Abstract: This December 2000 issue of the ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control is focused on the topic of Variable Structure Systems (VSS), as described in the Editorial. I would ...

Abstract: A result that allows us to specify the sliding manifold in observer-based discrete-time sliding mode control is presented. Selection of coefficients is done by analyzing the tracking error ...

Abstract: This paper presents a state feedback discrete variable structure controller for robust tracking of linear multivariable systems with unmatched, additive uncertainties. Extension of the controller ...

Abstract: This paper investigates an alternative approximation to the maximal viability set for linear systems with constrained states and input. Current ellipsoidal and polyhedral approximations are either ...

Abstract: This paper proposes the parallel observer system (POS), a multirate estimation technique for discrete time systems, to compensate for systems whose output measurements are only periodically available ...

Abstract: This paper proposes the adaptive parallel observer system (APOS), a multirate estimation technique for discrete time systems, to compensate for output measurements that are available only periodically ...

Abstract: The design of sliding observers is discussed in the paper. The sliding observer is shown to have a simple structure and to be robust with respect to bounded nonlinearities and uncertainties. ...