ABSTRACT
The main objectives of Chapters 10 and 11 are to provide effective computational tools for the numerical solution of the control design problems discussed in the previous chapters. To this end, the concept of convexity, defined later in this chapter, will play a fundamental role in our discussion. Convexity will allow existing computational techniques for our design purposes, but also it will enable development of some new tools specifically designed to find solutions for these design problems. Convexity is the most important property to seek in the control design problems formulated in the previous chapters, since effective techniques exist to solve such problems.
