Event-triggered robust model predictive control for Lipschitz nonlinear networked control systems subject to communication delays

In this paper, the problem of event-triggered robust model predictive control (MPC) was examined for a class of Lipchitz nonlinear networked control systems (NCS) with network-induced delays and subject to external disturbances. An event-triggering scheme for a continuous-time NCS was proposed, which reduced the communication traffic and computational burden of the MPC algorithm simultaneously. In comparison with the existing event-triggered nonlinear MPC (NMPC) approaches, the controller in this paper was designed as a state feedback control law, which minimized a “worst-case” performance index over an infinite horizon subject to constraints on the control input. The controller and event generator parameters were developed as a convex optimization problem, encompassing some linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Simulation results showed that the proposed event-triggering NMPC scheme preserved closed-loop performance while reducing the communication rate and the computational time.

L1 control for Itô stochastic nonlinear networked control systems

This paper investigates L1 control problem for a class of nonlinear stochastic networked control systems (NCSs) described by Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy model. By exploiting a delay-dependent and basis-dependent Lyapunov-Krasovskii function and by means of the Itô stochastic differential equation technique, results on stability and L1 performance are proposed for the T-S fuzzy stochastic NCS. Specially, attention is focused on the fuzzy controller design that guarantees the closed-loop T-S fuzzy stochastic NCS is mean-square asymptotically stable and satisfies a prescribed L1 noise attenuation level [Formula: see text] with respect to all persistent and amplitude-bounded disturbance input signals. To reduce the conservatism of design, the signal transmission delay, data packet dropout, and quantization have been taken into consideration in the controller design. The corresponding design problem of L1 controller is converted into a convex optimization problem by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Finally, simulation examples are provided to illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.