{"title":"Robust trajectory tracking of flat nonlinear systems","authors":"V. Mahout, J. Bernussou, H. Khansah","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.285914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.285914","url":null,"abstract":"We propose to use the important work made in the area of linear robust control to ameliorate the global robustness of a flatness based control. The main idea consists in adding a linear feedback on the nominal flat control. This feedback is calculated on the linearised system of the error tracking. From the linearised system (depending on the desired trajector) is defined a polytopic representation including the trajectory. A pole localization using a polytopic representation leads to the solve of a set of LMI and gives the feedback gain. At last, parameter uncertainties and integral term are included in the constructive approach to design the robust control law. A magnetic levitation of a ball is used as example and the different simulation results confirm the robustness of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"97 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116156606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The changing face and role of CACSD","authors":"J. Maciejowski","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.285883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.285883","url":null,"abstract":"Computer Aided Control Engineering involves three parallel streams: Simulation and modelling, Control system design (off-line), and Controller implementation. In industry the bottleneck problem has always been modelling, and this remains the case - that is where control (and other) engineers put most of their technical effort. Although great advances in software tools have been made, the cost of modelling remains very high - too high for some sectors. Object-oriented modelling, enabling truly re-usable models, seems to be the key enabling technology here. Software tools to support control systems design have two aspects to them: aiding and managing the work-flow in particular projects (whether of a single engineer or of a team), and provision of numerical algorithms to support control-theoretic and systems-theoretic analysis and design. The numerical problems associated with linear systems have been largely overcome, so that most problems can be tackled routinely without difficulty - though problems remain with (some) systems of extremely large dimensions. Recent emphasis on control of hybrid and/or constrained systems is leading to the emerging importance of geometric algorithms (ellipsoidal approximation, polytope projection, etc). Constantly increasing computational power is leading to renewed interest in design by optimisation, an example of which is MPC. The explosion of embedded control systems has highlighted the importance of autocode generation, directly from modelling/simulation products to target processors. This is the `new kid on the block', and again much of the focus of commercial tools is on this part of the control engineer's job.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129702395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hybrid modelling and control of a free-piston energy converter","authors":"H. Xia, Y. Pang, M. Grimble","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.285921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.285921","url":null,"abstract":"Free piston energy converters are a potential technology for future hybrid vehicles, as well as stationary power generation applications. In a free piston energy converter, the piston is not connected to a crank-shaft. Instead, the piston movement is \"free\" and controlled by a linear hydraulic or electric machine. The major advantages of such a design over the conventional ones are the simpler engine layout and much improved conversion efficiency. In this paper, the free piston converter is modeled as a hybrid automaton. Then a hierarchical hybrid controller is designed based on the model. The proposed controller performance is demonstrated by a simulation study.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124106725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlinear model predictive and flatness-based two-degree-of-freedom control design: a comparative evaluation in view of industrial application","authors":"T. Utz, V. Hagenmeyer, B. Mahn, M. Zeitz","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.285895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.285895","url":null,"abstract":"Two advanced nonlinear model-based controller design methods - nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) and two-degree-of-freedom (2DOF) control with flatness-based feedforward control design and decentralized PI-controllers - are compared in view of industrial application. The comparison is carried out on a setpoint-transition of the Klatt-Engell benchmark reactor model. Based on an analysis of simulation scenarios, the controllers are compared with respect to controller performance and several robustness criteria. Furthermore, implementation issues of both controllers are discussed. The choice of the control task as well as the tuning of the controllers and the comparison methodology are strongly oriented on industrial practice.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132239379","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Sebastian, A. Pantazi, G. Cherubini, M. Lantz, H. Rothuizen, H. Pozidis, E. Eleftheriou
