Stochastic distribution control system design. A convex optimization approach. (Q847613)

The book deals with numerous methods of the design of stochastic distribution control systems. This interesting book is a continuation of the book written by the second author edited in 2000. It includes recent results and presents the dynamic development of research in this field. Since stochastic distribution control is an interesting approach from the theoretical point of view as well as in many applications the publication of this book seems to be very valuable. The material included is divided into five parts. The book is organized into 12 chapters. In Chapter 1, first some industrial applications of stochastic distribution control systems are described and next some theoretical basic problems are discussed. In the first part, i.e. in Chapters 2--4, the authors consider an application of constrained proportional integral derivative control for continuous time and for discrete time stochastic systems. In the second part, i.e., in Chapters 5--7, the design of an adaptive tracking stochastic distribution control for two-step neural network models without and with delays and also for Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy models are presented. Statistical tracking control problems are considered in the third part. In Chapter 8, the Linear Matrix Inequalities (LMI) approach is used to find the control for \(H_2/H_\infty\) tracking problem, in Chapter 9, the design of an adaptive statistical tracking control based on two-step neural networks with time delay is presented. In the fourth part, i.e., in Chapters 10--11, problems of fault detections and diagnosis for stochastic distribution control systems are considered, namely the problem of optimal fault detection filtering for continuous-time models. Problem of the fault detection and diagnosis filtering are examined in Chapters 10 and 11, respectively. The last fifth part, i.e., Chapter 12, is devoted to the summary of the main results of the book and potential applications of probability density function control. The book provides complementary material for graduate courses. Preliminary mathematical knowledge from control theory, stochastic differential equations, statistics, filtering, LMI approach, etc. is necessary for understanding the theoretical part of the book.