A CONJECTURE CONCERNING THE HADAMARD PRODUCT OF INVERSE M-MATRICES

1 IntroductionFor an n×n matrix A which is an inverse M-matrix,M.Neumann in [1]conjecturedthat the Hadamard product A·A is an inverse of an M-matrix.They have checked hisconjecture without failure on Ultrametric matrices and inverse of MMA-matrices,Uni-pathicmatrices and the Willongby inverse M-matrices.Bo-Ying Wang et al.in[2]haveinvestigated Triangular inverse M-matrices which are closed under the Hadamard multipli-cation.Lu Linzheng,Sun Weiwei and Li Wen in[3]presented a more general

Construction of nonsingular formulae of variance and covariance function of disturbing gravity gradient tensors

When the computational point is approaching the poles, the variance and covariance formulae of the disturbing gravity gradient tensors tend to be infinite, and this is a singular problem. In order to solve the problem, the authors deduced the practical non-singular computational formulae of the first- and second-order derivatives of the Legendre functions and two kinds of spherical harmonic functions, and then constructed the nonsingular formulae of variance and eovarianee function of disturbing gravity gradient tensors.

Nonsingular terminal sliding mode approach applied to synchronize chaotic systems with unknown parameters and nonlinear inputs

This paper deals with the design of a novel nonsingular terminal sliding mode controller for finite-time synchro-nization of two different chaotic systems with fully unknown parameters and nonlinear inputs. We propose a novel nonsingular terminal sliding surface and prove its finite-time convergence to zero. We assume that both the master＇s and the slave＇s system parameters are unknown in advance. Proper adaptation laws are derived to tackle the unknown parameters. An adaptive sliding mode control law is designed to ensure the existence of the sliding mode in finite time. We prove that both reaching and sliding mode phases are stable in finite time. An estimation of convergence time is given. Two illustrative examples show the effectiveness and usefulness of the proposed technique. It is worthwhile noticing that the introduced nonsingular terminal sliding mode can be applied to a wide variety of nonlinear control problems.

Nonsingular Terminal Sliding Mode Control With Ultra-Local Model and Single Input Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Control for Pitch Control of Wind Turbines

As wind energy is becoming one of the fastestgrowing renewable energy resources,controlling large-scale wind turbines remains a challenging task due to its system model nonlinearities and high external uncertainties.The main goal of the current work is to propose an intelligent control of the wind turbine system without the need for model identification.For this purpose,a novel model-independent nonsingular terminal slidingmode control(MINTSMC)using the basic principles of the ultralocal model(ULM)and combined with the single input interval type-2 fuzzy logic control(SIT2-FLC)is developed for non-linear wind turbine pitch angle control.In the suggested control framework,the MINTSMC scheme is designed to regulate the wind turbine speed rotor,and a sliding-mode(SM)observer is adopted to estimate the unknown phenomena of the ULM.The auxiliary SIT2-FLC is added in the model-independent control structure to improve the rotor speed regulation and compensate for the SM observation estimation error.Extensive examinations and comparative analyses were made using a real-time softwarein-the-loop(RT-SiL)based on the dSPACE 1202 board to appraise the efficiency and applicability of the suggested modelindependent scheme in a real-time testbed.

SIMPLE SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS OF NONSINGULAR H-MATRICES

1 IntroductionH-matrices have important role in numerical analysis and matrix theory,etc.In thispaper,several practical criteria for H-matrices are obtained,to which the matrix is notnecessary be a diagonally dominant matrix,and the numbers of rows which are not diago-nal dominant can be n-1.We introduce the concept of α-diagonally dominant matrix,andby using the concept to investigate H-matrices.

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）.

Precise robust motion control of cell puncture mechanism driven by piezoelectric actuators with fractional-order nonsingular terminal slidingmode control

A novel robust controller is proposed in this study to realize the precise motion control of a cell puncture mechanism(CPM)driven by piezoelectric ceramics(PEAs).The entire dynamic model of CPM is constructed based on the Bouc–Wen model,and the nonlinear part of the dynamic model is optimized locally to facilitate the construction of a robust controller.A model-based,nonlinear robust controller is constructed using time-delay estimation(TDE)and fractional-order nonsingular terminal sliding mode(FONTSM).The proposed controller does not require prior knowledge of unknown disturbances due to its real-time online estimation and compensation of unknown terms by using the TDE technology.The controller also has finite-time convergence and high-precision trajectory tracking capabilities due to FONTSM manifold and fast terminal sliding mode-type reaching law.The stability of the closed-loop system is proved by Lyapunov stability theory.Computer simulation and hardware-in-loop simulation experiments of CPM verify that the proposed controller outperforms traditional terminal sliding mode controllers,such as the integer-order or model-free controller.The proposed controller can also continuously output without chattering and has high control accuracy.Zebrafish embryo is used as a verification target to complete the cell puncture experiment.From the engineering application perspective,the proposed control strategy can be effectively applied in a PEA-driven CPM.

