Randomized Algorithm for Determining Stabilizing Parameter Regions for General Delay Control Systems

Chao Yu, Binh-Nguyen Le, Xian Li, Qing-Guo Wang

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore City, Singapore..
Wang.

DOI: 10.4236/jilsa.2013.52011                

Abstract

This paper proposes a method for determining the stabilizing parameter regions for general delay control systems based on randomized sampling. A delay control system is converted into a unified state-space form. The numerical stability condition is developed and checked for sample points in the parameter space. These points are separated into stable and unstable regions by the decision function obtained from some learning method. The proposed method is very general and applied to a much wider range of systems than the existing methods in the literature. The proposed method is illustrated with examples.

Keywords

Stabilizing Parameter Regions; Delay Control Systems; Randomized Sampling; LMI Stability Criterion; Support Vector Machines

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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