Robust output feedback stabilisation for uncertain systems

This paper focuses on the problem of quadratic dissipative control for linear systems with or without uncertainty. We consider the design of feedback controllers to achieve (robust) asymptotic stability and strict quadratic dissipativeness. Both linear static state feedback and dynamic output feedback controllers are considered. First, the equivalence between strict quadratic dissipativeness of linear systems and a H performance is established. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the solution of the quadratic dissipative control problem are then obtained using a linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. As for uncertain systems, we consider structured uncertainty characterized by a dissipative system. This uncertainty description is quite general and contains commonly used types of uncertainty, such as norm-bounded and positive real uncertainties, as special cases. It is shown that the robust dissipative control problem can be solved in terms of a scaled quadratic dissipative control problem without uncertainty. LMIbased methods for designing robust dissipative controllers are also derived. The results of this paper unify existing results on H and positive real control and provide a more flexible and less conservative robust control design as it allows for a better trade-off between phase and gain performances.

This study employs the free-weighting matrix approach to investigate the output feedback control of a linear discrete-time system with an interval time-varying delay. First, the delay-dependent stability is analyzed using a new method of estimating the upper bound on the difference of a Lyapunov function without ignoring any terms; and based on the results, a design criterion for a static output feedback (SOF) controller is derived. Since the conditions thus obtained for the existence of admissible controllers are not expressed strictly in terms of linear matrix inequalities, a modified cone complementarity linearization algorithm is employed to solve the nonconvex feasibility SOF control problem. Furthermore, the problem of designing a dynamic output feedback controller is formulated as one of designing an SOF controller. Numerical examples demonstrate the effectiveness of the method and its advantage over existing methods.

In this work, we develop a method for dynamic output feedback covariance control of the state covariance of linear dissipative stochastic partial differential equations (PDEs) using spatially distributed control actuation and sensing with noise. Such stochastic PDEs arise naturally in the modeling of surface height profile evolution in thin film growth and sputtering processes. We begin with the formulation of the stochastic PDE into a system of infinite stochastic ordinary differential equations (ODEs) by using modal decomposition. A finite-dimensional approximation is then obtained to capture the dominant mode contribution to the surface roughness profile (i.e., the covariance of the surface height profile). Subsequently, a state feedback controller and a Kalman-Bucy filter are designed on the basis of the finite-dimensional approximation. The dynamic output feedback covariance controller is subsequently obtained by combining the state feedback controller and the state estimator. The steady-state expected surface covariance under the dynamic output feedback controller is then estimated on the basis of the closed-loop finite-dimensional system. An analysis is performed to obtain a theoretical estimate of the expected surface covariance of the closed-loop infinite-dimensional system. Applications of the linear dynamic output feedback controller to the linearized stochastic Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation are presented.

Decentralized Output Feedback Control of Interconnected Uncertain Delay Systems

A stabilizability condition is established for stabilizing multivariable uncertain dynamical systems with matched uncertainties by linear static output feedback control. It is shown that under the assumptions of minimum phase and nonsingular high-frequency gain for the nominal plant, stabilization with linear static output feedback control is achievable. A necessary and sufficient condition is also obtained for the existence of constant output feedback which makes the closed-loop system strictly positive real.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

A linear control system defined by a stationary differential equation of nth order with several commensurate lumped and distributed delays in state is considered. In the system, the input is a linear combination of m variables and their derivatives of order not more than n−p and the output is a k-dimensional vector of linear combinations of the state and its derivatives of order not more than p−1. For this system, a spectrum assignment problem by linear static output feedback with commensurate lumped and distributed delays is studied. Necessary and sufficient conditions are obtained for solvability of the arbitrary spectrum assignment problem by static output feedback controller. Corollaries on stabilization of the system are obtained.

Improved stability criterion and output feedback control for discrete time-delay systems

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This paper addresses the problem of global output feedback stabilization for a class of upper-triangular systems with delay in the input. By using a linear observer, a linear dynamic output feedback control law is explicitly constructed to globally stabilize the system. To dominate the nonlinear perturbing terms and handle the case with a larger input delay, a tunable scaling gain is introduced to the controller by using a coordinates change. With the help of appropriate Lyapunov-Krasoveskii functional and feedback domination approach, it is shown that upper-triangular nonlinear system with arbitrary large input delay can be globally stabilized by the proposed output feedback controller with appropriate gains.

