E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 98, October 1, 1996
E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing
ISSUE No. 98, October 1, 1996
E-mail: eletter-request@win.tue.nl
Editors: Anton A. Stoorvogel
Dept. of Mathematics & Computing Science
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
the Netherlands
Fax +31 40 246 5995
Siep Weiland
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
the Netherlands
Fax +31 40 243 4582
Contents
1. Editorial
2. Personals
3. General announcements
3.1 Evaluations technical committee on control education
3.2 Annual SIAM student paper prizes
3.3 American Automatic Control Council Newsletter on WWW
3.4 SCAD update
4. Positions
4.1 Lecturer/scientist in control, Swiss Federal Inst. Technology
4.2 Faculty position in communication: University of Delaware.
4.3 Faculty positions at Polytechnic Univ, Brooklyn
4.4 Information on Nonacademic Mathematics Careers from AMS and SIAM
4.5 Faculty positions Mechanical Engineering, Univ. Cal., San Diego
4.6 Postdoctoral position at the University of Twente
5. Books
5.1 `Neuro-Dynamic Programming', Bertsekas and Tsitsiklis
6. Journals
6.1 Special Journal Issue on Intelligent Electronic Systems
6.2 Information Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
6.3 CFP special issue IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
6.4 TOC SIAM J. on Control and Optimization, vol. 34:6
6.5 TOC Systems and Control Letters, vol. 28:5
6.6 TOC Modeling, Identification and Control, vol. 17:3
6.7 TOC Automatica, vol 32:9
6.8 TOC CCSP, vol. 15:5
6.9 TOC MCSS, vol. 8:4, 9:1
6.10 TOC LAA, vol. 246
6.11 TOC Journal of VLSI Signal Processing, 13:2/3
6.12 TOC SIAM Journal on Optimization, vol. 6:4
7. Conferences
7.1 CFP singular solutions and perturbations in control systems
7.2 CFP Computational Intelligence in Financial Eng. CIFEr
7.3 CFP Colloquium on Hybrid Control for real-time systems, London
7.4 CFR Conference on optimization and optimal control, Lambrecht
7.5 Workshop system ident. and robust control design, Grenoble
7.6 1997 Summer Research Institute Differential Geometry and Control
7.7 CFP 12th Int. Conf. on Systems Engineering, Coventry University
7.8 CFP 5th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Systems
7.9 1998 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, San Diego, California
7.10 Mini-Course Fundamental Limitations in Filtering and Control,
Louvauin-la-Neuve
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Contributed by A.H. Zemanian (zeman@sbee.sunysb.edu}
IN MEMORIAM
Sydney R. Parker passed away on August 19, 1996.
Syd was a Founder and Editor of Circuits, Systems,
and Signal Processing from its inception in 1981.
I have known Syd since our college days and
was privileged to become a friend and
co-worker when starting in the late 1970's
we planned, then created, and finally edited CSSP.
Syd foresaw the impending prominence
of signal processing and perceived
the need for a research journal on that subject
well before signal processing became established as a separate
academic discipline of major industrial importance.
That clairvoyance coupled with his organizational abilities
were critical to this journal's success.
It was my good fortune to know Syd. Among the blessings we possess
are the friends we have. This truth becomes especially manifest at
this time of mourning. Syd will be missed. He was a top-notch engineer
and administrator. His good sense and good nature guided us past
many a problem in our editorial work. His foresight and acumen aimed our
journal toward some golden opportunities, as they also did in other
aspects of his life. It was one success after another, indeed, a
steady flow of them that attested to the fact that Syd was a
superb individual, a leader, an innovator, a teacher and mentor,
a businessman in the best sense of that word, a truly accomplished
person. And, most importantly for me, he was my friend.
Goodbye Syd.
Armen Zemanian
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Contributed by: Neil Getz (Getz@InversionInc.COM)
ADDRESS CHANGE
Neil Getz
Inversion Inc. - Intelligent Systems and Control
123 Townsend Street, Suite 606
San Francisco, CA 94107-1916
USA
phone: (415) 278-9840
fax: (415) 278-9843
email: Getz@InversionInc.COM
internet: WWW.InversionInc.COM
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Contributed by: Vikram Kapila
ADDRESS CHANGE
Vikram Kapila
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Polytechnic University
Six Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
e-mail: vkapila@duke.poly.edu
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Contributed by Julio Braslavsky
and Maria Seron
ADDRESS CHANGE
>From September till 23rd of December 1996, our address is
Centre for Systems Engineering, Automatics and Applied Mechanics (CESAME)
Universite Catholique de Louvain,
Bat. Euler, Avenue Georges Lemaitre,
1348 Louvain-La-Neuve
Belgium
Tel: 32 10 478058
Fax: 32 10 472180
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Contributed by: Krzysztof Galkowski
Krzysztof Galkowski's new coordinates are
Dr. hab. Krzysztof Gakowski
Professor of the
Technical University of Zielona Gora
Institute of Robotics and Software Engineering
Podgrna Str. 50,
65-246 Zielona Gora
Poland
Fax: 48 68 3944
email:galko@irio.pz.zgora.pl
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Contributed by: Alan M. Shoemaker
Ackermann Honored With Nichols Medal at IFAC's 13th World Congress
The International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC)
held its 13th World Congress in San Francisco, CA, during June
30 - July 5.
Highlight of the gala Opening Ceremony was the presentation
of the Nichols Award to Professor Jurgen Ackermann of DLR, the
German Aerospace Research Establishment. The award was
presented for robust control design methods and their use to
improve automobile safety.
This is the first presentation of the Nichols Medal.
Sponsored by the American Automatic Control Council (the U.S.
national member organization of IFAC), it is for lifetime
contributions to control systems applications and practice.
The medal is named for Dr. Nathaniel B. Nichols, a
distinguished American control engineer who was instrumental
in the development of radar during World War II at MIT's
Radiation Laboratory. One of the most widely used design
tools in control systems is the "Nichols Chart," created by
Nichols in the l940s. Dr. Nichols is also co-author of an
early fundamental book on automatic control, and was present
at the presentation ceremony.
Prof. Ackermann is director of DLR's Institute of Robotics
and System Dynamics in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, where he
leads the Institute's research in dynamics and control. He has
contributed to the theory of control systems, a result of
which has been named after him as "Ackermann's Formula."
Recently he has written a fundamental text on robust control.
Prof. Ackermann is presently personally involved in robust
yaw stabilization of cars. In an experimental program with
industry, this project has resulted in remarkable safety
advantages, by a support system which helps the driver to
steer the car safely during emergency situations such as icy
roads and heavy side-winds.
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Contributed by: M. Eslami
On behalf of the IEEE Control Society
Technical Committee on Control Education
Dear Colleagues:
Hello! As many of you know, YOUR "Technical Committee On Control Education"
has initiated a major undertaking in order to evaluate the current status of
our educational activities and to propose policies for possible improvement
of these programs. This project started on Jan. 1, 1994 and its first report
appeared in our Control Systems Magazine (April '96).
