Title :
Statistical approach to robust-performance control synthesis for systems with uncertain physical parameters
Author :
Yang, Ciann-Dong ; Tai, Hung-Chun
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nat. Cheng Kung Univ., Tainan, Taiwan
Abstract :
Introduces a design approach integrating robust control and quality control to synthesize robust-performance controllers for systems with uncertain physical parameters. We exploit classic statistics and related inference theories for an experimental design that uses orthogonal arrays to directly achieve time domain specifications, which is difficult for approaches based on frequency-domain synthesis such as norm-bounded optimization schemes. In addition, by exploiting analysis of variance (ANOVA), the interrelation between specifications and each design parameter can be studied quantitatively. In comparison with existing optimization schemes, our proposed scheme requires less numerical computations without the trouble of initial guess, and without differentiation operation. Systematic procedures for this quality-oriented control design are outlined in this paper
Keywords :
control system synthesis; design of experiments; matrix algebra; robust control; uncertain systems; ANOVA; analysis of variance; design approach; inference theories; orthogonal arrays; quality control; quality-oriented control design; robust-performance control synthesis; statistical approach; time domain specifications; uncertain physical parameters; Analysis of variance; Control design; Control system synthesis; Design for experiments; Gratings; Noise robustness; Quality control; Robust control; Statistics; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 1997. Proceedings of the 1997
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3832-4
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.1997.611929