Design and analysis of discrete-time robust Kalman filters

In this paper, the problem of finite and infinite horizon robust Kalman filtering for uncertain discrete-time systems is studied. The system under consideration is subject to time-varying norm-bounded parameter uncertainty in both the state and output matrices. The problem addressed is the design of linear filters having an error variance with an optimized guaranteed upper bound for any allowed uncertainty. A novel technique is developed for robust filter design. This technique gives necessary and sufficient conditions to the design of robust quadratic filters over finite and infinite horizon in terms of a pair of parameterized Riccati equations. Feasibility and convergence properties of the robust quadratic filters are also analyzed.     

Robust Kalman filtering for uncertain systems

This paper studies the problem of Kalman filter design for uncertain systems. The system under consideration is subjected to time-varying norm-bounded parameter uncertainties in both the state and measurement matrices. The problem we address is the design of a state estimator such that the covariance of the estimation error is guaranteed to be within a certain bound for all admissible uncertainties. A Riccati equation approach is proposed to solve the above problem. Furthermore, a suboptimal covariance upper bound can be computed by a convex optimization.     

Robust H_2 estimation and control

This paper is concerned with the H2 estimation and control problems for uncertain discretetime systems with norm-bounded parameter uncertainty. We first present an analysis result on H2 norm bound for a stable uncertain system in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). A solution to the robust H2 estimation problem is then derived in terms of two LMIs. As compared to the existing results, our result on robust H2 estimation is more general. In addition, explicit search of appropriate scaling parameters is not needed as the optimization is convex in the scaling parameters. The LMI approach is also extended to solve the robust H2 control problem which has been difficult for the traditional Riccati equation approach since no separation principle has been known for uncertain systems. The design approach is demonstrated through a simple example.     

Optimal guaranteed cost filtering for uncertain discrete-time linear systems

This paper presents a result on the design of a steady-state robust state estimator for a class of uncertain discrete-time linear systems with normal bounded uncertainty. This result extends the steady state Kalman filter to the case in which the underlying system is uncertain. A procedure is given for the construction of a state estimator which minimizes a bound on the state error covariance. It is shown that this leads to a state estimator which is optimal with respect to a notion of quadratic guaranteed cost state estimation.     

Finite‐horizon robust Kalman filtering for uncertain discrete time‐varying systems with state‐delay

A finite‐horizon robust estimator design approach is developed for a class of discrete time‐varying uncertain systems with state‐delay. It extends the Kalman filter to the case in which the considered system is subject to norm‐bounded uncertainties in both state and output matrices. The state and gain matrices of the designed filter are optimized to give a minimal upper bound such that the estimation error variance is guaranteed to lie within a certain bound for all admissible uncertainties. A simulation example is presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach by comparing to the traditional Kalman filtering method. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Robust energy-to-peak filter design for stochastic time-delay systems

This paper considers the robust energy-to-peak filtering problem for uncertain stochastic time-delay systems. The stochastic uncertainties appear in both the dynamic and the measurement equations and the state delay is assumed to be time-varying. Attention is focused on the design of full-order and reduced-order filters guaranteeing a prescribed energy-to-peak performance for the filtering error system. Sufficient conditions are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs), and the corresponding filter design is cast into a convex optimization problem which can be efficiently handled by using standard numerical algorithms. In addition, the results obtained are further extended to more general cases where the system matrices also contain uncertain parameters. The most frequently used ways of dealing with parameter uncertainties, including polytopic and norm-bounded characterizations, have been taken into consideration, with convex optimization problems obtained for the design of desired robust energy-to-peak filters.     

不确定离散系统具有H∞性能界的鲁棒LQG状态反馈控制

研究了含有范数有界参数不确定线性离散系统具有H∞性能界的鲁棒LQG状态反 馈控制问题,考虑了有限时域时变及无限时域时不变两种情形.所得的控制器对于所有可容 许的参数不确定都能满足给定的H∞性能界,且为最坏情形H∞性能指标提供了一个最优上 界.对于无限时域时不变情形,该控制器还能保证闭环系统渐近稳定.结果仅需求解一含有 一个尺度参数的Riccati方程.     

