Robust Output Feedback Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Input Unmodeled Dynamics

The robust global stabilization problem of a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with input unmodeled dynamics is considered using output feedback, where the uncertain nonlinear terms satisfy a far more relaxed condition than the existing triangulartype condition. Under the assumption that the input unmodeled dynamics is minimum-phase and of relative degree zero, a dynamic output compensator is explicitly constructed based on the nonseparation principle. An example illustrates the usefulness of the proposed method.

Dependence of epoch-wise two-way nested ANOVA estimates of variances of unmodeled effects present in relative GPS positioning on satellite elevation cutoff angle and PDOP mask

Impact of satellite elevation cutoff angle and position dilution of precision(PDOP)mask change on epoch-wise variance components of unmodeled effects that accompany relative Global Positioning System(GPS)positioning is presented herein.Data used for this study refer to the winter and summer periods of the years with minimal(2008)and maximal(2013)solar activity.These data were collected every 30 s in static mode,at two permanent GPS stations located in Montenegro,establishing a mediumdistance(116-km-long)baseline with a height difference of approximately 760 m between its endpoints.The study showed that changing satellite elevation cutoff angle,with a fixed PDOP mask,affects epochwise two-way nested ANOVA estimates of variances related to the‘far-field’multipath(considered as the nested factor herein)and the combined unmodeled effect of tropospheric and ionospheric refraction(considered as the nesting factor herein).However,changing of PDOP mask,with a fixed satellite elevation cutoff angle,doesn’t affect epoch-wise two-way nested ANOVA estimate of variance of the combined unmodeled effect of tropospheric and ionospheric refraction,but,generally,affects the estimate of variance of the‘far-field’multipath(possibly mixed with a part of a‘shorter-term’ionospheric refraction),which is especially pronounced for the summer period.It should also be noted that there is a significant influence of satellite elevation cutoff angle change on both epoch-wise horizontal and vertical position accuracy,only for the summer period,especially in the presence of maximal solar activity,while there is no significant impact of PDOP mask change on epoch-wise positional accuracy.

Adaptive Tracking Control of Uncertain MIMO Nonlinear Systems with Time-varying Delays and Unmodeled Dynamics

In this paper, adaptive neural tracking control is proposed based on radial basis function neural networks （RBFNNs） for a class of muki-input multi-output （MIMO） nonlinear systems with completely unknown control directions, unknown dynamic disturbances, unmodeled dynamics, and uncertainties with time-varying delay. Using the Nussbaum function properties, the unknown control directions are dealt with. By constructing appropriate Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals, the unknown upper bound functions of the time-varying delay uncertainties are compensated. The proposed control scheme does not need to calculate the integral of the delayed state functions. Using Young＇s inequality and RBFNNs, the assumption of unmodeled dynamics is relaxed. By theoretical analysis, the closed-loop control system is proved to be semi-globally uniformly ultimately bounded.

Robust adaptive control of nonlinearly parameterized systems with unmodeled dynamics

Many physical systems such as biochemical processes and machines with friction are of nonlinearly parameterized systems with uncertainties.How to con-trol such systems effectively is one of the most chal-lenging problems.This paper presents a robust adaptive controller for a significant class of nonlinearly param-eterized systems.The controller can be used in cases where there exist parameter and nonlinear uncertainties,unmodeled dynamics and unknown bounded distur-bances.The design of the controller is based on the control Lyapunov function method.A dynamic signal is introduced and adaptive nonlinear damping terms are used to restrain the effects of unmodeled dynamics,nonlinear uncertainties and unknown bounded distur-bances.The backstepping procedure is employed to overcome the complexity in the design.With the pro-posed method,the estimation of the unknown parame-ters of the system is not required and there is only one adaptive parameter no matter how high the order of the system is and how many unknown parameters there are.It is proved theoretically that the proposed robust adap-tive control scheme guarantees the stability of nonline-arly parameterized system.Furthermore,all the states approach the equilibrium in arbitrary precision by choosing some design constants appropriately.Simula-tion results illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed robust adaptive controller.

