Robust ouput LQ optimal control via integral sliding modes (Q384821)

This book is devoted to results obtained by mixing the approach based on output Integral Sliding Mode (ISM) control with the one using robust min-max optimal control. Control systems described by ordinary differential equations are considered, with affine dependence on the control variables. After a short presentation of the ISM control concept, output ISM observers for systems with matched unknown inputs are considered, and an approach is presented to ISM control based only on output information. The robust maximum principle for min-max optimal control problems in Bolza form is then recalled (from the book by \textit{V. G. Boltyanski} and \textit{A. S. Poznyak} [''The robust maximum principle. Theory and applications'', Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications. New York, NY: Springer (2012; Zbl 1239.49002)]), and applied to min-max linear quadratic multimodel control. Blending ISM techniques with min-max robust optimal control methods leads to a control design problem for a linear uncertain systems composed by a finite number of dynamic scenarios. The case of min-max optimal control for a set of systems where only output information is available is considered, and a hierarchical sliding mode observer is applied. Several examples and applications are presented in detail.