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This master thesis is devoted to the design, analysis, and experimental validation of an energy-based control strategy for the well-known benchmark cart-pole system in implicit Port-Hamiltonian (PH) representation. The control scheme performs two tasks: swingup and (local) stabilization. The swing-up controller is carried out on the basis of a generalized energy function and consists of bringing the pendulum trajectories from the lower (stable) position to a limit cycle (homoclinic orbit), which passes by the upright (unstable) position, as well as the cart trajectories to the desired point. The (local) stabilizing controller is designed under a novel algebraic Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-Based Control (IDA-PBC) technique and ensures the upright (asymptotic) stabilization of the pendulum as well as the cart at a desired position. To illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme, this work presents simulations and real-time experiments considering physical damping, i.e., viscous friction. The results are additionally contrasted with another energy-based control strategy for the cart-pole system in explicit Euler-Lagrange (EL) representation. / Diese Masterarbeit widmet sich dem Entwurf, der Analyse und der experimentellen Validierung einer energiebasierten Regelstrategie für das bekannte Benchmarksystem des inversen Pendels auf einem Wagen in impliziter Port-Hamiltonscher (PH) Darstellung. Das Regelungssystem erfüllt zwei Aufgaben: das Aufschwingen und (lokale) Stabilisierung. Das Aufschwingen erfolgt auf Grundlage der generalisierten Energiefunktion und besteht darin, sowohl die Trajektorien des Pendels von der unteren (stabilen) Position in einen Grenzzyklus (homokliner Orbit) zu bringen, wobei die (instabile) aufrechte Lage passiert wird, als auch den Wagen in einer gewünschten Position einzustellen. Die (lokale) Regelung zur Stabilisierung ist nach einer neuartigen algebraischen Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-Based Control (IDA-PBC) Methode konzipiert und gewährleistet die aufrechte (asymptotische) Stabilisierung des Pendels sowie die Positionierung des Wagens an einem gewünschten Referenzpunkt. Um die Funktionalität des entworfenen Regelungssystems zu veranschaulichen, werden in dieser Masterarbeit Simulationen und Echtzeit-Experimente unter Berücksichtigung der physikalischen Dämpfung, d.h. der viskosen Reibung, vorgestellt. Die Ergebnisse werden zusätzlich mit einem weiteren energiebasierten Regelungsansatz für das System des inversen Pendels auf einem Wagen in expliziter Euler-Lagrange (EL) Darstellung verglichen. / Tesis

The area of fractional calculus is more than three centuries old but applications have only appeared in the past few decades. Differential equations of non-integer order are known to represent certain physical processes in a more precise way than using the usual differential equations with integer order. Therefore, considering fractional calculus in the context of input- output systems can be beneficial. A useful representation of an input-output map in control theory is the Chen-Fliess functional series or Fliess operator. It can be viewed as a generalization of a Taylor series, and its algebraic nature is especially well suited for several important applications. In this thesis, a general solution for a fractional linear and bilinear time invariant system via formal power series methods and Fliess operators is presented. A mathematical model (that includes a differential equation) for an input-output linear and bilinear time invariant system is very well known, both the explicit solution and the one using formal power series. However, the question of how this system behaves when a fractional differential equation (where the derivative is of a non-integer order) has not been yet studied from the power series point of view. This thesis focuses on two specific kind of derivatives, one using Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives and the other using Caputo fractional derivatives. / Tesis

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Estudia el problema de la controlabilidad exacta en el interior del dominio Ω asociado a la ecuación semilineal parabólica { y′ − ∆y + f(y) = h , en Q | y = 0 , sobre Σ | y(0) = y0 , en Ω. Se demuestra que para cada estado inicial y 0 ∈ L 2 (Ω) y cada estado final z 0 ∈ L 2 (Ω), es posible encontrar una función control h ∈ L 2 (0, T; H−1 (Ω)) que al actuar sobre el sistema conduzca al estado y(x, t) hacia el estado final z 0 en el tiempo T. Además, se demuestra que el control h es Lipschitz continúo sobre los estados finales y se estudia el comportamiento de h cuando f tiende a cero. En la parte final del trabajo se estudia algunas aplicaciones del teorema principal, por ejemplo a los modelos semilineales de Fisher, Kierstead, Slobodkin y Skellam, Fisher - KPP y Jin-ichi-Nagumo. / Tesis

In this paper, we shall deal with a linear control system ∑ defined on a Lie group G with Lie algebra L(G). We prove that, if G is a compact connected Lie group, then the vector fields associated to dynamic of ∑ are conservative, and that if G is also non-Abelian then, by using Poincare Theorem, ∑ is transitive if and only if it is controllable.

