The book reviews developments in the following fields: disturbance observer control; continuous-time disturbance observer; SISO disturbance observer; discrete-time disturbance observer; MIMO disturbance observer; and communication disturbance observer.

Chapter Contents:

• 5.1 Introduction to disturbance observer control
• 5.2 Continuous-time disturbance observer
• 5.3 Case study: Quanser QUBE Servo system
• 5.4 Mapping robust performance frequency domain specifications into disturbance observer parameter space
• 5.5 Case study: SISO disturbance observer control for yaw stability control of a road vehicle
• 5.6 Discrete-time disturbance observer
• 5.7 MIMO decoupling extension of disturbance observer
• 5.8 Case study: MIMO decoupling disturbance observer control for a four-wheel steering vehicle
• 5.9 Case study: MIMO disturbance observer for decoupling the two axes of motion in a piezotube actuator used in an atomic force microscope
• 5.10 Communication disturbance observer
• 5.11 Case study: communication disturbance observer application to vehicle yaw stability control over CAN bus
• 5.12 Chapter summary and concluding remarks
• References

Inspec keywords: continuous time systems; MIMO systems; discrete time systems; observers

Other keywords: disturbance observer control; MIMO disturbance observer; continuous-time disturbance observer; SISO disturbance observer; communication disturbance observer; discrete-time disturbance observer

Subjects: Simulation, modelling and identification; Discrete control systems; General and management topics; Multivariable control systems