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Подпись: FigureIntroduction of D scales in the standard interconnection structure

The standard interconnection structure M(s) — A(s) of Figure 5.3.a is considered. A p upper bound at frequency u> is directly provided by the small gain theorem (M = M(juj)):

p(M) < o(M) (5.8)

A COMPLEX ^ UPPER BOUNDThis theorem does not account for the structure of the model perturba­tion A(s). To this aim, a scaling transfer matrix l)(s) is used to decrease

the conservatism of the /л upper bound (5.8) (Safonov, 1982). D(s) must commute with A(s), i. e.:

D~1{s)A{s)D{s) = A{s) (5.9)

D(s) can thus be introduced into the interconnection structure without modifying the stability properties of the closed loop (see Figure 5.3.b).

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Frequency и is fixed: let then D = D(ju) and M = M(jiv). Re­member that the structure of the model perturbation A is (see equation (1.26)):

where J[ and Jj are real and complex scalars, while Д^ Є Ckrnr+mc+4,kmr+m<:+’> is a full complex block. Because of equation (5.9), the scaling matrix D must belong to:

Подпись:, Dmr+mc i + i ) ■ * • > dmc ^mr-fmc+mc )

with Di = D* >0,Die Cki’ki and dj > 0} (5.11)

The new fj. upper bound is:

Подпись: (5.12)ц(М) < mf^a(DMD~l)

The issue is thus to minimize the conservatism of this upper bound by finding the optimal value of D, which minimizes a{DMD~l). This con­vex and non differentiable optimization problem can be solved in numer­ous ways: see (Doyle, 1982; Safonov, 1982; Packard and Doyle, 1993) and included references.

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Remark: this jr upper bound can be rewritten as1:

This is an LMI problem involving the minimization of a maximal gener­alized eigenvalue.