Design of dynamic controller for neutral differential systems with delay in control input

In this paper, the design problem of dynamic output feedback controller for asymptotic stabilization of a class of neutral systems have been considered. A criterion for the existence of such controllers is derived based on the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach combined with the Lyapunov method. A parameterized characterization of the controllers is given in terms of the feasible solutions to the LMIs, which can be solved by various convex optimization algorithms. A numerical example is given to illustrate the proposed design method.     

Non-fragile guaranteed cost control of uncertain large-scale systems with time-varying delays

The robust non-fragile guaranteed cost control problem is studied in this paper for a class of uncertain linear large-scale systems with time-varying delays in subsystem interconnections and given quadratic cost functions. The uncertainty in the system is assumed to be norm-bounded and time-varying. Also, the state-feedback gains for subsystems of the large-scale system are assumed to have norm-bounded controller gain variations. The problem is to design state feedback control laws such that the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable and the closed-loop cost function value is not more than a specified upper bound for all admissible uncertainties. Sufficient conditions for the existence of such controllers are derived based on the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach combined with the Lyapunov method. A parameterized characterization of the robust non-fragile guaranteed cost controllers is given in terms of the feasible solutions to a certain LMI. Finally, in order to show the application of the proposed method, a numerical example is included.     

Output Feedback Guaranteed Cost Control for Uncertain Discrete-Time Systems Using Linear Matrix Inequalities

This paper considers the output feedback guaranteed cost controller design problem for uncertain discrete-time systems. The uncertainty is assumed to be of linear fractional form, unstructured, and is allowed to be time-varying. It is proved that the existence of a guaranteed cost controller is equivalent to the feasibility of a certain linear matrix inequality (LMI), and that a full-order output feedback controller can be constructed in terms of the feasible solution to the LMI. Furthermore, a convex optimization problem is introduced for the selection of a suitable controller minimizing a specified cost bound.     

Positive real control for 2-D discrete delayed systems via output feedback controllers

This paper considers the problem of positive real control for two-dimensional (2-D) discrete delayed systems in the Fornasini–Marchesini second local state-space model. Attention is focused on the design of dynamic output feedback controllers, which guarantee that the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable and the closed-loop transfer function is extended strictly positive real. We first present a sufficient condition for extended strictly positive realness of 2-D discrete delayed systems. Based on this, a sufficient condition for the solvability of the positive real control problem is obtained in terms of a linear matrix inequality (LMI). When the LMI is feasible, an explicit parametrization of a desired output feedback controller is presented. Finally, we provide a numerical example to demonstrate the application of the proposed method.     

广义系统动态输出反馈控制设计的新方法

对于连续时间的广义系统,基于线性矩阵不等式(LMI),提出了动态输出反馈H_∞控制设计的新方法.给出了广义系统动态输出反馈H_∞控制存在的充分条件.通过求解线性矩阵不等式和矩阵方程实现控制的设计.所提出确定控制的方法是简洁和易于实现的.一个数值例子说明了提出方法的设计过程和控制的有效性.     

Guaranteed Cost Control for Uncertain Neutral Stochastic Systems via Dynamic Output Feedback Controllers

This paper deals with the problem of guaranteed cost control for uncertain neutral stochastic systems. The parameter uncertainties are assumed to be time-varying but norm-bounded. Dynamic output feedback controllers are designed such that, for all admissible uncertainties, the resulting closed-loop system is mean-square asymptotically stable and an upper bound on the closed-loop value of the cost function is guaranteed. By employing a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, a sufficient condition for the solvability of the underlying problem is obtained. A numerical example is provided to demonstrate the potential of the proposed techniques.     

基于圆判据的一种LMI绝对镇定方法

针对非线性Lur'e系统,提出了一种输出反馈控制器综合方法。对于系统在无摄动及线性部分存在乘性范数摄动的情况,分别设计了保证闭环系统绝对稳定的动态输出反馈控制器。由圆判据出发,通过把绝对稳定性问题等价地转化成H∞控制问题,得到了一组由线性矩阵不等式(LMI)表达的控制器存在的充分性条件。     

Delay-dependent nonfragile guaranteed cost control for nonlinear time-delay systems

This paper concerns the nonfragile guaranteed cost control problem for a class of nonlinear dynamic systems with multiple time delays and controller gain perturbations. Guaranteed cost control law is designed under two classes of perturbations, namely, additive form and multiplicative form. The problem is to design a memoryless state feedback control law such that the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable and the closed-loop cost function value is not more than a specified upper bound for all admissible uncertainties. Based on the linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach, some delay-dependent conditions for the existence of such controller are derived. A numerical example is given to illustrate the proposed method.     

