Hybrid Feedback Control

<p><b>A comprehensive introduction to hybrid control systems and design</b> <p/>Hybrid control systems exhibit both discrete changes or jumps and continuous changes or flow. An example of a hybrid control system is the automatic control of the temperature in a room: the temperature changes continuously but the control algorithm toggles the heater on or off intermittently triggering a discrete jump within the algorithm. Hybrid control systems feature widely across disciplines including biology computer science and engineering and examples range from the control of cellular responses to self-driving cars. Although classical control theory provides powerful tools for analyzing systems that exhibit either flow or jumps it is ill-equipped to handle hybrid control systems. <p/>In <i>Hybrid Feedback Control </i>Ricardo Sanfelice presents a self-contained introduction to hybrid control systems and develops new tools for their analysis and design. Hybrid behavior can occur in one or more subsystems of a feedback system and Sanfelice offers a unified control theory framework filling an important gap in the control theory literature. In addition to the theoretical framework he includes a plethora of examples and exercises a Matlab toolbox (as well as two open-source versions) and an insightful overview at the beginning of each chapter. <p/>Relevant to dynamical systems theory applied mathematics and computer science <i>Hybrid Feedback Control</i> will be useful to students and researchers working on hybrid systems cyber-physical systems control and automation.</p>