Partial Stability and Control [Hardcover]

V.I. Vorotnikov (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0817639179 | ISBN-13: 978-0817639174 | Publication Date: November 18, 1997 | Edition: 1

Problems of stability and control with respect to part of variables (partial stability and control), including game-theoretical problems on partial control, naturally arise in applications and have been intensively in the second half of the 20th century. This book presents an efficient method of analysis and of control synthesis for problems on partial stability and control in dynamic systems. This method is based on efficient procedures of transformation of initial systems or their sub-systems (for controlled systems, together with a special choice of control structures) and facilitates essential simplification of solutions to problems. It is used to solve many linear and nonlinear problems, including non-linear game-theoretical problems which cannot be solved by standard methods, and it is also effective when applied in the first stages of solving problems on stability and control with respect to all variables. Space is given to non-linear game-theoretical problems retical problems of reorientation of an asymetric solid. Many examples (including computer simulations) considered in the book demonstrate the efficiency of the method.

Editorial Reviews

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"Lucid and very well written.... Very suitable for graduate students of mathematics and engineering, in optimal control theory, as well as research professionals in the area. The book has many worked examples taken entirely from aerospace applications. It would thus also appeal to design engineers who work in aerospace or complex-manufacturing operations provided they have the willingness to accept rigorous mathematical arguments or maturity in functional analysis and differential equations. With nearly 400 references, this book provides a rich resource for further study and should be in the library of every graduate college mathematics and engineering department and every industrial R&D laboratory with interests in the control area." —Applied Mechanics Reviews

 

"This book deals with problems on stability and stabilization of dynamical systems with respect to a given part of the variables characterizing these systems. The theory goes back to Lyapunov, who was the first to formulate these kinds of problems. Here the author develops a new method based on transformation of original systems in some more convenient systems.... A number of problems of controlling the angular motion of an asymmetric solid in various formulations as well as problems of stabilizing an artificial satellite in circular and geostationary orbits are solved, as an illustration of the efficiency of the method proposed. The monograph is based mainly on the author’s results published in the last two decades. It is a valuable reference for advanced graduates and specialists in applied mathematics and engineering engaged in research involving differential equations, differential games, stability and control." —Applications of Mathematics

 

"This monograph gives a detailed and comprehensive study of the stability and stabilisation of dynamical systems with respect to part of the variables.... The monograph begins with an excellent Introduction. This places the topic of the monograph clearly in the historical development of the partial stability of dynamical systems, [and] includes a detailed account of the relevant literature and makes use of the monograph's comprehensive bibliography. Several situations are then described which help motivate and justify the need for a study of partial stability/stabilisation.

This is a well-written book. At well over 400 pages there is much to discover and digest. There are numerous useful examples, both of a textbook style, aimed to clarify a definition or detail in a proof, and those of a more significant application-based style. I found the applications to the control of geo-stationary orbit of satellites most interesting and illuminating. Each chapter is clearly introduced and each concludes with an extensive and impressive overview of the literature." —UK Nonlinear News 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 448 pages
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston; 1 edition (November 18, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817639179
• ISBN-13: 978-0817639174
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,956,049 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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