Event-driven observer-based control for distributed parameter systems using mobile sensor and actuator

This paper considers the event-driven observer-based control for distributed parameter systems using mobile sensor and actuator. An observer is designed to estimate the states of the distributed parameter systems based on the measurement information provided by the mobile sensor. In order to reduce the frequency of the signal transmissions between the observer and the controller, an event-driven scheme is introduced. Once an event is generated, the event detector will send the newest observer state to the controller. Meanwhile, a guidance scheme is provided to drive the actuator to the position where the observer state reaches the maximum value to improve the control performance. For the event-driven control system, the global uniform ultimate boundedness can be guaranteed by the Lyapunov functional approach despite the reduced sampling frequency. A numerical example is finally presented to illustrate the effectiveness and the advantages of the proposed approaches.