E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing

ISSUE No. 69, May 1, 1994




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     +31-40-465995

           Siep Weiland
           Dept. of Electrical Eng.
           Eindhoven University of Technology
           P.O. Box 513
           5600 MB Eindhoven
           the Netherlands
           Fax     +31-40-434582


Contents

1.      Editorial

2.      Personals

3.      General announcements
        3.1  Control Engineering WEB server
        3.2  Chemical Process Modelling Software - A Request
        3.3  IEEE Control Systems Society Working Group on 
                     Discrete Event Systems

4.      Positions
        4.1  Department Chairman, Electrical Eng., Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa
        4.2  Case Research Studentship, Univ. of Westminster
        4.3  Graduate Research Traineeships at Univ. of Missouri - Rolla

5.      Books
        5.1  Adaptive System Identification and Signal Processing Algorithms
        5.2  Boundary value problems and orthogonal expansions
        5.3  Mathematical methods in queuing theory
        5.4  Guidance and Control of Ocean Vehicles
        5.5  Linear Multichannel Control: A System Matrix Approach
       
6.      SCAD database 

7.      Journals
        7.1  ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control
        7.2  Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing

8.      Conferences
        8.1  Applied probability day, Columbia University
        8.2  IEEE Information Theory Workshop "Information theory 
                     and statistics"
        8.3  IEE Colloquium on Advances in Neural Networks for Control 
                     and Systems
        8.4  IFAC Workshop on Control Applications in Marine Systems 
        8.5  Third SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications
        8.6  Hong Kong International Workshop on
	             New Directions of Control and Manufacturing 
        8.7  IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control of Chemical Reactors,
	             Distillation Columns, and Batch Processes


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Contributed by : Margaret Barich 


REGARDING                Dennis Bernstein's E-mail Address


Meg Barich, who was Harris McClamroch's secretary when he was the editor of
Automatic Control, sends greetings to all along with a reminder that Dennis
Bernstein can be reached at dsbaero@caen.engin.umich.edu and not Meg's old
e-mail address (Margaret.Anne.Barich@um.cc.umich.edu).  

There really is life after the CSS and all the mountains of papers, if any of
you wondered.  Meg is now the database manager for the Adult Cardiac Surgery
Service at the University of Michigan Medical Center, and would be happy to
hear from anyone at her current e-mail address (Margaret.Barich@med.umich.edu).
She is still, unfortunately, buried under a mountain of paperwork - some
things never change...  

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Contributed by : kimura@sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp (Hidenori Kimura)
                                                                 
Dear Colleagues, 

     I have moved to the following new affiliation : 

     Professor Hidenori Kimura

     Department of Systems Engineering
     Faculty of Engineering Science
     Osaka University
     Machikaneyama, Toyonaka
     Osaka 560, JAPAN

     Tel: +81-6-844-1151  Ext. 5121
     or   +81-6-857-4403
     Fax: +81-6-857-7664
     Email: kimura@sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

                                                                          
                                                    Best Regards,
                                                                           
                                                    Hidenori Kimura


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Contributed by: h_berghuis@hgl.signaal.nl (Berghuis H.)

The address of Harry Berghuis has changed:

        Harry Berghuis
        Dept. R&S-MFE-SER
        Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V.
        P.O.Box 42
        7550 GD Hengelo
        Netherlands
        Phone: +31-74-482934
        FAX: +31-74-484027
        E-mail: h_berghuis@hgl.signaal.nl


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Contributed by : Thomas Kailath 

Greetings,

Please join me in congratulating Professor Thomas Kailath on his most
recent award.

On March 9, 1994, Professor Kailath was elected a Fellow of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.  Founded in 1780, the Academy's purpose is to
honor achievement in scholarship, the arts and sciences, and to promote the
study of topics of critical national and global concern, ranging from the
impact of technology on health care to environmental protection.  Professor
Kailath was elected in recognition of distinguished contributions to the
field of Engineering Sciences and Technologies.

                                               Gene Franklin

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Contributed by Tamer Basar 

CONGRATULATIONS 

Sean Meyn (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and 
Richard Tweedie (Colorado State University)  have won
the "Best Research Publication in Applied Probability" Award of
ORSA/TIMS for their work on Markov Chains and Stochastic Stability,
which culminated in the publication of their 1993 Springer-Verlag book.
The Award is given every two years, based on
publications in the open literature one-to-four years prior to the year
of the award. Meyn and Tweedie  received a plaque and cash prize at the
ORSA/TIMS Conference in Boston, on April 26th.


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Contributed by :  Sanjay Lall, Cambridge University Engineering Dept, UK.

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                    CONTROL ENGINEERING WEB SERVER

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Cambridge University Engineering Department has set up a server on the
World Wide Web specifically for information related to control
engineering.

The server has address www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk. If you are running
Mosaic, you can reach it using
 
    Mosaic 'http://www-control.eng.cam.ac.uk/'

The server contains links to many other information sources relevant
to control around the world, including ftp servers and web servers
containing technical reports and papers. Many of the ftp links were
previously announced in the eletter, and are brought together in one
listing. It also contains some recent papers and Ph.D. theses by
members of the control group here.

We hope to continue to add in links to other sources of control
information, so that current research reports and preprints can be
easily accessed by control engineers worlwide.

Let me know of any other servers providing control information and I
shall add them to the home page.

Sanjay Lall, Cambridge University Engineering Department.
sl1@eng.cam.ac.uk www-control-admin@eng.cam.ac.uk

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Contributed by: David Urpani, PhD Student, Swinburne University, Melbourne,
               Australia

            CHEMICAL PROCESS MODELLING SOFTWARE - A REQUEST

I wonder if someone could indicate where I can obtain software which
models a chemical process, to be used to create raw data from a set of
input data for testing of an induction algorithm.

I am developing a machine learning algorithm to induce classification
rules from industrial sensor data.  The process is aluminium smelting ie
an electrochemical reaction.  I have a set of on line dataobtained from an
industrial enviornment.  Each data vector is labelled, so for
classification purposes this is a supervised learning scenario.  I have no
idea of the noise content or the classification ability of the features
selected.

I am therefore looking for an electrochemical or any other similiarly
complex model which I can use to generate data (and impose different
levels of noise on the data so generated).  The modelling software will be
able to accept a set of inputs and provide me with a set of output variables.

I would appreciate any leads anyone might have as to where I can obtain
such modelling software either by ftp or privately.

Thank you for your help.

Regards,
David Urpani

dju@stan.xx.swin.oz.au

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Contributed by: Edwin K. P. Chong (echong@ecn.purdue.edu)

           IEEE CONTROL SYSTEMS SOCIETY WORKING GROUP
                  ON DISCRETE EVENT SYSTEMS

This is an invitation for anyone who is interested to join the IEEE
Control Systems Society Working Group on Discrete Event Systems.
Simply send e-mail to me (echong@ecn.purdue.edu) so that I can
include your e-mail address in the mailing list. I plan to release an
e-mail newsletter regularly, but with as yet unknown frequency. I
also wish to encourage participation by submitting contributions
(announcements, articles, etc.) to the newsletter (again, just send
them to me by e-mail).

