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Current Trends in Finite-time Control of Nonlinear Systems
Recent years have witnessed a growing academic interest in finite-time control theory because finite-time stable systems certainly possess better robustness and disturbance rejection properties compared to the ones with asymptotic convergence. While tremendous progress in finite-time control has been achieved, there are still some open problems, such as finite-time control for general complex non-triangular nonlinear systems, singularity phenomena in sliding mode systems with finite-time convergence, finite-time disturbance observer, etc. In addition, finite-time control for practical systems, especially for real-world experiment studies, is largely lagging behind theoretical developments. The main intention of this topical collection is to summarize the theoretical developments and shed light highlight on recent applications of finite-time control.
Editors
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Chih-Chiang Chen
Associate Professor, Systems and Naval Mechatronic Engineering, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan; E-Mail: ccchenevan@mail.ncku.edu.tw
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Zong-Yao Sun
Professor, Institute of Automation, Qufu Normal University, Shandong, China; E-Mail: sunzongyao@sohu.com
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Shihong Ding
Professor, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, Jiangsu University, China; E-Mail: dsh@mail.ujs.edu.cn
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Haibo Du
Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology, China; E-Mail: haibo.du@hfut.edu.cn
