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Adaptive Non-Linear High Gain Observer Based Sensorless Speed Estimation of an Induction Motor
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A High-Gain Nonlinear Observer With Limited Gain Power
International audienceIn this note we deal with a new observer for nonlinear systems of dimension n in canonical observability form. We follow the standard high-gain paradigm, but instead of having an observer of dimension n with a gain that grows up to power n, we design an observer of dimension 2n − 2 with a gain that grows up only to power 2
Detection of Sensor Attack and Resilient State Estimation for Uniformly Observable Nonlinear Systems having Redundant Sensors
This paper presents a detection algorithm for sensor attacks and a resilient
state estimation scheme for a class of uniformly observable nonlinear systems.
An adversary is supposed to corrupt a subset of sensors with the possibly
unbounded signals, while the system has sensor redundancy. We design an
individual high-gain observer for each measurement output so that only the
observable portion of the system state is obtained. Then, a nonlinear error
correcting problem is solved by collecting all the information from those
partial observers and exploiting redundancy. A computationally efficient,
on-line monitoring scheme is presented for attack detection. Based on the
attack detection scheme, an algorithm for resilient state estimation is
provided. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed
algorithm
Pole and zero assignment and observer design
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Modeling and Estimation of Biological Plants
Estimating the state of a dynamic system is an essential task for achieving important objectives such as process monitoring, identification, and control. Unlike linear systems, no systematic method exists for the design of observers for nonlinear systems. Although many researchers have devoted their attention to these issues for more than 30 years, there are still many open questions. We envisage that estimation plays a crucial role in biology because of the possibility of creating new avenues for biological studies and for the development of diagnostic, management, and treatment tools. To this end, this thesis aims to address two types of nonlinear estimation techniques, namely, the high-gain observer and the moving-horizon estimator with application to three different biological plants.
After recalling basic definitions of stability and observability of dynamical systems and giving a bird's-eye survey of the available state estimation techniques, we are interested in the high-gain observers. These observers may be used when the system dynamics can be expressed in specific a coordinate under the so-called observability canonical form with the possibility to assign the rate of convergence arbitrarily by acting on a single parameter called the high-gain parameter. Despite the evident benefits of this class of observers, their use in real applications is questionable due to some drawbacks: numerical problems, the peaking phenomenon, and high sensitivity to measurement noise. The first part of the thesis aims to enrich the theory of high-gain observers with novel techniques to overcome or attenuate these challenging performance issues that arise when implementing such observers. The validity and applicability of our proposed techniques have been shown firstly on a simple one-gene regulatory network, and secondly on an SI epidemic model.
The second part of the thesis studies the problem of state estimation using the moving horizon approach. The main advantage of MHE is that information
about the system can be explicitly considered in the form of constraints
and hence improve the estimates. In this work, we focus on estimation for nonlinear plants that can be rewritten in the form of quasi-linear parameter-varying systems with bounded unknown parameters. Moving-horizon estimators are proposed to estimate the state of such systems according to two different formulations, i.e., "optimistic" and "pessimistic". In the former case, we perform estimation by minimizing the least-squares moving-horizon cost with respect to both state variables and parameters simultaneously. In the latter, we minimize such a cost with respect to the state variables after picking up the maximum of the parameters. Under suitable assumptions, the stability of the estimation error given by the exponential boundedness is proved in both scenarios.
Finally, the validity of our obtained results has been demonstrated through three different examples from biological and biomedical fields, namely, an example of one gene regulatory network, a two-stage SI epidemic model, and Amnioserosa cell's mechanical behavior during Dorsal closure
An investigation of techniques for nonlinear state observation
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment,
University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science in Engineering.
Johannesburg, 2016An investigation and analysis of a collection of different techniques, for estimating the states of
nonlinear systems, was undertaken. It was found that most of the existing literature on the topic
could be organized into several groups of nonlinear observer design techniques, of which each
group follows a specific concept and slight variations thereof.