For more information, contact:

Edwin K. P. Chong
Chair, IEEE CSS Working Group on DES
School of Electrical Engineering
Purdue University
1285 Electrical Engineering Bldg.
West Lafayette,  IN 47907-1285

Phone: (317) 494-9143
Fax: (317) 494-6440



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Contributed by: Vassilis L. Syrmos 


Position Announcement


               Department Chairman Electrical Engineering
                      University of Hawaii at Manoa
    

Chairperson, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Hawaii at 
Manoa. The College of Engineering at the University of Hawaii invites 
applications and nominations for the position of Chairperson, Department of
Electrical Engineering to begin approximately January 1, 1995.  Qualified
applicants and nominees must possess an earned doctorate in electrical 
engineering or a closely related field; have a proven scholarly research 
record and possess excellent leadership, administrative and teaching skills.
The successful applicant is expected to provide vision and guidance to lead 
the department.  For more than 25 years, the electrical engineering department
has offered first-rate programs granting B.S. M.S. and Ph.D. degrees.  The
department has a faculty of 28 members and 13 of them are junior members 
including three NSF PYIs.  The faculty are engaged in research in three broad 
areas:  (1) electrophysics with an emphasis on sensors, microelectromechanical
systems, high frequency devices and circuits, VLSI circuits & optoelectronics;
(2) systems with an emphasis on communications, control, neural networks,
power and signal processing; and (3) computers with an emphasis on high 
performance computing and communications, computer architecture, system
intelligence, computer-aided design and software engineering.  The department
has over 20 research projects funded at approximately $3.5M.  The department
has extensive modern facilities to support these research programs and 
laboratory teaching.  Over 350 undergraduate students and 100 graduate students
are presently enrolled in the department.  The University of Hawaii has more
than 20,000 students and 2,430 faculty.  The salary and benefits are
competitive.  Applications and nominations, including a current resume and 
names of five references should be sent to:  

Prof. N. Thomas Gaarder 
Search Committee Chair 
Department of Electrical Engineering 
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall 483
Honolulu, Hawaii  96822

Telephone: 808-956-7443 
Email:  gaarder@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu

Review of applications will begin on June 1, 1994. Applications and 
nominations will continue to be accepted until the position is filled 
or until July 17, 1994. The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer 
which encourages applications from minority group members and women.

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Contributed by: Prof. J Ron Leigh (leighj@westminster.ac.uk)


THE INDUSTRIAL CONTROL CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER
                       

           VACANCY FOR A CASE RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP

The Industrial Control Centre (ICC) works on modelling, diagnosis
and control and development of software solutions for industrial
control problems. The CASE (Collaborative Awards in Science and
Engineering) Research Student will work in an agreed programme 
arranged and supervised jointly by the ICC and an industrial partner.

The three year programme will be based in the laboratories of the 
ICC, where there is an enthusiastic interactive research environment
and at the industrial plant. The programme will lead to a PhD degree
over three years.

Candidates must normally have an honours degree at first or upper
second level in an appropriate discipline or at least a lower second
class honours degree together with an MSc degree. In every case,
candidates should be knowledgeable in control engineering and its
supporting disciplines and enthusiastic to work in a demanding 
collaborative project.

Fees are paid by SERC and the Research Student receives an annual
grant that is currently 7,350 Pounds Sterling of which 1,750 Pounds
Sterling is provided additionally to a normal (non CASE) studentship.

Please reply quickly sending us your CV to include :

(i)     A level results/grades.
(ii)    Undergraduate studies with details of final year
        topics studied.
(iii)   Some detail of final year project.
(iv)    Undergraduate degree classification.
(v)     Industrial experience (if any).
(vi)    Postgraduate courses (if any).
(vii)   Special enthusiasms.
(viii)  Date when you would be free to start.
(ix)    Nationality/residence information relevant to your eligibility
        to receive the award (SERC regulations apply).

PLEASE SEND YOUR APPLICATION TO :

        Professor J R Leigh
        The Industrial Control Centre
        University of Westminster
        115 New Cavendish Street
        London  W1M 8JS.
        Fax no : 071-911 5150
        Tel no : 071-911-5178

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Contributed by:  Professor K. Krishnamurthy 

GRADUATE RESEARCH TRAINEESHIPS at UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI - ROLLA

    For Study Leading to the Ph.D. Degree in Mechanical Engineering
    in the field of Machine Tool Research

    Possible Research Areas Include:
    * Sculptured Surface Machining
    * Intelligent Control of Precision Machining Operations

Annual Stipend - $14,000 plus tuition and fee waiver

    * Traineeships is provided by the National Science Foundation
    * Awardees must be U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents
    * Minorities and Women are especially encouraged to apply
    * Application Deadline for Fall Semester is June 1
    * Applicants with a B.S. degree with a minimum GPA of 3.0
      are expected to complete an M.S. in two years and then a
      Ph.D. in another three years.
    * Applicants with M.S. degree with a minimum GPA of 3.5
      can directly pursue the Ph.D. degree.

Contact Vicki Hudgins  for application forms
and more information.


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Contributed by: N. Kalouptsidis, University of Athens and 
                S. Theodoridis, University of Patras
                

                             NEW BOOK

  'Adaptive System Identification and Signal Processing Algorithms' is a 
new book addressed to senior undergraduate and postgraduate students, 
engineers and scientists interested in the fields of Signal Processing and 
System Identification.
  The book provides a state-of-the-art account of the most important 
performance features of a widely used class of algorithmic families for
adaptive System Identification and Signal Processing. Important issues 
such as convergence, tracking, numerical accuracy and stability, 
computational complexity and parallelism are addressed and discussed 
in depth.
  Although the book is a multiauthor text, a backround theme runs through 
it, which binds it together to a coherent whole. Each chapter has been 
written by world experts in the particular topic. 
  The book consists of the following chapters : 
  'Basic Concepts and Algorithm Schemes' by N. Kalouptsidis and 
S. Theodoridis.
  'General Structure of Adaptive Algorithms : Adaptation and Tracking',
written by Lennart Ljung. It deals with an in-depth study of adaptation 
issues and tracking ability of time varying systems. 
  'The Least Mean Square Family' written by William A. Sethares. It 
provides a comprehensive overview of the LMS family. 
  'Fast Transversal RLS Algorithms' written by Dirk T. M. Slock and 
Thomas Kailath. It presents a state-of-the-art account of the RLS and its 
numerically stabilized fast versions.
  A unified formulation of 'Lattice Algorithms' is the subject of chapter6 
and is written by Fuyun Ling. 
  Chapter 7 deals with 'The QR Family' in a systematic fashion and is 
written by J. C. McWhirter and I. K. Proudler. 
  'Spectral Analysis' has been worked out by the editors. It provides 
various efficient computational schemes related to spectral analysis.
  'Channel Equalization' written by C. F. N. Cowan. It gives a broad 
overview of the major approaches followed in channel equalization. 
  'Echo Cancellation' is discussed by Fuyun Ling. It provides a detailed 
account of various design issues.
  'Interference Rejection and Channel Estimation for Spread-Spectrum 
Communications' written by Ronald A. Iltis. The subject of this chapter 
is an in-depth treatment of adaptive schemes used in the design of 
spread-spectrum receivers. 
  'Neural Networks For Adaptive Signal Processing', written by Simon 
Haykin and Andrew Ukrainec,  provides a state-of-the-art description of 
typical structures of neural networks encountered in related signal
processing applications. 


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Contributed by: maccluer@math.msu.edu (Charles R Maccluer)

         Coming June 29 from IEEE Press:


      BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS AND ORTHOGONAL EXPANSIONS


  ---A first course. Physical problems from a Sobolev viewpoint---


                     C.R. MacCluer 
                   Dept. Mathematics
               Michigan State University
                East Lansing, MI 48824


 

                   TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I. BV Problems--an Intuitive Introduction


1] Diffusion
Transient heat flow in a block
 A numerical model
 An analytic model: the equation of diffusion

2] Steady State  Dirichlet Problems
SSP 1.  Square regions
SSP 2.  Steady state within a sector
SSP 3.  An infinite strip
SSP 4.  Annular regions
Solutions via Brownian motion

3] Flux
The heat equation revisited
Potential (the wave equation)
Conservation theorems
Classical uniqueness via 
  Green's identity 
  the maximum principle
Nondimensional variables
The method of characteristics

4] Steady State Neumann Problems
SSP 5. A rod
SSP 6. The rod revisited
SSP 7. Closed-loop ground-coupled heat pumps
SSP 8. Forces crushing a capacitor
SSP 9. Steady state within a square
SSP 10. Steady state within a quarter disk
SSP 11. A mixed steady problem within a hemisphere
The method of conformal mapping

5] Transient Problems: an introduction to separation of variables
BVP 1. A rod with specified end temperatures
BVP 2. Heat lost from a slab to ambient
BVP 3. the Fourier ring problem
BVP 4. The plucked string
BVP 5.  A circular drum
BVP 6. Quenching a ball
SSP 1. Steady state in square regions  (revisited) 
A critique of  the method


