Optimal Control of Nonlinear Time-Delay Systems with Persistent Disturbances

This paper is concerned with the optimal control of a class of nonlinear time-delay systems affected by external persistent disturbances. A feedforward and feedback optimal control (FFOC) law, consisting of analytical linear feedforward and feedback terms and the limit of a compensation sequence, is obtained by a successive approximation approach (SAA). In order to obtain a physically realizable feedforward control, a disturbance observer is introduced in the exosystem. Simulation results demonstrate the validity of the SAA and the robustness of the FFOC. Communicated by Q. C. Zhao This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Grant 60574023 and the Natural Science Foundation of Qingdao City of China, Grant 05-1-JC-94.