Estudia las propiedades de controlabilidad para la ecuación Korteweg de Vries lineal e un intervalo limitado. Se establece un resultado, de controlabilidad nula para la ecuación lineal a través de la condijo de contorno tipo Durichlet. / Tesis

El objetivo de esta tesis es estudiar los problemas de gerencia de recursos renovables desde un punto de vista de control, específicamente del problema de sobreexplotación de recursos. La posible solución a este problema es la aplicación de un control denominado política de umbral (PU). / Tesis

The area of fractional calculus is more than three centuries old but applications have only appeared in the past few decades. Differential equations of non-integer order are known to represent certain physical processes in a more precise way than using the usual differential equations with integer order. Therefore, considering fractional calculus in the context of input- output systems can be beneficial. A useful representation of an input-output map in control theory is the Chen-Fliess functional series or Fliess operator. It can be viewed as a generalization of a Taylor series, and its algebraic nature is especially well suited for several important applications. In this thesis, a general solution for a fractional linear and bilinear time invariant system via formal power series methods and Fliess operators is presented. A mathematical model (that includes a differential equation) for an input-output linear and bilinear time invariant system is very well known, both the explicit solution and the one using formal power series. However, the question of how this system behaves when a fractional differential equation (where the derivative is of a non-integer order) has not been yet studied from the power series point of view. This thesis focuses on two specific kind of derivatives, one using Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives and the other using Caputo fractional derivatives. / Tesis

