This book is a collection of contributions defining the state of current knowledge and new
trends in hybrid systems - systems involving both continuous dynamics and discrete events - as
described by the work of several well-known groups of researchers. Hybrid Dynamical Systems
presents theoretical advances in such areas as diagnosability observability and stabilization
for various classes of system. Continuous and discrete state estimation and self-triggering
control of nonlinear systems are advanced. The text employs various methods among them
high-order sliding modes Takagi-Sugeno representation and sampled-data switching to achieve
its ends. The many applications of hybrid systems from power converters to computer science are
not forgotten studies of flexible-joint robotic arms and - as representative biological
systems - the behaviour of the human heart and vasculature demonstrate the wide-ranging
practical significance of control in hybrid systems. The cross-disciplinary origins of study in
hybrid systems are evident. Academic researchers and graduate students interested in hybrid and
switched systems need look no further than Hybrid Dynamical Systems for a single source which
will bring them up to date with work in this area from around the world.
