E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing

ISSUE No. 83, July 1, 1995


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 Engineering
           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  LMI-tool: interface for solving LMI problems
        3.2  Evolutionary fuzzy modeling toolbox for MATLAB
        3.3  Modern industrial control  short course -Newcastle
        3.4  ILAS information center
        3.5  SMC-95 student competitions
        3.6  SCAD update

4.      Positions
        4.1  Fac. position in control at Case Western University
        4.2  Industrial research chair in real-time s.p. - New Brunswick
        4.3  Ph.D. studentship OMRON Electronics & ICC - London

5.      Books
        5.1  H_2 optimal control - A. Saberi, P. Sannuti, B.M. Chen
        5.2  Dynamic programming and optimal control - Bertsekas
        5.3  Fourier transforms: introduction for engineers - Gray & Goodman

6.      Journals
        6.1  TOC Automatica, Vol. 31:7
        6.2  TOC MCSS, Vol. 7:4
        6.3  TOC SIAM J. Optimization, Vol. 5:3
        6.4  TOC SIAM J. Matrix an.& appl., Vol. 16:4
        6.5  TOC J. of Math. Systems, Estimation and Control, Vol. 5:3
        6.6  CFP Special issue IEEE Tr. AC. on control & system analysis
             in Medicine
        6.7  CFP Int. J. Robust & Nonl. Control on Multivar. stability margin

7.      Conferences
        7.1  CFP MTNS-96
        7.2  Int. symposium on intelligent robotic systems - Bangalore
        7.3  Information theory workshop Dan-Carmel, Haifa
        7.4  Tutorial Parallel processing under MATLAB
        7.5  Workshops 4th IEEE Conf. on control applications


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Contributed by:  jacobson@cdsp.neu.edu

               CHANGE OF COORDINATES

I am leaving Northeastern University at the end of June 1995
to take a position at United Technologies Research Center in
East Hartford, CT. My new coordinates are as follows:

     Clas A. Jacobson
     United Technologies Research Center
     Mail Stop 29
     411 Silver Lane
     East Hartford, CT 06108

     203 727 7652
     jacobsca@utrc.utc.com
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Contributed by:  K.C. Goh  (k.c.goh@ic.ac.uk, goh@bode.usc.edu)

I've moved to:

        Centre for Process Systems Engineering
        Imperial  College
        Prince  Consort  Road
        London  SW7 2BY, U.K.
        Office Tel: 44-171-594 6617
        Office Fax: 44-171-594 6606
        E-mail: k.c.goh@ps.ic.ac.uk


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Contributed by: Laurent El Ghaoui (elghaoui@ensta.fr)

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        LMITOOL: An Interface for solving LMI Problems
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A user-friendly matlab package for Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI)
optimization called LMITOOL has been developed by L. El Ghaoui,
F. Delebecque and R. Nikoukhah.  This package acts as an interface for
the Semidefinite Programming package SP developed by L. Vandenberghe
and S. Boyd.

LMITOOL (version 1.0) and SP are now both available on Internet.  Send
mail to elghaoui@ensta.fr for information on how to get these
packages.

A similar package is also available for the matlab-like package
Scilab.  (Send mail to Scilab@inria.fr for information.)

Using LMITOOL, a user can in a few minutes solve Linear Matrix
Inequality problems with matrix variables.  All the user has to do is
to specify the LMI constraints and linear objective of the problem at
hand in a matlab .m file.  No special syntax or function is to be
learned by the user.  LMITOOL allows for arbitrary equality and LMI
constraints.

The LMITOOL package includes

* All source code
* A user's guide (a short one, as the package is very easy to learn)
* A set of control problems solved using LMITOOL, (eg, mixed
  H2/H-infinity control).

Laurent EL Ghaoui -- Ramine Nikoukhah -- Francois Delebecque

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Contributed by: Figllc@aol.com

 Attention  Researchers in Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing

   ANNOUNCING EVOLUTIONARY FUZZY MODELING TOOLBOX  FOR  MATLAB  USERS
                      FlexTool(EFM) Version M 2.1


    FlexTool(GA)             FlexTool(EFM)           Guidelines for EFM

                                 from
                   Flexible Intelligence Group, LLC
                            FIGLLC@AOL.COM

For details:
  - Check our advertisement in IEEE Control Magazine (June, 1995)
    page 83, reader service number 41.
  - email FIGLLC@AOL.COM
  - fax: (205) 345-5095
  - voice: (205) 345-5166
  - snailmail: Flexible Intelligence Group, LLC
                  Box 1477, Tuscaloosa, AL 35486, USA

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Contributed by:  Lisa Crisafulli

               MODERN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SHORT COURSE
                          SEPTEMBER 25 - 29 1995
              NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY, NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA

Professor Graham Goodwin and colleagues from the Centre for Industrial
Control Science (CICS) at Newcastle University will conduct a week long
school presenting modern control strategies in an industrial context.  The
course is aimed at engineers and control practitioners providing practical
knowledge and tools for design, analysis and implementation of both
conventional and advanced control strategies.  It would also be beneficial
to academics or research students in gaining exposure to how  modern
control theory can be effectively applied to practical problems.  The
course features a problem based learning format where the material is
motivated by and applied to real world problems.  The key feature of the
course is the hands-on laboratory sessions interlaced with the theory.

FIVE MODULES COVERING:
Review of Conventional Control
Introduction to Model Based Control
Advanced Model Based Control
Soft Sensing and Kalman Filtering
Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Control

HANDS-ON LABORATORY SESSIONS:
Description, motivation and solutions of actual industrial control
applications

For more detailed information and registration forms contact:
Lisa Crisafulli, CICS, University of Newcastle, Callaghan  NSW  2308,
Australia; Ph:Int + 61 49 217126;   Fax:Int + 61 49 601712;
email:lisac@ee.newcastle.edu.au

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Contributed by:  Hershkowitz Daniel 


             News from  ILAS INFORMATION CENTER  (IIC)


We are happy to announce the establishment of a mirror site for IIC in
Chemnitz, Germany. The URL address of this new mirror site is

http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/ftp-home/.m/fs75/math.technion.ac.il/iic/index.html

The database in Chemnitz gets updated on a daily basis.

Daniel Hershkowitz                     e-mail: hershkow@tx.technion.ac.il
Mathematics Department          URL: http://math.technion.ac.il/~hershkow
Technion                                       Tel: 972-4-294282 (office)
Haifa 32000                                         972-4-244626 (home)
Israel                                              972-4-324654 (fax)

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Submitted by Pradeep Misra 

 Dear Coleague:

 Please see if anyone in your group or school is interested to participate
 at the IEEE SMC 95 Student Competitions.

 Attached please find the new call for the student activities at the
 IEEE SMC 95 Conference whose deadline has been changed to July 15, 1995.

 COMPETITION!          COMPETITION!            AWARDS!
 STUDENT POSTER AND EXHIBIT COMPETITION AT IEEE SMC 95

 1995 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
 October 22-25, 1995, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
 Theme: Intelligent Systems for the 21st Century

 The deadline for the student Poster/Exhibit Competition at the IEEE SMC 95
 Conference has been extended to July 15, 1995. Please send your entries to
 Ileana Costea, Ph.D., Student Activities Chair IEEE SMC 95, Professor CSUN,
 California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge,
 CA 91330-8347, Tel: (1) (818) 885-3797; Fax: (1) (818) 700-5810; E-mail:
 icostea@ms.secs.csun.edu.

