Fuzzy control system design via LMIs

This paper presents new stability conditions satisfying decay rate for both continuous and discrete fuzzy control systems. Linear matrix inequality (LMI) based designs for decay rate are also considered using the concept of parallel distributed compensation (PDC). To design fuzzy control systems, nonlinear systems are represented by Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy models. The PDC is employed to design fuzzy controllers from the Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy models. The stability analysis discussed here is reduced to a problem of finding a common Lyapunov function for a set of LMIs. Convex optimization techniques involving LMIs are utilized to find a common Lyapunov function and stable feedback gains satisfying decay rate. A simple example demonstrates the utility of the LMI-based designs proposed in this paper