Due to the fact that Control is an interdisciplinary topic, our society has
taken a leadership position in providing recommendations for the overhauling
of the engineering educational programs in its entirety.
Activities of this committee can be described as comprehensive (involve a
wide spectrum of issues and disciplines); action oriented (the findings
directly support the community); take risk (these are open to the public
from the start and discussions of uncharted ideas are encouraged); and
finally, these are responsive (involve the largest group of educators which
can be assembled). In other words, this committee provides a forum for
educators from the various constituencies to explore common problems and
develop joint solutions where none currently exist.
We hope that these efforts lead to the development of a program relevant
to the needs of the various engineering entities and provide inputs for the
professional organizations in order to establish a course for their future
educational activities pertinent to various engineering disciplines and most
importantly not duplicate efforts.
We believe that if this major study is done correctly, which is possible
if and only if every member genuinely contributes, then we will all benefit
from it, even unto succeeding generations. We realize the need for this
international cooperation, however, to undertake such a global task, we must
start by and large locally and extend our findings to those issues which are
brought to our attentions by our global colleagues. In this regard, we are
inviting all our global members to participate and we very much rely on their
good intentions, their wisdom, knowledge, and generous contributions to
this process.
I REGRET TO INFORM ALL MEMBERS THAT THE CONTROL SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS
WERE ALMOST NONE.
If I ask individually any member regarding educational matters, I will hear
many interesting ideas, but when it comes to YOU making the effort to put
that in writing and organize that according to our report, every one becomes
quiet. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE! This message will be posted until I hear from you.
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Contributed by: bogardo@siam.org
The annual SIAM Student Paper Prizes will be awarded during the
1997 SIAM Annual Meeting.
If you are a student or know of a student who would like to take
part in the competition, here are the details:
The authors of the three best papers in applied and computational
mathematics written by students and submitted to SIAM will be
invited to attend the 1997 annual meeting in Stanford,
California, July 14-18. Each winner must present his/her paper
at the meeting and will receive a $750 cash award as well as
gratis registration for the meeting. Winners will be awarded
calligraphed certificates at a special prize ceremony at the
meeting. Papers must be singly authored and not previously
published or submitted for publication to be eligible for
consideration. To qualify, authors must be students in good
standing who have not received their PhDs at the time of
submission.
In submitting their work for publication, authors are asked to
consider SIAM journals. However, student paper prize winners are
not guaranteed publication in any SIAM journal; all papers
submitted to SIAM journals are subject to the same refereeing
process and standards.
Submissions must be received by SIAM on or before March 15, 1997.
Submissions, which must be in English, can be sent by regular
mail or fax. Each submission must include (1) an extended
abstract NOT LONGER THAN 5 PAGES (including bibliography); (2)
the complete paper, which will be used solely for clarification
of any questions; (3) a statement by the student's faculty
advisor that the paper has been prepared by the author indicated
and that the author is a student in good standing; (4) a letter
by the student's faculty advisor describing and evaluating the
paper's contribution; and (5) a short biography of the student.
Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, and
quality of exposition.
The winners will be notified by June 1, 1997.
If you have any questions, please contact A. Bogardo at SIAM,
3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688;
telephone: (215) 382-9800; e-mail to bogardo@siam.org; fax to
(215) 386-7999.
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Contributed by L. Y. Pao (pao@colorado.edu)
American Automatic Control Council Newsletter available on WWW
The Fall 1996 issue of the American Automatic Control Council (AACC)
Newsletter is now available on the WWW at
http://ece-www.colorado.edu/~pao/aacc/current.html
Those on the AACC mailing list will also be receiving a hardcopy
version before the end of October. Future issues will also be posted
at this WWW site prior to the postal mailing of the hardcopy versions
to allow those interested to access the articles in a more timely
fashion. The Spring and Fall issues will generally be accessible at
the above site by the end of March and September, respectively; and
readers can access older issues from this site as well.
Those who wish more information about the AACC can check the AACC
Home Page at
http://www.ece.nwu.edu/~ahaddad/aacc/
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Contributed by Raimund J. Ober
Xu Huang
UPDATE ON SCAD DATABASE -- September 1996
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Systems and Control Archive at Dallas
Worldwide web: URL: http://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/
queries (email): scad@utdallas.edu
New contents:
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Eletters: Number 97
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Link to archive of Chemical Process Control Online Newsletter.
Positions: Post-doctoral position or research fellowship.
========== University of Adelaide.
Systems and Control Groups worldwide:
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Links to:
Lancaster University, Systems and Control Group,
Centre for Research on Environmental Systems and Statistics.
SCAD ADDRESS LIST:
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Recently we have started an address list for systems
and control people.
More 1030 people have added their addresses to the list.
To register your, simply:
- go to SCAD using the web
- go to the ADDRESS LIST link
- click: add your address
- fill in the form.
You can check out addresses by using the search facility or
by scanning through the full list.
!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE, Add your Address to the SCAD ADDRESS LIST !!!!!!!!!!!
How to access scad:
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Using Worldwide Web:
URL: http://scad.utdallas.edu/scad/
More detailed instructions can be obtained by sending an email to
scad@utdallas.edu
After accessing SCAD you can find a README file which contains
more information about SCAD.
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Contributed by: Dominique Bonvin (bonvin@ia.epfl.ch)
SENIOR LECTURER/SCIENTIST in AUTOMATIC CONTROL
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) has an
opening for a MAITRE D'ENSEIGNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHE at the Institute of
Automatic Control.
The teaching duties will include both undergraduate and graduate courses
for engineering students from various disciplines. The successful
candidate will develop and fine-tune the experimental infrastructure of
the institute. He will also be responsible for the laboratory projects in
automatic control. Furthermore, he will initiate a research group in the
area of real-time operations in automatic control and assist in existing
research activities at both the institute and the EPFL levels. He will
promote interaction and collaboration with industry. A sound
professional background with respect to advanced and creative research in
the control area is expected. Interest in team work and multidisciplinary
activities as well as didactic skills are required. Deadline for
application: November 4, 1996. Starting date: upon agreement.
Women are particularly encouraged to apply. For further information,
please write to : Presidence de l'Ecole Polytechnique Federale de
Lausanne, CE-Ecublens, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Contributed by: Gonzalo R Arce
FACULTY POSITION in Communications: University of Delaware.
Applications are solicited for tenure-track faculty positions
in the general area of communications. Specific areas include,
but are not limited to, disciplines in the National Information
Technologies such as wireless and mobile communications,
computer networks, coding, secure communications, multiple
access and cellular communications. Qualifications include an
outstanding academic record, significant involvement in research, a
strong publication record, a doctorate or equivalent in electrical
engineering, and a strong commitment to teaching and research.
