QFT control design for an approximately linearized pneumatic positioning system

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 675-688

  Xiang, Fulin ^a   Wikander, Jan ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Approximate linearization; Pneumatic positioning; QFT; Uncertainty characterization

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; LINEARIZATION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PNEUMATIC CONTROL;

PNEUMATIC POSITIONING SYSTEMS;

FEEDBACK CONTROL;

EID: 0037938483     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.832     Document Type: Article

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