E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 89, January 1, 1996
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 89, January 1, 1996
HAPPY NEW YEAR
FROHES NEUJAHR
BONNE ANNEE
FELIZ ANO NUEVO
GELUKKIG NIEUWJAAR
E-mail: eletter-request@win.tue.nl
Editors: Anton A. Stoorvogel
Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
the Netherlands
Fax +31-40-2465995
Siep Weiland
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
the Netherlands
Fax +31-40-2434582
Contents
1. Editorial
2. Personals
3. General announcements
3.1 SIAM Election Results
3.2 SCAD
4. Positions
4.1 Two faculty positions Univ. of Texas at San Antonio
4.2 Post-Doctoral Position, Univ. of Texas at Dallas
5. Books
5.1 Qualitative theory of dynamical systems, Michel/Wang
5.2 The science of computer benchmarking, Hockney
5.3 Balanced control of flexible structures, Gawronski
5.4 Nonlinear systems, 2nd Ed., Khalil
6. Journals
6.1 TOC Lin. Alg. Appl., Vol. 233, 234
6.2 TOC Automatica, Vol. 31:12, 32:1
6.3 TOC J. Mathematical Systems Estimation and Control, Vol. 6:1
6.4 TOC Circuits, Systems, and Signal Proc., Vol. 15:1
6.5 TOC Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 15:4, 16:1
6.6 CfP Special Issue on Hybrid Control Systems, IEEE Trans. Aut. Cont.
6.7 TOC IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 41:1
7. Conferences
7.1 Workshop on Interactive Voice Techn. for Telecommunications App.
Basking Ridge, NJ, USA
7.2 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conf., London, U.K.
7.3 and associated Fifth Communication Theory Mini-conference
7.4 Symposium on Measurement and Control in Robotics, Brussels, Belgium
7.5 Brazilian Automatic Control Conference, Sao Paulo, Brazil
7.6 Chinese Control Conference, Qingdao, Shandong, China
7.7 Conf. on Variational Calculus, Optimal Control and Appl.
Trassenheide, Germany
7.8 Symposium on Applied Mathematics, Univ. Notre Dame
7.9 Int. Summer School Modelling and Control of Mechanisms and Robots,
Bertinoro, Italy
7.10 1996 MTNS, St. Louis
7.11 IEEE Int. Symposium on Intelligent Control, Dearborn, Michigan
7.12 Int. Conf., IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Taipei, Taiwan
7.13 NATA Adv. Study Inst. Soft Computing & Appl., Istanbul, Turkey
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Contributed by: C. de Silva
Please note that I have completed my sabbatical leave, and have
returned to Vancouver, Canada. My coordinates, as before, are:
Clarence W. de Silva
NSERC Chair Professor of Industrial Automation
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of British Columbia
2324 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
CANADA
Tel: (604) 822-6291
Fax: (604) 822-2403
Labs: (604) 822-3147 and 4850
e-mail: desilva@mech.ubc.ca
Thank you.
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Contributed by: Uwe Helmke
please note that I have now moved to Wuerzburg. My new address is:
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| Prof. Dr. Uwe Helmke |
| Mathematisches Institut |
| Universitaet Wuerzburg |
| Am Hubland |
| 97074 Wuerzburg |
| Tel.: 0931/888-5004 |
| Fax : 0931/888-4611 |
| email: helmke@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de |
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Contributed by: bogardo@siam.org
SIAM Election Results
Following are the results of the recent SIAM election. The terms are
effective January 1, 1996.
President-Elect: John Guckenheimer (will assume the presidency
January 1, 1997; Margaret Wright continues as
president through the end of 1996)
VP at Large: Thomas A. Manteuffel
Secretary: Peter E. Castro
Board of Trustees: Margaret Cheney
James M. Hyman
Cleve Moler
Council: Kathryn Eleda Brenan
Eric Grosse
Nicholas John Higham
Lloyd N. Trefethen
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Contributed by: Raimund J. Ober
Xu Huang
UPDATE ON SCAD DATABASE -- December 1995
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Systems and Control Archive at Dallas
gopher: gopher.utdallas.edu
ftp address: ftp.utdallas.edu
IP number: 129.110.10.14
Worldwide web: URL: http://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/
queries (email): scad@utdallas.edu
We wish a
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R
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to all friends of SCAD.
New contents:
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Eletters: Number 88
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Theses:
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Douglas Peters: "Doubly Adaptive Filters for Nonstationary Applications"
SCAD ADDRESS LIST:
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Recently we have started an address list for systems
and control people.
About 480 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 !!!!!!!!!!!
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How to access scad:
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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://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/
More detailed instructions can be obtained by sending an email to
scad@utdallas.edu
After accessing SCAD you can find a README file which contains
more information about SCAD.
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Contributed by: Sumit Roy
Divn. of Engineering, U of Texas at San Antonio:
Applications are invited for two tenured/tenure-track positions in
Electrical Engineering - one at the Assistant Prof. level and the
other at the Assoc. Prof. level. The successful applicants must have a
Ph. D. in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering and keen interest in
teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Candidates for
the Asst. Prof. position must be dedicated to developing a strong
program of funded research. Assoc. Prof. applicants must demonstrate
a strong track record of funded research and show leadership in
guiding the proposed Ph. D. program currently awaiting final
approval. Applications are invited in the following academic
disciplines: digital/computing, communications and control systems. Of
particular interest are candidates with the following areas of
specialization:
for Digital/Computing in the areas of VLSI Design and CAD Tools, High
Performance Computer Architectures, Multiprocessor Architectures,
Parallel and Distributed Computing and Hardware Design;
for Communications, in the areas of Wireless Networks, Multi-media
Communications and Multiple Access (protocols, routing and flow
control); for Control, in the areas of Intelligent Control,
Robust/Adaptive Control, and Discrete-event Systems.
Resumes and names of three references (along with postal and e-mail
addresses, phone/FAX) and a description of teaching and research
interests should be submitted to:
Chair, Search Committee
Division of Engineering
University of Texas
6900 North Loop 1604 West
San Antonio, TX 78249.
Applicants who are not U. S. citizens must indicate their visa and
residency status. In the cover letter, please indicate the position
applied for. The deadline for receiving applications is Feb. 15,
1996. UTSA is an equal opportunity employer, and particularly
encourages women and minority candidates to apply.
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Contributed by: Raimund J. Ober
Post-Doctoral Position
A post-doctoral position is available in the laboratory of a
collaborator, Prof. E.S. Ward at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in
Dallas, Texas, USA. The position is to perform data analysis and
delevop algorithms to assist in the processing, analysis of nuclear
magnetic resonance data and the design of experiments. The experiments
are conducted to determine the structure of proteins of immunological
interest. The position is available effective immediately. Please send
inquiries to ober@utdallas.edu and formal applications to
Prof. E.S. Ward
Department of Microbiology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75235-8676, USA
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Contributed by: Anthony N Michel
Dear Colleagues,
We have recently published the book
QUALITATIVE THEORY OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS - The Role of Stability Preserving
Mappings, by Anthony N. Michel and Kaining Wang, Marcel Dekker, New York,
1995 (x + 450 pp). (Pure and Applied Mathematics Series)
The book is primarily concerned with the Lyapunov stability of general
dynamical systems. The treatment is applicable to finite and infinite
dimensional systems, including systems that cannot be characterized by
equations, inequalities and inclusions.
The usual approach of developing the Lyapunov theory for dynamical systems
relies on generalized energy (or generalized distance) arguments. In
contrast to this, the approach advocated in the present book makes use of
STABILITY PRESERVING MAPPINGS (which establish qualitative equivalences
between dynamical systems) to develop the subject on hand.
1. Introduction
1.1 Dynamical Systems
1.2 Stability Preserving Mappings
1.3 Stability of Motion
1.4 Finite Dimensional Systems
1.5 Infinite Dimensional Systems
1.6 Differential Inclusions
2. Dynamical Systems
2.1 Notation
2.2 Dynamical Systems
2.3 Ordinary Differential Equations
2.4 Ordinary Difference Equations
2.5 Ordinary Differential Inequalities
2.6 Ordinary Difference Inequalities
2.7 Functional Differential Equations
2.8 Volterra Integrodifferential Equations
2.9 Semigroups
2.10 Partial Differential Equations
2.11 Notes and References
2.12 Problems
3. Stability Preserving Mappings
3.1 Invariant Sets
3.2 Qualitative Characterizations
3.3 Stability Preserving Mappings
3.4 Comparison Theorems
3.5 Applications
3.6 A Perspective
3.7 Notes and References
3.8 Problems
4. Stability of Motion
4.1 Systems of Differential and Difference Inequalities as Comparison
Systems
4.2 Results Involving Quasimonotonicity Conditions:
Continuous-Time Case
4.3 Results Involving Monotonicity Conditions:
Discrete-Time Case
4.4 The Principal Lyapunov Theorems for General Dynamical Systems
4.5 Converse Theorems
4.6 Autonomous Systems
4.7 Invariance Theory
4.8 Uniqueness of Motions
4.9 Lyapunov Functions and Stability Preserving Mappings
4.10 Applications to Discrete Event Systems
4.11 Notes and References
4.12 Problems
5. Finite Dimensional Systems
5.1 Preliminaries
5.2 Stability and Boundedness
5.3 Instability
5.4 Invariance Theory
5.5 Converse Theorems
5.6 Comparison Theory
5.7 Applications: Absolute Stability of Regulator Systems
5.8 Applications to Artificial Neural Networks
5.9 Applications to Digital Filters
5.10 Notes and References
5.11 Problems
6. Infinite Dimensional Systems
6.1 Preliminaries
6.2 Stability and Boundedness
6.3 Instability
6.4 Invariance Theory
6.5 Converse Theorems
6.6 Comparison Theory
6.7 Hybrid Systems
6.8 An Application to Artificial Neural networks with Time Delays
6.9 Application to a Multicore Nuclear Reactor Model
6.10 Notes and References
6.11 Problems
7. Differential Inclusions
7.1 Preliminaries
7.2 Stability Analysis
7.3 Invariance Theory
7.4 Dynamical Systems Determined by Differential Inequalities
7.5 Applications to Robust Stability
7.6 Applications to Absolute Stability of Regulator Systems
7.7 Applications to a Class of Nonlinear Circuits and Artificial Neural
Networks
7.8 Notes and References
7.9 Problems
Index
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Contributed by: Roger Hockney
I have recently published a book with SIAM, entitled:
"The Science of Computer Benchmarking"
Roger W. Hockney
ISBN 0-89871-363-3
Available at the SIAM stand, Supercomputing95, San Diego
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Published November 1995, it consists of 129 pages and is
a softcover volume at US$ 21.25. Those of you interested
in computer benchmarking and performance analysis should
find the book valuable. It is a tutorial exposition of
the methodology and low-level benchmarks of the Parkbench
committee's report on parallel computer benchmarking,
together with the dimensionless theory of scaling and the
graphical presentation of results. It is suitable as a
teaching text for tutorials, advanced undergraduate and
MSc courses. The chapter headings are:
Chapter-1: "Introduction" - survey of Parkbench committee
and other benchmarking activities, and the
usefulness of benchmarking.
