title: Design of a switching controller for nonlinear systems with unknown parameters based on a fuzzy logic approach.
abstract: This paper deals with nonlinear plants subject to unknown parameters. A fuzzy model is first used to represent the plant. An equivalent switching plant model is then derived, which supports the design of a switching controller. It will be shown that the closed-loop system formed by the plant and the switching controller is a linear system. Hence, the system performance of the closed-loop system can be designed. An application example on controlling a two-inverted pendulum system on a cart will be given to illustrate the design procedure of the proposed switching controller.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Multimedia Signal Processing, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: F H F
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Lee