E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 101, January 1, 1997
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 101, January 1, 1997
HAPPY NEW YEAR
FROHES NEUJAHR
BONNE ANNEE
FELIZ ANO NUEVO
GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR
E-mail: eletter-request@win.tue.nl
Editors: Anton A. Stoorvogel
Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
the Netherlands
Fax +31 40 246 5995
Siep Weiland
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
the Netherlands
Fax +31 40 243 4582
Contents
1. Editorial
2. Personals
3. General announcements
3.1 IEEE Control System Society CACSD Technical Committee
3.2 Lecture Nobel Prize Simon van der Meer, Milano, Italy
3.3 700 titles on control and synchronization of chaos
3.4 SCAD Update
4. Positions
4.1 Postdoc, The University of Newcastle, Australia
4.2 Postdoc, Universite de Bourgogne, France
4.3 Faculty position, The University of Melbourne, Australia
4.4 Faculty position, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
4.5 Faculty position, University of Maryland, U.S.A.
4.6 Postdoc, Louisiana State University, U.S.A.
4.7 Research Assistantship University of Cambridge, U.K.
4.8 Faculty position, Northwestern University, U.S.A.
5. Books
5.1 Constrained optimization and Lagrange multiplier methods,
Bertsekas
5.2 Constructive Nonlinear Control, Sepulchre/Jankovic/Kokotovic
6. Journals
6.1 TOC Automatica, 32:12, 33:1
6.2 TOC European Journal of Control, 4/96
6.3 TOC SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 35:1
6.4 TOC Linear Algebra and Its Applications, 249:1-3
6.5 CfP Special Issue Linear Algebra and Its Applications
6.6 TOC Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 16:1
6.7 TOC MCSS, 9:2
6.8 TOC Int. J. Control, 66:1
6.9 TOC SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 18:1
6.10 TOC IEEE Trans. Aut. Control, 42:1
7. Conferences
7.1 CONTROL-97, Sydney, Australia
7.2 Advanced Summer Institute, Budapest, Hungary
7.3 Int. Conf. on Digital Signal Processing, Santorini, Greece
7.4 Course on Kalman Filtering, Newcastle University, Australia
7.5 IEEE Int. Symp. on Comp. Intelligence in Robotics and
Automation, Monterey, U.S.A.
7.6 Symp. on Dynamics, Control, and Design of Biomechanical Systems,
Dallas, U.S.A.
7.7 Conf. on Management and Control of Production and Logistics,
Campinas, Brazil
7.8 Nonlinear Control Systems Design Symp, Univ. of Twente,
The Netherlands
7.9 NATO ASI on Verification of Digital and Hybrid Systems, Antalya,
Turkey
7.10 Conference on Information Sciences, Somewhere
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Contributed by: Romeo Ortega
ADDRESS CHANGE
Laboratoire des Signaux et Systemes
CNRS-ESE
Plateau de Moulon
91192 Gif sur Yvette
FRANCE
tel (33)-1-69-85-17-27
fax (33)-1-69-41-30-60
e-mail rortega@lss.supelec.fr
http://www.lss.supelec.fr/~rortega
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Contributed by: Mayuresh V. Kothare
Address Change
Effective January 1, 1997 up to June 30, 1997, my address will be
Mayuresh V. Kothare
c/o Prof. Reuel Shinnar
Department of Chemical Engineering
The City College of New York
138th Street at Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031, U.S.A.
email: mvk@aut.ee.ethz.ch
Effective July 1, 1997, my address will be
Mayuresh V. Kothare
Core Technology Department
Modeling and Advanced Control Group
Mobil Technology Company
P.O.Box 480, Paulsboro
New Jersey 08066-0480
U.S.A.
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Contributed by: Michael Athans
Professor Michael Athans, EE&CS Dept., MIT, was awarded an Honorary
Doctorate from the Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece, on
December 2, 1996
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Contributed by: John James
ANNOUNCEMENT: A new IEEE Control System Society (CSS) Computer-Aided
Control System Design (CACSD) Technical Committee (TC) Special Study
Committee on emerging technologies for collaborative design has been
formed. This committee will meet periodically to discuss emerging
technologies and will submit a final report at the next joint IEEE
Conference on Control Applications (CCA) and Symposium on Computer-Aided
Control System Design (CACSD) in Hawaii in 1999. Individuals or groups
interested in advocating a technology for review should contact Georg
Grubel (Georg.Gruebel@dlr.de), Grantham Pang (gpang@eee.hku.hk) or John
James (John@JRJames.com or 75767.77@compuserve.com) to establish a topic
for study.
SUBJECT: The IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) Computer-Aided Control
Systems Design (CACSD) Technical Committee (TC) has formed a special
committee to investigate emerging theory, languages, algorithms, tools,
standards and processes to support industrial control systems engineering.
DISCUSSION: The tremendous growth in use of the Internet has fueled an
explosive increase in products and services available on the Internet and
intranets. Of interest to the CACSD TC are the emerging technologies
which can support multidisciplinary team implementation of
computer-controlled systems. We are convinced that control science and
engineering has an opportunity to leverage the enormous advances being made
in network support for collaborative processes. These advances can
provide increased assistance to multidisciplinary teams as they strive to
improve integration of system components while decreasing the time required
to develop new products or implement incremental changes to existing
products. At the same time, theoretical advances provide promise of
increasing theoretical support for systems engineering of complex,
computer-controlled machines. We are particularly interested in how
emerging advances in collaborative technologies can improve
synchronization among multidisciplinary teams throughout the product life
cycle (concept formulation, requirements development, concept validation,
design, test, production, and maintenance). This emphasis is partially
motivated by industry declarations during plenary talks, panel sessions and
paper presentations at the recently completed IEEE International Symposium
on Computer-Aided Control System Design that the control system design
process is viewed by the automobile industry as the integrating technology
for product development. We believe that this ability of the control
design process to facilitate integration of product development activities
is also true for other industries. At the same symposium, discussion with
university and industry researchers indicated considerable interest in
applying new theoretical results to this difficult problem while similar
discussions with individuals involved in the standards development process
indicated that emerging standards may also offer some assistance in
achieving the desired integration of multidisciplinary team work products.
APPROACH: The committee will apply the advocate concept of investigating
issues of interest to the control system community. That is the committee
is open to any member of the IEEE and an individual or group may recommend
an issue for study to Georg Grubel, (Europe and Africa), John James
(America), or Grantham Pang (Asia). Issues expected to be of interest
include: (1) network support for integration of Computer-Aided Software
(CASE) and Computer-Aided Control Engineering (CACE) tools, (2) languages,
tools and standards for representation of the control system design process
and its integration into the product life cycle, (3) algorithms, tools,
processes and standards for control system life-cycle support, especially
transformations between representations and integration of different views
of product components and (4) processes which support collaborative
development of system reference models and reference architectures and
their instantiations as application models and application architectures,
and (5) theory which supports the above activities. The advocate(s) of
selected issues will then review emerging technologies, conduct industry
visits, and prepare summary reports for presentation to the committee and
to the control community. There will be semiannual committee meetings at
the American Control Conference (ACC) and the Conference on Decision and
Control (CDC). The committee will also organize events at the next CACSD
Symposium to be held in conjunction with the 1999 Conference on Control
Applications in Hawaii .
ORGANIZATION: John James, Chairman and coordinator of activities in
America; Georg Grubel, Co-Chairman and coordinator in Europe and Africa,
and Grantham Pang, Co-Chairman and coordinator in Asia.
INVITATION: The committee invites interested IEEE members to participate
in this investigation. The intent is to focus committee activities on
emerging technologies which support interdisciplinary and integration
aspects of the control design process throughout the product life cycle of
computer-controlled and computer-configured systems.
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Contributed by: Sergio Bittanti
Nobel Prize Simon van der Meer speaks at the Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
January 21 1997, at 14.30, on
BEAM CONTROL OF PARTICLE ACCELERATORS VIA STOCHASTIC COOLING
The lecture will be given in the Conference Room, Dipartimento di
Elettronica e Informazione, Via Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano.
Those interested
in participating should contact the Secretariat:
nassiver@elet.polimi.it.
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Simon van der Meer presentation will be an "intermezzo" whithin the
Colloquia 97, the dissertation presentation workshop of the PhD students in
"Ingegneria Automatica e Informatica" and in "Ingegneria Elettronica e delle
Comunicazioni" at the Politecnico di Milano . The Colloquia 97 will take
place January 20 -22, in the Conference Room, Dipartimento di Elettronica e
Informazione, Via Ponzio 34/5, 20133 Milano (Italy).
