Title : 
Sensitivity Minimization by Strongly Stabilizing Controllers for a Class of Unstable Time-Delay Systems
         
        
            Author : 
Gumussoy, Suat ; Özbay, Hitay
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
3/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Weighted sensitivity minimization is studied within the framework of strongly stabilizing (stable) Hinfin controller design for a class of infinite dimensional systems. This problem has been solved by Ganesh and Pearson, for finite dimensional plants using Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation. We extend their technique to a class of unstable time delay systems. Moreover, we illustrate suboptimal solutions, and their robust implementation.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Hinfin control; control system synthesis; delay systems; delays; interpolation; sensitivity analysis; stability; Hinfin controller; Nevanlinna-Pick interpolation; infinite dimensional systems; sensitivity minimization; strongly stabilizing controllers; suboptimal solutions; unstable time-delay systems; Automatic control; Control systems; Delay effects; Feedback; Filters; H infinity control; Interpolation; Optimal control; Robustness; Sufficient conditions; Upper bound;  ${cal H}^{infty}$-control; sensitivity minimization; strong stabilization; time-delay;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TAC.2008.2008346