Robust estimation‐free decentralized prescribed performance control of nonaffine nonlinear large‐scale systems

In this paper, a low‐complexity robust estimation‐free decentralized prescribed performance control scheme is proposed and analyzed for nonaffine nonlinear large‐scale systems in the presence of unknown nonlinearity and external disturbance. To tackle the high‐order dynamics of each tracking error subsystem, a time‐varying stable manifold involving the output tracking error and its high‐order derivatives is constructed, which is strictly evolved within the envelope of user‐specialized prescribed performance. Sequentially, a robust decentralized controller is devised for each manifold, under which the output tracking error and its high‐order derivatives are proven to converge asymptotically to a small residual domain with prescribed fast convergence rate. Additionally, no specialized approximation technique, adaptive scheme, and disturbance observer are needed, which alleviates the complexity and difficulty of robust decentralized controller design dramatically. Finally, 3 groups of illustrative examples are used to validate the effectiveness of the proposed low‐complexity robust decentralized control scheme for uncertain nonaffine nonlinear large‐scale systems.     

含执行机构未知动态的液压伺服系统输出反馈控制

针对含有未知动态(如:执行机构、负载等)液压伺服系统,提出一种基于未知系统动态估计器的输出反馈控制方法.该方法不依赖于函数逼近器和传统反步控制设计,且无需难以测量的系统内部状态.首先,为避免反步控制和系统全部状态,引入等价变换,将含液压执行机构的伺服系统高阶严格反馈模型转化为Brunovsky标准型,进而运用高阶滑模微分器观测转化后的系统未知状态.控制器设计中引入描述收敛速率、最大超调量和稳态误差的性能函数,保证预设控制系统稳态和瞬态控制性能.为补偿系统集总未知动态影响,设计一种仅含一个调节参数并保证指数收敛的未知系统动态估计器.该输出反馈控制器可以实现对系统输出的精确跟踪控制.最后,通过数值仿真结果表明了所提出算法的有效性.     

Robust adaptive prescribed performance control for a class of nonlinear pure‐feedback systems

An adaptive prescribed performance control design procedure for a class of nonlinear pure‐feedback systems with both unknown vector parameters and unmodeled dynamics is presented. The unmodeled dynamics lie within some bounded functions, which are assumed to be partially known. A state transformation and an auxiliary system are proposed to avoid using the cumbersome formula to handle the nonaffine structure. Simultaneously, a parameter‐type Lyapunov function and L function are designed to ensure the prescribed performance of the pure‐feedback system. As illustrated by examples, the proposed adaptive prescribed performance control scheme is shown to guarantee global uniform ultimate boundedness. At the same time, this method not only guarantees the prescribed performance of the system but also makes the tracking error asymptotically close to a certain value or stable.     

Prescribed performance global stable adaptive neural dynamic surface consensus tracking control of stochastic multi-agent systems with hysteresis inputs and nonlinear dynamics

This paper focuses on the leader-following consensus control problem of stochastic multi-agent systems with hysteresis inputs and nonlinear dynamics. A leader-following consensus scheme is presented for stochastic multi-agent systems directions under directed graphs, which can achieve predefined synchronisation error bounds. By mainly activating an auxiliary robust control component for pulling back the transient escaped from the neural active region, a multi-switching robust neuro adaptive controller in the neural approximation domain, which can achieve globally uniformly ultimately bounded tracking stability of multi-agent systems recently. A specific Nussbaum-type function is introduced to solve the problem of unknown control directions. Using a dynamic surface control technique, distributed consensus controllers are developed to guarantee that the outputs of all followers synchronise with that of the leader with prescribed performance. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, it is proved that all signals in closed-loop systems are uniformly ultimately bounded and all the follower agents can keep consensus with the leader. Two simulation examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness and advantage of the proposed control scheme.     

