On limitations to the achievable path following performance for linear multivariable plants

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2586-2601

  Miller, Daniel E ^a   Middleton, Richard H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

L2 performance limitations; Nonminimum phase systems; Path following; Tracking

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROBLEMS; CONVEX HULLS; CONVEX OPTIMIZATIONS; L2 PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; LIMIT SETS; MULTIVARIABLE PLANTS; NONMINIMUM PHASE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL PROCEDURES; PATH FOLLOWING; REFERENCE TRAJECTORIES; TEMPORAL SPECIFICATIONS; TRACKING;

NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 58249141348     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2008.2008781     Document Type: Article

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