[Winter 1999 Colloquiums]
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COLLOQUIUM

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
ROCHESTER, MICHIGAN 48309

 

Mohamed Zohdy
Department of Electrical Engineering
Oakland University

 

On Quadratic Stabilizability By Linear Feedback
Control of Arbitrary Uncertain Systems

Abstract

The problem of stabilizing linear systems subject to possibly fast time varying uncertainties is investigated. A necessary and sufficient condition of quadratic stabilizability is derived. It is found that if the uncertainty does not enter the input matrix, the quadratic stabilizability condition by linear feedback is the same as by arbitrary nonlinear feedback. Furthermore, if the system is quadratic stabilizable by linear feedback control, then it is also quadratically stabilizable by an optimal type feedback gain. An explicit algorithm is proposed for the case that the uncertainty is bounded by a hyperpolyhedron.

372 Science and Engineering Building
Tuesday, March 16 1999
3:00­4:00 P.M.

Refreshments at 2:30­3:00 PM in Room 368, Science and Engineering Building