Maamar Bettayeb’s research while affiliated with University of Sharjah and other places

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Publications (245)


Non-linear Synergetic Funnel Control of wind turbine
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May 2025

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Computers & Electrical Engineering

Zaina Ait-Chekdhidh

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Maamar Bettayeb

Cascaded Extended‐State‐Observer‐Based Synergetic Control for Quadcopter Translational Dynamics

April 2025

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Maamar Bettayeb

This paper presents an approach to quadcopter position control, utilizing a Cascaded Extended State Observer (CESO) integrated with synergetic control. The proposed control strategy enhances the quadcopter's stability and tracking accuracy by estimating and compensating for aerodynamic disturbances and drag forces to a significant extent, which are challenging to measure or model analytically. This extent increases as the levels of the cascaded structure grow, progressively enhancing both accuracy and compensation capability. An efficient tuning approach is introduced in the paper for tuning multiple ESOs in a cascaded structure that uses hierarchical gain reduction, ensuring distinct frequency ranges for each observer. This achieves a rapid initial estimation while reducing noise in later stages, enhancing stability and robustness. The CESO framework, combined with synergetic control, offers a robust solution, minimizing mean squared error and control effort while improving disturbance rejection. The PX4‐ROS2 architecture was used to test our system in Gazebo and on a custom‐built quadcopter experimentally, validating the efficacy of the proposed control scheme. This study contributes significantly to the development of advanced control techniques for unmanned aerial vehicles, emphasizing practical implementation and adaptability in real‐world scenarios.






Design and implementation of funnel control–based synergetic control for water level tank system

February 2025

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Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control

This work presents a unique control technique for dynamic system regulation called FC-SNC (Funnel Control combined with Synergetic Control). To improve tracking performance, robustness against disturbances, and transient response characteristics, FC-SNC integrates the concepts of funnel control and synergetic control. The key innovation is the introduction of a new macro-variable for SNC, designed based on Funnel Control principles. By contrasting it with conventional control techniques like FC, SNC, and PI controllers, the suggested strategy is validated by simulation and experimental tests on a coupled tank system. The results highlight FC-SNC’s guarantee for real-world applications where accurate and reliable control is crucial by showcasing its superior responsiveness and control performance under a range of operating situations. With its potential to provide engineering systems needing high-performance regulation with viable solutions, FC-SNC’s effectiveness represents a noteworthy contribution to dynamic system control.




Enhanced Photovoltaic Defect Detection Using Perceptual Loss in DCGAN and VGG16-Integrated Models on Electroluminescence Images

January 2025

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IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Defects in photovoltaic (PV) modules significantly impact their efficiency and reliability, making the accurate detection essential for quality control. This study presents an enhanced generative adversarial network framework, combining deep convolutional generative adversarial network (DCGAN) with visual geometry group 16 (VGG16) and a perceptual loss function, to generate high-quality synthetic defect images and improve defect classification. The proposed model increases classification accuracy from 84% to 90%, demonstrating superior performance over the standard DCGAN. Key improvements include generating more realistic synthetic images, reducing image quality discrepancies, and addressing class imbalances in defect datasets. The enhanced framework performs particularly well in representing rare and complex defects, improving classification outcomes for challenging patterns while maintaining diversity and realism in synthetic data. Despite some limitations in capturing fine defect details, this approach establishes a benchmark for defect detection and synthetic image generation in PV manufacturing. It also offers potential for real-time applications in industrial production lines, ensuring more efficient quality control.


Citations (55)


... However, implementing HOSMC poses practical challenges due to the requirement for higher-order derivatives of the sliding variable. In contrast, the second-order super-twisting (ST) SMC offers a viable solution as it requires only the sliding variable [22,23]. However, the ST control signal is not completely smooth. ...

Reference:

Recursive PID-NT Estimation-Based Second-Order SMC Strategy for Knee Exoskeleton Robots: A Focus on Uncertainty Mitigation
High-order sliding mode-based robust active disturbance rejection control for uncertain fractional-order nonlinear systems
  • Citing Article
  • February 2025

International Journal of Systems Science

... In recent years, ESO-based controller design has gained significant attention due to its ability to effectively handle system uncertainties and external disturbances without requiring an accurate plant model. This approach has been widely explored in various applications, particularly in nonlinear systems, where the need for robust and adaptive control strategies is crucial for maintaining performance and stability [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]. Additionally, several existing methods, widely used today to address the proposed issues, include those presented in [43,44]. ...

