Special issue on periodic systems and robust control dedicated to Osvaldo Maria Grasselli

Abstract

This special issue celebrates the career of Osvaldo Maria Grasselli. The idea of putting together a special issue dedicated to Osvaldo surfaced during the workshop One-Day Symposium on Advances and Challenges in Linear Control Systems organised at the Università di Roma Tor Vergata on March 2012, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. This special issue, therefore, contains a record of the technical programme. The research vision of Osvaldo is conspicuous in all contributions, spanning the areas of robust control, geometric control, control of multivariable systems, periodic control systems and their applications. © 2013 Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.