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An Overview of Anti-windup Techniques

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Stability and Stabilization of Linear Systems with Saturating Actuators

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This chapter is dedicated to the presentation of a panel of the different anti-windup techniques which can be found in the literature. We try to explain the philosophy pursued by the anti-windup compensation together with a bit of history allowing us to show the development of the various techniques. We focus on the modern anti-windup loop design in opposition to ad hoc solutions. Quick overviews both in regional and global stability frameworks are presented.

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Notes

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    For simplicity, the time dependence in the vector will be omitted.

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    The matrix I p −D pu D c is, however, never explicitly used in what follows.

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Tarbouriech, S., Garcia, G., Gomes da Silva, J.M., Queinnec, I. (2011). An Overview of Anti-windup Techniques. In: Stability and Stabilization of Linear Systems with Saturating Actuators. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-941-3_6

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