E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
Issue 180, August, 2003
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
Issue 180, August, 2003
Editor: Pradeep Misra
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Wright State University
Dayton, OH 45435
USA
Tel +937 775 5062
Fax +937 775 3936
Submit articles at http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/eletter
Submission deadline for September eletter: August 30, 2003
Contents
0. Editorial
1. Personals
1.1 Change of Address: Leandro G. Barajas
1.2 New address: Paulo Tabuada
2. Awards Honors
3. General Announcements
3.1 CSS Digital Archive: Special Offer
4. Positions
4.1 Control Systems Engineer GE Global India
4.2 PhD: University of Girona Spain
4.3 Post Doc: Naval Postgraduate School USA
5. Books
5.1 Neural and Fuzzy Logic Control of Drives and Power Systems
5.2 Robust Adaptive Control
6. Journals
6.1 CFP: ELEKTRIK Special Issue on Control of Communication Networks
6.2 CFP: Int Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
6.3 Contents: Automatica
6.4 Contents: Control Engineering Practice
6.5 Contents: European Journal of Control
6.6 Contents: IEEE TAC June 2003
6.7 Contents: IEEE TAC May 2003
6.8 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications
7. Conferences
7.1 8th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics and Vision
7.2 African Control Conference
7.3 ESF-TED Workshop: Multiple Participant Decision Making
7.4 LSS2004
7.5 Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods
7.6 Workshop on Clustering Large Data Sets
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Personals
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Contributed by: Leandro G. Barajas ,
Change of Address: Leandro G. Barajas
New contact information:
Leandro G. Barajas
Manufacturing Systems Research Laboratory
General Motors R&D Center and Planning
Mail Code 480-106-359
30500 Mound Rd, Warren, MI 48090-9055, USA
Phone: (586)986-0467
Fax: (586)986-9356
Email: L.G.Barajas@ieee.org
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Contributed by: Paulo Tabuada,
New address: Paulo Tabuada
In the fall I will start an Assistant Professor position at the University of
Notre Dame. My new contact will be:
Prof. Paulo Tabuada
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
268 Fitzpatrick Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: 574 631 0973
Fax: 574 631 4393
eMail: ptabuada@nd.edu
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Awards Honors
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General Announcements
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Contributed by: Mark W. Spong,
CSS Digital Archive: Special Offer
The IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive on DVD is now being offered
at the special member price of $39 while remaining supplies last. This is an
incredible savings of $90 off the member list price. The CSS Digital Archive
contains the entire history of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,
the Transactions on Control Systems Technology, and the Control Systems
Magazine from their inception through the end of 2001. It has several
features that are not available on IEEEXplore, such as author bios,
references/citations hyperlinked to articles, and more. No student, teacher,
or researcher in systems and control should miss the opportunity to acquire
this collection. There will be no more DVD's produced once the current
production run is sold out.
To order online go to http://www.ieeecss.org and follow the link under CSS
News or go directly to the IEEE Stores page at
http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=JD2356
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Positions
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Contributed by: Sunil S. Shah,
Control Systems Engineer, GE Global, India
The Electronic & Photonic Systems Technologies group of GE's Global Research
Center at Bangalore, India seeks candidates for full-time positions in the
Electromechanical Control Systems Program. This group performs R&D in control
systems for products and processes of a wide variety of GE businesses and
works closely in conjunction with GE's Global research centers in
Schenectady, NY and Shanghai, China.
The ideal candidate will possess a PhD (or a Master's Degree with at least
three years of relevant experience) in an engineering discipline (Mechanical/
Electrical/ Chemical or Equivalent) with a specialization in control systems.
Knowledge of control systems, optimization, signal processing, estimation
theory, Kalman filtering, and system identification are required, as well as
simulation and coding skills using MATLAB, or equivalent simulation
environments.
The candidate will develop new control system technologies for a wide variety
of applications. Responsibilities will include concept development, design,
simulation, and implementation. He/She will be encouraged to document the
results of this activity through patent applications, technical reports and
publications. He/She must be self-motivated and capable of working
independently on extended assignments.
Apply at: https://www.research.ge.com/eHire and enter the relevant Job No in
the Job Reference Code Field (Reference Job No. 321567)
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Contributed by: Ningsu Luo,
PhD: University of Girona, Spain
An IGSOC PhD fellowship is presently available in the Department of
Electronics, Computer Science and Automatic Control at the University of
Girona in Spain. The four-year fellowship is offered to well qualified
candidates (non-Spanish nationals) by the PhD program in Information
Technologies and Electrical Engineering in the framework of International
Graduate School of Catalonia (IGSOC).
