Robust stabilization for systems with rank-one uncertainty structure

Abstract

This paper solves a class of robust control problems, with output feedback, for systems with mixed parametric uncertainty and unmodeled dynamics. This class of problems is characterized by a special rank-one assumption on the transfer matrix of the nominal plant. Under this assumption, the robust stabilization problem is reduced to a convex feasibility problem involving linear matrix inequalities. The data necessary to assemble these inequalities can be readily obtained from a state-space model of the nominal plant.