Predictor-based continuous-discrete nonlinear observer design subject to aperiodic sampled and delayed measurement

In this paper, a predictor-based continuous-discrete nonlinear observer is proposed for a class of nonaffine Lipschitz nonlinear systems with aperiodic sampled delayed output measurements and external disturbance. Firstly, this study introduces a class of delayed sampling hybrid nonlinear systems. By employing Lyapunov techniques and trajectory-based stability theory, sufficient conditions are established for ensuring input-to-state stability of the delayed sampling hybrid nonlinear system with respect to external disturbances. Then the predictor-based continuous-discrete nonlinear observer is designed which consists of a continuous-time observer, a compensating injector and a predictor. The continuous-time observer is utilized to obtain continuous and delay-free state estimation. The compensating injector is designed to compensate for output errors that occur between sampling instants. Furthermore, the predictor is employed to obtain delay-free output error information, which is then utilized by the continuous-time observer for feedback correction. The proposed observer's exponential input-to-state property against the disturbance is proved via the proposed hybrid system stability theory. The effectiveness of the proposed observers has been demonstrated through numerical simulations and performance comparisons with the zero-order holder-based observer and the output predictor-based observer designs in order to highlight the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed observer.     

High gain observer with updated gain for a class of MIMO nonlinear systems

A high gain like observer with an updated gain is proposed for a class of MIMO nonlinear systems that are observable for any inputs. The main contribution of this article lies in the nature of the observer gain that involves a scalar time-varying design parameter governed by some scalar Riccati equation. This time-varying design parameter, chosen constant in standard high observer, allows to get an acceptable tradeoff between state reconstruction speed on the one hand versus amplification of noise on the other. Simulation results are given in order to highlight the performances of the proposed observer, namely its exponential convergence and its good behaviour in dealing with noise measurements.     

Global tracking sliding mode control for a class of nonlinear systems via variable gain observer

A novel output‐feedback sliding mode control strategy is proposed for a class of single‐input single‐output (SISO) uncertain time‐varying nonlinear systems for which a norm state estimator can be implemented. Such a class encompasses minimum‐phase systems with nonlinearities affinely norm bounded by unmeasured states with growth rate depending nonlinearly on the measured system output and on the internal states related with the zero‐dynamics. The sliding surface is generated by using the state of a high gain observer (HGO) whereas a peaking free control amplitude is obtained via a norm observer. In contrast to the existing semi‐global sliding mode control solutions available in the literature for the class of plants considered here, the proposed scheme is free of peaking and achieves global tracking with respect to a small residual set. The key idea is to design a time‐varying HGO gain implementable from measurable signals. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Continuous output feedback stabilization for nonlinear systems based on sampled and delayed output measurements

This paper addresses the problem of output feedback stabilization for nonlinear systems with sampled and delayed output measurements. Firstly, sufficient conditions are proposed to ensure that a class of hybrid systems are globally exponentially stable. Then, based on the sufficient conditions and a dedicated construction continuous observer, an output feedback control law is presented to globally exponentially stabilize the nonlinear systems. The output feedback stabilizer is continuous and hybrid, and can be derived without discretization. The maximum allowable sampling period and the maximum delay are also given. At last, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the design methods. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Observers and output feedback stabilising controllers for nonlinear strict-feedback systems with sampled observation

The design of observers and output feedback stabilising controllers for continuous-time strict-feedback systems with sampled observation is considered. First two types of observers are designed. One is a discrete-time semiglobal and practical reduced-order observer for the exact model and the other is a continuous-time semiglobal and practical full-order observer for continuous-time strict feedback systems with sampled observation. Then by combining the designed continuous-time observers and continuous-time state feedback laws that are continuous, zero at the origin, and uniformly globally asymptotically stabilise continuous-time systems, output feedback semiglobally practically uniformly asymptotically stabilising controllers are constructed. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the proposed design of observers and output feedback controllers.     