 Work done mainly by students (professor could be co-author) have an
 excellent
 chance to win an award and the recognition of the Systems Engineering
 professional community by entering the competion.


 Student Poster Competition

 Students are invited to submit a poster for presentation at the conference
 in any area of interest listed belows. A poster consists of up to 8 pages
 (8 1/2" X 11") to be displayed at the conference.  Posters will be
 presented at specified times in poster sessions.  The poster should include
 the title, authors, affiliation, and contact information, followed by a
 description of the research or application.  The font size of the poster
 should enable it to be easily read at a distance of up to 36".  Submit 2
 copies of the poster to Ileana Costea.

 Student Exhibit Competition

 Students are invited to submit proposals for a demonstration of an
 innovative
 device or software system related to areas of interest listed below.
 Send 2 copies of a proposal that describes a device or system to
 be exhibited along with a poster (since all exhibit participants will also
 enterthe poster competition). See the instructions above for the poster
 competition.
 An award will be given for the best student exhibit, with complementary
 registration. Send your entries to Ileana Costea.

 Student Assistants

 There might still be some student assistant positions available
 to help with local
 arrangements at the conference:  registration, audio/visual equipment during
 sessions, signs, and publicity.  Serving one full or two half-days as an
 assistant will qualify students to receive complementary registration.
 Admission to the banquet and reception will be given on a space available
 basis.  Contact Chris C.H. Ma, Dept. of EE, University of British Columbia,
 Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada, Fax:  + 1-604-822-5949, Internet:
 cchma@ee.ubc.ca.

 To be placed on the mailing list for future announcements, send name and
 address to SMC95, Venue West, 645-375 Water Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5C6
 Canada; Tel+1-604-681-2503.

 Areas of interest:

 *Adaptive Systems * Artificial Intelligence * Behavioral Decision Making
 *Biocybernetics * Biomedical Engineering * Cognitive Systems & Engineering
 *Command and Control Systems * Computer Vision * Conflict Analysis
 *Cybernetics * Database Systems * Decision Support Systems * Decision
 Technologies * Discrete Event Systems * Distributed Decision Making * Energy
 Systems * Expert Systems * Flexible Manufacturing * Fuzzy systems * Genetic
 Algorithms * Human Computer Interaction * Human Decision Making * Image
 Processing * Information and Decision Systems * Intelligent Control and
 Automation * Intelligent Highway Vehicle Systems *  Intelligent
 Manufacturing
 Systems * Knowledge Based Systems Learning Systems * Machine Intelligence *
 Mechatronics * Medical Informatics * Multimedia & Neural Networks &
 Neurocontrol & Patter Recognition & Petri Nets * Process Control &
 Qualitative Reasoning & Risk Management * Robotics * Search Techniques *
 Software Engineering * Statistical Methods * Stochastic Systems *
 Supervisory
 Control & System Evaluation and Design & Systems Engineering & * Technology
 Forecasting * Technology Transfer.


 Ileana Costea, Ph.D., Student Activities Chair, IEEE SMC 95
 Professor, CIAM Dept., School of Engr. & Computer Science
 California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge, CA 91330-8347, USA
 Tel: (818) 885-3797;  Fax: (818) 700-5180
 E-mail: icostea@ms.secs.csun.edu

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Contributed by  Raimund J. Ober 
                Xu Huang 

        UPDATE ON SCAD DATABASE --
        June 1995

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                 gopher:          gopher.utdallas.edu
                 ftp address:     ftp.utdallas.edu
                 IP number:       129.110.10.14
                 Worldwide web:   URL: http://www.utdallas.edu/research/scad
                 queries (email): scad@utdallas.edu

New contents:
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books:
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   New book announcement by Dimitri P. Bertsekas:
   Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control.

eletters:
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   Number 82

Links to systems and control groups:
====================================

  The following new links have been added:

  Case Western Reserve University: Systems, Control and Industrial
        Engineering Department.
  DISC: Dutch Institute of Systems and Control.

Positions:
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  Announcement:
  Faculty position at Case Western Reserve University.

SCAD ADDRESS LIST:
==================

   Las month we have started an address list for systems
   and control people.

   Already about 150 people have added their addresses to the list.

   To register your, simply:
      - go to SCAD
      - go to the ADDRESS LIST link
      - click: add your address
      - fill in the form.

   You can check out addresses by using the search facility or
   by scanning through the full list.

   !!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE, Add your Address to the SCAD ADDRESS LIST !!!!!!!!!!!


How to access scad:
===================
  1.) Using gopher:
    Type
       gopher -p 1/research/scad gopher.utdallas.edu
    or
       gopher gopher.utdallas.edu
    Select `UT-Dallas Research' and then `Systems and Control Archive at
    Dallas'
  2.) Using ftp:
       ftp ftp.utdallas.edu
    Then cd /pub/scad
  3.) Using Worldwide Web:
       URL: http://www.utdallas.edu/research/scad

  More detailed instructions can be obtained by sending an email to

       scad@utdallas.edu

  After accessing SCAD you can find a README file which contains
  more information about SCAD.


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Contributed by Howard Jay Chizeck (hjc2@po.cwru.edu)

FACULTY POSITION IN CONTROLS AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE

The Systems, Control and Industrial Engineering Department invites
applications for a tenure track faculty position at the assistant professor
level in the area of control systems.  This position can begin with either
the Fall 1995 or Spring 1996 semester.

The department is seeking a faculty member who will bring innovative ideas
and effective techniques to research and teaching.  The candidate will be
expected to participate in undergraduate and graduate education and to
conduct independent and collaborative research in areas of control theory or
applications.

We are a small department (8 faculty) in an environment that strongly
encourages and supports interdisciplinary research and education. The
department offers Ph.D. and MS degrees in Systems and Control Engineering,
as well as an accredited BS in Systems and Control Engineering.

Research activities within the department include the following theoretical
topic areas: nonlinear and adaptive control theory, nonlinear filtering
theory, analysis and control of discrete event and hybrid systems,
optimization theory, intelligent control and algebraic systems theory.
Major application projects include vehicle control (braking, cruise control
and power management); biomedical control engineering (design and control of
devices to provide locomotion for paralyzed individuals); environmental
systems modeling and control (including modeling and management of the Great
Lakes Ecosystem, the analysis of resource and economic factors in the
power generation industry, and global systems modeling); and manufacturing
process and industrial systems automation (including flexible manufacturing,
fault detection and diagnosis, and process control).

Applicants should have attained a doctoral degree in systems and control
engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or a closely
related field by the starting date of the appointment.  Candidates must
have strong interest and ability in research and teaching.

New faculty are eligible for special career start-up arrangements, including
summer support and reduced teaching loads, to encourage the development of
successful research programs.

Interested persons should send their resumes and the names and addresses of
at least four references to:

 Professor Howard Jay Chizeck, Chairman
 Department of Systems, Control and Industrial Engineering
 Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue
 Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7070.

