ROBUST FAULT DETECTION WITH UNKNOWN INPUT SET-MEMBERSHIP STATE ESTIMATORS AND INTERVAL MODELS USING ZONOTOPES

Abstract In this paper, the problem of robust fault detection using observers with noise, disturbances and modelling uncertainties is addressed using two complementary strategies. First, disturbances considered as unknown inputs are decoupled. Second, process/measurement noise and modelling uncertainty are considered unknown but bounded. Then, their effect is considered using a new set-membership state estimation approach based on propagating the uncertainty using zonotopes. Finally, an example based on a linearised model of a flight control system is proposed.