This monograph introduces a newly developed robust-control design
technique for a wide class of continuous-time dynamical systems called
the "attractive ellipsoid method." Along with a coherent introduction to
the proposed control design and related topics, the monograph studies
nonlinear affine control systems in the presence of uncertainty and
presents a constructive and easily implementable control strategy that
guarantees certain stability properties. The authors discuss
linear-style feedback control synthesis in the context of the
above-mentioned systems. The development and physical implementation of
high-performance robust-feedback controllers that work in the absence of
complete information is addressed, with numerous examples to illustrate
how to apply the attractive ellipsoid method to mechanical and
electromechanical systems. While theorems are proved systematically, the
emphasis is on understanding and applying the theory to real-world
situations. Attractive Ellipsoids in Robust Control will appeal to
undergraduate and graduate students with a background in modern systems
theory as well as researchers in the fields of control engineering and
applied mathematics.