Petar V. Kokotović[1] | |
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| Born | 1934 (age 89–90) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Known for | Development and applications of large-scale systems analysis and adaptive control theory. |
| Awards | Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award (2002) IEEE Control Systems Award (1995) IFAC Quazza Medal (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Control theory, Adaptive control, Nonlinear control, Optimal control, Robust control |
| Doctoral students | |
Petar V. Kokotovic (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар В. Кокотовић) is professor emeritus in the College of Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. He has made contributions in the areas of adaptive control, singular perturbation techniques, and nonlinear control especially the backstepping stabilization method.