Classical Control Using H-Infinity Methods: Theory, Optimization, and Design

This text teaches control system design using H-infinity techniques that are simple and compatible with classical control, yet powerful enough to allow the solution of physically meaningful problems. The authors begin by teaching how to formulate control system design problems as mathematical optimization problems and then discuss the theory and numerics for these optimization problems. The book is separated into modules so that the parts on theory can be read independently of the design parts and vice versa. The authors treat control design problems in a physically correct way. They present a small set of specific rules that the reader can apply to convert a particular design problem to the fundamental optimization problem of H-infinity control. This precisely formulated mathematics problem can then be solved on a computer. The book introduces the control software package OPTDesign, which allows the reader to reproduce the calculations done in the solved examples and try variations on them.