Nonlinear Power Flow Control Design: Utilizing Exergy, Entropy, Static and Dynamic Stability, and Lyapunov Analysis

Part I: Theory.- Introduction.- Thermodynamics.- Mechanics.- Stability.- Advanced Control Design.- Part II: Applications: Case Studies.- Case Study 1: Control Design Issues.- Case Study2: Collective Plume Tracing: A Minimal Information Approach to Collective Control.- Case Study 3: Nonlinear Aeroelasticity.- Case Study 4: Fundamental Power Engineering.- Case Study#5: Renewable Energy Microgrid Design.- Case Study 6: Robotic Manipulator Design and Control.- Case Study 7: Satellite Rendezvous and Docking Control.- Case Study 8: Other.- Part III: Advanced Topics.- Sustainability of Self-organizing Systems.- Analytical Model of a Person and Teams: Control System Approach.

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