Gain-Scheduling of Minimax Optimal State-Feedback Controllers for Uncertain LPV Systems

A new robust control gain-scheduling scheme for uncertain linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems is proposed. The gain-scheduled controller consists of a set of minimax optimal robust controllers and incorporates a new interpolation rule to achieve continuity of the controller gain over a range of operating conditions. For every fixed system parameter, the proposed controller guarantees a certain bound on the worst-case performance of the corresponding uncertain closed loop system. Furthermore, a bound on the rate of parameter variations is obtained under which the closed loop LPV system is robustly stable