Analysis and Design of Nonlinear Control Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXVII

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2. System Analysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Smooth Distributions Are Globally Finitely Spanned

      • Hector J. Sussmann

      Pages 3-8

   3. Uniformly Universal Inputs

      • Eduardo D. Sontag, Yuan Wang

      Pages 9-24

   4. System Interconnection

      • Jan C. Willems

      Pages 25-39

   5. Reduced Order Modeling of Nonlinear Control Systems

      • Arthur J. Krener

      Pages 41-62

3. Optimization Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Nonholonomic Trajectory Optimization and the Existence of Twisted Matrix Logarithms

      • Roger W. Brockett

      Pages 65-76

   3. The Hamilton-Jacobi Type Equations for Nonlinear Target Control and Their Approximation

      • Alexander B. Kurzhanski, Pravin Varaiya

      Pages 77-90

   4. Causal Coding of Markov Sources with Continuous Alphabets

      • Serdar Yüksel, Tamer Basar

      Pages 91-108

   5. Pseudospectral Optimal Control and Its Convergence Theorems

      • Wei Kang, I. Michael Ross, Qi Gong

      Pages 109-124

4. Feedback Design

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125

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   2. Event Based Control

      • Karl J. Aström

      Pages 127-147

   3. Zero Dynamics and Tracking Performance Limits in Nonlinear Feedback Systems

      • A. Pedro Aguiar, Jo˜ao P. Hespanha, Petar V. Kokotovic

      Pages 149-159

   4. A Nonlinear Model for Combustion Instability: Analysis and Quenching of the Oscillations

      • Ioan D. Landau, Fethi Bouziani, Robert R. Bitmead

      Pages 161-181

   5. Convexification of the Range-Only Station Keeping Problem

      • Ming Cao, A. Stephen Morse

      Pages 183-205

   6. Control of Hydraulic Devices, an Internal Model Approach

      • Kurt Schlacher, Kurt Zehetleitner

      Pages 207-221

   7. Hybrid Zero Dynamics of Planar Bipedal Walking

      • Jessy W. Grizzle, Eric R. Westervelt

      Pages 223-237

5. Regulation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239

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   2. Hybrid Systems: Limit Sets and Zero Dynamics with a View Toward Output Regulation

      • Chaohong Cai, Rafal Goebel, Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Andrew R. Teel

      Pages 241-261

This book is a tribute to Prof. Alberto Isidori on the occasion of his 65th birthday. Prof. Isidori’s proli?c, pioneering and high-impact research activity has spanned over 35 years. Throughout his career, Prof. Isidori has developed ground-breaking results, has initiated researchdirections and has contributed towardsthe foundationofnonlinear controltheory.In addition,his dedication to explain intricate issues and di?cult concepts in a simple and rigorous way and to motivate young researchers has been instrumental to the intellectual growth of the nonlinear control community worldwide. The volume collects 27 contributions written by a total of 52 researchers. The principal author of each contribution has been selected among the - searchers who have worked with Prof. Isidori, have in?uenced his research activity, or have had the privilege and honour of being his PhD students. The contributions address a signi?cant number of control topics, including th- retical issues, advanced applications, emerging control directions and tutorial works. The diversity of the areas covered, the number of contributors and their international standing provide evidence of the impact of Prof. Isidori in the control and systems theory communities. The book has been divided into six parts: System Analysis, Optimization Methods, Feedback Design, Regulation, Geometric Methods and Asymptotic Analysis, re?ecting important control areas which have been strongly in- enced and, in some cases, pioneered by Prof. Isidori.

• Alberto Isidori
• control
• control system
• feedback
• nonlinear control
• optimization
• system
• systems theory

• Imperial College London, London, UK

  Alessandro Astolfi

• Universit`a di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

  Alessandro Astolfi

• University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

  Lorenzo Marconi

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