Automation and Control Engineering
Optimal Control: Weakly Coupled Systems and Applications
1st Edition
By Zoran Gajic, Myo-Taeg Lim, Dobrila Skataric, Wu-Chung Su, Vojislav Kecman
December 10, 2008
Unique in scope, Optimal Control: Weakly Coupled Systems and Applications provides complete coverage of modern linear, bilinear, and nonlinear optimal control algorithms for both continuous-time and discrete-time weakly coupled systems, using deterministic as well as stochastic formulations. This ...
Modeling and Control of Complex Systems
1st Edition
Edited
By Petros A. Ioannou, Andreas Pitsillides
December 26, 2007
Comprehension of complex systems comes from an understanding of not only the behavior of constituent elements but how they act together to form the behavior of the whole. However, given the multidisciplinary nature of complex systems, the scattering of information across different areas creates a ...
Optimal and Robust Estimation: With an Introduction to Stochastic Control Theory, Second Edition
2nd Edition
By Frank L. Lewis, Lihua Xie, Dan Popa
September 17, 2007
More than a decade ago, world-renowned control systems authority Frank L. Lewis introduced what would become a standard textbook on estimation, under the title Optimal Estimation, used in top universities throughout the world. The time has come for a new edition of this classic text, and Lewis ...
Feedback Control of Dynamic Bipedal Robot Locomotion
1st Edition
By Eric R. Westervelt, Jessy W. Grizzle, Christine Chevallereau, Jun Ho Choi, Benjamin Morris
June 26, 2007
Bipedal locomotion is among the most difficult challenges in control engineering. Most books treat the subject from a quasi-static perspective, overlooking the hybrid nature of bipedal mechanics. Feedback Control of Dynamic Bipedal Robot Locomotion is the first book to present a comprehensive and ...
Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks: Protocols, Performance, and Control
1st Edition
By Jagannathan Sarangapani
April 23, 2007
With modern communication networks continuing to grow in traffic, size, complexity, and variety, control systems are critical to ensure quality and effectively manage network traffic. Providing a thorough and authoritative introduction, Wireless Ad hoc and Sensor Networks: Protocols, Performance, ...
Stochastic Hybrid Systems
1st Edition
Edited
By Christos G. Cassandras, John Lygeros
November 14, 2006
Because they incorporate both time- and event-driven dynamics, stochastic hybrid systems (SHS) have become ubiquitous in a variety of fields, from mathematical finance to biological processes to communication networks to engineering. Comprehensively integrating numerous cutting-edge studies, ...
Hard Disk Drive: Mechatronics and Control
1st Edition
By Abdullah Al Mamun, GuoXiao Guo, Chao Bi
November 02, 2006
The hard disk drive is one of the finest examples of the precision control of mechatronics, with tolerances less than one micrometer achieved while operating at high speed. Increasing demand for higher data density as well as disturbance-prone operating environments continue to test designers' ...
Neural Network Control of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems
1st Edition
By Jagannathan Sarangapani
April 24, 2006
Intelligent systems are a hallmark of modern feedback control systems. But as these systems mature, we have come to expect higher levels of performance in speed and accuracy in the face of severe nonlinearities, disturbances, unforeseen dynamics, and unstructured uncertainties. Artificial neural ...
Fuzzy Controller Design: Theory and Applications
1st Edition
By Zdenko Kovacic, Stjepan Bogdan
December 12, 2005
Fuzzy control methods are critical for meeting the demands of complex nonlinear systems. They bestow robust, adaptive, and self-correcting character to complex systems that demand high stability and functionality beyond the capabilities of traditional methods. A thorough treatise on the theory of ...
Chaos in Automatic Control
1st Edition
Edited
By Wilfrid Perruquetti, Jean-Pierre Barbot
October 14, 2005
Chaotic behavior arises in a variety of control settings. In some cases, it is beneficial to remove this behavior; in others, introducing or taking advantage of the existing chaotic components can be useful for example in cryptography. Chaos in Automatic Control surveys the latest methods for ...
Differentially Flat Systems
1st Edition
By Hebertt Sira-Ramírez, Sunil K. Agrawal
May 26, 2004
Illustrating the power, simplicity, and generality of the concept of flatness, this reference explains how to identify, utilize, and apply flatness in system planning and design. The book includes a large assortment of exercises and models that range from elementary to complex classes of systems. ...