Modeling and Control of Complex Physical Systems

From the reviews: "The book is a collection of chapters from experts in the fields of modeling and control using port methods. ... Overall, this book is a valuable summary of the substantial existing literature on port-based modeling and control. For the practitioner, it offers some mathematical tools for analyzing and controlling physical systems. For the mathematician, there is a bounty of interesting areas of application for a certain class of mathematical tools."--- (Andrew D. Lewis, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2011 d) "This book presents a unified framework for modeling, analysis, simulation, and control of complex dynamical systems based on the port-Hamiltonian formalism. Its targeted audience includes control engineers confronted with complex, multi-domain control problems, as well as graduate students in systems and control." (IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Vol. 30, August, 2010)

• Port-Based Modeling of Dynamic Systems.- Port-Hamiltonian Systems.- Port-Based Modeling in Different Domains.- Infinite-Dimensional Port-Hamiltonian Systems.- Control of Finite-Dimensional Port-Hamiltonian Systems.- Analysis and Control of Infinite-Dimensional Systems.