Introducing a new tool for studying unstable systems

Abstract

This paper presents the starting project of a web site focussed on unstable systems. It is a web-based database in a bilingual version (English/Czech), which can be used as an information database for models of unstable processes. The web site contains the mathematical models of such systems, including their simulation files together with basic information about the stability of dynamic systems. The paper outlines the motivation for the development of this database, presents its basic structure, and discusses several models from the site. The areas of prospective usage are also suggested together with the possible directions of further development of this project. The contribution ends with a case study using the database for control system analysis and design of the Amira inverted pendulum. The systematic polynomial approach is fruitfully utilised for the task together with some useful tools from the robust control theory. © 2014, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.