Robust Systems Theory and Applications (Adaptive and Learning Systems for Signal Processing, Communications and Control Series)

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Summary: Most complete overview of Modern Robust Control.
Review: This book is a thorough work on the subject of robust control. It covers as they appeared chronologically, the different methodologies for linear robust control design and analisys. From "loop shaping" to structered singular value analisys including H-infinity optimization, the book gives a complete overview with great mathematical rigour and very clear explanations. Other topics included in the book are "model order reduction" and "robust identification", a subject only treated in journal articles this far as it is a very recent area of research. Problems and a complete chapter with examples are included.

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Summary: The textbook my professor forgot
Review: This book is explaining all the topics not addressed at all in the textbook for my Control Systems Design course (Franklin, Powell, Emami-Naeini). The presentation is at a graduate level and assumes a course in Linear Dynamic Systems. The authors provide extensive real-world examples throughout while consistently presenting a Theorem, Proof explanation of modern control systems design and analysis. An appendix explains the neccesary math background one should have in brief. The approach is broad and still precise. I only hope the authors produce another edition, since they are so successful at bringing modern literature and research into one concise text. High accolades.