Event-triggered H∞ control for T-S fuzzy nonlinear systems and its application to truck-trailer system

This paper addresses the problem of event-triggered H∞ control for a class of T-S fuzzy nonlinear systems. An improved event-triggered scheme (ETS) characterized by discrete sampling is proposed, where the time-derivative of the membership function is not required. To get conservative conditions, the deviation bound of asynchronous normalized membership functions is considered. By utilizing the non-quadratic fuzzy line-integral Lyapunov functions and a free-matrix-based integral inequality, novel criteria for stabilization analysis of T-S fuzzy nonlinear systems are established. Finally, a truck-trailer system is provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed theories.