Structured Controllers for Uncertain Systems

Structured Controllers for Uncertain Systems focuses on the development of easy-to-use design strategies for robust low-order or fixed-structure controllers (particularly the industrially ubiquitous PID controller). These strategies are based on a recently-developed stochastic optimization method termed the 'Heuristic Kalman Algorithm' (HKA) the use of which results in a simplified methodology that enables the solution of the structured control problem without a profusion of user-defined parameters. An overview of the main stochastic methods employable in the context of continuous non-convex optimization problems is also provided and various optimization criteria for the design of a structured controller are considered; Hinfinity, H2, and mixed H2/Hinfinity each merits a chapter to itself. Time-domain-performance specifications can be easily incorporated in the design.