This note investigates the problem of output feedback H∞ control for linear discrete-time systems. Three types of H∞ controllers are considered, namely, static output feedback controllers, dynamic output feedback controllers, and observer-based output feedback controllers. New design conditions for the three type of output feedback controllers are introduced in terms of unified linear matrix inequality (LMI) representations, which guarantee the prescribed H∞ performances of the closed-loop systems. In contrast to the existing LMI conditions for designing the output feedback H∞ controllers, the improvement of the proposed results over the existing ones is shown by theoretical proof and numerical example.

This article describes the design of a linear observer–linear controller-based robust output feedback scheme for output reference trajectory tracking tasks in the case of nonlinear, multivariable, nonholonomic underactuated mobile manipulators. The proposed linear feedback scheme is based on the use of a classical linear feedback controller and suitably extended, high-gain, linear Generalized Proportional Integral (GPI) observers, thus aiding the linear feedback controllers to provide an accurate simultaneous estimation of each flat output associated phase variables and of the exogenous and perturbation inputs. This information is used in the proposed feedback controller in (a) approximate, yet close, cancelations, as lumped unstructured time-varying terms, of the influence of the highly coupled nonlinearities, and (b) the devising of proper linear output feedback control laws based on the approximate estimates of the string of phase variables associated with the flat outputs simultaneously provided by the disturbance observers. Simulations reveal the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

This paper is concerned with analyzing a novel model transformation of discrete-time Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems with time-varying delays and applying it to dynamic output feedback (DOF) controller design. A new auxiliary model is proposed by employing a new approximation for time-varying delay state, and then delay partitioning method is used to analyze the scaled small gain of this auxiliary model. A sufficient condition on discrete-time T-S fuzzy systems with time-varying delays, which guarantees the corresponding closed-loop system to be asymptotically stable and has an induced l 2 disturbance attenuation performance, is derived by employing the scaled small gain theorem. Then the solvability condition for the induced l 2 DOF control is also established, by which the DOF controller can be found by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs).

This paper presents a method for the design of a controller for rollover prevention using active suspension and an electronic stability program (ESP). Active suspension is designed with linear quadratic static output feedback control methodology to attenuate the effect of lateral acceleration on the roll angle and suspension stroke via control of the suspension stroke and tire deflection of the vehicle. However, this approach has a drawback in the loss of maneuverability because the active suspension for rollover prevention produces in vehicles an extreme over-steer characteristic. To overcome this drawback of the active suspension based method, ESP is designed. Through simulations, the proposed method is shown to be effective in preventing rollover.

This paper discusses the problems of the finite-time annular domain stability (FTAD-stability) and stabilization of discrete-time stochastic systems (DTSS). First, a definition of FTAD-stability for DTSS is given and a stability criterion is also proposed. Second, we respectively give some sufficient conditions for the existence of state feedback controller (SFC), static output feedback controller (SOFC) and dynamic output feedback controller (DOFC). Finally, a numerical example is utilized to show the effectiveness of proposed method.

This paper presents a static output feedback controller for a semi-active suspension system that provides improved ride comfort under various road roughness conditions. Previous studies on feedback control for semi-active suspension systems have primarily focused on rejecting low-frequency disturbances, such as bumps, because the feedback controller is generally vulnerable to high-frequency disturbances, which can cause unintended large inputs. However, since most roads feature a mix of both low- and high-frequency disturbances, there is a need to develop a controller capable of responding effectively to both disturbances. In this work, road roughness is classified using the Burg method to select the optimal damping coefficient to respond to the high-frequency disturbance. The optimal control gain for the feedback controller is determined using the linear quadratic static output feedback (LQSOF) method, incorporating the optimal damping coefficient. The proposed algorithm was evaluated through simulations under bump scenarios with differing road roughness conditions. The simulation results demonstrated that the proposed algorithm significantly improved ride comfort compared to baseline algorithms under mixed disturbances.