Prof. Chizeck can be reached by e-mail via hjc2@po.cwru.edu. Case Western
Reserve University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
Applications from women and minorities are especially encouraged.

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Contributed by:  Jim Taylor (jtaylor@unb.ca)

         INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH CHAIR in REAL-TIME SIGNAL PROCESSING

In anticipation of the establishment of an Industrial Research Chair
in Real-Time Signal Processing, the Faculty of Engineering at the
University of New Brunswick is inviting applications from highly
qualified individuals.  The industrial partner with the University
is IOTEK, a dynamic and innovative firm with an established record
in the development of real-time systems for military and commercial
applications.  It is anticipated that this Chair will be in place by
April 1, 1996.

The appointment is a tenure track position in the Department of
Electrical Engineering.  Excellence of academic qualifications,
industrial experience and willingness to collaborate with industry will
be major factors in the Chair selection.  The Electrical Engineering
Department has research programs in place in the areas of real-time
signal processing and adaptive algorithms for transient signal
analysis.  In addition, cooperation will be expected with existing
Industrial Research Chairs such as the Instrumentation & Control Chair.

Candidates must have a PhD with a strong research record and
demonstrated expertise in real-time signal processing.  The emphasis of
the Chair will be on the development of parameter estimation and
tracking procedures and sensor data association and fusion.  Experience
in sonar signal acquisition and processing is highly desirable.   Full
collaboration with IOTEK  and other industrial sponsors must be a
commitment of the selected candidate.  An important goal of the Chair
will be the transfer of technology to industry.

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The University of New Brunswick is committed to the principle of
employment equity.  In accordance with Canadian Immigration
requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens or permanent
residents.  Nominations, applications and
requests for information should be forwarded to:

                Dr. Wolfgang Faig, Dean
                Faculty of Engineering
                University of New Brunswick
                P.O. Box 4400
                Fredericton, NB  E3B 5A3
                Fax:  506-453-4569

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Contributed by:  Oliver Feng 

                     Ph.D. Studentship
   Developing Generic Controls For Industrial Processes

        A CASE Studentship with OMRON Electronics
                            AND
                  Industrial Control Centre
   Faculty of Engineering & Science, University of Westminster
          115 New Cavendish Street, London W1M 8JS
                    FAX: +44 171 911 5150

Applications are invited for a three year research studentship sponsored by
the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) and OMRON Ltd.
(OMRON is the world's largest supplier of Fuzzy Logic based systems - in
terms of patent field, and use Professor Lotfi Zadeh, the inventor of Fuzzy
Logic, as a consultant)

The research will involve interacting with several manufacturing companies
and assessing their processes for the potential improvement that might be
obtained from using fuzzy logic, neural networks, and established control
applications.

The research student will be expected to exercise intellectual skills in
extracting generic elements within processes that influence the selection of
different design approaches. The final thesis will use the industrial plants
visited as case histories to support the generic development generated by the
student.

Applicants are expected to have a 1st Class or 2nd Class Honours degree (or
low 2nd Class and an MSc) They must demonstrate enthusiasm, knowledge for
control principles and practice, and be willing to have significant
industrial
interaction.

The usual student stipend from EPSRC will be enhanced by the OMRON company.

The studentship offers an ideal opportunity to anyone wishing to develop
research within a real industrial context.

Please send your CV with a covering letter to the Director, Professor J.R.
Leigh at the address given above, by Friday 14th July 1995.

For an informal discussion, please contact Professor J.R. Leigh, or Dr.
Oliver
F. Qi at 0171 911 5178, or email fengo@westminster.ac.uk.

Eligibility requirements exist such that UK or Northern Ireland residents may
receive tuition and maintenance grants, and EC residents may receive tuition
fee grants only. Full details can be supplied on application.


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Contributed by: P. Sannuti: sannuti@ece.rutgers.edu

Title:            H2  OPTIMAL CONTROL
Authors:       Ali Saberi, Peddapullaiah Sannuti, Ben M Chen

Publisher:      Prentice Hall International, London, 1995
ISBN:             0-13-489782-X

471+ pages

Excerpts from Preface

During the last two or three decades, multivariable system analysis and
design techniques have been studied in a variety of settings. A stochastic
interpretation of H2 optimal control theory, known as  linear quadratic
Gaussian (LQG) control theory, is one of the earliest and  powerful design
tools that emerged. As it provided tools for the first time to design
multivariable dynamic controllers in a coherent and methodical manner,
LQG theory came to be known as modern optimal control theory. Although
there exists a vast amount of literature under the heading of LQG theory
or H2 optimal control, there is no single book at this time which
dwells on all the aspects of H2 optimal control. This book is intended to
fill this void.

This  book is not intended to give a chronological development of H2
optimal control from an historical point of view. Its intent is to develop
the complete state of the art of the theory and various design methods
associated with  it  along with their practical implications, while at the
same time dealing with all the issues of an H2 optimal control problem,
namely the existence and uniqueness of an H2 optimal solution,
characterization and parameterization of all H2 optimal static and
dynamic state feedback as well as measurement feedback controllers
and in particular characterization and construction of H2 optimal
observer or estimator based  measurement feedback controllers,
pole/zero cancelations, H2 optimal fixed modes, H2 optimal fixed
decoupling zeros, selection of an H2 optimal controller that places
simultaneously the closed-loop poles at desired locations whenever
possible, selection of an H2 optimal controller to meet some secondary
considerations (e.g. obtaining an  H2 optimal  controller that satisfies
some robustness considerations posed in terms of an H_{infinity}
constraint, etc.), suboptimal solutions, and computational issues. It is
the belief of the authors that theory and practice should coexist together
and be inseparable. This belief is portrayed throughout this book. To do
so, for every aspect of the book either it be analysis or design,
numerically implementable algorithms are provided. Such algorithms can
easily be implemented by the use of ubiquitously available software
packages on linear algebra such as MATLAB.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1.      Introduction
Chapter 2.      Statements of H2 Optimal and Suboptimal Control
                      Problems
Chapter 3.     A Special Coordinate Basis (SCB) of Linear
                      Multivariable Systems
Chapter 4.      Algebraic Riccati Equations, Linear Matrix Inequalities, and
                      Quadratic Matrix Inequalities
Chapter5.      Infima, Existence, and Uniqueness Conditions --
                     Continuous-time Systems
Chapter6.      Infima, Existence, and Uniqueness Conditions --
Chapter 7.     H2 Optimal State Feedback Controllers --
                     Continuous-time Systems
Chapter 8.     H2 Optimal State Feedback Controllers --
                     Discrete-time Systems
Chapter 9.     H2 Optimal Measurement Feedback Controllers --
                     Continuous-time Systems
Chapter 10.   H2 Optimal Measurement Feedback Controllers --
                     Discrete-time Systems
Chapter 11.  H2 Suboptimal State and Measurement Feedback Control
                     for Continuous- and Discrete-time Systems
               References
               Index

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Contributed by: Dimitri P. Bertsekas, 

           DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING AND OPTIMAL CONTROL
                    Dimitri P. Bertsekas

This two-volume textbook, used in a first-year graduate course
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a greatly expanded and
pedagogically  improved version of the author's "Dynamic Programming:
Deterministic and Stochastic Models," (Prentice-Hall, 1987). It treats
simultaneously stochastic optimal control problems popular in modern
control theory and Markovian decision problems popular in operations
research. New features include:

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** neurodynamic programming/reinforcement learning techniques, a recent
breakthrough in the practical application of dynamic programming to
complex problems

** deterministic discrete- and continuous-time optimal control problems,
including the Pontryagin Minimum Principle

** an extensive treatment of deterministic and stochastic shortest path
problems
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The first volume is oriented towards modeling, conceptualization, and
finite-horizon problems, but also includes a substantive introduction
to infinite horizon problems that is suitable for classroom use.

