Geometric Methods in System Theory (NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series C, Volume 3)

Mayne, D.Q., and R.W. Brockett, editors

ISBN 10: 9027704155 / ISBN 13: 9789027704153

Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1973

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Hardcover; proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute held at London, England, August 27-September 7, 1973; light fading, light shelf wear to exterior; in very good condition with clean text and tight binding. Dust jacket shows light scuffing and shelf wear and a few small edge tears.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Geometric Methods in System Theory (NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series C, Volume 3)
• Publisher: D. Reidel Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027704155
• ISBN 13: 9789027704153
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: UsedVeryGood
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

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.