               Part II. Function Spaces

6] Norms
Error between signals
L^{\infty}, L^{1}, and L^{2}
Vector space properties
Convergence in norm
Completeness

7] Hilbert Space
Definition
Details
Examples
Orthogonal complements
Gram-Schmidt process

8] Recasting BVPs into Operator Format
Differential operators
Eigenvalues
Time rate-of-change of shape
Strong reformulation

9] Hermitian Operators
Dense domains
Closed graph
Adjoints
Orthogonality of eigenfunctions
Negative definite operators
Lyapunov stability

10] Resolvents
Spectrum
Examples
Hilbert-Schmidt operators
Compact operators 
The spectral theorem
A summary
Rellich's theorem 

11] Separation of Variables
A synopsis
The theorem on separation of variables
A check list for separation to occur
Tricks of the trade


   Part III. Expansions in Series of Orthogonal Functions

12] Trigonometric Expansions
Sine, cosine, and Fourier series 
Pointwise convergence
Signal processing

13] Rectangular Problems 
 BVP 7. Quenching a block
 BVP 8. Deep earth temperatures
 BVP 9. Current within a flat conductor
 BVP 10. A trapped quantum particle
 BVP 11. Quantum tunneling
 BVP 12. Transverse vibrations of the Bernoulli-Euler beam
 BVP 13. Rectangular waveguides

14] Bessel Functions 
Power series representation
Standard formulae
Integral representation
Asymptotics
Orthogonality and completeness
Other Bessel functions
    
15] Cylindrical Problems 
BVP 14. Quenching a solid cylinder
BVP 5. A circular drum (revisited)
SSP 7. The closed-loop ground-coupled heat pump (revisited)
BVP 15. Current within a round conductor

16] Orthogonal Polynomials
Weighted inner products
Completeness
Polynomial eigenfunctions
Choosing weights
Recurrence formulae
Norm formulae
Rodrigues's formula
Non-polynomial eigenfunctions

17] Spherical Problems 
SSP 12. A spherical capacitor
BVP 6. Quenching a ball (revisited)
BVP 16. A spherical bell
BVP 17. The hydrogen atom
    

        Part IV. An Introduction to Selected Other Topics

18]  Sturm-Liouville Problems 
Statement of the problem
The correct inner product
Compact resolvents
The fundamental theorem of Sturm-LiExamples

19] Choosing Inner Products 
Examples
Background: adjoints and biorthogonal series
The correct inner product
 
20] The Use of a Symbolic Manipulator
Special functions
Fourier series
Fourier-Bessel series
Steady Dirichlet problems
Eigenmodes
Animation of time-varying solutions

21] The Mikusinski Operational Calculus
Background
Convolution quotients
Generalized integration and differentiation
Generalized solutions
BVP 18. A semi-infinite slab
BVP 19. Spilled pollutants
SSP 7. The closed-loop ground-coupled heat pump (revisited)

22] Fourier Integrals
SSP 2. Steady state within a sector (revisited)
SSP 13. A doubly infinite solid rod
BVP 18. A semi-infinite slab (reprise)
Justification of the method
Cauchy principle value
Application to BVP 18
Another origin of the method
The Fourier transform

23] The Galerkin Numerical Method
Truncation of series solutions
Outline of the Galerkin method
SSP 14. Steady flow within a square tube
SSP 7. The closed-loop ground-coupled heat pump (reprise)
BVP 20. Normal vibrational modes of a triangular brace

24] Sobolev Methods
The Dirichlet inner product
The dominance of the Dirichlet inner product
The Sobolev space W^{1,2}_{0}(Omega)
Rellich's compact embedding theorem
Weak restatement of problems
BVP4. The plucked string (revisited)

 Bibliography

 Appendix A. Measure and Integration
Lebesgue measure
The Lebesgue integral
Lebesgue dominated convergence theorem
Fubini's theorem
   
 Appendix B. Quantum Mechanics
Classical mechanics of a single particle
Measurement
Classical distributed vibrations
Quantum mechanics of a single particle
Poisson bracket
Consequences of the commutation relation
Arguments for the commutation relation
The uncertainty principle

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Contributed by: V.V.  Kalashnikov 


                 MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN QUEUING THEORY

                           V.V. Kalashnikov
                     Institute of Systems Analysis
                                 Moscow

ISBN 0-7923-2568-0
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, Dordrecht, Boston, London,
Se. Mathematics and Its Applications, v. 271.

Sold and distributed in the USA and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publ. Group,
Order Dept., P.O. Box 358, Accord Station, Hingham MA 02018-0358, USA
fax: (617)871-6528, credit card customers tel: (617)871-6600

In all other countries, sold and distributed by Kluwer Academic Publ. Group, 
P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands,
fax: (0)78-524474; tel: (0)78-524400

The book presents an overview of mathematical methods used in queuing 
theory, and various examples of solutions of problems using these methods 
are given. Many of the topics considered are not traditional, and include 
general Markov processes, test functions, coupling methods, probability 
metrics, continuity of queues, quantitative estimates of continuity, 
convergence rate to the stationary state and limit theorems for the first 
occurrence times. Much attention is devoted to the modern theory of 
regenerative processes. Each chapter concludes with problems and comments on 
the literature cited.

Audience: researchers and graduate students in applied probability,
operations research and computer science.


  TABLE OF CONTENTS                            

PREFACE

Chapter 1. QUEUEING THEORY
1.1. Examples of queueing systems
1.2. Kendall's notation
1.3. Algebraic descriptions of queueing models
Problems
Comments

Chapter 2. NECESSARY FACTS FROM PROBABILITY THEORY 
           AND THE THEORY OF ANALYTIC FUNCTIONS
2.1. Probability
2.2. Random variables and their distributions
2.3. Examples of probability distributions
2.4. Uniformly integrable r.v.'s
2.5. Convergence of sequences of r.v.'s and  their distributions.
     Probability metrics
2.6. Analytic functions. The Laplace-Stieltjes transform. Generating 
     functions
Problems
Comments    

Chapter 3. RANDOM FLOWS
3.1. General definitions. Classification
3.2. Poisson flow
3.3. Recurrent flows
3.4. Stationarity
3.5. Construction of recurrent flows via Poisson ones
3.6. Thinning of recurrent flows
3.7. Superposition of random flows
Problems
Comments

Chapter 4. ELEMENTARY METHODS IN QUEUEING THEORY
4.1. Preliminary remarks
4.2. ``Conditional Poisson flow''method
4.3. Construction of ``restoration points''
Problems
Comments

Chapter 5. MARKOV CHAINS
5.1. Main notations and definitions
5.2. Accessibility
5.3. Examples
5.4. Classification of denumerable Markov chains
5.5. Classification of general Markov chains
5.6. Markov chains originated by piecewise-linear mappings
Problems
Comments

Chapter 6. RENEWAL PROCESSES
6.1. Main definitions
6.2. Estimates of crossing times
6.3. Blackwell's theorem
6.4. Monte-Carlo algorithm for estimating crossing times
Problems
Comments

Chapter 7. REGENERATIVE PROCESSES
7.1. Examples and definitions
7.2. Construction of a stationary version
7.3. Ergodic theorems
7.4. Comparison of regenerative processes
7.5. Markov chains as regenerative processes
Problems
Comments

Chapter 8. DISCRETE TIME MARKOV QUEUEING MODELS
8.1. Imbedded Markov chains
8.2. The $GI|GI|1|\infty \,$  model
8.3. The $GI|GI|N|\infty \,$  model
8.4. The $(GI|GI|1|\infty )\, \to \,(GI|1|\infty )\, \to \,
      \cdots \, \to \, (GI|1|\infty )\, $  model
8.5. Finite-time continuity
8.6. Uniform-in-time continuity
Problems
Comments

Chapter 9. MARKOV QUEUEING MODELS
9.1. Denumerable continuous-time Markov chains
9.2. The $M_\lambda|M_\mu |1|\infty \,$  model
9.3. Birth-and-death processes
9.4. Jackson's open queueing network
9.5. Discrete supplementary variables
Problems
Comments