The second volume is oriented towards mathematical analysis and
computation, and treats infinite horizon problems extensively. The text
contains many illustrations, worked-out examples, and exercises.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I (400 pages)

1. The Dynamic Programming Algorithm
2. Deterministic Systems and the Shortest Path Problem
3. Deterministic Continuous-Time Optimal Control
4. Problems with Perfect State Information
5. Problems with Imperfect State Information
6. Suboptimal and Adaptive Control
7. Introduction to Infinite Horizon Problems

Appendixes: Math. Review, Probability Review, Least Squares Estimation
and the Kalman Filter


CONTENTS OF VOLUME II (304 pages, available August 1995)

1. Infinite Horizon - Discounted  Problems
2. Stochastic Shortest Path Problems
3. Undiscounted Problems
4. Average Cost per Stage Problems
5. Continuous-Time Problems

For FTP access of detailed table of contents, preface, and the 1st
chapter: FTP to LIDS.MIT.EDU with username ANONYMOUS, enter password
as directed, and type cd /pub/bertsekas/DP_BOOK

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Dynamic Programming and Optimal Control, Vol. I.
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Free 30-Day Exam. Copy to Prospective Instructors (N. America only)
Free Deskcopy and Solutions Manual Upon Classroom Adoption

Additional titles scheduled for publication in a series of textbooks
for MIT graduate courses:

1) Nonlinear Programming, by Dimitri P. Bertsekas (due Fall 1995).
2) Linear Programming, by Dimitris Bertsimas and John N. Tsitsiklis
(due Spring 1996).
3) Neuro-Dynamic Programming, by Dimitri P. Bertsekas and John N.
Tsitsiklis (due Spring 1996).

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Contributed by: Robert M. Gray

Book Announcement:
                   Fourier Transforms:
             An Introduction for Engineers
                          by
          Robert M. Gray and Joseph W. Goodman
             Information Systems Laboratory
             Dept. of Electrical Engineering
             Stanford University

Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston

Date of publishing: May 1995
384 pp.
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This book develops the basic definitions, properties and applications of
Fourier analysis, the emphasis being on techniques for its application
to linear systems, although other applications are also considered. The
book is intended to serve as both a reference text and a teaching text
for a one-quarter or one-semester course covering the application of
Fourier analysis to a wide variety of signals, including discrete time,
continuous time, finite duration, and infinite duration. It highlights
the common aspects in all cases considered, thereby building an
intuition from simple examples that will be useful in the more
complicated examples where careful proofs are not included.


Table of Contents:

Preface
1 Signals and Systems
 1.1 Waveforms and Sequences           1.2 Basic Signal Examples
 1.3 Random Signals                    1.4 Systems
 1.5 Linear Combinations               1.6 Shifts
 1.7 Two-Dimensional Signals           1.8 Sampling, Windowing, and Extending
 1.9 Probability Functions             1.10 Problems
2 The Fourier Transform
 2.1 Basic Definitions                 2.2 Simple Examples
 2.3 Cousins of the Fourier Transform  2.4 Multidimensional Transforms
 2.5 The DFT Approximation to the CTFT 2.6 The Fast Fourier Transform
 2.7 Existence Conditions              2.8 Problems
3 Fourier Inversion
 3.1 Inverting the DFT                 3.2 Discrete Time Fourier Series
 3.3 Inverting the Inf. Duration DTFT  3.4 Inverting the CTFT
 3.5 Continuous Time Fourier Series    3.6 Duality
 3.7 Summary                           3.8 Orthonormal Bases
 3.9 Discrete Time Wavelet Transforms  3.10 Two-Dimensional Inversion
 3.11 Problems
4 Basic Properties
 4.1 Linearity                         4.2 Shifts
 4.3 Modulation                        4.4 Parseval's Theorem
 4.5 The Sampling Theorem              4.6 The DTFT of a Sampled Signal
 4.7 Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)  4.8 The Stretch Theorem
 4.9 Downsampling                      4.10 Upsampling
 4.11 The Derivative and Diff. Thms    4.12 Moment Generating
 4.13 Bandwidth and Pulse Width        4.14 Symmetry Properties
 4.15 Problems
5 Generalized Transforms and Functions
 5.1 Limiting Transforms                5.2 Periodic Signals and F. Series
 5.3 Generalized Functions              5.4 F.Transforms of Generalized Fns
 5.5 Derivatives of Delta Functions     5.6 The Generalized Fn $\delta
 (g(t))$
 5.7 Impulse Trains                     5.8 Problems
6 Convolution and Correlation
 6.1 Linear Systems and Convolution     6.2 Convolution
 6.3 Examples of Convolution            6.4 The Convolution Theorem
 6.5 Fourier Analysis of Linear Systems 6.6 The Integral Theorem
 6.7 Sampling Revisited                 6.8 Correlation
 6.9 Parseval's Theorem Revisited       6.10 Bandwidth and Pulsewidth
 Revisited
 6.11 The Central Limit Theorem         6.12 Problems
7 Two Dimensional Fourier Analysis
 7.1 Properties of 2-D F. Transforms    7.2 Two Dimensional Linear Systems
 7.3 Reconstruction from Projections    7.4 The Inversion Problem
 7.5 Examples of the Projection-Slice Theorem 7.6 Reconstruction
 7.7 Two-Dimensional Sampling Theory    7.8 Problems
8 Memoryless Nonlinearities
 8.1 Memoryless Nonlinearities          8.2 Sinusoidal Inputs
 8.3 Phase Modulation                   8.4 Uniform Quantization
 8.5 Problems
Appendix: Fourier Transform Tables
Bibliography
Index


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                                AUTOMATICA
                            Table of contents
July, 1995                                               Issue  31:7
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Regular Papers

O. Toker, H. Ozbay              Gap metric problem for MIMO delay systems:
                                Parametrization of all suboptimal
                                controllers

B. Brogliato, R. Ortega, R.     Globally tracking controllers for flexible
Lozano                          joint manipulators: A comparative study

R. G. Hakvoort, P. M. J. Van    Consistent parameter bounding identification
 den Hof                        for linearly parametrized model sets

F. Viel, E. Busvelle, J. P.     Stability of polymerization reactors using
Gauthier                        i/o-linearization and a high- gain observer


Brief Papers

I. Borno, Z. Gajic              Parallel algorithms for optimal control of
                                waekly coupled and singularly perturbed jump
                                linear systems

