“…Hence, the actual performance given in (8), which is solely determined by the designer-specified performance functions ρ (t), ρ φ (t), ρ θ (t), and ρ ω (t), becomes isolated against model uncertainties, thus extending greatly the robustness of the proposed control scheme. The only conditions that we impose consist in the initial constraints ( 21) and (22), which are necessary for the initial compliance with the performance functions as well as the containment of (t) in (− π 2 , π 2 ). Given the initial errors s (0), s φ (0), e θ (0), and e ω (0), which can be measured at t = 0, one can choose the initial value of the performance functions ρ (0), ρ φ (0), ρ θ (0), and ρ ω (0), respectively, such that (22) hold; note that the feasibility of ( 22) is guaranteed by (21).…”