Chapter 10. METHOD OF SUPPLEMENTARY VARIABLES
10.1. How to describe queues with supplementary variables
10.2. The $M_\lambda |GI|1|\infty \,$  model
10.3. The $GI|M_\mu |1|\infty \,$  model
10.4. Aggregative models
10.5. Regeneration in continuous-time queueing processes
Problems
Comments

Chapter 11. FIRST-OCCURRENCE EVENTS
11.1. Motivation
11.2. Piecewise-linear processes
11.3. Estimates in terms of test functions
11.4. Regenerative processes
11.5. Examples
Problems
Comments

REFERENCES

SUBJECT INDEX


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Contributed by: Thor Inge Fossen 


	        GUIDANCE AND CONTROL OF OCEAN VEHICLES

	       Thor Inge Fossen, University of Trondheim,
	         The Norwegian Institute of Technology

ISBN 0-471-94113-1
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1994, UK

To order, call   +44 243 779777
or send a FAX to +44 243 775878
or write to  
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Offering a comprehensive  treatment  of automatic control systems  for
marine vehicles, this expertly  written text  ensures that the subject
matter is both   balanced  and  extensive. This book    gives detailed
coverage of  mathematical  modeling, with appropriate  forms   of both
linear and nonlinear  models  to describe  the  dynamic  and kinematic
equations of  motion of marine vehicles  and the  subject of stability
and control. It also explores in depth the modeling of ocean vehicles,
environmental disturbances, and the sensor  and navigation systems, as
well as   discussing in  length the   applications  of modern  control
theory.

Implementations, examples and  case  studies  of autonomous underwater
vehicles, naval and merchant  ships and high-speed  crafts are used to
demonstrate the performance and robustness   of the  proposed  control
systems.

Intended primarily as a textbook for senior and graduate students with
some background in control engineering and  calculus,  this book comes
complete with useful and detailed references, examples and exercises.

** ISBN 0-471-94113-1, approx 480pp, due June 1994, approx US$ 96.00 **

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 Modeling of Marine Vehicles
  2.1 Kinematics
  2.2 Newtonian and Lagrangian Mechanics
  2.3 Rigid-Body Dynamics
  2.4 Hydrodynamic Forces and Moments
  2.5 Equations of Motion

3 Environmental Disturbances
  3.1 The Principle of Superposition
  3.2 Wind-Generated Waves
  3.3 Wind
  3.4 Ocean Currents

4 Stability and Control of Underwater Vehicles
  4.1 ROV Equations of Motion
  4.2 Stability of Underwater Vehicles
  4.3 Conventional Autopilot Design
  4.4 Decoupled Control Design
  4.5 Advanced Autopilot Design for ROVs

5 Dynamics and Stability of Ships
  5.1 Rigid-Body Ship Dynamics
  5.2 The Speed Equation
  5.3 The Linear Ship Steering Equations
  5.4 The Steering Machine
  5.5 Stability of Ships
  5.6 Nonlinear Ship Steering Equations
  5.7 Coupled Equations for Steering and Rolling
  5.8 Steering Maneuvering Characteristics

6 Automatic Control of Ships
  6.1 Filtering of First-Order Wave Disturbances
  6.2 Forward Speed Control
  6.3 Course-Keeping Autopilots
  6.4 Turning Controllers
  6.5 Track-Keeping Systems
  6.6 Rudder-Roll Stabilization
  6.7 Dynamic Ship Positioning Systems
  6.8 Identification of Ship Dynamics

7 Control of High Speed Crafts
  7.1 Ride Control of Surface Effect Ships
  7.2 Ride Control of Foilborne Catamarans

A Some Matrix Results

B Numerical Methods
  B.1 Discretization of Continuous-Time Systems
  B.2 Numerical Integration
  B.3 Numerical Differentiation

C Stability Theory
  C.1 Lyapunov Stability Theory
  C.2 Input-Output Stability
  C.3 Passivity Theory

D Linear Quadratic Optimal Control
  D.1 Solution to the LQ Tracking Problem
  D.2 Linear Quadratic Regulation

E Ship and ROV Models
  E.1 Ship Models
  E.2 Underwater Vehicle Models

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Contributed by: Bulent Ozguler (ozguler@ee.bilkent.edu.tr)
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           ====== New Book in Prentice Hall       ======
           ====== International Series in Systems ======
           ====== and Control Engineering         ======
           ====== ISBN 0-13-155558-8 (hbk)        ======


       LINEAR MULTICHANNEL CONTROL: A SYSTEM MATRIX APPROACH
                             by 
                 A B\"{u}lent \"{O}zg\"{u}ler

The book contains an up-to-date treatment of the most basic problems regarding
dynamic output feedback control of linear multichannel systems. The 
following problems are defined and solved in a unifying framework:

Disturbance Decoupling Problem
Regulator Problem
Decentralized Stabilization Problem
Noninteracting Control Problem
Almost Decoupling and Noninteracting Control

In each problem the internal stability of the feedback loop is a further 
requirement. In every case it encompasses a number of more specialized 
problems that seem unrelated at first glance. For instance, the regulator 
problem is a generalization of tracking, rejection of disturbances generated 
by known dynamics, frequency response approximation, and deadbeat control 
problems. All problems are typically multichannel, in that one channel of the 
plant is reserved for the controller that is required to achieve various 
objectives on the remaining channels. The above problems are collected and 
treated in a common framework which again uncovers some interrelations. For 
instance, the decentralized stabilization problem is viewed as a second 
channel canonicity problem which ties it nicely with the disturbance 
decoupling and the regulator problems.

The solvability conditions are stated in terms of system matrices associated
with the open-loop plant so that the relevance of the open-loop poles 
and zeros to solvability is immediately readable from the given conditions.
Since stability is a major issue in all problems and due to many conceptual
simplifications it provides, the tool of stable proper fractions 
(or factorizations) is used in deriving these conditions. In this approach, 
the linear matrix equations over the ring of stable proper rational functions 
play an intermediary role and the book also contains many less familiar facts 
on these.

Some highlights from the main results are as follows:

* A characterization of the set of all solutions to the regulator problem is 
  obtained in terms of the set of all solutions to a linear matrix equation 
  in terms of system matrices. Exact conditions under which a linear 
  fractional parametrization of solutions is possible are given.

* The set of all solutions to decentralized stabilization problem is described
  in a manner which makes the identification of the set of "unadmissible 
  controllers" easy. The role played by the assumption of 
  "strong-connectedness" in the set of all dynamic solutions is clarified.

* The main differences between the solvability conditions for the 
  exact and the almost disturbance decoupling problems are indicated in terms 
  of the open loop invariant zeros of the plant. 

The book contains worked out examples from different fields of application
and makes contact with various other approaches in the literature
to similar problems.
 

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Contributed by: wayne.book@me.gatech.edu

TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
JOURNAL OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS, MEASUREMENT, AND CONTROL

Table of Contents for Volume 116, No. 1, March 1994

Regular Papers

Two-Dimensional Exact Model Matching with Application to Repetitive Control
by D.M. Alter and T.-C. Tsao

Robust Stability of Plants with Mixed Uncertainties and Quantitative 
Feedback Theory
by S. Jayasuriya and Y. Zhao

Deterministic Controllers for a Class of Mismatched Systems
by Sandeep

Robust Adaptive and Repetitive Digital Tracking Control and Application to a 
Hydraulic Servo for Noncircular Machining
by T.-C. Tsao and M. Tomizuka

Cancellation of Discrete Time Unstable Zeros by Feedforward Control
by E. Gross, M. Tomizuka, and W. Messner

Disturbance Rejection Through an External Model for Nonminimum Phase Systems
by W.-C. Yang and M. Tomizuka

Multi-Rate Analysis and Design of Visual Feedback Digital Servo-Control 
System
by M. Nemani, T.-C. Tsao, and S. Hutchinson

Dynamic Modeling of Constrained Flexible Robot Arms for Controller Design
by F.L. Hu and A.G. Ulsoy

Dynamic Analysis of Flexible Bodies Using Extended Bond Graphs
by C. Yen and G.Y. Masada

A Numerical and Experimental Analysis of a Chain of Flexible Bodies
by M. Giovagnoni

