QFT design for uncertain non-minimum phase and unstable plants revisited

International Journal of Control

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 957-965

  Chen, Wen Hua ^a   Ballance, Donald J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOP CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; CONTROL SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); STABILITY; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY (QFT);

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EID: 0035878019     PISSN: 00207179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207170110044346     Document Type: Article

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