The following web page
http://eia.udg.es/doctorat/convocatoria
gives the details about the IGSOC PhD fellowship. For further information,
candidates can contact by email as soon as possible with
Dr. Ningsu Luo
Director of PhD program in Information Technologies & Electrical Engineering
Dept of Electronics, Computer Science and Automatic Control
University of Girona
17071 Girona, Spain
Email. ningsu@eia.udg.es
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Contributed by: I. Michael Ross,
Post Doc: Naval Postgraduate School, USA
National Academies NRC
Guidance, Control and Optimization Laboratory
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943
AREA: Theoretical and Computational aspects of OPTIMAL CONTROL including
NONLINEAR model-predictive control with applications in Astronautics and
Robotics.
STIPEND: $45,000
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
Candidates must have excellent communication skills (oral and written) in the
English language. No exceptions. Proficiency in MATLAB and C required.
Preference will be given to candidates who have an ability/desire to
supervise students’ research, manage laboratories and teach graduate courses
in dynamics and control. Strong preference will be given to U.S. Citizens,
particularly those who have an ability to get Security Clearances.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf/ByTitle/62.10.06.B2630
FOR PRELIMINARY APPLICATION:
Send CV to: imross@nps.navy.mil. Please indicate your citizenship.
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Books
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Contributed by: Marcian Cirstea,
Neural and Fuzzy Logic Control of Drives and Power Systems
This book presents a modern approach to power electronic systems holistic
modelling, using Hardware Description Languages (VHDL). FPGAs are targeted for
the rapid prototyping of the neural networks/fuzzy logic controllers.
The authors guide readers quickly and concisely through the complex topics of
neural networks, fuzzy logic, control, VHDL design, mathematical modelling of
electric machines, drives and power systems.
Unlike the academic monographs that have previously been published on each of
these subjects, this book combines them and is based round case studies of
systems analysis, control strategies, design simulation and implementation.
Full VHDL/C++ code is given. The result is a guide to applied control systems
design that will appeal equally to students and professional design engineers.
The book can also be used as a unique VHDL design aid, based on real-world
power engineering applications.
Contents:
Part 1-Theory and Principles; Control Systems; Modern Control Systems Design
using CAD Techniques; Electric Motors and Power Systems; Elements of Neural
Control; Neural FPGA Implementation; Fuzzy Logic Fundamentals; VHDL
Fundamentals.
Part 2-Case Studies; Neural Current and Speed Control of induction Motors;
Fuzzy Logic Control of a Synchronous Generator Set; References.
Book details:
Cirstea, M.N., Dinu, A., Khor, J., McCormick, M.: "Neural and Fuzzy Logic
Control of Drives and Power Systems", Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2002,
ISBN 0750655585.
Order by phone: +44 (0) 1865 888180
To order from the internet follow one of the links below:
http://www.bh.com/newnes/
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
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Contributed by: Petros Ioannou,
Robust Adaptive Control
The textbook Robust Adaptive Control by P. Ioannou and J. Sun published by
Prentice Hall in 1996 went out of print in 2003. Due to several requests by
faculty to continue using the book or parts of the book for teaching the
authors made the electronic copy of the book available in pdf form at
http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~ioannou/Robust_Adaptive_Control.htm
The solution manual for the book could be made available to INSTRCUCTORS ONLY
by contacting the authors or via email to ioannou@usc.edu
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Contributed by: Hitay Ozbay,
CFP: ELEKTRIK, Special Issue on Control of Communication Networks
Special Issue on "Control of Communication Networks"
Guest Editors: Tamer Basar and Hitay Ozbay
Sponsored by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK) and Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO), ELEKTRIK is an
international journal on all aspects of electrical engineering and computer
sciences. The Journal occasionally publishes special issues devoted to
emerging areas. One such issue is planned for November 2004, on "Control
of Communication Networks". This call solicits for this special issue
original research papers or tutorial/survey papers on recent advances in
this area, with a submission cut-off date of September 15, 2003.
Scope
Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the following:
o Control theoretic modeling of high speed networks
o Fluid models
o Modeling of heterogeneous traffic
o Stochastic versus deterministic modeling
o Flow control for best effort traffic
o Marking schemes
o Stability analysis and performance evaluation
o Primal and dual models
o Pricing and resource allocation
o Power control for wireless networks
o Game-theoretic methods for routing and flow control
o Admission control
o Control of ad-hoc networks
Submission of Papers
Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines of ELEKTRIK. They
should indicate in their submission that it is for the special issue on
"Control of Communication Networks". Submissions can be made electronically
via e-mail to elektrik@tubitak.gov.tr
Past issues of the journal are available at
http://mistug.tetm.tubitak.gov.tr/~bdyim/sayilar.php3?dergi=elk
Guest Editors:
Tamer Basar Hitay Özbay
University of Illinois Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
Urbana, Illinois, USA and Bilkent University, Turkey
tbasar@control.csl.uiuc.edu ozbay.1@osu.edu , hitay@bilkent.edu.tr
Important Dates
Submission of manuscripts: September 15, 2003
First round of reviews completed by: January 15, 2004
For further information on this special issue, in addition to the guest
editors, prospective authors can also contact
Kemal Leblebicioglu, Editor
Elektrik ve Elektronik Muh. Bol.,
Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi,
06531, Ankara, Turkey
e-mail: kleb@metu.edu.tr fax: 90-312-210 12 61
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Contributed by: Sandor M Veres,
CFP: Int Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
Special issue on "Iterative Modelling and Control"
Iterative modelling and controller design methods have been developed at
least for the past 16 years or longer: second-order modelling, LQG and
covariance controllers; the "windsurfer" approach; compatible criteria for
identification and control; synergy in minimum variance control; cautious
control based on gap and other metrics; unfalsification based iterative
methods, etc. A series of papers were written in favour of control design
methods which iterate between closed-loop experiments, modelling and robust
controller design. Research still carries on for various reasons:
(i) appearance of new metrics and measures of performance
(ii) new model classes
(iii) to explain the synergistic interaction between modelling and control
(iv) to propose new identification criteria of modelling for control.