Applications consisting of a comprehensive resume, a list of
publications, a description of research interests, and the names
of at least three professional references should be sent to:
Faculty Search Committee
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Review of applications will begin November 15, 1996 and will
continue until the position is filled or until December 31, 1996.
The University of Delaware is an equal opportunity employer.
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Contributed by: Farshad Khorrami
FACULTY POSITIONS AT POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Poly): The Department of
Electrical Engineering invites applications for six tenure track faculty
positions at both junior and senior levels. We are interested in strong
candidates committed to teaching and research with the following
specializations: 1) Telecommunication Networks, 2) Network Protocols,
3) Wireless -- networks/systems, 4) Computer Engineering -- VLSI systems
and electronic circuit design, 5) Signal Processing -- Array Signal Processing
and Radar, and 6) Image Processing. Exceptional candidates in other areas
are also welcome. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in EE or a closely related
field. For senior positions, applicants should have a demonstrated ability
to interact and provide leadership in national/international academic and
scientific arenas. The Department has active research programs in
telecommunications (with a state sponsored center), control, robotics,
digital signal processing, electro-optics, electromagnetic, electric power,
and VLSI designs for high-speed networking (ATM) and optical switching.
Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae including names of four
references to Professor Zivan Zabar, Head, Electrical Engineering Department,
Polytechnic University, Five Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, New York 11201.
Polytechnic University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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Contributed by: Michelle Montgomery, SIAM, montgomery@siam.org
Subject: Information on Nonacademic Mathematics Careers Available from
the AMS and SIAM
The AMS-SIAM Mathematical Sciences Career Information Web site opened in
November at http://www.siam.org (then click on "career information"). Each
month the site profiles the careers of mathematicians working in nonacademic
positions in industry, business, or government in an effort to demonstrates
the range of career opportunities available to mathematicians. These featured
mathematicians then participate in an ongoing bulletin board in which they
are available to answer open forum questions from users pertaining to prepa-
ration for or employment in the nonacademic sector.
The Web site also contains descriptions of industry applications and links to
sites with resource information for students entering the job market. The
professional profiles link to companies employing mathematicians, many of
which post information about job opportunities on their Web sites. There are
also links to on-line job listing services that advertise positions in the
sciences and engineering.
Beginning in November 1996, the Web site will allow graduate students in the
mathematical sciences interested in finding out more about nonacademic careers
to sign up to participate in a mentoring program that will match them with a
mathematician working in the nonacademic sector. Mentors can answer questions
about the work environment in industry and about the process of applying for
jobs outside academia.
If you would like to participate in this project as a mentor or be considered
as a featured mathematician, contact Linda C. Thiel, Project Director, at
thiel@siam.org.
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-382-9800
fax 215-386-7999
siam@siam.org
http://www.siam.org
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Contributed by Robert E. Skelton:
NEW FACULTY POSITIONS
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO
Department of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences
FACULTY POSITION: MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Assistant, Associate, and full Professorial levels
Applications are invited in the areas of Dynamics and Controls, High
Precision Machining, and Mechatronics. The AMES Department is building a
strong program in these areas and is seeking additional faculty to ensure
that a major program is developed.
QUALIFICATIONS: Ph.D. or equivalent degree. Strong background in the broad
spectrum of control sciences and engineering from mathematical theory to
computer implementation and specific application is required. Senior
candidates must have well-established research activity and demonstrated
leadership in control methodologies such as adaptive, optimal, digital,
robust, intelligent, nonlinear, dynamical system theory, and vibrations.
Application to manufacturing systems, robot manipulators, motion control
systems and structural control is desired. Level of appointment and salary,
within UC guidelines, commensurate with qualifications.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION: December 1, 1996.
SEND DETAILED RESUME AND
NAMES / ADDRESSES OF 5 PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES TO:
Professor Robert Skelton
Dynamics/Controls Search Committee Chair/el
University of California, San Diego
Department of AMES
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0411
Further information on the AMES Department is available on the world-wide
web site at: http://www-ames.ucsd.edu
R. E. Skelton, Director
Structural Systems Control Laboratory
1293 Potter Engineering Center
Tel: (317) 494-4209
Fax: (317) 494-2351
Email: sscl@.ecn.purdue.edu
Secretary: Jill Comer
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Contributed by: Arjan van der Schaft
Postdoctoral position/temporary lecturership at the University of Twente
The Systems and Control Group of the Department of Applied Mathematics of
the University of Twente expects to have a postdoctoral position/temporary
lecturership available starting on or about January 1, 1997. The position
will offer plenty of opportunity for research and may involve a limited
amount of teaching. For further information, contact
Dr. Arjan van der Schaft, e-mail a.j.vanderschaft@math.utwente.nl
or
Prof. Huibert Kwakernaak, e-mail h.kwakernaak@math.utwente.nl
both at the address
Systems and Control Group
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Twente
P. O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
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Contributed by: Dimitri P. Bertsekas and John N.
Tsitsiklis
NEURO-DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING
by
Dimitri P. Bertsekas and John N. Tsitsiklis
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(512 pages, hardcover, ISBN:1-886529-10-8, $79.00)
published by
Athena Scientific, Belmont, MA
http://world.std.com/~athenasc/
Due September 15, 1996
Neuro-Dynamic Programming (NDP for short), also known as reinforcement
learning, is a recent class of methods that can be used to solve very
large and complex dynamic optimization problems.
NDP combines simulation, learning, neural networks or other
approximation architectures, and the central ideas in dynamic
programming. It provides a rigorous framework for addressing
challenging and often intractable problems from a broad variety of
fields.
This book provides the first systematic presentation of the science
and the art behind this far-reaching methodology.
