A two-tier control architecture for nonlinear process systems with continuous/asynchronous feedback

• Published in: International journal of control Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 257 - 272
• Main Authors: Liu, Jinfeng, Muñoz de la Peña, David, Ohran, Benjamin J., Christofides, Panagiotis D., Davis, James F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.02.2010; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Communications networks; Computer science; control theory; systems; Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface; Control systems; Control theory. Systems; Exact sciences and technology; fault-tolerant control systems; model predictive control; networked control systems; nonlinear systems; process control applications; Process control. Computer integrated manufacturing; Software; Studies; Wireless communications; System architecture; Asynchronous; Process control; Non linear control; Distributed system; Communication network; Non linear system; Hybrid system; Closed feedback; Continuous process; Chemical reactor; Continuous control; Model reference adaptive control systems; Distributed control; Wireless network; Actuator; Lyapunov function

In this work, we introduce a two-tier control architecture for nonlinear process systems with both continuous and asynchronous sensing and actuation. This class of systems arises naturally in the context of process control systems based on hybrid communication networks (i.e. point-to-point wired lin...