Backstepping active disturbance rejection control for nonlinear fractional-order systems with a fixed-time synergetic extended state observer
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  • January 2025

International Journal of Systems Science

... Mobile robots have become integral in various engineering applications due to rapid advances in technology. In complex environments, the ability to perform autonomous global path planning (that is, generating collision-free paths from a start point to a target while considering environmental constraints) is critical for ensuring effective navigation [1]. Global path planning not only underpins the intelligence of mobile robots but also plays a central role in ensuring safety and operational efficiency [2]. ...

A Comprehensive Study of Recent Path-Planning Techniques in Dynamic Environments for Autonomous Robots
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  • December 2024

... The convergence of theoretical advancements in parameterization methodologies and ESO structural improvements has elevated ADRC to a mature control paradigm with broad engineering applicability. Representative applications demonstrate its effectiveness across diverse domains: electromechanical systems (permanent magnet synchronous motor control [20]), autonomous systems (robotic manipulation [21], unmanned aerial vehicles navigation [22]), industrial applications (agricultural control systems [23]), and smart structures (piezoelectric actuator control [24]). This expanding implementation spectrum underscores ADRC's versatility as a modern control solution for complex dynamic systems. ...

A Comprehensive Review and Applications of Active Disturbance Rejection Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

IEEE Access

... The researchers employed color image descriptors to train the chosen algorithms. Their findings indicated that the rgSIFT descriptor, in conjunction with k- Nearest [43]. ...

A Novel Ensemble CNN Framework With Weighted Feature Fusion for Fault Diagnosis of Photovoltaic Modules Using Thermography Images
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  • January 2024

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

... When integrated with a feedforward-feedback control architecture, this enables higher tracking accuracy and lower control latency [19]. Sana Stihi et al. introduced a prescribed performance neural network model predictive control (PPNNMPC) method for a four-degree-of-freedom robot, which incorporates neural networks and performance functions to optimize tracking performance [20]. Although such methods enhance prediction accuracy and adaptability, they still suffer from issues such as limited generalization under highly dynamic responses or long-term dependency modeling scenarios, slow network convergence, and low inference efficiency [21]. ...

Funnel Neural Network Model Predictive Control for a 4 DoF Robot Manipulator
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  • June 2024

... For example, Han et al. 17 applied a hybrid approach combining Gray Wolf Optimization (GWO) and Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) to a manipulator system, optimizing the parameters of both the controller and observer to enhance performance and stability. Similarly, Gad et al. 18 proposed an SMC strategy that improves the ...

Optimized Power Rate Sliding Mode Control for a Robot Manipulator Using Genetic Algorithms
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  • October 2024

International Journal of Control Automation and Systems

... Inverter yang digunakan dalam sistem ini biasanya memiliki kapasitas daya yang beragam, mulai dari 1000W hingga 1600W, yang mampu mengonversi tegangan dengan efisiensi tinggi. Selain itu, inverter juga dilengkapi dengan sistem proteksi otomatis untuk mencegah kerusakan akibat overheat atau overload [14], [15]. ...

Performance analysis and planning of Self-Sufficient solar PV-Powered electric vehicle charging station in dusty conditions for sustainable transport
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  • September 2024

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

... Nevertheless, in high-dynamic environments where fast response and precise path tracking are required, PPC often fails to meet the accuracy demands of practical applications. Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) [24][25][26], on the other hand, effectively addresses nonlinearities and uncertainties in the system, making it applicable for control tasks in complex environments. However, in distributed task scheduling with high complexity or resource constraints, FLC may face challenges related to computational efficiency. ...

Intelligent Fuzzy Logic-Based Internal Model Control for Rotary Flexible Robots

... where T is a design parameter that specifies the rate at which the macro-variable converges to the invariant manifold (x, t) = 0. The function θ( ) is a differentiable and smooth function of , selected to meet the convergence rate requirements [20,39,44,45]. ...

Fixed-time Synergetic Control for Synchronization of Fractional-order Chaotic Systems

Algerian Journal of Signals and Systems