Introduction of easily computable practical schemes is also of interest as
well as applications and the automation of iterations for adaptive control
in autonomous control systems.
Papers are invited for submission on various topics of iterative methods:
New or refined algorithms to serve practical problems
Applications examples
Theoretical convergence proofs for iterations
Performance guarantees
Automated methods of iterations to implement adaptive controllers
Iterative feedback tuning methods
Controller unfalsification methods
Submission details:
Prospective authors are requested to submit their paper in postscript or
pdf format, or five copies by regular mail to the journal's subject Editor
Prof S M Veres, not later than 15th October 2003. All papers will be
reviewed following standard procedures of the journal. For further
information please contact either of the Editors listed below.
Prof S M Veres Dr Robert L. Kosut
School of Engineering Sciences SC Solutions, Inc
University of Southampton 1261 Oakmead Pkwy
Highfield, SO19 9TE, UK Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA
Email: sandy@mech.soton.ac.uk Email: kosut@scsolutions.com
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Contributed by: H. Kwakernaak,
Contents: Automatica
September, 2003, Volume 39, Issue 9
For the cumulative table of contents 1963-present and new submissions
visit http://www.autsubmit.com
Regular papers
H. Kobayashi, R. Ozawa
Adaptive neural network control of tendon-driven mechanisms with elastic
tendons
Er-Wei Bai
Frequency domain identification of Wiener models
L. T. Aguilar, Y. Orlov, L. Acho
Nonlinear H-infinity control of nonsmooth time-varying systems with
application to friction mechanical manipulators
D. Liberzon
Hybrid feedback stabilization of systems with quantized signals
R. Rebarber, G. Weiss
Internal model based tracking and disturbance rejection for stable
well-posed systems
Liu Xiaodong, Zhang Qingling
New approaches to H-infinity controller designs based on fuzzy observers
for T-S fuzzy systems via LMI
J. C. Avila Vilchis, B. Brogliato, A. Dzul, R. Lozano
Nonlinear modelling and control of helicopters
Brief papers
O. M. Aamo, M. Krstic, T. R. Bewley
Control of mixing by boundary feedback in 2D channel flow
Jun Wang
Formation of machine cells and part families in cellular manufacturing
systems using a linear assignment algorithm
R.B. Gopaluni, R.S. Patwardhan , S.L. Shah
The nature of data pre-filters in MPC relevant identification - Open and
closed loop issues
Kueiming Lo, Wook-Hyun Kwon
New identification approaches for disturbed models
G. Garcia, B. Pradin, S. Tarbouriech,
Fanyou Zeng
Robust stabilization and guaranteed cost control for discrete-time
linear systems by static output feedback
R. Zanasi, R. Morselli
Discrete minimum time tracking problem for a chain of three
integrators with bounded input
Er-Wei Bai
A random least trimmed squares identification algorithm
Book reviews
S. S. Ge
Stable adaptive control and estimation for nonlinear systems - Neural and
fuzzy approximator techniques, by J. T. Spooner, M. Maggiore, R. Ordonez
and K. M. Passino
P. Ainsleigh
Fixed interval smoothing for state-space models, by Howard L. Weinert
M. Reyhanoglu
Mechatronic control of distributed noise and vibration: A Lyapunov
approach, by Christopher D. Rahn
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Contributed by: A.H. Glattfelder,
Contents: Control Engineering Practice
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 975-1094 (September 2003)
With Special Section on Algorithms and Applications of Iterative Feedback
Tuning
Edited by H. Hjalmarsson & M. Gevers
Reconfigurable distributed control using smart peripheral elements
H. Bentez-Perez, F. Garca-Nocetti, pp 975-988
Large angle attitude control of spacecraft with actuator saturation
H. Bang, M.-J. Tahk, H.-D. Choi, pp 989-997
An adaptive control law for robotic manipulator without velocity feedback
F. Alonge, F. D'Ippolito, F.M. Raimondi, pp 999-1005
On-line estimation of unmeasured inputs for anaerobic wastewater treatment
processes
D. Theilliol, J.-C. Ponsart, J. Harmand, C. Join, P. Gras, pp 1007-1019
Special section on algorithms and applications of Iterative Feedback Tuning
H. Hjalmarsson, M. Gevers, pp 1021
Iterative feedback tuning of PID parameters: comparison with classical tuning
rules
O. Lequin, M. Gevers, M. Mossberg, E. Bosmans, L. Triest, pp 1023-1033
Tuning of a decoupling controller for a 2x2 system using iterative feedback
tuning
S. Gunnarsson, V. Collignon, O. Rousseaux, pp 1035-1041
