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The goal of this paper is to assess the robustness of an uncertain linear time-varying (LTV) system on a finite time horizon. The uncertain system is modeled as a connection of a known LTV system and a perturbation. The input/output…
Conditions for input-output stability of barrier-based model predictive control of linear systems with linear and convex nonlinear (hard or soft) constraints are established through the construction of integral quadratic constraints (IQCs).…
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