Chapter-2: "Methodology" - units, symbols and performance
metrics with examples. Critique of Speedup.
Chapter-3: "Low-level Parameters and Benchmarks" -
tutorial definition of the r-infinity and
n-half performance parameters, and the
benchmarks to measure them.
Chapter-4: "Computational Similarity and Scaling" -
dimensionless theory of scaling with the
principle of "Computational Similarity".
Chapter-5: "Presentation of Results" - The Univ. of
Tennessee's "Performance Database Server" and
the Univ. of Southampton's "Graphical
Benchmark Information Service".
Prepayment is required and shipping charge will apply.
Please contact SIAM for further ordering information:
service@siam.org
Or the author regarding the book itself:
Roger W. Hockney
(Professor Emeritus, Reading University, UK)
(Visiting Professor, Southampton University,UK)
e-mail: rwh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Ordinary mail: 4 Whitewalls Close, Compton, Newbury,
England, UK.
Telephone: +44 (1635) 578 679 (also fax after speaking).
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Contributed by: Wodek Gawronski
New Book Announcement:
BALANCED CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES
by Wodek Gawronski
Published by Springer Verlag, London
(Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol.211)
This book provides analysis and design tools for the control of
flexible structures. It explains the balanced techniques, derives the
properties of flexible structures in the open- and closed-loop
configuration, and presents a uniform approach to open- and closed-loop
analysis and design.
CONTENTS
1 Introduction
2 Flexible Structures
2.1 Definition
2.2 State-Space Representations
2.3 Modal Representations
2.4 Examples (Simple Structure, Truss, Deep Space Network Antenna)
3 Balanced Open-Loop Systems
3.1 Observability and Controllability Grammians
3.2 Time-Limited Grammians
3.3 Band-Limited Grammians
3.4 Time- and Band-Limited Grammians
3.5 Systems with Integrators
3.6 Balanced Representation
3.7 Balanced Systems with Integrators
3.8 Balanced Flexible Structures
4 Model Reduction
4.1 Reduction Technique and Reduction Indices
4.2 Near-Optimal Reduction in Balanced Coordinates
4.3 Near-Optimal Reduction in Modal Coordinates
4.4 Closed-Form Near-Optimality Conditions
4.5 Reduction in Finite Time and Frequency Interval
4.6 Reduction of Systems with Integrators
4.7 Reduction Using Transfer Function
4.8 Reduction with Actuator and Sensor Dynamics (Actuators/Sensors
in a Cascade Connection, Accelerometers, Proof-Mass Actuators)
5 Balanced Actuator and Sensor Placement
5.1 Balanced Grammian Assignment and Uniformly Balanced Systems
5.2 Actuator and Sensor Placement (Additive Property of the Hankel
Singular Values, Placement Matrix and Placement Indices)
6 Balanced System Identification
6.1 Discrete Time Balanced Systems
6.2 Identification Algorithm
6.3 Applications
7 Balanced Dissipative Controllers
7.1 Definition and Properties
7.2 Balanced Dissipative Controller for Flexible Structures
7.3 Design Examples
8 Balanced LQG Controllers
8.1 Definition and Properties
8.2 Weights of Special Interest
8.3 Balanced LQG Controller for Flexible Structures
8.4 Frequency Weighting
8.5 Tracking LQG Controller
8.6 Reduced-Order LQG Controller
8.7 Procedure for the Balanced LQG Controller Design
8.8 Design Examples (Simple Structure, Truss, and DSN Antenna)
9 Balanced H_inf Controllers
9.1 The H_inf Norm of a Flexible Structure
9.2 Definition and Properties (Balanced H_inf and H_2 Controllers)
9.3 Balanced H_inf Controller for Flexible Structures
9.4 Frequency Weighting
9.5 Closed-Loop System
9.6 Tracking H_inf Controller
9.7 Reduced-Order H_inf Controller
9.8 Design Examples (Simple Structure, Truss, and DSN Antenna)
Appendix. Matlab Functions
B1 Transformation to the Modal Form 2
B2 Open-Loop Balanced Representation
B3 Finite Time and Frequency Balanced Representation
B4 LQG Balanced Representation
B5 H_inf Balanced Representation
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Contributed by: Hassan Khalil
Nonlinear Systems
Second Edition
Hassan K. Khalil
Prentice Hall
This is the second edition of the textbook Nonlinear Systems which was
published in 1992 by Macmillan. The book is available for the term
starting in January, 1996. The order should specify the second edition.
The second edition is different from the first one in three aspects:
1. The material of the book has been reorganized into analysis vs
design chapters. The first nine chapters deal with nonlinear analysis
tools that apply to general nonlinear systems. Chapter 10 presents
analysis tools for feedback systems. The last three chapters deal with
control design for nonlinear systems.
2. There is an expanded coverage of some material as well as coverage of
new topics not included in the first edition. The new topics include:
Passivity approach to analysis of feedback systems.
Gain scheduling
Backstepping
Sliding mode control
The expanded coverage includes:
Input-output stability (including L2 gain)
Design via linearization (including output feedback and
integral control)
Feedback linearization (including input-output linearization
and differential geometric approach)
3. New exercises have been added, bringing the total number of exercises
to over 400, many of which are multiple-part exercises. A solution manual
is available from the publisher for instructors.
The complete table of contents is given below.
