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Synthesis Conditions for LPV Controller with Input Covariance Constraints

  • Lina Alhmoud EMAIL logo and Ali Khudhair Al-Jiboory
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Abstract

In this paper, novel synthesis conditions for state-feedback Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) controller with Input Covariance Constraints (ICC) are developed. The synthesis conditions achieve the following design requirements 1) some constraints need to be satisfied on the control energy and 2) optimizing the performance outputs for the entire parameter space of the LPV system. These conditions are formulated as convex optimization problem with Parameterized Linear Matrix Inequalities (PLMIs) constraints. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is illustrated through numerical examples.

1 Introduction

Linear Parameter Varying (LPV) control techniques witnessed great interest in the past three decades [1, 2]. LPV systems can be divided into two main categories, gridding and polytopic LPV models [3]. The gridding LPV control is based on linearizations at specific local points, therefore, there is no guarantee of stability and/or performance for the entire range of the parameter space [4]. On the other hand, polytopic LPV systems provide this guarantee in addition to the simplicity of controller design [5]. Lyapunov approach is used to analyze stability for polytopic LPV systems [6, 7, 8].

Since all actuators require limited amount of the available power, practical control systems have to operate below a specified constraints. In the case of designing controllers using classical design methods, the limits of the operation of the actuators are not considered through the design stage. Therefore, the controller could command the actuator to operate beyond its allowable range that may damage the actuator. Therefore, it is always required to keep the actuators working in their linear range and satisfying their constraints. If the control signal exceeds the constraints, the closed-loop system will operate beyond its linear range and even stability may no longer guaranteed. This control problem can be solved via Input Covariance Constraint (ICC) controller [9, 10].

The ICC control problem is a problem that optimize output performance such that constraints on the control input are satisfied. In other words, it guarantees the actuators work within their linear range of operation.

The ICC control problem can be interpreted in two ways, deterministic and stochastic interpretation. In the deterministic interpretation, the external disturbance inputs are assumed to belong to a bounded energy L2 set. By defining these inputs this way, the ICC control problem is the problem of minimizing the weighted sum of worst-case peak values on the performance outputs subject to the constraints on the worst-case peak values of the control input. On the other hand, these external inputs can be considered uncorrelated zero-mean white noises with specified intensity. Thus, the ICC control problem minimizes the weighted output performance subject to the control input covariance constraints.

The ICC control problem has been studied earlier for Linear Time Invariant (LTI) systems in [11]. Then, the problem had been revisited in [12] with Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMIs) approach. Tensegrity simplex structure is studied in [13] with ICC controller to satisfy torque actuator constraints. In [14], electric throttle is investigated with experimental validation of ICC controller. The constrained LQ control problem is studied in [15] that minimizes the control energy while satisfying Output Covariance Constraints (OCC).

As far as the author’s know, this control problem has never been studied for LPV systems before. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to extend the ICC control problem presented in [12] for Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) to handle LPV systems.More specifically, we have developed new synthesis conditions to design state-feedback LPV controller to asymptotically stabilize the closed-loop systems while satisfying constraints on control signals. These synthesis conditions are formulated as convex optimization problem with Parametrized Linear Matrix Inequalities (PLMIs) constraints. Thus, the developed conditions have infinite constraints. Therefore, matrix coefficient check approach has been used to relax these conditions into a finite set of numerically tractable LMIs [16].

The paper is organized as follows. section 2 presents preliminaries of the LPV systems and signals norm. section 3 presents the synthesis conditions of the ICC LPV controller. Numerical examples are given in section 4 to demonstrate the benefit of the developed conditions. Closing conclusions are given in section 5

Standard notation is used in this paper. R denotes the set of real numbers. The symbol ”T” denotes transpose of a matrix. The matrices In and 0n denote an identity and zero matrices of size n × n, respectively. The positive definiteness of a matrix A is denoted A > 0. The sum of the diagonal elements of a matrix A is referred as trace(A). The transposition of the off-diagonal matrix block is referred by ” * ”. Other notations will be illustrated in due course.

2 Preliminaries

Consider the following linear parameter varying system :

(1)x˙(t)=A(θ(t))x(t)+Bu(θ(t))u(t)+Bw(θ(t))w(t),y(t)=C(θ(t))x(t)
(2)A(θ(t))=A0+i=1qθi(t)Ai,i=1,2,,q.

where q is the number of scheduling parameters. The scheduling parameters are assumed to be bounded such that,

Moreover, the rate of change of the scheduling parameters are assumed to be bounded as well.

