  The synthesis problem of static output feedback controllers within the
anistropic-norm setup is revisited. A tractable synthesis approach involving
iterations over a convex optimization problem is suggested, similarly to
existing results for the Hinfinity-norm minimization case. The results are
formulated by a couple of Linear Matrix Inequalities coupled via a bilinear
equality, revealing, as in the Hinfinity case, the duality between the
control-type and filtering type LMIs and allowing a tractable iterative method
to cope with practical static output feedback synthesis problems. The resulting
optimization scheme is then applied to a flight control problem, where the
merit of the anisotropic norm setup is shown to provide a useful trade-off
between closed loop response and feedback gains.
