1 Finite-precision Computing for Digital Control Systems: Current Status and Future Paradigms. - 1. 1 Introduction. - 1. 2 Finite-precision Control and Fragility. - 1. 3 Hardware Issues and Development of Control System Process ing Structures. - 1. 4 Future Paradigms and Relevant Research Problems. - References. - 2 Stability Margins and Digital Implementation of Controllers. - 2. 1 Introduction. - 2. 2 Digital Implementation. - 2. 3 Simulation Setup. - 2. 4 Examples. - 2. 5 Concluding Remarks. - Acknowledgements. - References. - 3 Finite Word-length Effects in Systems with Fast Sampling. - 3. 1 Introduction. - 3. 2 The Case of Small Sampling Periods. - 3. 3 A Reformulated Aström's Theorem. - 3. 4 Estimation of the Word-length. - 3. 5 Examples. - 3. 6 Remarks about Regulator Design and Implementation. - 3. 7 Problems with Model Identification. - 3. 8 Conclusions and Notes. - References. - 4 Implementation of a Class of Low Complexity Low Sensitivity Digital Controllers Using Adaptive Fixed-point Arithmetic. - 4. 1 Introduction. - 4. 2 Digital Feedback Controller. - 4. 3 Q-Parameterized Controller. - 4. 4 Dynamically Scaled Controllers. - 5 Convexity and Diagonal Stability: an LMI Approach to Digital Filter Implementation. - 5. 1 Introduction. - 5. 2 Convex Approach to the Diagonal Stability Issue. - 5. 3 Application to Digital Filter Implementations. - 5. 4 Concluding Remarks. - 6 The Determination of Optimal Finite-precision Controller Realisations Using a Global Optimisation Strategy: a Pole-sensitivity Approach. - 6. 1 Introduction. - 6. 2 Problem Formulation. - 6. 3 A New Pole-sensitivity Stability Related Measure. - 6. 4 Optimisation Procedure. - 6. 5 A Numerical Example. - 6. 6 Conclusions. - References. - 7 Computational Algorithms For Sparse Optimal Digital Controller Realisations. - 7. 1 Introduction. - 7. 2 Digital ControllerCoefficient Quantisation. - 7. 3 Stability-optimal Controller Realisations. - 7. 4 Numerical Issues. - 7. 5 Concluding Remarks. - References. - 8 On the Structure of Digital Controllers in Sampled-data Systems with Stability Consideration. - 8. 1 Introduction. - 8. 2 Digital Controller State Space Implementation. - 8. 3 A Stability Robustness Related Measure. - 8. 4 Optimal Controller Structures. - 8. 5 Sparse Structures. - 8. 6 A Design Example. - References. - 9 An Evolutionary Algorithm Approach to the Design of Finite Word-length Controller Structures. - 9. 1 Introduction. - 9. 2 Multi-objective Optimisation. - 9. 3 Evolutionary Algorithms and the Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm. - 9. 4 A Linear System Equivalence Completion Problem. - 9. 5 FWL Controller Structure Design using Evolutionary Computation. - 9. 6 Application Example. - 9. 7 Concluding Remarks. - References. - 10 Non-fragile Robust Controller Design. - 10. 1 Introduction. - 10. 2 Robustness and Fragility Analysis. - 10. 3 Another View on Robustness and Fragility. - 10. 4 Factored Controller Form. - 10. 5 Partial Fraction Controller Form. - 10. 6 Conclusions. - Acknowledgements. - References. - 11 Robust Resilient Controller Design. - 11. 1 Introduction. - 11. 2 Robust Stability and Performance. - 11. 3 Sufficient Conditions for Robust Stability and Performance. - 11. 4 Multiplicative Controller Uncertainty Structure and Guaranteed Cost Bound. - 11. 5 Decentralised Static Output Feedback Formulation. - 11. 6 Sufficient Conditions for Fixed-order Resilient Compensation with Multiplicative Uncertainty. - 11. 7 Additive Controller Uncertainty Structure and Guaranteed Cost Bound. - 11. 8 Decentralised Static Output Feedback Formulation. - 11. 9 Sufficient Conditions for Fixed-order Resilient Compensation with Additive Uncertainty. - 11. 10 Quasi-Newton Optimisation Algorithm. -11. 11 Illustrative Numerical Examples. - 11. 12 Conclusion. - References. - 12 Robust Non-fragile Controller Design for Discrete Time Systems with FWL Consideration. - 12. 1 Introduction. - 12. 2 Problem Statement and Preliminaries. - 12. 3 Robust Non-fragile H2 Control with Additive Controller Uncertainty. - 12. 4 Robust Non-fragile H2 control with Multiplicative Controller Uncertainty. - 12. 5 Example. - 12. 6 Conclusion. - Acknowledgements. - References. - 13 Synthesis of Controllers with Finite-precision Considerations. - 13. 1 Introduction. - 13. 2 A Model for Finite-precision Controller Design. - 13. 3 The Noise Model. - 13. 4 Finite-precision Effects on Closed-loop Performance. - 13. 5 Optimal Controller Coordinates. - 13. 6 Optimal Controller Design. - 13. 7 Skewed Sampling. - 13. 8 A Numerical Example. - Acknowledgements. - References. - 14 Quantisation Errors in Digital Implementations of Fuzzy Controllers. - 14. 1 Introduction. - 14. 2 Fuzzy Systems. - 14. 3 Sources of Quantisation Errors. - 14. 4 Digitised FLCs. - 14. 5 Consequences of the Digitisation in Feedback Fuzzy Systems. - 14. 6 Conclusions. - References. Language: English