本书详细探讨了现代非线性系统的分析与设计技术，并提供了分析非线性系统的工具。主要内容包括相平面分析、描述函数分析、反馈线性化、滑动控制以及自适应控制等。另外，还提供了大量例题与习题，便于教学。 本书结构安排合理，实践性强，适合作为高等院校理工科专业的教材，同时对非线性控制初学者以及相关工程技术人员来说也是一本很好的参考书。

1 Introduction
1.1 Why Nonlinear Control?
1.2 Nonlinear System Behavior
1.3 An Overview of the Book
1.4 Notes and References
Part 1:Nonlinear Systems Analysis
2 Phase Plane Analysis
2.1 Concepts of Phase Plane Analysis
2.2 Constructing Phase Portraits
2.3 Determining Time from Phase Portraits
2.4 Phase Plane Analysis of Linear Systems
2.5 Phase Plane Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
2.6 Existence of Limit Cycles
2.7 Summary
2.8 Notes and References
2.9 Exercises
3 Fundamentals of Lyapunov Theory
4 Advanced Stability Theory
5 Describing Function Analysis
6 Feedback Linearization
7 Sliding Control
8 Adaptive Control
9 Control of Multi-Input Physical systems
Bibliography
index