Real-time implementation of an algorithm for self-repairing control systems based on LQG optimization

Abstract

In this paper a self-repairing real-time control (SRC) system based on LQG (Linear Quadratic Gaussian) optimization is proposed. Its transputer implementation and a real-time aircraft application are presented. The SRC system is composed of the monitoring of the control system, the detection and diagnosis of the failure and the reconfiguration of the control laws. The proposed SRC system is suitable for real-time operation because of the parallel nature of its architecture. The INMOS multitransputer implementation of the SRC applied to an aircraft model provides 56 per cent efficiency compared to a single-transputer implementation.