Optimal and Robust Control: Advanced Topics with MATLAB®

This second edition of Optimal and Robust Control provides a straightforward, self-contained handbook of advanced topics and tools in automatic control, with a focus on robustness and uncertainty handling. It covers LQR and H∞ approaches, Kalman and singular value decomposition, open-loop balancing, closed-loop balancing, positive-real systems, bounded-real systems, and imaginary-negative systems. It also includes new fundamental topics such as Lyapunov functions for stability, variational calculus, and time-delay systems.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 306 pages
Publication date: 29 January 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive handbook provides a thorough exploration of advanced topics and tools in automatic control, catering to both specialists and non-specialists with a basic understanding of automatic control and signals and systems. Written with a straightforward approach, it offers a self-contained resource for those seeking to delve into the realm of optimal and robust control.

The book delves into advanced automatic control techniques, with a special emphasis on robustness, which ensures stability even in the face of uncertainty. It explains advanced methods for handling uncertainty and optimizing control loops, including analytical strategies for obtaining reduced-order models. The authors then propose using the Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI) technique as a unifying tool to solve a wide range of advanced control problems.

The book covers a wide range of topics, including:

LQR and H∞ approaches
Kalman and singular value decomposition
Open-loop balancing and reduced order models
Closed-loop balancing
Positive-real systems, bounded-real systems, and imaginary-negative systems
Criteria for stability control
Time-delay systems

This easy-to-read text offers a solid theoretical foundation, accompanied by numerous examples and MATLAB® exercises to facilitate the effective acquisition of new skills. Designed for electrical, electronic, computer science, space, and automation engineers interested in automatic control, this book can also serve as a valuable resource for self-study or as a one-semester course in robust control.

In addition to its comprehensive coverage, this fully renewed second edition of the book introduces new fundamental topics such as Lyapunov functions for stability, variational calculus, formulation in terms of optimization problems of matrix algebraic equations, negative-imaginary systems, and more. This expanded edition ensures that readers stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.

Whether you are a professional seeking to enhance your expertise or an aspiring student eager to explore the world of advanced control, this handbook is an invaluable resource that will guide you through the complexities of optimal and robust control.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032053011
Edition number: 2 ed