Addressing the relative degree restriction in nonlinear adaptive observers: A high-gain observer approach

The design of adaptive observers is a common approach for the joint state and parameter-estimation problem. Nonetheless, there are still some obstacles that have to be solved to improve the design of adaptive observers and extend its implementability to a larger class of systems. First, the separati...

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Autores: Cecilia Piñol, Andreu|||0000-0002-5579-4157, Costa Castelló, Ramon|||0000-0003-2553-5901
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/376116
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/376116
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jfranklin.2022.03.020
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Observers (Control theory)
Robust estimation
Adaptive systems
Nonlinear observer design
Parameter-estimation
Compartmental model
Strict Lyapunov functions
Observadors (Teoria de control)
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Automàtica i control
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Sumario:The design of adaptive observers is a common approach for the joint state and parameter-estimation problem. Nonetheless, there are still some obstacles that have to be solved to improve the design of adaptive observers and extend its implementability to a larger class of systems. First, the separation of the state-estimation and the parameter-estimation requires a relative degree one or zero between some known signal and the parameters to be estimated. Second, standard stability proofs for adaptive observers cannot be easily extended to consider the unavoidable presence of sensor noise and unmodelled system uncertainty. Consequently, on the one hand, this work proposed a methodology to relax the relative degree condition through the use of a high-gain observer that will be coupled with the adaptive observer. On the other hand, the stability and performance of the proposed observer scheme will be analysed by the use of a strict Lyapunov function based on the Mazenc construction, which allows to have provable convergence and to study the effect of sensor noise and model uncertainty through common Lyapunov theory. Finally, the proposed approach is validated in a compartmental epidemiology model.