This monograph discusses the issues of stability and the control of impulsive systems on hybrid time domains, with systems presented on discrete-time domains, continuous-time domains, and hybrid-time domains (time scales). Research on impulsive systems has recently attracted increased interest around the globe, and significant progress has been made in the theory and application of these systems. This book introduces recent developments in impulsive systems and fundamentals of various types of differential and difference equations. It also covers studies in stability related to time delays and other various control applications on the different impulsive systems. In addition to the analyses presented on dynamical systems that are with or without delays or impulses, this book concludes with possible future directions pertaining to this research.

Discusses the most recent developments in the theory and applications of various impulsive systems Provides reader with fundamentals of differential and difference equations and theory of time scales Includes a chapter on future directions

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Dr. Mohamad S. Alwan is a lecturer at the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. Since 2004, his research interests have been directed towards broadening the research area of "Stochastic and Deterministic Hybrid Systems with/without Time Delay and Applications to Control Systems". Specifically, he has been working on establishing many system properties and applying some of these properties to control systems. He has published several peer-reviewed journal papers, conference papers, and book chapters, most of which are included in the book. Professor Xinzhi Liu is a faculty member of the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Waterloo. He received his Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is an expert on hybrid dynamical systems, stability theory and control methods. He has been the editor-in- chief of the Journal--Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems since 1995. He has published over 300 research papers and 3 monographs and 20 edited books on different topics in the field of dynamical systems.

Inhalt
I. Introduction.- 1. Introduction.- II. Discrete-Time Impulsive Systems.- 2. Stability of Discrete-Time Impulsive Systems with Time-Delay.- 3. Application to Synchronization of Dynamical networks.- III. Continuous-Time Impulsive Systems.- 4. Stability of Impulsive Systems with Time-Delay.- 5. Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems.- 6. Stabilization and Synchronization of Dynamical Networks.- IV. Impulsive Systems on Time Scales.- 7. Differential Equations on Time Scales.- 8. Stability in terms of Two Measures of Impulsive Systems on Time Scales.- 9. Exponential Stability of Impulsive Time-Delay Systems on Time Scales.- 10. Control Problems on Time Scales.- V. Conclusions and Future Work.- 11. Conculsions and Future Directions.