摘要:AbstractThis paper develops an extension of the bilateral control method for fractional partial differential equations (PDEs) with space-dependent coefficients by output feedback. Using a backstepping transformation, a full state feedback control law is designed. Then the fractional PDE system is folded into two subsystems and Mittag-Leffler convergent state observers of these subsystems are derived. Although the observers are coupled with boundary conditions (BCs), error subsystems are decoupled by assuming some available measurements. Hence, the observer gains are easily obtained. After this, we compose the designed state feedback controller and observers to enable Mittag-Leffler stabilization by output feedback. Finally, a fractional numerical example is provided to support the effectiveness of the proposed synthesis for the case when neither the control kernel nor the estimation kernel has an explicit solution.