Stabilization of cascaded nonlinear systems under sampling and delays

Over the last decades, the methodologies of dynamical systems and control theory have been playing an increasingly relevant role in a lot of situations of practical interest. Though, a lot of theoretical problem still remain unsolved. Among all, the ones concerning stability and stabilization are of paramount importance. In order to stabilize a physical (or not) system, it is necessary to acquire and interpret heterogeneous information on its behavior in order to correctly intervene on it. In general, those information are not available through a continuous flow but are provided in a synchronous or asynchronous way. This issue has to be unavoidably taken into account for the design of the control action. In a very natural way, all those heterogeneities define an hybrid system characterized by both continuous and discrete dynamics. This thesis is contextualized in this framework and aimed at proposing new methodologies for the stabilization of sampled-data nonlinear systems with focus toward the stabilization of cascade dynamics. In doing so, we shall propose a small number of tools for constructing sampled-data feedback laws stabilizing the origin of sampled-data nonlinear systems admitting cascade interconnection representations. To this end, we shall investigate on the effect of sampling on the properties of the continuous-time system while enhancing design procedures requiring no extra assumptions over the sampled-data equivalent model. Finally, we shall show the way sampling positively affects nonlinear retarded dynamics affected by a fixed and known time-delay over the input signal by enforcing on the implicit cascade representation the sampling process induces onto the retarded system

On multiconsensus of multi-agent systems under aperiodic and asynchronous sampling

In this paper, the problem of estimating a suitable bound for ensuring multiconsensus of single integrators under asynchronous and aperiodical sampling is investigated. The estimate relies on a hybrid modeling of the network dynamics with a distributed time-delay acting over the connection. Simulations support the theoretical results

Reduction of discrete-time two-channel delayed systems

In this letter, the reduction method is extended to time-delay systems affected by two mismatched input delays. To this end, the intrinsic feedback structure of the retarded dynamics is exploited to deduce a reduced dynamics which is free of delays. Moreover, among other possibilities, an Immersion and Invariance feedback over the reduced dynamics is designed for achieving stabilization of the original systems. A chained sampled-data dynamics is used to show the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy through simulations

Nonlinear discrete-time systems with delayed control: a reduction

In this work, the notion of reduction is introduced for discrete-time nonlinear input-delayed systems. The retarded dynamics is reduced to a new system which is free of delays and equivalent (in terms of stabilizability) to the original one. Different stabilizing strategies are proposed over the reduced model. Connections with existing predictor-based methods are discussed. The methodology is also worked out over particular classes of time-delay systems as sampled-data dynamics affected by an entire input delay

Lyapunov stabilization of discrete-time feedforward dynamics

The paper discusses stabilization of nonlinear discrete-time dynamics in feedforward form. First it is shown how to define a Lyapunov function for the uncontrolled dynamics via the construction of a suitable cross-term. Then, stabilization is achieved in terms of u-average passivity. Several constructive cases are analyzed

IDA-PBC for LTI dynamics under input delays: a reduction approach

In this paper, the problem of stabilizing linear port-controlled Hamiltonian dynamics through interconnection and damping assignment in presence of input delays is considered. The contribution exploits the reduction approach allowing to reveal and shape the energy properties of the time-delay dynamics. Performances are illustrated on a simple mechanical system

Stabilisation of cascade and time-delay sampled-data systems

Les méthodologies de l'automatique ont joué au cours des dernières décennies un ´r^ole essentiel au sein de nombreux secteurs technologiques avancées. Cependant, de nombreuse questions restent ouvertes. Parmi celles-ci, celles concernant la stabilité et la stabilisation de systèmes non linéaires sont d'intérêt primordial. Afin de stabilizer un système (physique ou non), il est nécessaire de capter et interpreter en temps réel les informations hétérogènes caractérisant son fonctionnement afin intervenir efficacement. Actuellement ces informations ne sont pas captées en temps continu, mais de façon synchrone ou asynchrone et ceci est valable aussi pour les actuateurs. De façon très naturelle, on définit donc un système hybride, caractérisé par des dynamiques à la fois discrètes et continues. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse est orientée au développement de nouvelles méthodologies pour la stabilisation de systèmes échantillonnés non linéaires en se focalisant sur la stabilisation de formes cascades qui se retrouvent dans de nombreuse situations concretes. Pour cela, on étudiera l'effet de l'échantillonnage sur les propriétés de la dynamique continue et l'on proposera des méthodologies pour la conception de lois de commande qui ne requièrent pas d'assumptions supplémentaires au cas continu.Enfin, on étudiera l'effet de l'échantillonnage sur des systèmes présentant de retards sur les entrées. On développera des lois de commande stabilisantes exploitant la structure en cascade induite par l'échantillonnage. Des exemples académiques illustreront les calcules des solutions et leur performances tout au long du manuscript.Over the last decades the methodologies of dynamical systems and control theory have been playing an increasingly relevant role in a lot of situations of practical interest. Though, a lot of theoretical problem still remain unsolved. Among all, the ones concerning stability and stabilization are of paramount importance. In order to stabilize a physical (or not) system, it is necessary to acquire and interpret heterogeneous information on its behavior in order to correctly intervene on it. In general, those information are not available through a continuous flow but are provided in a synchronous or asynchronous way. This issue has to be unavoidably taken into account for the design of the control action. In a very natural way, all those heterogeneities define an hybrid system characterized by both continuous and discrete dynamics. This thesis is contextualized in this framework and aimed at proposing new methodologies for the stabilization of sampled-data nonlinear systems with focus toward the stabilization of cascade dynamics. In doing so, we shall propose a small number of tools for constructing sampled-data feedback laws stabilizing the origin of sampled-data nonlinear systems admitting cascade interconnection representations. To this end, we shall investigate on the effect of sampling on the properties of the continuous-time system while enhancing design procedures requiring no extra assumptions over the sampled-data equivalent model.Finally, we shall show the way sampling positively affects nonlinear retarded dynamics affected by a fixed and known time-delay over the input signal by enforcing on the implicit cascade representation the sampling process induces onto the retarded system. Academic examples will illustrate the computational aspects together with their performances throughout the whole manuscript