The LPV system in (1) can be converted into polytopic coordinate using the change of variables,

(3)μ1(t)=θ(t)θ_θ¯θ_,μ2(t)=1μ1(t),

where μ:=(μ1(t),μ2(t))Λ2and

Λ2=μ(t)R2:i=12μi(t)=1,μi(t)0,i=1,2,

where the subscript ”2” denotes the number of vertices. Following the procedure presented in [17, 18], the derivatives of the varying parameters can assume values bounded by convex polytope Ω.

Thus, the system in (1) can be expressed in the polytopic coordinates (in terms of μ(t)) as

(4)x˙(t)=A(μ(t))x(t)+Bu(μ(t))u(t)+Bw(μ(t))w(t),y(t)=C(μ(t))x(t).

The 𝓛2 definition of a signal is given by

(5)w(t)22:=0w(t)Tw(t)dt,

while the 𝓛 is defined

(6)y(t)2:=supt0y(t)Ty(t),

then, the 𝓛2-to-𝓛 gain for Linear Time Invariant (LTI) systems is defined by

(7)T22:=supt0y(t)2w(t)22

where T is the transfer function from the disturbance input w(t) to performance output y(t).

3 Input Covariance Constraints (ICC)

The control objective is to design gain-scheduling state-feedback controllers of the form

(8)u(t)=K(μ(t))x(t),

in order to:

  • stabilize the closed-loop system.

  • satisfy constraints on input covariances defined by U.

  • minimize the output performance in terms of the 𝓗2- norm of the closed-loop system from the disturbance input w(t) to y(t).

Augmenting the open-loop system (1) with the controller (8), the following closed-loop system matrices are obtained,

(9)J:=x˙(t)=A(μ(t))x(t)+Bw(μ(t))w(t),y(t)=C(μ(t))x(t),

with A(μ):=A(μ)+Bu(μ)K(μ)

Assume 𝒜(μ) is stable for any pair (μ,μ˙)Є ⋀ × Ω, then there is a parameter-dependent positive-definite matrix P(μ) = P(μ)T > 0 satisfying the following inequality

(10)P˙(μ)+A(μ)P(μ)+P(μ)A(μ)T+Bw(μ)Bw(μ)<0.

In other words, suppose there is a continuously differentiable parameter-dependent matrix P¯(μ)=P¯(μ)>0 that solves the parameter-dependent controllability Gramian of the LPV system,

(11)P¯˙(μ)+A(μ)P¯(μ)+P¯(μ)A(μ)T+Bw(μ)Bw(μ)=0.

Therefore, there is a parameter-dependent matrix M(μ) = M(μ)' > 0 such that

(12)P˙(μ)+A(μ)P(μ)+P(μ)A(μ)T+Bw(μ)Bw(μ)+M(μ)=0,

that implies P(μ)>P¯(μ).In other words, P(μ) is a parameter-dependent covariance matrix and the control covariance can be defined,

(13)Uk=ΦkK(μ)P(μ)K(μ)TΦkT<U¯k,k=1,2,,nu.

where Φk is the k-th row of an identity matrix of size nu×nu associated with the k-th control channel.

Hence, the controller should exponentially stabilizes the closed-loop system and minimizes the upper bound of the ICC cost defined by,

(14)JICC=trace(C(μ)P¯(μ)C(μ)T).

Since the cost is parameter-dependent also, we introduce additional semi-definite (parameter-independent) matrix W such that

(15)WC(μ)P(μ)C(μ)T>0.

Therefore, minimizing the trace(W) corresponding to minimizing the upper bound of the ICC cost,

(16)J¯ICC=trace(W).

More specifically, the goal is to find a gain-scheduling state-feedback controller to minimize (16) subject to the constraints (13).

Theorem 1

Given input covariance constraints Ūk for k = 1, 2, · · · , nu, and a sufficiently small scalar ϵ > 0. If there exist continuously differentiable parameter-dependent matrix 0 < P(μ) = P(μ)T Є Rn×n, G(μ) Є Rn×n, Z(μ) Є Rnu×n, and parameter-independent matrix W = WT Є Rny×nythat solve the following optimization problem

min trace(W) s.t.

