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Isidori, Alberto was born on January 24, 1942 in Rapallo, Italy. Son of Gino and Luigia (Rotati) Isidori.
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One of the key concerns in modern control theory is the design of steering strategies. The implementation of such strategies is done by a regulator. Presented here is a self-contained introduction to the mathematical background of this type of regulator design. The topics selected address the matter of greatest interest to the control community, at present, namely, when the design objective is the reduction of the influence of exogeneous disturbances upon the output of the system. In a first scenario the disturbance signal is regarded as a deterministic time series with known dynamics but unknown parameters. The design objective is then the asymptotic disturbance compensation. In a second scenario, no information about the disturbance signal is available apart from some bounds. Here, in an H-infinity approach, control strategies are worked out which will prove efficient for all such disturbances. The intention of this book is to present ideas and methods on such a level that the beginning graduate student will be able to follow current research. New results are included, especially for nonlinear control systems, and as a service to the reader, an extensive appendix presents topics from linear algebra, invariant manifolds and calculus of variations, information which is hardly to be found in standard textbooks.
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Isidori, Alberto was born on January 24, 1942 in Rapallo, Italy. Son of Gino and Luigia (Rotati) Isidori.
Degree, University Rome, 1969.
Professor University Rome, since 1975. Part-time professor Washington University, St. Louis, since 1989.
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Fellow Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (G. Axelby award 1983, 91). Member European Union Control Association (president 1995-1997), International Federation Automatic Control (Automatica award 1993).
Married Maria Adelaide Giovenco, April 15, 1967. Children: Gino, Francesco, Andrea, Aldo.