A low-complexity global approximation-free control scheme with prescribed performance for unknown pure feedback systems

A universal, approximation-free state feedback control scheme is designed for unknown pure feedback systems, capable of guaranteeing, for any initial system condition, output tracking with prescribed performance and bounded closed loop signals. By prescribed performance, it is meant that the output error converges to a predefined arbitrarily small residual set, with convergence rate no less than a certain prespecified value, having maximum overshoot less than a preassigned level. The proposed state feedback controller isolates the aforementioned output performance characteristics from control gains selection and exhibits strong robustness against model uncertainties, while completely avoiding the explosion of complexity issue raised by backstepping-like approaches that are typically employed to the control of pure feedback systems. In this respect, a low complexity design is achieved. Moreover, the controllability assumptions reported in the relevant literature are further relaxed, thus enlarging the class of pure feedback systems that can be considered. Finally, simulation studies clarify and verify the approach.     

Prescribed performance adaptive neural output feedback dynamic surface control for a class of strict‐feedback uncertain nonlinear systems with full state constraints and unmodeled dynamics

This paper studies the output feedback tracking control problem for a class of strict‐feedback uncertain nonlinear systems with full state constraints and unmodeled dynamics using a prescribed performance adaptive neural dynamic surface control design approach. A nonlinear mapping technique is employed to address the state constraints. Radial basis function neural networks are utilized to approximate the unknown nonlinear functions. The unmodeled dynamics is addressed by introducing an available dynamic signal. Subsequently, we construct the controller and parameter adaptive laws using a backstepping technique. Based on Lyapunov stability theory, it is shown that all signals in the closed‐loop system are semiglobally uniformly ultimately bounded and that the tracking error always remains within the prescribed performance bound. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Set membership inversion and robust control from data of nonlinear systems

A set membership method for right inversion of nonlinear systems from data is proposed in the paper. Both the cases where the system to invert is known or unknown and therefore identified from data are addressed. The method does not require the invertibility of the regression function describing the system and ensures tight bounds on the inversion error. In the case of unknown system, the method allows the derivation of a robust right‐inverse, guaranteeing the inversion error bound for all the systems belonging to the uncertainty set which can be defined from the available prior and experimental information. Based on such a set membership inversion, two methods for robust control of nonlinear systems from data are introduced: nonlinear feed‐forward control (NFFC) and nonlinear internal model control (NIMC). Both the design methods ensure robust stability and bounded tracking errors for all the systems belonging to the involved uncertainty set. Two applicative examples of robust control from data are presented: NFFC control of semi‐active suspension systems and NIMC control of vehicle lateral dynamics.Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive prescribed performance control for switched nonlinear systems with input saturation

In this paper, an adaptive prescribed performance output-feedback control scheme is proposed for a class of switched nonlinear systems with input saturation. The MT-filters are employed to estimate the unmeasured states and the unknown functions are approximated by the radial basis function neural networks in controller design procedure. It is proved that all the signals in the closed-loop system are semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded and the tracking error satisfies the prescribed performance. Finally, simulation results are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

Adaptive neural prescribed performance control for a class of strict-feedback stochastic nonlinear systems under arbitrary switchings

This paper presents an adaptive neural tracking control scheme for strict-feedback stochastic nonlinear systems with guaranteed transient and steady-state performance under arbitrary switchings. First, by utilising the prescribed performance control, the prescribed tracking control performance can be ensured, while the requirement for the initial error is removed. Second, radial basis function neural networks approximation are used to handle unknown nonlinear functions and stochastic disturbances. At last, by using the common Lyapunov function method and the backstepping technique, a common adaptive neural controller is constructed. The designed controller overcomes the problem of the over-parameterisation, and further alleviates the computational burden. Under the proposed common adaptive controller, all the signals in the closed-loop system are 4-Moment (or 2 Moment) semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded, and the prescribed tracking control performance are guaranteed under arbitrary switchings. Three examples are presented to further illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.     

控制方向未知的时变非线性系统鲁棒控制

针对一类具有未知时变控制方向、不确定时变参数以及未知时变有界干扰的严反馈非线性系统,给出一种带有死区修正算法的鲁棒控制方法.在控制系数符号未知的情况下,通过在反步法中引入Nussbaum增益和死区修正技术,得到一种修正的鲁棒反步设计方法.该方法不需要未知时变控制系数的上下界先验知识以及不确定参数和外界干扰的上界信息.算法保证了闭环系统所有信号的有界性,同时使得跟踪误差收敛于零的任意小邻域内.     

