This book covers a wide range of up-to-date sliding mode Variable Structure Control (VSC) and Lyapunov Control research and design techniques for the robust control of uncertain systems. In direct contrast to most adaptive controllers, these deterministic controllers employ fixed nonlinear feedback control functions, which operate effectively over a specified magnitude range of system parameter variations and disturbances. There are 18 chapters covering and discussing such topics as the theoretical and practical design of controllers for uncertain multivariable systems, novel algebraic approaches for sliding mode control, discrete-time control, and the stabilizing VSC of uncertain infinite-dimensional systems. The main areas of application include electric motor drives, robotics, flight control and space systems, as well as power electronics and chemical processes, some of which are described in the book.Content: Front Matter....Pages -An introduction to sliding mode variable structure control....Pages 1-22An algebraic approach to sliding mode control....Pages 23-49Robust tracking with a sliding mode....Pages 51-74Sliding surface design in the frequency domain....Pages 75-86Sliding mode control in discrete-time and difference systems....Pages 87-107Generalized sliding modes for manifold control of distributed parameter systems....Pages 109-131Digital variable structure control with pseudo-sliding modes....Pages 133-159Robust observer-controller design for linear systems....Pages 161-180Robust stability analysis and controller design with quadratic Lyapunov functions....Pages 181-203Universal controllers: Nonlinear feedback and adaptation....Pages 205-225Lyapunov stabilization of a class of uncertain affine control systems....Pages 227-248The role of morse-Lyapunov functions in the design of nonlinear global feedback dynamics....Pages 249-267Polytopic coverings and robust...

2025-08-20