Formulation of Equations of Motion for a Chain of Flexible Links Using 
Hamilton's Principle
by M. Benati and A. Morro

Impact and Force Control: Modeling and Experiments
by K. Youcef-Toumi and D.A. Gutz

Implementation of Uniform Damping Control by the Block-Independent Control 
Method
by J.L. Berg and M.A. Norris

Feedback Design of a Canonical Multivariable System with Application to 
Shape Control in Sendzimir Mills
by J.V. Ringwood, D.H. Owens, and M.J. Grimble

Modeling, Experimentation, and Simulation of a Brake Apply System
by Y. Khan, P. Kulkarni, and K. Youcef-Toumi

Stability Robustness of LQ and LQG Active Suspensions
by A.G. Ulsoy, D. Hrovat, and T. Tseng

Fast Pipeline Models for Simulation of Hydraulic Systems
by P. Krus, K. Weddfelt, and J.-O. Palmberg

Modeling Requirements for the Parallel Simulation of Hydraulic Systems
by J.D. Burton, K.A. Edge, and C.R. Burrows

The Variation of Oil Effective Bulk Modulus with Pressure in Hydraulic 
Systems
by J. Jinghong, C. Zhaoneng, and L. Yuanzhang

Technical Briefs

On Transfer Function Zeros of General Colocated Control Systems with 
Mechanical Flexibilities
by D.K. Miu and B. Yang

Moving Sliding Surfaces for Fast Tracking Control of Second-Order Dynamical 
Systems
by S.-B. Choi and D.-W. Park

A High Precision Synchronizing Control System for Biaxial Positioning Tables
by S.M. Shahruz and A.K. Pradeep

Joint Stiffness Estimation Based on Force Sensor Measurement in Industrial 
Manipulators
by G. Ferretti, C. Maffezzoni, G. Magnani, and P. Rocco


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Contributed by: A.H.Zemanian (zeman@sbee.sunysb.edu)

Table of Contents for:
         CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
              Volume 13, Number 4, 1994.

Special issue: ANALYSIS OF HIGHER ORDER MOMENTS AND THEIR POLYSPECTRA

Guest Editors: Edmund J.Sullivan and Melvin J.Hinich

Editorial, S.R.Parker and A.H.Zemanian

Preface, E.J.Sullivan and M.J.Hinich

Higher order cumulants and cumulant spectra,  Melvin J. Hinich

Limitations on the use of discrete 
linear models of continuous random processes,
A.T.Parsons and M.L.Williams

Development and application of a 
statistically based feature extraction 
algorithm for monitoring tool wear in circuit board assembly,
R.W.Barker. G-A.Klutke, M.J.Hinich, C.N.Ramirez, and R.J.Thornhill

Feasibility study of parameter estimation of random sampling jitter
using the bispectrum, Ilan Sharfer and Hagit Messer

Active sonar detection in multipath: A new bispectral analysis approach, 
John A.Tague, Cameron M.Pike, and Edmund J.Sullivan

On the detection of transient signals using spectral correlation,
K.W.Baugh and K.R.Hardwicke

Signal detection using third-order maoments, Pamela A.Delaney 

Characterization of spectral correlation detector statistics useful 
in transient detection, Keith R.Hardwicke,
Gary R.Wilson, and Kevin W.Baugh


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Contributed by:  A. Papamarcou, University of Maryland, College Park


		       WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENT

				AND

			 CALL FOR POSTERS

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		1994 IEEE Information Theory Workshop

		``INFORMATION THEORY AND STATISTICS''

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			October 27--29, 1994
			Alexandria, Virginia

GENERAL CHAIRMAN 
	Stamatis Cambanis, University of North Carolina

INQUIRIES
	gorsak@tejas.gmu.edu

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The exchange of ideas between information theorists and statisticians has
grown steadily over time, underscoring the deep connections between the two
disciplines. The objective of the Workshop is to nurture this process by
providing both communities with a forum for interaction. The program includes
five plenary talks, six invited sessions (each jointly organized by members of 
the Information Theory and the Statistics communities) and two poster sessions.
A tentative list of plenary speakers, invited sessions and session organizers
is given below.


INVITED PLENARY SPEAKERS

	T. Cover (Stanford)
	D. Geman (U. Mass/Brown)
	R. Gray (Stanford)
	J. Rissanen (IBM San Jose)
	M. Vetterli (Berkeley)


INVITED SESSIONS

	1. ``Stochastic complexity and universal data compression''
	     IT: J. Ziv (Technion)   STAT: P. Shields (Toledo)

	2. ``Randomization complexity and information theory''
	     IT: S. Verdu (Princeton)   STAT: M. Burnashev (Moscow)

	3. ``Markov random fields''
	     IT: M. Miller (Washington U.)   STAT: L. Pitt (U. Va)

	4. ``Vector quantization, classification and regression trees''
	     IT: R. Gray (Stanford)   STAT: R. Olshen (Stanford)

	5. ``Theory and applications of wavelets'' 
	     IT: S. Mallat (NYU)   STAT: D. Donoho (Stanford)

	6. ``Nonparametric function estimation''
	     IT: E. Masry (UCSD)   STAT: I. Johnstone (Stanford)


POSTER SESSIONS

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts of no more than one
thousand words encompassing research topics relevant to this workshop.
All submissions should be sent directly to the Chairman of the Technical
Committee (address below) by no later than JUNE 15, 1994.  Notification
of acceptance of papers will be made by JULY 15, 1994.

	Professor Prakash Narayan
	Department of Electrical Engineering
	University of Maryland
	College Park, MD 20742
	email: prakash@eng.umd.edu


TRAVEL GRANTS

A limited number of travel grants may be available for young participants
or those whose resources will not enable them to attend the Workshop.
Inquiries on travel grants, registration and other matters related to the 
Workshop should be addressed to the Chairman of the Organizing Committee:

	Professor Geoffrey C. Orsak
	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
	George Mason University
	Fairfax, VA 22030
	email: gorsak@tejas.gmu.edu


WORKSHOP SPONSORS

IEEE Information Theory Society
Institute of Mathematical Statistics

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Contributed by:  Ken Hunt (hunt@DBresearch-berlin.de)


	IEE Colloquium on Advances in Neural 
	Networks for Control and Systems
	------------------------------------

	Date: 		25-27 May 1994
	Venue: 		Systems Technology Research,
			Daimler-Benz AG, Berlin, Germany

	Co-sponsors: 	IEE German Centre
			The Michael Faraday Institution e.V.
			Daimler-Benz AG




		Provisional Programme
		---------------------

Wednesday 25 May
----------------

18:30 -- 20:30
Welcoming reception and buffet


Thursday 26 May
---------------

8:30 Registration

9:30 -- 10:15
Supervised learning and divide-and-conquer via the EM algorithm
EM = Expectation-Maximization
M. Jordan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)

10:15 -- 10:45
The TACOMA algorithm for reflective growing of neural networks
TACOMA = TAsk decomposition, COrrelation Measures and local
Attention neurons
J. Lange, H-M. Voigt and D. Wolf (Center for Applied Computer
Science, and Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

Pause

11:15 -- 12:00
The ASMOD algorithm - some theoretical and practical results
ASMOD = Adaptive Spline Modelling of Observation Data			
T. Kavli and E. Weyer (SINTEF SI, Oslo, Norway)

12:00 -- 12:30
Semi-empirical modelling of non-linear dynamical systems
T. A. Johansen (Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim, Norway)

Lunch

14:00 -- 14:45		
Neural networks for control of industrial processes		
B. Schuermann (Siemens AG, Munich, Germany)

14:45 -- 15:15
Data analysis by means of Kohonen feature maps for load forecast 
in power systems
S. Heine and I. Neumann (Hochschule fuer Technik, Leipzig, 
and BEST Data Engineering GmbH, Germany)

Pause

15:45 -- 16:15
Improved prediction of the corrosion behaviour of car body steel
using a Kohonen self-organising map
W. Kessler, R. Kessler, M. Kraus (Fachhochschule fuer Technik 
und Wirtschaft, Reutlingen, Germany),
and R. Kuebler (Mercedes-Benz AG, Sindlefingen, Germany)

