Algebraic Methods for Nonlinear Control Systems

• Main Authors: Conte, Giuseppe (Author), Moog, Claude H. (Author), Perdon, Anna Maria (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Edition: 2nd Edition.
• Series: Communications and Control Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Matrix theory.; Algebra.; System theory.; Mathematical models.; Complexity, Computational.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Control engineering.; Control.; Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics.; Systems Theory, Control.; Complexity.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Linear and Multilinear Algebras, Matrix Theory.

A self-contained introduction to algebraic control for nonlinear systems suitable for researchers and graduate students. The most popular treatment of control for nonlinear systems is from the viewpoint of differential geometry yet this approach proves not to be the most natural when considering pro...

Table of Contents:

• Methodology
• Preliminaries
• Modeling
• Accessibility
• Observability
• Systems Structure and Inversion
• System Transformations
• Applications to Control Problems
• Input-output Linearization
• Noninteracting Control
• Input-state Linearization
• Disturbance Decoupling
• Model Matching
• Measured Output Feedback Control Problems.