Title :
A more reliable robust stability indicator for linear systems subject to parametric uncertainties
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Many of the currently proposed techniques to perform frequency-domain stability analysis against real parametric variations fail because “discontinuities” of the real stability margin prevent straightforward frequency gridding techniques from behaving properly. In this paper, we present a new robustness indicator which readily bypasses this issue. The new indicator seems to work considerably better than the existing ones
Keywords :
frequency-domain analysis; reliability; robust control; uncertain systems; frequency-domain stability analysis; linear systems; parametric uncertainties; real parametric variations; reliable robust stability indicator; robustness indicator; stability margin discontinuities; Career development; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency domain analysis; Grid computing; Linear systems; MIMO; Robust stability; Robustness; Stability analysis; Uncertainty;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on