Control of higher-dimensional PDEs. Flatness and backstepping designs. (Q427735)

Control theory is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and mathematics that deals with influence behavior of dynamical systems. In recent years, various control problems for different types of infinite dimensional both linear and nonlinear dynamical systems described by partial differential equations have been considered in many publications and monographs. However, it should be stressed, that the most literature in this direction has been mainly concerned with different control problems for dynamical systems described by partial differential equations with low-dimensional spatial domain. The reviewed monograph is devoted to a systematic study of various control problems for dynamical systems governed by partial differential equations with higher-dimensional spatial domain. The monograph has 366 pages and contains 5 parts divided into 9 chapters with many sections and subsections. Part I contains a short introduction and survey on control problems for distributed dynamical systems governed by partial differential equations. In Part II, mathematical modeling of heat transfer problems, multi-agent networks and flexible structure are considered. Moreover, flexible mechanical structure with particular focus on smart adaptive systems with spatially distributed piezoelectric actuators is discussed. Part III is devoted to flatness-based trajectory planning and feedforward control for complex higher-dimensional spatial domain and spatially and time varying system parameters. Using methods and results taken directly from functional analysis, an abstract formulation of control problems for partial differential equations is presented and discussed. Part IV contains study of feedback stabilization and observer design using generalizing backstepping technique. Moreover, using trajectory planning and feedforward technique, realizations of tracking controllers are discussed. Simulation and experimental results are provided to illustrate applications of this method. Finally, Part V presents selected mathematical tools and main results taken directly from complex analysis, entire function theory and functional analysis. Finally, it should be pointed out, that the reviewed monograph contains an extensive list of references, many remarks and comments on distributed infinite-dimensional control systems with higher-dimensional spatial domain and examples which illustrate the theoretical considerations