Output feedback robust stabilization of jump linear system with mode-dependent time-delays

In this paper, the problem of the robust stabilization for a class of uncertain linear dynamical systems with time-varying delay is considered. By making use of an algebraic Riccati equation, we derive some sufficient conditions for robust stability of time-varying delay dynamical systems with unstructured or structured uncertainties. In our approach, the only restriction on the delay functionh(t) is the knowledge of its upper boundh −. Some analytical methods are employed to investigate these stability conditions. Since these conditions are independent of the delay, our results are also applicable to systems with perturbed time delay. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the use of the sufficient conditions developed in this paper.

We deal with the robust stabilizability of the class of uncertain linear time-delay systems with Markovian jumping parameters (ULTDSMJP). Under the assumption of complete access to the continuous state and the boundedness of the system's uncertainties, an independent delay sufficient conditions which guarantee the robustness stability of this class of systems are established.

Eigenstructure assignment-based robust stability conditions for uncertain systems with multiple time-varying delays

Stability and state-feedback stabilization of linear systems with uncertain coefficients and uncertain time-varying delays are considered. The system under consideration may be unstable without delay, but it becomes asymptotically stable for positive values of the delay. A new descriptor discretized Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) method is introduced, which combines the application of the complete LKF and the discretization method of K. Gu with the descriptor model transformation. For the first time, the new method allows to apply the discretized LKF method to synthesis problems. Moreover, the analysis of systems with polytopic time-invariant uncertainties is less restrictive by the new discretized method. Sufficient conditions for robust stability and stabilization of uncertain neutral type systems are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) via input-output approach to stability. Numerical examples illustrate the efficiency of the new method.

Markovian jumping systems have arisen naturally in the mathematical modeling of phenomena spanning disciplines in the social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. This kind of stochastic dynamical systems can be employed to model the dynamics when parameters are subject to random abrupt changes due to sudden environment changes, subsystem switching, system noises, executor faults, and so forth. Much attention has been given to modeling, optimization, and real applications of such stochastic dynamical systems in the literature in recent years. As the advanced control and optimization will provide a basis for the design and application of such stochastic systems, these advanced techniques would result in substantial and sustainable benefits. The accepted papers in this special issue include stochastic stability, stabilization, stochastic control optimization, system modeling and identification methods, predictive control, signal processing, robust filtering, multiagent systems, networked control systems, time-delayed systems, neural networks, the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy systems, simulated annealing, and fault detection methods.

This paper presents a design scheme of a minimal order observer-based guaranteed cost controller for uncertain neutral systems, in which some state variables can not be measured. The uncertainties are assumed to be norm-bounded. The initial state is assumed unknown but their mean and covariance are assumed known. A sufficient condition for robust stability analysis and robust stabilization are derived via linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). To show the advantage of the proposed method, a numerical example is given.

In this paper, we consider robust stability and stabilization of uncertain Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy time-delay systems where uncertainties come into the state and input matrices. Some stability conditions and robust stability conditions for fuzzy time-delay systems have already been obtained in the literature. However, those conditions are rather conservative and do not guarantee the stability of a wide class of fuzzy systems. This is true in case of designing stabilizing controllers for fuzzy time-delay systems and it thus leads to a conservative fuzzy controller design as well. We first consider rather relaxed robust stability conditions of uncertain fuzzy systems. To this end, we introduce an auxiliary system to the original fuzzy time-delay system to obtain generalized delay-dependent stability conditions. Such an auxiliary system has some arbitrary matrices that generalize not only the system representation but also delay-dependent stability conditions. Conditions we obtain here are delay-dependent conditions that depend on the upper bound of time-delay, and are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Then, we compare our delay-dependent stability conditions with other conditions in the literature, and show that our conditions guarantee the stability of a wider class of systems than others. Next, we consider the robust stabilization problem with memoryless and delayed state feedback controllers. Based on our generalized robust stability conditions, we obtain delay-dependent sufficient conditions for the closed-loop system to be robustly stable, and give a design method of robustly stabilizing controllers. Finally, we give three examples that illustrate our results.

This paper focuses on the stability analysis of linear fractional-order systems with fractional-order 0<α<2, in the presence of time-varying uncertainty. To obtain a robust stability condition, we first derive a new upper bound for the norm of Mittag-Leffler function associated with the nominal fractional-order system matrix. Then, by finding an upper bound for the norm of the uncertain fractional-order system solution, a sufficient non-Lyapunov robust stability condition is proposed. Unlike the previous methods for robust stability analysis of uncertain fractional-order systems, the proposed stability condition is applicable to systems with time-varying uncertainty. Moreover, the proposed condition depends on the fractional-order of the system and the upper bound of the uncertainty matrix norm. Finally, the offered stability criteria are examined on numerical uncertain linear fractional-order systems with 0<α<1 and 1<α<2 to verify the applicability of the proposed condition. Furthermore, the stability of an uncertain fractional-order Sallen–Key filter is checked via the offered condition.

