Heteroclinic Cycles in a Class of 3-Dimensional Piecewise Affine Systems

This paper explores the existence of heteroclinic cycles and corresponding chaotic dynamics in a class of 3-dimensional two-zone piecewise affine systems. Moreover, the heteroclinic cycles connect two saddle foci and intersect the switching manifold at two points and the switching manifold is composed of two perpendicular planes.

LMI-based robust control of uncertain discrete-time piecewise affine systems

The main contribution of this paper is to present stability synthesis results for discrete-time piecewise affine （PWA） systems with polytopic time-varying uncertainties and for discrete-time PWA systems with norm-bounded uncertainties respectively.The basic idea of the proposed approaches is to construct piecewise-quadratic （PWQ） Lyapunov functions to guarantee the stability of the closed-loop systems.The partition information of the PWA systems is taken into account and each polytopic operating region is outer approximated by an ellipsoid,then sufficient conditions for the robust stabilization are derived and expressed as a set of linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）.Two examples are given to illustrate the proposed theoretical results.

Global Practical Stabilization of Discrete-Time Switched Affine Systems via a General Quadratic Lyapunov Function and a Decentralized Ellipsoid

This paper addresses the problem of global practical stabilization of discrete-time switched affine systems via statedependent switching rules.Several attempts have been made to solve this problem via different types of a common quadratic Lyapunov function and an ellipsoid.These classical results require either the quadratic Lyapunov function or the employed ellipsoid to be of the centralized type.In some cases,the ellipsoids are defined dependently as the level sets of a decentralized Lyapunov function.In this paper,we extend the existing results by the simultaneous use of a general decentralized Lyapunov function and a decentralized ellipsoid parameterized independently.The proposed conditions provide less conservative results than existing works in the sense of the ultimate invariant set of attraction size.Two different approaches are proposed to extract the ultimate invariant set of attraction with a minimum size,i.e.,a purely numerical method and a numerical-analytical one.In the former,both invariant and attractiveness conditions are imposed to extract the final set of matrix inequalities.The latter is established on a principle that the attractiveness of a set implies its invariance.Thus,the stability conditions are derived based on only the attractiveness property as a set of matrix inequalities with a smaller dimension.Illustrative examples are presented to prove the satisfactory operation of the proposed stabilization methods.

The Analysis of Global Input-to-state Stability for Piecewise Affine Systems with Time-delay

In this paper, global input-to-state stability （ISS） for discrete-time piecewise affine systems with time-delay are considered Piecewise quadratic ISS-Lyapunov functions are adopted. Both Lyapunov-Razumikhiu and Lyapunov-Krasovskii methods are used The theorems of Lyapunov-Razumikhin type and Lyapunov-Krasovskii type for piecewise affine systems with time-delay are shown respectively.

Nonsynchronized state estimation of uncertain discrete-time piecewise affine systems

This paper investigates the problem of robust H-infinity state estimation for a class of uncertain discretetime piecewise affine systems where state space instead of measurable output space partitions are assumed so that the filter implementation may not be synchronized with plant state trajectory transitions. Based on a piecewise quadratic Lyapunov function combined with S-procedure and some matrix inequality convexifying techniques, two different approaches are developed to the robust filtering design for the underlying piecewise affine systems. It is shown that the filter gains can be obtained by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities （LMIs）. Finally, a simulation example is provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.

Zonotope parameter identification for piecewise affine systems

The problem of how to identify the piecewise affine system is studied in this paper, where this considered piecewise affine system is a special nonlinear system. The reason why it is not easy to identify this piecewise affine system is that each separated region and each unknown parameter vector are all needed to be determined simultaneously. Then, firstly, in order to achieve the identification goal, a multi-class classification process is proposed to determine each separated region. As the proposed multi-class classification process is the same with the classical data clustering strategy, the multi-class classification process can combine the first order algorithm of convex optimization, while achieving the goal of the classification process. Secondly, a zonotope parameter identification algorithm is used to construct a set, which contains the unknown parameter vector. In this zonotope parameter identification algorithm, the strict probabilistic description about the external noise is relaxed, and each unknown parameter vector is also identified. Furthermore, this constructed set is consistent with the measured output and the given bound corresponding to the noise. Thirdly, a sufficient condition about guaranteeing our derived zonotope not growing unbounded with iterations is formulated as an explicit linear matrix inequality. Finally, the effectiveness of this zonotope parameter identification algorithm is proven through a simulation example.

Heteroclinic cycles in a new class of four-dimensional discontinuous piecewise affine systems

It is a huge challenge to give an existence theorem for heteroclinic cycles in the high-dimensional discontinuous piecewise systems（DPSs）. This paper first provides a new class of four-dimensional（4 D） two-zone discontinuous piecewise affine systems（DPASs）, and then gives a useful criterion to ensure the existence of heteroclinic cycles in the systems by rigorous mathematical analysis. To illustrate the feasibility and efficiency of the theory, two numerical examples, exhibiting chaotic behaviors in a small neighborhood of heteroclinic cycles, are discussed.

