COMPUTERS & ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, cilt.30, sa.2, ss.153-165, 2004 (SCI-Expanded)
In this paper, robust gain margin, robust phase margin and Nyquist envelope of interval systems are studied. It is first presented that the robust gain and phase margins of a control system with an interval plant family are achieved at one of the Kharitonov plant by using the interlacing theorem and virtual compensator concept. Then, using the generalized Hermite-Biehler theorem, it is shown that the outer boundary of the Nyquist envelope of a stable interval plant is covered by the Nyquist plots of the 16 Kharitonov plants family. Examples are given to illustrate the method presented. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.