Books By Vadim Utkin, Alex Poznyak, Yury V. Orlov, Andrey Polyakov - Author

Vadim Utkin graduated from Moscow Power Institute (Dipl. Eng.) and received PhD and Doctor of Science degrees from the Institute of Control Sciences (Moscow, Russia). He worked at the Institute of Control Sciences from 1960 to 1994, and in 1973 was appointed as Head of the Discontinuous Control Systems Laboratory. Currently he is a professor at Ohio State University. Professor Utkin is one of the originators of the concepts of variable structure systems and sliding mode control. His application interests are control of power converters and electric drives, robotics, and automotive control. He is the author or co-author of five books and 350 papers.Alexander Poznyak graduated from Moscow Physical Technical Institute (MPhTI) in 1970. He earned PhD and Doctor of Science degrees from the Institute of Control Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1978 and 1989, respectively. From 1973 to 1993 he served first as a researcher and then as leading researcher at this institute, before accepting a post as full