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On the existence of constant-ratio trajectories in nominally time- optimal control systems subject to parameter variation

✍ Scribed by A.T. Fuller; A.S.I. Zinober


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1977
Tongue
English
Weight
690 KB
Volume
303
Category
Article
ISSN
0016-0032

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✦ Synopsis


In a previous paper it was found that certain control systems with nominally time-optimal feedback controllers are highly sensitive to changes of plant parameter. When the plant consists of several pure integrators, changes of plant parameter can cause what are termed constant-ratio trajectories. Such trajectories yield slow settling, or even instability. The previous paper used, in part, computational methods to show the existence of constant-ratio trajectories. In the present paper some simple conditions are shown to be sufficient for existence of the constant-ratio trajectories.