Neural network-based robust adaptive control of nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics

A neural network-based robust adaptive control design scheme is developed for a class of nonlinear systems represented by input–output models with an unknown nonlinear function and unmodeled dynamics. By on-line approximating the unknown nonlinear functions and unmodeled dynamics by radial basis function (RBF) networks, the proposed approach does not require the unknown parameters to satisfy the linear dependence condition. It is proved that with the proposed control law, the closed-loop system is stable and the tracking error converges to zero in the presence of unmodeled dynamics and unknown nonlinearity. A simulation example is presented to demonstrate the method.     

Prescribed performance adaptive fault tolerant control approach for nonlinear large-scale systems with time delay interconnection and dead zone input

In this study, a prescribed performance adaptive fault tolerant tracking control scheme is presented for a class of nonlinear large-scale systems with time delay interconnection, dead zone input, and actuator fault. The radial basis function neural networks are used to approximate unknown nonlinear functions. Different from the barrier Lyapunov functions used to achieve the symmetrical prescribed performance, a new error transformation is introduced in this study to achieve the desired asymmetrical prescribed performance. In addition, Nussbaum function is introduced to solve the difficulties caused by dead zone input and actuator fault. Based on the appropriate Lyapunov–Krasovskii functions, the effect of time delay interconnection could be compensated. By using backstepping procedures, an adaptive fault tolerant tracking control approach is developed for the considered large-scale systems, and the stability of the closed-loop systems is analyzed by Lyapunov theory. Meanwhile, the prescribed performance of the tracking error could be guaranteed. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed control approach is illustrated by two simulation examples.     

Adaptive synchronisation of unknown nonlinear networked systems with prescribed performance

This paper proposes an adaptive tracking control with prescribed performance function for distributive cooperative control of highly nonlinear multi-agent systems. The use of such approach confines the tracking error within a large predefined set to a predefined smaller set. The key idea is to transform the constrained system into unconstrained one through the transformation of the output error. Agents’ dynamics are assumed unknown, and the controller is developed for a strongly connected structured network. The proposed controller allows all agents to follow the trajectory of the leader node, while satisfying the necessary dynamic requirements. The proposed approach guarantees uniform ultimate boundedness for the transformed error as well as a bounded adaptive estimate of the unknown parameters and dynamics. Simulations include two examples to validate the robustness and smoothness of the proposed controller against highly nonlinear heterogeneous multi-agent system with uncertain time-variant parameters and external disturbances.     

具有预设性能的切换系统输出反馈自适应动态面控制

本文针对一类具有未建模动态和预设性能的输出反馈非线性切换系统,提出基于公共Lyapunov函数法的自适应输出反馈动态面控制方案.通过设计K滤波器和观测器估计不可测量的状态.引入动态信号处理动态不确定性.利用Nussbaum函数解决增益符号未知的问题.神经网络用于逼近由设计过程和理论分析所产生的未知连续函数.引入性能函数和误差转换器将预设性能控制问题转换为稳定性问题.通过适当选取切换子系统的初值,并利用动态面控制系统证明的特点,证明了闭环切换系统所有信号半全局一致终结有界.仿真例子验证了所提方案的有效性.     

Observer‐based adaptive robust control of a class of nonlinear systems with dynamic uncertainties

In this paper, a discontinuous projection‐based adaptive robust control (ARC) scheme is constructed for a class of nonlinear systems in an extended semi‐strict feedback form by incorporating a nonlinear observer and a dynamic normalization signal. The form allows for parametric uncertainties, uncertain nonlinearities, and dynamic uncertainties. The unmeasured states associated with the dynamic uncertainties are assumed to enter the system equations in an affine fashion. A novel nonlinear observer is first constructed to estimate the unmeasured states for a less conservative design. Estimation errors of dynamic uncertainties, as well as other model uncertainties, are dealt with effectively via certain robust feedback control terms for a guaranteed robust performance. In contrast with existing conservative robust adaptive control schemes, the proposed ARC method makes full use of the available structural information on the unmeasured state dynamics and the prior knowledge on the bounds of parameter variations for high performance. The resulting ARC controller achieves a prescribed output tracking transient performance and final tracking accuracy in the sense that the upper bound on the absolute value of the output tracking error over entire time‐history is given and related to certain controller design parameters in a known form. Furthermore, in the absence of uncertain nonlinearities, asymptotic output tracking is also achieved. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Adaptive robust asymptotic tracking control of nonaffine nonlinear systems