16:15 -- 16:45
Adaptive neural network control of the temperature in an oven
O. Dubois, J. Nicolas and A. Billat
(UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Reims, France)

16:45 -- 17:15
Exothermic heat estimation using fuzzy-neural nets for a batch
reactor temperature control system
E. Cuellar, J. Coronado, C. Moreno and J. Izquierdo
(University of Valladolid, Spain)



19:30 Colloquium Dinner



Friday 27 May 
-------------

9:00 -- 9:45			
On interpolating memories for learning control
H. Tolle (Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany) 

9:45 --10:15
Comparison of optimisation techniques for training feedforward networks		
G. Irwin and G Lightbody (Queen's University of Belfast, UK)

10:15 -- 10:45
Dynamic systems in neural networks					
K. Warwick, C Kambhampati(University of Reading, UK)
and P. Parks (University of Oxford, UK)

Pause

11:15 -- 12:00
Adaptive neurocontrol of MIMO systems based on stability theory
MIMO = Multi-input Multi-Output
J-M Renders, M. Saerens, and H. Bersini 
(Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium)

12:00 -- 12:30
Learning in neural networks and stochastic approximation with averaging		
P. Shcherbakov, S. Tikhonov (Institute of Control Sciences, Moscow, Russia)
and J. Mason (University of Reading, UK)

Lunch

14:00 -- 14:45
Adaptive neurofuzzy systems for difficult modelling and control problems
M. Brown and C. Harris (University of Southampton, UK) 

14:45 -- 15:15
Constructive training - industrial perspectives
R. Murray-Smith, K. Hunt and F. Lohnert (Daimler-Benz AG, Berlin, Germany)

Pause

15:45 -- 16:15			
Equalisation using non-linear adaptive clustering
C. Cowan (Loughborough University of Technology, UK)

16:15 -- 16:45
Hierarchical competitive net architecture
T. Long (NeuroDyne Inc.)
and E. Hanzevack (University of South Carolina, USA)

                    
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Contributed by : Thor Inge Fossen 

********** CAMS'95 ********** CAMS'95 *********** CAMS'95 ************
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  |                       IFAC Workshop on                         |
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  |         CONTROL APPLICATIONS IN MARINE SYSTEMS (CAMS'95)       |
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  |               Trondheim, Norway, 10--12  May 1995              |
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  |             FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS             |
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INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE (IPC)

  T. Koyama (Chair and Editor), J     T. I. Fossen (Co-Editor), N

  M. Blanke, DK                       C. G. Kallstrom, S
  R. S. Burns, UK                     K. Ohtsu, J  
  G. Cannata, I                       G. N. Roberts, UK 
  R. Cristi, USA                      M. G. Rodd, UK 
  R.M.C. De Keyser, B                 G. Russel, UK 
  F. El-Hawary, CDN                   J. Selkainaho, SF
  M. J. Grimble, UK                   A. J. Soerensen, N 
  C. J. Harris, UK                    A. Tiano, I 
  T. Holzhuter, D                     J. Van Amerongen, NL
  X. Jia, PRC                         Z. Vukic, CR
  C. G. Kallstrom, S                  
           

NATIONAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE (NOC)

  T. I. Fossen (Chair), Univ. of Trondheim

  J. G. Balchen     T. I. Eikaas    J. O. Roedseth   M. Villaboe
  O. Egeland        H. Engja        S. Saelid
                   
SCOPE

The scope of  the Workshop is Advances  and  Trends in  Marine Control
Systems   Design  and Technology. The  Workshop  will be  a  forum for
discussing the latest achievements and trends both from  a theoretical
and applied  point of  view. It   will  be focused  on  the  following
important areas of marine cybernetics:

  - Safety and Fault Diagnostic
  - Ship Maneuvering and Control
  - High Speed Crafts
  - Underwater Vehicle Control and Operation

Emphasis will be put on the design of systems for guidance and control
of marine vehicles, machinery control and off-shore exploration.  This
includes control systems  design for  merchant ships, supply  vessels,
tankers,  surface effect   ships  (SES), hydrofoil vessels,   foilborn
catamarans,  remotely operated vehicles (ROVs),  autonomous underwater
vehicles (AUVs), submarines and torpedos. Themes for all areas are:

  - Fault Detection and Diagnostic
  - Machinery Supervision and Monitoring
  - Redundancy in Marine Systems
  - Marine Navigation Systems
  - Integrated Ship Control Systems
  - Positioning and Track-Keeping Systems
  - Autopilots for Marine Vehicles
  - Fin and Rudder-Roll Stabilization Systems
  - Control of Foilborn Vehicles
  - Ride Control Systems Design
  - Damping of Wave Induced Vibrations
  - Machinery Control
  - Automatic Berthing Systems
  - Collision Avoidance Systems
  - Ship Maneuvering
  - Training and Vehicle Simulation Systems
  - Control Theory and Expert Systems

PROGRAM

The Workshop program will include technical sessions in marine control
systems   design and round-table   discussions.  All accepted Workshop
papers will be available in a soft bound volume.

WORKSHOP LANGUAGE

All scientific presentations and printed material will be in English.

LOCATION

The Workshop will  be held on  campus  of the  Norwegian  Institute of
Technology  (NTH) which is  a part  of  the   University of Trondheim.
Campus is located in  walking distance from  downtown Trondheim  where
most hotels are located.

ACCOMMODATION

Hotel accommodation service  will  be provided.   Full  details  and a
booking form will be included in the next announcement.

SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS (DEADLINES)

The schedule for submission is: 

  NOVEMBER 1, 1994    Draft papers (6 pages);
  JANUARY 10, 1995    authors to be notified of paper acceptance;
  MARCH   10, 1995    submission of final paper in camera-ready form.

Prospective authors  should send 5 copies of  their manuscripts to: 

  Ass. Professor Thor I. Fossen           Phone: +47 73 59 43 61
  CAMS'95 Secretariat                     Fax:   +47 73 59 43 99
  Dept. of Engineering Cybernetics        E-mail: tif@itk.unit.no
  The Norwegian Institute of Technology
  N-7034 Trondheim, Norway

CORRESPONDENCE

All correspondence should be addressed to the NOC chairman. Electronic
mail should be used whenever possible.

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Contributed by : flores@siam.org

Third SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications 
 
Sponsored by SIAM Activity Group on Control and Systems Theory 
 
 
April 27-29, 1995 
Adam's Mark Hotel 
St. Louis, Missouri 
 
 
Call for Papers, Registration Information, and Abstract Form 
 
 
Third SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications 
 
The Third SIAM Conference on Control and Its Applications will be
organized around several major themes chosen to highlight both
significant recent developments and challenging open questions in
control theory, systems theory and their scientific, engineering
and industrial applications.   
  
Control theory is, by its nature, an interdisciplinary field with
wide and varied applications. The conference structure will
encourage interaction and the sharing of ideas and problems among
the various participants.  
  
Who Should Attend 
 
The conference will bring together mathematicians, engineers, and
scientists -- from academia, industry and government -- who are
engaged in control and systems theory, research and applications.