Among its special features, the book:
** Describes and unifies a large number of NDP methods, including several
that are new
** Includes a rigorous analysis of the mathematical principles behind NDP
** Describes new approaches to formulation and approximate solution of
problems in stochastic optimal control, sequential decision making, and
discrete optimization
** Illustrates through examples and case studies the practical
application of NDP to complex problems from resource allocation,
data communications, game playing, and combinatorial optimization
** Presents extensive background and new research material on dynamic
programming and neural network training
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
1.1. Cost-to-go Approximations in Dynamic Programming
1.2. Approximation Architectures
1.3. Simulation and Training
1.4. Neuro-Dynamic Programming
2. Dynamic Programming
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Stochastic Shortest Path Problems
2.3. Discounted Problems
2.4. Problem Formulation and Examples
3. Neural Network Architectures and Training
3.1. Architectures for Approximation
3.2. Neural Network Training
4. Stochastic Iterative Algorithms
4.1. The Basic Model
4.2. Convergence Based on a Smooth Potential Function
4.3. Convergence under Contraction or Monotonicity Assumptions
4.4. The ODE Approach
5. Simulation Methods for a Lookup Table Representation
5.1. Some Aspects of Monte Carlo Simulation
5.2. Policy Evaluation by Monte Carlo Simulation
5.3. Temporal Difference Methods
5.4. Optimistic Policy Iteration
5.5. Simulation-Based Value Iteration
5.6. Q-Learning
6. Approximate DP with Cost-to-Go Function Approximation
6.1. Generic Issues -- From Parameters to Policies
6.2. Approximate Policy Iteration
6.3. Approximate Policy Evaluation Using TD(lambda)
6.4. Optimistic Policy Iteration
6.5. Approximate Value Iteration
6.6. Q-Learning and Advantage Updating
6.7. Value Iteration with State Aggregation
6.8. Euclidean Contractions and Optimal Stopping
6.9. Value Iteration with Representative States
6.10. Bellman Error Methods
6.11. Continuous States and the Slope of the Cost-to-Go
6.12. Approximate Linear Programming
6.13. Overview
7. Extensions
7.1. Average Cost per Stage Problemsn Error
7.2. Dynamic Games
7.3. Parallel Computation Issues
8. Case Studies
8.1. Parking
8.2. Football
8.3. Tetris
8.4. Combinatorial Optimization -- Maintenance and Repair
8.5. Dynamic Channel Allocation
8.6. Backgammon
Appendix A: Mathematical Review
Appendix B: On Probability Theory and Markov Chains
PREFACE: http://world.std.com/~athenasc/
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Contributed by: C.W. de Silva
Special Journal Issue on Intelligent Electronic Systems
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International Conference on Conventional and Knowledge-Based Intelligent
Electronic Systems will be held from 21 through 23 May, 1997, in Adelaide,
Australia (Conference Chair: L.C. Jain). Several high-quality papers
chosen from those accepted for the Conference will be published in a
special issue of the International Journal, Engineering Applications of
Artificial Intelligence. For the special issue, only papers on
"Intelligent Electronic Systems" will be considered. For example, fuzzy,
neural, rule-based, knowledge-based, and expert control of practical
systems in areas such as biomedical engineering, consumer electronics,
communication, control, production systems, electronic security,
industrial electronics, mechatronics, multimedia, optical electronics,
sensor and actuator technology, robotics, and virtual reality would be
appropriate. Please submit your complete paper, to be simultaneously
considered for both Conference and Journal issue, no later than October 31,
1996 to:
Clarence W. de Silva
NSERC Professor of Industrial Automation
Department of Mechanical Engineering
The University of British Columbia
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Contributed by: thomas@siam.org
SIAM JOURNAL ON Control and Optimization
NOVEMBER 1996 Volume 34, Number 6
Infinite-Dimensional Hamilton-Jacobi Equations and Dirichlet Boundary Control
Problems of Parabolic Type
Piermarco Cannarsa and Maria Elisabetta Tessitore
Value Iteration in a Class of Communicating Markov Decision Chains with the
Average Cost Criterion
Rolando Cavazos-Cadena
Causal Feedback Optimal Control for Volterra Integral Equations
A. J. Pritchard and Y. You
On the Use of Consistent Approximations for the Optimal Design of Beams
C. Kirjner Neto and E. Polak
Classification of Generic Singularities for the Planar Time-Optimal Synthesis
B. Piccoli
Bifurcation Problems for Some Parametric Nonlinear Programs in Banach Spaces
Aubrey B. Poore
Stability Radii of Systems with Stochastic Uncertainty and Their Optimization
by Output Feedback
D. Hinrichsen and A. J. Pritchard
Linearization of Discrete-Time Systems
E. Aranda-Bricaire, U. Kotta, and C. H. Moog
Numerical Stabilization of Bilinear Control Systems
Lars Grune
Convergence of the BFGS Method for LC1 Convex Constrained Optimization
Xiaojun Chen
Existence Results for Noncoercive Variational Problems
Graziano Crasta and Annalisa Malusa
Relaxation of Constrained Control Problems
E. N. Barron and R. Jensen
Solvability and Right-Inversion of Implicit Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems
T. Fliegner, U. Kotta, and H. Nijmeijer
A Target Recognition Problem: Sequential Analysis and Optimal Control
Mark H. A. Davis and Mohammad Farid
Heavy Traffic Convergence of a Controlled, Multiclass Queueing System
L. F. Martins, S. E. Shreve, and H. M. Soner
On the Lavrentiev Phenomenon for Optimal Control Problems with Second-Order
Dynamics
Chih-Wen Cheng and Victor J. Mizel
Author Index
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Contributed by: J.KASTELEIN@elsevier.nl
SYSTEMS AND CONTROL LETTERS; Volume 28, No. 5,
date of publication: 22 october 1996
Contents
B. Prabhakar and N. Bambos, On a singular feature of
critical G/M/1 queues 239
M. Kohlmann and P. Renner, Optimal control of
diffusions: A verification theorem for viscosity
solutions 247
Z.-P. Jiang, Iterative design of time-varying
stabilizers for multi-input systems in chained form 255
J.-i. Imura and T. Yoshikawa, Characterization of
some gain conditions via the Hamilton--Jacobi
inequality 263
D. Brigo, New results on the Gaussian projection
filter with small observation noise 273
L. Yuan, Robust analysis and synthesis of linear
time-delay systems with norm-bounded time-varying
uncertainty 281
M. Rostgaard, M.B. Lauritsen and N.K. Poulsen, A
state-space approach to the emulator-based GPC
design 291
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professional postal address to P.SCHRADER@ELSEVIER.NL
Only a few issues a year have larger print-runs to fulfil
these requests, therefore requests for one specific issue
cannot be honoured.
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Contributed by: Tor Arne Johansen
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Modeling, Identification, and Control (MIC), Vol. 17, No. 3, July 1996
S. Skogestad and E. A. Wolff, "Controllability measures for
disturbance rejection" ................................... 167
T. A. Johnsen and F. F. Unander, "Norwegian Residential
Energy Demand: Coordinated use of a System Engineering
and a Macroeconomic Model" ............................... 183
D. Di Ruscio, "Combined Deterministic and Stochastic System
Identification and Realization: DSR - A Subspace Approach
Based on Observations" ................................... 193
Accumulated index and more information about MIC is available
at http://www.itk.unit.no/publikasjoner/mic/mic.html.
