Finite-Horizon H-Infinity Control for Time-Varying State-Saturated Systems under Stochastic Communication Protocol

In this paper, the H∞ control problem is investigated for a class of time-varying state-saturated systems with both stochastic parameters and nonlinearities under the stochastic communication protocol (SCP). The sensor-to-controller network is considered where only one sensor can obtain access to the communication network at each transmission instant. The SCP is adopted to mitigate the undesirable data collision phenomenon. The model transformation technique is employed to simplify the addressed problem, and then, the completing squares method is carried out to obtain a sufficient condition for the existence of the finite-horizon H∞ controller. The controller parameters are characterized by solving two coupled backward recursive Riccati-like difference equations. A simulation example is finally utilized to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed controller design scheme.