Title :
Performance degradation in feedback control due to constraints
Author :
Perez, Tristan ; Goodwin, Graham C. ; Serón, Maria M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
In this note, we present a method to characterize the degradation in performance that arises in linear systems due to constraints imposed on the magnitude of the control signal to avoid saturation effects. We do this in the context of cheap control for tracking step signals.
Keywords :
constraint theory; control system analysis; feedback; cheap control; control signal magnitude constraints; feedback control; linear systems; performance degradation; saturation effects; tracking step signals; Computer science; Control systems; Costs; Degradation; Feedback control; Linear feedback control systems; Linear systems; Optimal control; Performance analysis; Steady-state;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.2003.815045