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Contributed by: H. Kwakernaak
AUTOMATICA
Table of contents
September, 1996 Issue 32:9
Regular Papers
J. Hernandez, J-P. Barbot Sliding observer-based feedback control for
flexible joints manipulator
A. Tesi, E. H. Abed, R. Harmonic balance analysis of period doubling
Genesio, H. O. Wang bifurcations with implications for control of
nonlinear dynamics
L. El Ghaoui, G. Scorletti Control of rational systems using
linear-fractional representations and linear
matrix inequalities
B. R. Maner, F. J. Doyle, Nonlinear model predictive control of a
III, B. A. Ogunnaike, R. K. simulated multivariable polymerization reactor
using second-order Volterra models
Brief Papers
K. Alaoui, F. Chaplais Two time scaled parameter identification by
coordination of local identifiers
G.W. Pulford, R.J. Evans Probabilistic data association for systems
with multiple simultaneous measurements
A. Matasov, V. Samokhvalov Guaranteeing parameter estimation with
anomalous measurement errors
R. W. Aldhaheri, H. K. Effect of unmodeled actuator dynamics on
Khalil output feedback stabilization of nonlinear
systems
Technical Communiques
A. Ailon, R. Lozano Controller-observers for set-point tracking of
flexible-joint robots including coriolis and
centripetal effects in motor dynamics
V. V. Patel On least-degree unit interpolation in
RH(infinity)
J. H. Kim, E. T. Jeung, H. Robust control for parameter uncertain delay
B. Park systems in state and control input
Book Reviews
G. J. Olsder N. N. Vorob'ev Foundations of game theory:
Noncooperative games
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Contributed by: A.H.Zemanian (zeman@sbee.sunysb.edu)
Table of Contents for:
CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING
Vol. 15, No. 5, 1996:
Frequency domain design for FIR and IIR Laplacian of Gaussian
filters for edge detection,
G. Cortelazzo, D. Della Giustina, and G.A. Mian
Stability for composite singular systems of differential equations with delay,
Xiangsheng Xie and Yongqing Liu
Weighted mean squared error criterion with fixed-level modification for
linear-phase FIR filter design,
Guergana S. Mollova
Concurrent computation of two-dimensional discrete cosine transform,
Lap-Pui Chau, Yuk-Hee Chan, and Wan-Chi Siu
Time-varying matched filters,
James A. Sills and Edward W.Kamen
Finite modeling of parabolic equations using Galerkin methods and
inverse matrix approximations,
Rahul Chattergy, Vassilis L. Syrmos, and Pradeep Misra
(J,J')-spectral factorization and conjugation for discrete-time
descriptor system,
Tohru Katayama
Universal approximation capability of EBF neural networks with
arbitrary activation functions,
Tianping Chen and Hong Chen
New VLSI architectures for three-level correlators,
Rana Ejaz Ahmed and Saleh A. Alshebeili
On the estimation of eigenvalue regions for discrete time-delay systems with a
class of highly structured perturbations,
Chien-Hua Lee, Tzuu-Hseng S. Li, and Fan-Chu Kung
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Contributed by Jan H. van Schuppen (J.H.van.Schuppen@cwi.nl)
MCSS TABLE OF CONTENTS AND LIST OF ACCEPTED PAPERS
Volume 8, Number 4
W. Respondek and M. Zhitomirskii,
Feedback classification of nonlinear control systems on
3-manifolds,
MCSS 8 (1995), 299-333
J.A. Ball, I. Gohberg, and M.A. Kaashoek,
A frequency response function for linear, time-varying
systems,
MCSS 8 (1995), 334-351
A. Feintuch,
The time-varying gap and coprime factor perturbations,
MCSS 8 (1995), 352-374
J.M. Francos, B. Porat, and A.Z. Meiri,
Orthogonal decomposition of 2D nonhomogeneous discrete
random fields,
MCSS 8 (1995), 375-389
E.K. Boukas and H. Yang,
Stability of discrete time linear systems with Markovian
jumping parameters,
MCSS 8 (1995), 390-402
Volume 9, Number 1
L. Praly and Yuan Wang,
Stabilization in spite of matched unmodelled dynamics and
an equivalent definition of input-to-state stability,
MCSS 9 (1996), 1-33
R. Sepulchre and D. Aeyels,
Homogeneous Liapunov functions and necessary conditions for
stability,
MCSS 9 (1996), 34-58
H. Hermes,
Resonance, stabilizing feedback controls, and regularity of
viscosity solutions of Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equations,
MCSS 9 (1996), 59-72
Cheng-Zhong Xu,
Exact Observability and exponential stability of infinite
dimensional bilinear systems,
MCSS 9 (1996), 73-93
PAPERS ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION BUT NOT YET PUBLISHED IN MCSS
A. Banaszuk, S. Swiech, and J. Hauser,
Least squares integration of one-dimensional codistributions
with application to approximate feedback linearization.
J.P. Bardot, S. Monaco, and D. Normand-Cyrot,
A sampled normal form for feedback linearization.
G. Garcia and J. Bernussou,
Pole assignment for uncertain systems in a specified disk
by output feedback.
A. Iggidr, B. Kataline, and R. Outbin,
Semi-definite Lyapunov functions: Stability and stablization.
H. Logemann, R. Rebarber,
The effect of small time-delays on the closed-loop stability
of boundary control systems.
A. Margheri,
Flow regularity and optimality conditions with control in Lp.
W.J. Runggaldier and Y.M. Kabanov,
On control of two-scale stochastic systems with linear
dynamics in the fast variables.
INFORMATION
Information on MCSS including tables of contents is
available at its home pages:
- http://www.cwi.nl/cwi/departments/BS3/mcss.html
- http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/mcss.html
Papers must be submitted to:
J.H. van Schuppen (Co-Editor MCSS)
CWI
P.O.Box 94079
1090 Gb Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Bradley Dickinson, Eduardo Sontag, Jan van Schuppen (Editors)
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Contributed by: Richard Brualdi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Journal : Linear Algebra and Its Applications
Volume Number : 246
Issue Number : 1 - 3
Year : 1996
Page 1
On the Solution of Matrix Inequalities in the Kalman-Yakubovich
Theorem via Hidden Parameters of Positive Rational Functions
D. Z. Arov, N. V. Bondarchuk
Page 13
Some Inequalities for the Hadamard Product of Matrices
M. Fiedler, T. L. Markham
Page 17
The Eigenvalue Distribution of Oscillatory and Strictly Sign- Regular
Matrices
S. P. Eveson
Page 23
An Extension of a Theorem of Fulkerson and Gross
R. Chandrasekaran, S. N. Kabadi, S. Lakshminarayanan
Page 31
Linear Matrix Equations from an Inverse Problem of Vibration Theory
D. Hua, P. Lancaster
Page 49
A Secular Equation for the Eigenvalues of a Diagonal Matrix
Perturbation
J. Anderson
Page 71
Completion of Operator Partial Matrices to Projections
J. Hou
Page 83
A Proof of the Branching Number Bound for Normal Manifolds
S. Scholtes
Page 97
On the Powers of Matrices in Bottleneck/Fuzzy Algebra
K. Cechlarova
Page 113
Stabilizing Solution to the Reverse Discrete-Time Riccati Equation: A
Matrix Pencil Based Approach
C. Oara
Page 131
Euclid Algorithm, Orthogonal Polynomials and Generalized Routh-Hurwitz
Algorithm
Y. V. Genin
Page 159
The Generalized Inverse of a Sum with Radical Element: Applications
D. Huylebrouck
Page 177
The Faces of the Unit Balls of c-Norms and c-Spectral Norms
E. M. de Sa
Page 191
Two-Sided Equivalence on the Special Linear Group
S. Chang, C. Lee
Page 203
On The Numerical Range of Tridiagonal Operators
M. Chien
Page 215
On the Variation of the Spectrum of a Normal Matrix
J. Sun
Page 225
On the Structural Eigenvalues of Block Random Matrices
F. Juhasz
Page 233
Further Results on the Convergence Behaviour of CG and Ritz Values
G. L. Sleijpen, A. van der Sluis
Page 279
The Determinantal Conjecture and Hadamard Type Inequalities
S. W. Drury
Page 299
Pc-Matrices and the Linear Complementarity Problem
M. Cao, M. C. Ferris
Page 313
On Trace Forms of Higher Degree
M. O'Ryan, D. B. Shapiro
Page 335
Linear Preserves of Controllability and/or Observability
O. Fung
Page 361
Doubly Stochastic Matrices and Dicycle Covers and Packings in Eulerian
Digraphs
A. Borobia, Z. Nutov, M. Penn
Page 373
AUTHOR INDEX
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Contributed by: Mike Groth (mgroth@wkap.com)
The Journal of VLSI Signal Processing
Contents, Vol. 13, Issues 2 & 3
Volume 13, 1996
SPECIAL ISSUE ON TECHYNOLOGIES FOR WIRELESS COMPUTING
Anatha P. Chandrakasan and Robert W. Brodersen, Guest
Editors' Introduction
85
Prathima Agrawal, Eoin Hyder, Paul Krzyzanowski, Mani B.
