Abstract: To accurately compensate for system uncertainties and unknown external disturbances, this paper proposes an extended observer-based integral fast terminal sliding mode control (IFTSMC) ...

Local control is the principle that government works best when decisions are made closest to where the people live. A package of bills introduced in the Legislature would blow that concept to pieces.

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