Robust dynamical compensator design for discrete-time linear periodic systems

This paper considers dynamical compensators design for purpose of pole assignment for discrete-time linear periodic systems. Similar to linear time-invariant systems, it is pointed out that the design of a periodic dynamical compensator can be converted into the design of a periodic output feedback controller for an augmented system. Utilizing the recent result on output feedback pole assignment, parametric solutions for this problem are obtained. The design approach can be used as a basis for the robust dynamical compensator design for this type of systems. Combined with a robustness index presented in this paper, robust dynamical compensator design problem is converted into a constrainted optimization problem. A numerical example is employed to illustrate the validity and feasibility of the methods.     

The guaranteed cost control for uncertain nonlinear large-scale stochastic systems via state and static output feedback

The guaranteed cost control (GCC) problem involved in decentralized robust control of a class of uncertain nonlinear large-scale stochastic systems with high-order interconnections is considered. After determining the appropriate conditions for the stochastic GCC controller, a class of decentralized local state feedback controllers is derived using the linear matrix inequality (LMI). The extension of the result of the study to the static output feedback control problem is discussed by considering the Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions. The efficiency of the proposed design method is demonstrated on the basis of simulation results.     

Global asymptotical synchronization of chaotic neural networks by output feedback impulsive control: An LMI approach

In this paper, impulsive control for master–slave synchronization schemes consisting of identical chaotic neural networks is studied. Impulsive control laws are derived based on linear static output feedback. A sufficient condition for global asymptotic synchronization of master–slave chaotic neural networks via output feedback impulsive control is established, in which synchronization is proven in terms of the synchronization errors between the full state vectors. An LMI-based approach for designing linear static output feedback impulsive control laws to globally asymptotically synchronize chaotic neural networks is discussed. With the help of LMI solvers, linear output feedback impulsive controllers can be easily obtained along with the bounds of the impulsive intervals for global asymptotic synchronization. The method is finally illustrated by numerical simulations.     

An LMI approach to decentralized guaranteed cost control for a class of uncertain nonlinear large-scale delay systems

The guaranteed cost control problem via the decentralized robust control for nonlinear uncertain large-scale systems that have delay in both state and control input is considered. Sufficient conditions for the existence of guaranteed cost controllers are given in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI). It is shown that the decentralized local state feedback controllers can be obtained by solving the LMI.     

Robust guaranteed cost control for uncertain linear differential systems of neutral type

In this paper, the robust guaranteed cost control problem for a class of uncertain linear differential systems of neutral type with a given quadratic cost functions is investigated. The uncertainty is assumed to be norm-bounded and time-varying nonlinear. The problem is to design a state feedback control laws such that the closed-loop system is robustly stable and the closed-loop cost function value is not more than a specified upper bound for all admissible uncertainty and time delay. A criterion for the existence of such controllers is derived based on the matrix inequality approach combined with the Lyapunov method. A parameterized characterization of the robust guaranteed cost controllers is given in terms of the feasible solutions to the certain matrix inequalities. A numerical example is given to illustrate the proposed method.     

Semi-global finite-time output feedback stabilization for a class of large-scale uncertain nonlinear systems

This paper addresses the problem of semi-global finite-time decentralized output feedback control for large-scale systems with both higher-order and lower-order terms. A new design scheme is developed by coupling the finite-time output feedback stabilization method with the homogeneous domination approach. Specifically, we first design a homogeneous observer and an output feedback control law for each nominal subsystem without the nonlinearities. Then, based on the homogeneous domination approach, we relax the linear growth condition to a polynomial one and construct decentralized controllers to render the nonlinear system semi-globally finite-time stable.     