Esta tesis estudia los observadores de estados basados en sistemas de estructura variable con modos deslizantes, como una solución alterna al algoritmo de modelo múltiple interactivo (IMM) basado en filtros Kalman y filtro de partículas, para la estimación robusta de posición, velocidad y aceleración de un blanco aéreo de alta maniobrabilidad, tales como misiles antibuque o aviones de combate, a pesar de la existencia de incertidumbres o perturbaciones del modelo y utilizando mediciones de posición o velocidad con ruido angular. En el capítulo I se efectúa el estudio del estado del arte, se expone la problemática y la solución actual a esta. Posteriormente, en el capítulo II se efectúa un estudio de los distintos modelos dinámicos y de medición de blancos aéreos de alta maniobrabilidad existentes en la literatura, proponiéndose al final del capítulo un modelo lineal incierto del blanco aéreo (misil antibuque) y presentándose una simulación de la trayectoria completa de este. En el capítulo III se expone la teoría de sistemas de estructura variable con modos deslizantes aplicada a observadores de estado, se efectúa el diseño de los observadores más resaltantes y se presentan simulaciones de las estimaciones de la trayectoria del blanco aéreo de alta maniobrabilidad, comparándose al final del capítulo los resultados en base a criterios de desempeño establecidos. Los resultados muestran que en la ausencia de ruido los observadores “clásicos” de Edwards-Spurgeon (ESSMO), Walcott-Zak (WZSMO) y el diferenciador robusto exacto adaptativo (ARED) obtienen los mejores desempeños. Asimismo, para hacer uso de los observadores anteriormente mencionados en un ambiente de ruido angular se propone un nuevo algoritmo de filtrado, denominado diferenciador robusto exacto y uniforme filtrado (UREDF), que combina las características de filtrado estándar del diferenciador de Levant con un filtro de mediana no lineal intra pulso. Cabe resaltar que el desempeño de este algoritmo fue demostrado paralelamente al desarrollo de esta tesis en el manuscrito “Highly Maneuverable Target Tracking Under Glint Noise via Uniform Robust Exact Filtering Differentiator with Intra Pulse Median Filter”, publicado en la revista IEEE “Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems” y escrito por el Dr. Gustavo Pérez y el suscrito. En este manuscrito se concluye que el UREDF muestra un desempeño superior al de otros algoritmos de estimación y filtrado del estado del arte tales como el Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), Cubature Kalman Filter (CKF), Particle Filter (PF), y el Robust Student-t based Kalman Filter. En el capítulo IV dos soluciones al problema en estudio son brindadas, siendo la primera solución (SMO1) basada en la combinación de la capacidad de filtrado del diferenciador Robusto Exacto y Uniforme filtrado (UREDF) y la robustez para estimación de variables de estado del diferenciador robusto exacto adaptativo (ARED). Por otro lado, la segunda solución (SMO2) involucra la estimación de variables de estado de un radar de traqueo pulse-doppler mediante el filtrado de las mediciones de posición y velocidad por medio de Diferenciadores Robustos Exactos y Uniformes filtrados (UREDF) y la posterior estimación de variables de estado por medio del Observador de modos deslizantes de Walcott-Zak (WZSMO). Asimismo, un diferenciador robusto exacto adaptativo es utilizado para estimar el vector de entrada de control necesario para que funcione el WZSMO. En el capítulo V se efectuaron simulaciones en MATLAB® que comprueban que las soluciones de modos deslizantes propuestas tienen mejor capacidad de filtrado de ruido angular y robustez que el algoritmo de modelo múltiple interactivo (IMM) durante los cambios de rumbo y maniobra terminal. Finalmente, en el capítulo VI se propone la propuesta de implementación en un hardware PXI de National Instruments y en el capítulo VII se brindan conclusiones y trabajo future a realizar. / This thesis studies state observers based on sliding mode variable structure systems, as an alternative solution to the interactive multiple model algorithm (IMM) based on Kalman and Particle Filters, for the robust estimation of position, velocity, and acceleration of a high maneuverability air target, such as anti-ship missiles or combat aircraft, despite model uncertainties or disturbances and using fire control radar’s position or velocity measurements corrupted by glint noise. In chapter I a study of the state of the art is done, exposing the problem and the current solution to it. Subsequently, in chapter II a study is made of the different dynamic and measurement models of high maneuverability air targets existing in the literature, proposing at the end of the chapter an uncertain linear model of the air target (anti-ship missile) and presenting a simulation of the complete trajectory of it. In chapter III the theory of sliding mode variable structure systems applied to state observers is exposed, the design of the most representative observers is carried out, and simulations of the air target’s estimated trajectory are conducted, comparing at the end of the chapter the results of all state observers based on established performance criteria. Results show that in the absence of noise the Edwards-Spurgeon observer (ESSMO) and Walcott-Zak observer (WZSMO) and Adaptive Robust Exact Differentiator obtain the best performances. In addition, in order to use the observers and differentiators mentioned above a new filtering algorithm is proposed, named Uniform Robust Exact filtering differentiator (UREDF), which combines Levant’s standard filtering with a non-linear median intra pulse filter. It is important to state that the performance of this algorithm was demonstrated along with the writing of this thesis in the manuscript “Highly Maneuverable Target Tracking Under Glint Noise via Uniform Robust Exact Filtering Differentiator with Intra Pulse Median Filter”, which has been published in the IEEE journal “Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems” by Dr. Gustavo Pérez and myself. In this manuscript, it is concluded that the UREDF shows a superior performance than other state-of-the-art estimation and filtering algorithms such as the Extended Kalman Filter (EKF), Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), Cubature Kalman Filter (CKF), Particle Filter (PF), and the Robust Student-t based Kalman Filter. In chapter IV two solutions to the studied problem are proposed, being the first solution (SMO1) based on the combination of the Uniform robust exact filtered differentiator’s (UREDF) filtering capability and the Adaptive Robust Exact Differentiator’s robustness, exactness, and convergence speed capabilities for state variable estimation. On the other hand, the second solution (SMO2) involves state variable estimation of a pulse-doppler tracking radar by filtering both position and doppler velocity measurements with Uniform Robust Exact Filtered Differentiators (UREDF) and estimating state variables with the Walcott-Zak Sliding Mode Observer (WZSMO). Also, an adaptive robust exact differentiator (ARED) is used to provide the estimated input control vector necessary for the WZSMO to work. In chapter V, MATLAB® simulations were conducted, proving that the sliding mode solutions proposed in chapter IV have better glint noise filtering and robustness capabilities that the Interactive Multiple Model (IMM) algorithm during the misil’s course changes and terminal maneuver. Finally, in chapter VI is proposed the implementation solution in a National Instruments’ PXI and in chapter VII conclusions and future work remarks are given.