Nonsingular Fast Terminal Sliding Mode Control Based on Nonlinear Disturbance Observer for a Quadrotor

Given external disturbances and system uncertainties,a nonsingular fast terminal sliding mode control(NFTSMC)method integrated a nonlinear disturbance observer(NDO)is put forward for quadrotor aircraft.First,a NDO is proposed to estimate the actual values of uncertainties and disturbances.Second,the NFTSM controller based on the reaching law is designed for the attitude subsystem(inner loop),and the control strategy can ensure Euler angles’fast convergence and stability of the attitude subsystem.Moreover,the NFTSMC strategy combined with backstepping is proposed for the position subsystem(outer loop),which can ensure subsystem tracking performance.Finally,comparative simulations show the trajectory tracking performance of the proposed method is superior to that of the traditional sliding mode control(SMC)and the SM integral backstepping control under uncertainties and disturbances.

Adaptive Neural Observer-Based Nonsingular Super-Twisting Terminal Sliding-Mode Controller Design for a Class of Hovercraft Nonlinear Systems

Designing a controller to stabilize maneuvering hovercrafts is an important challenge in amphibious vehicles.Hovercrafts are implemented in several applications,such as military missions,transportation,and scientific tasks.Thus.to improve their performance,it is crucial to control the system and compensate uncertainties and disruptions.In this paper,both classic and intelligent approaches are combined to design an observer-based controller.The system is assumed to be both controllable and observable.An adaptive neural network observer with guaranteed stability is derived for the nonlinear dynamics of a hovercraft,which is controlled via a nonsingular super-twisting terminal sliding-mode method.The main merits of the proposed method are as follows:(1) the Lyapunov stability of the overall closed-loop system,(2) the convergence of the tracking and observer errors to zero,(3) the robustness against uncertainties and disturbances,and(4) the reduction of the chattering phenomena.The simulation results validate the excellent performance of the derived method.

ACCURATE COMPUTATION FOR IRREDUCIBLE NONSINGULAR M-MATRIX

Computing the eigenvalue of smallest modulus and its corresponding eigneveclor of an irreducible nonsingular M-matrix A is considered, It is shown that if the entries of A are known with high relative accuracy, its eigenvalue of smallest modulus and each component of the corresponding eigenvector will be determined to much higher accuracy than the standard perturbation theory suggests. An algorithm is presented to compute them with a small componentwise backward error, which is consistent with the perturbation results.

A DECOMPOSITION DEPENDED ON DIRECTIONS FOR NONSINGULAR LINEAR TRANSFORMATION

In this paper. we give a decomposition depending on p(1≤p≤n-2) orthonormaldirections assigned for nonsingular linear transformation F on a n-dimension (n≥3)Euclidean space En, and then prove foal there exist q(q=n-p) quasi-Principaldirections.for F depending on the preceding p orthonormal directions. As applicance ofthe preceding result, we derive that there exist at least two orthonormal principaldirections of strain in arbitrary plane of body which is in homogeneous deformation,and strain energy density is.function of 5 real numbers under arbitrary quasi-principalbase.for the preceding nonsingular linear transformation.

A SYMMETRICAL NONSINGULAR BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD

In this paper, on the basis of the theory of functional analysis, by the use of the complete orthogonal eigenfunction system, a fundamental solution of the control equation is constructed. By this method, a symmetrical nonsingular boundary element method is derived.

Sufficient Conditions of Nonsingular H-matrices

From the concept of α diagonally dominant matrix, two sufficient conditions of nonsingular H-matrices were obtained in this paper. An example was given to show that these results improve the known results.

High-Precision Nonsingular Integrator of Guiding-Center Orbit Close to Magnetic Axis in Tokamak Equilibrium Configuration

Equations of guiding-center motion without the coordinate singularity at the magnetic axis have been derived from the guiding-center Lagrangian.The poloidal magnetic flux is suggested to be included as one of the nonsingular coordinates for the computation of the guidingcenter orbit.The numerical results based on different nonsingular coordinates are verified using the GCM code which is based on canonical variables.A comparison of numerical performance among these nonsingular coordinates and canonical coordinates has been carried out by checking the conservation of energy and toroidal canonical momentum.It is found that by using the poloidal magnetic flux in the nonsingular coordinate system,the numerical performance of nonsingular coordinates can be greatly improved and is comparable to that of canonical variables in long-time simulations.

