Time-domain stability robustness measures for linear regulators

The stability robustness aspect of linear systems is analyzed in the time domain. A bound on the perturbation of an asymptotically stable linear system is obtained to maintain stability using Liapunov matrix equation solution. The resulting bound is shown to be an improved upper bound over the ones recently reported in the literature. The proposed methodology is then extended to Linear Quadratic (LQ) and Linear Quadratic Gaussian (LQG) regulators. Examples given include comparison with an aircraft control problem previously analyzed.

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