1 Introduction 1
1.1 Examples 5
1.1.1 Pendulum Equation 5
1.1.2 Tunnel Diode Circuit 7
1.1.3 Mass-Spring System 8
1.1.4 Negative-Resistance Oscillator 11
1.1.5 Artificial Neural Network 14
1.1.6 Adaptive Control 16
1.2 Second-Order Systems 19
1.2.1 Qualitative Behavior of Linear Systems 23
1.2.2 Multiple Equilibria 33
1.2.3 Qualitative Behavior Near Equilibrium Points 36
1.2.4 Limit Cycles 41
1.2.5 Numerical Construction of Phase Portraits 46
1.3 Exercises 47
2 Fundamental Properties 57
2.1 Mathematical Preliminaries 58
2.1.1 Euclidean Space 58
2.1.2 Mean Value and Implicit Function Theorems 62
2.1.3 Gronwall-Bellman Inequality 63
2.1.4 Contraction Mapping 64
2.2 Existence and Uniqueness 67
2.3 Continuous Dependence on Initial Conditions and Parameters 78
2.4 Differentiability of Solutions and Sensitivity Equations 81
2.5 Comparison Principle 84
2.6 Exercises 88
3 Lyapunov Stability 97
3.1 Autonomous Systems 98
3.2 The Invariance Principle 113
3.3 Linear Systems and Linearization 120
3.4 Nonautonomous Systems 132
3.5 Linear Time-Varying Systems and Linearization 143
3.6 Converse Theorems 148
3.7 Exercises 154
4 Advanced Stability Analysis 167
4.1 The Center Manifold Theorem 167
4.2 Region of Attraction 177
4.3 Invariance Theorems 191
4.4 Exercises 196
5 Stability of Perturbed Systems 203
5.1 Vanishing Perturbation 204
5.2 Nonvanishing Perturbation 211
5.3 Input-to-State Stability 217
5.4 Comparison Method 222
5.5 Continuity of Solutions on the Infinite Interval 228
5.6 Interconnected Systems 230
5.7 Slowly Varying Systems 239
5.8 Exercises 250
6 Input-Output Stability 261
6.1 L Stability 262
6.2 L Stability of State Models 269
6.3 Input-to-Output Stability 275
6.4 L_2 Gain 276
6.5 Exercises 284
7 Periodic Orbits 289
7.1 Second-Order Systems 289
7.2 Stability of Periodic Solutions 299
7.3 Exercises 309
8 Perturbation Theory and Averaging 313
8.1 The Perturbation Method 314
8.2 Perturbation on the Infinite Interval 326
8.3 Averaging 330
8.4 Weakly Nonlinear Second-Order Oscillators 339
8.5 General Averaging 342
8.6 Exercises 347
9 Singular Perturbations 351
9.1 The Standard Singular Perturbation Model 352
9.2 Time-Scale Properties of the Standard Model 358
9.3 Slow and Fast Manifolds 365
9.4 Stability Analysis 372
9.5 Singular Perturbation on the Infinite Interval 384
9.6 Exercises 388
10 Analysis of Feedback Systems 399
10.1 Absolute Stability 400
10.1.1 Circle Criterion 407
10.1.2 Popov Criterion 419
10.1.3 Simultaneous Lyapunov Functions 423
10.2 Small-Gain Theorem 430
10.3 Passivity Approach 436
10.4 The Describing Function Method 450
10.5 Exercises 468
11 Feedback Control 479
11.1 Control Problems 479
11.2 Design via Linearization 485
11.2.1 Stabilization 485
11.2.2 Regulation via Integral Control 488
11.3 Gain Scheduling 493
11.4 Exercises 509
12 Exact Feedback Linearization 519
12.1 Input-State Linearization 519
12.2 Input-Output Linearization 531
12.3 State Feedback Control 545
12.3.1 Stabilization 545
12.3.2 Tracking 552
12.3.3 Regulation via Integral Control 554
12.4 Differential Geometric Approach 558
12.4.1 Differential Geometric Tools 558
12.4.2 Input-Output Linearization 564
12.4.3 Input-State Linearization 567
12.5 Exercises 570
13 Lyapunov-Based Design 577
13.1 Lyapunov Redesign 578
13.1.1 Robust Stabilization 578
13.1.2 Nonlinear Damping 586
13.2 Backstepping 588
13.3 Sliding Mode Control 601
13.4 Adaptive Control 617
13.4.1 Model Reference Controller 618
13.4.2 Model Reference Adaptive Control 622
13.5 Exercises 640
Appendix A: Proofs 651
Notes and References 705
Bibliography 711
Symbols 725
Index 727
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Contributed by: Richard Brualdi
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Contents Volume 233, January 15, 1996
Call for Challenges in Matrix Theory 1
Roberto Bevilacqua (Pisa, Italy) and
Paolo Zellini (Roma, Italy)
Structure of Algebras of Commutative Matrices 5
M. A. Dehghan and M. Radjabalipour (Kerman, Iran)
On Products of Unbounded Collections of Matrices 43
Karla Rost (Chemnitz, Germany) and
Zdenek Vavrin (Praha, Czech Republic)
Recursive Solution of Lo@a2wner-Vandermonde Systems of Equations. I 51
Reinhard Nabben (Bielefeld, Germany)
A Note on Comparison Theorems for Splittings and Multisplittings
of Hermitian Positive Definite Matrices 67
Yonghong Chen (Storrs, Connecticut), Stephen J. Kirkland
(Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Michael Neumann
(Storrs, Connecticut)
Nonnegative Alternating Circulants Leading to
M-Matrix Group Inverses 81
Frieder Knuppel (Kiel, Germany)
Products of Similar Matrices 99
H. Valiaho (Helsinki, Finland)
Criteria for Sufficient Matrices 109
Jose A. Hermida-Alonso (Leon, Spain), M. Pilar Perez,
and Tomas Sanchez-Giralda (Valladolid, Spain)
Brunovsky's Canonical Form for Linear Dynamical Systems
over Commutative Rings 131
Zeev Nutov and Michal Penn (Haifa, Israel)
On Non-{0, 1/2, 1} Extreme Points of the Generalized
Transitive Tournament Polytope 149
Richard Varro (Montepellier, France)
Dupliquee d'Une Train Algebre et d'Une Algebre de
Bernstein Periodique 161
Suk-Geun Hwang (Taegu, Republic of Korea), Si-Ju Kim
(Kyungpook, Republic of Korea), and Seok-Zun Song
(Cheju, Republic of Korea)
On Convertible Complex Matrices 167
Wen Li and Mou-Cheng Zhang (Guangzhou,
People's Republic of China)
On Upper Triangular Block Weak Regular Splittings
of a Singular M-Matrix 175
Hans Gradl (Munchen, Germany)
A Result on Exponents of Finite-Dimensional Simple
Lie Algebras and Its Application to Kac-Moody Algebras 189
Chen Xu-Zhou and Robert E. Hartwig (Raleigh, North Carolina)
The Hyperpower Iteration Revisited 207
Shu-An Hu (Chattanooga, Tennessee) and Eugene Spiegel
(Storrs, Connecticut)
The Similarity Class of a Matrix 231
S. Gonzalez, J. C. Gutierrez, and C. Martinez
(Oviedo, Spain)
Second Order Bernstein Algebras of Dimension 4 243
Author Index 275
LINEAR ALGEBRA AND ITS APPLICATIONS
Contents Volume 234, February 1996
Michael H. Freedman (La Jolla, California) and
William H. Press (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Truncation of Wavelet Matrices: Edge Effects and the Reduction
of Topological Control 1
C. Brezinski (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France)
The Methods of Vorobyev and Lanczos 21
Gustaf Gripenberg (Helsinki, Finland)
Computing the Joint Spectral Radius 43
Yi-Jia Tan (Fuzhou, People's Republic of China) and
Mou-Cheng Zhang (Guangzhou, People's Republic of China)
Primitivity of Generalized Circulant Boolean Matrices 61
Ricardo D. Fierro (San Marcos, California) and
James R. Bunch (La Jolla, California)
Perturbation Theory for Orthogonal Projection
Methods With Applications to Least Squares
and Total Least Squares 71
Ying Huang (Briarcliff Manor, New York)
A Canonical Form for Pencils of Matrices With
Applications to Asymptotic Linear Programs 97
Hong Goo Park (Jeonju, Korea)
p-Groups in the Betti-Mathieu Group 125
Andrew A. Anda and Haesun Park (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Self-Scaling Fast Rotations for Stiff and
Equality-Constrained Linear Least Squares Problems 137
G. A. Watson (Dundee, Scotland)
Computing the Numerical Radius 163
Leonid Khachiyan (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
Diagonal Matrix Scaling is NP-Hard 173
M. Domokos (Budapest, Hungary)
Criteria for Vanishing of Eulerian Polynomials on *in*bx*in Matrices 181
Huang Liping (Xiangtan, People's Republic of China)
The Matrix Equation AXB-GXD=E Over the Quaternion Field 197
Krzysztof Galkowski (Wroclaw, Poland)
Matrix Description of Multivariable Polynomials 209
Caixing Gu (Bloomington, Indiana), Onur Toker, and$L
Hitay Ozbay (Columbus, Ohio)
On the Two-Block H infinity Problem for a Class of Unstable
Distributed Systems 227
K. Manjunatha Prasad and K. P. S. Bhaskara Rao (Bangalore, India)
On Bordering of Regular Matrices 245
Jean-Daniel Rolle (Geneva, Switzerland)
Optimization of Functions of Matrices With an
Application in Statistics 261
Author Index 277
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AUTOMATICA
Table of contents
December, 1995 Issue 31:12
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Editorials
T. Soederstroem, K. J. Trends in system identification
Astroem
Special Section
L. Ljung, A. Benveniste, B. Nonlinear black-box modelling in system
Deylon, H. Hjalmarsson, et identification: A unified overview
A. Juditski,H. Hjalmarsson, Nonlinear black-box models in system
A. Benveniste, B. Deylon, et identification: Mathematical foundations
P.M.J.Van den Hof, R.J.P. Identification and control - closed loop
Schrama issues
B. Ninness, G. C. Goodwin Estimation of model quality
P. M. Makila, J. R. Worst-case control-relevant identification
Partington, T. K. Gustafsson
P.M.J. van den Hof, P.S.C. System identification with generalized
Heuberger, J. Bokor orthonormal basis functions
M. Viberg On subspace-based methods for the
identification of linear time- invariant
systems
P. van Overschee, B. de Moor A unifying theorem for three subspace system
identification algorithms
M. Deistler, K. Peternell, Consistency and relative efficiency of
W. Scherer subspace methods
P. van Overschee, B. de Moor About the choice of state space basis in
combined deterministic-stochastic subspace
identification
Technical Communiques
P. FitzSimons Reducing the computation required to solve a
standard minimax problem
J.L. Maryak, J.C. Spall, Uncertainties for recursive estimators in
G.L. Silberman nonlinear state-space models, with
applications to epidemiology
A. Bartoszewicz A comment on "A time-varying sliding surface
for fast and robust tracking control of
second-order uncertain systems"
AUTOMATICA
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Editorials
H. Kwakernaak Automatica and applications papers
Regular Papers
S. S. Mulgund, R. F. Stengel Optimal nonlinear estimation for aircraft
flight control in wind shear
K. Yamalidou, J. Moody, M. Feedback control of Petri nets based on place
Lemmon, P. Antsaklis invariants
Zongli Lin, A.A. Stoorvogel, Output regulation for linear systems subject
A. Saberi to input saturation
F. Matsuno, M. Hatayama, H. Modeling and control of a flexible solar array
Senda, et al. paddle as a clamped- free-free-free
rectangular plate
