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[['''Variable structure control]], or''' ('''VSC''',) is a form of [[Classification of discontinuities|discontinuous]] [[nonlinear control]]. The method alters the [[dynamic system|dynamics]] of a [[nonlinear system]] by application of a high-frequency ''switching control''. The [[state space (controls)|state]]-[[feedback]] control law is ''not'' a [[continuous function]] of time; it ''switches'' from one smooth condition to another. So the ''structure'' of the control law ''varies'' based on the position of the state trajectory; the method switches from one smooth control law to another and possibly very fast speeds (e.g., for a [[countably infinite]] number of times in a finite time interval). VSC and associated sliding mode behaviour was first investigated in early 1950s in the Soviet Union by Emelyanov and several coresearchers.<ref name="E1967">{{Cite book|title= Variable Structure Control Systems|editor1-last=Emelyanov|editor1-first=S.V.|publisher=Nauka|___location=Moscow|year=1967}}</ref>

Presently, theThe main mode of VSC operation is [[sliding mode control]] (SMC). The strengths of SMC include:

* Low sensitivity to [[plant (control theory)|plant]] parameter uncertainty

* Greatly reduced-order modeling of plant dynamics

* Finite-time convergence (due to discontinuous control law)

The weaknesses of SMC include:

* [[Switch#Contact bounce|Chatter]]ing due to implementation imperfections

* Over-focus on ''matched'' uncertainties (i.e., uncertainties that enter into the control channel)

However, the evolution of VSC is presently an active area of research.<ref name="EFF06">{{citationCite book|title=Advances in Variable Structure and Sliding Mode Control|editor1-last=Edwards|editor1-first=CristopherChristopher|editor2-last=Fossas Colet|editor2-first=Enric|editor3-last=Fridman|editor3-first=Leonid|publisher=Springer-Verlag|___location=Berlin|dateyear=2006|series=Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences|volume=vol 334|isbn=978-3-540-32800-1}}</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Variable structure system]]

*[[Sliding mode control]]

*[[Hybrid system]]

*[[Nonlinear control]]

*[[Robust control]]

*[[Optimal control]]

*[[H-bridge]] &mdashnbsp;&ndash; A topology that combines four switches forming the four legs of an "H". Can be used to drive a motor (or other electrical device) forward or backward when only a single supply is available. Often used in actuator in sliding-mode controlled systems.

*[[Switching amplifier]] &mdashnbsp;&ndash; Uses switching-mode control to drive continuous outputs

*[[Delta-sigma modulation]] &mdashnbsp;&ndash; Another (feedback) method of encoding a continuous range of values in a signal that rapidly switches between two states (i.e., a kind of specialized sliding-mode control)

*[[Pulse -density modulation]] &mdashnbsp;&ndash; A generalized form of delta-sigma modulation.

*[[Pulse-width modulation]] &mdashnbsp;&ndash; Another modulation scheme that produces continuous motion through discontinuous switching.

== References ==

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== Further reading ==

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*{{cite book

| lastauthor = Hasan K. Khalil

| first = H.K.

| authorlink = Hassan K. Khalil

| year = 2002

| edition = 3^rd edition3rd

| url = http://www.egr.msu.edu/~khalil/NonlinearSystems/

| isbn = 0-13-067389-7

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*{{cite book

| author = [http://www.ece.osu.edu/~utkin/ Utkin, V.I.]

| title = Sliding Modes in Control and Optimization

| publisher = Springer-Verlag

| dateyear = 1992

| pages =

| isbn = 978-03875351660-387-53516-6

}}

*{{cite book

| editor-last = Zinober

| editor-first = A.S.I.

| editorlink = Alan S.I. Zinober

| title = Deterministic control of uncertain systems

| publisher = Peter Peregrinus Press

| place = London

| dateyear = 1990

| isbn = 978-08634117000-86341-170-0

| editorlinkeditor-link = Alan S.I. Zinober

}}

*{{cite book

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| editor-first = Alan S.I.

| title = Variable Structure and Lyapunov Control

| series = Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences

| publisher = Springer-Verlag

| place = London

| dateyear = 1994

| volume = 193

| isbn = 978-3-540-19869-7

| doi = 10.1007/BFb0033675

}}

*{{cite book

| editor1-last = Steinberger

| editor1-first = M.

| editor2-last = Horn

| editor2-first = H.KM.

| editor3-last = Fridman

| editor3-first = L.

| title = Variable-Structure Systems and Sliding-Mode Control

| series = Studies in Systems, Decision and Control

| publisher = Springer-Verlag

| place = London

| year = 2020

| volume = 271

| isbn = 978-3-030-36620-9

| doi = 10.1007/BFb0033675

}}

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== References ==

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