Journal of South China University of Technology(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2024, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (7): 39-52.doi: 10.12141/j.issn.1000-565X.230610

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Probability Density Function Shape Control Method for Nonlinear Stochastic Systems Based on Compactly Supported Multi-Variable Polynomials

WANG Lingzhi1(), ZHANG Kun1, QIAN Fucai2   

  1. 1.School of Automation, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunication, Xi’an 710121, Shaanxi, China
    2.School of Automation and Information Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an 710048, Shaanxi, China
  • Received:2023-09-28 Online:2024-07-25 Published:2024-02-29
  • About author:王玲芝(1981—),女,博士,教授,主要从事随机控制、复杂系统的建模与优化控制、风能资源评估与预测、雷达目标散射特性等研究。E-mail: wlzmary@126.com
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62073259)

Abstract:

For the probability density function (PDF) shape control problem of nonlinear stochastic systems, this paper used the Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov (FPK) equation as a tool and proposed a PDF shape control method based on the compactly supported multivariable polynomials (CSMP) function. When the system is in a steady state, the PDF of the system was trapped in a specific compact subspace and didn’t need to be integrated over the whole space. The CSMP function is non-zero in a continuous space, satisfying the compact subspace characteristic. Therefore, the linear combination of CSMP (CSMP-LC) was utilized as the steady-state approximate solution of FPK equation for approaching the target PDF. Firstly, the moth-flame optimization (MFO) algorithm was used for optimizing parameters of the CSMP-LC function. Then, by integrating each dimensional state variable of the multidimensional steady-state FPK equation, the integration of the steady-state FPK equation over the whole space was ensured to be zero. Finally, the solution of the one-dimensional and two-dimensional uncoupled state variable PDF shape controller was completed, and simulation experiments were conducted. The results demonstrate that the proposed method can achieve PDF shape control for different types of target PDFs (single-peaked shapes, double-peaked shapes and triple-peaked shapes) for one-dimensional nonlinear stochastic systems. In particular, for complex triple-peaked shapes, it has a significant advantage over the multi-Gaussian closure method and the exponential polynomial method. The method in the paper was extended to the nonlinear stochastic system with uncoupled two-dimensional state variables, which can better realize the control of PDF shape and provide a new research idea for the study of PDF shape control of multivariate stochastic systems. Moreover, the CSMP function can reduce the complexity of the integral computation and reduce the difficulty of solving PDF shape controllers for nonlinear stochastic systems.

Key words: Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation, nonlinear stochastic system, probability density function, compactly supported multi-variable polynomials

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