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Contributed by: Guanrong Chen
As of today, we have collected more than 700 titles on control and
synchronization of chaos (as well as control of bifurcations) in the
following LaTeX file (available via ftp):
``ftp.egr.uh.edu/pub/TeX/chaos.tex''
(login name ``anonymous'' and password: your email address).
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Contributed by: Raimund J. Ober
Xu Huang
UPDATE ON SCAD DATABASE -- December 1996
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Systems and Control Archive at Dallas
Worldwide web: URL: http://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/
queries (email): scad@utdallas.edu
SCAD ADDRESS LIST:
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Recently we have started an address list for systems
and control people.
About 1180 people have added their addresses to the list.
To register your, simply:
- go to SCAD using the web
- go to the ADDRESS LIST link
- click: add your address
- fill in the form.
You can check out addresses by using the search facility or
by scanning through the full list.
THESES: Ph.D. Thesis on "Theory of Hybrid Systems and Discrete Event Systems"
====== by Anuj Puri.
!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE, Add your Address to the SCAD ADDRESS LIST !!!!!!!!!!!
How to access scad:
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Using Worldwide Web:
URL: http://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/
More detailed instructions can be obtained by sending an email to
scad@utdallas.edu
After accessing SCAD you can find a README file which contains
more information about SCAD.
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Contributed by: Minyue Fu
POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN ROBUST CONTROL, NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Newcastle
Australia
Applications are sought for a Post-Doctoral position in the area of robust
control. This position is supported by the Australian Research Council and
will involve research in conjuction with Professor M. Fu and
Dr. C.E. de Souza. The successful applicant will be appointed for a period
of two (02) years.
Candidates must have completed a Ph.D. in the area of control systems.
They should also have demonstrated expertise in one or more of the
following areas: Robustness Analysis, Robust Control Design, Convex
Optimization, and Time-delay Systems.
The salary ranges from A$35,000 to A$42,000, depending on qualifications
and experience (A$1.00 ~= US$0.80).
The Department offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in
electrical engineering and computer engineering, having a very strong
focus on research in systems and control. Newcastle is a coastal
city surrounded by many beautiful beaches. It is located 150kms north
of Sydney and it has very nice climate all year round.
The application deadline is 18 January 1997. Applicants should send a
letter of application and a resume including names, addresses, and email or
fax numbers of at least 3 referees to:
Professor Minyue Fu,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
The University of Newcastle,
University Drive, Callaghan,
NSW 2308 AUSTRALIA.
The appointment will begin around Feburary, 1997. For further
information on the position, contact Professor Minyue Fu at
eemf@ee.newcastle.edu.au or fax 61(49) 216 993.
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
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Contributed by: Eric Busvelle
PRELIMINARY CALL for A POST DOCTORAL GRANT
of the
CONSEIL REGIONAL DE BOURGOGNE
in
CONTROL THEORY
The Mathematics department of the "Universite de Bourgogne" at Dijon
(France) will apply to the "Conseil Regional de Bourgogne" for the
creation of a research fund. We therefore need to provide a list of
prospective recipients of the grants which will be sponsored by this fund.
The post-doctoral candidate will collaborate to a research project
concerning the optimal control of chemical batch reactors of the
research group in control theory from the "Laboratoire de Topologie".
Therefore we are looking for a control theorist having some experience
in at least one of the following domains :
- Optimal control of finite dimensional systems
- Estimation -- filtering
- Scientific computing
The recipient will receive FF 10,000 per month, tax-free. The grant is
for one year and is expected to start around October 1997.
Candidates must have obtained a Ph.D. during the past 5 years and should
not have previously worked for a salary in France.
Please send before February 15th 1997 your application with
a curriculum vitae, and selected publications to:
Pr B. Bonnard,
Laboratoire de Topologie
(bourses Conseil Regional)
9, avenue Alain Savary, B.P. 400
21011 -- DIJON Cedex -- FRANCE
e-mail: bbonnard@u-bourgogne.fr
More information about the laboratory can be found at the URL
http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/monge/topol/topo.html
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Contributed by: Malcolm Good
The University of Melbourne
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
FACULTY POSITION IN MECHATRONICS
The Faculty of Engineering introduced a five-year undergraduate program
in Mechatronics in 1996. The course prepares engineering graduates
with strong formal studies in mechanical, electronic and computer
systems engineering, and with experience and understanding of the
integration of these disciplines in product design and manufacture.
The Department is seeking to appoint an academic to contribute to the
on-going development of this exciting program, particularly in relation
to a sequence of integrative design and laboratory subjects.
Candidates should have a PhD in a field relevant to mechatronics, and
practical experience in the design, manufacture and utilisation of
'smart' products and industrial automation systems. Skills in
electronics, computer engineering and software development are
essential. Tertiary teaching experience would be an advantage.
Salary: $A43,042 - 51,113 (Lecturer) / $A52,726 - 60,797 (Senior Lecturer).
The appointment will be for two years in the first instance, and is
extendible. For further information and a position description contact
Ms Jessie Ramage, tel. +61 3 9344 6734, fax +61 3 9344 4290, e-mail
jessie@mame.mu.oz.au. Applications (including the names and facsimile
numbers of three referees) should quote the reference number Y0003955
and be sent in duplicate to the Director, Human Resources, The University
of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic. 3052, Australia (fax +61 3 9344 4694) by
31 January 1997.
The University of Melbourne is an equal opportunity employer and has a
smoke-free workplace policy.
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Contributed by: Wassim M. Haddad
School of Aerospace Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0150
Voice: (404) 894-1078
FAX: (404) 894-2760
email: wm.haddad@aerospace.gatech.edu
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
FACULTY POSITION
The School of Aerospace Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track faculty
position in aerospace control and dynamics. A doctorate in engineering is
required, with a background in linear and nonlinear control, dynamics, and
optimization, including an emphasis on aerospace related applications.
Scholarly achievement is an essential qualification. Experience in or
having had strong interaction with industry and/or government research
facilities will be viewed as highly desirable. Candidates are expected to
have a strong commitment to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate
levels and to the development of an externally funded research program.
Senior candidates must have well established research credentials and
demonstrated leadership in aerospace control methodologies.
Areas of interest include but are not limited to nonlinear adaptive and
robust control systems, control of aerospace vehicles, active control of
flows, active control of fluid-structure interaction, noise control, and/or
propulsion/combustion control. Candidates will be expected to teach
courses in aerospace vehicle stability and control and in spacecraft
dynamics, as well as have significant interaction with other faculty both
in teaching and research. Please send nominations and applications to:
Professor W.M. Haddad, Chairman, Faculty Search Committee, School of
Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
30332-0150. Georgia Tech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer. The School welcomes applications from qualified women and
minority candidates.
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Contributed by: Steve Marcus (marcus@isr.umd.edu)
University of Maryland, College Park
Positions in Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland at College Park: The Department of Electrical
Engineering at the University of Maryland at College Park expects to have
openings for tenure track and tenured faculty positions starting August 1997.
Particular need exists for faculty with background in the two broad areas of
computer engineering and signal processing. In computer engineering, specific
areas of specialization include: Computer architecture, VLSI, embedded hardware
and software design for communications and control (e.g., mobile communications
and computing, ATM, and manufacturing) and computer security. In signal
processing, applications to multimedia systems, image and video processing
and wireless communications are particulary needed. There are possibilities
for joint appointments between Electrical Engineering and the Institute for
Advanced Computer Studies, the Institute for Systems Research and the
Department of Computer Science.
Appointments at all ranks will be considered but preference will be given to
applicants at the Assistant Professor level. Candidates for the rank of
Assistant Professor should have a high potential for both teaching and
research. Candidates for the ranks of Associate and Full Professor should have
distinguished records in research and a strong interest in educational
programs. Applications including resume, list of publications, and the names
of at least four references should be sent to Professor Nariman Farvardin,
Chairperson, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland
at College Park, College Park, MD 20742. The University of Maryland is an
equal opportunity, affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to
the principle of diversity. In that spirit, applications from minority groups
and women are especially invited.
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Contributed by: Kemin Zhou
A Post-Doctoral position in control is available immediately at Louisiana
State University. We are seeking an outstanding candidate who can conduct
independent research in either (or all) of the following areas: Nonlinear
Control, Robust Control, and Robust Indentification. A candidate with
experimental experience is a plus. The initial appointment is for one year
and is renewable subject to the mutual agreement and avaiability of funds.