Srivasrava and John A. Trotter, Hardware-Software
Architecture of the SWAN Wireless ATM Network
87
Charles Chien, Sean Nazareth, Paul Lettieri, Stephen Molloy,
Brian Schoner, Walter A. Boring IV, Joey Chen, Christopher
Deng, William H. Mangione-Smith, and Rajeev Jain, An
Integrated Testbed for Wireless Multimedia Computing
105
Benjamin M. Gordon, Ely Tsern, and Teresa H. Meng, Design
of a Low Power Video Decompression Chip Set for Portable
Applications
125
M. Chian, G. Croft, S. Jost, P. Landy, B. Myers, J.
Prentice, and Doug Schultz, IC Implementation Challenges of
a 2.4 GHz Wireless LAN Chipset
143
Kalluri R. Sarma and Tayo Akinwande, Flat Panel Displays for
Portable Systems
165
Tadahiro Kuroda and Takayasu Sakurai, Threshold-Voltage
Control Schemes through Substrate-Bias for Low-Power High-
Speed CMOS LSI Design
191
Thomas D. Burd and Robert W. Brodersen, Process Design for
Portable Systems
203
Vivek Tiwari, Sharad Malik, Andrew Wolfe, and Mike Tien
Chien Lee, Instruction Level Power Analysis and Optimization
of Software
223
Renu Mehra, Lisa M. Guerra, and Jan M. Rabaey, Low-Power
Architectural Synthesis and the Impact of Exploiting
Locality
239
Jose Monteiro and Srinivas Devadas, Techniques for Power
Estimation and Optimization at the Logic Level: A Survey
259
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Contributed by: From poulson@siam.org
SIAM Journal on Optimization
November 1996, Volume 6, Number 4
CONTENTS
Condition Numbers, the Barrier Method, and the Conjugate-Gradient
Method
James Renegar
An Interior Point Method for Bordered Block Diagonal Linear Programs
Michael D. Grigoriadis and Leonid G. Khachiyan
Solving LP Problems via Weighted Centers
Aiping Liao and Michael J. Todd
Parallel Decomposition: Results for Staircase Linear Programs
Robert Entriken
On the Superlinear Convergence of an O(n3L) Interior-Point Algorithm
for the Monotone LCP
Kevin A. McShane
Algorithms for the Generalized Linear Complementarity Problem with a
Vertical Block Z-Matrix
S. R. Mohan and S. K. Neogy
Semidefinite Programming: A Path-Following Algorithm for a
Linear-Quadratic Functional
Leonid Faybusovich
Analysis of a Symmetric Rank-One Trust Region Method
Richard H. Byrd, Humaid Fayez Khalfan, and Robert B. Schnabel
A Reflective Newton Method for Minimizing a Quadratic Function Subject
to Bounds on Some of the Variables
Thomas F. Coleman and Yuying Li
Convergence Properties of Minimization Algorithms for Convex
Constraints Using a Structured Trust Region
A. R. Conn, Nick Gould, A. Sartenaer, and Ph. L. Toint
Characterizations of Strong Regularity for Variational Inequalities
Over Polyhedral Convex Sets
A. L. Dontchev and R. T. Rockafellar
A Globally and Superlinearly Convergent Algorithm for Nonsmooth Convex
Minimization
Masao Fukushima and Liqun Qi
Generalized Hessian Properties of Regularized Nonsmooth Functions
R. A. Poliquin and R. T. Rockafellar
Rates of Convergence in Stochastic Programs with Complete Integer
Recourse
Rudiger Schultz
Optimality of Nested Partitions and Its Application to Cluster
Analysis
E. Boros and F. K. Hwang
Author Index
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Contributed by: bmiller@ippi.ac.msk.su (Boris Miller)
First Call for Papers
IFAC Workshop
SINGULAR SOLUTIONS AND PERTURBATIONS IN CONTROL SYSTEMS
(SSPCS-97)
7 - 11 July, 1997
Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia
Scope:
SSPCS'97 is the 3'th event in a series of international workshops on
Singular Solution and Perturbations in Control Systems which were
held in 1993 and in 1995 in Pereslavl and were very successful. This
event which will be held on 7-11 July 1997 is the first of them under
the sponsorship of IFAC. The objective of this workshop is to provide
an international forum for the discussion of recent developments and
advances in the fields of singular control problems, impulsive
control, singular perturbations technique in control systems,
descriptor control systems and others.
The topics of the regular session will include
- Singular problems in optimal control
- Impulsive and relay control
- Necessary and sufficient optimality conditions
- Nonlinear systems
- Singularly perturbed control systems
- Control in uncertain systems
- Software for optimal control
Conference Language:
The working language of the workshop is English.
Cultural program:
Site-seen tours of the historical places with unique early Russian
architecture in the neighborhood of Pereslavl-Zalessky are planned,
and in particular, visits to the centers of Russian Orthodox Church in
Rostov and Yaroslavl.
Paper submision:
Procpective authors should submit two copies of the abstract of their
paper to NOC and send a Latex file of the abstract by e-mail
{sspcs@psi.botik.ru} by January 1, 1997. The accepted abstracts will
appear in the preprints of the workshop. The lenght of the abstract
should be about two typed pages. The cover page should contain: title,
author's name, affilation and address, fax-number, e-mail address,
telephone number. In the case of joint authorship, the first name
mentioned will be used for all correspondence, unless otherwise
requested. After the acceptance of the abstract the Latex file of the
full paper of at most 16 typed pages has to be submitted to NOC by
e-mail {sspcs@psi.botik.ru} by May 1, 1997 for consideration for
further publication.
