Workshop on ROBUST CONTROL VIA VARIABLE STRUCTURE & LYAPUNOV TECHNIQUES (VSLT94) Technically co-sponsored by IEEE and CSS Benevento, Italy, September 7--9, 1994 PRELIMINARY TECHNICAL PROGRAM September 7, Wednesday September 8, Thursday Work opening Plenary Lecture I Session WA Session TA Keynote address Plenary Lecture II Session WM Session TM Sessions WP1 and WP2 Sessions TP1 and TP2 September 9, Friday September 10, Saturday Plenary Lecture III Organization meeting Session FA for VSLT96 (in Ischia) Plenary Lecture IV Session FM Sessions FP1 and FP2 LECTURES - Keynote address On One Approach to the Control of Uncertain Systems G. Leitmann - Plenary Lecture I Promises and Pitfalls of Recursive Lyapunov Techniques P. V. Kokotovic - Plenary Lecture II Sliding Mode Control of Mobile Robots V. Utkin - Plenary Lecture III Flatness and Defect of Nonlinear Systems: Introductory Theory and Examples M. Fliess - Plenary Lecture IV Robust Stability Bounds for Time-Varying Perturbations G. Celentano SESSIONS - WA ROBUST STABILITY Asymptotic Stability and Periodic Motions of Selector-Linear Differential Inclusions L.B. Rapoport Polyhedral Lyapunov Functions and Variable Structure Controllers for Uncertain Linear Systems F. Blanchini, S. Miani Logarithmic and Vector Norms for Robust Root Clustering I. Chouaib, B. Pradin Delay-dependent Stability Criteria for Uncertain Systems with Delayed State S.-I. Niculescu, J.M. Dion, L. Dugard - WM ROBUST CONTROL VIA LYAPUNOV FUNCTION Min-Max Output Control for Discrete Uncertain SISO systems N.S. Schapiro, Z.J. Palmor, A. Steinberg An Adaptive Servomechanism for a Class of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems Encompassing Actuator Hysteresis E. P. Ryan Practical Stabilization of Uncertain Affine Control Systems with Control Constraints D.P. Goodall, J. Wang Componentwise Bounded Controllers for Robust Exponential Convergence M. Corless, G. Leitmann - WP1 VSC I Sliding Modes in Dynamic Systems with Vector Impulse Control M.V. Basin Sliding Mode Control for Uncertain Linearizable Nonlinear Systems: A Backstepping Approach E.M. Rios Bolivar, A.S.I. Zinober Discontinuous Integral Control C. Bonivento, R. Zanasi Design of Sliding Surface for Nonlinear System A.G. Luk'yanov - WP2 MECHANICAL SYSTEMS Analysis of Chatter during Soft Landing by means of Lyapunov Technique A.P. Ivanov Decentralized Adaptive Control of Mechanical Systems R. Colbaugh, H. Seraji Closed Loop Control of Nonholonomic Vehicles via Lyapunov Techniques M. Aicardi, A. Balestrino, G. Casalino, A. Bicchi Robust Platoon-Stable Control Design for Autonomous Intelligent Vehicle A. Stotsky, C.C. Chien, P. Ioannou - TA ROBUST CONTROL VIA H-INFINITY METHODS Robust Lyapunov Stabilization with Disturbance Attenuation of Uncertain Affine Nonlinear Systems T. Shen, K. Tamura Quadratic Stabilization and Disturbance Attenuation of Uncertain Linear Time-Varying Systems F. Amato, A. Pironti, S. Scala An Uncertain Averaging Approach to Optimal Guaranteed Cost Control of Uncertain Systems with Structured Uncertainty A.V. Savkin, I.R. Petersen A Quadratic H-infinity Performance Approach to Gain-Scheduling of a Missile Autopilot J.-M. Biannic, P. Apkarian, L. Leletty - TM VSC II A Sliding Mode Control Approach to Predictive Regulation H. Sira-Ramirez, M. Fliess Further Results on Variable Structure Control W. Gao Sliding Modes, Stability and Stabilization in Discontinuous Delay Control Systems E.I. Shustin, E.M. Fridman, L.M. Fridman Implementation of Variable Structure Control for Sampled-Data Systems W.