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Observer design using a generalized time-scaled block triangular observer form. (English) Zbl 1159.93327

Summary: This paper presents an observer design for uncontrolled nonlinear multi-output continuous-time systems based on a Time-scaled Block Triangular Observer Form (TBTOF). The TBTOF generalizes an established Block Triangular Observer Form (BTOF) by including generalized Time Scaling Functions (TSFs) which have both state and output dependence. Introducing these stability preserving TSFs broadens the class of systems which admits a BTOF-based observer design. Necessary conditions for the TSFs are provided. When a TBTOF exists, an observer can be constructed subsystem-at-a-time. Sufficient conditions are given to prove estimate error stability. A physical example illustrates the TBTOF construction and observer design.

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93B51 Design techniques (robust design, computer-aided design, etc.)
93B07 Observability
93C15 Control/observation systems governed by ordinary differential equations
93C35 Multivariable systems, multidimensional control systems
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