具有状态和测量时滞不确定系统的鲁棒H∞状态估计

考虑一类已知状态和测量时滞且范数有界参数不确定连续时间系统的鲁棒H∞状态估计问题.这个问题解的充分条件由二个代数Riccati不等式给出,它可以保证存在一个渐近稳定状态估计器使得对于所有不确定性从外界干扰到输出估计误差的传递函数满足指定的H∞指标.以上这些结果可以推广到一类未知状态和测量时滞且范数有界参数不确定连续系统的鲁棒H∞状态估计问题,对于已知状态和测量时滞系统,所得状态估计器与参数不确定性无关,而与时滞有关.对于未知状态和测量时滞系统,其状态估计器不仅与参数不确定性无关,而且与时滞也无关.     

基于状态观测器的约束鲁棒模型预测控制

模型不确定情况下的鲁棒问题是模型预测控制的一个根本问题。本文采用线性矩阵不等式(LMI)，研究多模型不确定性描述情况下的鲁棒模型预测控制问题。在输入输出约束条件下，最小化最坏情况下的无穷时域目标函数，获得保证系统稳定的基于状态观测器的状态反馈增益并且给出观测器增益的设计方法。实例说明算法可行且保证闭环系统渐近稳定。     

On robust state derivative feedback control for uncertain polytopic systems with uncertain sampling period and network-induced delay

This paper addresses the state derivative feedback control problem for uncertain polytopic systems subject to an uncertain sampling period and network-induced delay. The distinctive contribution relies on the direct design of a robust state derivative feedback controller employing an augmented discretized model derived in terms of the state derivative feedback such that network-induced delay and uncertain sampling periods can be incorporated from the original continuous-time state-space representation into the discretized model. Two augmented models are provided to handle longer input time delays, as well as delays less or equal to the sampling period. In this work, all the uncertain parameters are modeled as a polytopic form whose resulting discrete-time model has matrices with polynomial dependence on the uncertain parameters and an additive norm-bounded term featuring the discretization residual error. Moreover, synthesis conditions are derived using a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMI) to solve the stabilization problem for this class of systems under different input time delays. Finally, numerical simulations are carried out to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

参数不确定性奇异系统的鲁棒H∞控制

利用线性矩阵不等式,通过引入广义二次可镇定且具有H∞性能指标的概念,得到 了在状态反馈作用下,参数不确定性奇异系统鲁棒H∞控制律的存在条件.所得的状态反馈 控制律保证闭环系统正则、无脉冲、稳定且满足给定的H∞性能指标.     

Robust nonfragile Kalman filtering for uncertain linear systemswith estimator gain uncertainty

The note is concerned with the problem of a robust nonfragile Kalman filter design for a class of uncertain linear systems with norm-bounded uncertainties. The designed state estimator can tolerate multiplicative uncertainties in the state estimator gain matrix. The robust nonfragile state estimator designs are given in terms of solutions to algebraic Riccati equations. The designs guarantee known upper bounds on the steady-state error covariance. A numerical example is given to illustrate the results     

Robust output feedback model predictive control using off-line linear matrix inequalities

A fundamental question about model predictive control (MPC) is its robustness to model uncertainty. In this paper, we present a robust constrained output feedback MPC algorithm that can stabilize plants with both polytopic uncertainty and norm-bound uncertainty. The design procedure involves off-line design of a robust constrained state feedback MPC law and a state estimator using linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Since we employ an off-line approach for the controller design which gives a sequence of explicit control laws, we are able to analyze the robust stabilizability of the combined control laws and estimator, and by adjusting the design parameters, guarantee robust stability of the closed-loop system in the presence of constraints. The algorithm is illustrated with two examples.     

Robust constrained predictive control of uncertain norm-bounded linear systems

A novel robust predictive control algorithm is presented for uncertain discrete-time input-saturated linear systems described by structured norm-bounded model uncertainties. The solution is based on the minimization, at each time instant, of a semi-definite convex optimization problem subject to a number of LMI feasibility constraints which grows up only linearly with the control horizon length N. The general case of arbitrary N is considered. Closed-loop stability and feasibility retention over the time are proved and comparisons with robust multi-model (polytopic) MPC algorithms are reported.     

