Tensor product model transformation in polytopic model-based control (Q2865201)

This is a research monograph focused in a wide class of nonlinear systems: The Quasi-Linear Parameter-Varying (qLPV) systems, which are control systems on the form NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \dot{x}(t)=A(p(t))x(t)+B(p(t))u(t) NEWLINE\]NEWLINE NEWLINE\[NEWLINE y(t)=C(p(t))x(t)+D(p(t))u(t) NEWLINE\]NEWLINE where parameters \(p(t)\) can involve information of state \(x(t)\). Note that if \(p(t)\) is independent of \(x(t)\) then system is Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV).NEWLINENEWLINEThe book includes a canonical presentation of QLPV models by using \(n\)-dimensional covariant tensor products and ad-hoc discretization techniques. A complete MATLAB toolbox (TPtool) is fully developed in the text.NEWLINENEWLINEThe book is well written and easily readable. The main weakness is the absence of exercises.NEWLINENEWLINEThe examples and applications to 3 Degrees Of Freedom DOFs) control schemes for helicopters, models for aeroelastic wing sections and models for controlling the behavior of suspension system in heavy trucks are the main strength of the book.NEWLINENEWLINECoordinates and tensors are used extensively all along the book thus some linear algebra and geometry maturity is needed.NEWLINENEWLINEThe book is of interest for control engineers with a solid mathematical formation as well as control theorists and even applied mathematicians.