 
 
Conference Themes 
 
The major themes of the conference include: 
 
o  Control of Large, Heterogeneous Computer Networks  
o  Control in Dynamics and Mechanics  
o  Convex Optimization in Control and Systems Theory  
o  Control and Identification of Distributed Parameter Systems  
o  Stochastic Control, Filtering and Estimation  
o  Adaptive Control  
o  Hybrid Event Systems  
o  Discrete Event Systems  
o  Robust Control  
o  Industrial and Aerospace Applications  
o  Nonlinear Systems  
o  Dynamic Programming  
o  Computational and Algorithmic Methods in Control  
o  Control of Fluids  
 
Organizing Committee 
 
John B. Baillieul, Boston University 
Anthony M. Bloch, Ohio State University 
Christopher I. Byrnes, Washington University 
Stephen L. Campbell, North Carolina State University 
Eric Feron, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Kevin A. Grasse, University of Oklahoma, Norman 
Marc Q. Jacobs, Air Force Office of Scientific Research 
Franz Kappel, Universitat Graz, Austria 
Matthias Kawski, Arizona State University 
John E. Lagnese (Conference Chair), Georgetown University 
Irena M. Lasiecka, University of Virginia,  
N. Harris McClamroch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan (Program Chair), University of Kansas 
Steven E. Shreve, Carnegie Mellon University 
Allan Tannenbaum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 
 
Invited Presentations 
 
Connecting Risk Sensitive Control Problems and Deterministic 
Games Through Singular Perturbations 
Alain Bensoussan  
University of Paris Dauphine and INRIA, France 
 
Convex Optimization in Control and Systems Theory  
Stephen P. Boyd,  
Information Systems Laboratory  
Stanford University  
 
Dynamical Systems and Their Associated Automata  
Roger W. Brockett  
McKay Laboratory 
Harvard University  
 
Control of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations  
with Applications to Fluid Dynamics  
John A. Burns  
Center for Applied Mathematics  
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University  
 
Symmetry, Heteroclinic Cycles, Noise and Control  
Philip Holmes  
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering  
Princeton University  
 
Why Is Controlling High-Speed Networks a Challenge?  
Hans T. Kung  
Division of Applied Sciences  
Harvard University  
 
Viscosity Solutions and Their Applications  
H. Mete Soner  
Department of Mathematics  
Carnegie Mellon University  
 
State-space and I/O Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems  
Eduardo D. Sontag  
Rutgers Center for Systems and Control  
Rutgers University  
 
Inverse Problems for Semilinear Elliptic Equations  
Michael Vogelius  
Department of Mathematics  
Rutgers University  
 
 
Minisymposia  
A minisymposium is a two-hour session consisting of four 
presentations on a topic selected to augment the presentations of
the invited speakers or develop a conference theme. A partial
list of minisymposia and organizers follows.  
  
Mechanical Systems 
John B. Baillieul, Boston University 
 
Nonholonomic Mechanics/Motion Planning  
Anthony M. Bloch, Ohio State University and N. Harris McClamroch,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 
 
Differential Algebraic Equation Formulations of Control Problems 
Stephen L. Campbell,  North Carolina State University  
 
Optimal Control/Motion Planning  
Peter E. Crouch, Arizona State University 
 
Numerical Methods in Stochastic Control  
Paul G. Dupuis, Brown University  
 
Control-theoretic Applications of Convex Optimization  
Eric Feron, Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
 
Geometric Methods in Nonlinear Systems Theory  
Kevin A. Grasse, University of Oklahoma, Norman 
 
Numerical Problems in Control Theory  
William W. Hager, University of Florida, Gainesville 
 
Combinatorial Methods in Nonlinear Control  
Matthias Kawski, Arizona State University 
 
Control of Nonlinear Distributed Parameter Systems  
Irena M. Lasiecka, University of Virginia 
 
Diffusion Approximations of Control Queueing Systems  
H. Mete Soner and L.F. Martins, Carnegie Mellon University  
 
Stochastic Theory - Adaptive Control  
Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, University of Kansas  
  
Control Applications to Finance  
Steven E. Shreve, Carnegie Mellon University 
 
Nonstandard Riccati Equations Arising in Boundary Control 
Problems  
Roberto Triggiani, University of Virginia  
 
Numerical Issues in Control Applications of Convex Optimization 
Lieven Vandenberghe, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 
  
(Additional minisymposia are being planned) 
 
How to Contribute 
 
SIAM invites you to submit abstracts of papers to be considered 
for presentation at the conference in either of the following 
formats:  
 
Contributed Presentations in Lecture or Poster Format 
 
A lecture consists of a 15-minute oral presentation with an 
additional five minutes for discussion. A poster presentation 
consists of the use of visual aids, such as 8-1/2" x 11" sheets,
mounted on a 4' x 6' poster board. Poster boards will be available
at the conference. A poster session is two hours long. Each
contributor must submit a title and a brief abstract not
exceeding seventy five words.  Plain TeX or LaTeX macros are
available for submitting abstracts electronically. Contact
SIAM at meetings@siam.org.

 
The organizing committee reserves the right to limit the number 
of contributed presentations a single speaker may present. 
  
Deadline for submission of contributed abstracts: October 7, 
1994. 
  
Minisymposia  
  
A minisymposium consists of four 25-minute presentations with an
additional five minutes for discussion. Prospective minisymposium
organizers are asked to submit a proposal consisting of a title,
a description (not exceeding one-hundred words), and a list of
speakers and titles of their presentations. Each minisymposium
speaker must submit a 75-word abstract. To obtain a minisymposium
proposal form, instructions and abstract forms, please complete 
and return the form below to meetings@siam.org.  
  
Deadline for submission of minisymposium proposals: September 9,
1994. 
 
Registration
  
The conference program and registration information will be 
available in late January, 1995. To ensure receiving your copy, 
please ask for a registration form via E-mail from  
meetings@siam.org  
  

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Contributed by : yan@se.cuhk.hk,eeqiu@uxmail.ust.hk 

			Call for Paper (HKIWNDCM'94)
		  1994 Hong Kong International Workshop on
	        New Directions of Control and Manufacturing 

		 	 (Nov. 7-9, 1994, Hong Kong)

Scope

Recent years have seen the rapid development of control and manufacturing.
Many new theoretical and application areas are emerging. The objectives 
of this workshop are to provide a forum where worldwide researchers and 
practitioners may meet and discuss the new trends in these fields, as well 
as to disseminate the new ideas and technologies in these new fields in Hong 
Kong, China, and East Asia. Rapid economic development in Asia in recent 
years has provided a major market for applications of these new theories 
and technologies. 

Accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings and may be selected 
subsequently for inclusion in an archival monograph. General topics of 
interest will include but are not limited to

o Discrete event system theory and application (Petri nets, logical modelling
  and analysis, automata theory, perturbation analysis)                  
o System performance evaluation
o Control and optimization of computer and communication networks
o Robotics
o Robust and optimal control
o Optimization methods
o Adaptive control and identification
o Production planning and scheduling problems
o Modeling and optimization issues in manufacturing
o New approaches in the areas of control and systems

Key Dates: 

  July 5, 1994:         Submission deadline
  August 20, 1994:      Notification of decisions
  October 1, 1994:      Submission of Camera-ready copies       
  November 7-9, 1994:   Workshop


Registration fee:    

	       Before    October 1                After October 1
Regular          HK$2000			    HK$2300
Student          HK$ 300 (not including banquet)    HK$300

         
Invited Speakers:

         Karl J. Astrom,  Sweden
         Han-Fu Chen,  China
         Yu-Chi Ho, U.S.A.
         Xin-Song Jiang,  China
         Petar V. Kokotovic, U.S.A.
         Sanjoy K. Mitter, U.S.A.
         Pravin Varaiya, U.S.A.
         Eugene Wong, U.S.A.
         George Zames, Canada


The Organization

Chairman: Dr. Xi-Ren Cao,
Co-chairman: Prof. T. J. Tarn

The International Program Committee
Chairman: Dr. Wing Shing Wong,
Program coordinators: 
	North America: Prof. T. J. Tarn
	China: Dr. Xunyu Zhou
	Taiwan/Japan/Southeast Asia: Dr. Houmin Yan
	Europe/Australia: Dr. James Lam

Committee members

	Prof. J. Baillieul (U.S.A.)  
	Prof. Pierre Bremaud (France)
	Prof. C. Cassandras (U.S.A.) 
	Prof. Shi-Chung Chang (Taiwan)
        Prof. Tsu-Shuan Chang (U.S.A.)
	Prof. R. Evans (Australia)
	Prof. Weibo Gong (U.S.A.)
	Prof. G. Goodwin (Australia)
	Prof. L. Guo (China) 
        Prof. T.C. Hsia (U.S.A.)
	Prof. Lin Huang (China)
	Dr. Y. S. Hung (Hong Kong)
	Prof. Hidenori Kimura (Japan)
	Prof. Bruce Krogh (U.S.A.) 
	Prof. Xunjing Li (China)
	Dr. Zexiang Li (Hong Kong) 
	Prof. Peter Luh (U.S.A.) 
	Prof. T. Mita (Japan)
	Prof. T. S. Ng  (Hong Kong) 
	Prof. M. Tseng (Hong Kong)
	Prof. K. L. Teo  (Australia)
	Prof. G. Yin (U.S.A.)

