CURRENT TRENDS IN NONLINEAR SYSTEMS AND CONTROL

This volume is an outgrowth of the workshop ``Application of Advanced Control Theory to Robotics and Automation, `` organized in honor of the 70th birthdays of Peter V. Kokotovic and Salvatore (Turi) Nicosia. Both Petar and Turi have carried out distinguished work in the work in the control community and have long been recognized as mentors, experts and pioneers in the field of automatic control, covering many topics in control theory and several different applications. The variety of their research is reflected in this book, which includes contributions from leading exports in the field ranging from mathematics to laboratory experiments.

State Estimation and Identification: observer designs for nonlinear systems and linear time-delay systems, as well as identification techniques for linear, nonlinear, piecewise linear and hybrid systems.Control and System Theory: theoretical results related to the analysis and control of dynamical systems, including a presentation of Lyapunov tools for linear differential inclusions, a study of the control of constrained systems and a treatment of finite-time stability concepts.