Robust Control via Variable Structure and Lyapunov Techniques

Abstract

Approaches to robust nonlinear control.- Dynamical sliding mode control via adaptive input-output linearization: A backstepping approach.- A generic Lyapunov procedure to design robust control for nonlinear uncertain systems: Introducing interlacing into recursive design.- Nonlinear tracking via discontinuous feedback under uncertainty.- Implementation of variable structure control for sampled-data systems.- Higher order sliding modes as a natural phenomenon in control theory.- An adaptive servomechanism for a class of uncertain nonlinear systems encompassing actuator hysteresis.- A new class of identifiers for robust parameter identification and control in uncertain systems.- Exponential convergence for uncertain systems with component-wise bounded controllers.- Quadratic stabilization of uncertain linear systems.- Piecewise-linear functions in robust control.- A lie-backlund approach to dynamic feedback equivalence and flatness.- Asymptotic stability and periodic motions of selector-linear differential inclusions.- Structured dissipativity and absolute stability of nonlinear systems.