In recent years, control systems have become more sophisticated in order to meet increased
performance and safety requirements for modern technological systems. Engineers are becoming
more aware that conventional feedback control design for a complex system may result in
unsatisfactory performance, or even instability, in the event of malfunctions in actuators, sensors
or other system components. In order to circumvent such weaknesses, new approaches to control
system design have emerged which can tolerate component malfunctions while maintaining
acceptable stability and performance. These types of control systems are often known as faulttolerant
control systems (FTCS). More precisely, FTCS are control systems that possess the ability to
accommodate component failure automatically.
Analysis and Synthesis of Fault-Tolerant Control Systems comprehensively covers the analysis and
synthesis methods of fault-tolerant control systems. It unifies the methods for developing
controllers and filters for a wide class of dynamical systems and reports on the recent technical
advances in design methodologies. MATLAB® is used throughout the book to demonstrate
methods of analysis and design.
Key features:
• Provides advanced theoretical methods and typical practical applications
• Provides access to a spectrum of control design methods applied to industrial systems
• Includes case studies and illustrative examples
• Contains end-of-chapter problems
Analysis and Synthesis of Fault-Tolerant Control Systems is a comprehensive reference for researchers
and practitioners working in this area, and is also a valuable source of information for
graduates and senior undergraduates in control, mechanical, aerospace, electrical and mechatronics
engineering departments.