Iterative feedback tuning for internal model controllers
F. De Bruyne, pp 1043-1048
Model-free frequency domain iterative active sound and vibration control
T. Meurers, S.M. Veres, A.C.H. Tan, pp 1049-1059
Iterative feedback tuning of controllers for a two-mass-spring system with
friction
K. Hamamoto, T. Fukuda, T. Sugie, pp 1061-1068
Iterative correlation-based controller tuning with application to a magnetic
suspension system
A. Karimi, L. Miskovic, D. Bonvin, pp 1069-1078
Iterative controller optimization for nonlinear systems
J. Sjoberg, F. De Bruyne, M. Agarwal, B.D.O. Anderson, M. Gevers, F.J. Kraus,
N. Linard, pp 1079-1086
A signal convolution method for estimation of controller parameter
sensitivity functions for tuning of feedback control systems by an iterative
process
D.J. Murray-Smith, J. Kocijan, M. Gong, pp 1087-1094
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Contributed by: Danila Ferrara,
Contents: European Journal of Control
VOLUME 9, NUMBER 2-3
Fundamental Issues in Control
Table of Contents
Editorial
S. Bittanti
Guest Editorial
I. Postlethwaite, J. M. Maciejowski, K. Glover, P. J. Fleming
Future Directions in Control, Dynamics and Systems: Overview, Grand
Challenges and New Courses
R.M. Murray
Fairness and Stability of End-to-End Congestion Control
F. Kelly
Hybrid Systems Modeling and Control
M. Morari, M. Baotic and F. Borrelli
State and Output Feedback Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: An Overview
R. Findeisen, L. Imsland, F. Allgöwer and B. A. Foss
Flight Control Law Design: An Industry Perspective
G. J. Balas
Feedback Control in Intracellular Signaling Pathways: Regulating Chemotaxis
in Disctyostelium Discoideum
P. A. Iglesias
Bioinformatics: Organisms from Venus, Technology from Jupiter, Algorithms
from Mars
B. De Moor, K. Marchal, J. Mathys and Y. Moreau
Quantum Control and Quantum Entanglement
C. Ahn, H. M. Wiseman and G. J. Milburn
Density and Cost in Non-linear Control
A. Rantzer and S. Hedlund
The Behavioural Approach as a Paradigm for Modeling Interconnected Systems
H. L. Trentelman and J. C. Willems
Semidefinite Programming Relaxations and Algebraic Optimization in Control
P.A. Parrilo and S. Lall
The Complementarity Class of Hybrid Dynamical Systems
W. P. M. H. Heemels and B. Brogliato
Call for Papers
Special Issue "Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control"
Guest Editors: A. Astolfi and A. J. van der Schaft
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Contributed by: C. Stewart,
Contents: IEEE TAC, June 2003
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Volume: 48, Issue: 6, Year: June 2003
Some perspectives on the analysis and control of complementarity systems
Brogliato, B.; Page(s): 918- 935
An intrinsic observer for a class of lagrangian systems
Aghannan, N.; Rouchon, P.; Page(s): 936- 945
Error-bounds for balanced model-reduction of linear time-varying systems
Lall, S.; Beck, C.; Page(s): 946- 956
Minimal communication in a distributed discrete-event system
Rudie, K.; Lafortune, S.; Feng Lin; Page(s): 957- 975
Multitime scale markov decision processes
Hyeong Soo Chang; Fard, P.J.; Marcus, S.I.; Shayman, M.; Page(s): 976- 987
Coordination of groups of mobile autonomous agents using nearest neighbor
rules
Jadbabaie, A.; Jie Lin; Morse, A.S.; Page(s): 988- 1001
Existence and computation of infinite horizon model predictive control with
active steady-state input constraints
Pannocchia, G.; Wright, S.J.; Rawlings, J.B.; Page(s): 1002- 1006
Quadratic stability and stabilization of dynamic interval systems
Wei-Jie Mao; Jian Chu; Page(s): 1007- 1012
Directional stability radius: a stability analysis tool for uncertain
polynomial systems
Kawabata, K.; Mori, T.; Kuroe, Y.; Page(s): 1012- 1016
Lambda infin multipliers for robust performance analysis
Tanimou, M.; Linnemann, A.; Page(s): 1016- 1019
Reachability analysis in T-invariant-less petri nets
Kostin, A.E.; Page(s): 1019- 1024
Reduction of future information required for optimal control of dynamic
systems: a pseudostochastic model
Herbon, A.; Khmelnitsky, E.; Maimon, O.; Yakubov, Y.; Page(s): 1025- 1029
Sparse kernel regression modeling using combined locally regularized
orthogonal least squares and d-optimality experimental design
Chen, S.; Hong, X.; Harris, C.J.; Page(s): 1029- 1036
Stabilization of nonlinear systems with moving equilibria
Zecevic, A.I.; Siljak, D.D.; Page(s): 1036- 1040
Robust adaptive control of nonlinear systems represented by input-output
models
Yusheng Liu; Xing-Yuan Li; Page(s): 1041- 1045
An example of a gas system which can be destabilized by an integrable