Nearfield acoustic holography in a moving medium based on particle velocity input using nonsingular propagator

Nearfield acoustic holography in a moving medium is a technique which is typically suitable for sound sources identification in a flow.In the process of sound field reconstruction,sound pressure is usually used as the input,but it may contain considerable background noise due to the interactions between microphones and flow moving at a high velocity.To avoid this problem,particle velocity is an alternative input,which can be obtained by using laser Doppler velocimetry in a non-intrusive way.However,there is a singular problem in the conventional propagator relating the particle velocity to the pressure,and it could lead to significant errors or even false results.In view of this,in this paper,nonsingular propagators are deduced to realize accurate reconstruction in both cases that the hologram is parallel to and perpendicular to the flow direction.The advantages of the proposed method are analyzed,and simulations are conducted to verify the validation.The results show that the method can overcome the singular problem effectively,and the reconstruction errors are at a low level for different flow velocities,frequencies,and signal-to-noise ratios.

A DIRECT ALGORITHM FOR DISTINGUISHING NONSINGULAR M-MATRIX AND H-MATRIX

A direct algorithm is proposed by which one can distinguish whether a matrix is an M-matrix (or H-matrix) or not quickly and effectively. Numerical examples show that it is effective and convincible to distinguish M-matrix (or H-matrix) by using the algorithm.

Notes on Phase Transition of Nonsingular Black Hole

On the belief that a black hole is a thermodynamic system, we study the phase transition of nonsingular black holes. If the black hole entropy takes the form of the Bekenstein-Hawking area law, the black hole mass M is no longer the internal energy of the black hole thermodynamic system. Using the thermodynamic quantities, we calculate the heat capacity, thermodynamic curvature and free energy. It is shown that there will be a larger black hole/smaller black hole phase transition for the nonsingular black hole. At the critical point, the second-order phase transition appears.

Nonsingularity on Level-k (r_1, r_2,…, r_k)-circulant Matrices of Type (n_1, n_2,…, n_k)

In this paper,it is given that the new equivalent definition of level-k (r1,r2, …,rk)-cir culant matrices of type (n1,n2,…,nk) in [1] and we give the explicit expression of its the eigenval ues and four methods of discriminations its nonsingularity by utilizing only parameter r1,r2, …,rk and elements of the first row of the sorts matrices.

无人机舵面故障高阶滑模重构观测器设计及主动容错控制

针对无人机舵面损伤故障容错问题,提出了基于二阶非奇异终端滑模重构观测器及主动容错设计方法。在分析舵面正常偏转运动学和动力学特性基础上,构建了无人机典型舵面故障非线性特性模型。提出无人机舵面故障的高阶滑模重构滑模观测器设计方案;引入线性变换降维简化观测器设计程式;将终端滑模和非奇异终端滑模结合起来,实现滑模运动有限时间快速收敛;综合自适应律、线性矩阵不等式设计观测器系数矩阵,确保状态估计偏差有界稳定。提出集状态与故障重构于一体的主动容错控制方案,并通过仿真算例检验所提方案的有效性。

基于扰动观测器的主动悬架切换控制算法研究

悬架控制需要实现乘坐舒适性和操纵稳定性之间的良好折中,此外还需要考虑系统的不确定性,是一项复杂的任务。本文以兼顾悬架的动力学性能指标、算法鲁棒性与成本因素为出发点,提出了一种基于扰动观测器的次优-非奇异终端滑模切换控制算法(DOB-SNTSM)。首先,以簧载质量加速度信息为输入,通过卡尔曼滤波器设计,实现了悬架动挠度和簧载质量速度的有效估计。然后,针对悬架系统中的不确定项估计,设计了一种扰动观测器,并将扰动估计值作为前馈补偿。接下来,以滑模面函数为依据,提出了一种次优-非奇异终端滑模切换控制算法,并与扰动观测器的前馈补偿相结合,共同构成一种新的主动悬架控制策略。最后,分别进行了凸包路面和平稳随机路面下的仿真和台架试验验证,结果表明,扰动观测器的引入能显著提升悬架的乘坐舒适性指标,相比经典的天棚控制、理想状态LQR方法、不带有扰动观测器的SNTSM算法,新算法不仅很好地实现各项悬架性能指标的均衡,而且能够仅利用簧载质量加速度信息就可以达到接近理想状态LQR的控制效果,同时,控制器切换方案可以显著提升算法鲁棒性。