For the purpose to estimate the state of nonlinear continuous-time systems, we focus on the increasing-gain observer regarded as generalization of the well-known high-gain observer. As compared with the previous results on increasing-gain observers, the assumptions under which the global asymptotic stability of the estimation error is proved are relaxed. The stability analysis is drawn by using...

In this paper, a variable gain design approach for the high-gain disturbance observer, called Proportional-Integral-Observer (PI-Observer), is proposed to solve the problem of choosing suitable observer gains. The high-gain PI-Observer is successfully applied to estimate unknown inputs of systems together with the system states. It is known that reasonable estimations of unknown inputs can only...

In this paper, a high gain observer is designed for a parameter varying polytopic model to estimate the enclosed mass in the combustion chamber of a spark ignited engine. The high gain strategy allows the design of an observer that handles the uncertain part of the system. The observer uses the cylinder pressure measurement during the compression stroke to estimate the enclosed mass. An engine ...

This paper deals with the design of a high gain observer and sliding mode controller for a remotely controlled quadrotor vertical take off and landing aircraft. Under the restriction that only the inertial coordinates and yaw angle are available for measurement, a high gain observer is designed which allows estimating on-line the roll and pitching angles as well as all the linear and angular ve...

This note fix the proof of Theorem 2 in the article [2]. Equations from the original paper will be denoted with a star (for example (1∗)) whereas equations of the present corrected paper will be denoted without a star (for example (1)). I. THE ERROR The function Ṽα used in the proof of Theorem 2 in [2], and derived from Theorem 10 in [3], is not C with respect to (e, α). Indeed, one has