Fractional-order Systems and Controls details the use of fractional
calculus (calculus of non-integer order) in the description and modeling
of systems, and in a range of control design and practical applications.
It is largely self-contained, covering the fundamentals of fractional
calculus together with some analytical and numerical techniques and
providing MATLAB(R) codes for the simulation of
fractional-order control (FOC) systems (available by download from
www.springer.com/ISBN).
The use of fractional calculus can improve and generalize
well-established control methods and strategies. Many different FOC
schemes are presented for control and dynamic systems problems. These
extend to the challenging control engineering design problems of robust
and nonlinear control. Practical material relating to a wide variety of
applications including, among others, mechatronics, civil engineering,
irrigation and water management, and biological systems is also
provided. All the control schemes and applications are presented in the
monograph with either system simulation results or real experimental
results, or both.
Fractional-order Systems and Controls introduces its readers -
academic and industrial control researchers interested in mechatronics,
nonlinear and robust control, and applications fields from civil
engineering to biological systems - to the essentials of FOC and imbues
them with a basic understanding of FOC concepts and methods. With this
knowledge readers can extend their use of FOC in other industrial system
applications, thereby expanding their range of disciplines by exploiting
this versatile new set of control techniques.
