The emerging area of hybrid dynamical systems lies at the interface of control theory and computer science, i.e., analogue 'and' digital aspects of systems. A new monograph presenting state-of-the-art concepts, methods, and tools for analyzing and describing hybrid dynamical systems. Control engineers, system engineers and robotics researchers and professionals will find the book a valuable resource for new developments, applications, and research in the field.

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1 Introduction.- 1.1 Hybrid Dynamical Systems.- 1.2 Two Contrasting Examples of Discretely Controlled Continuous Variable Systems.- 1.3 The Main Goal of This Book.- 1.4 Organization of the Book.- 1.5 List of Notations.- 2 Qualitative Analysis of Some Simple Hybrid Dynamical Systems.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Differential Automata and Their Trajectories.- 2.3 Cyclic Linear Differential Automata.- 2.4 Qualitative Analysis of Cyclic Linear Differential Automata.- 2.5 Switched Server Systems with a Cyclic Switching Policy.- 2.6 Switched Server Systems with Several Limit Cycles.- 2.7 Qualitative Analysis of Closed Switched Server Systems.- 2.8 Essentially Non-Periodic Dynamics of Switched Arrival Systems.- 3 General Theory of Multivalued Differential Automata.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Multivalued Differential Automata.- 3.3 Decomposition of Well-Posed Differential Automata.- 3.4 Existence of Periodic Trajectories.- 3.5 Proofs of the Theorems and Lemmas from Section 3.2.- 3.6 Proof of Theorem 3.2.26.- 3.7 Proofs of the Theorems from Sections 3.3 and 3.4.- 4 Two-Dimensional Hybrid Dynamical Systems.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 An Analog of the Poincaré-Bendixon Theorem.- 4.3 A Switched Arrival System with Three Buffers.- 4.4 A Switched Server System with Three Buffers.- 4.5 Proofs of the Statements from Section 4.2.- 5 Limit Cycles in Hybrid Dynamical Systems with Constant Derivatives: General Theory.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Basic Assumptions and Definitions.- 5.3 Criteria for Existence and Stability of Limit Cycles.- 5.4 Proofs of the Lemmas from Section 5.2.- 5.5 Proofs of the Theorems and Lemmas from Section 5.3..- 5.6 Proofs of the Theorem and Lemmas from Subsection 5.3.1.- 6 Limit Cycles in Hybrid Dynamical Systems with Constant Derivatives: Examples.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2Qualitative Analysis of a Switched Server System.- 6.3 A Switched Arrival System with Three Buffers.- 6.4 Qualitative Analysis of Switched Single Server Flow Networks.- 7 Globally Periodic Behavior of Switched Single Server Flow Networks.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Description of Switched Single Server Flow Networks.- 7.3 Analysis of Switched Single Server Flow Networks.- 8 Regularizability of Switched Multiple Server Flow Networks.- 8.1 Introduction 315 8.2 Description of Switched Multiple Server Flow Networks.- 8.3 Regularizable Switched Multiple Server Flow Networks.- 8.4 Illustrative Example.- 9 Open Problems.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Switched Server Systems.- 9.3 Essentially Nonperiodic Multidimensional Switched Arrival Systems.- 9.4 Switched Server/Arrival Systems with Several Servers.- 9.5 A Generalized Processor Sharing Model.- 9.6 Stabilizability of Switched Multiple Server Flow Networks.- 9.7 Chaotic Switched Flow Networks.- 9.8 Existence and Global Stability of Limit Cycles in Nonlinear Differential Automata.- References.