{"title":"Towards faster data access: Seek operations in MEMS-based storage devices","authors":"A. Sebastian, A. Pantazi, G. Cherubini, M. Lantz, H. Rothuizen, H. Pozidis, E. Eleftheriou","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.285906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.285906","url":null,"abstract":"Even in the most advanced hard-disk drives (HDDs), data access is a slow process because of the relatively large mechanical structures, the one-dimensional actuation capability of the head, and the latency due to rotating disks. It is expected that MEMS-based storage devices with two-dimensional actuation capability could significantly improve the speed of data access. In this paper we demonstrate this experimentally with a MEMS-based probe-storage prototype using a micro-scanner that serves as the positioner for the storage medium. First the theoretically minimum achievable seek times are derived for the micro-scanner by approximating its dynamics with a damped harmonic oscillator model. Then the similarity of the time-optimal solution with that of the better studied double integral system is exploited to employ a proximate-time-optimal controller for the experimental studies. The experimental results demonstrate seek times of approximately 1.6 ms for seek operations of 50 ¿m.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116805876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of dynamic safety margin in robust fault detection and fault tolerant control","authors":"M. Abdel-Geliel, E. Badredden, A. Gambier","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.285915","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.285915","url":null,"abstract":"The Dynamic Safety Margin (DSM) is defined as a performance index, whose independent variable is the distance from a predefined safety boundary, which is described in the state space by a set of inequality constraints, to the current system state. Robustness is an important issue for fault detection and isolation (FDI) system. In this work, design a robust FDI system based on DSM is applied. The fault is detected based on the analysis of DSM and isolated using a multi-model approach. The main properties of the suggested FDI system is discussed and the main limitation as well. The design of a controller based on DSM is useful to maintain a predefined margin of safety during the transient phase of the system or when disturbances are present. Therefore, the application of DSM in fault tolerant control (FTC) design using in particular model predictive control (MPC) is discussed. The fruitiness of the proposed FDI system and FTC is illustrated by real-time implementation.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127927075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of driver assistance systems in a future traffic scenario","authors":"R. Freymann","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.286219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.286219","url":null,"abstract":"It is shown in how far driver assistance systems can contribute to enhance the overall traffic safety. Thereby it must be considered as a goal to increase the performance of active safety systems in the scope of an integrated approach, allowing to realize a variety of interactions between the three elements involved in a traffic scenario, say the driver, the vehicle and the driving environment. Focus is pointed on the related technology, the inherent system complexity and aspects of customer acceptance.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129537483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robust algebraic state estimation of chaotic systems","authors":"J. Reger, P. Mai, H. Sira-Ramírez","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.285913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.285913","url":null,"abstract":"We propose an improvement of a recently introduced algebraic approach for the non-asymptotic state and parameter estimation of nonlinear systems. In particular, we increase the robustness of the estimation method with respect to zero mean, high frequency, measurement noises by introducing a so-called invariant filtering technique. In order to reduce an already fast transient to the convergence, when subject to measurement noise, we devise an estimation policy consisting of two overlapping estimators with appropriate switchings between their results. These are two identical time-shifted estimators running in parallel with an overlapping estimation period. The benefits of our method are demonstrated on the state observation of a chaotic system of the R¿ssler type.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116942384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Raff, Steffen Huber, Zoltan K. Nagy, F. Allgower
{"title":"Nonlinear model predictive control of a four tank system: an experimental stability study","authors":"T. Raff, Steffen Huber, Zoltan K. Nagy, F. Allgower","doi":"10.1109/CCA.2006.285898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CCA.2006.285898","url":null,"abstract":"There are well-known theoretical examples that show that stability constraints in nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) are necessary in order to guarantee closed loop stability. In this paper it is shown that these stability constraints, derived from theory, are also essential in practice. In particular, an experimental study is carried out on a four tank system that illustrates the stability behavior of NMPC.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"894 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115205101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B.D.O. Anderson, Changbin Yu Changbin Yu, B. Fidan, J. Hendrickx
{"title":"Control and Information Architectures for Formations","authors":"B.D.O. Anderson, Changbin Yu Changbin Yu, B. Fidan, J. Hendrickx","doi":"10.1109/isic.2006.285614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isic.2006.285614","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reviews a number of concepts and results relevant to the design of architectures to maintain the shape of a formation of autonomous agents. The paper begins with motivating examples from nature and the manmade world, and emphasises the task of providing satisfactory sensing, communication and control architectures within a formation of autonomous agents. Then some technical tools for characterising and designing architectures are described, largely resting on graph theoretic considerations.","PeriodicalId":130262,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123779232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}