Variable Structure Control of Complex Systems / Communications and Control Engineering (PDF)

Dr Xinggang Yan received the BSc and MSc degrees from the Shaanxi Normal University and Qufu Normal University, respectively, and received the PhD degree in Control Engineering from the Northeastern University, China. He was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Research Associate in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and United Kingdom. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Digital Arts in the University of Kent, United Kingdom. He is a member of IEEE. He has published more than 140 refereed papers and two books 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 with applications.



Professor Sarah K. Spurgeon received the BSc and DPhil degrees from the University of York, UK. She has held academic positions at the University of Loughborough, the University of Leicester and the University of Kent in the UK and is currently Professor of Control Engineering and Head of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at University College London. She is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Systems Science, a member of the Editorial Board of the IET Proceedings D, a Subject Editor for the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control and an Editor of the IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information. Her research interests are in the area of systems modelling and analysis, robust control and estimation in which areas she has published over 290 refereed research papers. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the IET, a Fellow of the IMA and a Fellow of the InstMC. She was awarded the Honeywell International Medal for 'distinguished contribution as a control and measurement technologist to developing the theory of control' in 2010 and an IEEE Millenium Medal in 2000.



Professor Christopher Edwards

“In this book the authors present their recent results on the application of variable structure control methods to nonlinear systems where uncertainties, time delays and coupling play a fundamental role. … The design of each control law is clearly presented, and while performing a rigorous stability analysis of the closed-loop system, the authors complement their results with several examples, helping readers understand the scope for application.” (Laura Levaggi, Mathematical Reviews, December, 2017)