J. Hu, D.M. Dawson, Y. Qian     Position tracking control of an induction
                                motor via partial state feedback

Z. J. Palmor, Y. Halevi, N.     Automatic tuning of decentralized PID
Krasney                         controllers for TITO processes

G. H. Yang, S. Y. Zhang         Structural properties of large-scale systems
                                possessing similar structures

W.X. Zheng, C.B. Feng           A bias correction method for indirect
                                identification of closed-loop systems

J. R. H. Carvalho, P. A. V.     Multiple criteria control: A convex
Ferreira                        programming approach

Feng Zheng, Mian Cheng and      Variable structure control of time-delay
Wei-Bing Gao                    systems with a simulation study on
stabilizing
                                the combustion in liquid propellant rocket
                                motors

A. Medvedev                     Fault detection and isolation by continuous
                                parity space method

L. Turan, D. L. Mingori         A unified loop transfer recovery approach to
                                robust control using H(infinity)-optimization
                                methods

M. M. Seron, D. J. Hill, A.     Nonlinear adaptive control of feedback
passive
L. Fradkov                       systems


Technical Communiques

D. S. Bernstein, W. M.          A Popov criterion for uncertain linear
Haddad, A. G. Sparks            multivariable systems


Book Reviews

J. Boehm                        T.T. Hartely, G.O. Beale, S.P. Chicatelli:
                                Digital simulation of dynamic systems: A
                                control theory approach

M. Chappell                     R. Martin, K.L. Teo: Optimal control of drug
                                administration in cancer chemotheraphy

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Contributed by Jan H. van Schuppen (J.H.van.Schuppen@cwi.nl)

Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Volume 7, Issue 4


G.E. Coxson and C.L. DeMarco,
The Computational Complexity of Approximating the
Minimal Perturbation Scaling To Achieve Instability in
an Interval Matrix,
pp. 279-291.

V.V. Veeravalli, T. Basar, and H.V. Poor,
Decentralized Sequential Detection with Sensors
Performing Sequential Tests,
pp. 292-305.

A.-J. van der Veen and P. Dewilde,
Embedding of Time-Varying Contractive Systems in
Lossless Realizations,
pp. 306-330.

V. Solo,
On the Stability of Slowly Time-Varying Linear Systems,
pp. 306-350.

K.A. Morris,
State Feedback and Estimation of Well-Posed Systems,
pp. 351-388.


REMINDER
The new address for submissions is:

J.H. van Schuppen
Co-Editor MCSS
CWI
P.O. Box 94079
1090 GB Amsterdam
The Netherlands

E-mail inquires regarding submission should be addressed
to: mcss@cwi.nl.

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Contributed by: nelson@siam.org

                    TABLE OF CONTENTS
          SIAM J.OPTIMIZATION, VOL.5,NO.3, AUG 1995,


Nonpolyhedral Relaxations of Graph Bisection Problems
 Svatopluk Poljak and Franz Rendl

Faster Simulated Annealing - Bennett Fox

Incorporating Condition Measures into the Complexity Theory of Linear
 Programming
 James Renegar

Global Convergence of a Long-Step Affine-Scaling Algorithm for Degenerate
 Linear Programming Problems
 Takashi Tsuchiya and Masakazu Muramatsu

On Eigenvalue Optimization
 Alexander Shapiro and Michael K. H. Fan

Data Parallel Quadratic Programming on Box-Constrained Problems
  Mike P. McKenna, Jill P. Mesirov, and Stavros A. Zenios

A Sequential Quadratic Programming Algorithm Using an Incomplete Solution
 of the Subproblem
 Walter Murray and Francisco J. Prieto

Local Convergence of SQP Methods in Semi-Infinite Programming
 G. Gramlich, R. Hettich, and E. W. Sachs

Taylor's Formula for Ck,1 Functions
 Dinh The Luc

The Linear Nonconvex Generalized Gradient and Lagrange Multipliers
 Jay S. Treiman

On the Simulation and Control of Some Friction Constrained Motions
 Roland Glowinski and Anthony J. Kearsley

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                 TABLE OF CONTENTS
          SIAM J. MATRIX ANALYSIS APPLICATIONS
             VOL. 16, NO. 4, OCTOBER 1995

On a Sturm Sequence of Polynomials for Unitary Hessenberg Matrices
 Angelika Bunse-Gerstner and Chunyang He

Least Squares Sign Solvability
 Bryan L. Shader

On Eigenvalue Estimates for Block Incomplete Factorization Methods
 O. Axelsson and H. Lu

Diagonal Dominance in the Parallel Partition Method for Tridiagonal Systems
 Chris Walshaw

Matrices with Sign Consistency of a Given Order
 J. M. Pena

On a QR-like Algorithm for Some Structured Eigenvalue Problems
 A. George, Kh. D. Ikramov, E. V. Matushkina, and W.-P. Tang

The Group Inverse Associated with an Irreducible Periodic Nonnegative Matrix
 Steve Kirkland

Variable Block CG Algorithms for Solving Large Sparse Symmetric Positive
Definite Linear Systems on Parallel Computers, I: General Iterative Scheme
 A. A. Nikishin and A. Yu Yeremin

A Restarted GMRES Method Augmented with Eigenvectors
 Ronald B. Morgan

Comments on Large Least Squares Problems Involving Kronecker Products
 Hongyuan Zha

Trace and Eigenvalue Inequalities for Ordinary and Hadamard Products of
Positive Semidefinite Hermitian Matrices
 Bo-Ying Wang and Fuzhen Zhang

A Basis-Kernal Representation of Orthogonal Matrices
 Xiaobai Sun and Christian Bischof

On the Convergence of the Jacobi Method for Arbitrary Orderings
 Walter F. Mascarenhas

Multisplitting Preconditioners Based on Incomplete Choleski Factorizations
 R. Bru, C. Corral, A. Martinez, J. Mas

On the Symmetric and Unsymmetric Solution Set of Interval Systems
 Gotz Alefeld and Gunter Mayer

A Domain Decomposition Method for First-Order PDEs
 Lina Hemmingsson

Some Properties of Fully Semimonotone Q0-Matrices
 G. S. R. Murthy and T. Parthasarathy

Stability of Linear Equations Solvers in Interior-Point Methods
 Stephen J. Wright

The Algebraic Riccati Equation and Inequality for Systems with Uncontrollable
Modes on the Imaginary Axis
 Carsten W. Scherer

Perturbation Bounds for the Generalized Shur Decomposition
 Ji-guang Sun

Application of Vector-Valued Rational Approximations to the Matrix Eigenvalue
Problem and Connections with Krylov Subspace Methods
 Avram Sidi

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Contributed by: Edwin F. Beschler 

        Journal of Mathematical Systems, Estimation, and Control

Volume 5, Number 3

Table of contents


Stability of Discrete Time Jump Linear Systems
        Yuguang Fang, Kenneth A. Loparo, and Xiangbo Feng  275

Unique Identification of Coefficient Matrices, Time Delays
        and Initial Functions of Functional Differential Equations
        Shin-ichi Nakagiri and Masahiro Yamamoto  323

Necessary Condition and Genericity of Dynamic Feedback Linearization
        P. Rouchon   345

