This volume is based on the course notes of the 2nd NCN Pedagogical
School, the second in the series of Pedagogical Schools in the frame
work of the European TMR project, "Breakthrough in the control of
nonlinear systems (Nonlinear Control Network)". The school consists of
four courses that have been chosen to give a broad range of techniques
for the analysis and synthesis of nonlinear control systems, and have
been developed by leading experts in the field. The topics covered are:
Differential Algebraic Methods in Nonlinear Systems; Nonlinear QFT;
Hybrid Systems; Physics in Control.
The book has a pedagogical character, and is specially directed to
postgraduates in most areas of engineering and applied sciences like
mathematics and physics. It will also be of interest to researchers and
practitioners needing a solid introduction to the above topics.