An application of robust control technique to manufacturing systems with uncertain processing time

This paper studies the inventory control problem for a production system with uncertain processing time and delay in control, First, the stabilization of the delayed system is analysed. Then, a controller is designed such that a disturbance attenuation of the system is achieved. The problem of robust control of the system with parametric uncertainty is also investigated. Linear matrix inequality approach is employed to solve the above problems. A numerical example is given to show the potential of the proposed techniques, Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.