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Essence of Fractional Order Calculus, Physical Interpretation and Applications

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Stabilization and Control of Fractional Order Systems: A Sliding Mode Approach

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In the understanding and development of large class of systems it is now a well realized and accepted fact that the researchers have taken their initiation from nature. Natural things can be well understood in two possible ways viz. quantitative and qualitative.

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Bandyopadhyay, B., Kamal, S. (2015). Essence of Fractional Order Calculus, Physical Interpretation and Applications. In: Stabilization and Control of Fractional Order Systems: A Sliding Mode Approach. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 317. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08621-7_1

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