perturbation
Sontag, E.D.; Krichman, M.; Page(s): 1046- 1049
A note on global output regulation of nonlinear systems in the output
feedback form
Qi Gong; Wei Lin; Page(s): 1049- 1054
Global stability of congestion controllers for the internet
Deb, S.; Srikant, R.; Page(s): 1055- 1060
Additional dynamics for general class of time-delay systems
Kharitonov, V.; Melchor-Aguilar, D.; Page(s): 1060- 1064
On the synthesis of safe control policies in decentralized control of
discrete-event systems
Rohloff, K.; Lafortune, S.; Page(s): 1064- 1068
Adaptive control of discrete time systems with concave/convex parametrizations
Loh, A.P.; Qu, C.Y.; Fong, K.F.; Page(s): 1069- 1072
On the control of asynchronous machines with races
Murphy, T.E.; Xiaojun Geng; Hammer, J.; Page(s): 1073- 1081
Suboptimal receding horizon control for continuous-time systems
Blanchini, F.; Miani, S.; Pellegrino, F.A.; Page(s): 1081- 1086
Robust sliding-mode control for uncertain time-delay systems: an lmi approach
Yuanqing Xia; Yingmin Jia; Page(s): 1086- 1092
General interpolation in mpc and its advantages
Bacic, M.; Cannon, M.; Lee, Y.Il.; Kouvaritakis, B.; Page(s): 1092- 1096
On standard H/spl infin/ control of processes with a single delay
Qing-Chang Zhong; Page(s): 1097- 1103
Asymptotic stabilization via output feedback for lower triangular systems
with output dependent incremental rate
Praly, L.; Page(s): 1103- 1108
An approach to identification for robust control
Gugercin, S.; Antoulas, A.C.; Zhang, H.P.; Page(s): 1109- 1115
Book Review; Page(s): 1116- 1117
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Contributed by: C. Stewart,
Contents: IEEE TAC, May 2003
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Volume: 48, Issue: 5, Year: May 2003
Diagnosis of asynchronous discrete-event systems: a net unfolding approach
Benveniste, A.; Fabre, E.; Haar, S.; Jard, C.; Page(s): 714- 727
Robust adaptive control for a class of MIMO nonlinear systems with guaranteed
error bounds
Haojian Xu; Ioannou, P.A.; Page(s): 728- 742
A new approach to model reference adaptive control
Miller, D.E.; Page(s): 743- 757
Semi-Markov decision problems and performance sensitivity analysis
Xi-Ren Cao; Page(s): 758- 769
Perturbation analysis and control of two-class stochastic fluid models for
communication networks
Cassandras, C.G.; Gang Sun; Panayiotou, C.G.; Wardi, Y.; Page(s): 770- 782
The no free lunch theorems: complexity and security
Yu-Chi Ho; Qian-Chuan Zhao; Pepyne, D.L.; Page(s): 783- 793
On the global stability of delayed neural networks
Qiang Zhang; Runnian Ma; Chao Wang; Jin Xu; Page(s): 794- 797
On the synthesis of controllers for a non-overshooting step response
Darbha, S.; Bhattacharyya, S.P.; Page(s): 797- 800
Set simulations for quadratic systems
Calafiore, G.; Page(s): 800- 805
Decentralized control design for large-scale systems with strong
interconnections using neural networks
Sunan Huang; Kok Kiong Tan; Tong Heng Lee; Page(s): 805- 810
Approximate explicit constrained linear model predictive control via
orthogonal search tree
Johansen, T.A.; Grancharova, A.; Page(s): 810- 815
A unified closed-loop stability measure for finite-precision digital
controller realizations implemented in different representation schemes
Jun Wu; Sheng Chen; Whidborne, J.F.; Jian Chu; Page(s): 816- 822
Reduced explicit constrained linear quadratic regulators
Johansen, T.A.; Page(s): 823- 829
Less conservative conditions for asymptotic stability of impulsive control
systems
Jitao Sun; Yinping Zhang; Qidi Wu; Page(s): 829- 831
Reconfigurable fault-tolerant control using GIMC structure
Campos-Delgado, D.U.; Zhou, K.; Page(s): 832- 839
S-modular games and power control in wireless networks
Altman, E.; Altman, Z.; Page(s): 839- 842
Local stabilization of linear systems under amplitude and rate saturating
actuators
Gomes da Silva, J.M., Jr.; Tarbouriech, S.; Garcia, G.; Page(s): 842- 847
Solving the scalar feedback Nash algebraic Riccati equations: an eigenvector
approach
Engwerda, J.C.; Page(s): 847- 852
A game-theoretic approach to decision in FDI
Darkhovski, B.; Staroswiecki, M.; Page(s): 853- 858
Stabilization of discrete-time systems by first-order controllers
Tantaris, R.N.; Keel, L.H.; Bhattacharyya, S.P.; Page(s): 858- 860
Parameter dependent stability and stabilization of uncertain time-delay
systems
Fridman, E.; Shaked, U.; Page(s): 861- 866
An LPD approach to robust H_2 and H_inf static output-feedback design
Shaked, U.; Page(s): 866- 872
Decentralized relay-based multivariable process identification in the
