Systematically presents the input-output finite-time stability
(IO-FTS) analysis of dynamical systems, covering issues of analysis,
design and robustness
The interest in finite-time control has continuously grown in the last
fifteen years. This book systematically presents the input-output
finite-time stability (IO-FTS) analysis of dynamical systems, with
specific reference to linear time-varying systems and hybrid systems. It
discusses analysis, design and robustness issues, and includes
applications to real world engineering problems.
While classical FTS has an important theoretical significance, IO-FTS is
a more practical concept, which is more suitable for real engineering
applications, the goal of the research on this topic in the coming
years.
Key features:
- Includes applications to real world engineering problems.
- Input-output finite-time stability (IO-FTS) is a practical concept,
useful to study the behavior of a dynamical system within a finite
interval of time.
- Computationally tractable conditions are provided that render the
technique applicable to time-invariant as well as time varying and
impulsive (i.e. switching) systems.
- The LMIs formulation allows mixing the IO-FTS approach with existing
control techniques (e. g. H∞ control, optimal control, pole placement,
etc.).
This book is essential reading for university researchers as well as
post-graduate engineers practicing in the field of robust process
control in research centers and industries. Topics dealt with in the
book could also be taught at the level of advanced control courses for
graduate students in the department of electrical and computer
engineering, mechanical engineering, aeronautics and astronautics, and
applied mathematics.