O. O. Badmus, S. Chowdhury, Nonlinear control of surge in axial
C. N. Nett compression systems
E. Poulin, A. Pomerleau, A. Development and evaluation of an auto-tuning
Desbiens, D. Hodouin and adaptive PID controller
Brief Papers
Z. Aganovic, Z. Gajic, X. New method for optimal control and filtering
Shen of weakly coupled linear discrete stochastic
systems
H.G. Natke, C. Cempel Holistic modelling as a tool for the diagnosis
of critical complex systems
C. Frangos, Y. Yavin Feasible control design for plants with
discrete time Markov jump parameters
P. Martin, S. Devasia, B. A different look at output tracking: Control
Paden of a VTOL aircraft
D-C. Liaw, E. H. Abed Active control of compressor stall inception:
A bifurcation- theoretic approach
C. Kambhampati, S. Manchada, The relative order and inverses of recurrent
A. Delagado-Rivera, et al. networks
Technical Communiques
S.B. Phadke, M.M. Kuber Comments on "On compensation for neglected
actuator dynamics"
F. Najson, E. Kreindler Reply to "Comments on 'On compensation for
neglected actuator dynamics"'
M. I. Troparevsky Adaptive stabilization of time-varying
discrete-time linear systems
C-J. Wang State feedback impulse elimination of linear
time-varying singular systems
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Contributed by: Elizabeth Hyman
Table of Contents
Journal of Mathematical Systems Estimation and Control
Submitted by
Edwin F. Beschler
Volume 6, number 1 1996
On the Nonlinear Dynamic Disturbance Decoupling Problem
Paulo Sergio Pereira da Silva 1
Extended Controller Form and Invariants of Nonlinear
Control Systems with a Single Input
Wei Kang 27
Fixed Gain Off-line Estimators of ARMA Parameters
Laszlo Gerencser 53
The Multivariable Parabola Criterion for Robust
Controller Synthesis: A Riccati Equation Approach
Wassim M. Haddad and Dennis S. Bernstein 79
Summary: Asymptotic Stabilization of a Class of Three
Dimensional Homogeneous Control Systems
Sandra Lee Samelson 105
Summary: Viscosity Solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi Equations
Arising in Nonlinear H*-Control
Joseph A. Ball and J. William Helton 109
Summary: Versions of Sontag's Input to State Stability Condition
and Output Feedback Global Stabilization
J. Tsinias 113
Summary: Error Estimates for Distributed Parameter
Identification in Linear Elliptic Equations
Tommi Karkkainen 117
Summary: Well-Posedness and Stability Analysis of Hybrid
Feedback Systems
Piotr Grabowski 121
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Contributed by: A.H. Zemanian
Table of Contents for:
CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING (Vol. 15, No. 1, 1996)
Birkhauser, 675 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 601, Cambridge, MA 02139-3309
Tel. (617) 876-2333
Model conversions of uncertain linear systems via the
interval Pade approximation method,
Leang S. Shieh, Jingfong Gu, and Jason S.H. Tsai
PNS modules for the synthesis of parallel self-organizing hierarchical
neural networks,
Faramarz Valafar and Okan K. Ersoy
Auxiliary computations for perceptron networks,
William A. Porter, Wei Liu, and Chin-Yi Wu
Sequential speech segmentation based on the spectral ARMA transition measure,
Srbijanka R. Turajlic and Soran M. Saric
Implementation of cascaded and recursive stack filters,
Karen O. Egiazarian, Olli Vainio, and Jaakko T. Astola
Reflections on Schur-Cohn matrices and Jury-Marden tables and classification
of related unit circle zero location criteria,
Yuval Bistritz
Direction finding of coherent sources with nonlinear arrays,
Ming Zhang and Zhao-Da Zhu
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Vol. 15, No. 4, October 1995
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Special Issue: Reinforcement Learning and Robotics
Contents:
B.J.A. Krse
Learning from delayed rewards
V. Gullapalli
Skillful control under uncertainty via direct
reinformecement learning
C.K. Tham
Reinforcement learning of multiple tasks using a
hierarchical CMAC architecture
J. del Milln
Reinforcement learning of goal-directed obstacle-avoiding
reaction strategies in an autonomous mobile robot
S. Thrun
An approach to learning mobile robot navigation
W. Ilg and K. Berns
A learning architecture based on reinforcement learning for
adaptive control of the walking
Calendar
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Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Vol. 16, No. 1, November 1995
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Special Issue: Intelligent Robotics Systems - SIRS '94
Contents:
J.L. Crowley
Intelligent Robotics Systems - SIRS'94
M. Devy, R. Chatila, P. Fillatreau, S. Lacroix and F. Nashashibi
On autonomous navigation in a naturel environment
J.L. Crowley
Integration and control of reactive visual processes
C. Colombo, E. Kruse and P. Dario
Control of camera motions from the planning of image
contours
R. Bauer
Active manoeuvres for supporting the localisation process
of an autonomous mobile robot
F. Wallner and R. Dillmann
Real-time map refinement by use of sonar and active stereo-
vision
P. Reignier
Supervised incremental learning of fuzzy rules
J. Racz and A. Dubrawski
Artificial neural network for mobile robot topological
localization
V. Sequeira, J.G.M. Goncalves and M.I. Ribeiro
3D environment modelling using laser strange sensing
M. Piasecki
Global localization for mobile robots by multiple hypothesis
tracking
Calendar
More information on the journal can be found at its titlepage on
the World Wide Web, URL: http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/robot
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Contributed by: Panos Antsaklis
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
announces a Special Issue on
HYBRID CONTROL SYSTEMS
Edited by
Panos Antsaklis
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556
antsaklis@nd.edu
and
Anil Nerode
Mathematical Sciences Institute
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
anil@math.cornell.edu
This special issue is devoted to recent developments in hybrid control
system modeling, analysis and synthesis.
Hybrid systems contain two distinct types of components, subsystems with
continuous dynamics and subsystems with discrete event dynamics, that
interact with each other. Hybrid systems are models for networks of
digital and continuous devices, in which digital control programs sense and
supervise continuous and discrete plants governed by differential or
difference equations.
Hybrid control systems are typically found when continuous processes
interact with, or are supervised by, sequential machines. Such systems
frequently arise from computer aided control of continuous processes and
such hybrid systems arise in varied contexts such as manufacturing,
communication networks, autopilot design, computer synchronization, traffic
control, and industrial process control, for example. Another important
way in which hybrid systems arise is from the hierarchical organization of
complex control systems. In these systems, a hierarchical organization
helps manage complexity and higher levels in the hierarchy require less
detailed models (discrete abstractions) of the functioning of the lower
levels, necessitating the interaction of discrete and continuous
components. Examples of such systems include flexible manufacturing and
chemical process control systems, interconnected power systems, intelligent
vehicle highway systems, air traffic management systems, computer
communication networks. More generally, hybrid systems arise from the
interaction of discrete planning algorithms and continuous control
algorithms. As such, hybrid systems provide the basic framework and
methodology for the synthesis and analysis of autonomous and intelligent
systems. Examples of this type not already mentioned above include
biological motor control models, robotic systems, data base retrieval
systems, medical informatics systems.
Since the continuous and discrete dynamics coexist and interact with each
other it is important to develop models that accurately describe the
dynamic behavior of such hybrid systems. In this way it is possible to
develop control strategies that fully take into consideration the relation
and interaction of the continuous and discrete parts of the system. In the
past, models for the continuous and discrete event subsystems were
developed separately; the control law was then derived in a rather
empirical fashion, except in special cases such as the case of digital
controllers for linear time-invariant systems. The study of hybrid control
systems is essential in designing sequential supervisory controllers for
continuous systems, and it is central in designing intelligent control
systems with a high degree of autonomy. It also provides the backbone for
the formulation and implementation of learning control policies. In such
policies, the control acquires knowledge (discrete data) to improve the
behavior of the system as it evolves in time.
Hybrid systems has become a distinctive area of study due to opportunities
to improve on traditional control and estimation technologies by providing
computationally effective methodologies for the implementation of digital
programs that design or modify the control law in response to sensor
detected events, or as a result of adaptation and learning.
The main emphasis in this special issue is on fundamental results in
modeling and analysis, and on synthesis methodologies for hybrid control
systems. Application of results to real life examples is encouraged.
Before submitting, prospective authors should consult past issues of the
Transactions on Automatic Control to identify the type of results and the
level of mathematical rigor that are the norm in this journal.
The papers are due by July 1, 1996 and should be sent to Panos Antsaklis.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by December 31, 1996. The special
issue is targeted for 1997 or early 1998. All papers will be refereed as
per IEEE Guidelines.
Please consult the inside back cover of any recent issue of the
Transactions on Automatic Control for style and length of the manuscript
and number of required copies (seven copies with cover letter) to be sent
to the Editor of this Special Issue.
