Advances in Time-Delay Systems (Volume 38)

Gu, K

ISBN 10: 3540208909 / ISBN 13: 9783540208907

Published by Springer, 2004

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Volume 38. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,800grams, ISBN:9783540208907.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advances in Time-Delay Systems (Volume 38)
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540208909
• ISBN 13: 9783540208907
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 800 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Engineering

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Synopsis

In the mathematical description of a physical or biological process, it is a common practice \0 assume that the future behavior of Ihe process considered depends only on the present slate, and therefore can be described by a finite sct of ordinary diffe­ rential equations. This is satisfactory for a large class of practical systems. However. the existence of lime-delay elements, such as material or infonnation transport, of­ tcn renders such description unsatisfactory in accounting for important behaviors of many practical systems. Indeed. due largely to the current lack of effective metho­ dology for analysis and control design for such systems, the lime-delay elements arc often either neglected or poorly approximated, which frequently results in analysis and simulation of insufficient accuracy, which in turns leads to poor performance of the systems designed. Indeed, it has been demonstrated in the area of automatic control that a relatively small delay may lead to instability or significantly deteriora­ ted perfonnances for the corresponding closed-loop systems.