Low gain control of linear growth feedforward systems by delayed output signals and sparse sampling (Q6099678)

The subject of study is the problem of global robust stabilization via sampled-data delayed output feedback for a family of single-input-single-output uncertain nonlinear systems described by \[ \begin{aligned} \dot x_1 &= x_2+f_1(x, u, t), \\ & \ \ \vdots \\ \dot x_{n-1} &= x_n+f_{n-1}(x, u, t), \\ \dot x_n &= u, \\ y &= x_1 \end{aligned} \tag{1} \] Here \(x = [x_1, \dots , x_n]^T \in \mathbb{R}^n\), \(u \in \mathbb{R}\), and \(y \in \mathbb{R}\) are the system state, input and output, respectively. For \(i = 1, \dots , n-1\), the function \(f_i: \mathbb{R}^n \times \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}\) is continuous with \(f_i(0, \dots , 0, t)\) = 0, \(\forall t \in \mathbb{R}\), and represents a time-varying nonlinear perturbation or an uncertain nonlinearity of the system. The class of this type systems under consideration is characterized by the following growth condition. \textbf{Assumption 1.} There exists a real constant \(c \geq 0\) such that \[ |f_i(\cdot)| \leq c\bigl(\sum_{j=i+2}^n |x_j(t)|+|u(t)|\bigr), \quad i=1,\dots n-1, \] where \(\sum_{j=n+1}^n |x_j(t)| :=0\). Conditions are given for coefficients \(\beta_i\), \(i=1, \dots,n\), and also for the sampling period \(T>1\) and the low gain \(l\in(0, 1)\), when, under Assumption~1, the sampled-data delayed output feedback controller \begin{align*} &u(t)=u(t_k) = \sum_{j=n+1}^n \alpha_i yt_{k-i+1}(), \quad t\in [t_k, t_{k+1}], \; t_k=kT \\ &\alpha_i= (-1)^{j-1} l^n \sum_{j=n+1}^n \frac {C_{j-1}^{i-1}\beta_j}{(lT)^{j-1}} \end{align*} makes the nonlinear system (1) globally asymptotically stable. This is obtained using the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional method and the robust control design.