Controller design for nonlinear systems with time delay using model algorithm control (MAC)

This paper presents a digital model algorithm control (MAC) for nonlinear time-delayed systems. The MAC controller is designed based on the sampled-data representation of the dynamic system. A new discretization method using the Taylor series and zero order hold assumption is proposed to discretize the continuous nonlinear time-delayed system. The proposed discretization method can provide accurate time discretization results and convert the discrete-time system into a general nonlinear system, so that the MAC method can be employed. Several simulations are conducted to verify the performance of the proposed method.