Robust stabilization of nonlinear systems: The LMI approach (Q1594500)

In the first section the authors consider a system \[ \dot x= Ax+ h(t,x),\tag{1} \] where the matrix \(A\) is Hurwitz and \(h(t,x)\) is a possibly discontinuous function which represents nonlinear uncertainties. The admissible functions \(h(t,x)\) belong to a set \(H_\alpha\) defined by the inequality \[ h(t,x)^T h(t,x)\leq \alpha^2 x^T H^T Hx, \] where \(H\) is a given matrix. The parameter \(\alpha\) is thought of as a measure of the size of \(H_\alpha\). The maximal value of \(\alpha\) is identified by solving an optimization problem, with constraints expressed in the form of a linear matrix inequality. In the second section the author considers the case where \(A\) is not Hurwitz. Here, (1) is replaced by \[ \dot x= Ax+ Bu+ h(t,x)\tag{2} \] and a solution is sought in feedback form. In the following sections the author considers systems which satisfy the matching condition. Finally, the results are applied to decentralized control and interconnected systems.