Contraction theory is a recently developed nonlinear control system tool based on an exact
differential analysis of convergence. Contraction theory is applied to stability analysis and …

The primary aim of this paper is to investigate the practical interest of the incremental norm
approach for analysing (realistic) nonlinear dynamical systems. In this framework indeed …

In this paper we consider the problem of stabilizing linear parameter varying (LPV) systems
by means of gain scheduling control. This technique amounts to designing a controller …

A fuzzy logic based controller applied to a simple magnetic suspension is presented in this
paper. The simple electromagnet-ball system and the contactless optical position …

This paper investigates the switching control problem for aero-engines. An event-triggered
switching control strategy is presented based on the proposed switched equilibrium …

In conventional gain-scheduled control design, linearisation of a time-invariant nonlinear
system and local control design for the resulting set of linear time-invariant systems is …

We consider dynamical uncertain systems of the form x/spl dot/= a (x, w)+ b (x, w) u where w
(t)/spl isin/W is an unknown but bounded time-varying parameter. We consider the robust …

The paper deals with the stabilizability of linear plants whose parameters vary with time in a
compact set. First, necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a linear gain …

In this paper, we present a state-feedback controller design method for bilinear systems. To
this end, we write the bilinear system as a linear fractional representation by interpreting the …

A nonlinear control system design framework predicated on a hierarchical switching
controller architecture parameterized over a set of moving system equilibria is developed …