Vehicle Fault Tolerant Control Using a Robust Output Fuzzy Controller Design

Modern life depends increasingly on the availability at all times of services and products provided by technological systems. Many areas, such as communication systems, water supply, power grids, urban transport systems are now completely automated. For such systems, the consequences of faults in component systems can be catastrophic. Reliability of such systems can be increased by ensuring that the faults will not occur, however, this objective unrealistic and often unattainable. In this context, it is very useful to design fault tolerant control systems that are able to tolerate possible faults in such systems to improve reliability and availability. Together with the increasing complexity of engineered systems and rising demands regarding reliability and safety, it is important to develop powerful fault-tolerant control methods.