H-infinity methods in control theory

H-infinity methods in control theory

"H" (i.e. "H"-infinity") methods are used in control theory to synthesize controllers achieving robust performance or stabilization. To use "H" methods, a control designer expresses the control problem as a mathematical optimization problem and then finds the controller that solves this. "H" techniques have the advantage over classical control techniques in that they are readily applicable to problems involving multivariable systems with cross-coupling between channels; disadvantages of "H" techniques include the level of mathematical understanding needed to apply them successfully and the need for a reasonably good model of the system to be controlled. Problem formulation is important, since any controller synthesised will only be 'optimal' in the formulated sense: optimizing the wrong thing often makes things worse rather than better! Also, non-linear constraints such as saturation are generally not well-handled.

The term "H" comes from the name of the mathematical space over which the optimization takes place: "H" is the space of matrix-valued functions that are analytic and bounded in the open right-half of the complex plane defined by Re("s") > 0; the "H" norm is the maximum singular value of the function over that space. (This can be interpreted as a maximum gain in any direction and at any frequency; for SISO systems, this is effectively the maximum magnitude of the frequency response.) "H" techniques can be used to minimize the closed loop impact of a perturbation: depending on the problem formulation, the impact will either be measured in terms of stabilization or performance.

Simultaneously optimizing robust performance and robust stabilization is difficult. One method that comes close to achieving this is "H" loop-shaping, which allows the control designer to apply classical loop-shaping concepts to the multivariable frequency response to get good robust performance, and then optimizes the response near the system bandwidth to achieve good robust stabilization.

Commercial software is available to support "H" controller synthesis.

Problem formulation

First, the process has to be represented according to the following standard configuration:

Plant "P" has two inputs, the exogenous input "w", that includes reference signal and disturbances, and the manipulated variables "u". There are two outputs, the error signals "z" that we want to minimize, and the measured variables "v", that we use to control the system. "v" is used in "K" to calculate the manipulated variable "u". Remark that all these are generally vectors, whereas "P" and "K" are matrices.

In formulae, the system is:

:egin{bmatrix} z\ v end{bmatrix} = P(s), egin{bmatrix} w\ uend{bmatrix} = egin{bmatrix}P_{11}(s) & P_{12}(s)\P_{21}(s) & P_{22}(s)end{bmatrix} , egin{bmatrix} w\ uend{bmatrix}

:u = K(s) , v

It is therefore possible to express the dependency of "z" on "w" as:

:z=F_ell(P,K),w

Called the "lower linear fractional transformation", F_ell is defined (the subscript comes from "lower"):

:F_ell(P,K) = P_{11} + P_{12},K,(I-P_{22},K)^{-1},P_{21}

Therefore, the objective of mathcal{H}_infty control design is to find a controller "K" such that F_ell(P,K) is minimised according to the mathcal{H}_infty norm. The same definition applies to mathcal{H}_2 control design. The infinity norm of the transfer function matrix F_ell(P,K) is defined as:

:||F_ell(P,K)||_infty = sup_omega ar{sigma}(F_ell(P,K)(jomega))

where ar{sigma} is the maximum singular value of the matrix F_ell(P,K)(jomega).

See also

*H square
*H-infinity loop-shaping
*Linear-quadratic-Gaussian control (LQG)

References

* Sigurd Skogestad and Ian Postlethwaite: "Multivariable Feedback Control - Analysis and Design", Wiley (1996), ISBN 0-471-94277-4 (hardback), ISBN 0-471-94330-4 (paperback). 2nd. ed. (2005) ISBN-13 978-0-470-01167-6, ISBN 0-470-01167-X (HB); ISBN-13 978-0-470-01168-3, ISBN 0-470-01168-8 (PBK), Book website http://www.nt.ntnu.no/users/skoge/book/.

* Dan Simon: "Optimal State Estimation: Kalman, H-infinity, and Nonlinear Approaches, Wiley (2006). Book web site http://academic.csuohio.edu/simond/estimation/.

* M. Green and D. Limebeer: "Linear Robust Control", Prentice Hall (1995), Now available at: http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/portal/pls/portallive/docs/1/7287085.PDF .


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