A robust adaptive control with unmodeled dynamic for HVDC transmission systems

Utilizing the feature of quick response of HVDC to improve the performance of AC/DC system has become the emphasis to be researched.This paper intro-duces firstly the principle of the robust adaptive control of nonlinear systems with unmodeled dynamics,then devel-oped the robust adaptive additional control of HVDC with unmodeled dynamics of generator in order to improve sta-bility of power system.The additional control of HVDC with unmodeled dynamics only uses the local signals and its design is simple,furthermore it can obviously improve the stability of power system in different operational conditions.Experimental results using the presented concepts obtained on single machine infinite bus model are also included.These results prove the efficiency of the control scheme.The design process of controller provided a new idea to design controller by use of simplified model.

Robust adaptive output stabilization using dynamic normalizing signal

For a class of nonlinear systems with dynamic uncertainties, robust adaptive stabilization problem is considered in this paper. Firstly, by introducing an observer, an augmented system is obtained. Based on the system, we construct an exp-ISpS Lyapunov function for the unmodeled dynamics, prove that the unmodeled dynamics is exp-ISpS, and then obtain a dynamic normalizing signal to counteract the dynamic disturbances. By the backstepping technique, an adaptive controller is given, it is proved that all the signals in the adaptive control system are globally uniformly ultimately bounded, and the output can be regulated to the origin with any prescribed accuracy. A simulation example further demonstrates the efficiency of the control scheme.

Mixed sensitivity H_∞ control for LTI systems with varying time delays

Designing a robust controller for a system with timevarying delays poses a major challenge. In this paper, we propose a method based on mixed sensitivity H∞ for the control of linear time invariant（LTI） systems with varying time delays. The time delay is assumed bounded and the upper bound is known. In the technique we propose, the delay affecting the plant to be controlled is treated as an unmodeled uncertainty（in form of multiplicative uncertainty）. That uncertainty is approximated and then an H∞based controller, for the plant represented by the multiplicative uncertainty and the nominal model, is calculated. The obtained H∞controller is used to control the LTI systems with varying time delays. Simulation examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

H_∞ ROBUST PERFORMANCE DESIGN FOR UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS

This paper considers the robust per formance design problem of the linear systems with both unmodelled dynamics and real parametric uncertainties. We suggest for the first time that the problem can besolved by the H∞ mixed sensitivity method. The main idea is as follows: Firstly, the original problem istransformed into the robust per formance design problem for a pure parameter uncertain system. Then, theresulting problem is reduced to a standard H∞ control problem which can be solved by the H∞ state feedbacksynthesis method or Doyle’s "DGKF" algorithm.

Variable structure control for MRAC systems with perturbations in input and output channels

A design scheme of variable structure model reference control systems using only input and output measurements is presented for the systems with unmodeled dynamics and disturbances in input and output channels. The modeled part of the systems has relative degree greater than one and unknown upper bound of degree. By introducing some auxiliary signals and normalized signals with memory functions and appropriate choice of controller parameters, the developed variable structure controller guarantees the global stability of the closed-loop system and the arbitrarily small tracking error.

Robust adaptive output feedback control of nonlinearly parameterized systems

The ideas of adaptive nonlinear damping and changing supply functions were used to counteract the effects of parameter and nonlinear uncertainties,unmodeled dynamics and unknown bounded disturbances.The high-gain observer was used to estimate the state of the system.A robust adaptive output feedback control scheme was proposed for nonlinearly parameterized systems represented by input-output models.The scheme does not need to estimate the unknown parameters nor add a dynamical signal to dominate the effects of unmodeled dynamics.It is proven that the proposed control scheme guarantees that all the variables in the closed-loop system are bounded and the mean-square tracking error can be made arbitrarily small by choosing some design parameters appropriately.Simulation results have illustrated the effectiveness of the proposed robust adaptive control scheme.