Dynamic Analysis and Control for Hybrid Systems and Networks

Hybrid systems are the modelling paradigm suitable to many high-tech situations in transport, energy management, networking, household and industrial automation. Many theoretical challenges are presented by the heterogeneity of the dynamics and control, i.e. continuous and discrete-time dynamics, switching and impulses all affected by time-delays, disturbances and noise. This project will develop methodologies for dynamical modelling, analysis, and control of such systems. Emphasis will be on stability properties as a foundation for control design with features of practical complexity included.