This paper presents a unified systematic framework for designing dynamic fe
edback controllers for nonlinear systems described by Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) m
odels, Both stabilization and multi-objective control synthesis problems ha
ve been addressed. The control laws are in the form of so-called dynamic pa
rallel distributed compensation (DPDC) which are essentially nonlinear dyna
mic feedback controllers. The associated control synthesis problems are for
mulated as linear matrix inequality (LMI) problems, i.e,, the parameters of
the DPDC controllers are obtained from a set of LMI conditions. The approa
ch in this paper can also be applied to hybrid or switching systems. (C) 20
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