Automatica, Vol.37, No.10, 1541-1550, 2001
Tradeoffs in linear time-varying systems: an analogue of Bode's sensitivity integral
A new time-domain interpretation of Bode's integral is presented. This allows for a generalization to the class of time-varying systems which possess an exponential dichotomy. It is shown that the sensitivity function is constrained, on average, by the Lyapunov exponents of the open-loop system which take the place of the magnitude of the open-loop poles.