Interested applicants should send 1) curriculum vitae; 2) samples of your
most significant papers; 3) one page of research plan to
Prof. Kemin Zhou /or Prof. Guoxiang Gu
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-5901
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Contributed by: Duncan McFarlane (dcm@eng.cam.ac.uk)
University of Cambridge, Department of Engineering
Research Assistantship/Associateship
EC (ESPRIT) Project : Manufacturing Control Systems Capable
of Managing Production Change and Disturbances
Applications are invited for a Research Associateship to work on a
new project aimed at examining the application of cooperative agent
methods to manufacturing control systems. The project is a three year
EC funded activity and involves five European industrial and academic
partners. The focus of the project will be on the management of production
changes and disturbances and will involve an assessment of a number
of industrial plants, theoretical development of new tools for distributed
manufacturing control and simulation and trialling of these results.
It is hoped that the successful candidate will have previous experience in
manufacturing or in sectors where distributed system management
is important (e.g. transport, computer networks, power distribution).
Candidates should have a good honours degree and preference will be given
to candidates with a PhD degree in a relevant subject. Knowledge of issues
associated with modelling, scheduling and control of discrete event systems
would be an advantage as would experience in programming with C++ and Matlab.
Finally, an ability to communicate well with both academic and industrial
personnel is essential.
The appointment will be for three years and the closing date for applications
is Monday 27 January. Further particulars and an application form
can be obtained from Dr Duncan McFarlane, Manufacturing Engineering Group,
Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Mill Lane,
Cambridge CB2 1RX. Informal enquiries may also be made to the address above,
or (preferably) by e-mail to dcm@eng.cam.ac.uk.
The University follows an equal opportunities policy.
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Contributed by: Michael Peshkin
Northwestern University
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Northwestern University may in the near future open a tenure-track faculty
position in the area of Dynamic Systems and Control. We are presently
requesting informal applications from those interested in such a position.
NU's McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences includes an
interdepartmental Council on Dynamic Systems and Control. This body will
evaluate resumes received. The anticipated position will consist of a
full-time appointment in the appropriate academic department.
Responsibilities of faculty members include teaching at both the
undergraduate and graduate levels, developing a funded scholarly research
program, and providing service to the University and profession.
Significant interaction with other faculty is expected, both in teaching
and research.
Women and members of minority groups are particularly encouraged to apply.
Informal applications should be received by March 1 1997, and should
include a curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching goals,
names and addresses of references, a list of publications, and copies of
one or two representative publications. Please send materials to:
Prof. Michael Peshkin
Council on Dynamic Systems and Control
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road B227
Evanston IL 60208-3111 USA
Information about the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
may be found at http://www.tech.nwu.edu/
Information about faculty of the Council on Dynamic Systems and Control may
be found at http://web.eecs.nwu.edu/~ahaddad/control.html
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Contributed by: Dimitri Bertsekas
CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION AND LAGRANGE MULTIPLIER METHODS
by
Dimitri P. Bertsekas
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(410 pages, softcover, ISBN:1-886529-04-3, $49.50)
published by
Athena Scientific, Belmont, MA
http://world.std.com/~athenasc/
This is a republication of an advanced textbook, first published in 1982 by
Academic Press, but now out-of-print. It provides a comprehensive treatment
of some of the most widely used constrained optimization methods, including
the augmented Lagrangian/multiplier methods. It supplements the author's
"Nonlinear Programming" book (Athena Scientific, 1995) with much in-depth
analysis not found in any other textbook.
Among its special features, the book:
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** treats extensively augmented Lagrangian methods, including
an exhaustive analysis of the associated convergence and rate of
convergence properties
** presents nondifferentiable and minimax
optimization methods based on smoothing
** develops comprehensively sequential quadratic programming
and other Lagrangian methods
** provides a detailed analysis of differentiable and nondifferentiable
exact penalty methods
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CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. The Method of Multipliers for Equality Constrained Problems
3. The Method of Multipliers for Inequality Constrained and
Nondifferentiable Optimization Problems
4. Exact Penalty Methods and Lagrangian Methods
5. Nonquadratic Penalty Methods - Convex Programming
PUBLISHER'S INFORMATION:
Athena Scientific, P.O.Box 391, Belmont, MA, 02178-9998, U.S.A.
Email: athenasc@world.std.com, Tel: (617) 489-3097, FAX: (617) 489-2017
WWW Site for Info and Ordering: http://world.std.com/~athenasc/
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Contributed by: Sepulchre Rodolphe
NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT
Title:
Constructive Nonlinear Control
Authors:
Rodolphe Sepulchre (Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Mrdjan Jankovic (Ford Motor Company, Dearborn)
Petar Kokotovic (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Publisher:
Springer-Verlag Series on Communications and Control Engineering (CCES)
Springer-Verlag, London, 1997, 313 pp. 41 figs.,
Hardcover ISBN 3-540-76127-6
Price: UK: 49.50 pounds Sterling / US: 89.95 dollars / Germany: DM 118.00.
FROM THE PREFACE:
In this book several streams of nonlinear control theory are merged and
directed towards a constructive solution of the feedback stabilization
problem. Analytic, geometric and asymptotic concepts are assembled as
design tools for a wide variety of nonlinear phenomena and structures.
Differential-geometric concepts reveal important structural properties of
nonlinear systems, but allow no margin for modeling errors. To overcome this
deficiency, we combine them with analytic concepts of passivity, optimality
and Lyapunov stability. In this way geometry serves as a guide for
construction of design procedures, while analysis provides robustness tools
which geometry lacks.
Our main tool is passivity. As a common thread, it connects all the
chapters of the book. Passivity properties are induced by feedback
passivation designs. Until recently, these designs were restricted to
weakly minimum phase systems with relative degree one. Our recursive
designs remove these restrictions. They are applicable to wider classes of
nonlinear systems characterized by feedback, feedforward, and interlaced
structures.
After the introductory chapter, the presentation is organized in two major
parts. The basic nonlinear system concepts - passivity, optimality, and
stability margins - are presented in Chapters 2 and 3 in a novel way as
design tools. Most of the new results appear in Chapters 4, 5, and 6.
For cascade systems, and then, recursively, for larger classes of
nonlinear systems, we construct design procedures which result in feedback
systems with optimality properties and stability margins.
The book differs from other books on nonlinear control. It is more
design-oriented than the differential-geometric texts by Isidori and
Nijmeijer and Van der Schaft. It complements the books by Kanellakopoulos and
Kokotovic and Freeman and Kokotovic, by broadening the class of systems and
design tools. The book is written for an audience of graduate students,
control engineers, and applied mathematicians interested in control theory.
It is self-contained and accessible with a basic knowledge of control
theory. For clarity, most of the concepts are introduced through and
explained by examples. Design applications are illustrated on several
physical models of practical interest.
The book can be used for a first level graduate course on nonlinear
control, or as a collateral reading for a broader control theory course.
