In this work, we consider the problem of simultaneously estimating the system states and unknown inputs in a linear sampled-data system, whose dynamics is influenced by external disturbances and uncertainties.… Click to show full abstract
In this work, we consider the problem of simultaneously estimating the system states and unknown inputs in a linear sampled-data system, whose dynamics is influenced by external disturbances and uncertainties. Hardware limitations prevent an estimation scheme for a sampled-data system from achieving finite-time convergence, which is a typical property of existing sliding mode observers for dynamical continuous-time systems, because the sampling period is finite. Due to the sampling process, an approximate implementation of such an observer, designed for a continuous-time system, may not retain the desired performance in the sampled-data context. In this paper, we present an observer which takes advantage of the quasi-sliding motion concept to simultaneously estimate the state variables and the unknown input signals in a sampled-data context. A theoretical study is conducted to formally justify the convergence properties of the observer whilst simulation results are provided to show the efficiency of the proposed scheme.
               
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