Integral Sliding Mode Control for Markovian Jump T-S Fuzzy Descriptor Systems Based on the Super-Twisting Algorithm

This paper investigates integral sliding mode control problems for Markovian jump T-S fuzzy descriptor systems via the super-twisting algorithm. A new integral sliding surface which is continuous is constructed and an integral sliding mode control scheme based on a variable gain super-twisting algorithm is presented to guarantee the well-posedness of the state trajectories between two consecutive switchings. The stability of the sliding motion is analyzed by considering the descriptor redundancy and the properties of fuzzy membership functions. It is shown that the proposed variable gain super-twisting algorithm is an extension of the classical single-input case to the multi-input case. Finally, a bio-economic system is numerically simulated to verify the merits of the method proposed

HOSM control under quantization and saturation constraints: Zig-Zag design solutions

International audienceIn many experimental systems, discrete and bounded actuators implement control laws with sampling, quantization and saturation problems. This paper is dedicated to only the last two in the context of the implementation of a super twisting sliding mode control. A new control design, called "Zig-Zag sliding mode control", is proposed. Issues of quantization and saturation problems are respectively investigated directly and implicitly by the proposed control. The main contribution of the proposed method consists in having a faster convergence and well performances even when the saturation of the actuators is decreased up to a certain limit in which other methods fail to converge. Simulation results of the proposed method compared to the results of traditional implementations highlight the well founded Zig-Zag design

Super-Twisting-Algorithm-Based Terminal Sliding Mode Control for a Bioreactor System

This study proposes a class of super-twisting-algorithm-based (STA-based) terminal sliding mode control (TSMC) for a bioreactor system with second-order type dynamics. TSMC not only can retain the advantages of conventional sliding mode control (CSMC), including easy implementation, robustness to disturbances, and fast response, but also can make the system states converge to the equivalent point in a finite amount of time after the system states intersect the sliding surface. The chattering phenomena in TSMC will originally exist on the sliding surface after the system states achieve the sliding surface and before the system states reach the equivalent point. However, by using the super twisting algorithm (STA), the chattering phenomena can be obviously reduced. The proposed method is also compared with two other methods: (1) CSMC without STA and (2) TSMC without STA. Finally, the control schemes are applied to the control of a bioreactor system to illustrate the effectiveness and applicability. Simulation results show that it can achieve better performance by using the proposed method

Finite-Time control and estimation for complex and practical dynamical systems

Published version of an article in the journal: Abstract and Applied Analysis. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/36932

Nonlinear Systems

Open Mathematics is a challenging notion for theoretical modeling, technical analysis, and numerical simulation in physics and mathematics, as well as in many other fields, as highly correlated nonlinear phenomena, evolving over a large range of time scales and length scales, control the underlying systems and processes in their spatiotemporal evolution. Indeed, available data, be they physical, biological, or financial, and technologically complex systems and stochastic systems, such as mechanical or electronic devices, can be managed from the same conceptual approach, both analytically and through computer simulation, using effective nonlinear dynamics methods. The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight papers that show the dynamics, control, optimization and applications of nonlinear systems. This has recently become an increasingly popular subject, with impressive growth concerning applications in engineering, economics, biology, and medicine, and can be considered a veritable contribution to the literature. Original papers relating to the objective presented above are especially welcome subjects. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: Stability analysis of discrete and continuous dynamical systems; Nonlinear dynamics in biological complex systems; Stability and stabilization of stochastic systems; Mathematical models in statistics and probability; Synchronization of oscillators and chaotic systems; Optimization methods of complex systems; Reliability modeling and system optimization; Computation and control over networked systems

Finite/fixed-time Stabilization of Linear Systems with States Quantization

This paper develops a homogeneity-based approach to finite/fixed-time stabilization of linear time-invariant (LTI) system with quantized measurements. A sufficient condition for finite/fixed-time stabilization of multi-input LTI system under states quantization is derived. It is shown that a homogeneous quantized state feedback with logarithmic quantizer can guarantee finite/fixed-time stability of the closed-loop system provided that the quantization is sufficiently dense. Theoretical results are supported with numerical simulations

Discrete-time differentiators: design and comparative analysis

This work deals with the problem of online differentiation of noisy signals. In this context, several types of differentiators including linear, sliding-mode based, adaptive, Kalman, and ALIEN differentiators are studied through mathematical analysis and numerical experiments. To resolve the drawbacks of the exact differentiators, new implicit and semi-implicit discretization schemes are proposed in this work to suppress the digital chattering caused by the wrong time-discretization of set-valued functions as well as providing some useful properties, e.g., finite-time convergence, invariant sliding-surface, exactness. A complete comparative analysis is presented in the manuscript to investigate the behavior of the discrete-time differentiators in the presence of several types of noises, including white noise, sinusoidal noise, and bell-shaped noise. Many details such as quantization effect and realistic sampling times are taken into account to provide useful information based on practical conditions. Many comments are provided to help the engineers to tune the parameters of the differentiators