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Robust control has addressed the issue of model uncertainty in control systems mainly through worst-case analysis. While this has led to significant new insight and tools, the emphasis on the worst-case has avoided a probabilistic understanding of robust control. In this essay we suggest that tools for structural reliability analysis can be adapted for this purpose.
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Kantor, J. C., and B. F. Spencer, Jr., “On Real Parameter Stability Margins and Their Computation.” Report 90-1, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1990. To appear in International Journal of Control.
Spencer, B. F., M. K. Sain, J. C. Kantor, and C. Montemagno, “Probabilistic Stability Measures for Controlled Structures Subject to Real Parameter Uncertainties.” submitted to Smart Materials and Structures, 1992.
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Kantor, J.C., Spencer, B.F. (1994). Is robust control reliable?. In: Smith, R.S., Dahleh, M. (eds) The Modeling of Uncertainty in Control Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 192. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0036250
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