" ... the purpose of this book is to describe and analyse (and to some extent generalise) the principal results, scattered in the literature, concerning perturbation methods in optimal control for systems that are governed by deterministic or stochastic differential equations."--Preface.

This book studies the control of instabilities explosion phenomena, and multiple solutions and bifurcation phenomena of singular distributed systems. These cocepts are motivated by applications such as the control of enzymatic reactions, control of transmission of electrical energy, and control of the formation of plasmas. Also provides discussion of open problems. Chapters are relatively self-contained, making for easy reference.

This book deals with the class of singular systems with random abrupt changes also known as singular Markovian jump systems. Various problems and their robustness are tackled. The book examines both the theoretical and practical aspects of the control problems from the angle of the structural properties of linear systems. It can be used as a textbook as well as a reference for researchers in control or mathematics with interest in control theory.