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A practical functional observer scheme for interconnected time-delay systems
journal contribution
posted on 2015-01-01, 00:00 authored by Wei Yin Leong, Hieu TrinhHieu Trinh, T FernandoThis paper proposes a partially distributed functional observer scheme for a class of interconnected linear systems with very strong non-instantaneous subsystems interaction and with time delays in the local states and in the transmission of output information from the remote subsystems. A set of easily verifiable existence conditions is established and upon its satisfaction, simple distributed observers are designed using a straightforward design procedure. Simulation results of a numerical example are given to substantiate the feasibility of the approach.