This article is concerned with robust stability analysis of feedback interconnections of nonlinear systems using integral quadratic constraints (IQCs). Its main purpose involves reconciling hard (a.k.a. unconditional) IQC and soft… Click to show full abstract
This article is concerned with robust stability analysis of feedback interconnections of nonlinear systems using integral quadratic constraints (IQCs). Its main purpose involves reconciling hard (a.k.a. unconditional) IQC and soft (a.k.a. conditional) IQC-based analysis. In particular, it is shown that the hard IQC stability result can be recovered from the soft IQC theory. The hard IQC approach is closely related to the dissipativity theory, whereas the soft IQC approach makes use of homotopies that are continuous in the gap distance measure.
               
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