Hsiao-Dong Chiang is Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, New York, President of Bigwood Systems, Inc. (BSI), Ithaca, New York and President of Global Optimal Technology, Inc. (GOTI). He is a Fellow of the IEEE. Luís F. C. Alberto is an Associate Professor at the Electrical Engineering Department of the School of Engineering of Sao Carlos, University of São Paulo and a director of the SBA (Brazilian Society of Automation) 2013–14.
This book offers a comprehensive exposition of the theory, estimation methods, and applications of stability regions and stability boundaries for nonlinear dynamical systems. ... All the proofs are given in a rigorous manner and various examples are presented for illustration. The book is written concisely and will provide very useful guidance for researchers and graduate students who are interested in dynamical systems and their applications.' Vu Hoang Linh, Mathematical Reviews