Viability theory designs and develops mathematical and algorithmic methods for investigating the adaptation to viability constraints of evolutions governed by complex systems under uncertainty that are found in many domains involving living beings, from biological evolution to e…
This book presents the various design methods of a state-feedback control law and of an observer. The considered systems are of continuous-time and of discrete-time nature, monovariable or multivariable, the last ones being of main consideration. Three different approaches are d…
This book is an introduction to the mathematical theory of design for articulated mechanical systems known as linkages. The focus is on sizing mechanical constraints that guide the movement of a workpiece, or end effector, of the system. The function of the device is prescribe…
Using a pedagogical style along with detailed proofs and illustrative examples, this book opens a view to the largely unexplored area of non-linear systems with uncertainties. The focus is on adaptive non-linear control results introduced with the new recursive design methodolog…
This title explores the great opportunities and challenges which exist in conducting clinical trials in developing countries. -- Source autre que la Library of Congress.
Examples of control systems: the control problem; The general linear time optimal problem; The pontryagin maximum principle; The general maximum principle: control problems with terminal payoff; Numerical solution of two-point boundary-value problems; Dynamic programming and dif…