(17)ψμ+ψμTP˙μPμGμ+εψμTεGμ+GμTBwμTOnw×nInw<0,
(18)WC(μ)G(μ)G(μ)+G(μ)TP(μ)>0,
(19)U¯kΦkZ(μ)G(μ)+G(μ)TP(μ)>0,k=1,2,,nu,

then the gain-scheduling controller

(20)K(μ)=Z(μ)G(μ)1,

stabilizes the closed-loop system for any(μ,μ˙)Λ×Ωwith the ICC cost bounded by

(21)J¯ICC=traceW>traceC(μ)P(μ)C(μ)T>traceC(μ)P¯(μ)C(μ)T=JICC.

where Φk is (suitably chosen) input channel selection matrix andψ:=A(μ)G(μ)+B(μ)Z(μ).

Proof. Multiplying (17) by T(μ) from left and by T(μ)' from right with

(22)T(μ)=IA(μ)000I,

which leads to

(23)A(μ)P(μ)+P(μ)A(μ)P˙(μ)Bw(μ)Q1/2Q1/2Bw(μ)TInw<0,

where Q is a weighting matrix and A(μ):=A(μ)P(μ)+Bu(μ)Z(μ).

Taking the Schur complement of (23) yields

(24)P˙(μ)+A(μ)P(μ)+P(μ)A(μ)+Bw(μ)QBw(μ)T<0

Consider now inequality (18), block (2,2) dictates G(μ) + G(μ)T > P(μ) > 0. Since the inequality is positive-definite and using the fact that G(μ)TP(μ)−1G(μ) > G(μ) + G(μ)TP(μ), the (2,2) block can be replaced by G(μ)TP(μ)−1G(μ),

WC(μ)G(μ)G(μ)TP(μ)1G(μ)>0.

Then, taking the Schur complement of (18) yields

WC(μ)G(μ)(G(μ)1P(μ)G(μ)T)G(μ)TC(μ)T>0,

that gives

(25)W>C(μ)P(μ)C(μ)T.

Since C(μ)P(μ)C(μ)T>C(μ)P¯(μ)C(μ)T,

(26)J¯ICC=trace(W)>trace(C(μ)P(μ)C(μ)T)>trace(C(μ)P¯(μ)C(μ)T)=JICC.

Therefore, considering (25), minimizing trace(W) implies minimizing the upper bound of the ICC cost (26).

Following similar steps, the PLMIs (19) can be written as U¯k>ΦkK(μ)P(μ)K(μ)TΦkTfork=1,2,,nuthat implies the control covariance bounded by Ūk.

Some remarks are due for Theorem 1 in sequential order.

Remark 2

As a direct result of Theorem 1, robust ICC controller can be designed as special case of the LPV controller (20). More specifically, in the case where the scheduling parameter is not available for feedback in real-time, robust ICC controller can be designed. Simply, choosing the synthesis variables (G(μ) and Z(μ)) to be parameter-independent (G and Z) as given in the following corollary.

Corollary 3

Given input covariance constraints ⩂k for k = 1, 2, · · · , nu, and a sufficiently small scalar ϵ > 0. If there exist continuously differentiable parameter-dependent matrix 0 < P(μ) = P(μ)T Є Rn×n, parameter-independent matrices G Є Rn×n, Z Є Rnu×n, and W = WT Є Rny×nythat solve the following optimization problem

min trace(W) s.t.

ψμ+ψμTP˙μPμGμ+εψμTεGμ+GμTBwμTOnw×nInw<0,WCμGG+GTPμ>0,U¯kΦkZG+GTPμ>0,k=1,2,,nu,

then the robust ICC controller

K=ZG1,

stabilizes the closed-loop system with guaranteed ICC cost bounded by

J¯ICC=traceW>traceC(μ)P(μ)C(μ)T>traceC(μ)P¯(μ)C(μ)T=JICC.

where Φk is (suitably chosen) input channel selection matrix andψr:=A(μ)G+B(μ)Z.

Remark 4

The synthesis conditions of Theorem Theorem 1 are parametrized with μ(t) (polytopic vertices) instead of θ(t) since a simple change of variables can be used to convert the original LPV model into the polytopic domain.

