Geometric Methods in System Theory

R. W. Brockett

ISBN 10: 9401026777 / ISBN 13: 9789401026772

Published by Springer Netherlands, Springer Jun 2012, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -Geometric Methods in System Theory In automatic control there are a large number of applications of a fairly simple type for which the motion of the state variables is not free to evolve in a vector space but rather must satisfy some constraints. Examples are numerous; in a switched, lossless electrical network energy is conserved and the state evolves on an ellipsoid surface defined by x'Qx equals a constant; in the control of finite state, continuous time, Markov processes the state evolves on the set x'x = 1, xi ~ O. The control of rigid body motions and trajectory control leads to problems of this type. There has been under way now for some time an effort to build up enough control theory to enable one to treat these problems in a more or less routine way. It is important to emphasise that the ordinary vector space-linear theory often gives the wrong insight and thus should not be relied upon.Springer-Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 324 pp. Englisch.

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• Title: Geometric Methods in System Theory
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands, Springer Jun 2012
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401026777
• ISBN 13: 9789401026772
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 160H x 18D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 520 grams

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Geometric Methods in System Theory In automatic control there are a large number of applications of a fairly simple type for which the motion of the state variables is not free to evolve in a vector space but rather must satisfy some constraints. Examples are numerous; in a switched, lossless electrical network energy is conserved and the state evolves on an ellipsoid surface defined by x'Qx equals a constant; in the control of finite state, continuous time, Markov processes the state evolves on the set x'x = 1, xi ~ O. The control of rigid body motions and trajectory control leads to problems of this type. There has been under way now for some time an effort to build up enough control theory to enable one to treat these problems in a more or less routine way. It is important to emphasise that the ordinary vector space-linear theory often gives the wrong insight and thus should not be relied upon.