The Organizing Committee:

	Robin Bradbeer,  X. R. Cao, Peter Cheung, Daniel Ho, James Lam, 
        Li Qiu, T. J. Tarn, Lixin Wang, Lam Yeung, Houmin Yan, Xunyu Zhou, 
  
 
Please submit four copies of your papers and send enquiries to

  Dr. Lixin Wang 
  Depart. of EEE
  The Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Tech.
  Kowloon, Hong Kong
  Tel: (852) 358-7068, Fax: (852) 358-1485
  e-mail: eewang@uxmail.ust.hk
 	
Organized by 

   IEEE Hong Kong Robotics and Automation/Control Systems Joint Chapter
   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
   The Chinese University of Hong Kong
   City Polytechnic of Hong Kong

Sponsored by

   Chiang Industrial Charity Foundation LTD.
   K. C. Wong Education Foundation
   Lee Hysan Foundation Limited
   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
   The Chinese University of Hong Kong
   IEEE Hong Kong Robotics and Automation/Control Systems Joint Chapter
   IEEE Hong Kong Section

About Hong Kong: 

Hong Kong: An International City. When the West Came East, this is where 
it settled and felt most at home. Today Hong Kong offers the highest standard
of services, the sophistication of a cosmopolitan centre and the exotic feel
of the Orient all rolled into one. Hong Kong, a major international city and
the gateway to Asia, surprisingly accessible from North America and Europe,
is located at the hub of airline operations which bring all of Asia's main
cities within a few hours' flying time. 

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Contributed by : "James B. Rawlings" 

                First Announcement and Call for Papers
	     International Federation of Automatic Control

			     DYCORD+ '95

	      4th IFAC Symposium on Dynamics and Control
			of Chemical Reactors,
	      Distillation Columns, and Batch Processes

			    June 7-9, 1995

			      Helsingor
			       Denmark

			   Organized by the
		      Danish Automation Society
			      Copenhagen


SCOPE:

The Symposium will focus on three important areas of process dynamics
and control:

	* Chemical reactors

	* Distillation columns

	* Batch Processes

Chemical reactors usually function as the heart of processing
plants. They pose specific problems in start-up and stabilization and
are still often not under closed loop control, due to complicated
reaction kinetics and uncertain catalyst activity.

Even though distillation is a well known process, it continues to
reveal now properties, even for the simpler cases, which renders this
process difficult to control.

Presently the interest in understanding and developing more
complicated azeotropic distillation processes in also growing,
especially in connection with developing advanced separation
processes.

The trend towards knowledge-intensive and high added value products
has increased the interest in batch operation, where modern
distributed control systems provide an infrastructure for advanced
automation and flexible operation.  However the theory of discrete
event dynamic systems is still lacking compared to continuous
processing theory.

For batch operation the scope of the Symposium is expanded beyond that
of reactor and distillation processes.


PAPERS:

Papers highlighting industrial experience and/or comparisons between
theory and experiment are particularly welcome. Interaction between
plant design and control system development deserve special attention.


MAIN TOPICS:

	* dynamic modelling

	* model verification and calibration

	* simulation

	* new control methods

	* applicability of control methods

        * experiments with control systems

	* experiments with distributed control systems

	* (multivariable) quality control

	* optimization methods

	* minimization of feed and utility costs

	* computer aided process and plant design


		   INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

	     James B. Rawlings (USA)---chairman and editor

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CHEMICAL REACTORS:
W. Marquardt (D)---co-chairman and co-editor
D. Gay (CH)
E. D. Gilles (D)
I. Hashimoto (J) (IFAC representative)
J. F. MacGregor (CAN)
P. Nielsen (DK)
W. H. Ray (USA)
L. Zulio (NL)

SUBCOMMITTEE ON DISTILLATION COLUMNS:
S. Skogestad (N)---co-chairman and co-editor
A. Brambilla (I)
E. W. Jacobson (S)
L. Lang (D)
W. L. Luyben (USA)
T. J. McAvoy (USA)
K. V. Waller (SF)
G. Wozny (D)

SUBCOMMITTEE ON BATCH PROCESSES:
D. Bonvin (CH)---co-chairman and co-editor
C. Georgakis (USA)
S. Hasebe (J)
N. Jerome (USA)
K. Levien (USA)
D. R. Lewin (ISR)
S. Macchietto (UK)
H. Preisig (AUS)
D. Rippin (CH)
H. Schuler (D)

NATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
S. B. Jorgensen---Chairman (IFAC representative)
M. Y. Andersen
L. v. Gersdorff
O. Hansen
N. Jensen
K. Knudsen
M. Kummel
P. Martin Larsen
J. Saietz


COPYRIGHT:

IFAC publication and copyright conditions:

Copyright for the material is held by IFAC. A copyright form will be
sent to authors.

Automatica, Control Engineering Practice, and IFAC affiliated journals
have priority access to all contributions presented at the meeting. If
the author is not contacted by an editor of Automatica, Control
Engineering Practice or an IFAC affiliated journal within three months
after the meeting, the material may be published elsewhere.

Authors in any doubt should consult the IFAC copyright conditions
available at the IFAC Secretariat in Laxenburg, Vienna and supplied
with author's kits.

All papers presented at the meeting will be filed and abstracted in
Control Engineering Practice and printed in a Postscript volume to be
published by Pergamon Press after the meeting.

For all requests, please contact:

          IFAC Publications Office, Elsevier Science Ltd.
          The Boulevard, Langford Lane
          Kidlington, Oxford 0X5 16B
          England
          Tel: 865-743-845; Fax: 865-743-956


PROGRAM:

The Symposium program will include plenary and invited state-of-
the-art lectures, round table discussions, as well as oral and poster
technical sessions.  The selection of oral and poster presentations
will be made by the IPC based upon the final papers.  A social
program is being prepared.


LANGUAGE:

English will be the official language throughout the Symposium.


LOCATION:

The Symposium will be held in Helsingor, Denmark at LO-skolen.


DEAD-LINES:

July 15, 1994        deadline for abstracts (400-600 words)

September 9, 1994    authors to be notified about (conditional) acceptance

November 18, 1994    submission of papers in camera-ready form

January 16, 1995     notification of final acceptance


Please send abstracts (five copies) to:

               DYCORD+ '95
               James B. Rawlings
               Department of Chemical Engineering
               The University of Texas at Austin
               Austin, Texas 78712-1062, USA
               E-mail: dycord@che.utexas.edu
               Fax: (512) 471-7060

Three copies of the accepted papers should be sent to the above
address and one copy to the Danish Automation Society.


OTHER CORRESPONDENCE:

Other correspondence should be addressed to:

		DYCORD+ '95
		Danish Automation Society
		Copenhagen Science Park Symbion
		Fruebjergvej 3
		DK-2100 Copenhagen O
		Denmark
		Tel: (45) 3917 9980
		Fax: (45) 3120 5521
		E-mail: symbjeba@inet.uni-c.dk


RELATED EVENTS:

DYCORD+ '95 is planned to be followed by two related events during
the following week:

Fifth European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering,
ESCAPE-V, June 11-14, 1995, Bled, Slovenia

Correspondence:	University of Maribor
		Dept. of Chemical Engineering
		Smetanove 17
		P. O. Box 224
		SLO-62001 Maribor, Slovenia
		Tel: +386-62/227-774
		Fax: +386-62/227-774
		E-mail: escapes@uni-m8.si

IFAC Workshop on Fault Detection and Diagnosis in the Chemical
Industries, June 12-13, 1995, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Correspondence:	Professor A. J. Morris
		University of Newcastle upon Tyne
		Dept. of Chemical and Process Engineering
		Metz Court
		Newcastle NE1 7RU, England
		Tel: 091-222-6000
		Fax: 091- 261-1182
		E-mail: julian.morris@uk.ac.newcastle

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