Hybrid Dynamical Systems Fundamentals and Methods

A graduate-level textbook, <i>Hybrid Dynamical Systems</i> provides an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the theory of hybrid systems. It emphasizes results that are central to a good understanding of the importance and role of such systems. The authors have developed the materials in this book while teaching courses on hybrid systems, cyber-physical systems, and formal methods.<br>This textbook helps students to become familiar with both the major approaches coloring the study of hybrid dynamical systems. The computer science and control systems points of view – emphasizing discrete dynamics and real time, and continuous dynamics with switching, respectively – are each covered in detail.<br>The book shows how the behavior of a system with tightly coupled cyber- (discrete) and physical (continuous) elements can best be understood by a model simultaneously encompassing all the dynamics and their interconnections. The theory presented is of fundamental importance in a wide range of emerging fields from next-generation transportation systems to smart manufacturing.Features of the text include:<ul><li>extensive use of examples to illustrate the main concepts and to provide insights additional to those acquired from the main text;</li><li>chapter summaries enabling students to assess their progress;</li><li>end-of-chapter exercises, which test learning as a course proceeds;</li><li>an instructor’s guide showing how different parts of the book can be exploited for different course requirements; and</li><li>a solutions manual, freely available for download by instructors adopting the book for their teaching.</li></ul>Access to MATLAB and Stateflow is not required but would be beneficial, especially for exercises in which simulations are a key tool.<br>