Title : 
Positive observation of Takagi-Sugeno systems
         
        
            Author : 
Zaidi, Ines ; Tadeo, Fernando ; Chaabane, Mohamed ; Benzaouia, Abdellah
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents conditions for design of observers for nonlinear systems represented by a Takagi-Sugeno-type model, whose state variables take only nonnegative values at all times t for any nonnegative initial state (positive systems). The derived observers have a Takagi-Sugeno structure and ensure the nonnegativity of the observed states. The conditions are derived as Linear Programming and Linear Matrix Inequalities, and tested on a simulated practical problem.
         
        
            Keywords : 
linear matrix inequalities; linear programming; nonlinear systems; observers; Takagi-Sugeno structure; Takagi-Sugeno systems; Takagi-Sugeno-type model; linear matrix inequalities; linear programming; nonlinear systems; nonnegative initial state; nonnegative values; observed states; observer design; positive observation; positive systems; state variables; Educational institutions; Linear matrix inequalities; Linear programming; Nonlinear systems; Observers; Takagi-Sugeno model;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Methods and Models in Automation and Robotics (MMAR), 2012 17th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Miedzyzdrojie
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-2121-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MMAR.2012.6347920