RACT : Randomized Algorithms Control Toolbox for MATLAB 1

This paper introduces a new Matlab package, Ract, aimed at solving a class of probabilistic analysis and synthesis problems arising in control. The package offers a convenient way for defining various types of structured uncertainties as well as formulating and analyzing the ensuing robustness analysis tasks from a probabilistic point of view. It also provides a full-featured framework for LMI-formulated probabilistic synthesis problems, which includes sequential probabilistic methods as well as scenario methods for robust design. The Ract package is freely available at http://ract.sourceforge.net, and only requires the Yalmip toolbox to be installed in the Matlab environment.

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