Discontinuous Systems develops nonsmooth stability analysis and
discontinuous control synthesis based on novel modeling of discontinuous
dynamic systems, operating under uncertain conditions. While being
primarily a research monograph devoted to the theory of discontinuous
dynamic systems, no background in discontinuous systems is required;
such systems are introduced in the book at the appropriate conceptual
level. Being developed for discontinuous systems, the theory is
successfully applied to their subclasses - variable-structure and
impulsive systems - as well as to finite- and infinite-dimensional
systems such as distributed-parameter and time-delay systems. The
presentation concentrates on algorithms rather than on technical
implementation although theoretical results are illustrated by
electromechanical applications. These specific applications complete the
book and, together with the introductory theoretical constituents bring
some elements of the tutorial to the text.