To stabilize an interval plant family it suffices to simultaneously stabilize sixty-four polynomials

Abstract

It is shown that stability of three specific polynomial families can be deduced from the stability of a finite number of polynomials. These polynomial families are the characteristic polynomials of unity feedback loops with the controller in the forward path, and where the plant includes a specific form of parameter uncertainty. For the first polynomial family, the plant has parameter uncertainty in the even or odd terms of the numerator or denominator polynomial. For the second polynomial family the plant has a numerator or denominator which is an interval polynomial. For the third polynomial family, the plant is interval. Because of the structure of these results it is shown that they lead to robust stabilization results. Two examples are included. The approach employed here was developed for plants with affine uncertainty. It is demonstrated that considerable simplification results if the plants under investigation are interval. >