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Analysis of the Robustness of Predictive Controllers via Modal Intervals

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This paper aims to start exploring the application of interval techniques to deal with robustness issues in the context of predictive control. The robust stability problem is transformed into that of checking the positivity of a rational function. Modal intervals are presented as a useful tool to deal with this kind of function.

Modal interval analysis extends real numbers to intervals, identifying the intervals by the predicates that the real numbers fulfill, unlike classical interval analysis which identifies the intervals with the set of real numbers that they contain. Modal interval analysis not only simplifies the computation of interval functions but also allows semantic interpretations of the results. These interpretations are applied to the analysis and design of robust predictive controllers for parametric systems. Necessary, sufficient and, in some cases, necessary and sufficient conditions for robust performance are presented.

Specifically, an interval procedure is proposed to compute the stability margin of a predictive control law when applied to a class of plants described by discrete time transfer functions with coefficients that depend polynomially on uncertain parameters.

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Vehí, J., Rodellar, J., Sainz, M. et al. Analysis of the Robustness of Predictive Controllers via Modal Intervals. Reliable Computing 6, 281–301 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009982530323

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