A revolution in control theory thought happened in the early 1970s when the dominant focus
of research shifted from optimality to robustness in response to unexpected failures of …

Abstract Modern Robust Control has had two distinct lines of development:(a) Robustness
through quadratic optimization and (b) Robustness under parametric uncertainty. The first …

Comprehensive and accessible guide to the three main approaches to robust control design
and its applications Optimal control is a mathematical field that is concerned with control …

This volume collects most of the papers presented at the International Workshop on
Robustness in Identification and Control, held in Torino (Italy) in 1988. The main focal point …

Comprehensive and up to date coverage of robust control theory and its application•
Presented in a well-planned and logical way• Written by a respected leading author, with …

Research in robust control theory has been one of the most active areas of mainstream
systems theory since the late 70s. This research activity has been at the confluence of …

This is a book on robust and optimal control of linear, time-invariant systems. The human
being always seeks better results in all activities, and this desire pushes the advance of …

From the Publisher: Focuses on robust control, currently a very important topic in control
research and engineering. The interest in this area is motivated by the need to achieve …

SIMPLE, yet meaningful, control problems to highlight issues in robust control design and to
provide a forum for the application of a variety of robust control design methodologies are …

Many problems in systems and control, such as controller synthesis and state estimation, are
often formulated as optimization problems. In many cases, the cost function incorporates …