Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control 2000

Download or read book Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control 2000 written by N.E. Leonard and published by Pergamon. This book was released on 2000-10-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Proceedings contains the papers presented at the IFAC Workshop on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control, held at Princeton University, USA in March 2000. The workshop featured presentations and in-depth discussions of recent theoretical and practical developments in Lagrangian and Hamiltonian approaches to nonlinear control. New technologies have created engineering problems where successful controller designs must account for nonlinear effects, yet existing theory for general nonlinear systems often proves insufficient. This workshop focused on recent research that gives modeling a central role and focuses on structure that can be exploited in controller design. The research presented covered a diverse set of application areas.