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL
Table of Contents - Volume 41, Number 1 - January, 1996
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Scanning the Issue
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PAPERS
Duality and Linear Programs for Stability and Performance Analysis of Queuing
Networks and Scheduling Policies ........ P.R. Kumar and S. P. Meyn
Linear Estimation in Krein Spaces--Part I: Theory
.................................B. Hassibi, A.H. Sayed, and T. Kailath
Linear Estimation in Krein Spaces--Part II: Applications
.................................B. Hassibi, A.H. Sayed, and T. Kailath
Stabilization of Uncertain Linear Systems: An LFT Approach
.................................W.-M. Lu, K. Zhou, and J. C. Doyle
The Marginalized Likelihood Ratio Test for Detecting Abruot Changes
.........................................................F. Gustafsson
Self-Convergence of Weighted Least-Squares with Applications to Stochastic
Adaptive Control ......................................L. Guo
Passive Stochastic Approximation with Constant Step Size and Window Width
...............................................G.G. Yin and K. Yin
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TECHNICAL NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE
The Fornasini-Marchesini and the Roesser Model: Algebraic Methods for Recasting
........................................................K. Galkowski
Optimal Control of Wear Processes ................M. Lefebvre and J. Gaspo
A Counterexample in Power Signals Space ..........................J. Mari
Linear and Nonlinear Stabilizing Continuous Controllers of Uncertain Dynamical
Systems Including State Delay...................H. Wu and K. Mizukami
On the Reduction of Certain Frequency-Shaped Linear Quadratic Dissipative
Design Problems to an H$_inifity$ Formulation
...........................C.A. Jacobson, A.M. Stankovie,and G. Tadmor
Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Quadratic Stability and Stabilizability
of Uncertain Linear Time-Varying Systems
....................................F. Amato, A. Pironti, and S. Scala
On the Largest Input-Output Linearizable Subsystem......Z. Xu and L.R. Hunt
An Algorithm for Checking Stability of Symmetric Interval Matrices
.............................................................J. Rohn
On Applicability of the Interacting Multiple-Model Approach to State Estimation
for Systems with Sojourn-Time-Dependent Markov Model Switching
.......................................A.I. Petrov and A.G. Zubov
New Methods to Design an Integral Variable Structure Controller
..................................J.-D.Wang, T.-L. Lee, and Y.-T.Juang
Assigning Invariant Polynomials Over Polytopes......................L. Jetto
A Multivariable Extension of the Tsypkin Criterion Using a Lyapunov-Function
Approach.............................V. Kapila and W. M. Haddad
On a Class of Marginally Stable Positive-RealSystems
.....................................S. M. Joshi and S. Gupta
Properties of the Mixed n Problem and Its Bounds
............................................P.M. Young and J.C. Doyle
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Call for Papers
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Contributed by: Murray F Spiegel
CALL FOR PAPERS
THIRD IEEE WORKSHOP ON
INTERACTIVE VOICE TECHNOLOGY
FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS
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September 30 - October 1, 1996
The AT&T Learning Center
300 N Maple Ave
Basking Ridge, NJ 07920 USA
Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society
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The third of a series of IEEE workshops on Interactive Voice Technology
for Telecommunications Applications will be held at the AT&T Learning Center,
Basking Ridge, New Jersey, from September 30 - October 1, 1996.
The conference venue is on 35 semi-rural acres and is close enough (1 hour)
for side trips to New York City. Our workshop will be held immediately before
ICSLP '96 in Philadelphia, PA, approximately 80 miles from our location.
The IVTTA workshop brings together application researchers planning to conduct
or who have recently conducted field trials of new applications of
speech recognition, speaker indentity verification, text-to-speech
synthesis over the telephone network. The workshop will explore
promising opportunities for applications and attempt to identify
areas where further research is needed.
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Topic areas of interest:
- ASR/verification systems for the cellular environment
- User interface / human factors of applying speech to telecommunications tasks
- Language modeling and dialog design for "audio-only" communication
- Experimental interactive systems for telecommunication applications
- Experience in deployment & assessment of deployed ASR/verification systems
- Text-to-speech applications in the network
- Speech enhancement for telecommunications applications
- Telephone services for the disabled
- Architectures for speech-based services
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Prospective authors should submit 1-page abstracts of no more than 400 words
for review. Submissions should include a title, authors' names, affiliations,
address, telephone and fax numbers and email address if any. Please indicate
the topic area of interest closest to your submission. Camera-ready
full papers (maximum of 6 pages) will be published in the proceedings
distributed at the workshop. Due to workshop facility constraints, attendance
will be limited with priority given to authors with accepted contributions.
For further information about the workshop, please contact:
Dr. Murray Spiegel, Bellcore, 445 South Street, Morristown, NJ 07960 USA
Phone: 1-201-829-4519; Fax: 1-201-829-5963; E-mail: spiegel@bellcore.com
For full information, visit our web page:
http://superbook.bellcore.com/IVTTA.html
______________________________________________________________________
Send abstracts (fax or email preferred) to:
Dr. David Roe
IEEE IVTTA '96
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Murray Hill, NJ 07974 USA
Phone: 1-908-582-2548; Fax: 1-908-582-3306
E-mail: roe@hogpb.att.com
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SCHEDULE
Abstracts due (400 words, maximum 1 page): Mar 15, 1996
Notification of acceptance: May 1, 1996
Submission of photo-ready paper (maximum 6 pages): Jun 15, 1996
Advance registration to be received before: Jun 15, 1996
Late registration cut-off: Aug 30, 1996
IVTTA '96 Evening welcoming reception: Sep 29, 1996
IVTTA '96 Conference: Sep 30 & Oct 1, 1996
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WEB PAGE
Check our web page for late breaking news and developments:
http://superbook.bellcore.com/IVTTA.html
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REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Early registration (prior to June 15, 1996):
Day-only: $390
Full: $650
Late registration (Jun 15 - Aug 30, 1996):
Day-only: $465
Full: $725
IEEE members: charges are $25 less
Additional proceedings: $25
Day-only registration includes all technical sessions, welcoming
reception, lunches, snacks, banquet, and a copy of the proceedings.
Full registration includes all of the above plus: dinner on evening of
arrival, breakfast both days, two nights lodging at the conference
center, and use of the center facilities (jogging track, exercise
center, pool, etc).
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WORKSHOP COMMITTEE
GENERAL CHAIR REGISTRATION & FINANCE
Candace Kamm Dick Rosinski
AT&T Bell Laboratories AT&T Bell Laboratories
cak@research.att.com rrr@arch4.att.com
PROGRAM CHAIRS PUBLICITY
David Roe Murray Spiegel
AT&T Bell Laboratories Bellcore
roe@hogpb.att.com spiegel@bellcore.com
George Vysotsky LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
NYNEX Science & Technology David Pepper
george@nynexst.com Bellcore
dpepper@bellcore.com
INTERNATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE
Sadaoki Furui, NTT PROCEEDINGS
Matthew Lennig, BNR Jay Naik
David Roe, AT&T Bell Laboratories NYNEX Science & Technology
Christel Sorin, CNET naik@nynexst.com
George Vysotsky, NYNEX
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Contributed by: W.-Y. Chan
IEEE GLOBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE
18-22 November 1996
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
Westminster, London
CALL FOR PAPERS
Signal Processing for Telemedicine
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You are invited to submit original technical papers to Globecom'96 addressing
the area of Signal Processing for Telemedicine. With increasing integration
of computer and telecommunications networks, and consolidation within the
health care sector, telemedicine is poised for rapid growth. Opportunities
abound for innovations in communications and signal processing to support the
development of telemedical services. It is timely to bring a session focus
to Globecom'96 on this important subject.
Topics under the heading of Signal Processing for Telemedicine include but are
not limited to:
o Radiological Image Compression for Communications and Archival
o Lossless and Near-Lossless Radiolgical Image Compression Techniques
o Picture Archival and Communication Systems (PACS)
o Compression of Biomedical Signals for Telemedicine
o Signal Processing for Telemedical Applications in Emerging Wireless/PCS
Networks
o Telemedical Signal Processing for Mobile Emergency or Resuscitative Care
o Remote Vital-Signs Monitoring
o New Developments in Radiological Image Format Interchange Standards
o Multimedia Communications for Telemedical Care
AUTHORS' SCHEDULE
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Manuscript Due: March 1, 1996
Acceptance Notice Mailed: July 5, 1996
Camera Ready Paper Due: August 23, 1996
MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
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Submit a full manuscript written in English, double-spaced, and with no more
than 3000 words. The title page of your submission must include:
1) the name, complete return address, email, telephone and fax numbers of the
author to whom all correspondence will be sent,
2) a 100-word abstract,
3) the specification of the technical subject category as "Telemedical Signal
Processing" and the technical committee as "SPCE".
All other pages of your manuscript should be marked with the title of
the paper and the name of the first author.
In addition, please send the title and author names of your manuscripts to
the session organizer (listed below) responsible for your geographic region.
MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS TO
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
Send five copies of the manuscript to:
Professor Hamid Aghvami
Technical Programme Committee Chairman, Globecom'96
Kings College London
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Strand, London WC2R 2LS
UK
Tel: +44 171 873 2898
Fax: +44 171 836 2664
e-mail: h.aghvami@kcl.ac.uk
SESSION ORGANIZERS
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Europe and Africa:
Rosa Lancini
CEFRIEL
Via Emanueli, 15
Milano 20126
Italy
Tel: +39-2-66161209. Fax: +39-2-66100448
E-Mail: rosa@mailer.cefriel.it
Asia and Oceania:
Tetsurou Fujii
NTT Optical Network Systems Labs
1-2356, Take, Yokosuka-shi, 238-03
Japan
Tel: +81-468-59-3032. Fax: +81-468-59-3014
E-Mail: tetsu@exa.onlab.ntt.jp
Western Hemisphere:
Wai-Yip Geoffrey Chan
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
Illinois Institute of Technology
3301 South Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60616-3793
U.S.A.
Tel: +1-312-567-3383. Fax: +1-312-567-8976.
E-Mail: chan@ece.iit.edu
GLOBECOM'96 WEB SITE
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For more information about Globecom'96, please access the Web site:
http://crg.eee.kcl.ac.uk/gc96.html
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FIFTH COMMUNICATION THEORY
MINI-CONFERENCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH
GLOBECOM'96
London, UK 18-22 November 1996
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A Communication Theory Mini-Conference (CTMC) will be
held in parallel and co-located with GLOBECOM'96.