Robust output feedback stabilization for two-dimensional continuous systems in roesser form

This paper considers the problem of robust stabilization via dynamic output feedbackcontrollers for uncertain two-dimensional continuous systems described by the Roesser's state space model. The parameter uncertainties are assumed to be norm-bounded appearing in all the matrices of the system model. A sufficient condition for the existence of dynamic output feedback controllers guaranteeing the asymptotic stability of the closed-loop system for all admissible uncertainties is proposed. A desired dynamic output feedback controller can be constructed by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, an illustrative example is provided to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Pole Assignment in Hybrid Differential-Difference Systems

We present a general approach to the pole assignment problem for linear stationary hybrid differential-difference systems as a coefficient control problem for their characteristic equations. Various scales (classes) of linear feedback controllers are considered. Special attention is paid to the solvability of the pole assignment problem for such systems in the scale of general differential-difference controllers and in a general scale that, along with differential-difference controllers, contains integral controllers whose kernels are compactly supported functions. A general scheme for constructing such controllers is proposed based on the algebraic properties of the shift operator, the Paley–Wiener theorem on compactly supported functions, and the methods of interpolation theory in the class of entire functions of exponential type. Examples and counterexamples illustrating the results are given.     

Decentralized Guaranteed Cost Control for Uncertain Large-Scale Systems Using Delayed Feedback: LMI Optimization Approach

In this paper, we propose a design method of guaranteed cost controllers for uncertain large-scale systems with time delays in subsystem interconnections using delayed feedback. Using the Lyapunov method, a linear matrix inequality (LMI) optimization problem is formulated to design a delayed feedback controller which minimizes the upper bound of a given quadratic cost function. A numerical example is included to illustrate the design procedures.Communicated by Q. C. ZhaoThe authors thank the Associate Editor and three anonymous referees for careful reading and useful suggestions.     

Computation algorithms for disturbance rejection in multivariable systems

In this paper, one way of solving an important problem in linear time-invariant multivariable systems control for synthesizing feedback controllers to make the outputs of a physical system respond in a desirable manner to reference inputs and external disturbances is presented. The proposed algorithms can be regarded as a logical extension of the pole assignment problem in that, measurable or unmeasurable multiple disturbance acting on multivariable systems described by the 4-tuples (A,B,C,E) or the 6-tuples (A,B,C,D,E,F) can be rejected at the outputs in steady state. This is done by assignment of the `disturbance blocking zeros' at specified locations using the concept of pole assignment for computing the state feedback controllers. The performance of the algorithms is illustrated by a numerical example.     

时变时滞切换系统动态回馈控制器设计分析

研究了一类时变时滞切换控制系统的动态回馈控制器的设计问题.其中,控制输入具有导数有界的时变时滞.利用多Lyapunov泛函方法,结合不等式的放缩技巧,用线性矩阵不等式(LMI)的形式给出了确保系统渐近稳定的控制器存在的充分条件,同时设计出了相应的有效切换律.最后给出实例说明了本文控制器设计的有效性.     

Alternating convex projection methods for discrete-time covariance control design

The problem of designing a controller for a linear, discretetime system is formulated as a problem of designing an appropriate plant-state covariance matrix. Closed-loop stability and multiple-output performance constraints are expressed geometrically as requirements that the covariance matrix lies in the intersection of some specified closed, convex sets in the space of symmetric matrices. We solve a covariance feasibility problem to determine the existence and compute a covariance matrix to satisty assignability and output-norm performance constraints. In addition, we can treat a covariance optimization problem to construct an assignable covariance matrix which satisfies output performance constraints and is as close as possible to a given desired covariance. We can also treat inconsistent constraints, where we look for an assignable covariance which best approximates desired but unachievable output performance objectives; we call this the infeasible covariance optimization problem. All these problems are of a convex nature, and alternating convex projection methods are proposed to solve them, exploiting the geometric formulation of the problem. To this end, analytical expressions for the projections onto the covariance assignability and the output covariance inequality constraint sets are derived. Finally, the problem of designing low-order dynamic controllers using alternating projections is discussed, and a numerical technique using alternating projections is suggested for a solution, although convergence of the algorithm is not guaranteed in this case. A control design example for a fighter aircraft model illustrates the method.This research was completed while the first author was with the Space Systems Control Laboratory at Purdue University. Support from the Army Research Office Grant ARO-29029-EG is gratefully acknowledged.