Importante dates:
Submission of abstracts 01.01.97
Notification of acceptance 01.03.97
Submission of full papers 01.05.97
Workshop 07.07.97 - 11.07.97
National Organizing Committee Address:
Chair of NOC
Professor Michail Dmitriev,
Control Processes Research Center of Program Systems
Institute (PSI) of Russian Academy of Sciences
Pereslavl-Zalessky, m.Botik, 152140, Russia,
tel: +7 (08535) 98523 (w), -98210 (w), -98270(h),
fax: +7 (08535)-21731, -20593
E-mail: sspcs@psi.botik.ru
International Program Committee Address:
Chair of IPC
Professor Boris Miller
Institute for Information Transmission Problems (IPPI)
of Russian Academy of Sciences
B.Karetny, 19, 101447 GSP-4, Russia, Moscow,
tel.: +7 (095) 209 4981
fax: +7 (095) 209 0579
E-mail: bmiller@ippi.ac.msk.su
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Contributed by: Payman Arabshahi
Visit us on the web at
http://www.ieee.org/nnc/cifer97
Call for Papers Conference Topics
Conference on Computational
Intelligence for Financial
Engineering Topics in which papers, panel
sessions, and tutorial proposals are
(CIFEr) invited include, but are not limited
to, the following:
Crowne Plaza Manhattan, New York
City Financial Engineering Applications:
March 23-25, 1997 * Risk Management
* Pricing of Structured
Sponsors: Securities
The IEEE Neural Networks Council, * Asset Allocation
The International Association of * Trading Systems
Financial Engineers * Forecasting
* Hedging Strategies
The IEEE/IAFE CIFEr Conference is * Risk Arbitrage
the third annual collaboration * Exotic Options
between the professional engineering
and financial communities, and is Computer & Engineering Applications
one of the leading forums for new & Models:
technologies and applications in the
intersection of computational * Neural Networks
intelligence and financial * Probabilistic Modeling/Inference
engineering. Intelligent * Fuzzy Systems and Rough Sets
computational systems have become * Genetic and Dynamic Optimization
indispensable in virtually all * Intelligent Trading Agents
financial applications, from * Trading Room Simulation
portfolio selection to proprietary * Time Series Analysis
trading to risk management. * Non-linear Dynamics
Instructions for Authors, Special Sessions, Tutorials, & Exhibits
All summaries and proposals for tutorials, panels and special sessions must
be received by the conference Secretariat at Meeting Management by November
15, 1996. Our intentions are to publish a book with the best selection of
papers accepted.
Authors (For Conference Oral Sessions)
One copy of the Extended Summary (not exceeding four pages of 8.5 inch by 11
inch size) must be received by Meeting Management by November 15, 1996.
Centered at the top of the first page should be the paper's complete title,
author name(s), affiliation(s), and mailing addresses(es). Fonts no smaller
than 10 pt should be used. Papers must report original work that has not
been published previously, and is not under consideration for publication
elsewhere. In the letter accompanying the submission, the following
information should be included:
* Topic(s)
* Full title of paper
* Corresponding Author's name
* Mailing address
* Telephone and fax
* E-mail (if available)
* Presenter (If different from corresponding author, please provide name,
mailing address, etc.)
Authors will be notified of acceptance of the Extended Summary by January
10, 1997. Complete papers (not exceeding seven pages of 8.5 inch by 11 inch
size) will be due by February 14, 1997, and will be published in the
conference proceedings.
Special Sessions
A limited number of special sessions will address subjects within the
topical scope of the conference. Each special session will consist of from
four to six papers on a specific topic. Proposals for special sessions will
be submitted by the session organizer and should include:
* Topic(s)
* Title of Special Session
* Name, address, phone, fax, and email of the Session Organizer
* List of paper titles with authors' names and addresses
* One page of summaries of all papers
Notification of acceptance of special session proposals will be on January
10, 1997. If a proposal for a special session is accepted, the authors will
be required to submit a camera ready copy of their paper for the conference
proceedings by February 14, 1997.
Panel Proposals
Proposals for panels addressing topics within the technical scope of the
conference will be considered. Panel organizers should describe, in two
pages or less, the objective of the panel and the topic(s) to be addressed.
Panel sessions should be interactive with panel members and the audience and
should not be a sequence of paper presentations by the panel members. The
participants in the panel should be identified. No papers will be published
from panel activities. Notification of acceptance of panel session proposals
will be on January 10, 1997.
Tutorial Proposals
Proposals for tutorials addressing subjects within the topical scope of the
conference will be considered. Proposals for tutorials should describe, in
two pages or less, the objective of the tutorial and the topic(s) to be
addressed. A detailed syllabus of the course contents should also be
included. Most tutorials will be four hours, although proposals for longer
tutorials will also be considered. Notification of acceptance of tutorial
proposals will be on January 10, 1997.
Exhibit Information
Businesses with activities related to financial engineering, including
software & hardware vendors, publishers and academic institutions, are
invited to participate in CIFEr's exhibits. Further information about the
exhibits can be obtained from the CIFEr-secretariat, Barbara Klemm.
Contact Information
More information on registration and the program will be provided as soon
as it becomes available. For further details, please contact
Barbara Klemm
CIFEr'97 Secretariat
Meeting Management
IEEE/IAFE Computational Intelligence
for Financial Engineering
2603 Main Street, Suite # 690
Irvine, California 92714
Tel: (714) 752-8205 or
(800) 321-6338
Fax: (714) 752-7444
Email: Meetingmgt@aol.com
Web: http://www.ieee.org/nnc/cifer97
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Contributed by: D.J. Holding
IEE COMPUTING AND CONTROL DIVISION
COLLOQUIUM ON HYBRID CONTROL FOR REAL-TIME SYSTEMS
CALL FOR PAPERS
Professional Group C8 (Control systems theory and design) is organising a
Colloquium on "Hybrid control for real-time systems" to be held at the IEE,
Savoy Place, London on Friday 6th December 1996.
Hybrid control systems are reactive control systems that involve both
continuous and discrete dynamics and continuous and discrete controls.
Conventionally, such systems have been designed by considering the
continuous and discrete event systems separately (by suppressing either the
continuous dynamics so that the hybrid system is a discrete event dynamical
system or the discrete dynamics so that the hybrid system becomes a
differential equation). A difficulty with hybrid systems is that the
interaction between the continuous and discrete event systems complicate
their analysis. Recent research on integrated approaches to hybrid
systems, in both computer science and control engineering, has led to a
variety of semantic models, notations and analysis techniques which address
these issues directly. The developing theory of hybrid control systems is
generic to the design of sequential supervisory controllers for continuous
systems and may influence existing approaches or lead to the development of
new design methods.
