A cone complementarity linearization approach to robust controller design for continuous-time piecewise linear systems with linear fractional uncertainties

This paper investigates the robust H_∞ control problem for uncertain continuous-time piecewise systems by using the piecewise continuous Lyapunov function. The uncertainties of the systems under consideration are expressed in a linear fractional form. A strict linear matrix inequality approach is developed to obtain stability condition and H_∞ performance. The H_∞ controller design problem is solved by exploiting the cone complementarity linearization (CCL) method, which can be cast into an iterative minimization problem subject to LMI constraints. Finally two examples are given to illustrate the application of the proposed approach.