Abstract

In this paper we study stability radii of positive linear discrete‐time systems under affine parameter perturbations. It is shown that real and complex stability radii of positive systems coincide for arbitrary perturbation structures, in particular, for blockdiagonal disturbances as considered in μ‐analysis. Estimates and computable formulae are derived for these stability radii. The results are derived for arbitrary perturbation norms induced by monotonic vector norms (e.g. p‐norms, 1⩽p⩽∞).