Intelligent front end for the H∞ controller design

Abstract

In this paper, an intelligent front end for the H∞ control system design method is described. Systematic procedures for the H∞ controller design are presented, and they are applied to the control system design of a single flexible link. Our approach provides a coupling of the design knowledge and design algorithms for carrying out the controller design. Design knowledge of the systematic procedures involved has been represented in the knowledge-based development environment of the MEDAL control system design package. The algorithmic procedures for numeric processing are represented as user-defined functions (M-files) in the same control system design package. Hence, MEDAL provides a novel design environment which enables both heuristic and algorithmic knowledge to be integrated for H∞ control system design.