-C. Su, S. Drakunov, U. Ozguner A New Generic Procedure of Designing Robust Control for Nonlinear Uncertain Systems: Beyond the Back-Stepping Design Z. Qu - TP1 MISCELLANEOUS OF VSC Robust Output Tracking Using a Nonlinear Controller/Observer Pair C. Edwards, S.K. Spurgeon A Combined VSS/MRAC Approach to the Control of Uncertain Nonminimum Phase LTI Plants G. Bartolini, A. Ferrara Time Domain Dominance Condition for Decentralized Variable Structure Control of Systems in Input-Output Form A. Bicchi, A. Balluchi, A. Balestrino Symbolic Tools for Variable Structure Control Systems Design: the Zero Dynamics H.G. Kwatny, G.L. Blankenship - TP2 APPLICATIONS ON ROBOTICS AND AERONAUTICS On the Guaranteed Stability Based Adaptive Control of Robotic Manipulators: Continuity and Boundedness Y. Stepanenko, C.-Y. Su, H. Hashimoto Uses of VSS for Autopilot Design of Nonlinear Flight Vehicles A. Thukral, M. Innocenti A Neural Network Based Approach to Adaptive Control A.J. Calise Multi-Input Multi-Output VSS Control for a Remotely Operated Vehicle G. Conte, T. Leo, G. Orlando - FA VSC WITH OBSERVERS AND VSS FOR IDENTIFICATION A MIMO Variable Structure Model of the Controller of Voluntary Arm Movements: an Identification Approach M.L. Corradini, G. Orlando Variable Structure System Theory Based Parameter Identification Approaches for MIMO Systems J.-X. Xu, H. Hashimoto Sliding Mode Observer-Controller Design H. Sira-Ramirez, S.K. Spurgeon, A.S.I. Zinober Sliding Mode Techniques with Robust Observers A. Cavallo, G. De Maria, P. Nistri - FM NONLINEAR SYSTEMS Nonlinear Tracking via Discontinuous Feedback under Uncertainty G. Bartolini, T. Zolezzi Methodology for Analysis and Synthesis of Stable Systems by Lyapunov Functions V. A. Kamenetskiy Structured Dissipativeness and Absolute Stability of Nonlinear Systems A. V. Savkin, I. R. Petersen Optimal Nonlinear Controllers for Feedback Linearizable Systems R.A. Freeman, P.V. Kokotovic A New Class of Identifiers for Robust Parameter Identification and Control in Uncertain Systems T. Basar, G. Didinsky, Z. Pan - FP1 CHATTERING IN VSC Higher Order Sliding Modes as a Natural Phenomenon in Control Theory A. Levant, L.M. Fridman Chattering Control in Sliding Mode Systems: Possibility of Using Additional Dynamics of Actuators L. Fridman Chattering Free Sliding Modes A. Sabanovic, K. Jezernik, N. Sabanovic Discrete Time Chattering Free Sliding Mode Control K. Jezernik, B. Cork, J. Harnik - FP2 APPLICATIONS OF VSC TO ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS Reduction of Chattering in VSC of AC Motor Drives with Sophisticated Modulation Z. Cucej, K. Jezernik Sliding Modes in Motion Control Systems A. Sabanovic, A. Denker, O. Kaynak, N. Sabanovic Adaptive Switching Control for the Stabilization of a Power System X. Yu, G. Ledwich, H. Sira-Ramirez Tracking Signals in Basic Converters. A Sliding Approach E. Fossas, J.M. Olm WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION - Address VSLT94 Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica Universita` degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II" via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy Tel: +39(81)768-3169; +39(81)768-3181; Fax: +39(81)768-3186 E-mail: vslt94@disna.dis.unina.it International Program Local Organization Committee M. Corless (USA) F. Amato F. Garofalo (I) F. Garofalo L. Glielmo (I) L. Glielmo P. Kokotovic (USA) A. Pironti G. Leitmann (USA) S. Scala U. Ozguner (USA) H. Sira-Ramirez (Ven) V. Utkin (Rus) A. Zinober (UK)