Chapters 2, 3, and 4 are suitable for a first course on nonlinear control,
while Chapters 5 and 6 can be incorporated in a more advanced course on
nonlinear feedback design.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0. Preface
1. Introduction
2. Passivity Concepts as Design Tools
3. Stability margins and Optimality
4. Cascade Designs
5. Construction of Lyapunov Functions
6. Recursive Designs
Appendix A: Basic Geometric Concepts
Appendix B: Proofs
References
Index
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December, 1996 Issue 32:12
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Editorials
H. Kwakernaak Electronic submission and review of Technical
Communiques and Correspondence Items
Regular Papers
S. Jagannathan, F. L. Lewis Robust implicit self tuning regulator:
convergence and stability
B. Hanzon, J. Maciejowski Constructive algebra methods for the
L2-problem for stable linear systems
H. Hjalmarsson, M. Gevers, For model-based control design, closed loop
F. De Bruyne identification gives better performance
Tzyh-Jong Tarn, Ning Xi, A. Path-based approach to integrated planning and
K. Bejczy, control for robotic systems
T. McKelvey, T. Abrahamsson, Vibration data analysis for a commercial
L. Ljung aircraft
Brief Papers
Y. Tan, A. Van Cauwenberghe Non-linear one-step ahead control using neural
networks - Control strategy and stability
design
S. Jagannathan, F.L. Lewis Identification of nonlinear dynamical systems
using multilayered neural networks
Wei Lin, Liyi Dai Solutions to the output regulation problem of
linear singular systems
M. Karn Towards fully probabilistic control design
E. Tissir, A. Hmamed Further results on stability of x'(t) = Ax(t)
+ Bx(t - tau)
B.G. Romanchuk Computing regions of attraction with
polytopes: Planar case
M. Vukobratovic, D. Katic Stabilizing position/Force control of robots
interacting with environment by learning
connectionist structures
T. Sasagawa, J.L. Willems Parametrization method for calculating exact
stability bounds of stochastic linear systems
with multiplicative noise
Technical Communiques
A. Iftar, U. Ozguner A game theoretic approach to the optimal
control of uncertain systems
W. X. Zheng Identification of closed-loop systems with low
order controllers
Li Yu, Hongye Su, Jian Chu Robust memoryless H(infinity) controller
design for linear time- delay systems with
norm-bounded time-varying uncertainty
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Regular Papers
B. D. Coller, P. Holmes Suppression of bursting
C. Canudas de Wit, S. I. Robust torque control design for induction
Seleme, Jr. motors: The minumum energy approach
A.H. Sayed, M. Rupp An l2-stable feedback structure for nonlinear
adaptive filtering and Identification
P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, G. Finite escapes and convergence properties of
De Nicolao guaranteed-cost robust filters
S. Zampieri A behavioral approach to identifiability of 2D
scalar systems
Brief Papers
X. Zhao, V.Z. Marmarelis On the relation between continuous and
discrete nonlinear parametric models
Z-Q. Wang, M. Sznaier L(infinity)-optimal control of SISO continuous
time systems
K. Kuriyama, T. Mita Alternative derivation of the algebraic
Riccati equation in H(infinity) control
H. Wu Eigenstructure assignment based robust
stability conditions for uncertain systems
with multiple time-varying delays
L. Loron Tuning of PID controllers by the
non-symmetrical optimum method
Technical Communiques
J.C. Spall A one-measurement form of simultaneous
perturbation stochastic approximation
N. M. Filatov, H. Unbehauen, Dual pole-placement controller with direct
U. Keuchel adaptation
Book Reviews
S. Celikovski P. Falb: Methods of algebraic geometry in
control theory: Part I, Scalar linear systems
and affine algebraic geometry
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Contributed by: Leslie Hollett
Please find below the table of contents of European Journal of Control,
Issue nb. 4/96 :
Editorial
The Behavioral Approach to Systems and Control
Jan C. Willems
The Performance of Generalised Predictive Control with Interval Constraints
Alexander Kuznetsov, David Clarke
Dual Receding Horizon Control of Constrained Discrete Time Systems
L. Chisci, A. Lombardi, E. Mosca
Partial Model Matching by Static State Feedback
V. Kucera, H. Werner
On-line Structure Detection and Parameter Estimation with Exponential
Windowing for Nonlinear Systems
W. Luo, S.A. Billings, K.M. Tsang
A Methodology for the Design of Rule-based Supervisors
Marga Marcos, Fernando Artaza
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SIAM JOURNAL ON Control and Optimization
JANUARY 1997 Volume 35, Number 1
CONTENTS
Limits of Singularly Perturbed Control Problems with Statistical Dynamics of
Fast Motions
Alexander Vigodner
On Positive Orthant Controllability of Bilinear Systems in Small Codimensions
Yuri L. Sachkov
Lyapunov Exponents for Finite State Nonlinear Filtering
Rami Atar and Ofer Zeitouni
The Extended Euler-Lagrange Condition for Nonconvex Variational Problems
Richard Vinter and Harry Zheng
Low-Gain Control of Uncertain Regular Linear Systems
Hartmut Logemann and Stuart Townley
Regularization of Linear Descriptor Systems with Variable Coefficients
Ralph Byers, Peter Kunkel, and Volker Mehrmann
On Convergence of Attainability Sets for Controlled Two-Scale Stochastic
Linear Systems
Yuri Kabanov and Sergei Pergamenshchikov
Analysis of Robust H2 Performance Using Multiplier Theory
Eric Feron
A New Nonsmooth Equations Approach to Nonlinear Complementarity Problems
Houyuan Jiang and Liqun Qi
Families of Solutions of Matrix Riccati Differential Equations
M. Pavon and D. D'Alessandro
Sufficient Optimality Conditions for Optimal Control Subject to State
Constraints
K. Malanowski
Overlapping Block-Balanced Canonical Forms and Parametrizations: The Stable
SISO Case
Bernard Hanzon and Raimund J. Ober
Stochastic Verification Theorems Within the Framework of Viscosity Solutions
Xun Yu Zhou, Jiongmin Yong, and Xunjing Li
Behavioral Controllability of Delay-Differential Systems
Paula Rocha and Jan C. Willems
A Farkas Lemma Without a Standard Closure Condition
Jean B. Lasserre
Equivalent Unconstrained Minimization and Global Error Bounds for Variational
Inequality Problems
Nobuo Yamashita and Masao Fukushima
Stability of Set-Valued Mappings in Infinite Dimensions: Point Criteria and
Applications
Boris S. Mordukhovich and Yongheng Shao
First- and Second-Order Sufficient Optimality Conditions for Bang-Bang Controls
Andrei V. Sarychev
A Convergent Algorithm for the Output Covariance Constraint Control Problem
G. Zhu, M. A. Rotea, and R. Skelton
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Contributed by: Hans Schneider
Journal : Linear Algebra and Its Applications
Volume Number : 249
Issue Number : 1 - 3
Year : 1996
Page 1
Solution of Under-Determined Sylvester Equations in Sensor Array
Signal Processing
A. S. Hodel, P. Misra
Page 15
Matrix Rings Satisfying Column Sum Conditions Versus Structural Matrix
Rings
L. van Wyk
Page 29
Matrix Spaces with Bounded Number of Eigenvalues
M. Omladic, P. Semrl
Page 47
Noncore Square Matrices Miscellany
S. K. Mitra
Page 67
An Inverse Eignevalue Problem for Nonnegative Matrices
G. Wuwen
Page 79
Computationally Efficient Applications of the Euclidean Algorithm to
Zero Location
L. Gemignani
Page 93
On Dissipative Matrices
C. J. Olson, R. D. Hill
Page 111
On Meet Matrices on Posets
P. Haukkanen
Page 125
Continuation Methods for the Computation of Zeros of SZEGO Polynomials
G. S. Ammar, D. Calvetti, L. Reichel
Page 157
Matrices Which Belong to an Idempotent in a Sandwich Semigroup of
Circulant Boolean Matrices
W. Huang
Page 169
The Arnoldi Process, Short recursions and Displacement Ranks
H. Zha, Z. Zhang
Page 189
Structured Dispersion and Validity in Linear Inference
D. R. Jensen
Page 197
Maximal Spectral Distance
J. A. Holbrook, M. Omladic, P. Semrl
Page 207
A Note on Canonical Forms for Matrix Congruence
J. M. Lee, D. A. Weinberg
Page 217
Substitutions for Linear Shift Register Sequences and the
Factorization Algorithms of Berlekamp and Niederreiter
E. Lange
Page 229
Black Box Interpolation II The One Variable Derogatory Case
V. Mani, R. E. Hartwig
Page 255
Minimal Norms of Non-Negative Irreducible Matrices
J. Albrecht
Page 259
Kronecker Bases for Linear Matrix Equations, with Application to Two-
Parameter Eigenvalue Problems
T. Kosir
Page 289
Matrix Pencil Generated by Tensor Product from Two Matrix Pencils
J. Gracia, L. Ortiz de Elguea, M. Sodupe
Page 311
Linear Dependence Relations in Wavelets and Tilings
D. Zhou
Page 325
Spectra and Inverse Sign Patterns of Nearly Sign-Nonsingular Matrices
T. J. Lundy, J. S. Maybee, D. D. Olesky, P. van den Driessche
Page 341
Stability of the Block Cyclic Reduction
P. Yalamov, V. Pavlov
Page 359
Possible Block Similarity Classes of a Matrix with a Prescribed
Nonprincipal Submatrix
F. C. Silva
Page 375
AUTHOR INDEX
Announcements
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Here's the latest issue lineup for Linear Algebra and Its Applications. As
of Spring 1996, Elsevier will offer electronic enhancements to the print
journal. Readers whose institutions subscribe will have access to
precopyedited accepted LATEX manuscripts, and all readers will be able to
use the ISITE engine to search author/title/abstracts of papers from January
1995 onwards. For more information please use:
http://www.elsevier.com/locate/lineralgebra
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LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
SPECIAL WINNIPEG SYMPOSIUM ISSUE
A special issue of "Linear Algebra and Its Applications" will be devoted
to papers presented at the ILAS Symposium on Fast Algorithms for Control,
Signals and Image Processing" organized by the Institute of Industrial
Mathematical Sciences (IIMS), University of Manitoba, to be held June 6-8,
1997 in Winnipeg. More information about the meeting can be obtained from
insmath@cc.umanitoba.ca or from http://www.iims.umanitoba.ca
The Symposium will feature a special emphasis on modern methods in
scientific computing and linear algebra relevant to digital control and
signal and image processing. There will be research and tutorial talks at
the Symposium. Selected papers related to mathematical models of the
problems, mathematical theories to overcome difficulties of solving such
problems, and fast algorithms related to real-time or data-massive
computations will appear in the special issue.
