mathematical knowledge is necessary, readers are not expected to have a background in formal methods or control

. The book is ideal for students who have some knowledge of the basics of system and control theory and

introduces novel ideas such as invariant subspace theory and the time-scheduled Lyapunov function method of

-to-state stable zero dynamics and known sign of the high-frequency gain) is required. Moreover, the presented

applications of sliding mode control in the broad areas of chaos theory, robotics, electrical engineering