Adaptive output feedback regulation for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems

In this paper, the problem of global state regulation by output feedback is investigated for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems satisfying some relaxed upper‐triangular‐type condition. Using a linear dynamic gain observer with two dynamic gains and introducing two appropriate change of coordinates, we give a constructive design procedure for the linear‐like output feedback stabilizing controller. It is proved that the proposed controller globally regulates all the states of the uncertain system and maintains global boundedness of the closed‐loop system. An example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design scheme. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Piecewise-continuous observers for linear systems with sampled and delayed output

The paper presents a new class of state observers for linear systems with sampled and delayed output measurements. These observers are derived using the theory of a particular class of hybrid systems called piecewise-continuous systems, and can be easily implemented. The performances of the piecewise-continuous observers are compared with the performances of state observers designed using the Lyapunov–Krasovskii techniques. A piecewise-continuous observer is designed and implemented to an experimental visual servoing platform.     

一类非线性系统故障诊断观测器设计

大多故障诊断算法集中在线性系统方面, 在非线性方面只考虑故障对状态起线性影响的那些系统. 本文根据系统的非线性本质特性, 提出了基于模型的一类非线性系统故障诊断观测器设计方法. 应用系统的(B;K; á)实现精确分解后的系统模型, 对它们的状态故障起非线性的影响. 采用干扰解耦技术,获得的残差对未知扰动有很好的鲁棒性. 在Lyapunov意义下, 验证了算法的稳定性. 仿真验证表明, 所提算法具有快速收敛性, 对一类非线性系统诊断效果较好.     

Adaptive fuzzy controller design with observer for a class of uncertain nonlinear MIMO systems

In this paper, an adaptive fuzzy control approach is proposed to stabilize a class of uncertain nonlinear MIMO systems with the unmeasured states and the external disturbances. The fuzzy logic systems are used to approximate the unknown functions. Because it does not required to assume that the system states are measurable, it needs to design an observer to estimate the system unmeasured states. The considered MIMO systems are more general, i.e. they consist of N subsystems and each subsystem is in the non‐affine form. The stability of the closed‐loop system is verified by using Lyapunov analysis method. Two simulation examples are utilized to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

Semi‐global stabilization via linear sampled‐data output feedback for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems

This paper develops a systematic design scheme to construct a linear sampled‐data output feedback controller that semi‐globally asymptotically stabilizes a class of uncertain systems with both higher‐order and linear growth nonlinearities. To deal with the uncertain coefficients in the systems, a robust state feedback stabilizer and a reduced‐order sampled‐data observer, both in the linear form, are constructed and then integrated together. The semi‐global attractivity and local stability are delicately proved by carefully selecting a scaling gain using the output feedback domination approach and a sampling period sufficiently small to restrain the state growth under a zero‐order‐holder input. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Quantised and sampled output feedback for nonlinear systems

In this paper we consider the analysis and design of an output feedback controller for a perturbed nonlinear system in which the output is sampled and quantised. Using the attractive ellipsoid method, which is based on Lyapunov analysis techniques, together with the relaxation of a nonlinear optimisation problem, sufficient conditions for the design of a robust control law are obtained. Since the original conditions result in nonlinear matrix inequalities, a numerical algorithm to obtain the solution is presented. The obtained control ensures that the trajectories of the closed-loop system will converge to a minimal (in a sense to be made specific) ellipsoidal region. Finally, numerical examples are presented in order to illustrate the applicability of the proposed design method.     

High gain observer for a class of non-triangular systems

This paper presents a high gain observer for a class of MIMO nonlinear systems involving some uncertainties. The latter is particularly composed of cascade subsystems where each subsystem is associated with a subset of the output variables, and assumes a triangular dependence on its own state variables and may depend on the state variables of all other subsystems. The main contribution consists in extending the available results to allow more interconnections between the subsystems. Of fundamental interest, it is shown that the underlying observation error exponentially converges to zero in the absence of uncertainties. Moreover, the observation error can be made as small as desired by properly specifying the observer design parameter in the case where uncertainties are considered.     