The papers submitted to this special issue should correspond to talks
given at the symposium. They will be screened using the usual refereeing
procedure and will meet the normal publication standards of the journal.
Papers submitted to this issue should be sent to one of the special
editors listed below. The submission deadline is 15 September 1997.
Dianne P. O'Leary
Computer Science Department
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
USA
oleary@cs.umd.edu
Ali H. Sayed
Engr. IV, Rm 44-123A
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095
USA
sayed@ee.ucla.edu
P.N. Shivakumar
Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences
420 Machray Hall
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2
Canada
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Contributed by: Prof. Armen H. Zemanian
Table of Contents for:
CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
Vol. 16, No. 1, 1997:
Editor: Armen H. Zemanian
Department of Electrical Engineering
University at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, N.Y. 11794-2350
FAX: 516-632-8494
Email: zeman@sbee.sunysb.edu
A new family of Routh approximants,
Chyi Hwang and Ying-Chin Lee
Modified Wigner bispectrum and its generalizations,
S. Stankovic, L.J. Stankovic, and Z. Uskokovic
A quick neural network for computer vision of gray images,
M. Hamed
Fractal interpolation functions and data compression for tracking,
J. Li, P. Yip. and E. Bosse
A genetic algorithm for the maxixmum likelihood estimation of the parameters
of sinusoids in a noisy environment,
Ahmed S. Abutaleb
On identifiability and information-regularity in parametrized
normal distributions,
Bertrand Hochwald and Arye Nehorai
On cyclically time-varying autoregressive digital filters,
David M. Mandelbaum
A separation theorem for finite-precision digital systems,
Kelly K. Johnson and Irwin W. Sandberg
Fast algorithms for computing one- and two-dimensional convolution
in integer polynomial rings,
H. Krishna Garg and C.C. Ko
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Contributed by: Jan H. van Schuppen
MCSS TABLE OF CONTENTS AND LIST OF ACCEPTED PAPERS
Volume 9, Number 2
A. Iggidr, B. Kalitine, and R. Outbib
Semi-definite Lyapunov functions: Stability and stablization,
MCSS 9 (1996), 95-106.
Y.M. Kabanov and W.J. Runggaldier,
On control of two-scale stochastic systems with linear
dynamics in the fast variables,
MCSS 9 (1996), 107-122.
H. Logemann and R. Rebarber,
The effect of small time-delays on the closed-loop
stability of boundary control systems,
MCSS 9 (1996), 123-151.
G. Garcia and J. Bernussou,
Pole assignment for uncertain systems in a specified
disk by output feedback,
MCSS 9 (1996), 152-161.
J.P. Bardot, S. Monaco, and D. Normand-Cyrot,
A sampled normal form for feedback linearization,
MCSS 9 (1996), 162-188.
PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED IN MCSS
A. Banaszuk, S. Swiech, and J. Hauser,
Least squares integration of one-dimensional codistributions
with application to approximate feedback linearization.
V.E. Benes, R.J. Elliott,
Finite-dimensional solutions of a modified Zakai equation.
Jie Chen and S.S.-T. Yau,
Finite-dimensional filters with nonlinear drift VI:
Linear structure on $\Omega$.
P. Dai Pra, L. Meneghini and W.J. Runggaldier,
Connections between stochastic control and dynamic games.
A. Margheri,
Flow regularity and optimality conditions with control in Lp.
J. Oostveen and H. Zwart,
Solving the infinite-dimensional discrete-time algebraic
riccati equation using the extended symplectic pencil.
A.J. van der Schaft and J.M. Schumacher,
The complementary-slackness class of hybrid systems.
INFORMATION
Information on MCSS including tables of contents is
available at its home pages:
- - http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/departments/BS3/mcss.html
- - http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/mcss.html
Papers must be submitted to:
J.H. van Schuppen (Co-Editor MCSS)
CWI
P.O.Box 94079
1090 Gb Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Bradley Dickinson, Eduardo Sontag, Jan van Schuppen (Editors)
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Taylor & Francis Table of Contents Service
13 December, 1996
International Journal of Control
Volume:- 66 Issue:- 1
Publication Date (Expected): 3rd January 1997
Contents:-
Title: Design of causal reversed-frame-normalizing controllers using bicausal
expansions.
Authors: B. Kouvaritakis, J. C. Basilio.
Pages 1-14.
Title: H filtering via convex optimization
Authors: PooGyeon Park, Thomas Kailath.
Pages 15-22.
Title: On-line identification of continuous time-delay systems combining
least-squares techniques with a genetic algorithm
Authors: Zi-Jiang Yang, Tomohiro Hachino, Teuro Tsuji.
Pages 23-42.
Title: Robust control of sampled-data uncertain systems using digitally
redesigned observer-based controllers
Authors: L. S. Shieh, Wei-min Wang, Jing-bo Zheng.
Pages 43-64.
Title: On digital high-gain and sliding-mode control
Authors: Shang-Teh Wu.
Pages 65-83.
Title: Neural net based direct self-tuning control of nonlinear plants.
Authors: M. S. Ahmed, M. Farooq Anjum.
Pages 85-104.
Title: On the upper and lower bounds of the solution for the continuous riccati
matrix equation
Authors: Chien-Hua Lee.
Pages 105-118.
Title: State-space realization of multi-input multi-output systems - Elementary
operations approach
Authors: K. Galkowski.
Pages 119-144.
Title: Bounded real lemma for linear systems with finite discrete jumps
Authors: Peng Shi, Carlos E de Souza, Lihua Xie.
Pages 145-159.
Title: Infinite horizon generalised predictive control
Authors: Pierre O.M Scokaert.
Pages 161-175.
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SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications
January 1997, Volume 18, Number 1
CONTENTS
The Restarted Arnoldi Method Applied to Iterative Linear System Solvers for
the Computation of Rightmost Eigenvalues
Karl Meerbergen and Dirk Roose
Relative Residual Bounds for the Eigenvalues of a Hermitian Semidefinite Matrix
Zlatko Drmac and Vjeran Hari
GMRES vs. Ideal GMRES
Kim-Chuan Toh
GMRES on (Nearly) Singular Systems
Peter N. Brown and Homer F. Walker
Stability of the Diagonal Pivoting Method with Partial Pivoting
Nicholas J. Higham
Estimating the Support of a Scaling Vector
Wasin So and Jianzhong Wang
Determinant of the Sum of a Symmetric and a Skew-Symmetric Matrix
Natalia Bebiano, Chi-Kwong Li, and Joao da Providencia
Bounds for the Componentwise Distance to the Nearest Singular Matrix
S. M. Rump
Stability Issues in the Factorization of Structured Matrices
Michael Stewart and Paul Van Dooren
Bounds for the Differences of Matrix Means
M. Alic, B. Mond, J. Pecaric, and V. Volenec
A Constrained Procrustes Problem
Lars-Erik Andersson and Tommy Elfving
An Unsymmetric-Pattern Multifrontal Method for Sparse LU Factorization
Timothy A. Davis and Iain S. Duff
Sparse Multifrontal Rank Revealing QR Factorization
Daniel J. Pierce and John G. Lewis
Vertical Block Hidden Z-Matrices and the Generalized Linear Complementarity
Problem
S. R. Mohan and S. K. Neogy
Stability of Augmented System Factorizations in Interior-Point Methods
Stephen Wright
On Episodic Queues
Qi-Ming He and Marcel F. Neuts
Approximability by Weighted Norms of the Structured and Volumetric Singular
Values of a Class of Nonnegative Matrices
Daniel Hershkowitz, Wenchao Huang, Hans Schneider, and Hans Weinberger
Some Inequalities for Norms of Commutators
Rajendra Bhatia and Fuad Kittaneh
Addendum: Is the Polar Decomposition Finitely Computable?