From out of this investigation it was discovered that a variation of the adaptive observer could be
successfully applied to numerous nonlinear systems, given only limited output information. This
particular technique formed the foundation on which a design procedure was developed in order to
asymptotically estimate the states of nonlinear systems of a certain form, using only partial state
information available. Lyapunov stability theory was used to prove the validity of this technique,
given that certain conditions and assumptions are satisfied. A heuristic procedure was then
developed to get a linearized model of the error transient behaviour that could form the upper
bounds of the transient times of the observer.
The technique above, characterized by a design algorithm, was then applied to three well-known
nonlinear systems; namely the Lorenz attractor, the Rössler attractor, and the Van Der Pol
oscillator. The results, illustrated through numerical simulation, clearly indicate that the technique
developed is successful, provided all assumptions and conditions are satisfied.MT201
Observers for canonic models of neural oscillators
We consider the problem of state and parameter estimation for a wide class of
nonlinear oscillators. Observable variables are limited to a few components of
state vector and an input signal. The problem of state and parameter
reconstruction is viewed within the classical framework of observer design.
This framework offers computationally-efficient solutions to the problem of
state and parameter reconstruction of a system of nonlinear differential
equations, provided that these equations are in the so-called adaptive observer
canonic form. We show that despite typical neural oscillators being locally
observable they are not in the adaptive canonic observer form. Furthermore, we
show that no parameter-independent diffeomorphism exists such that the original
equations of these models can be transformed into the adaptive canonic observer
form. We demonstrate, however, that for the class of Hindmarsh-Rose and
FitzHugh-Nagumo models, parameter-dependent coordinate transformations can be
used to render these systems into the adaptive observer canonical form. This
allows reconstruction, at least partially and up to a (bi)linear
transformation, of unknown state and parameter values with exponential rate of
convergence. In order to avoid the problem of only partial reconstruction and
to deal with more general nonlinear models in which the unknown parameters
enter the system nonlinearly, we present a new method for state and parameter
reconstruction for these systems. The method combines advantages of standard
Lyapunov-based design with more flexible design and analysis techniques based
on the non-uniform small-gain theorems. Effectiveness of the method is
illustrated with simple numerical examples
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Observer Design for Interconnected Systems and Implementation via Differential-Algebraic Equations
A new approach to the design of observers of nonlinear dynamical systems is presented. Generally, linear or nonlinear control systems are expressed as explicit systems of differential equations and solved either analytically or numerically. If numerically, they are implemented using standard ordinary differential equation (ODE) solvers. In this thesis, a system is decomposed and modeled as an interconnection between two observer subsystems, particularly, as canonical DAE observers. In general, control design engineers may be faced with a formidable problem of solving this system analytically or in obtaining closed-form solutions. To attest to the complexity and complications in treating a system of interconnected DAE observer systems, a scaled-down version of a publication on “Small-Gain Theorem” is included in the appendix for the reader’s perusal. (A brief introduction to “Small-Gain Theorem” can be found in Chapter 4). The premise of this thesis is to demonstrate that, where the design of an observer plays a major role involving output feedback, there may be advantages in formulating a control system as a differential-algebraic equation (DAE), especially in the case of interconnected subsystems. An implicit system of interconnected DAE observers is considered and shown implementable using an existing DAE solver, whose resolution allows one the capability of computing input and output bounds. This is based on fixed or variable timesteps within the operating interval of each subsystem to ensure input-output stability (IOS) and the observability property of the interconnected observer system. The observer design method is based on the extended linearization approach. The basic background is provided for the design process of an interconnected observer system using DAE. Note, the application of the new approach has not been considered previously for the case of an interconnected DAE observer system
Yet Another Tutorial of Disturbance Observer: Robust Stabilization and Recovery of Nominal Performance
This paper presents a tutorial-style review on the recent results about the
disturbance observer (DOB) in view of robust stabilization and recovery of the
nominal performance. The analysis is based on the case when the bandwidth of
Q-filter is large, and it is explained in a pedagogical manner that, even in
the presence of plant uncertainties and disturbances, the behavior of real
uncertain plant can be made almost similar to that of disturbance-free nominal
system both in the transient and in the steady-state. The conventional DOB is
interpreted in a new perspective, and its restrictions and extensions are
discussed
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