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To introduce the readers to the notion of hybrid systems, which include switched, impulsive and impulsive-switched systems, we present in this chapter some real and human-made phenomena that are ideally modeled by such systems.

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Alwan, M.S., Liu, X. (2018). Motivating Examples. In: Theory of Hybrid Systems: Deterministic and Stochastic. Nonlinear Physical Science. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8046-3_1

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