Alan George and Kh. Ikramov
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL
Table of Contents - Volume 42, Number 1 - January, 1997
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PAPERS
Dynamic Stabilization of Regular Linear Systems
......................................... G. Weiss and R. F. Curtain
Discrete-Time Low-Gain Control of Uncertain Infinite-Dimensional Systems
..................... H. Logemann and S. Townley
Indirect Adaptive Pole-Placement Control of MIMO Stochastic Systems:
Self-Tuning Results
............................ K. Nassiri-Toussi and W. Ren
Shear Force Feedback Control of a Single-Link Flexible Robot with a Revolute
Joint
.................... Z.-H. Luo and B.-Z. Guo
Persisyent Identification of Time-Varying Systems
................................ L. Y. Wang
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TECHNICAL NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE
High-Frequency Nonlinear Vibrational Control
.................................... B. Shapiro and B. T. Zinn
On the Relation Between Local Controllability and Stabilizability for a class
of Nonlinear Systems
............................ S. Celikovsky and H. Nijmeijer
Flexible Piezoelectric Structures-Approximate Motion Equations and Control
Algorithms
................................. B. Bona, M. Indri, and A. Tornambe
On the Stability of Uncertain Systems with Multiple Time-Varying Delays
............................. Y.-J. Sun, J.-G. Hsieh, and H.-C. Yang
Adaptive Nonlinear Output Feedback Tracking with a Partial High-Gain Observer
and Backstepping
............................ M. Jankovic
H-infinity-Differential Riccati Equations: Convergence Properties and Finite
Escape Phcnomena
..................... P. Bolzern, P. Colaneri, and G. De Nicolao
New Results for the Bounds of the Solution for the Continuous Riccati and
Lyapunov Equations
............... C.-H. Lee
A Lower Bound for the Mixed u Problem
.......................................... P. M. Young and J. C. Doyle
Correction to "Stability Conditions for Multiclass Fluid Queueing Networks"
....................... D. Bertsimas, D. Gamarnik, and J. N. Tsitsiklis
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BOOK REVIEWS
Global Controllability and Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems--S. Nikiun
.....................................Reviewed by A. J. Krener
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CONTROL-97
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Sydney Australia
20-22 October, 1997
http://www.ee.usyd.edu.au/~control97/
Conference Theme:
Bringing together Industrial & Theoretical Control Advances
MESSAGE OF INVITATION:
I invite you to join us at Control 97 in Sydney for this biennial
event in a subject where Australia has high level international
academic and industrial activity. In line with this, our theme is:
"Bringing together industrial and theoretical control advances". We
are trying some new ideas for achieving a superb technical
program. Finally, of course, we have the attractions of a great city
for non-technical activities.
David Hill, Conference Chair
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
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Dr Sam Crisafulli, CICS Automation
Prof David Hill, University of Sydney
Dr John Lear, ICI Engineering
Dr Yash Shrivastava, University of Sydney
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
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The general aim is to provide a balance between presenting advances in
control methodology (theory, design and implementation) and
application to major industrial sectors. The technical program will be
built around three special features:
1. Invited Plenary Speakers
Professor Guy Dumont, Pulp and Paper Centre, University of British Colombia
Professor Petar Kokotovic, Centre for Control Engineering and Computation,
University of California
Dr W. David Smith, Jr, Research Manager, Advanced Process Control
and Modelling, DuPont, USA.
2. Invited Tutorial papers
These extended length papers will begin sessions in key advancing
control areas.
3. Industry Theme - Mini Symposia
Selected industry sector mini-symposia supporting the conference theme
are being organised by academic and industry leaders. The invited
sessions (with invited Chairs) include:
* Process Control (Mr John Reid, Kvaenor John Brown)
* Petrochemical (Professor Jose Romagnoli, University of Sydney)
* Power Systems (Professor Gerard Ledwich, University of Newcastle)
* Minerals Processing (Mr John Karageorgos, Mt Isa Mines)
* Automotive (Mr Keith Melbourne, Orbital Engine Co.)
* Steel and Aluminium (Mr Peter Stone, BHP Research)
* Biomedical (Professor Nguyen Hung, University of Technology Sydney)
Papers in all theoretical and applied areas are welcome.
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format, however other forms are acceptable for review. For information
regarding this format please contact the conference secretariat or
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to the secretariat by March 21, 1997.
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August 29, 1997 - Receipt of Camera Ready Art
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March 21, 1997 - Receipt of Paper for Review
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(International Convention Management Services Pty Ltd)
PO Box 547 Manly NSW 2095 Australia
Tel: +61 2 9976 3245
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e-mail: control.97@icms.com.au
www: http://www.ee.usyd.edu.au/~control97/
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Contributed by: C.D. Stylios
Advanced Summer Institute - ASI '97
The Annual Conference of ICIMS-NOE (E.P. 9251)
Life Cycle Approaches to Production Systems:
Management, Control, Supervision
14-18 July 1997
Budapest, Hungary
Scope
Developing Integrated Manufacturing Systems and raising the automation level
in production and manufacturing have been the main goals in an effort made
by many companies, academic institutions and research enters to reform
manufacturing methods for all (small and large) industries in the 90's. The
central theme of the 1997 Advanced Summer Institute - ASI '97 is:
Life Cycle Approaches to Production Systems: Management, Control,
Supervision.
Through its ESPRIT Long Term Research (LTR) Program (previously
Basic Research) the European Commission has funded a Network of Excellence
(NOE) in Intelligent Control and Integrated Manufacturing Systems (ICIMS).
ASI '97 is a pivotal activity within the framework of many activities of the
ICIMS-NOE. The last three similar conferences have been held: ASI '94 in
Rion, Greece, ASI '95 in Cascais, Portugal and ASI '96 in Toulouse, France.
The objective of ASI '97 is to bring together experts from academia
and industry to present their views on the present state of the art in the
technical areas involved. An effort will be made to have presentations
covering the principal aspects of Life Cycle Approaches to Production
Systems. A series of invited lectures, technical presentations, round table
discussions, and demonstrations / exhibitions will raise the awareness of
the scientific and industrial community in Europe regarding the potential
impact of emerging solutions for world-class manufacturing in the
future. Furthermore, ASI '97 will raise the awareness of the industrial
engineering communities about this important field and propose additional
research efforts.
During ASI '97 a number of Academic and Industrial nodes will
present their R&D activities. An effort will also be made to organize
intensive short courses on the first and fourth day of the Conference.
Topics
*Intelligent Communication Network Systems
*Economic Justification Methods
*Environmental protection, minimum use of energy and materials
*Factory of the Future
*Recyclability
*Total Life Cycle Cost
*Manufacturing and assembly of microsystems
*On-line configuration of manufacturing systems from multiagents
*The role of man in a CIM system
*Multimedia communication for product documentation
*CIM-architectures for virtual companies
*(De-) centralization of production planning
*IT-support in IT configuration ("Supplier Selection")
*Concurrent Engineering Support
*Product Structure (BOM) maintenance
*Robotics in Manufacturing
*Systems Theory and Controls
*Intelligent decision support systems
*Knowledge and model based approaches
*Virtual Factory
Paper Submission
Three copies of an extended summary of approximately 1,500 words
should be sent to the Program Chairman by February 20th, 1997. Papers must
follow a two-column format, printed using a 10-12 point size font and must
be typed in single space. Summaries and papers should be written in English
and include the name, complete mailing address, phone, fax number and e-mail
of the authors as well as up to five keywords. The technical papers should
devote a considerable part to reviewing the state-of-the-art in their
respective fields. Each paper should cover approximately 25 minutes of
presentation to be followed by a 5-10 minute discussion.
All presentations will be published in the Proceedings of ASI '97.
Special Sessions & Tutorials
A special effort will be made to organize a number of Special Sessions and
Tutorials around the main topics of ASI '97. Four copies of proposals for
invited sessions including extended summaries of all papers to be presented
and a cover letter indicating the scope of the proposed session (please note
that papers should plan to cover a 45-60 minutes presentation); two copies
of proposals for tutorials including a detailed outline of the proposed
topic, which should cover a broad area and have the nature of intensive
short course must be submitted to the Special Sessions and Tutorials
Chairman by March 5th, 1997. Special Sessions and Tutorials will be held
during the first and last days of the Symposium.
