For a class of uncertain nonlinear systems with actuator faults, robust active fault-tolerant control is investigated based on the adaptive observer, feedback linearization, and backstepping design theory. Time-varying faults and bounded uncertainty are simultaneously considered in the paper. An adaptive observer is firstly constructed to estimate the faults and then a backstepping-based active...

This paper addresses the problem of fault-tolerant robust supervisory control of discrete event systems (DES’s) with model uncertainty. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a fault-tolerant robust supervisor are derived. If the conditions are satisfied, then tolerable fault event sequences embedded in the system can be achieved. The results obtained are applied to design, mo...

This paper addresses the development of a novel Active Fault Tolerant Control Scheme (AFTCS) which, when used with an independently designed guidance system, turns out to give an overall fault tolerant guidance and control system. This AFTCS methodology avoids a logic-based switching controller by exploiting an adaptive fault estimator whose design is based on the Non Linear Geometric Approach ...

With the ever increase of complexity and expense of industrial systems, there is less tolerance for performance degradation, productivity decrease and safety hazards, which greatly stimulates to detect and identify any kinds of potential abnormalities and faults as early as possible, and implement realtime fault-tolerant operation for minimizing performance degradation and avoiding dangerous si...