Real and complex stability radii of polynomial matrices (Q1611909)

A basic problem in robustness analysis is to determine the ability of a system matrix to maintain its stability under a certain class of perturbations. A natural robustness measure is the distance of a stable system to the set of unstable systems of the same form and dimensions. The stability radius is defined as the distance to instability. In many applications, it is more convenient to use the characteristic polynomial of the closed-loop matrix and to define the stability radius of a polynomial matrix with respect to the given stability region. In this paper, closed formulas for the real stability radii of polynomial matrices with emphasis on the 2-norm case are derived. In the complex case, considering \(p\)-Hőlder norms, a computable formula for stability radii of the matrix polynomial with respect to a perturbation matrix is obtained. It is also shown how both real and complex stability radii can be efficiently computed for Hurwitz and Schur polynomial matrices.