Design of a robust observer-based fault detection for a class of switched discrete-time linear systems

Abstract: This work addresses the design of a robust hybrid observer for discrete-time switched linear systems subject to unknown inputs and modeling errors. The observer herein proposed is synthesized, for the case when the active mode is unknown and in the purpose of robust fault detection. We'll show that a suitable trade-off between the robustness to unknown inputs and sensitivity to faults can be obtained through a performance index. The latter is optimized using an iterative LMI solution procedure. The efficiency of the proposed approach is illustrated by a numerical example.Keywords: Switched Systems, Fault Detection, Observer design, optimization, Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI)