Path-following or reference-tracking? An answer relaxing the limits to performance

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 167-172

  Pedro Aguiar, A ^a   Dačić, Dragan B ^a   Hespanha, João P ^a   Kokotović, Petar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Path following; Reference tracking; Zero dynamics

Indexed keywords

CONTROL OBJECTIVES; PATH FOLLOWING; PATH-FOLLOWING PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE LIMITATIONS; REFERENCE-TRACKING; UNSTABLE ZERO-DYNAMICS;

EID: 85083193532     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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