Stabilisation des systèmes échantillonnés en cascade et avec retards

Over the last decades the methodologies of dynamical systems and control theory have been playing an increasingly relevant role in a lot of situations of practical interest. Though, a lot of theoretical problem still remain unsolved. Among all, the ones concerning stability and stabilization are of paramount importance. In order to stabilize a physical (or not) system, it is necessary to acquire and interpret heterogeneous information on its behavior in order to correctly intervene on it. In general, those information are not available through a continuous flow but are provided in a synchronous or asynchronous way. This issue has to be unavoidably taken into account for the design of the control action. In a very natural way, all those heterogeneities define an hybrid system characterized by both continuous and discrete dynamics. This thesis is contextualized in this framework and aimed at proposing new methodologies for the stabilization of sampled-data nonlinear systems with focus toward the stabilization of cascade dynamics. In doing so, we shall propose a small number of tools for constructing sampled-data feedback laws stabilizing the origin of sampled-data nonlinear systems admitting cascade interconnection representations. To this end, we shall investigate on the effect of sampling on the properties of the continuous-time system while enhancing design procedures requiring no extra assumptions over the sampled-data equivalent model.Finally, we shall show the way sampling positively affects nonlinear retarded dynamics affected by a fixed and known time-delay over the input signal by enforcing on the implicit cascade representation the sampling process induces onto the retarded system. Academic examples will illustrate the computational aspects together with their performances throughout the whole manuscript.Les méthodologies de l'automatique ont joué au cours des dernières décennies un ´r^ole essentiel au sein de nombreux secteurs technologiques avancées. Cependant, de nombreuse questions restent ouvertes. Parmi celles-ci, celles concernant la stabilité et la stabilisation de systèmes non linéaires sont d'intérêt primordial. Afin de stabilizer un système (physique ou non), il est nécessaire de capter et interpreter en temps réel les informations hétérogènes caractérisant son fonctionnement afin intervenir efficacement. Actuellement ces informations ne sont pas captées en temps continu, mais de façon synchrone ou asynchrone et ceci est valable aussi pour les actuateurs. De façon très naturelle, on définit donc un système hybride, caractérisé par des dynamiques à la fois discrètes et continues. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse est orientée au développement de nouvelles méthodologies pour la stabilisation de systèmes échantillonnés non linéaires en se focalisant sur la stabilisation de formes cascades qui se retrouvent dans de nombreuse situations concretes. Pour cela, on étudiera l'effet de l'échantillonnage sur les propriétés de la dynamique continue et l'on proposera des méthodologies pour la conception de lois de commande qui ne requièrent pas d'assumptions supplémentaires au cas continu.Enfin, on étudiera l'effet de l'échantillonnage sur des systèmes présentant de retards sur les entrées. On développera des lois de commande stabilisantes exploitant la structure en cascade induite par l'échantillonnage. Des exemples académiques illustreront les calcules des solutions et leur performances tout au long du manuscript

Digital stabilization of strict feedback dynamics through immersion and invariance

International audienceThis paper deals with the extension to sampled-data stabilization of strict feedback dynamics of the Immersion and Invariance procedure proposed in Astolfi and Ortega [2003]. A direct digital approach is developed in two steps: first the target dynamics and immersion mapping are defined for the equivalent discrete-time model; then the control law is built to drive the dynamics towards the invariant manifold. A simulated example illustrates the performances

Hybrid consensus for multi-agent systems with time-driven jumps

International audienceIn this paper, the behavior of scalar multi-agent systems over networks subject to time-driven jumps. Assuming that all agents communicate through distinct communication digraphs at jump and flow times, the asymptotic multi-consensus behavior of the hybrid network is explicitly characterized. The hybrid multi-consensus is shown to be associated with a suitable partition that is almost equitable for both the jump and flow communication digraphs. In doing so, no assumption on the underlying digraphs is introduced. Finally, the coupling rules making the multi-consensus subspace attractive are established. Several simulation examples illustrate the theoretical results