frequency domain
Ya-Gang Wang; Wen-Jian Cai; Ming Ge; Page(s): 873- 878
Sufficient conditions for parameter convergence in linearizable systems
Jeng Tze Huang; Page(s): 878- 880
On the solvability of the regulator equations for a class of nonlinear systems
Jie Huang; Page(s): 880- 885
On quadratic Lyapunov functions
Daizhan Cheng; Lei Guo; Jie Huang; Page(s): 885- 890
Yet another H^inf discretization
Mirkin, L.; Tadmor, G.; Page(s): 891- 894
On gain adaptation in adaptive control
Ilchmann, A.; Ryan, E.P.; Page(s): 895- 899
Robust H/sup /spl infin// filtering for uncertain Markovian jump systems with
mode-dependent time delays
Shengyuan Xu; Tongwen Chen; Lam, J.; Page(s): 900- 907
Comments on "Robust stabilization of a class of time-delay nonlinear systems"
Xinping Guan; Changchun Hua; Guangren Duan; Page(s): 907
Comments on "Robust stabilization of a class of time-delay nonlinear systems"
Guangwei Li; Chuanzhi Zang; Xiaoping Liu; Page(s): 908
List of Reviewers for 2002; Page(s): 909- 913
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Contributed by: Hans Schneider,
Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications
Volume 370, Pages 1-380 (1 September 2003)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2003-996299999-440427
TABLE OF CONTENTS
On the uniqueness of Euclidean distance matrix completions,
Pages 1-14; Abdo Y. Alfakih
Permanents of doubly stochastic trees,
Pages 15-24; Mohammad H. Ahmadi, Jae-Hyun Baek and Suk-Geun Hwang
Some linear preserver problems on block triangular matrix algebras,
Pages 25-39; Wai-Leong Chooi and Ming-Huat Lim
Real congruence of complex matrix pencils and complex projections of real
Veronese varieties,
Pages 41-83; Adam Coffman
Conjugacy classes in unitriangular matrices,
Pages 85-124; Antonio Vera-Lopez and J. M. Arregi
Partial traces and entropy inequalities,
Pages 125-132; Rajendra Bhatia
On sectorial matrices,
Pages 133-146; Yu. M. Arlinski and A. B. Popov
On generalized numerical range of the Aluthge transformation,
Pages 147-161; Masatoshi Ito, Hiroshi Nakazato, Kazuyoshi Okubo and
Takeaki Yamazaki
The rank-constrained Hermitian nonnegative-definite and positive-definite
solutions to the matrix equation AXA*=B,
Pages 163-174; Xian Zhang and Mei-yu Cheng
Ordering trees by their largest eigenvalues,
Pages 175-184; An Chang and Qiongxiang Huang
Scaling symmetric positive definite matrices to prescribed row sums,
Pages 185-191; Dianne P. O'Leary
A characterization of the distance to infeasibility under block-structured
perturbations,
Pages 193-216; Javier Pena
Decomposition of a scalar matrix into a sum of orthogonal projections,
Pages 217-225; Stanislav Kruglyak, Vyacheslav Rabanovich and Yuri Samolenko
The Moore-Penrose inverse of a factorization,
Pages 227-235; Pedro Patricio
On the spectral radius of unicyclic graphs with perfect matchings,
Pages 237-250; An Chang and Feng Tian
On the classification of the Lie algebras Lrs,
Pages 251-256; L. A. -M. Hanna
A wider class of stable gyroscopic systems,
Pages 257-267; P. Lancaster, A. S. Markus and F. Zhou
Discrete wavelet transforms for Toeplitz matrices,
Pages 269-285; Fu-Rong Lin, Wai-Ki Ching and Michael K. Ng
Preservers on Hilbert space effects,
Pages 287-300; Lajos Molnar
On normal extensions of submatrices,
Pages 301-314; Chung-Chou Jiang and Kung-Hwang Kuo
Critical polynomials related to generalized derivations,
Pages 315-339; J. A. Dias da Silva and Hemar Godinho
On the matrix powers and exponential by the r-generalized Fibonacci sequences
methods: the companion matrix case,
Pages 341-353; Rajae Ben Taher and Mustapha Rachidi
On some interconnections between strict monotonicity, globally uniquely
solvable, and P properties in semidefinite linear complementarity problems,
Pages 355-368; M. Seetharama Gowda, Yoon Song and G. Ravindran
A note on the orthogonal basis of a certain full symmetry class of tensors,
Pages 369-374; C. Bessenrodt, M. R. Pournaki and A. Reifegerste
Two-dimensional reductions of the cone of positive diagonal operators in l2,
Pages 375-378; Anatoly N. Sherstnev
Author index, Pages 379-380
Editorial board, Pages ii-iii
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Contributed by: Prof. Han Wang,
8th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision
The Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and
Vision, ICARCV 2004, will be held in December 2004. The conference will be co-
organised by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang
Technological University and Nanjing University of Science and Technology.