The robust stabilization problem for a class of uncertain linear time-delay systems containing sector saturating actuator is considered in this paper. The uncertain time-delay systems under consideration are described by state differential equations with time-varying unknown-but-bounded uncertain parameters and delayed state. The delay is assumed to be constant bounded but unknown. The new criterion of delay-dependent robust stabilizability for uncertain time-delay systems is presented and the corresponding robust memoryless state feedback controller is derived in terms of the solutions of several linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Numerical example is presented to illustrate the obtained results.

By complementarily fusing the robust stabilizability condition, the orthogonal-functions approach (OFA) and the hybrid Taguchi-genetic algorithm (HTGA), an integrative method is proposed in this paper to design the robust-stable and quadratic-optimal static output feedback controller such that i) the linear singular control system with structured parameter uncertainties is regular, impulse-free and asymptotically stable and ii) a quadratic finite-horizon integral performance index for the linear nominal singular control system can be minimized. Based on some essential properties of matrix measures, a new sufficient condition is presented for ensuring that the linear singular system with structured and quadratically-coupled structured parameter uncertainties is regular, impulse free and asymptotically stable. By using the OFA and the robust stabilizability condition, the dynamic-optimization problem for the robust-stable and quadratic-optimal static output feedback control design of the linear uncertain singular system is transformed into a static-constrained-optimization problem represented by the algebraic equations with constraint of robust stabilizability condition; thus greatly simplifying the robust-stable and quadratic-optimal static output feedback control design problem of the linear uncertain singular system. Then, for the static-constrained-optimization problem, the HTGA is employed to find the robust-stable and quadratic-optimal static output feedback controller of the linear uncertain singular control system. One design example of the robust-stable and quadratic-optimal static output feedback controller for a mass-spring-damper mechanical system with structured parameter uncertainties is given to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed integrative approach.

Stabilization of fractional-order singular uncertain systems

This paper focuses on the robust stability and the memory feedback stabilization problems for a class of uncertain switched nonlinear systems with multiple time-varying delays. Especially, the considered time delays depend on the subsystem number. Based on a novel common Lyapunov functional, the aggregation techniques, and the Borne and Gentina criterion, new sufficient robust stability and stabilization conditions under arbitrary switching are established. Compared with existing results, the proposed criteria are explicit, simple to use, and obtained without finding a common Lyapunov function for all subsystems through linear matrix inequalities, considered very difficult in this situation. Moreover, compared with the memoryless one, the developed controller guarantees the robust stability of the corresponding closed-loop system with more performance by minimizing the effect of the delays in the system dynamics. Finally, two numerical simulation examples are shown to prove the practical utility and the effectiveness of the proposed theories.

This paper investigates the problem of robust output feedback stabilization of uncertain Hamiltonian systems with saturating actuator and input delay. The uncertainties are assumed to be time invariant and belong to convex bounded polytopic domain. By employing Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional method and Wirtinger's inequality, some sufficient conditions are derived for stabilization of nonlinear Hamiltonian systems under consideration. A delay-independent condition in terms of linear matrix inequalities for control of the Hamiltonian systems is established first. And further, an output feedback controller synthesis scheme under the multiple Lyapunov functional framework is proposed which guarantees the robust stability of the closed-loop system when control saturation and delay effectively occur. Finally, numerical results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology.

In this paper, we investigate the quadratic stability and quadratic stabilizability of the class of continuous-time linear systems with Markovian jumps and norm-bound uncertainties in the parameters. Under some appropriate assumptions, a necessary and sufficient condition is established for mean-square quadratic stability and mean-square quadratic stabilizability of this class of systems. The quadratic guaranteed cost control problem is also addressed via a LMI optimization problem.

This article concerns the finite-time robust guaranteed cost control problem for a class of linear continuous-time singular systems with norm-bounded uncertainties. In this study, the problem is to design a state feedback controller such that the closed-loop system is finite-time stable, and the closed-loop cost function value is not more than a specified upper bound for all admissible uncertainties. By constructing an appropriate Lyapunov function, a sufficient condition for the finite-time robust stability of the system based on linear matrix inequality (LMI) is established. Furthermore, the sufficient condition for the existence of the guaranteed cost controller is formulated in terms of LMIs, which can make the closed-loop uncertain singular system finite-time robust stable. Finally, two numerical examples are given for illustration of the proposed theoretical results.