Summary: A Measure Change Derivation of Continuous
            State Baum-Welch Estimators
            Lakhdar Aggoun, Robert J. Elliott, and John B. Moore   359

Summary: Splitting Subspaces and Acausal Spectral Factors
            Gy=F6rgy Michaletzky and Augusto Ferrante   363

Summary: A Hamiltonian Formalism for Optimization Problems
            Leonid Faybusovich   367

Summary: Control System Radii and Approximation: A Case
            Study for the 1-D Heat Equation
            J.A. Burns and Gunther Peichl    371

Summary: Lowering the Orders of Derivatives of Controls
            in Generalized State Space Systems
            E. Delaleau and W. Respondek   375

Summary: Time Minimal Synthesis for Planar Systems
             in the Neighborhood of a Terminal Manifold
             of Codimension One
             B. Bonnard and M. Pelletier   379
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Contributed by Bijoy K. Ghosh,

             IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
                        announces
   a special issue on Control and Systems Analysis in Medicine

Edited by

Clyde F. Martin;
Department of Mathematics; Texas Tech University; Lubbock, TX 79409

and

Bijoy K. Ghosh;
Department of Systems Science and Mathematics; Washington University;
Saint Louis, MO 63130

The main emphasis of this special issue would be in system and control
Theory and how it interacts with medicine. All applications would be
considered.  This includes the following areas.

1. Problems in Vision including Modelling of Eye Movement and Eye-Brain-Motor
Coordination.

2. Control of Infectious Diseases.

3. System Identification with respect to automated reading of
Electrocardiograms and X-rays.  Identification issues in MRI.

4. Control Problems in Assisted Walking.

5. Guidance of Probes in Cardiac Surgery. Problems in Cardiac Modelling.

6. Modelling of organs (such as the kidney) as an input output model.

7. Problems in Human Genome Studies.

Papers coauthored by a control theorist and experts from biology and medicine
are encouraged.

The papers are due by March 1, 1996 and should be sent to Clyde F. Martin.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by July 1, 1996.  The special issue
is targeted for 1998.  All papers will be refereed as per IEEE Guidelines.

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Contributed by:  Michael G. Safonov 


                      CALL FOR PAPERS

   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL

                      Special Issue on

               MULTIVARIABLE STABILITY MARGIN

Over the last decade, considerable research has been devoted to the
analysis and synthesis of control systems with uncertainty. In
particular, the concept of the multivariable stability margin (or
equivalently, the structured singular value) was introduced to study
structured uncertainty in linear models.  It is defined in such a way
as to give a precise characterization of robust stability and
performance, in an H-infinity sense, for a rich variety of uncertainty
descriptions. Except for special cases, the exact calculation of the
multivariable stability margin is known to be computationally
intractable and bounds have been developed to provide necessary or
sufficient conditions for robust stability and performance.  Among
them, many are computationally attractive and their efficient software
implementations are available.

Papers are solicited for a special issue of the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL, scheduled December 1996, on
MULTIVARIABLE STABILITY MARGIN.  Papers describing recent advances in
multivariable stability margin or structured singular value analysis
or computation are solicited.

SIX copies of the manuscripts should be submitted to Michael G.
Safonov or K.H. Michael Fan by October 15, 1995 for review.
Manuscripts must not be longer than 9000 words of text, such that the
length of the paper including figures, tables, and reference is within
15 pages of the International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control.
For author guidelines, please refer to a recent issue of the IJRNC, or
contact the guest-editors.

IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline:   October 15, 1995
                 Notification of decision:    March    1, 1996
                 Final manuscript submission: April   15, 1996

GUEST EDITORS:

Michael G. Safonov                   K.H. Michael Fan
Department of Electrical             School of Electrical and
  Engineering-Systems                  Computer Engineering
University of Southern California    Georgia Institute of Technology
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2563           Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
Phone: +1-213-740-4455               Phone: +1-404-853-9828
Fax:   +1-213-740-4449               Fax:   +1-404-853-9171
Email: safonov@bode.usc.edu          Email: fan@ee.gatech.edu


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Contributed by: Bijoy Ghosh  

            Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems-96
           Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
                          June 24-28, 1996

The 1996 International Symposium on the Mathematical Theory of Networks and
Systems, MTNS 96 will be held in June 24-28, 1996 at the Washington
University
in Saint Louis.  The Chairmen of the Symposium are Christopher I. Byrnes,
Biswa Nath Datta and Clyde F. Martin.  The symposium will consist of plenary
talks and lectures in special topics together with contributed papers and
invited sessions.

Second Call for Contributed Papers and Invited Sessions

Contributed papers and invited sessions for MTNS 96 are hereby solicited in
all traditional areas involving Mathematics of Networks and Systems as well
as emerging fields in Engineering and Mathematics with potential impact in
Circuits, Automatic Control Systems and Signal Processing. Such topics
include, but are not limited to Mathematical Theory of Networks and Circuits,
Linear and Numerical Linear Algebra in Systems, Control and Signal
Processing,
Image Processing, Wavelets, Information Networking, Visionics, Robotics,
Stochastic Systems, Distributed Parameter and Infinite Dimensional Systems,
Nonlinear Systems and Control, System Identification, Robust Control,
Adaptive Control,  Computation and Control, Flow Control and Computational
Fluid Dynamics.  We also encourage contributions in the application areas of
Aerospace, Communication, Bio-Medical, Manufacturing, Transportation and
Process Control.  A Proceedings of the conference is intended to be published
by Birkhauser.

Regular Papers:
The Program Committee is soliciting regular papers that describe completed
work in some detail.  The authors should submit hard copies of 4 page
extended abstracts with bibliography by November 1, 1995 to the Symposium
Charman Biswa Nath Datta.

Invited Sessions:
The Program Committee is soliciting proposals for invited sessions. Cohesive
sessions focusing on new or emerging topics in the above listed areas of
interest are particularly encouraged and will have a priority over those of
a classical or mainstream flavor.  Session organizer should plan on 4 or 5
speakers in a session and should submit 4 copies of the proposal by November
1, 1995 to the Symposium Chairman Clyde F. Martin.  Such a proposal must
include 4 page extended abstracts of all papers proposed. An intent to submit
an invited session proposal is also due by October 1, 1995.  A complete
guidelines for an invited session proposal is available from Clyde F. Martin
upon receipt of the statement of intent.

ADDRESSES FOR SUBMISSIONS

REGULAR PAPERS MTNS-96
Prof. Biswa Datta
Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Northern Illinois Univ.
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
ph:  815 753 6759
fax: 815 753 1112
dattab@math.niu.edu

INVITED SESSIONS MTNS-96
Prof. Clyde F. Martin
Dept. of Mathematics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409
ph:     806 742 1511
fax:    806 742 1112
GQCFM@TTACS1.TTU.EDU

GENERAL INFORMATION MTNS-96
Prof. Christopher I. Byrnes
Office of the Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Campus Box 1163, Washington University
Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899
ph:     314 721 7266
fax:    314 935 6949
ChrisByrnes@seas.wustl.edu

SCHEDULE SUMMARY:
1 Oct., 1995: Deadline for statement of intent to submit invited session
              proposals
1 Nov., 1995: Deadline for submission of contributed papers and invited
              session proposals.
1 Feb., 1996: Notification of acceptance of papers and invited sessions.

