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In this paper we discuss the construction of “universal” controllers for a class of robust stabilization problems. We give a general theorem on the construction of these controllers, which requires that a certain nonlinear inequality is solvablepointwisely or, equivalently, that arobust control Lyapunov function does exist. The constructive procedure producesalmost smooth controllers. The robust control Lyapunov functions extend to uncertain systems the concept of control Lyapunov functions. If such a robust control Lyapunov function also satisfies a small control property, the resulting stabilizing controller is also continuous in the origin of the state space. Applications of our results range from optimal to robust control.
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This research was supported by Ministero dell'Universiá e della Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica and by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana under Contract 92 RS 25, 1992.
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Battilotti, S. Universal controllers for robust control problems. Math. Control Signal Systems 10, 188–202 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01213385
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01213385