Well-written, this book is a self-contained and concise presentation of modern mathematical control theory for deterministic systems, focuss ing on typical and characteristic results. Linear and nonlinear systems, as well as infinite dimensional linear systems are dealt with. Some of the overlooked topics are discrete-time systems, and stochastic systems. This option made it possible to unify presentation and style. Mathematical control theory is a distinct branch of mathematics, which has recorded an explosive development, in the last decades. One of the main points of the reviewed book is its impressive ability to get together a huge amount of theoretical results and offer the reader a valuable guidance in effectively using these results.
by Jerzy Zabczyk