Optimal Rational Function Approximation for
Fractional Integral and Differential Operators
Zhang Xuxiu,Yao Xin
School of Electronics and Information Engineering
Dalian Jiaotong University
Dalian, China
zhangxuxiu@163.com
Fei Jiyou
School of Bullet Train Application and Maintenance
Engineering
Dalian Jiaotong University
Dalian, China
YAOXIN52818989@126.com
Abstract—Bode diagram based rational function
approximation method for fractional integral and differential
operators are analyzed in detail. For the approximation
rational function orders is the lowest under satisfying
approximation accuracy in the approximation frequency
interval, two steps are proposed: 1) Choose reasonable initial
and terminal frequency of rational function logarithmic
amplitude-frequency characteristic. 2) Set approximation
error of logarithmic amplitude-frequency characteristic by
taking the error between asymptote and exact value into
account. Computation examples demonstrate the validity of
this method.
Key words-Fractional integral and differential operators;
Rational function approximation; Bode diagram; Optimal
rational function approximation
I. INTRODUCTION
Fractional Order Calculus (FOC) was first proposed in
1695[1]. However, due to a lack of knowledge of its physical
significance and geometric meaning, FOC has laid dormant
for a long time. It‘s not until recent decades, as with the
development of computer science and its application, FOC
has gained much attention in scientific and engineering
community[2]. FOC has broad application in complex
systems modeling, analysis and identification, signal
processing and automatic control[2]and so on. FOC can
resolve some problems that traditional integer order calculus
could not do. Some previously undiscovered or unexplained
phenomenon can be discovered or explained by FOC. For
example, the conventional automatic control system, its
performance would be further improved by FOC modeling
or FOC controller[4].
Fractional order integral or differential operator
(
and
are integral and differential
respectively) is the most common fractional filter in
automatic control system. It should be discretized by an
approximate model in digital control systems. Rational
function of Laplace operator
is used to approximate
in continuous control systems. This paper is aimed at the
rational function approximation for
.Existing
methods[5-9] include continuous fractional expansion (CFE),
Carlson, Matsuda,Oustloup(CRONE),etc. A common feature
of these methods is that they do not take how to obtain the
rational function of lowest order under specified conditions
(approximation frequency range and approximation error)
into account, namely how to achieve the best rational
function approximation. This paper proposes an optimal
rational function approximation method for
.
This paper is organized as follows: Section 2 deals with
the proposal of rational function approximation based on
Bode diagram for fractional integral operator. Section 3
describes the method of setting approximation error
bandwidth. Section 4 gives out the solving issue and
improving it. And section 5 is the conclusion part.
II. BODE DIAGRAM BASED RATIONAL FUNCTION
APPROXIMATION FOR FRACTIONAL INTEGRAL OPERATOR
A. Mathematical model
Fractional integral operator is
,where
.
Assume it is in series with proportional coefficient
.The
transfer function is
. It can be approximated
by
, where
is a rational function of
. And
)...)()((
)...)((
)(
321
21
asasas
bsbs
KsR
Where
is an undetermined proportion coefficient.
and
are undetermined constants. The frequency
characteristic is
js
asasas
bsbs
KjR
)...)()((
)...)((
)(
321
21
(2)
Thus the problem of
approximating
in
domain is transferred to
approximating
in
the frequency domain.
approximating to
by
Bode diagram of logarithmic amplitude-frequency
characteristics (LAFC) in the paper.
International Conference on Automatic Control Theory and Application (ACTA 2014)
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