The conference will provide a forum for Control and Automation professionals,
manufacturing engineers and academic researchers to exchange up-to-date
technical knowledge and experiences. The conference will focus on both
theory and applications. In addition to the technical sessions, there will be
plenary, invited and tutorial sessions. The topics of interest are: Control,
Automation, Robotics, Computer Vision, and Emerging Technologies. Papers must
be written in English and should describe original work in details. Please
submit full papers to the website address (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/icarcv)
by l March, 2004. For enquiries, please email to icarcv@ntu.edu.sg.
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Contributed by: Ed Boje,
African Control Conference
Cape Town, South Africa, 3-5 December 2003
http://www.sacac.org.za
Topics of interest include but are not limited to: industrial applications,
robotics, manufacturing, guidance and aerospace control, power systems,
process control, measurement and sensing, identification and estimation,
signal processing, modeling and simulation, fault detection, model
validation, multivariable control, adaptive control, optimal control,
robustness, intelligent control, non-linear control, expert systems, neural
nets, control engineering education, and computer aided design.
Plenary speakers:
Prof. Sigurd Skogestad (Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology)
Prof. David Limebeer (Imperial College)
Contact:
jtapson@ebe.uct.ac.za or boje@nu.ac.za
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Contributed by: Tatiana V.Guy,
ESF-TED Workshop: Multiple Participant Decision Making
ESF-TED Workshop CMP 04: MULTIPLE PARTICIPANT DECISION MAKING
Theory, algorithms, software and applications
May 12--14, 2004
Prague, Czech Republic
http://utia.cas.cz/AS/CMP04
Organized by
Institute of Information Theory and Automation
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Supported by European Science Foundation (ESF) within the project
"Towards Electronic Democracy: Internet-based Complex Decision
Support" (TED)
TED: The TED project aims to develop Bayesian support of societal
decision making in order to enable a shift from e-administration
towards true e-democracy.
CMP: Computer-Intensive Methods in Control and Data Processing (CMP)
is the sixth in a series of workshops addressing the common
problem known as "curse of dimensionality", namely the extreme
dimensionality of computations connected with implementation of
theoretically optimal mathematical procedures of inference and
decision-making.
The aim of this TED Workshop is to bring together researchers and
practitioners working in academia, government and industry in order to
(i) formulate the complexity-influenced problems within areas of
multiple-participant decision making, which should be addressed
by the technology providers;
(ii) offer technique developed in disparate research and
application areas that can be used in solving these problems.
TOPICS
A considerable space will be given to invited lectures by leading
specialists in various fields. This will create a firm backbone for this
strongly inter-disciplinary Workshop. Several sessions of contributed
papers, posters and computer demonstrations will complement them. The
topics relevant to the Workshop include:
-> Decision-making problems with multiple participants;
-> Models of complex dynamic systems;
-> Techniques of uncertainty management;
-> Design of decision strategies and optimization techniques;
-> Software and hardware issues;
-> Case studies and lessons learnt in real-life applications.
PAPER SUBMISSION & REGISTRATION
Papers will be considered for inclusion in the Workshop, based on
prior electronic submission of a 16-page draft. The author's package
can be downloaded at the Workshop web site.
All papers accepted for the Workshop will appear in the electronic
Workshop preprints. The Workshop proceedings containing a selection of
the best papers will be published. Presented contributions are also
solicited for the Best Paper competition.
DEADLINES
Submission of draft papers: December 15, 2003
Notification of acceptance: January 30, 2004
Submission of final manuscripts: April 15, 2004
WORKING LANGUAGE
The working language of the Workshop is English.
