TY - JOUR PB - Elsevier A1 - Donkers, M.C.F. A1 - Heemels, W.P.M.H. A1 - Bernardini, Daniele A1 - Bemporad, Alberto A1 - Shneer, Vsevolod SP - 917 Y1 - 2012/05// JF - Automatica IS - 5 VL - 48 SN - 0005-1098 N2 - In this paper, we study the stability of Networked Control Systems (NCSs) that are subject to time-varying transmission intervals, time-varying transmission delays, packet dropouts and communication constraints. The transmission intervals and transmission delays are described by a sequence of continuous random variables. The complexity that the continuous character of these random variables introduces is overcome using a novel convex overapproximation technique that preserves the available probabilistic information. By focusing on linear plants and controllers, we present a modelling framework for NCSs based on discrete-time linear switched and parameter-varying systems. Stability (in the mean-square) of these systems is analysed using a new stochastic computational technique, resulting in a finite number of linear matrix inequalities. We illustrate the developed theory on the benchmark example of a batch reactor. KW - Communication protocols; Networked control systems; Parameter-varying systems; Stochastic control; Switched systems AV - none TI - Stability analysis of stochastic networked control systems UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0005109812000805 ID - eprints1005 EP - 925 ER -