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Chain-Scattering Approach to H∞-Control

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  • Affordable softcover reprint of a classic, still highly relevant monograph
  • Provides a simple, innovative framework for the study of H-infinity-control Little mathematical background required
  • Useful for applied mathematicians, practicing engineers, and graduate students
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Modern Birkhäuser Classics (MBC)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Introduction

    • Hidenori Kimura
    Pages 1-10
  3. Elements of Linear System Theory

    • Hidenori Kimura
    Pages 11-35
  4. Norms and Factorizations

    • Hidenori Kimura
    Pages 37-65
  5. Chain-Scattering Representations of the Plant

    • Hidenori Kimura
    Pages 67-105
  6. J-Lossless Conjugation and Interpolation

    • Hidenori Kimura
    Pages 107-127
  7. J-Lossless Factorizations

    • Hidenori Kimura
    Pages 129-158
  8. State-Space Solutions to H Control Problems

    • Hidenori Kimura
    Pages 185-220
  9. Structure of H Control

    • Hidenori Kimura
    Pages 221-235
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 237-246

About this book

The advent of H∞-control was a truly remarkable innovation in multivariable theory. It eliminated the classical/modern dichotomy that had been a major source of the long-standing skepticism about the applicability of modern control theory, by amalgamating the "philosophy" of classical design with "computation" based on the state-space problem setting. It enhanced the application by deepening the theory mathematically and logically, not by weakening it as was done by the reformers of modern control theory in the early 1970s. 

The purpose of this book is to provide a natural theoretical framework that is understandable with little mathematical background. The notion of chain-scattering, well known in classical circuit theory, but new to control theorists, plays a fundamental role in this book. It captures an essential feature of the control systems design, reducing it to a J-lossless factorization, which leads naturally to the idea of H-infinity-control. The J-lossless conjugation, an essentially new notion in linear system theory, then provides a powerful tool for computing this factorization. Thus the chain-scattering representation, the J-lossless factorization, and the J-lossless conjugation are the three key notions that provide the thread of development in this book. The book is completely self contained and requires little mathematical background other than some familiarity with linear algebra. It will be useful to applied mathematicians and practicing engineers in control system design and as a text for a graduate course in H∞-control and its applications. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematical Engineering and Information Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Hidenori Kimura

About the author

Hidenori Kimura is a Director of the RIKEN BSI-Toyota Collaboration Center, a Council Member of IFAC representing Japan, an associate member of Scientific Council of Japan, and Principal Fellow of the Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency. He is a Fellow of SICE, IEEE, and IFAC, and has been awarded SICE paper awards four times, the IFAC Paper Prize twice, and the George Axelby Award in 1984. Most recently, he has received the 2011-14 Giorgio Quazza Medal from IFAC.

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