Cooperative control design: A systematic, passivity-based approach

Communications and Control Engineering

Volumn 89, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-209

  Bai, He ^a   Arcak, Murat ^b   Wen, John T ^c  

^a UTOPIACOMPRESSION CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING;

CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; PASSIVITY BASED;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 84874275487     PISSN: 01785354     EISSN: 21977119     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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