An exposition of the interplay between the modelling of dynamic systems and the design of feedback controllers based on these models. The authors of individual chapters are some of the most renowned and authoritative figures in the fields of system identification and control design.

An exposition of the interplay between the modelling of dynamic systems and the design of feedback controllers based on these models is the main goal of this book. The combination of both subjects into a cohesive development allows the consistent treatment of both problems to yield powerful new tools for the improvement of system performance. Central among the themes of this work is the observation that operation of a system in feedback with a controller exposes the areas in which the model fit is constraining the controller performance achieved. The book presents new techniques for the understanding of the iterative improvement of performance through the successive fitting of models using closed-loop data and the design of high-performance controllers using these models. The subject matter includes: New approaches to understanding how to affect the fit of dynamical models to physical processes through the choice of experiments, data pre-filtering and model structure; connections between robust control design methods and their dependency on the quality of model fit; experimental design in which data collected in operation under feedback can reveal areas that limit the performance achieved; iterative approaches to link these model-fitting and control design phases in a cogent manner so as to achieve improved performance overall. The authors of individual chapters are some of the most renowned and authoritative figures in the fields of system identification and control design.

This book presents a modern perspective on the modelling, analysis, and synthesis ideas behind convex-optimisation-based control of nonlinear systems: it embeds them in models with convex structures. Analysis and Synthesis of Nonlinear Control Systems begins with an introduction to the topic and a discussion of the problems to be solved. It then explores modelling via convex structures, including quasi-linear parameter-varying, Takagi-Sugeno models, and linear fractional transformation structures. The authors cover stability analysis, addressing Lyapunov functions and the stability of polynomial models, as well as the performance and robustness of the models. With detailed examples, simulations, and programming code, this book will be useful to instructors, researchers, and graduate students interested in nonlinear control systems.

La innovacion tecnologica se ha convertido en un elemento fundamental para aumentar la competitividad de las empresas y de los paises tanto en vias de desarrollo como desarrollados. Pero las innovaciones necesitan que se propicien condiciones favorables que impulsen las nuevas creaciones, a partir de ahi, implantar un modelo propio de cultura de innovacion. Esto supone, ademas de un esfuerzo economico y tecnologico, gestionar una serie de transformaciones politicas, culturales y organizativas que promuevan la aparicion de procesos de innovacion. El interes expresado en este libro es multiple. En primer lugar, se delimita el concepto de innovacion y su importancia para la economia. Posteriormente, se plantea la necesidad de comprender los rasgos culturales de algunos procesos sociales que se desencadenan en Iberoamerica y en sus diferentes escenarios y paises que son trabajados en el volumen. La cultura y la innovacion son concebidas como aspectos indisolubles para alcanzar el desarrollo.

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