Remark 5

The conditions of Theorem 1 are expressed as Parametrized Linear Matrix Inequalities (PLMIs). Hence, PLMIs can be interpreted as special type of convex optimization with infinite constraints. Therefore, relaxation methods need to be applied in order to solve this optimization problem. In this work, matrix coefficients check relaxation approach using Pólya’s theorem [16] is utilized to obtain the optimal LPV controller.

Remark 6

The scalar ϵ in (17) can be fixed as a sufficiently small constant beforehand. This constant can be viewed as additional degree of freedom to avoid numerical problems and improve the achieved performance.

Remark 7

The software package ROLMIP [?] is used in this work to perform PLMI relaxation. More specifically, it is used to convert the infinite dimensional LMIs into finite set LMIs. SeDuMi [?] and YALMIP [?] are also used with ROLMIP to obtain the optimal solution.

4 Numerical Examples

4.1 Example: 1

Consider the following LPV system [? ]:

A(θ(t))=25.960θ(t)12040θ(t)3464θ(t),Bu=32,
Bw=0.030.47,C=10.

with θ(t) є [0, 1] andθ˙(t)[1,1].First of all the system has been converted from the actual parameter domain into polytopic domain. More specifically, from θ-domain into μ-domain, where

(27)μ1(t)=θ(t)θ_θ¯θ_,μ2(t)=1μ1(t),

with θ_=1andθ¯=1

Then, Theorem1 is used to design LPV controllers with various constraints on the control input. Table 1 shows the number of LMI (optimization) variables and LMI constraints for Theorem 1 associated with Example 1.

Three cases have been studied with input constraints, Ū = 9.5, 10 and 10.5, respectively. For the first case,

Table 1

Number of LMI variables and constraints for Theorem 1 (Example 1).

# of LMI variables# of LMI rows
Theorem 11946
Table 2

ICC cost and Control covariance at the system vertices for Example 1 (ϵ = 10−4).

Ū = 9.5
vertex#1vertex#2trace(W)
U9.49949.48730.0586
JICC0.05850.0542
JICC0.05860.0585
K[−6.645 − 63.165][12.333 − 46.966]
Ū = 10
vertex#1vertex#2trace(W)
U9.99919.98740.0578
JICC0.05780.0559
JICC0.05780.0578
K[−6.614 − 75.834][12.464 − 56.077]
Ū = 10.5
vertex#1vertex#2trace(W)
U10.498710.48610.0575
JICC0.05740.0563
JICC0.05750.0574
K[−6.704 − 86.821][12.534 − 65.554]

Ū = 9.5 is used in Theorem 1 to design the optimal LPV controller satisfying this control constraints. Table 2 illustrates the design results at the vertices of the polytope with

the vertex controller,

(28)K1=6.64563.165,K2=12.33346.966.

It is clear from Table 2 that the utilized control energy at the two vertices are 9.4994 and 9.4873 which satisfy the constraint Ū = 9.5. With this constraint, the optimal ICC costs are 0.0585 and 0.0542 at the vertices. Note that trace(W) = 0.0586 is the upper bound for the ICC cost. This bound is very tight demonstrating optimality of the design.

For the case Ū = 10, the utilized control energy at the vertices are 9.9991 and 9.9874 with upper bound of the ICC cost is 0.0578. Similarly, for the case Ū = 10.5, the utilized control energy at the vertices are 10.4987 and 10.4861 with upper bound of the ICC cost is 0.0575.

Figure 1 illustrates the relationship between the optimized output performance versus the control constraints. As expected, the output performance is getting better as the constraints on the control relaxed and vise versa.

Figure 1 The upper bound on the output performance versus control constraints.
Figure 1

The upper bound on the output performance versus control constraints.

The worst case control response for Ū = 20 is shown in Fig. 2 for both vertices demonstrating the control input constraint is totally respected. This response illustrating that the control resources are optimally utilized, neither commanding the actuator higher than the specified constraint nor providing low actuation signal.

Figure 2 Worst case control response at vertex#1 and vertex#2 (blue) and theU¯=20$\sqrt{\overline{U}} = \sqrt{20}$in the dash-dotted (red).
Figure 2

Worst case control response at vertex#1 and vertex#2 (blue) and theU¯=20in the dash-dotted (red).

Table 3

ICC cost and Control covariance at the system vertices for Example 2 (ϵ = 0.05).

