Development of Fuzzy Observer Gain Design Algorithm for Ship Path Estimation Based on AIS Data

This paper develops a Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy observer gain design algorithm to estimate ship motion based on Automatic Identification System (AIS) data. Nowadays, AIS data is widely applied in the maritime field. To solve the problem of safety, it is necessary to accurately estimate the trajectory of ships. Firstly, a nonlinear ship dynamic system is considered to represent the dynamic behaviors of ships. In the literature, nonlinear observer design methods have been studied to estimate the ship path based on AIS data. However, the nonlinear observer design method is challenging to create directly since some dynamic ship systems are more complex. This paper represents nonlinear ship dynamic systems by the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model. Based on the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model, a fuzzy observer design method is developed to solve the problem of estimating using AIS data. Moreover, the observer gains of the fuzzy observer can be adjusted systemically by a novel algorithm. Via the proposed algorithm, a more suitable or better observer can be obtained to achieve the objectives of estimation. Corresponding to different AIS data, the better results can also be obtained individually. Finally, the simulation results are presented to show the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed fuzzy observer design method. Some comparisons with the previous nonlinear observer design method are also given in the simulations.

Observer-Based H ∞ Fuzzy Synchronization and Output Tracking Control of Time-Varying Delayed Chaotic Systems

Tracking control for the output using an observer-based H ∞ fuzzy synchronization of time-varying delayed discrete- and continuous-time chaotic systems is proposed in this paper. First, from a practical point of view, the chaotic systems here consider the influence of time-varying delays, disturbances, and immeasurable states. Then, to facilitate a uniform control design approach for both discrete- and continuous-time chaotic systems, the dynamic models along with time-varying delays and disturbances are reformulated using the T-S (Takagi–Sugeno) fuzzy representation. For control design considering immeasurable states, a fuzzy observer achieves master-slave synchronization. Third, combining both a fuzzy observer for state estimation and a controller (solved from generalized kinematic constraints) output tracking can be achieved. To make the design more practical, we also consider differences of antecedent variables between the plant, observer, and controller. Finally, using Lyapunov’s stability approach, the results are sufficient conditions represented as LMIs (linear matrix inequalities). The contributions of the method proposed are threefold: (i) systemic and unified problem formulation of master-slave synchronization and tracking control for both discrete and continuous chaotic systems; (ii) practical consideration of time-varying delay, immeasurable state, different antecedent variables (of plant, observer, and controller), and disturbance in the control problem; and (iii) sufficient conditions from Lyapunov’s stability analysis represented as LMIs which are numerically solvable observer and controller gains from LMIs. We carry out numerical simulations on a chaotic three-dimensional discrete-time system and continuous-time Chua’s circuit. Satisfactory numerical results further show the validity of the theoretical derivations.

Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Observers Applied in Biodegradation

There exist processes difficult to control because of the lack of inline sensors, as occurs in biotechnology engineering. Commonly the sensor is expensive, damaged, or even they do not exist. It is important to build an observer to have an approximation of the process output to have a closed-loop control. The biotechnological processes are nonlinear, thus in this work is proposed a fuzzy observer to endure nonlinearities. To improve the results reported in the literature, type-2 fuzzy logic was used to justify the membership functions used. The observer's gains were computed via LMIs to guarantee the observer's stability. To facilitate the fuzzy inference computation, interval type-2 fuzzy sets were implemented. The results obtained with the interval type-2 fuzzy observer were compared with a similar technique that uses a fuzzy sliding mode observer; this new approach gives better results obtaining an error 60% lower than the obtained with the other technique. They were designed three observers that work ensemble via a fuzzy relation. The best approximation was to estimate the intermediate concentration. It is important to know this variable because this sub-product was also toxic. It was concluding that by using the oxygen concentration and the liquid volume inside the reactor, the other concentrations were estimated. Finally, this result helps to design a fuzzy controller by using the estimated state. Using this approach, the estimation errors for the phenol and biomass concentrations were 49.26% and 21.27% lower than by using sliding modes.

Observer based robust H∞ fuzzy tracking control: application to an activated sludge process

The design of an observer-based robust tracking controller is investigated and successfully applied to control an Activated Sludge Process (ASP) in this study. To this end, the Takagi–Sugeno (TS) fuzzy modeling is used to describe the dynamics of a nonlinear system with disturbance. Since the states of the system are not fully available, a fuzzy observer is designed. Based on the observed states and a reference state model, a reduced fuzzy controller for trajectory tracking purposes is then proposed. While the controller and the observer are developed, the design goal is to achieve the convergence and a guaranteed H∞ performance. By using Lyapunov and H∞ theories, sufficient conditions for synthesis of a fuzzy observer and a fuzzy controller for TS fuzzy systems are derived. Using some special manipulations, these conditions are reformulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) problem. Finally, the robust and effective tracking performance of the proposed controller is tested through simulations to control the dissolved oxygen and the substrate concentrations in an activated sludge process.

Fuzzy observer–based disturbance rejection control for nonlinear fractional-order systems with time-varying delay

In this article, a Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy model is applied to deal with the problem of observer-based control design for nonlinear time-delayed systems with fractional-order [Formula: see text]. By applying the Lyapunov–Krasovskii method, a fuzzy observer–based controller is established to stabilize the time-delayed fractional-order Takagi–Sugeno fuzzy model. Also, the problem of disturbance rejection for the addressed systems is studied via the state-feedback method in the form of a parallel distributed compensation approach. Furthermore, sufficient conditions for the existence of state-feedback gains and observer gains are achieved in the terms of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, two numerical examples are simulated for the validation of the presented methods.