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Contributed by: M. Vidyasagar    

    INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON INTELLIGENT ROBOTIC SYSTEMS (ISIRS '95)

                NOVEMBER 22-24, 1995, BANGALORE, INDIA

                            SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

Following the success of the First and Second International Symposia for
Intelligent Robotics (ISIR '91) and {ISIR '93), it is planned to organize
the International Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems (ISIRS '95) in
Bangalore, India during November 22-24, 1995.  The change of name reflects a
broadening of the scope of the symposium to encompass not merely robotic
systems but intelligent systems of all kinds.  As on past occasions there
will be two or three plenary speakers from various parts of the world.  In
addition, there will be a one-day tutorial on "Neural Networks and Fuzzy
Logic for Intelligent Control" on November 21.  A full social program for
accompanying persons as well as pre- and post- symposium tours will be
organized.

Of special interest to control and system theorists is the fact that
this year's symposium will contain some papers on topics such as

-- Computational learning theory
-- Worst-case and H-infinity identification
-- Neural networks and neurodynamics
-- Intelligent Control

and allied topics.

The weather in Bangalore in November will be delightful.  The dates of
the symposium are chosen to coincide with the U.S. Thanksgiving week.
The symposium will be held at the five-star Hotel Ashok, where the special
symposium rates are $ 60 for a single and $ 70 for a double room (cheap!).
There are several interesting places to see in and around Bangalore,
ranging from 900 year-old temples to wildlife sanctuaries.
Previous symposia have seen about 40 overseas papers, and this year's
symposium should have even more.  See you in Bangalore in November!

SCOPE OF THE SYMPOSIUM

The scope of the symposium will cover the general areas of intelligent
robotics and intelligent systems.  It will encompass but not be limited to:

-- Robot Control        -- Motion and Trajectory Planning
-- Grasping             -- Mobile Robots
-- Vision and Sensing   -- Image Analysis
-- Virtual Reality      -- Computational Algebra and Geometry
-- Neural Networks      -- Computational Learning Theory
-- Intelligent Control  -- Factories of the Future

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Submission of Extended Abstracts        July 31, 1995
Notification of Acceptance              August 31, 1995
Final Version of Abstracts Due          September 30, 1995
Finished Papers Due                     November 22, 1995
Dates of the Symposium                  November 22-24, 1995

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Authors are requested to send an extended abstract of 1,000 to 1,500
words describing their contribution to either of the following:

General Chairman of the Symposium

M. Vidyasagar, Director
Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Raj Bhavan Circle, High Grounds
Bangalroe 560 001, INDIA
E-Mail: sagar@cair.ernet.in

Co-Chairman of the Symposium

Mark W. Spong
Coordinated Sciences Laboratory
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, IL 61801
U.S.A.
E-Mail: spong@lagrange.csl.uiuc.edu

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Contributed by: Neri Merhav (merhav@ee.technion.ac.il)


                     1996 INFORMATION THEORY WORKSHOP
                   Dan-Carmel, Haifa, Israel, June 9--13, 1996
Venue:
=====
The 1996 Information Theory Workshop will be held at the luxurious Dan-Carmel
hotel located on the famous Carmel mountain in the beautiful city of Haifa.
The first class Dan-Carmel is equipped with superb conference facilities.
In this forum the 65th birthday of Prof. Jacob Ziv will be celebrated, and
he will also be the honored plenary speaker.

The workshop is sponsored by the IEEE Information Theory Society,
the Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies, the Institute of Advanced Studies
in Mathematics, the Technion and Elbit.

Organizers:
==========
Neri Merhav, Dept. Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel.
E-mail: merhav@ee.technion.ac.il, Tel: (972) 4--294737, Fax: (972) 4-323041.

Shlomo Shamai, Dept. Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel.
E-mail: sshlomo@ee.technion.ac.il, Tel: (972) 4--294713, Fax: (972)
4-323041.

Moshe Sidi, Dept. Electrical Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel.
E-mail: moshe@ee.technion.ac.il, Tel: (972) 4--294650, Fax: (972) 4-323041.

Aaron D. Wyner, AT\&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ. 07974, USA.
E-mail: adw@research.att.com, Tel: (908) 582--2916, Fax: (908) 582--2379.

Meir Feder, Dept. Elec. Eng.-Systems, Tel Aviv Univ, Ramat-Aviv, 69978,
Israel
E-mail: meir@eng.tau.ac.il, Tel: (972) 3--6408060 , Fax: (972) 3--6407095.

Technical Program:
=================
The technical program is planned to include nine half-day sessions as well as
an evening ``Recent Results'' session.
The technical sessions and the corresponding
session chairmen are:

Shannon Theory: S. Verdu
Source Coding: T. Berger
Coded-Modulation: D. Forney
Convolutional and Block Codes: R. Calderbank
Cryptography: J. Massey
Detection and Estimation: V. Poor
Network Information Theory: R. Gallager
Statistics and Information Theory: I. Csiszar
Communications Techniques and Models: J. Wolf
Recent Results: M. Feder

Call for Papers:
===============
1--page Abstract (ISIT style) contributions for short presentations
at the recent result session are solicited, and should be sent to
Dr. Feder not later than October 1st, 1995.

Social Program:
==============
Cocktail-reception, reception at the EE Dept. at the Technion,
excursion to Jerusalem, and a special reception in honor of Professor Ziv
(sponsored by the Israel Academy of Science and Humanities), and a banquet.

Tentative Costs:
===============
The registration fee (IEEE advanced registration) is expected to be about
$350 (which will include all social events and a daily lunch).
Student minimum rates (of about $50) which will not cover social events and
lunches will also be available.
Lodging at the Dan Carmel is expected to range between $110--$140 for a
single room.

Further Information:
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Please contact the Organizers and/or the Local Conference Organizing Office:
Mrs. Pnina Sason, Technion---The Division for Continuing Education and
External Studies, Haifa 32000, Israel.
Tel: (972) 4--294464, (972) 4--225150, Fax: (972) 4--294466.

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Contributed by: J. Kadlec (j.kadlec@ee.qub.ac.uk)

             Parallel Processing under MATLAB
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This one day tutorial will be organised as part of the

               WORLD TRANSPUTER CONGRESS 1995
                 Royal Baths Assembly Rooms
               Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK
                  on 3rd September 1995

The topics of the tutorial:
- Introduction to MATLAB package for PC Windows.
- Direct control of Transputer/DEC Alpha AXP networks from PC MATLAB.
  (languages, servers, control from Windows)
- Introduction to programming of C functions compatible with
  MATLAB/transputers/DEC Alphas
- Design of transputer/Alpha  graphics/user-interfaces
  for PC Windows via MATLAB.
- Programming of parallel transputer  systems from MATLAB.
  (static configurations, flood-fill)
- Programming of parallel DEC AXP RISC systems from MATLAB.
  (Use of DEC Optimizing ANSI C for programming of Alpha boards
   with transputer links)
- Benchmark results for:
  MATLAB on PC,P5,SPARC,HP; MATLAB+network of T8; MATLAB+network Alphas

The PC based system with MATLAB/4xT805/4xAD66(233 MHz/466 mips per
processor) will be demonstrated after the workshop in the section of
Academic presentations of the Congress.

