Robust Control Synthesis for Linear Differential Systems with Parametric Uncertainty

Abstract

This paper presents a robust control synthesis method for linear time-invariant (LTI) differential systems with parametric uncertainty. The uncertain dynamics is described by a parametric kernel representation. We use parametric quadratic differential forms (QDF) to represent the dissipativity properties (both storage function and supply rate) of the uncertain system. The control design utilizes sum-of-squares (SOS) programming to search for a QDF supply rate for the controller such that the supply rate of the closed-loop system satisfies robust stability and performance conditions. Such a supply rate is then applied for control synthesis based J-factorization.