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BMI-based stability and performance design for fuzzy-model-based control systems subject to parameter uncertainties.

H K Lam¹, Lakmal D Seneviratne

¹Division of Engineering, King's College London, WC2R 2LS London, UK. hak-keung.lam@kcl.ac.uk

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society

|June 7, 2007

Summary

This study introduces a fuzzy-model-based control system for nonlinear plants with uncertain parameters. The approach ensures stability and performance using a novel nonlinear controller and advanced optimization techniques.

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Area of Science:

Control Systems Engineering
Nonlinear Dynamics
Computational Intelligence

Background:

Parameter uncertainties in nonlinear systems pose significant challenges for control design.
Existing control methods may struggle to guarantee both stability and performance under uncertainty.
Fuzzy-model-based control offers a framework for handling nonlinearities and uncertainties.

Purpose of the Study:

To design a robust fuzzy-model-based control system for nonlinear plants with parameter uncertainties.
To develop a nonlinear controller that relaxes stability conditions.
To ensure the system states track a stable reference model.

Main Methods:

A Lyapunov-based approach is used to derive stability and performance conditions.
These conditions are formulated as bilinear matrix inequalities (BMIs).
A hybrid optimization technique combining genetic algorithms and convex programming is employed to solve the BMIs.

Main Results:

The proposed nonlinear controller effectively drives the nonlinear plant states to follow the reference model.
Stability and performance conditions are successfully formulated and solved using the developed optimization method.
The approach demonstrates robustness against parameter uncertainties.

Conclusions:

The presented fuzzy-model-based control design provides a viable solution for stabilizing and controlling nonlinear systems with parameter uncertainties.
The integration of a novel nonlinear controller and advanced optimization techniques offers improved performance and relaxed stability conditions.
The proposed methodology is validated through an application example, showcasing its practical merits.