Mathematics is playing an ever more important role in the physical and biologi cal sciences,
provoking a blurring of boundaries between scientific disciplines and a resurgence of …

Among the many techniques for designing linear multivariable analogue controllers, the two
most popular optimal ones are H2 and H-infinity optimization. The fact that most new …

Saturation nonlinearities are ubiquitous in engineering systems. In control systems, every
physical actuator or sensor is subject to saturation owing to its maximum and minimum …

Time-varying features are generally considered to be detrimental to the analysis and design
of control systems. This paper establishes methods to design bounded linear time-varying …

Problems in the motion control of aircraft are of perennial interest to the control engineer as
they tend to be of complex and nonlinear nature. Modelling and Control of Mini-Flying …

The history of the time-varying Riccati equation can be traced back to Riccati's original
manuscripts of 1715-1725. Indeed, the major concern of Count Riccati was to study the …

We consider distributed parameter systems where the underlying dynamics are spatially
invariant, and where the controls and measurements are spatially distributed. These …

The advantages of periodic control have been known since humanity learned to cultivate
crops in rotation to increase production. In more recent times, it has been recognized that …

This book deals with the issue of fundamental limitations in filtering and control system
design. This issue lies at the very heart of feedback theory since it reveals what is …

The authors present a framework for dealing with continuous-time periodic systems. The
main tool is a lifting technique which provides a strong correspondence between continuous …