It will hold six sessions in parallel with the
Technical Program of GLOBECOM'96. Participants are
required to register for GLOBECOM'96 as well as the CTMC.
Papers submitted for consideration to the mini-conference
should focus on the theoretical aspects of digital
communications. Examples of topics of interest include:
* Wireless computer/communication networks
* Theoretical aspects of recording
* Mobile radio/wireless communications
* Simulation methods in communications
* Spread spectrum
* Multiple random access
* Coding and modulation
* Equalization and channel identification
* Speech and image coding
INSTRUCTIONS: The title page must include the author's
name, complete address, telephone and fax numbers,
and a 100-word abstract. Papers with multiple authors
must clearly denote the corresponding author. The manuscript
should not exceed 3000 words. Five double-spaced copies of the
manuscript, in English, should be sent to the Mini-Conference
Technical Program Chairman at the address given below.
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SCHEDULE: Manuscript due: March 1, 1996
Acceptance notification: July 5, 1996
Camera-ready paper due: August 23, 1995
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GENERAL CHAIR:
F. Marvasti
King's College, London
Dept. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Strand, London WC2R 2LS, UK
Tel: +44 171 8732858
fax: +44 171 8732664
e-mail: fam@orion.eee.kcl.ac.uk
TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIR:
Ezio Biglieri
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24
I-10129 Torino, Italy
Tel: +39 11 5644030
fax: +39 11 5644099
e-mail: biglieri@polito.it
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Sponsored by the Communication Theory Committee of the
IEEE's COMSOC, and the Information Theory Society
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INTERNATIONAL MEASUREMENT CONFEDERATION
Technical Committee on Robotics TC-17
Second Announcement
Call for Papers
6th International Symposium on
Measurement and Control in Robotics
- ISMCR '96 -
Brussels, 9 - 11 May 1996
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ATTENTION :
You can also view the complete file by the Internet on the site
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(Prof. L. Boullart)
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Scope of the Symposium:
ISMCR'96 is the 6th edition in a series of international conferences on
Measurement and Control in Robotics; this event which will be held in
Brussels succeeds ISMCR'95 held in Slovakia on 12-16 June 1995.
The objective of this symposium is to bring high quality papers on relevant
topics for reporting new research results, together with
cross-fertilization among experts in each speciality.
Today's robots can be considered as advanced mechatronic motion systems
that combine mechanics, actuation and control, to achieve complex tasks
with computer interaction. These mechatronic devices are often combined
with sensory systems and sequential control to obtain complex production
systems. Different sensors such as ultrasonic, vision camera, laserbeam
equipment atso are combined to obtain better and more reliable information.
The fact that problems are encountered during the extraction of the
required information from the multiple sensors, is described as sensor
fusion requirements.
The complexity of all these applications put new demands to the performance
of the interface systems to the programmers or operators of such systems.
The need for improvement can also be observed at the equipment level. The
increased demand for accuracy for surgery or for dynamic applications where
the robot is not static for example, has revealed the limitations of actual
robots. More accurate motion control is still required. The robots must be
calibrated or recalibrated using state-of-the-art calibration systems if
high accuracy is required. The application of robots for special
technologies is limited by the availability or the performances of sensors.
The new sensors have to fulfil requirements of size (miniaturisation),
strength, robustness (hazardous environments). These different aspects and
some more special applications of robots such as in space or in home can be
found in the list of the main topics below.
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Main Topics:
Robotic Sensors
Sensory Systems
Human Interface
Motion Control
Artificial Reality/Virtual Reality
Kinematics and Dynamics
Micro Machines/Micro Robots
Intelligent Manipulation
Micro Sensors/Micro Actuators
Robot Language
Space Robotics
Locomotion
Robots in Hazardous Environment
Autonomous Navigation
New Applications of Intelligent Robots
Sensor Fusion
Home Robots
Robot Measurement
Robots for Health Care
Telerobotics
National Projects/R&D Projects
Intelligent Robot Control
Real-Time Aspects of Measurement & Control
Emergent Architectures for Robot Control
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Submission of Abstracts:
Abstracts, in English, must be headed as follows: Title. Topic (max. 3
keywords). Author's Name(s) and Affiliation(s). Speaker's Name. Address.
Telephone. Facsimile. E-mail.
Six copies of the abstract (250-400 words) should be received by the
Conference Secretariat before 31 December 1995.
Deadlines:
Submission of Abstracts 31 December l995
Notification of Acceptance 15 January 1996
Receipt of Final Papers 15 March 1996
Early Registrations 8 April 1996
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Registration Fees:
All participants, including authors/speakers have to pay a registration fee.
Rates include admission to all sessions and the international exhibition
EUROTECH96, lunches and refreshments during the breaks, social event(s),
and proceedings.
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Conference Secretariat:
BSMEE (Belgian Society for Mechanical and Environmental Engineering)
21 Rue des Drapiers
B 10SO Brussels, Belgium
Tel. + 32 2 511 82 86
Fax +32 2 51217 48
E-mail: Baudoin@mapp.rma.ac.be
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Contributed by: Felipe Pait
ANNOUNCEMENT
XI CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE AUTOMATICA
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2-6 September 1996
Organized by SBA (Sociedade Brasileira de Automatica), the national member
organization of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC).
Brazilian Automatic Control Conferences (CBA) have been held every two
years since 1976. The 1996 meeting will take place at the University of Sao
Paulo campus in Sao Paulo between 2-6 September 1996.
Applied and theoretical contributions in all fields related to Control and
Automation are welcome. The topics of interest include, but are not limited
to: i) Systems theory; ii) Control and automation; iii) Robust control;
iv) Optimization; v) Adaptive and decentralized control; vi) Intelligent
control; vii) Electric power systems; viii) Control of vehicles, machines,
and electric converters; ix) Signal processing; x) Process control and
instruments; and xi) Education, history, and social implications of control
and automation.
Papers in Portuguese, Spanish, and English are invited. For submission
and further information, please contact the organizers at
XI Congresso Brasileiro de Automatica
Coordenacao de Eventos da Escola Politecnica da Universidade de Sao Paulo
C.P.: 61548 CEP: 05424-970 Sao Paulo SP Brasil
TEL: (55-11) 818-5420 or 818-5430
FAX: (55-11) 814-5909
EMAIL: cba@lac.usp.br
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Contributed by: Zhang Jifeng
Call for papers
Chinese Control Conference (CCC)
Sept. 1996, Qingdao, Shandong, China
General topics of interests will include, but are not limited to:
Linear systems Nonlinear systems
Stochastic control systems Expert systems
Distributed parameter systems Large scale systems
Social economy systems Bio-environment systems
Optimal control Robust control
H infinity control Prediction control
Fuzzy control Neural network control
Intelligent control Robot control
Adaptive control Industrial control
Model reduction Stability analysis
Optimization methods System modeling and identification
DEDS CIMS
Key dates:
March 31, 1996 Submission deadline
May 15, 1996 Notification of acceptance
June 30, 1996 Submission of camera-ready copy
Sept., 1996 Conference at Qingdao, Shandong
Official language is Chinese, but English is acceptable for both
the presentation and proceedings.
Submission and enquiries:
Ms. Yuetian Zhang
Institute of Systems Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing 100080, P.R. China
Phone: 86-10-2553063
Fax: 86-10-2587343
Email: epwang@iss03.iss.ac.cn
Conference Award: Guan-Zhao-Zhi Award is the highest award named by the
Control Theory Committee of the CAS for young researchers. To apply
for it, please submit 9 copies of your manuscript together with a
recommendation letter and a copy of your ID card, and indicate that
you are applying for the award. The age limit for all of the authors
(including co-authors) of the candidate papers is less than or equal
to 35.
You are welcome to spread this call-for-paper message over the world.
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Contributed by: Knut Heier
First Announcement and Call for Papers
ERNST-MORITZ-ARNDT-UNIVERSIT"AT GREIFSWALD
12th Conference on Variational Calculus, Optimal Control
and Applications
Trassenheide, Germany
September 23-27, 1996.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universit"at Greifswald):
Werner Schmidt
Leonhard Bittner
Knut Heier
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Roland Bulirsch (TU M"unchen)
Werner Krabs (TH Darmstadt)
Siegfried Dietze (TU Dresden)
Winfried Kampowsky (FH Stralsund)
Sabine Pickenhain (TU Cottbus)
Helmut Rudolph (TH Leipzig)
TOPICS
This series of conferences was first organized in 1972 by
R. Kl"otzler (Leipzig) and L. Bittner (Greifswald).
Both founders will celebrate their 65th birthday in 1996.
This conference, which continues their work, has been
organized in honour of these two men.
Topics related to the aim of the conference are:
optimal control, nonlinear programming, existence theory,
necessary and sufficient conditions, numerical methods,
feedback control, Bellman's PDE, applications
CONFERENCE SITE
The conference will take place in Hotel "Waldhof" in Trassenheide
from Monday morning, September 23, to Friday afternoon, September 27.
Trassenheide is a picturesque Baltic Sea village on the island Usedom
about 30 km east of Greifswald.
It can be reached by railway via Z"ussow and Wolgast. Detailed
information can be found later in our conference WWW pages.
REGISTRATION FEE AND ACCOMODATION
The conference fee is 50,- DM.
The costs for accommodation (23.9.-27.9.) are about 400,- DM (including
full board).