Robust state estimation for a class of uncertain time-delay systems

This paper considers a robust state estimation problem for a class of uncertain time-delay systems. In this problem, the noise and uncertainty are modelled deterministically via an integral quadratic constraint. The robust state estimation problem involves constructing the set of all possible states at the current time consistent with given output measurements and the integral quadratic constraint. This set is found to be an ellipsoid which is constructed via a linear state estimator.     

Robust H∞ control for discrete-time polytopic uncertain systems with linear fractional vertices

The robust H∞ control problem for discrete-time uncertain systems is investigated in this paper. The uncertain systems are modelled as a polytopic type with linear fractional uncertainty in the vertices. A new linear matrix inequality (LMI) characterization of the H∞ performance for discrete systems is given by introducing a matrix slack variable which decouples the matrix of a Lyapunov function candidate and the parametric matrices of the system. This feature enables one to derive sufficient conditions for discrete uncertain systems by using parameter-dependent Lyapunov functions with less conservativeness. Based on the result, H∞ performance analysis and controller design are carried out. A numerical example is included to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Distributed moving horizon state estimation: Simultaneously handling communication delays and data losses

In this work, we consider distributed moving horizon state estimation of nonlinear systems subject to communication delays and data losses. In the proposed design, a local estimator is designed for each subsystem and the distributed estimators communicate to collaborate. To handle the delays and data losses simultaneously, a predictor is designed for each subsystem estimator. A two-step prediction-update strategy is used in the predictor design in order to get a reliable prediction of the system state. In the design of each subsystem estimator, an auxiliary nonlinear observer is also taken advantage of to calculate a reference subsystem state estimate. In the local estimator, the reference state estimate is used to generate a confidence region within which the local estimator optimizes its subsystem state estimate. Sufficient conditions under which the proposed design gives decreasing and ultimately bounded estimation error are provided. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated via the application to a chemical process example.     

Robust weighted fusion Kalman estimators for multisensor systems with multiplicative noises and uncertain‐covariances linearly correlated white noises

This paper addresses the design of robust weighted fusion Kalman estimators for a class of uncertain multisensor systems with linearly correlated white noises. The uncertainties of the systems include the same multiplicative noises perturbations both on the systems state and measurement output and the uncertain noise variances. The measurement noises and process noise are linearly correlated. By introducing two fictitious noises, the system under consideration is converted into one with only uncertain noise variances. According to the minimax robust estimation principle, based on the worst‐case systems with the conservative upper bounds of the noise variances, the four robust weighted fusion time‐varying Kalman estimators are presented in a unified framework, which include three robust weighted state fusion estimators with matrix weights, diagonal matrix weights, scalar weights, and a modified robust covariance intersection fusion estimator. The robustness of the designed fusion estimators is proved by using the Lyapunov equation approach such that their actual estimation error variances are guaranteed to have the corresponding minimal upper bounds for all admissible uncertainties. The accuracy relations among the robust local and fused time‐varying Kalman estimators are proved. The corresponding robust local and fused steady‐state Kalman estimators are also presented, a simulation example with application to signal processing to show the effectiveness and correctness of the proposed results. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Robust H2 estimation and control

This paper is concerned with the H2 estimation and control problems for uncertain discretetime systems with normbounded parameter uncertainty. We first present an analysis result on H2 norm bound for a stable uncertain system in terms of linear matrix inequalities ( LMIs). A solution to the robust H2 estimation problem is then derived in terms of two LMIs. As compared tothe existing results, our result on robust H2 estimation is more general. In addition, explicit search of appropriate scaling parameters is not needed as the optimization is convex in the scaling parameters. The LMI approach is also extended to solve the robust H2 control problem which has been difficult for the traditional Riccati equation approach since no separation principle has been known for uncertain systems. The design approach is demonstrated through a simple example.     

Constrained state estimation for stochastic jump systems: moving horizon approach

We discuss the state estimation advantages for a class of linear discrete-time stochastic jump systems, in which a Markov process governs the operation mode, and the state variables and disturbances are subject to inequality constraints. The horizon estimation approach addressed the constrained state estimation problem, and the Bayesian network technique solved the stochastic jump problem. The moving horizon state estimator designed in this paper can produce the constrained state estimates with a lower error covariance than under the unconstrained counterpart. This new estimation method is used in the design of the restricted state estimator for two practical applications.