Enabling quaternion derivatives: the generalized HR calculus

Feedforward–Feedback Controller Based on a Trained Quaternion Neural Network Using a Generalised HR Calculus with Application to Trajectory Control of a Three-Link Robot Manipulator

This study derives a learning algorithm for a quaternion neural network using the steepest descent method extended to quaternion numbers. This applies the generalised Hamiltonian–Real calculus to obtain derivatives of a real–valued cost function concerning quaternion variables and designs a feedback–feedforward controller as a control system application using such a network. The quaternion neural network is trained in real-time by introducing a feedback error learning framework to the controller. Thus, the quaternion neural network-based controller functions as an adaptive-type controller. The designed controller is applied to the control problem of a three-link robot manipulator, with the control task of making the robot manipulator’s end effector follow a desired trajectory in the Cartesian space. Computational experiments are conducted to investigate the learning capability and the characteristics of the quaternion neural network used in the controller. The experimental results confirm the feasibility of using the derived learning algorithm based on the generalised Hamiltonian–Real calculus to train the quaternion neural network and the availability of such a network for a control systems application.

Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation for 3-D and 4-D Signals: A Widely Linear Quaternion Approach

Quaternion state estimation techniques have been used in various applications, yet they are only suitable for dynamical systems represented by a single known model. In order to deal with model uncertainty, this paper proposes a class of widely linear quaternion multiple-model adaptive estimation (WL-QMMAE) algorithms based on widely linear quaternion Kalman filters and Bayesian inference. The augmented second-order quaternion statistics is employed to capture complete second-order statistical information in improper quaternion signals. Within the WL-QMMAE framework, a widely linear quaternion interacting multiple-model algorithm is proposed to track time-variant model uncertainty, while a widely linear quaternion static multiple-model algorithm is proposed for time-invariant model uncertainty. A performance analysis of the proposed algorithms shows that, as expected, the WL-QMMAE reduces to semiwidely linear QMMAE for [Formula: see text]-improper signals and further reduces to strictly linear QMMAE for proper signals. Simulation results indicate that for improper signals, the proposed WL-QMMAE algorithms exhibit an enhanced performance over their strictly linear counterparts. The effectiveness of the proposed recursive performance analysis algorithm is also validated.