Robust Autonomous Guidance

• 1. Fundamentals of Internal-model-based Control Theory.- 2. Attitude Regulation of a LEO Rigid Satellite.- 3. VTOL Landing: Design of the Internal Model.- 4. VTOL Landing: Design of the Stabilizer.- 5. Robust Nonlinear Motion Control of a Helicopter.- A. Attitude Parameterization.- A.1 Rotation Matrices.- A.2 Quaternions.- B. Input-to-state Stability and Small Gain Theorems.- B.1 Comparison Functions.- B.2 Input-to-state Stability: Definitions and Criteria.- B.3 The Small Gain Theorem.- C. Stabilization of an Uncertain Chain of Integrators by Satu rated Feedback.- C.1 Saturation Functions.- C.2 Robust Stabilization of a Chain of Integrators by Saturated Feedback.- References.

The book is well organized and well written. Each chapter starts with an introductory section and each case study concludes with simulation results. The book is an excellent combination of theory and real-world applications. Each application not only demonstrates the power of the theoretical results but also is important on its own behalf. This book is a valuable addition to references for academic researchers and industrial engineers working in the field of nonlinear control systems design, in particular, for aerospace guidance systems. The book can also serve as a useful reference for graduate courses in nonlinear control systems. IEEE Control Systems Magazine (October 2004) (Reviewer: Qian Wang)