Constrained sliding mode control of nonlinear fractional order input affine systems

Asymptotic stability of nonlinear fractional order affine systems with bounded inputs is dealt.The main contribution is to design a new bounded fractional order chattering free sliding mode controller in which the system states converge to the sliding surface at a determined finite time.To eliminate the chattering in the sliding mode and make the input controller bounded,hyperbolic tangent is used for designing the proposed fractional order sliding surface.Finally,the stability of the closed loop system using this bounded sliding mode controller is guaranteed by Lyapunov theory.A comparison with the integer order case is then presented and fractional order nonlinear polynomial systems are also studied as the special case.Finally,simulation results are provided to show the effectiveness of the designed controller.

Output Feedback Control of Discrete-Time T-S Fuzzy Affine Systems Using Quantized Measurements

This paper investigates the problem of robust H!fixed-order dynamic output feedback( DOF)controller design for a class of Takagi-Sugeno( T-S) fuzzy affine systems using quantized measurements.Through a state-input augmentation method,some sufficient conditions for controller synthesis are developed based upon piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions( PQLFs) in terms of LMIs. Two illustrative studies are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller synthesis approach.

Quadratic stabilisation of switched affine systems

Minqing Xiao received the Ph.D.degree from Chongqing University,Chongqing,China,in 2008.He is currently a Professor with the College of Mathematics and Informatics,Fujian Normal University,Fuzhou,China.His current research interests include robust control/filter theory,delta operator systems,networked control systems,and switched systems;Guisheng Zhai received his B.S.degree from Fudan University,China,in 1988,and he received his M.E.and Ph.D.degrees,both in system science,from Kobe University,Japan,in 1993 and 1996,respectively.After two years of industrial experience,Dr.Zhai moved to Wakayama University,Japan,in 1998,and then to Osaka Prefecture University,Japan,in 2004.He held visiting professor positions at University of Notre Dame from August 2001 to July 2002,and at Purdue University from March 2016 through February 2017.In April 2010,he joined the faculty board of Shibaura Institute of Technology,Japan,where he currently is a full Professor of Mathematical Sciences.His research interests include large scale and decentralised control systems,robust control,switched systems and switching control,networked control and multi-agent systems,neural networks and signal processing,etc.Dr.Zhai is on the editorial board of several academic journals including IET Control Theory&Applications,International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science,Journal of Control and Decision,and Frontiers of Mechanical Engineering.He is a Senior Member of IEEE,a member of ISCIE,SICE,JSST and JSME.

Robust observer-based control for uncertain discrete-time piecewise affine systems

The main contribution of this paper is to present a novel robust observer-based controller design method for discrete-time piecewise affine systems with norm-bounded uncertainties. The key ideas are to construct a piecewise quadratic Lyapunov function to guarantee the stability of the closed-loop systems, approximate polytopic operating regions by ellipsoids, and use the singular value decomposition technique to treat the constraint of matrix equality. It is shown that the suggested control method can be formulated as linear matrix inequalities that are numerically feasible with commer- cially available software. A numerical example is also given to verify the proposed approach.

Stability analysis for affine fuzzy system based on fuzzy Lyapunov functions

An analysis method based on the fuzzy Lyapunov functions is presented to analyze the stability of the continuous affine fuzzy systems. First, a method is introduced to deal with the consequent part of the fuzzy local model. Thus, the stability analysis method of the homogeneous fuzzy system can be used for reference. Stability conditions are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities based on the fuzzy Lyapunov functions and the modified common Lyapunov functions, respectively. The results demonstrate that the stability result based on the fuzzy Lyapunov functions is less conservative than that based on the modified common Lyapunov functions via numerical examples. Compared with the method which does not expand the consequent part, the proposed method is simpler but its feasible region is reduced. Finally, in order to expand the application of the fuzzy Lyapunov functions, the piecewise fuzzy Lyapunov function is proposed, which can be used to analyze the stability for triangular or trapezoidal membership functions and obtain the stability conditions. A numerical example validates the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

GLOBAL INPUT-TO-STATE STABILIZATION WITH QUANTIZED FEEDBACK FOR DISCRETE-TIME PIECEWISE AFFINE SYSTEMS WITH TIME DELAYS

In this paper, global input-to-state stabilization with quantized feedback for discrete-time piecewise affine systems （PWA） with time delays are considered. Both feedback with time delays and feedback without time delays are considered. Piecewise quadratic ISS-Lyapunov functions are adopted. Both Lyapunov-Razumikhin and Lyapunov-Krasovskii methods are adopted. The theorems for global input-to-state stabilization with quantized feedback of discrete PWA systems with time delays are

Fuzzy Filter Design for Affine Systems with Sensor Faults:A Dynamic Event-Triggered Approach

This study addresses the issue of dynamic event-triggered-based filtering for fuzzy affine systems.To alleviate the utilization of constraint bandwidth resources and improve the efficiency of the signals exchange,a dynamic event-triggered protocol is forwarded to regulate the trigger instants with objective system states.Meanwhile,the nonhomogeneous Markov process is proposed to characterize the dynamic behaviors of sensor faults,where the time-varying transition probabilities belong to a convex polytope set.Finally,the validity and applicability of devised filter design methodology for fuzzy affine systems are displayed via two practical models.

