Recent developments in model-predictive control promise remarkable opportunities for designing multi-input, multi-output control systems and improving the control of single-input, single-output system
Whereas power systems have traditionally been designed with a focus on protecting them from routine component failures and atypical user demand, we now also confront the fact that deliberate attack in
This monograph presents a novel method of sliding mode control for switch-regulated nonlinear systems. The Delta Sigma modulation approach allows one to implement a continuous control scheme using one
This monograph presents the state of the art in aeroservoelastic (ASE) modeling and analysis and develops a systematic theoretical and computational framework for use by researchers and practicing eng
This book provides an account of the progress being made in the field of the modeling and control of lightweight flexible manipulator systems. It covers the main issues in system simulation and modeli
This book offers a novel approach to adaptive control and provides a sound theoretical background to designing robust adaptive control systems with guaranteed transient performance. It focuses on the
This comprehensive collection covers the state-of-the-art in control-oriented modelling and identification techniques. With contributions from leading researchers in the subject, it covers the main me
Outlines the theory, techniques and applications of fractional control, an eefective way to control dynamic behaviours using fractionals differential equations.
Includes MATLAB-based computational and design algorithms utilizing the "Linear Systems Toolkit."All results and case studies presented in both the continuous- and discrete-time settings.
Automatic?Control of Atmospheric and Space Flight Vehicles? is perhaps the first?book on the market to present a unified and straightforward?study?of the design and analysis of automatic control syste
This book--the first of its kind--presents general methods for feedback controller synthesis and optimization of multiscale systems, illustrating their application to thin-film growth, sputtering pro
Rapid advances in communication technology have created the possibility of large-scale control systems with distribution of control tasks among several processors via communication channels. Such con
The vast majority of control systems built today are embedded; that is, they rely on built-in, special-purpose digital computers to close their feedback loops. Embedded systems are common in aircraft,
Intended for readers who have some knowledge of undergraduate systems theory, the book includes a wide range of applications making it suitable for an extensive audience. Graduate students and researc
Control Systems with Actuator Saturation Analysis and Design examines the problem of actuator saturation depth. The overall approach takes into account the saturation nonlinearities at the outset of t
Provides an introduction to the fundamentals of dimensional analysis for control engineers and shows how they can exploit the benefits of the technique to theoretical and practical control
Describes the application of system and control theoretical methods to the design of computer operating systems. Includes both a theoretical treatment of the usefulness of the approach and the descrip
One of the few books that focuses on practical control theory for high performance systems, succinctly presented for ease of consumption, with illustrative examples using data from actual control desi
Provides an intrduction to the control and filtering algorithims devised for distributed, interconnected environments with a particular emphasis on industrial applications.
Honouring the lifelong, celebrated contributions of Professor Shinji Hara to the developments of numerous control theories, this book features a collection of the latest papers from leading researcher
Srinathkumar (National Aerospace Laboratories, India) develops algorithms based on eigenstructure control theory and demonstrates their use in designing practical flight control systems. Writing for c
Variable Structure Systems, or sliding mode control systems, are nonlinear automatic control systems whose structures are deliberately allowed to change, so that robust performance is obtained. It al
An in-depth study of control systems for serial-link robot arms, of interest to both controls engineers and roboticists. Material new to the revised edition includes chapters on commercial robot manip
Control systems include many components, such as transducers, sensors, actuators and mechanical parts. These components are required to be operated under some specific conditions. However, due to prol
This book is concerned with the development of design techniques for controlling motion of mechanical systems which are employed to execute certain tasks acting collaboratively. The book introduces un
Multi-Agent Systems: Platoon Control and Non-Fragile Quantized Consensus aims to present recent research results in designing platoon control and non-fragile quantized consensus for multi-agent system
Control of Wave and Beam PDEs is a concise, self-contained introduction to Riesz bases in Hilbert space and their applications to control systems described by partial differential equations (PDEs
