Analysis and Design of Singular Markovian Jump Systems

Introduction.- Stability.- Stabilization.- H-infinity Control.- Observer-based Feedback Stabilization.- Filtering.- Adaptive Control.- Applications of a Markov Process.

Guoliang Wang received the B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Control Theory and Engineering from the Northeastern University, China, in 2004, 2007 and 2010, respectively. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Information and Control Engineering, Liaoning Shihua University, China. He has authored/co-authored over 40 publications. His research interests include Markovian jump systems, singular systems, stochastic control and filtering.

Qingling Zhang received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Mathematics Department and the Ph.D. degree from the Automatic Control Department of Northeastern University, China, in 1982, 1986, and 1995, respectively. Since 1997, he has been a Professor with Northeastern University. He is also a member of the University Teaching Advisory Committee of National Ministry of Education. He has published 16 books and more than 480 papers about control theory and applications. Dr. Zhang received 14 prizes from central and local governments for his research. He has also received the Golden Scholarship from Australia in 2000 and now holds a visiting professor position in the University of Kent awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering in United Kingdom. His current research interests cover singular systems, networked control systems, stochastic control and robust control.

Xinggang Yan received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Shaanxi Normal University and Qufu Normal University respectively, and received the Ph.D degree in Control Engineering from the Automatic Control Department of Northeastern University, China, in 1997. Currently, he is a Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Digitalk Arts in the University of Kent. He is a member of IEEE. He has published more than 100 papers in the area of control theory and applications. His research interest includes nonlinear control, sliding mode control, decentralized control, time delay systems, observer design and fault detection and isolation.

"In this monograph, up-to-date research development and literature review on the analysis and design of SMJSs and some valuable reference material are presented. It is a good book which can help the relevant researchers to explore SMJSs and carry on further research in the area." (Shuping Ma, Mathematical Reviews, May, 2015)

"Many practical systems, such as mechanical, electrical, chemical, economic systems can be modeled by singular Markovian Jump systems (SMJSs) having dynamics changing abruptly. ... the aim of the monograph is to present the state-of-the-art of SMJSs. ... The book can be recommended to readers having good knowledge in analysis, probability theory and stochastic processes." (Kurt Marti, zbMATH 1317.93002, 2015)