InhaltsangabeIntroduction.- Modeling of DC to DC Power Converters.- Sliding Mode Control.- Approximate Linearization Methods.- Nonlinear Methods.- DC to AC Power Conversion.- Unit Power Factor Rectifiers.

Hebertt Sira-Ramirez has published his work in 4 books, 20 book chapters, many of them in Springer-Verlag volumes, 114 journal publications in credited, refereed, journals and over 192 specialized international conferences. He obtained his MSEE and his PhD, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA) in 1972 and 1977, respectively. He worked as a professor, and researcher, for 28 years at the Universidad de Los Andes in Merida, Venezuela, and has worked for the last 7 years in a Scientific Research Institute in Mexico City (Cinvestav-IPN). He is a member of the IFAC Technical Committee on Non-Linear Control Systems.

Introduction.- Modeling of DC to DC Power Converters.- Sliding Mode Control.- Approximate Linearization Methods.- Nonlinear Methods.- DC to AC Power Conversion.- Unit Power Factor Rectifiers.