Title : 
Robust controllability for a class of uncertain linear time-invariant MIMO systems
         
        
            Author : 
Cheng, Bangwen ; Zhang, Jing
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Manage., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This note studies the problem of robust controllability of linear time invariant multiple-input-multiple-output systems with A being or A and B both being sign-invariant interval matrices. For controllability, sufficient conditions as well as necessary and sufficient conditions based on interval division method are presented. The note also provides a way to handle interval systems that are not sign-invariant in the A matrix. Some examples illustrate the results.
         
        
            Keywords : 
MIMO systems; controllability; linear systems; robust control; uncertain systems; MIMO systems; linear systems; multiple-input multiple-output system; robust controllability; time-invariant systems; uncertain systems; Control systems; Control theory; Controllability; MIMO; Matrix decomposition; Robust control; Robustness; Sufficient conditions; Time invariant systems; Uncertain systems; 65; Controllability; robustness; uncertain systems;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TAC.2004.837545