Nonlinear Control Systems (Communications and Control Engineering)

This established and authoritative text focuses on the design and analysis of nonlinear control systems. The author considers the latest research results and techniques in this updated and extended edition. Examples are given from mechanical, electrical and aerospace engineering. The approach consists of a rigorous mathematical formulation of control problems and respective methods of solution. The two appendices outline the most important concepts of differential geometry and present some specific findings not often found in other standard works. The book is, therefore, suitable both as a graduate and undergraduate text and as a source for reference.

this Established And Authoritative Text Focuses On The Design And Analysis Of Nonlinear Control Systems. The Author Considers The Latest Research Results And Techniques In This Updated And Extended Edition.

topics Covered Include:

• Local And Global Decompositions Of Control Systems;

• Input-ouput Maps And Realization Theory;

• Nonlinear Feedback For Single-input/single-output Systems And Multi-input/multi-output Systems;

• Applications Of State Feedback;

• Output Regulation And

• Global Stabilization And Disturbance Attenuation.

examples Are Given From Mechanical, Electrical And Aerospace Engineering. The Approach Consists Of A Rigorous Mathematical Formulation Of Control Problems And Respective Methods Of Solution. The Two Appendices Outline The Most Important Concepts Of Differential Geometry And Present Some Specific Data Not Often Found In Other Standard Works. This Makes Nonlinear Control Systems Suitable As A Graduate And Undergraduate Text And As A Source Of Reference.

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the First Edition Was Published In 1985 As V.72 In The Series Lecture Notes In Control And Information Sciences. A Self-contained Description Of The Fundamentals, With Special Emphasis On The Differential Geometric Approach. Annotation C. Book News, Inc., Portland, Or (booknews.com)

The purpose of this book is to present a self-contained description of the fun­ damentals of the theory of nonlinear control systems, with special emphasis on the differential geometric approach. The book is intended as a graduate text as weil as a reference to scientists and engineers involved in the analysis and design of feedback systems. The first version of this book was written in 1983, while I was teach­ ing at the Department of Systems Science and Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis. This new edition integrates my subsequent teaching experience gained at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign in 1987, at the Carl-Cranz Gesellschaft in Oberpfaffenhofen in 1987, at the University of California in Berkeley in 1988. In addition to a major rearrangement of the last two Chapters of the first version, this new edition incorporates two additional Chapters at a more elementary level and an exposition of some relevant research findings which have occurred since 1985. This established and authoritative text focuses on the design and analysis of nonlinear control systems. The author considers the latest research results and techniques in this updated and extended edition. Topics covered include:? local and global decompositions of control systems;? input-ouput maps and realization theory;? nonlinear feedback for single-input/single-output systems and multi-input/multi-output systems;? applications of state feedback;? output regulation and? global stabilization and disturbance attenuation. Examples are given from mechanical, electrical and aerospace engineering. The approach consists of a rigorous mathematical formulation of control problems and respective methods of solution. The two appendices outline the most important concepts of differential geometry and present some specific data not often found in other standard works. This makes Nonlinear Control Systems suitable as a graduate and undergraduate text and as a source of reference The subject of this Chapter is the analysis of a nonlinear control system, from the point of view of the interaction between input and state and - respectively - between state and output, with the aim of establishing a number of interesting analogies with some fundamental features of linear control systems.