Recursive grid methods to compute value sets and Horowitz-Sidi bounds

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 155-171

  Gutman, Per Olof ^a   Nordin, Mattias ^b   Cohen, Bnayahu ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^c MES Medical Electronic Systems Ltd   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bound generation; Quantitative feedback theory (QFT); Robust control; Template generation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; SET THEORY;

BOUND GENERATION; EQUIDISTANT GRID METHOD; QUANTITATIVE FEEDBACK THEORY (QFT); TEMPLATE GENERATION;

ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

EID: 33846454726     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: 10991239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1083     Document Type: Article

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