Set-theoretic Fault-tolerant Control in Multisensor Systems

Fault-tolerant control theory is a well-studied topic but theuse of the sets in detection, isolation and/or reconfiguration israther tangential.
The authors of this book propose a systematic analysis of theset-theoretic elements and devise approaches which exploit advancedelements within the field. The main idea is to translate faultdetection and isolation conditions into those conditions involvingsets. Furthermore, these are to be computed efficiently usingpositive invariance and reachability notions. Constraints imposedby exact fault control are used to define feasible references(which impose persistent excitation and, thus, non-convex feasiblesets). Particular attention is given to the reciprocal influencesbetween fault detection and isolation on the one hand, and controlreconfiguration on the other.
Contents
1. State of the Art in Fault-tolerant Control
2. Fault Detection and Isolation in Multisensor Systems
3. Residual Generation and Reference Governor Design
4. Reconfiguration of the Control Mechanism for Fault-tolerantControl
5. Related Problems and Applications
About the Authors
Florin Stoican received a B.E. degree from the"Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania, in 2008and his PhD from SUPELEC, France in 2011. He held an ERCIMPostdoctoral Fellowship with NTNU Trondheim, Norway, in 2012, andis currently Assistant Professor at "Politehnica"University of Bucharest. His main interest is the fault tolerantcontrol of dynamical systems through the prism of set theoreticelements. His current work involves further results in set theoryand constrained optimization problems.
Sorin Olaru received an M.S. degree from the"Politehnica" University of Bucharest, Romania, andboth his PhD and Habilitation from University Paris XI, France,being awarded the European Commission Archimedes Prize in 2002.Since 2001 he has held different positions at INRIA and SUPELEC inFrance and visiting appointments at the University of Newcastle,Australia and NTNU Trondheim, Norway. He is currently Professor atSUPELEC, a member of the INRIA Disco team and senior member ofIEEE. His research interests include optimization-based controldesign and the set-theoretic characterization of constraineddynamical systems.