Robust Control Design with MATLAB®

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXI

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2. Basic Methods and Theory

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Introduction

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 3-11

   3. Modeling of Uncertain Systems

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 13-21

   4. Robust Design Specifications

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 23-30

   5. \(\mathcal{H}_{\infty}\) Design

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 31-48

   6. \(\mathcal{H}_{\infty}\) Loop-Shaping Design Procedures

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 49-64

   7. μ-Analysis and Synthesis

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 65-71

   8. Lower-Order Controllers

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 73-91

   9. LMI Approach

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 93-103

3. Introduction to Robust Control Toolbox v3

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Building Uncertain Models

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 107-144

   3. Robust Stability and Performance

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 145-172

   4. \(\mathcal{H}_{\infty}\) Design

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 173-201

   5. μ-Synthesis

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 203-219

   6. Analysis and Design of Parameter-Dependent Systems

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 221-246

4. Design Examples

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Robust Control of a Hard Disk Drive

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 249-290

   3. A Triple Inverted Pendulum Control System Design

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 291-325

   4. Robust Control of a Distillation Column

      • Da-Wei Gu, Petko H. Petkov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

      Pages 327-366

Robust Control Design with MATLAB® (second edition) helps the student to learn how to use well-developed advanced robust control design methods in practical cases. To this end, several realistic control design examples from teaching-laboratory experiments, such as a two-wheeled, self-balancing robot, to complex systems like a flexible-link manipulator are given detailed presentation. All of these exercises are conducted using MATLAB® Robust Control Toolbox 3, Control System Toolbox and Simulink®.
By sharing their experiences in industrial cases with minimum recourse to complicated theories and formulae, the authors convey essential ideas and useful insights into robust industrial control systems design using major H-infinity optimization and related methods allowing readers quickly to move on with their own challenges. The hands-on tutorial style of this text rests on an abundance of examples and features for the second edition:
• rewritten and simplified presentation of theoretical and methodological material including original coverage of linear matrix inequalities;
• new Part II forming a tutorial on Robust Control Toolbox 3;
• fresh design problems including the control of a two-rotor dynamic system; and
• end-of-chapter exercises.
Electronic supplements to the written text that can be downloaded from extras.springer.com/isbn include:
• M-files developed with MATLAB® help in understanding the essence of robust control system design portrayed in text-based examples;
• MDL-files for simulation of open- and closed-loop systems in Simulink®; and
• a solutions manual available free of charge to those adopting Robust Control Design with MATLAB® as a textbook for courses.
Robust Control Design with MATLAB® is for graduate students and practising engineers who want to learn how to deal with robust control design problems without spending a lot of time in researching complextheoretical developments.

• Control Systems Design
• H-infinity Optimization
• Liniear Matrix Inequalities
• MATLAB Robust Control Toolbox
• Mu-synthesis
• Robust Control Textbook

• Dept. Engineering, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

  Da-Wei Gu

• Department of Automatics, Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria

  Petko H. Petkov

• Civil Engineering and Geodesy, University of Architecture,, Sofia, Bulgaria

  Mihail M Konstantinov

Prof. Gu has been involved with many industrial projects in aerospace and manufacturing and has received significant funding from EPSRC, EU and industry. He has been actively engaged in the area of coordinated control of uninhabited air vehicles, with emphasis in autonomy. He is also a major contributor to the Garteur action group on Autonomous Systems. His theoretical achievements and practical work in robust and optimal control are important in writing a book that will give valuable theoretical and practical knowledge to the readers.
Prof. Petkov has been using  MATLAB® in research and education from 1984. He has significant expertise in numerical methods and programming that allows to teach the reader how to develop high performance  software for solving robust control design problems.
Prof. Konstantinov has made significant contributions to numercal analysis and robust control theory and a long and rich educational experience that will help to present to the reader a solid but accessible text  on robust control systems design.

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