Further information: Please consult the Workshop web site or contact
the following conference organizers:
The ESF-TED Workshop (CMP'04)
Institute of Information Theory and Automation
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
P.O. Box 18, 182 08 Prague 8, Czech Republic
Tel : +420 266052274
Fax : +420 266052068
E-mail : school@utia.cas.cz, kytka@utia.cas.cz
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Contributed by: Guisheng Zhai,
LSS2004
The 10th IFAC/IFORS/IMACS/IFIP Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and
Applications, LSS2004
Osaka, Japan, July 26-28, 2004
http://www-watt.mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lss2004/
contact: ifac-lss04@watt.mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Highly complex large scale systems have appeared in many industrial
application areas due to recent advances on computer and network
technologies. Examples of such systems include communication systems,
process control, environmental systems, intelligent manufacturing systems,
transportation systems, structural systems, and so on. Large scale system
theory provides methodologies to deal with complexity in modeling, control,
and design of such systems. The symposium aims to discuss new developments
on a broad range of topics in large scale system theory and its applications
to many different areas and to provide researchers a good opportunity to
exchange new ideas.
TOPICS:
The symposium accepts any topics concerned with analysis or synthesis of
large scale or complex systems. Examples are: Modeling and model reduction;
Decomposition techniques; Decentralized control and estimation; Optimization
(including multicriteria); Stability analysis and stabilization; Control of
uncertain systems; Intelligent control; Neural network; Hybrid systems;
Discrete event systems; Complex systems and chaos; Distributed and
hierarchical control systems; Descriptor and implicit Systems; Fault
detection and supervision; Decision support systems (including use of
artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic); Production planning and
scheduling; Robotic systems; Life support (water, gas, power, etc.) systems;
Process industry (chemical, oil, metals, etc.); Structural systems;
Communication and information systems; Agricultural systems; Human-machine
interaction; Business and management systems, Financial and economic
systems; Environmental systems; Transportation systems; Manufacturing
systems; Virtual factory; Risk analysis in LSS.
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Papers are welcome in all the topics listed above and any others related to
large scale and complex systems. Decisions of acceptances are made based on
full paper submissions. The paper should include a cover with the authors'
names, affiliations, addresses, e-mail address of the corresponding author,
and abstract. The main body of the paper should be written in the IFAC
format given at http://www.elsevier.com/homepage/saf/ifac/site/index.htm.
Electronic submissions of papers in PDF files are welcome and received on
the symposium website http://www-watt.mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lss2004/. If
authors would like, they can choose hardcopy submissions and send five
copies to the symposium secretariat. All papers will be reviewed by the
International Program Committee. Every accepted paper will be required
resubmission in a final version. One of the authors must present the paper
at the symposium.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Deadline for Hardcopy Submissions: September 30, 2003
Deadline for Proposals of Invited Sessions: September 30, 2003
Deadline for Electronic Submissions: October 10, 2003
Notification of Paper Acceptance: January 10, 2004
Deadline for Submission of FINAL Papers: March 31, 2004
FURTHER INFORMATION:
Please consult the symposium web site
http://www-watt.mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lss2004/
or contact the following symposium organizers:
General Chair
Prof. Masao Ikeda
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University
Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Phone: +81-6-6879-7335; Fax: +81-6-6879-7247
Email: ikeda@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
Program Chair
Prof. Yuzo Ohta
Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, Kobe University
Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
Phone: +81-78-803-6243; Fax: +81-78-803-6391
Email: ohta@cs.kobe-u.ac.jp
Secretariat
Prof. Shigemasa Takai
Department of Opto-Mechatronics, Wakayama University
930 Sakaedani, Wakayama 640-8510, Japan
Phone: +81-73-457-8162; Fax: +81-73-457-8201
Email: takai@sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp
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Contributed by: Ed Boje,
Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods
To be held in conjunction with the African Control Conference
3-5 December 2003, Cape Town, South Africa
http://www.sacac.org.za
Scope:
The symposium series brings together practitioners and researchers in the
field of quantitative feedback theory (QFT) and robust frequency domain
design methods. It aims to promote the development of these methods and their
practical application. Application, tutorial, and theoretical papers are
invited. (More general papers in control engineering can be submitted to the
main conference.)
Cape Town is situated at the southern tip of Africa and has a Mediterranean
climate that makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the
world. The conference venue is the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School
of Business, situated in the renovated Breakwater Prison near the Cape Town
Waterfront.
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Contributed by: jacob kogan,
Workshop on Clustering Large Data Sets
Melbourne, Florida, November 19, 2003
http://www.math.umbc.edu/~kogan/03ieee.html
to be Held in Conjunction with the
Third IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2003)
(http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~xwu/icdm-03.html)
The workshop is devoted to clustering large data sets, which arise in diverse
applications such as text/web mining, online clustering, and bioinformatics.
Important Dates
Papers Due: Sep 10, 2003
Notification of Acceptance: Oct 5, 2003
Camera ready: Oct 15, 2003
Workshop: Nov 19, 2003
Organizers:
Daniel Boley: boley@cs.umn.edu
Inderjit Dhillon: inderjit@cs.utexas.edu
Joydeep Ghosh: ghosh@ece.utexas.edu
Jacob Kogan: kogan@math.umbc.edu
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