A comprehensive introduction to hybrid control systems and design
Hybrid control systems exhibit both discrete changes, or jumps, and
continuous changes, or flow. An example of a hybrid control system is
the automatic control of the temperature in a room: the temperature
changes continuously, but the control algorithm toggles the heater on or
off intermittently, triggering a discrete jump within the algorithm.
Hybrid control systems feature widely across disciplines, including
biology, computer science, and engineering, and examples range from the
control of cellular responses to self-driving cars. Although classical
control theory provides powerful tools for analyzing systems that
exhibit either flow or jumps, it is ill-equipped to handle hybrid
control systems.
In Hybrid Feedback Control, Ricardo Sanfelice presents a
self-contained introduction to hybrid control systems and develops new
tools for their analysis and design. Hybrid behavior can occur in one or
more subsystems of a feedback system, and Sanfelice offers a unified
control theory framework, filling an important gap in the control theory
literature. In addition to the theoretical framework, he includes a
plethora of examples and exercises, a Matlab toolbox (as well as two
open-source versions), and an insightful overview at the beginning of
each chapter.
Relevant to dynamical systems theory, applied mathematics, and computer
science, Hybrid Feedback Control will be useful to students and
researchers working on hybrid systems, cyber-physical systems, control,
and automation.
