A Parameter Estimation Approach to State Observation of Nonlinear Systems

Abstract

A novel approach to the problem of partial state estimation of nonlinear systems is proposed. The main idea is to translate the state estimation problem into one of estimation of constant, unknown parameters related to the systems initial conditions. The class of systems for which the method is applicable is identified via two assumptions related to the transformability of the system into a suitable cascaded form and our ability to estimate the unknown parameters. The first condition involves the solvability of a partial differential equation while the second one requires some persistency of excitation--like conditions. The proposed observer is shown to be applicable to position estimation of a class of electromechanical systems, for the reconstruction of the state of power converters and for speed observation of a class of mechanical systems.

This paper is submitted to Systems & Control Letters Journal. The abridged version of this paper will be presented at Conference on Descision and Control 2015, Osaka, Japan

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