Support for invited speakers from foreign countries has been applied for:
I. Capuzzo-Dolcetta (Rom), A. Cegielski (Zielona Gora),
P. E. Gill (San Diego), P. Kenderov (Sofia), V. I. Korobow (Charkow),
O. Kostyukova (Minsk), A. B. Kurzhanskij (Moskau),
G. Leitmann (Berkeley), U. Raitums (Riga), T. Roubicek (Prag),
J. E. Rubio (Leeds), V. M. Tikhomirov (Moskau)
CONTRIBUTIONS
Prospective authors are invited to submit an abstract of max. two
pages for a lecture of 20-30 min to the conference address before
the end of May 1996.
Notification of acceptance will be sent by the programme committee
in July 1996.
Publication of the proceedings is intended in:
Preprint-Reihe Mathematik, Universit"at Greifswald.
CONFERENCE ADDRESS
12. CONTCONF
z. Hd. Dr. Knut Heier
Fachrichtung Mathematik/Informatik
Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universit"at
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 15a
D-17487 Greifswald
Phone: +49 3834 864601 (K.Heier) +49 3834 864611 (W.Schmidt)
Fax: +49 3834 864615
e-mail: heier@rz.uni-greifswald.de
KEY DATES
February 15, 1996 Registration
March, 1996 Second announcement
May 31, 1996 Submission of abstracts
July 31, 1996 Notification of acceptance
REGISTRATION
Interested persons should announce their intention to participate
and to present papers by February 15, 1996.
Numbers of participants and papers are limited.
To register please send a letter to the conference address listed above
or send a short message to
contconf@rz.uni-greifswald.de
This announcement and further information is also available via WWW
under:
http://www.uni-greifswald.de/fakul/mathematics/contconf
where on-line registration is possible.
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Contributed by: Joachim Rosenthal
We are happy to announce a symposium on Applied Mathematics for
the Spring of 1996. Here are the details.
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The University of Notre Dame Symposium on
Current and Future Directions in Applied Mathematics
April 18 - 21, 1996
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Program:
Invited speakers will deliver one hour lectures on current and
future trends in their research field. The lectures will be complemented
by a number of Mini-Sessions which will focus on specific research
areas in applied mathematics. A panel discussion is planned for
Saturday, April 20 about the role of applied mathematics in the
next decade. Because of the special scope of this symposium,
the organizers encourage the participation of graduate students.
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The principal speakers are as follows:
- Roger Brockett, Harvard University
- Christopher Byrnes, Washington University St. Louis
- John Chadam, Fields Institute
- Nicholas Ercolani, University of Arizona
- Richard Ewing, Texas A and M University
- Avner Friedman, IMA University of Minnesota
- David McLaughlin, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Jerrold Marsden, Control and Dynamical Systems, Caltech
- Mike Todd, Cornell University
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Contributed Talks:
The organizers are soliciting contributed talks and small cohesive
sessions focusing on new or emerging topics in applied mathematics.
Prospective contributors and organizers of sessions should submit
an extended abstract of approximately 2 pages to the organizing
committee by February 15, 1995. Submissions should be sent either
electronically to the mail collector: sym@kenna.math.nd.edu,
or by regular mail to
Applied Mathematics Symposium,
Department of Mathematics,
University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556-5683.
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Organizing Committee:
The symposium is organized by the Applied Mathematics Group in
the Department of Mathematics at Notre Dame:
Mark.Alber@nd.edu Gerard.Misiolek@nd.edu
Leonid.Faybusovich@nd.edu Joachim.Rosenthal@nd.edu
Bei.Hu@nd.edu Hong-Ming.Yin@nd.edu
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Sponsors:
Department of Mathematics, College of Science,
and Center for Applied Mathematics, Notre Dame.
BRIMS Hewlett Packard.
Center for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Lab.
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Further Information:
All request about the symposium should be sent to sym@kenna.math.nd.edu.
Further Information can be obtained via the world-wide-web address:
http://www.science.nd.edu/math/symposium.html
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Contributed by: Antonio Tornambe'
ERNET, Alma Mater C.I.R.A.
HCM Programme, Universita` di Bologna Centro Interuniversitario di
DG-XII Ricerca in Automatica
ANNOUNCEMENT
International Summer School
MODELLING AND CONTROL OF MECHANISMS AND ROBOTS
Residential Centre
Universita` di Bologna
Bertinoro (Forli`), Italy
July 22-26, 1996
Organisers and Scientific Responsibles:
CLAUDIO MELCHIORRI ANTONIO TORNAMBE`
LAR - DEIS DMA
Universita` di Bologna Terza Universita` di Roma
via Risorgimento, 2 via C. Segre, 60
40136 Bologna, Italy 00146 Roma, Italy
with the support of
ERNET, European Robotics Network
Human Capital and Mobility Programme
DG-XII
in collaboration with
DEIS, Universita` di Bologna
DMA, Terza Universita` di Roma
INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT:
email: cmelchiorri@deis.unibo.it
www: http://deis58.deis.unibo.it/RoboticsSchool
1. AIMS OF THE SCHOOL
A summer school on the modelling and control of mechanisms and robots is
organized in the period July 22-26, 1996, at the residential centre of
Universita` di Bologna, in Bertinoro, (Forli`), Italy. Aims of the school
are:
- to provide doctorate students and professionals with basic and advanced
material on modelling and control of complex mechanical systems, with
particular emphasis on robotic manipulators, so to discuss and identify
open problems and future research directions;
- to bring together young persons active in robot control and related
fields and give them the opportunity of knowing each other.
Besides the activity during the teaching hours, in a consistent part of
the school software tools will be used for demonstrative and (simulative)
experimentation of the illustrated concepts. Moreover, the participants
will be asked to solve a collection of problems and, at the end of the
programme, to present a little report on a given topic on a selected
argument of the School.
The notes of the school will be published in the book "Modelling and
Control of Mechanisms and Robots", C. Melchiorri, A. Tornambe` Eds., to
be published by World Scientific Publishing, Ltd..
During the school, a technical workshop will be held on July 26, 1996,
presenting ongoing research results achieved in the framework of the ERNET
initiative. Moreover, a poster session will be organized for the
participating students, who will have the possibility of presenting their
research activity.
The number of students is limited to 50, and a pre-registration before May
1, 1996, is mandatory. The participants will be accepted in the order
received. The school will be held in the residential centre of
Universita` di Bologna, located in three large historical buildings placed
on the top of the built up area of the ancient town of Bertinoro. The
centre consists of: living quarters (60 beds in single and double rooms),
a teaching center, computer centre (20 work stations), lecture hall and
self service canteen. All the activities (i.e., lessons, lunches and
livings) will take place in the center.
In order to cover the expenses, a registration fee is asked. The fee is
comprensive of half-board accomodation (breakfast, lunch, bed) for 6 days,
the lecture notes and the book, the social dinner on Thursday, July 25,
and the participation to the technical meetings on Friday 26. The fee is
650.000 Italian Liras for academies and 1.000.000 Italian Liras for
industries. For a limited number of students from the East Countries of
Europe the fee is 100.000 Italian Liras (in this case, send a brief CV).
2. SCHOOL TOPICS
Modelling of Mechanical Systems; Kinematics of Robots; Control of
Hamiltonian Systems; Elastic and Flexible Robots; Telemanipulation; The
Contact Problem in Classical Mechanics; Force Control; Technologies and
Methodologies for Motion Control. Each topic will be presented and
discussed also with the use of CACSD tools.
3. WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The school is mainly intended for doctorate students and young
professionals engaged in the design and use of complex mechanical systems
(such as robots), with a particular emphasis on the modelling and control
aspects of these devices.
4. PREREQUISITE
Undergraduate level courses on feedback control and robotics are suggested
as adequate preparation for this school.
5. AWARD
At the end of the school, a presentation of one of the topics of the
school will be given by the participating students. The best presentation
will be awarded with a special prize. It is planned to include a selection
of the presentations in a volume, along with the ERNET technical papers.
6. MATERIAL
Each participant will receive:
- a copy of the notes and transparencies;
- a copy of the demonstrative software examples;
- a copy of the book Modelling and Control of Mechanisms and Robots.
7. CANCELLATIONS
The organization reserves the right to cancel any programme due to
insufficient registration. Participants will be notified immediately and a
full refund will be issued.
Substitution of participants may be made at any time. No reimbursement of
the registration fee is possible for cancellation after May 1st, 1996.
8. IMPORTANT DATES:
May 1, 1996: Pre-registration and payment of the first part (50%) of the
fee;
July 21, 1996: Registration and payment of the remaining part (50%) of the
fee;
July 22-26, 1996: School
9. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Claudio Melchiorri, LAR - DEIS
Universita` di Bologna
via Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy
Tel. ++39 - 51 - 644.3034;
Fax ++39 - 51 - 644.3073;
email: cmelchiorri@deis.unibo.it
www: http://deis58.deis.unibo.it/RoboticsSchool
10. SECRETARIAT OF THE SCHOOL:
Mrs. F. Ruffilli, Mr. A. Bandini
SER.IN.AR, University Residential Centre
C.so Diaz 43
47100 Forli`
tel. ++39 - 543 - 450259;
fax ++39 - 543 - 450260
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Contributed by: Bijoy K. Ghosh
This is to remind all potential participants of the 1996 MTNS
conference to be held at the The Ritz-Carlton, Saint Louis, Missouri
June 24-28, 1996 the following important details.