Piecewise output feedback control for affine systems with disturbances based on linear temporal logic specifications

In the paper,we investigate the problem of finding a piecewise output feedback control law for an uncertain affine system such that the resulting closed-loop output satisfies a desired linear temporal logic (LTL) specification.A two-level hierarchical approach is proposed to solve the problem in a triangularized output space.In the lower level,we explore whether there exists a robust output feedback control law to make the output starting in a simplex either remains in it or leaves via a specific facet.In the higher level,for the triangularization,we construct the transition system according to the reachability relationship obtained in the lower level and search for feasible paths that meet the LTL specification.The control approach is then applied to solve a motion planning problem.

Event-triggered state estimation for T-S fuzzy affine systems based on piecewise Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals

This paper investigates the problem of event-triggered H∞state estimation for Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy affine systems. The objective is to design an event-triggered scheme and an observer such that the resulting estimation error system is asymptotically stable with a prescribed H∞performance and at the same time unnecessary output measurement transmission can be reduced. First, an event-triggered scheme is proposed to determine whether the sampled measurements should be transmitted or not. The output measurements, which trigger the condition, are supposed to suffer a network-induced time-varying and bounded delay before arriving at the observer. Then, by adopting the input delay method, the estimation error system can be reformulated as a piecewise delay system. Based on the piecewise Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and the Finsler's lemma, the event-triggered H∞observer design method is developed. Moreover, an algorithm is proposed to co-design the observer gains and the event-triggering parameters to guarantee that the estimation error system is asymptotically stable with a given disturbance attenuation level and the signal transmission rate is reduced as much as possible. Simulation studies are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Decoupled nonsingular terminal sliding mode control for affine nonlinear systems

A decoupled nonsingular terminal sliding mode control（DNTSMC） approach is proposed to address the tracking control problem of affine nonlinear systems.A nonsingular terminal sliding mode control（NTSMC） method is presented,in which the nonsingular terminal sliding surface is defined as a special nonsingular terminal function and the convergence time of the system states can be specified.The affine nonlinear system is firstly decoupled into linear subsystems via feedback linearization.Then,a nonsingular terminal sliding surface is defined and the NTSMC method is applied to each subsystem separately to ensure the finite time convergence of the closed-loop system.The verification example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed approach.The proposed approach exhibits a considerable advantage in terms of faster tracking error convergence and less chattering compared with the conventional sliding mode control（CSMC）.

Ermakov System and Plane Curve Motions in Affine Geometries

It is shown that the Pinney equation, Ermakov systems, and their higher-order generalizations describeself-similar solutions of plane curve motions in centro-affine and affine geometries.

EXACT LINEARIZATION BASED MULTIPLE-SUBSPACE ITERATIVE RESOLUTION TO AFFINE NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEM

To the optimal control problem of affine nonlinear system, based on differential geometry theory, feedback precise linearization was used. Then starting from the simulative relationship between computational structural mechanics and optimal control, multiple-substructure method was inducted to solve the optimal control problem which was linearized. And finally the solution to the original nonlinear system was found. Compared with the classical linearizational method of Taylor expansion, this one diminishes the abuse of error expansion with the enlargement of used region.

Solving Fully Fuzzy Nonlinear Eigenvalue Problems of Damped Spring-Mass Structural Systems Using Novel Fuzzy-Affine Approach

The dynamic analysis of damped structural system by using finite element method leads to nonlinear eigenvalue problem(NEP)(particularly,quadratic eigenvalue problem).In general,the parameters of NEP are considered as exact values.But in actual practice because of different errors and incomplete information,the parameters may have uncertain or vague values and such uncertain values may be considered in terms of fuzzy numbers.This article proposes an efficient fuzzy-affine approach to solve fully fuzzy nonlinear eigenvalue problems(FNEPs)where involved parameters are fuzzy numbers viz.triangular and trapezoidal.Based on the parametric form,fuzzy numbers have been transformed into family of standard intervals.Further due to the presence of interval overestimation problem in standard interval arithmetic,affine arithmetic based approach has been implemented.In the proposed method,the FNEP has been linearized into a generalized eigenvalue problem and further solved by using the fuzzy-affine approach.Several application problems of structures and also general NEPs with fuzzy parameters are investigated based on the proposed procedure.Lastly,fuzzy eigenvalue bounds are illustrated with fuzzy plots with respect to its membership function.Few comparisons are also demonstrated to show the reliability and efficacy of the present approach.