Dear Colleagues,

Switched systems are a special class of hybrid systems that consist of an indexed family of subsystems described by continuous or discrete-time dynamics and a rule orchestrating switching among subsystems. Due to their powerful modeling capability, switched systems have been used to model practical systems/plants/processes in various fields, such as telerobotic systems, the aerospace industry, and quarter car suspension. Over the last decade, considerable research efforts have been dedicated to modeling, stability analysis, and control synthesis for switched systems. However, there are still a number of open problems, in both theory and practice, which need to be explored in order to adequately address ongoing concerns from the perspectives of researchers and engineers.

The objective of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of recent advancements and developments in this emerging research area. Forward-looking approaches should be presented in terms of modeling, stability analysis, and control synthesis for switched systems, especially in complex and switched systems, hybrid systems, Markovian models, event-triggered control, adaptive control, filtering, fault detection, and tolerant control. Furthermore, this Special Issue welcomes reserach regarding alternative frameworks to deal with modeling issues and new challenges in practical applications, including manufacturing, robotic, and networked control systems. The submitted papers are expected to include original ideas and potential contributions for theory and practice.

Prof. Dr. Guangdeng Zong
Dr. Dong Yang
Prof. Dr. Shuping He
Guest Editors

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• switched systems
• hybrid systems
• markovian systems
• stability analysis
• control design
• switching law design
• event-triggered control
• adaptive control
• finite time control
• filtering
• fault detection
• tolerant control