Design of reliable controllers for symmetric composite systems: primary contingency case

This paper discusses the reliable controller design problem for symmetric composite systems composed of several identical subsystems. A reliable controller design procedure is presented in terms of the solutions to algebraic Riccati equations. The order of these AREs is much lower than that of the symmetric composite system. The resulting closed-loop system is reliable in that it provide guaranteed internal stability and H_∞ performance when all sensors and actuators are operational as well as when the sensors or actuators of a prescribed subsystem experiences an outage