The Chairmen of the Symposium are Christopher I. Byrnes, Biswa Nath
Datta and Clyde F. Martin. The symposium will consist of plenary
talks, workshops and lectures in special topics together with
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, 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.
The authors for regular contributed papers should submit hard copies
of extended abstracts in duplicate by January 15, 1996 to the
Symposium Charman Biswa Nath Datta.
Organizers for invited sessions should submit proposals containing the
title of the session and the names and affiliations of the speakers.
Session organizers should plan on 4 or 5 speakers in a session and
should submit the proposal by January 15, 1996 to the Symposium
Chairman Clyde F. Martin.
ADDRESSES FOR SUBMISSIONS
REGULAR PAPERS
MTNS-96
Prof. Biswa Datta
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Northern Illinois Ubiversity
DeKalb, Illinois 60115
ph: 815 753 6759
fax: 815 753 1112
dattab@math.niu.edu
INVITED SESSIONS:
MTNS-96
Prof. Clyde F. Martin
Department of Mathematics
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409
ph: 806 742 1511
fax: 806 742 1112
gqcfm@ttacs1.ttu.edu
GENERAL INFORMATION
Prof. C. I. Byrnes
Office of the Dean, School of Engineering and Applied sciences.
Campus Box 1163
Washington Univrsity
Saint Louis, MO 63130-4899
phone: 314 935 5363
mtns96@seas.wustl.edu
SCHEDULE SUMMARY:
15 January, 1996 Deadline for submission of contributed papers
and invited session proposals.
1 March, 1996 Notification of acceptance of papers and
invited sessions.
15 April, 1996 Early Registration
24-28 June, 1996 Conference
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Contributed by: Marios Polycarpou
11th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC-96)
FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
September 15-18, 1996
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society and held in conjunction with:
The 1996 IEEE International Conference on Control Applications (CCA)
and
The IEEE Symposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design (CACSD)
ISIC General Chair: Kevin M. Passino, The Ohio State University
ISIC Program Chair: Jay A. Farrell, University of California, Riverside
ISIC Publicity Chair: Marios Polycarpou, University of Cincinnati
Intelligent control, the discipline where control algorithms are
developed by emulating certain characteristics of intelligent biological
systems, is being fueled by recent advancements in computing technology and
is emerging as a technology that may open avenues for significant
technological advances. For instance, fuzzy controllers which provide for
a simplistic emulation of human deduction have been heuristically
constructed to perform difficult nonlinear control tasks. Knowledge-based
controllers developed using expert systems or planning systems have been
used for hierarchical and supervisory control. Learning controllers, which
provide for a simplistic emulation of human induction, have been used for
the adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear systems. Neural networks have
been used to emulate human memorization and learning characteristics to
achieve high performance adaptive control for nonlinear systems. Genetic
algorithms that use the principles of biological evolution and "survival of
the fittest" have been used for computer-aided-design of control systems
and to automate the tuning of controllers by evolving in real-time
populations of highly fit controllers.
Topics in the field of intelligent control are gradually evolving,
and expanding on and merging with those of conventional control. For
instance, recent work has focused on comparative cost-benefit analyses of
conventional and intelligent control techniques using simulation and
implementations. In addition, there has been recent activity focused on
modeling and nonlinear analysis of intelligent control systems,
particularly work focusing on stability analysis. Moreover, there has been
a recent focus on the development of intelligent and conventional control
systems that can achieve enhanced autonomous operation. Such intelligent
autonomous controllers try to integrate conventional and intelligent
control approaches to achieve levels of performance, reliability, and
autonomous operation previously only seen in systems operated by humans.
This year the ISIC is being held in conjunction with the 1996 IEEE
International Conference on Control Applications and the IEEE Symposium on
Computer-Aided Control System Design. Effectively this is one large
conference at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton hotel. The programs will be held
in parallel so that sessions from each conference can be attended by all.
There will be one registration fee and each registrant will receive a
complete set of proceedings. For more information, and information on how
to submit a paper to the conference see the back of this sheet.
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Submissions:
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Papers:
Five copies of the paper (including an abstract) should be sent by Jan. 22,
1996 to:
Jay A. Farrell, ISIC'96
College of Engineering ph: (909) 787-2159
University of California, Riverside fax: (909) 787-3188
Riverside, CA 92521 Jay_Farrell@qmail.ucr.edu
Clearly indicate who will serve as the corresponding author and include a
telephone number, fax number, email address, and full mailing address.
Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 1996. Accepted papers, in
final camera ready form (maximum of 6 pages in the proceedings), will be
due in June 1996.
Invited Sessions:
Proposals for invited sessions are being solicited and are due Jan. 22,
1996. The session organizers should contact the Program Chair by Jan. 1,
1996 to discuss their ideas and obtain information on the required invited
session proposal format.
Workshops and Tutorials:
Proposals for pre-symposium workshops should be submitted by Jan. 22, 1996 to:
Kevin M. Passino, ISIC'96
Dept. Electrical Engineering ph: (614) 292-5716
The Ohio State University fax: (614) 292-7596
2015 Neil Ave. passino@osu.edu
Columbus, OH 43210-1272
Please contact K.M. Passino by Jan. 1, 1996 to discuss the content and
required format for the workshop or tutorial proposal.
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Symposium Program Committee:
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James Albus, Karl Astrom, Matt Barth, Michael Branicky, Edwin Chong,
Sebastian Engell, Toshio Fukuda, Zhiqiang Gao, Dimitry Gorinevsky, Ken Hunt,
Tag Gon Kim, Mieczyslaw Kokar, Ken Loparo, Kwang Lee, Michael Lemmon,
Frank Lewis, Ping Liang, Derong Liu, Kumpati Narendra, Anil Nerode,
Marios Polycarpou, S. Joe Qin, Tariq Samad, George Saridis, Jennie Si,
Mark Spong, Jeffrey Spooner, Harry Stephanou, Kimon Valavanis, Li-Xin Wang,
Gary Yen.
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Contributed by: Okyay Kaynak
Invitation for Participation in
Emerging Technologies Track of IECON'96
(Track Chairs : Toshio Fukuda and Okyay Kaynak)
The 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Industrial
Electronics Society will take place in Taipei, Taiwan during
August 5 -9, 1996. You are invited to contribute to the Emerging
Technologies track covering industrial applications of neural networks,
fuzzy systems, genetic algorithms. industrial applications of intelligent
systems, artificial intelligence and expert systems and intelligent
mechatronics. The deadline for the submission of paper proposals (in full
form, not abstract or summary) is January 15, 1996. Please contact:
Okyay Kaynak, e-mail : kaynak@boun.edu.tr.
Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Contributed by: Okyay Kaynak
NATO ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE
on
SOFT COMPUTING AND ITS APPLICATIONS
ORGANIZED BY
Director : Okyay KAYNAK (Bogazici University, Istanbul, TURKEY)
Co-directors : Lotfi A. ZADEH (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Burhan TURKSEN (University of Toronto, CANADA)
Imre J. RUDAS (Banki Donat Polytechnic, HUNGARY)
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
Fuzzy Logic
Artificial Neural Networks
Neuro-Fuzzy Control
Probabilistic Reasoning
Hardware Realizations
OBJECTIVES
The planned NATO Advanced Study Institute aims at creating an opportunity
for the engineers and the scientists working in the area of Soft Computing
to come together in an informal atmosphere and to discuss and disseminate
knowledge on the application asp ects of soft computing techniques,
especially in intelligent control systems and mechatronics. Two particular
areas that the institute will put a special emphasis on are (1) how to
achieve a synergetic combination of the three constituents of soft
computing (2) how can such a combination be applied to achieve a high
Machine Intelligence Quotient. The latter will include a critical
investigation of existing applications. Hardware realization possibilities
in the form VLSI chips will also be addressed.
WHAT IS AN ASI?
The objectives of ASIs is to disseminate advanced knowledge not yet in
university curricula and foster scientific contacts through high level
teaching courses. An ASI is a post doctoral-level teaching activity
lasting ten days; the meeting normally has 12-15 lecturers and 60-80 ASI
students of different nationalities. Financial support is available to
qualified students from NATO or cooperating countries.
FACULTY OF ASI
James BEZDEK, University of West Florida, USA
Daniel M. DUBOIS, Universitede Liege, Belgium
Toshio FUKUDA, Nagoya University, Japan
Okyay KAYNAK,Bogazici University, Turkey (Director of ASI)
James M. KELLER, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA
Rudolf KRUSE, Technische UniversittBraunschweig, Germany
Rinaldo POLUZZI, SGS-Thomson Microelectronics, Italy
Germano RESCONI, Universita Cattolica, Italy
Imre RUDAS, Banki DonatPolytechnic, Hungary (Co-director of ASI)
Enrique H. RUSPINI, SRI Institute, USA
Burhan TURKSEN, University of Toronto, Canada (Co-director of ASI)
Ronald R. YAGER, Iona College, USA
Lotfi A. ZADEH, University of California, Berkeley, USA (Co-director of ASI)
Hans-Jurgen ZIMMERMANN, Rheinisch-Westfalische Techn. Hoch., Aachen, Germany
WHEN AND WHERE?
The institute will be held at Hotel Kaya in Titreyengol region (near
Side) of Antalya, Turkey, during August 21 - 31, 1996.
APPLICATION FOR PARTICIPATION
For more information on participation please apply to
Okyay KAYNAK
Fax : +90-212-287 2465
e-mail : kaynak@boun.edu.tr
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