一类非线性系统的控制器和观测器设计

研究一类非线性系统的全状态反馈控制问题、观测器设计问题及输出反馈控制设计问题.首先设计出非线性全状态反馈控制器,获得了系统指数镇定的充分条件.然后提出了非线性观测器,并证明了该观测器是指数稳定观测器.进一步,在控制器和观测器问题的充分条件满足的假设下,证明了提出的带估计状态的反馈控制能达到指数镇定.最后,仿真实例验证了所得结果的有效性.     

Adaptive output feedback control for a class of planar nonlinear systems

This paper is concerned with the problem of global adaptive stabilization by output feedback for a class of planar nonlinear systems with uncertain control coefficient and unknown growth rate. The control coefficient is not supposed to have known upper bound, and this relaxes the corresponding requirement in the existing literature (see e.g. 1 , 2 . First, by the universal control method, an observer is constructed based on the dynamic high‐gain K‐filters. Then, the control design procedure is developed to obtain the stabilizing controller and dynamic compensator for the uncertainties in the control coefficient. It is shown that the global stability of the closed‐loop system can be guaranteed by the appropriate choice of the design parameters. A simulation example is also provided to illustrate the correctness of the theoretical results. © 2009 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society.     

Event‐triggered cascade high‐gain observer and its application

In this article, we consider the event‐triggered cascade high‐gain observer (ETCHGO) for a class of nonlinear systems. By cascading lower dimensional observers, we design a cascade high‐gain observer together with a Zeno‐free event‐triggered mechanism to estimate the state of the plant. We show that the ETCHGO has the same steady‐state performance as the continuous‐time cascade high‐gain observer, that is, there is a finite time after which the estimation error will not exceed the given threshold, and moreover, the finite time and the threshold can be made sufficiently small by adjusting some design parameters. We also investigate an ETCHGO with saturation, which will reduce the peaking value while maintaining the steady‐state estimation performance. Furthermore, we use the ETCHGO with saturation to solve the output feedback stabilization problem for a class of nonlinear systems. An example is given to illustrate our results.     

Observer and output feedback stabilisation for a class of nonlinear systems

In this paper, we discuss the boundedness of nonlinear stochastic difference systems with time-varying delays. Several criteria on exponential ultimate boundedness in mean square are derived. Examples are also discussed to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

一类增长率依赖输出的非线性系统的输出反馈输出跟踪控制

研究一类增长率依赖输出非线性系统的输出反馈输出跟踪控制问题.利用系统结构特点,构造出系统实现输出跟踪时内部状态的渐近轨迹.通过建立状态与渐近轨迹偏差的动态方程,将输出跟踪问题转化为偏差系统的镇定问题,然后通过设计偏差系统的输出反馈镇定控制器给出输出反馈输出跟踪控制器.最后以仿真实例验证本文结论.     

Adaptive output feedback stabilization for a class of nonlinear systems with inherent nonlinearities and uncertainties

This paper investigates the problem of adaptive stabilization by output feedback for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems. The distinguishing feature of such a class of systems is the presence of uncertain control coefficient and unmeasured states dependent growth with growth rate of polynomial‐of‐output multiplying an unknown constant. First, new high‐gain K‐filters with two dynamic gains are introduced, and an appropriate state observer is constructed based on the K‐filters. Then, motivated by the universal control idea, the backstepping scheme is successfully developed for the adaptive output feedback control design. By appropriate choice of the design parameters, the global stability of the closed‐loop system can be guaranteed. Finally, numerical simulations are provided to illustrate the correctness of the theoretical results. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Finite‐time output tracking for a class of switched nonlinear systems

This paper investigates the finite‐time output tracking for a class of switched nonlinear systems in p‐normal form. Compared with the existing results, the restrictions on power orders of the system are relaxed. Using the convex combination method and the adding a power integrator technique, a state‐dependent switching and law, and state feedback controllers of individual subsystems are constructed. It is shown that all states of the closed‐loop system are bounded, and the tracking error can converge to a small neighborhood of zero in finite time. An example is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.