This article investigates the barrier lyapunov function-based adaptive robust control scheme for nonaffine nonlinear systems with unknown system dynamics. First, the nonaffine system is converted into affine system via a combination of first-order filter and coordinate transformation, then a high-gain observer is utilized to reconstruct the immeasurable states of the derived affine system. Second, a robust integral of the sign of the error (RISE) is incorporated into the control design to reject the unknown dynamics. Third, a barrier lyapunov function based design method is used to ensure that the input vector to the parameter estimation remain within a predefined region. Then, an adaptive robust control scheme with only one adaptive parameter by using the upper bound estimation is developed. Finally, numerical simulations validate the efficacy of the developed control scheme.     

Robust resilient control for parametric strict feedback systems with prescribed output and virtual tracking errors

This paper investigates the robust resilient control problem for a class of parametric strict feedback nonlinear systems with prescribed output and virtual tracking errors performance. The resilience is governed by a continuously nonlinear control gains function, which endows the virtual and actual controllers with self‐adjusting abilities with respect to transformed error surfaces. The proposed control scheme is adaptation, estimation, and approximation‐free in the presence of unknown parameters and nonlinearities, and only a number of control gains, which is equal to the relative degree of the considered plants, need to be selected in applications. It is proved by rigorous analysis that the output tracking errors are confined in predefined prescribed performance functions under some nonrestrictive initial conditions, and the bounds of states are obtained characterized as control gains and systemic function‐associated constants. Finally, comparative illustrative examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.     

Neural adaptive prescribed performance control for interconnected nonlinear systems with output dead zone

This paper is concerned with the neural‐based decentralized adaptive control for interconnected nonlinear systems with prescribed performance and unknown dead zone outputs. In the controller design procedure, neural networks are employed to identify unknown auxiliary functions, and the control design obstacle caused by the output nonlinearity is resolved via introducing Nussbaum function. Then, a reliable neural decentralized adaptive control is developed through incorporating the backstepping method and the prescribed performance technique. In the light of Lyapunov stability theory, it is verified that the proposed control scheme can ensure that all the closed‐loop signals are bounded, and can also guarantee that the tracking errors remain within a small enough compact set with the prescribed performance bounds. Finally, some simulation results are given to illustrate the feasibility of the devised control strategy.     

Supervisory switching‐based prescribed performance control of unknown nonlinear systems against actuator failures

This article studies the fault‐tolerant control problem for unknown nonlinear strict‐feedback systems subject to actuator failures yet with dynamic redundancies. The prescribed performance control methodology is newly combined with a modification‐based supervisory switching strategy to solve the problem. To implement failure detection, the performance function is properly modified to synthesize a monitoring function to supervise the behavior of an error variable. Once a failure is detected, the current actuator is shut down and the backup actuator is switched in to execute the reconfigured control command. Compared with the existing results, (1) the postfailure and postswitching tracking performance is improved, other than uniform ultimate boundedness and (2) the dependence on extra robust control schemes (eg, adaptive or approximating structures) to deal with model uncertainties or the need to compute analytic derivatives of virtual control signals in the backstepping design is eliminated.     

Robust adaptive control of nonlinear systems with unknown time delays

In this paper, robust adaptive control is presented for a class of parametric-strict-feedback nonlinear systems with unknown time delays. Using appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, the uncertainties of unknown time delays are compensated for. Controller singularity problems are solved by employing practical robust control and regrouping unknown parameters. By using differentiable approximation, backstepping design can be carried out for a class of nonlinear systems in strict-feedback form. It is proved that the proposed systematic backstepping design method is able to guarantee global uniform ultimate boundedness of all the signals in the closed-loop system and the tracking error is proven to converge to a small neighborhood of the origin. Simulation results are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed approach.