Place of ASI '97
ASI '97 will take place in Budapest, Hungary.
General Chairmen Prof.
Peter P. Groumpos
Lab. for Automation & Robotics
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Patras, GR-265 00
Rion, Greece
Tel: +30 71 997 295
Fax: +30 71 997 309 e-mail:
groumpos@ee.upatras.gr
http://www.lar.ee.upatras.gr/lar/~groumpos/ and
Prof. George Kovacs
Head of CIM Research Laboratory
Computer and Automation Institute
Kende u. 13-17, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
Tel: +36 1 1811-143 Fax: +36 1 1667-503
e-mail: H673KOV@ella.hu
Honorary Chairman
George Metakides
Director of DG III / RTD:IT, EU
Program Chairman
Hans Wortmann
University of Technology Eindhoven
P.O. Box 513
5700 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 40 472290
Fax: +31 40 451275
e-mail: hwo@tm.tue.nl
Special Sessions & Tutorials Chairman
Jim Browne
University College Galway
CIM Research Unit
Nun's Islands Galway, Ireland.
Tel: +353 91 750414
Fax: +353 91 72894
e-mail: Jimmie.Browne@ucg.ie
Important Dates
February 20, 1997: Extended Abstracts, Proposals Due
March 5, 1997: Special Sessions, Tutorials and Industrial
Presentations, Proposals Due
For more information contact the General Chairman or check the URL
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Contributed by: Dr A. N. Skodras (skodras@cti.gr)
13th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
July 2-4, 1997
Santorini, Greece
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The 13th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP97),
the longest in existence Conference in the area of DSP, organized in
cooperation with the IEEE SP society, IEE and EURASIP, will be held on the
island of Santorini, Greece, July 2-4, 1997. It belongs to a series of events
which started from London in 1968 every two years and continued in
Florence every three years.
Topics of Interest
Adaptive Signal Processing
Array Signal Processing
Blind Equalisation
Computer Vision
Image and Multidimensional Signal Processing
Motion Detection and Estimation
Noise Reduction / Cancellation
Nonlinear Signals and Systems, Chaos and Fractals
Nonuniform Sampling and Multiresolution Signal Processing
Signal and Image Processing Algorithms / Architectures / Implementations
Signal and System Modelling
Speech Processing
Theory & Applications of Transforms and Time-Frequency Representation
Special Sessions
Adaptive Filtering and Analysis
Biomedical Signal and Image Processing
Digital Filter Theory and Design
Digital Signal Processing in Mobile Communications
Higher Order Statistical Signal Processing
Image and Scene Analysis
Multimedia Signal Processing
Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic in Signal Processing
Nonlinear and Morphological Signal and Image Processing
Orthogonal Transforms: Algorithms and Applications
Speech Coding
Stereoscopic and 3D Imaging
Very Low Bit Rate Coding
Wavelets and Subband Signal Processing and Coding
Plenary Sessions
Signal Processing in Mobile Communications Systems
Wavelet Based Signal Processing
Blind Multivariable Equalization
Authors are invited to submit one original and two copies of the camera-
ready paper. The paper must be completed in 4 pages, including figures,
tables and references, and should be written in English.
Address for paper submissions and all non technical correspondence:
DSP97 Conference Secretariat Tel.: +30 61 997 463
Electronics Laboratory Fax: +30 61 997 456 / 991 980
University of Patras Email: dsp97@cti.gr
GR-26110 Patras http://ellab.physics.upatras.gr/r_d/dsp97/
Greece
Authors Deadlines:
Submission of camera-ready papers to be received by March 1, 1997.
Notification of acceptance will be mailed out by April 1, 1997.
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Contributed by: Sam Crisafulli
Two day course on Kalman Filtering
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KALMAN FILTERING: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
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Newcastle University, Australia
20 & 21 February 1997
PRESENTERS
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* Professor Graham Goodwin
* A.Prof Rick Middleton
* Dr Brett Ninness
* Dr Sam Crisafulli
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
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Engineers and Scientists from diverse fields such as
* Instrumentation
* Defence
* Process Control
* Minerals Exploration
* Aerospace
* Automative
* Economics
* Marine
PRESENTED BY
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Centre for Integrated Dynamics and Control (CIDAC) and CICS Automation
PRELIMINARY COURSE OUTLINE
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DAY 1
Introduction to Filtering
Random Processes and Statistics
State-Space Models and Matrix Algebra
Kalman Filter Derivation
Kalman Filter Properties
Case Study: Satellite Tracking
Simple Numerical Example
DAY 2
Hands-on computer simulation laboratory
Implementation and numerical issues
The extended Kalman Filter
Practical Issues
* Tuning
* Coloured noise
* Missing data
* Outliers
* Fault Detction
Case Study: Radar Tracking
Examples of Kalman Filtering
* Ship Auto-pilot
* Global Positioning System
Case Study: Eccentricity estimation and control on a steel rolling mill
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CICS AUTOMATION was formed in 1994, initially to commercialise advanced
industrial control products developed at the Centre for Industrial Control
Science, The University of Newcastle. The company has expanded and now
offers complete advanced solutions to industrial control engineering
problems, through its range of products and services.
(http://www.eng.newcastle.edu.au/cics_auto/)
THE CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED DYNAMICS AND CONTROL (CIDAC) is a recently
awarded Special Research Centre to The University of Newcastle. It
incorporates the former Centre for Industrial Control Science. CIDAC will
involve research encompassing key open problems in the areas of nonlinear
dynamics, multivariable control, discrete even dynamics, hybrid systems,
autonomous control and adaptive systems. A distinguishing feature of the
Centre will be the amalgamation of the study of theoretical issues together
with their application to problems of industrial importance.
THE VENUE The course will be held at the University of Newcastle campus
within the Faculty of Engineering. The Campus is situated in a bushland
setting approximately 15 minutes by car from the City Centre.
THE PRESENTERS Professor Graham Goodwin, Director of CIDAC and Professor
of Electrical and Computer Engineering; A.Prof Rick Middleton, Assoc.
Director of CIDAC; Dr Brett Ninness, Lecturer, Dept of Electrical &
Computer Engineering, from the University of Newcastle, and Dr Sam
Crisafulli, Engineering Manager of CICS Automation.
ASSUMED KNOWLEDGE The course assumes a basic understanding of systems and
signals theory at a level typified by undergraduate engineering and science
courses. A review of this material will be presented to refresh those who
might be a little rusty!
For further information, course outline and registration please contact:
Dr Sam Crisafulli, Engineering Manager
CICS Automation,
Lic. PO Box 1
Callaghan NSW 2308
Ph: (+61 49) 217 126 * Fax: (+61 49) 601 712
email: cicsauto@ee.newcastle.edu.au
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Contributed by: Bijoy K. Ghosh
Call for Papers
1997 IEEE International Symposium on COMPUTATIONAL
INTELLIGENCE IN ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION (CIRA'97), Hyatt
Regency, Monterey, California, July 10-11, 1997
In conjunction with the 8th International Conference on
Advanced Robotics, ICAR'97, July, 5 - 9, 1997. Sponsored by the IEEE
Robotics & Automation Society and the IEEE Neural Network Council
The theme of CIRA'97 will be "Towards new computational
principles for Robotics and Automation". Neural and fuzzy
information processing, evolutionary computation, artificial life,
chaos, etc., referred often collectively as computational intelligence,
have by nature a strong connection to robotics and automation.
During the past decade, numerous applications of computational
intelligence to robotics and automation have appeared as partial or
full alternatives to conventional approaches. A potentially explosive
growth of applications is expected in the near future with many
practical as well theoretical contributions, as research and practice of
computational intelligence mature. CIRA'97 will provide an
international forum which draws together researchers and
practitioners working on different aspects of computational
intelligence in robotics and automation to exchange their ideas,
concepts, and results.
