Though there have been significant advances in the theory and applications of linear time-invariant systems, developments regarding repetitive control have been sporadic. At the same time, there is a dearth of literature on repetitive control (RC) for nonlinear systems.

Addressing that gap, this book discusses a range of basic methods for solving RC problems in nonlinear systems, including two commonly used methods and three original ones. Providing valuable tools for researchers working on the development of repetitive control, these new and fundamental methods are one of the major features of the book, which will benefit researchers, engineers, and graduate students in e.g. the field of control theory.

Quan Quan received his B.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), China in 2004 and 2010, respectively. He has been an associate professor at Beihang University since 2013. He is also the director of reliable flight control group at Beihang University (rfly.buaa.edu.cn). His main research interests include reliable flight control and vision-based navigation. To date he has published 45 peer-reviewed journal papers, including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Mechatronics, Neural Networks and Learning Systems, Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Reliability and AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. He is the author of Introduction to Multicopter Design and Control (Singapore, Springer, 2017).

Kai-Yuan Cai was born in April 1965. He received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Beihang University (Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics), Beijing, China, in 1984, 1987, and 1991, respectively. He is a Cheung Kong Scholar (Chair Professor) appointedby the Ministry of Education of China in 1999. He has been a full Professor at Beihang University since 1995. He is the author of Software Defect and Operational Profile Modeling (Boston, MA: Kluwer, 1998), Introduction to Fuzzy Reliability (Boston, MA: Kluwer, 1996), and Elements of Software Reliability Engineering [Beijing, China: Tshinghua Univ. Press, 1995 (in Chinese)].

Introduction.- Preliminaries.- Repetitive Control for Linear Systems.- Robustness Analysis of Repetitive Control Systems.- Repetitive Control for Nonlinear Systems: Linearization Methods.- Repetitive Control for Nonlinear Systems: An Adaptive Control Like Method.- Continuous Time Repetitive Control for Nonlinear Systems: An Additive State Decomposition Method.- Discrete Time Repetitive Control for Nonlinear Systems: An Additive State Decomposition Method.- Repetitive Control for Nonlinear Systems: An Actuator Focused Design Method.- Repetitive Control for Nonlinear Systems: A Contraction Mapping Method.