Ū = 0.5
vertex#1vertex#2trace(W)
U0.48470.49850.0321
JICC0.02820.0305
JICC0.03160.0316
K[−0.782 − 7.615 − 1.736][−0.783 − 8.664 − 0.998]
Ū = 2
vertex#1vertex#2trace(W)
U1.97401.98100.0134
JICC0.01120.0115
JICC0.01300.0130
K[−12.757 − 28.987 − 5.023][−12.822 − 30.044 − 4.834]
Ū = 4
vertex#1vertex#2trace(W)
U3.94193.95880.0101
JICC0.00780.0079
JICC0.00970.0097
K[−25.224 − 47.757 − 9.139][−25.494 − 48.957 − 9.034]

4.2 Example: 2

Consider the modified version of the system presented in [11]:

A(θ(t))=01010.1θ(t)10010,Bu=001,
Bw=001,C=10.50000.5110.

with θ(t) Є [0, 1] andθ˙(t)[1,1].

After converting the system into polytopic domain, Theorem 1 is used to synthesize LPV controller with ICC constraints. Table 4 shows the number of optimization variables and LMI constraints associated with Theorem 1 for this example. Similarly, three cases have been studied with constraints Ū = 0.5, 2, and 4. Table 3 presents the design results in terms of vertex controllers and the achieved output performance for each individual case. It is clear to see the control energy satisfying the specified constraints. Figure 3 demonstrates the relationship between the control constraints and the achieved JICC.

Figure 3 The ICC cost versus control constraints at vertex #1 and vertex #2.
Figure 3

The ICC cost versus control constraints at vertex #1 and vertex #2.

Table 4

Number of LMI variables and number of LMI rows for Theorem 1 (Example 2).

# of LMI variables# of LMI rows
Theorem 14268

5 Conclusions

New synthesis conditions have been developed to design state-feedback LPV controller satisfying constraints on control covariance. These conditions are given in terms of Parameterized Linear Matrix Inequalities (PLMIs). Two numerical examples is presented to illustrate the benefit of the developed approach.

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Received: 2019-03-04
Accepted: 2019-05-13
Published Online: 2019-06-04

© 2019 Lina Alhmoud and Ali Khudhair Al-Jiboory, published by De Gruyter

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  63. Topical Issue: Progress in area of the flow machines and devices
  64. Analysis of the influence of a stator type modification on the performance of a pump with a hole impeller
  65. Investigations of drilled and multi-piped impellers cavitation performance
  66. The novel solution of ball valve with replaceable orifice. Numerical and field tests
  67. The flow deteriorations in course of the partial load operation of the middle specific speed Francis turbine
  68. Numerical analysis of temperature distribution in a brush seal with thermo-regulating bimetal elements
  69. A new solution of the semi-metallic gasket increasing tightness level
  70. Design and analysis of the flange-bolted joint with respect to required tightness and strength
  71. Special Issue: Actual trends in logistics and industrial engineering
  72. Intelligent programming of robotic flange production by means of CAM programming
  73. Static testing evaluation of pipe conveyor belt for different tensioning forces
  74. Design of clamping structure for material flow monitor of pipe conveyors
  75. Risk Minimisation in Integrated Supply Chains
  76. Use of simulation model for measurement of MilkRun system performance
  77. A simulation model for the need for intra-plant transport operation planning by AGV
  78. Operative production planning utilising quantitative forecasting and Monte Carlo simulations
  79. Monitoring bulk material pressure on bottom of storage using DEM
  80. Calibration of Transducers and of a Coil Compression Spring Constant on the Testing Equipment Simulating the Process of a Pallet Positioning in a Rack Cell
  81. Design of evaluation tool used to improve the production process
  82. Planning of Optimal Capacity for the Middle-Sized Storage Using a Mathematical Model
  83. Experimental assessment of the static stiffness of machine parts and structures by changing the magnitude of the hysteresis as a function of loading
  84. The evaluation of the production of the shaped part using the workshop programming method on the two-spindle multi-axis CTX alpha 500 lathe
  85. Numerical Modeling of p-v-T Rheological Equation Coefficients for Polypropylene with Variable Chalk Content
  86. Current options in the life cycle assessment of additive manufacturing products
  87. Ideal mathematical model of shock compression and shock expansion
  88. Use of simulation by modelling of conveyor belt contact forces
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