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A Near-Optimal Decentralized Servomechanism Controller for Hierarchical Interconnected Systems
This paper is concerned with decentralized output regulation of hierarchical systems subject to input and output disturbances. It is assumed that the disturbance can be represented as the output of an autonomous LTI system with unknown initial state. The primary objective is to design a decentralized controller with the property that not only does it reject the degrading effect of the disturbance on the output (for a satisfactory steady-state performance), it also results in a small LQ cost function (implying a good transient behavior). To this end, the underlying problem is treated in two phases. In the first step, a number of modified systems are defined in terms of the original system. The problem of designing a LQ centralized controller which stabilizes all the modified systems and rejects the disturbance in the original system is considered, and it is shown that this centralized controller can be efficiently found by solving a LMI problem. In the second step, a method recently presented in the literature is exploited to decentralize the designed centralized controller. It is proved that the obtained controller satisfies the pre-determined design specifications including disturbance rejection. Simulation results elucidate the efficacy of the proposed control law
Research on optimal control, stabilization and computational algorithms for aerospace applications
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Optimal control of an internal combustion engine and transmission system
The control of an internal-combustion engine such that
it will produce its required output, with a minimum consumption
of fuel, even in the presence of random load disturbances,
has become a necessary requirement for future prime-mover
and vehicular applications. This thesis is concerned with
an attempt to produce a practical scheme to meet that requirement
from a study of several methods of achieving optimal
engine regulation and a method of obtaining optimal start-up.
An attempt was made first to identify the response of the
engine-transmission-load combination with a mathematical
model obtained by the use of computers. The servo-mechanism
associated with the throttle was identified also, and then
a complete state-variable description of the system was
obtained. Next an automatic gear-changing scheme was
designed and implemented. With the availability of this
practical system an optimal control function was generated
then to implement optimal start-up. The optimal function
was calculated by solving the associated multi-point boundary
value problem by means of technique of quasi-linearisation.
To subject the system to random loads an artificial road was
simulated, and a scheme was devised to vary the dynamometer
loading in response to this 'road' signal.
The remainder of the thesis is concerned with a study of
several different methods of obtaining optimal or sub-optimal schemes of regulation and with comparisons of experimental
results and the results from associated theoretical computer
studies.
Many suggestions for further investigations are contained
in the final chapter
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