• DocumentCode
    2252700
  • Title

    A homotopy method for decentralized control design

  • Author

    Mehendale, Charudatta S. ; Grigoriadis, Karolos M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Mech. Eng., Houston Univ., TX, USA
  • Volume
    6
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    4-6 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    5023
  • Abstract
    This paper considers the design of a full order output feedback decentralized H controller. An iterative algorithm that is based on the idea of two homotopy paths is proposed. Along one homotopy path, the decentralized control design problem, which is essentially non-convex, is locally linearized and solved. Along the other homotopy path the existing controller is deformed at each step so that in the end it attains a decentralized structure. A decentralized control design for a doubly inverted pendulum is demonstrated using the proposed algorithm.
  • Keywords
    H control; control system synthesis; decentralised control; iterative methods; pendulums; bilinear matrix inequality; decentralized H controller; decentralized control design; doubly inverted pendulum; full order output feedback controller; homotopy method; iterative algorithm; Application software; Communication system control; Control design; Control systems; Distributed control; Linear matrix inequalities; Mechanical engineering; Output feedback; Stability; State feedback;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003
  • ISSN
    0743-1619
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7896-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2003.1242522
  • Filename
    1242522