IQClab offers the possibility to consider various performance metrics in the IQC-analysis:
- Induced -gain performance (-norm in case of LTI uncertainties)
- performance (deterministic signal-based interpretation)
- Generalized performance (energy-to-peak performance)
- Passivity performance
In addition, it is possible to consider various performance metrics related to the computation of invariant sets:
- Invariant sets in the state space under the assumption that the external disturbances are bounded in energy ()
- Invariant sets in the performance output under the assumption that the external disturbances are bounded in energy ()
- Energy-to-peak gain performance ()
- Non-zero initial condition to peak gain performance ()
If no performance metric is specified, a robust stability analysis will be carried out.
Performance metric | Description |
Induced -gain | If selecting the induced -gain performance (-norm in case of LTI uncertainties) as performance metric, then the analysis tools perform a robustness analysis, while the induced -gain from all specified performance inputs to all specified performance outputs is minimized. If feasible, this yields a guaranteed upper-bound, , on the worst-case induced -gain performance for all modelled uncertainties :
Note: See Section 6.1 of [1] for the details on the mathematical derivation of the corresponding performance multiplier class. |
Similarly, if selecting the -norm as performance metric, then the analysis tools perform a robustness analysis, while the the -norm from all specified performance inputs to all specified performance outputs is minimized. If feasible, this yields a guaranteed upper-bound, , on the worst-case the -norm performance for all modelled uncertainties :
With , this norm is defined by
Notes: – This performance metric corresponds to the deterministic signal-based interpretation. – If we let with being dimension compatible with , then we require and . -See Section 6.4 of [1] for the details on the mathematical derivation of the corresponding performance multiplier class. | |
Generalized | Similar to the performance objective it is also possible to consider the generalized metric (also called the energy-to-peak gain). If feasible, this yields a guaranteed upper-bound, , on the worst-case generalized performance for all modelled uncertainties :
With , this norm is defined by
where denotes the maximum eigenvalue. |
Passivity | Next to the previous performance metrics, it is also possible to verify if the uncertain system is (strictly) input passive for all uncertainties . This means that for all . Note: See Section 6.2 of [1] for the details on the mathematical derivation of the corresponding performance multiplier class. |
This option allows to compute invariant sets in the state-space under the assumption that the external disturbances are bounded in energy. The option is abbreviated as . If feasible, this guarantees that the internal state is confined to the hyper ellipsoidal region for . | |
Similarly, this option allows to compute invariant sets for the output , again under the assumption that the external disturbances are bounded in energy. The option is abbreviated as . If feasible, this guarantees that the output is confined to the hyper ellipsoidal region for . | |
This option, which is similar to the Generalized performance metric, allows to compute bounds on the individual components of , . For being strictly proper, this option yields the peak gains on the performance output channels , such that
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This option facilitates the computation of bounds on the peak gain of the performance output for a given non-zero initial condition . With being strictly proper, this option computes the peak gain on the performance output channel such that by minimizing . | |
Robust stability | Finally, it is also possible to verify if the uncertain system is stable for all . This just means that all performance channels are omitted in the analysis. |