Output regulation is a classic control problem that resides at the core of control engineering. It is encountered in such areas as set-point control, tracking of harmonic reference signals, rejecting harmonic disturbances, controlled synchronization of dynamical systems, and observer design for autonomous systems. This book is the first systematic study of the nonlinear output regulation problem that embraces both the local as well as the global cases, covering such aspects as solvability, controller design, and practical implementation issues.

In addition to being an excellent reference for the uniform output regulation problem, the text is also a tutorial on convergent systems for control engineers, theorists, and students of advanced control courses. The book may be used as a textbook for a graduate course on nonlinear control.

First systematic study of the nonlinear output regulation problem that embraces both the local and the global cases The mathematical model of convergent systemsvery useful for studying nonlinear control systemsforms the foundation for almost all results in the book The global, regional, semiglobal, and local uniform output regulation problems are formulated in a unified way, including exosystems with complex dynamics, not covered in previous research To bridge the gap between theory and practice, the authors conclude with a presentation of an experimental case studyone of the first in the field of nonlinear output regulationdealing with control of a translational oscillator with a rotational actuator, illustrating the applicability of the nonlinear output regulation theory in experiments and raising a number of open questions In addition to being an excellent reference for the uniform output regulation, the text is also a tutorial on convergent systems for control engineers, theorists, and students of advanced control courses May be used as a textbook for graduate courses in nonlinear systems and control

Inhalt
Convergent systems.- The uniform output regulation problem.- Solvability of the uniform output regulation problem.- Controller design for the global uniform output regulation problem.- The local output regulation problem: convergence region estimates.- Experimental case study.- Concluding remarks.