Robust observer based control for plasma glucose regulation in type 1 diabetes patient using attractive ellipsoid method.

This paper deals with the design of robust observer based output feedback control law for the stabilisation of an uncertain nonlinear system and subsequently apply the developed method for the regulation of plasma glucose concentration in Type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients. The principal objective behind the proposed design is to deal with the issues of intra-patient parametric variation and non-availability of all state variables for measurement. The proposed control technique for the T1D patient model is based on the attractive ellipsoid method (AEM). The observer and controller conditions are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequality (LMI), thus allowing to compute easily both the observer and controller gains. The closed-loop response obtained using the designed controller avoids adverse situations of hypoglycemia and post-prandial hyperglycemia under uncertain conditions. Further to validate the robustness of the design, closed-loop simulations of random 200 virtual T1D patients considering parameters within the considered ranges are presented. The results indicate that hypoglycemia and post-prandial hyperglycemia are significantly reduced in the presence of bounded ( ) parametric variability and uncertain exogenous meal disturbance.