System Theory category: 437 books
General Systems Theory
Foundation, Intuition and Applications in Business Decision Making
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018
This book demonstrates the theoretical value and practical significance of systems science and its logic of thinking by presenting a rigorously developed foundation—a tool for intuitive reasoning, which is supported by both theory and empirical evidence, as well as practical applications in business...
Anchor System Thinking
The Art of Situational Analysis, Problem Solving, and Strategic Planning for Yourself, Your Organization, and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2018
Searching for calm waters in a turbulent life? In an increasingly complex world, the need to understand where you stand and where you are going is fundamental on the personal, organizational, and societal level.
A. I. Shoukry—author of the bestselling book In or Out—introduces us to his...
Advanced Discrete-Time Control
Designs and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
This book covers a wide spectrum of systems such as linear and nonlinear multivariable systems as well as control problems such as disturbance, uncertainty and time-delays. The purpose of this book is to provide researchers and practitioners a manual for the design and application of advanced discrete-time...
by Yi Chai, Shangfu Li
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
A comprehensive exposition of the theory and techniques of fault identification and decision theory when applied to complex systems
shows how modern computer analysis and diagnostic methods might be applied to launch vehicle design, checkout, and launch
the space checkout system is a specialized...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
This book reports on the latest advances and applications of chaotic systems. It consists of 25 contributed chapters by experts who are specialized in the various topics addressed in this book. The chapters cover a broad range of topics of chaotic systems such as chaos, hyperchaos, jerk systems, hyperjerk...
Dynamic Modeling and Predictive Control in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
First Principle and Data-based Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
The high temperature solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) is identified as one of the leading fuel cell technology contenders to capture the energy market in years to come. However, in order to operate as an efficient energy generating system, the SOFC requires an appropriate control system which in turn...
AC Electric Motors Control
Advanced Design Techniques and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The complexity of AC motor control lies in the multivariable and nonlinear nature of AC machine dynamics. Recent advancements in control theory now make it possible to deal with long-standing problems in AC motors control. This text expertly draws on these developments to apply a wide range of model-based...
Advanced H∞ Control
Towards Nonsmooth Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
This compact monograph is focused on disturbance attenuation in nonsmooth dynamic systems, developing an H**∞ approach in the nonsmooth setting. Similar to the standard nonlinear H**∞ approach, the proposed nonsmooth design guarantees both the internal asymptotic stability of a nominal closed-loop...
The Science of Synthesis
Exploring the Social Implications of General Systems Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2010
Debora Hammond's The Science of Synthesis explores the development of general systems theory and the individuals who gathered together around that idea to form the Society for General Systems Research. In examining the life and work of the SGSR's five founding members-Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Kenneth...
Variable Structure Control of Complex Systems
Analysis and Design
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
This book systematizes recent research work on variable-structure control. It is self-contained, presenting necessary mathematical preliminaries so that the theoretical developments can be easily understood by a broad readership.
The text begins with an introduction to the fundamental ideas...
by Ligang Wu, Zidong Wang
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2015
This book focuses on filtering, control and model-reduction problems for two-dimensional (2-D) systems with imperfect information. The time-delayed 2-D systems covered have system parameters subject to uncertain, stochastic and parameter-varying changes.
After an initial introduction of 2-D...
by Iasson Karafyllis, Miroslav Krstic
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
This monograph bridges the gap between the nonlinear predictor as a concept and as a practical tool, presenting a complete theory of the application of predictor feedback to time-invariant, uncertain systems with constant input delays and/or measurement delays. It supplies several methods for generating...
Experimental Econophysics
Properties and Mechanisms of Laboratory Markets
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Experimental Econophysics describes the method of controlled human experiments, which is developed by physicists to study some problems in economics or finance, namely, stylized facts, fluctuation phenomena, herd behavior, contrarian behavior,
hedge behavior, cooperation, business cycles, partial...
by Adrian-Mihail Stoica, Toader Morozan, Vasile Dragan
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013
This second edition of Mathematical Methods in the Robust Control of Linear Stochastic Systems includes a large number of recent results in the control of linear stochastic systems. More specifically, the new results presented are:
- A unified and abstract framework for Riccati type equations...