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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Author Bios -- Preface -- 1. Introduction and Mathematical Background -- 1.1. Multi-Agent Coordination -- 1.1.1. Control Architectures -- 1.1.2. Potential Applications -- 1.1.3. Research Topics -- 1.2. Robust Problem in Cooperative Control -- 1.2.1. Time-Delay Problem -- 1.2.2. Model Uncertanties and External Disturbances -- 1.3. Overview of This Monograph -- 1.4. Mathematical Background -- 1.4.1. Notations -- 1.4.2. Matrix Theory -- 1.4.3. Stability Theory -- 1.4.4. Basic Algebraic Graph Theory -- 1.5. Notes -- 2. Stabilization of Single Systems with Input Delay: Prediction and Observation -- 2.1. Problem Formulation and Preliminaries -- 2.1.1. Problem Statement -- 2.1.2. Predictor and Truncated Prediction -- 2.1.3. Preliminary Results -- 2.2. Truncated Prediction Feedback with Constant Input Delay -- 2.3. Truncated Prediction Feedback with Time-Varying Input Delay -- 2.3.1. Stabilization by State Feedback -- 2.3.2. Stabilization by Output Feedback -- 2.4. Predictive Descriptor Observer Design for LTI Systems with Input Delay and Sensor Fault -- 2.4.1. Problem Formulation -- 2.4.2. Stabilization by State Feedback -- 2.4.3. Stabilization by Output Feedback under Sensor Fault -- 2.5. Numerical Examples -- 2.5.1. Constant Input Delay Case -- 2.5.2. Time-Varying Delay Case -- 2.6. Experiment Validation -- 2.6.1. Quadrotor Model and Linearization -- 2.6.2. Experimental Platform -- 2.6.3. Experimental Results -- 2.7. Conclusions -- 2.8. Notes -- 3. Robust Consensus Control for Uncertian Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Input Delay -- 3.1. Problem Formulation -- 3.2. Robust Consensus Controller Design -- 3.3. A Numerical Example -- 3.4. Conclusions -- 3.5. Notes -- 4 H∞ Consensus Control of Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Input Delay -- 4.1. Problem Formulation.