality (LMI). Then the results can be extended to uncertain chaotic systems with disturbances and adaptive sliding mode H _∞ controllers are designed. Finally, a simulation example is presented to show the validity and advantage of the proposed method.     

Generalized finite-time synchronization between coupled chaotic systems of different orders with unknown parameters

This letter investigates the adaptive finite-time synchronization of different coupled chaotic (or hyperchaotic) systems with unknown parameters. The sufficient conditions for achieving the generalized finite-time synchronization of two chaotic systems are derived based on the theory of finite-time stability of dynamical systems. By the adaptive control technique, the control laws and the corresponding parameters update laws are proposed such that the generalized finite-time synchronization of nonidentical chaotic (or hyperchaotic) systems is to be obtained. These results obtained are in good agreement with the existing one in open literature and it is shown that the technique introduced here can be further applied to various finite-time synchronizations between dynamical systems. Finally, numerical simulations are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.     

Adaptive control for electromechanical systems considering dead-zone phenomenon

The electromechanical gyrostat is a fourth-order nonautonomous system that exhibits very rich behavior such as chaos. In recent years, synchronization of nonautonomous chaotic systems has found many useful applications in nonlinear science and engineering fields. On the other hand, it is well known that the finite-time control techniques demonstrate good robustness and disturbance rejection properties. This paper studies the potential application of the finite-time control techniques for synchronization of nonautonomous chaotic electromechanical gyrostat systems in finite time. It is assumed that all the parameters of both drive and response systems are unknown parameters in advance. Moreover, the effects of dead-zone nonlinearities in the control inputs are also taken into account. Some adaptive controllers are introduced to synchronize two gyrostat systems in different scenarios within a given finite-time. Two illustrative examples are presented to demonstrate the efficiency and robustness of the proposed finite-time synchronization strategy.     

Secure communication in wireless sensor networks based on chaos synchronization using adaptive sliding mode control

Due to resource constraints in wireless sensor networks and the presence of unwanted conditions in communication systems and transmission channels, the suggestion of a robust method which provides battery lifetime increment and relative security is of vital importance. This paper considers the secure communication in wireless sensor networks based on new robust adaptive finite time chaos synchronization approach in the presence of noise and uncertainty. For this purpose, the modified Chua oscillators are added to the base station and sensor nodes to generate the chaotic signals. Chaotic signals are impregnated with the noise and uncertainty. At first, we apply the modified independent component analysis to separate the noise from the chaotic signals. Then, using the adaptive finite-time sliding mode controller, a control law and an adaptive parameter-tuning method is proposed to achieve the finite-time chaos synchronization under the noisy conditions and parametric uncertainties. Synchronization between the base station and each of the sensor nodes is realized by multiplying a selection matrix by the specified chaotic signal which is broadcasted by the base station to the sensor nodes. Simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed technique.     

Adaptive terminal sliding mode control for anti-synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems

This paper presents an adaptive terminal sliding mode control method for anti-synchronization of uncertain chaotic systems. By fusion of the terminal sliding mode control and the adaptive control techniques, a robust controller is designed so that the states tracking error can reach the terminal sliding mode surface and converge to zero in a finite time. Finally, some simulation results are included to demonstrate the effectiveness and the feasibility of the proposed anti-synchronization scheme.     

Complex projective synchronization in drive-response networks coupled with complex-variable chaotic systems

In drive-response complex-variable systems, projective synchronization with respect to a real number, real matrix, or even real function means that drive-response systems evolve simultaneously along the same or inverse direction in a complex plane. However, in many practical situations, the drive-response systems may evolve in different directions with a constant intersection angle. Therefore, this paper investigates projective synchronization in drive-response networks of coupled complex-variable chaotic systems with respect to complex numbers, called complex projective synchronization (CPS). The adaptive feedback control method is adopted first to achieve CPS in a general drive-response network. For a special class of drive-response networks, the CPS is achieved via pinning control. Furthermore, a universal pinning control scheme is proposed via the adaptive coupling strength method, several simple and useful criteria for CPS are obtained, and all results are illustrated by numerical examples.     

Finite-time prescribed performance control of MEMS gyroscopes

This paper addresses the finite-time prescribed performance control of MEMS gyroscopes. From the perspective of practical engineering, this paper arranges the desirable transient and steady-state performances according to the engineering requirements in the controller design procedure. For the tracking performance, prescribed performance control is studied to limited the steady-state error and the maximum overshoot. For the prescribed settling time, super-twisting sliding mode control and nonsingular terminal sliding mode control are employed to achieve finite-time convergence, respectively. The system stability is verified via Lyapunov approach. Through simulation tests, it is demonstrated that prescribed performance and finite-time convergence can be obtained under the proposed control scheme.

     

A general nonlinear adaptive control scheme for finite-time synchronization of chaotic systems with uncertain parameters and nonlinear inputs

In this paper, the problem of finite-time chaos synchronization between two different uncertain chaotic systems with unknown parameters and input nonlinearities is investigated. It is assumed that both master and slave systems are perturbed by unknown model uncertainties, external disturbances, and fully unknown parameters. Proper update laws are proposed to estimate the systems?? unknown parameters. Based on the update laws and finite-time control technique, a robust adaptive controller is introduced to guarantee the convergence of the slave system trajectories to the trajectories of the master system in a given finite time. Two illustrative examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed finite-time controller and to validate the theoretical results of the paper.