A detailed description and booking forms can be picked from the WWW home page
of the Matlab UK&Irl User Group:

http://faith.swan.ac.uk/chris.html/MUGUK/muguk.html

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Contributed by: K. Dean Minto (minto@crd.ge.com)

 Advance Registration Notice: 4th IEEE Conference on Control Applications

  This notice is a reminder of the upcoming 4th IEEE Conference on
Control Applications, to be held at in Albany, New York, September 28-29,
1995.
Should you wish to pregister for this conference, then send an email request
to

        cca@crd.ge.com

and we will send an email version of the advance registration forms for both
conference and hotel.

Some additional information on the preconference workshops to be held on
September 27 follows below.


                        ===== WORKSHOP #1 =====

          DIRECT MULTIVARIABLE MODEL REFERENCE ADAPTIVE CONTROL:
                        Theory and Applications

                            Howard Kaufman
           Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering Dept
         Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590

                            Izhak Bar-Kana
                  Electrical and Computer Engineering
               Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104

                               Ken Sobel
           Electrical Engineering Dept, City University of NY
              138 th St at Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031

         This course is a self contained compendium of easily implementable
 adaptive control algorithms, that have been developed and applied for over
 10 years. These algorithms do not require explicit process parameter
 identification and have been successfully applied to a wide variety of
 engineering problems including flexible structure control, blood pressure
 control, and robotics. In general, these algorithms are suitable for a wide
 class of multiple input-multiple output control systems containing
 significant uncertainty as well as disturbances.

        The presentation is such that persons with a basic linear systems
 background will be able to develop and apply the adaptive algorithms to
 their particular problems. Thus besides developing the theoretical details
 of the algorithm, the course gives considerable emphasis to the design
 recipes and to representative applications in flight control, flexible
 structure control, and robotics.

 Textbook: Direct Adaptive Control Algorithms: Theory and Applications,
 by H. Kaufman, I. Bar-Kana, and K. Sobel, Springer Verlag, 1994. The
 text will be available at a discounted price at the conference.


                         ===== WORKSHOP #2 =====

                  APPLICATIONS OF FUZZY CONTROL & MODELING

        Dr. Piero P. Bonissone                  Prof. K. Krishnakumar
        Dr. Pratap S. Khedkar                   Prof. Antony Satyadas
        General Electric Corporate R&D          The University of Alabama
        Schenectady, NY 12301                   Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0280

       Part I

 Fuzzy Logic Control (FLC) technology has drastically reduced the
 development time and deployment cost for the synthesis of nonlinear
 controllers for dynamic systems.  As a result we have experienced an
 increased number of FLC applications.
 Recently this technology has been combined with neural networks to
 produce adaptive knowledge-based systems.

 This tutorial will compare these applications in a cost/complexity
 framework,
 and examine the driving factors that led to the use of FLCs in each
 application.  We will emphasize the role of fuzzy logic in
 developing supervisory controllers and in maintaining explicit the
 tradeoff criteria used to manage multiple control strategies.

 Finally we will cover some of our neuro-fuzzy technology research
 efforts in automatic rule base tuning and generation, leading
 leading to the applications of reinforcement learning,
 supervised learning, rule clustering, and unsupervised learning.

 Part II

        Fuzzy modeling of controllers, expert systems, group and single
 decision support systems, and prediction systems, have been
 successfully applied to diverse domains. Fuzzy modeling employs
 fuzzy logic based rules, and fuzzy reasoning to qualify and quantify
 imprecise and uncertain information. Fuzzy Models learn simple as well as
 extremely non-linear and complex relationships between variables,
 they are compact in size, and if carefully designed, they are
 robust in performance.
        Genetic Algorithm (GA) optimization techniques have
 been shown to be powerful tools for synthesizing fuzzy models.
 Evolutionary Fuzzy Modeling (EFM) uses GA to evolve the rules, and
 fuzzy membership definitions using user defined performance
 measures.
        This tutorial will provide a hands-on approach to problem solving
 using Evolutionary Fuzzy Modeling (EFM) approach.
 The primary goal of this tutorial is to make sure that every participant
 is able to recognize problems that require EFM, and formalize this
 approach for solving a problem of his interest by the end of the
 tutorial period. Participants will receive a copy of a working EFM
 software that will be demonstrated for its usefulness using several
 problems of interest to control engineers.


                         ===== WORKSHOP #3 =====

                POWER SYSTEM DYNAMIC SIMULATION AND CONTROL

    John Hauer, Dan Trudinowski (Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories)
                         Meir Klein (Ontario Hydro)
               Graham Rogers (Cherry Tree Scientific Software)
                 Joe Chow (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

        Power system stability is essential for the security and reliability
        of
 electricity supply. While there is some inherent stability in the
 interaction of the synchronous, alternating current generators which are
 the prime source of power,  their interaction is non-linear and depends on
 the configuration of the transmission network and the level of
 and load. Local and centralized controls are required to maintain system
 frequency and voltage. These complicate the interactions within the system
 and introduce the possibility of a number of modes of instability
 must be corrected by careful control and system design. The capital cost
 of additional generating stations and of new transmission lines forces the
 power system designer to rely on controls to give acceptable margins.

        Most power system design, planning and operation relies heavily on
 simulation. The simulation models are detailed and extensive. For studies
 of the large interconnected systems in the USA and Canada, system models
 having over 20,000 dynamic states are common.  Because of the complexity
 of the system, the random nature of much of the power systems load, and
 the increase in system stress caused by intense economic pressure, it is
 becoming more and more important to use accurately validated models in
 system simulation. This has led to the need for extensive system
 monitoring and measurement. Coordinated system wide measurements are
 necessary to give the power system analyst a good understanding of the
 systems characteristics under real faults. Comparison with simulation may
 then be used to improve the simulation model and increase the confidence
 which can be placed on simulation results.

        The workshop program will cover practical and educational aspects
 ofpower system simulation, model identification and control. It will
 comprise 6 hours of lectures and demonstrations.


                         ===== WORKSHOP # 4 =====

    FLEXIBLE AC TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS: EXISTING AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS
                Michael Henderson (New York Power Authority)
               with participations from EPRI, NYPA, PTI, AEP,
                      ACTICON, Westinghouse, and others

 Tentative schedule

 Morning
 1. Overview of FACTS Devices                           EPRI
   Characteristics and Capabilities
 2. NYPA Case Studies on the Applications of FACTS      NYPA/PTI
   TCSC, STATCON, SMES/BES, UPFC
 3. AEP Case Study of FACTS Device                      AEP
 4. Operating Aspects of FACTS                          NYPA/PTI
 5. Impact on Energy Management System

 Afternoon
 6. PLC Control Applications for FACTS Devices          ACTICON
 7. Experience with HVDC Interconnections
 8. A Manufacturer's Perspective                        Westinghouse
                                                        ABB
                                                        and others
 9. Panel Discussion                                    All



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