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.

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt
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.