Papers are solicited for all aspect of theories, applications, and
case studies related to computational intelligence in robotics and
automation. For general information please browse through our web
site at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/space/www/cira97
/conference.html
DEADLINES: Submission of papers: Feb. 14, 1997
Acceptance notification: April 1, 1997
Camera-ready copy due: April 21, 1997
Submit four copies of completed paper in either single column or
double column format to the Program Chair at the following address:
Dr. Sukhan Lee, Dept. of Computer Science, SAL 204, University of
Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781, Email:
shlee@pollux.usc.edu, Tel: (213)740-7230, Fax:(213) 740-7285
For other information, contact General Chair at the following address:
Prof. Antti Koivo, School of Electrical Engineering, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285, Email: koivo@ecn.purdue.edu, Tel:(317)
494-3436, Fax:(317) 494-0880
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Contributed by: Fathi Ghorbel
CALL FOR PAPERS
Symposium on Dynamics, Control, and Design of Biomechanical Systems.
A joint symposium, co-sponsored by the Biomechanical Systems and
Systems Theory Committees of the Dynamics Systems and Control
division and Design and Rehabilitation Committee of the
Bioengineering Division of the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers (ASME) in the International Mechanical Engineering Congress
and Exposition that will be held in Dallas Texas, USA on November
16-21, 1997. The symposium will cover the following themes:
* Computer Modeling
* Human-Machine Systems
* Measurement and Data Processing
* Mathematical Modeling of Physiological and Biomedical
Engineering Systems
* Prosthetics, Orthotics and assistive devices
* Methods and Instrumentation
* Simulation and Optimization in Biomechanics
* Normal and Non-Normal Locomotion
* Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
* Assessment of Muscle Function
* Clinical and Orthopedics Biomechanics
* Occupational Biomechanics
* Sport Biomechanics
The accepted papers are expected to be based on sound
engineering approach and demonstrate innovative application of the
principles of dynamics, control and mechanical design to
bioengineering problems. One page abstracts are due by January 15th,
and full papers are due by Feb. 15, 1997 and should be submitted to
the organizers. Submission of abstracts via e-mail is accepted and
encouraged.
Organizers:
Yildirim Hurmuzlu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas 75275 USA
e-mail:hurmuzlu@seas.smu.edu
Tel: (214) 768-3498
Fax: (214) 768-1473
or
Fathi Ghorbel
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Rice University
6100 S. Main Street - MS 321
Houston, Texas 77005 USA
e-mail:ghorbel@rice.edu
Tel: (713) 527-8101
Fax: (713) 285-5423
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Contributed by: mcpl97
IFAC / IFIP CONFERENCE ON
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF
PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS
MCPL'97
31 August - 3 September 1997
Campinas, SP, Brazil
Organised by the Technological Center for Informatics
Foundation (CTI-Campinas-Brazil), in cooperation with
the Automatic Control Laboratory of Grenoble (LAG-France)
and the Bremen Institute of Industrial Technology
and Applied Work Science (BIBA-Germany).
SCOPE
The conference will bring together researchers from four
different areas - Management, Control, Production and Logistics -
to promote a synergy among different disciplines in order to solve
complex industrial problems. This meeting covers recent progress
in the conference topics encompassing methodological approaches,
methods, tools and applications.
CONFERENCE TOPICS
Factory Automation:
- Robust and Reactive Production Control
- Cell Control and Shop Floor Logistics
- Discrete-Event and Hybrid Systems
- Monitoring, Production Control and Maintenance
- Learning and Computational Intelligence
- Human factors
Manufacturing and Logistics in the Global Market:
- Supply Chain Integration and Management Issues
- Lean/Agile/Virtual Manufacturing
- Concurrent Engineering
Information Technology in Production and Logistics Management
- Industrial Applications of Intelligent Systems
- Computer Supported Cooperative Work
- Holonic Manufacturing Systems
- Artificial Intelligence in Production and Logistics Management
- Factory Communication
Decision Support Systems, Concepts and Algorithms
- Hierarchical, Distributed and Multiagent System Organisations
- Autonomy, Adaptivity, Optimality Reactivity, Reliability, Robustness
- Artificial Intelligence Tools (Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, etc.)
- Optimisation Methods and Simulation Tool
Applications
DEADLINES
Reception of full draft papers 15 February 1997
Reception of the accepted papers 27 June 1997
CONFERENCE FEES
Registration Fee 320 US$
(400 US$ after 27 June 1997)
Student 100 US$
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Prospective authors are invited to submit five copies of a full draft paper,
written in English, free format or final paper format (6 two-columns A4
(210mmx297mm) pages, 10 pts Times-New Roman and single line spacing). The
first page should contain the paper's title, author's names and
affiliations, the complete address of the corresponding author (fax, tel,
E-mail), a brief abstract and key words. The proposition of invited
sections comprising 4 full draft papers should be submited and they will
also be reviewed.
MCPL'97 SECRETARIAT
CTI, Rodovia D.Pedro I (SP-65) km 143,6
Caixa Postal 6162
13081-970 Campinas, SP
Brazil
Fax:+55 192 40 20 29
FURTHER INFORMATION
http://mcpl97.ia.cti.br
http://mcpl97.ensieg.fr
E-mail: MCPL97@ia.cti.br
E-mail: MCPL97@lag.ensieg.fr
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Contributed by: Arjan van der Schaft
Preliminary Announcement and Call for Papers
4th IFAC NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN SYMPOSIUM (NOLCOS '98)
July 1-3, 1998, University of Twente, The Netherlands
sponsored by:
IFAC,Technical Committee on the Mathematics of Control
DISC,Dutch Institute of Systems and Control
Deadline for submission of papers: November 15,1997
Final announcement and call for papers will be released shortly
For further information contact:
H.Nijmeijer
A.J.van der Schaft
Department of Applied Mathematics,University of Twente
P.O.Box 217,7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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Contributed by: Husnu Yenigun
International Summer School
on
Verification of Digital and Hybrid Systems
An Advanced Study Institute of the NATO Science Committee
May 26-June 6, 1997, Antalya, Turkey
Director: K. Inan
Co-directors: R. Kurshan, K. Mcmillan, J. Sifakis, P. Varaiya
The Summer School is a course of two weeks duration. The objective of
the school is to expose in a systematic manner the recent advances in
the formal verification of systems composed of both logical and
continuous time components. The first week of the summer school shall
focus on the issues involved in the formulation and the verification of
the discrete event models. The issues involved cover theorem proving,
system automaton models, logics, tools and complexity of verification
techniques. The second part of the course shall explicitly deal with
complex hybrid structures where discrete event models interact with
continuous time control models. A paradigmatic case of such a hybrid
system and associated verification issues is the example of smart cars
moving on smart highways which shall constitute the case study of part
2. One clear objective of the summer school is to expose the interplay
between two major disciplines of computer science and control theory in
the context of hybrid systems.
Limited funds for scholarships from the NATO Science Committee will be
available.
Further information can be found at
http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr/~nato-asi/
or at the mirror site
http://www-path.eecs.berkeley.edu/~nato
or by e-mail at
nato-asi@srdc.metu.edu.tr
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Contributed by: Paul P. Wang
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The Joint Conference on Information Sciences (JCIS'97 )to be held at
RTP's Sheraton Imperial Convention Center promises to be an excellent
gathering for intelligent control researchers and semiotists.Th support by
US Army Research Office in RTP,in particular,makes it possible to bring some
really HEAVY WEIGHTS from the automatic control community to attend.
So far,Y.C.HO; Roger Brockett;Gong;Sastry;Bushnell;Branicky;Morse;Wang
Hua;Lemmon;Alex Meystel Paul Werbos,etc are scheduled to speak. In the
meantimes,we are blessed with the leadership of Alex Meystel in bringing the
emiotics community to the RTP area to enhance the quality of the joint
conference.The support of Jim Albus in terms of his keynote is just another
example of our effort.
In order to facilitate the needs for various universities in the USA
responding to NSF's Call For Proposal on Learning Intelligence Systems
(LIS), we have decided,upon request,to schedule one afternoon during March
2-5,1997, specifically for the LIS-interested parties.Since the Learning
Intelligence Systems calls for multiple disciplinary teams, this meeting is
designed for any yet incomplete research team seeking for missing components
as well as some individual investigators looking for a research team to be
associated with.
The purpose of this e-letter is to bring to your attention that this
joint conference will not only provide an excellent forum for debate on
intelligent systems research,but also will provide the important service of
matchmaker for the LIS call for proposal.
Any inquiries should be addressed to gu@ee.duke.edu ,mmr@ee.duke.edu or
ppw@ee.duke.edu
You may also choose to write to:
Paul P.Wang,chair,JVIS'97
ECE Department
Box 90291
Duke University
Durham,NC,27708-0291
FAX 919-660-5293
VOICE 919-660-5259
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