The scope of the colloquium will include recent developments in modelling
hybrid control systems including notations, model generation and simulation
tools; analysis and verification techniques for hybrid systems; the problem
of synthesising controllers for hybrid systems; and design methods
including systematic approaches of various degrees of abstraction. Papers
are also welcome on related issues including demonstration applications of
hybrid control theory and assessments of the capabilities and limitations
of current techniques. The event is intended to bring together researchers
from control theory and computer science, designers of hybrid control
systems and developers of sequential supervisory controllers for hybrid
systems.
Abstracts of 300-400 words should be sent to Dr David Holding, Dept
Electronic Engineering & Applied Physics, Aston University, Aston Triangle,
Birmingham B4 7ET. U.K. Tel (+44) 121 350 3611 Ext 5107; Fax (+44) 121 359
0156,
email: d.j.holding@aston.ac.uk
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Contributed by: Michael H. Breitner
Second Announcement & Call for Registration
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPTIMIZATION AND
OPTIMAL CONTROL
organized by
SIGOPT
Special Interest Group in Optimization of the
German Society of Mathematicians (DMV).
Pfalzakademie, Lambrecht , February 24-28,1997
SIGOPT
The special interest group for optimization (in German ''Fachgruppe
Optimierung'') was created in 1993 under the auspices of the Deutsche
Mathematiker Vereinigung (DMV) with the purpose of encouraging
cooperation among its members, and of facilitating communication between
them.It is primarily intended to meet the needs of those interested in
mathematical optimization, both theory and pratice.
SIGOPT provides a forum for discussing actual and future developments
in a broad variety of disciplines associated with optimization,
and actively supports interdisciplinary research and applications
to industry. In particular, SIGOPT encourages students and younger
scientists to become involved in research in optimization.
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
The topics of this conference are:
<> Linear and Nonlinear Programming
<> Combinatorial Programming
<> Stochastic Programming
<> Control Theory
<> Applications
IMPPRTANT DATES
<> Final registration: Please register until
October 14, 1996
<> Deadline for abstracts: Please send your abstract until
November 30, 1996
<> For preparing the abstract, please use "\LaTeX"
<> Registration and reception of abstracts via
e-mail are highly appreciated.
FEES and ACCOMODATION
<> There will be no conference fees.
<> The cost of accomodation at the
Pfalzakademie is DM 410,00
(per person in a double room with full
board, including the conference dinner).
REGISTRATION FORM
Please register via e-mail.
Diethard Pallaschke
Institut f"ur Statistik
und Mathem. Wirtschaftstheorie
Universit"at Karlsruhe
Geb. 11.40
Kaiserstr. 12
D-76128 Karlsruhe , Germany
e-mail: lh09@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
phone: (+49 721) 608-3951
fax: (+49 721) 35 81 50
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Contributed by: Francois Rolland (adaptech@alpes-net.fr)
WORKSHOP : SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION AND ROBUST CONTROL DESIGN
- A PRACTICAL APPROACH -
Date : January 14 - 17, 1997
Location : GRENOBLE - FRANCE
Registration deadline : December 20, 1996
Sessions in French also available
OBJECTIVE
The third english workshop concentrates on providing a clear understanding
of system identification and digital control methodologies. Emphasis is on
the use of modern identification and control methodology. The course does
not go into details of the theory that are not essential for the user ;
mathematical theory is kept to a minimum.
Case studies and a computer control laboratory provide a better
understanding of these techniques and a pratical approach.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
The course is intended for professionals engaged in the design and
implementation of computer- controlled systems as well as those who teach
digital control. It will benefit engineers and computer applications
specialists involved in the design and implementation of control systems
BENEFITS
Upon completing the course, participants
- will be able to tell how and when modern system identification and
control design techniques will help solve practical problems
- will be able to use software tools to identify dynamic models of physical
plants and to design and implement robust digital controllers
COMPUTER CONTROL LABORATORY
Computer control laboratory and case studies will provide a better
understanding of system identification and digital control techniques
through application examples (e.g. process control, motion control)
numerical simulation studies, use of real data and control of a real
process.
PREREQUISITE
An undergraduate level course on feedback control is adequate preparation
for the course.
MATERIAL
each participant will receive
- a copy of the book System Identification and Control Design by I.D.
Landau (Prentice Hall 1990)
- copies of all the transparencies used in the course
- reprints of selected papers from Journals and conference proceedings.
For more information, please contact Mr Francois Rolland
(email: adaptech@alpes-net.fr, phone (+33) 76 51 52 77)
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Contributed by: Henry Hermes
AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY
1997 Summer Research Institute
Differential Geometry and Control
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
June 29-July 19, 1997
The forty-fourth Summer Research Institute sponsored by the
American Mathematical Society will be devoted to the application
of differential geometric methods to control theory. The meeting
will be held at the University of Colorado, Boulder, June 29-July 19, 1997.
The organizing committee consists of:
Guillermo S. Ferreyra, { Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA}
Robert B. Gardner, { University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill}
Henry Hermes (Co-organizer), { University of Colorado at Boulder}
Hector J. Sussmann (Organizer), { Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ}
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
WEEK 1: Systems of vector fields; equivalence; small and large time
local controllability; feedback stabilization; nilpotent
approximations; dynamical systems methods in controllability, and Lie
semigroups in control theory.
WEEK 2: Differential-geometric optimal control;
nonsmooth extensions and a coordinate--free formulation of the Maximum
Principle; subriemannian minimizers, abnormal extremals, applications of
optimal control theory.
WEEK 3: Exterior differential systems and feedback
equivalence, classical geometries arising in feedback problems;
computational algorithms for dynamic feedback equivalence; differential
invariants and the role of symmetries in system equivalence; exterior
forms and path planning in robotics and nonholonomic systems;
configuration accessibility, holonomy, connections and fibre
controllability for mechanical systems.
The typical day will begin with an expository, one hour, lecture
followed by two one hour "recent research" lectures. Parallel
sessions will be held in the afternoons for contributed papers. All
participants will be invited to submit an abstract for a contributed
talk.
It is anticipated that the Institute will be partially funded by grants
from the National Science Foundation, NASA and ARO. Proceedings of the
Institute will be published in the AMS series titled Proceedings of
Symposia in Pure Mathematics.
All persons who are interested in the topics are welcome to attend. The
organizers hope to be able to provide some support for subsistence for
most of the participants. It is expected that funding, particularly
for airfares, will be limited. In general, preferences for funding
will be given to younger researchers and members of underrepresented
groups.
Those interested in receiving an invitation should send the following
information to: Summer Research Institute Coordinator, American
Mathematical Society, PO Box 6887, Providence, R.I. 02940--6887, or
by e-mail to chh@ams.org, prior to March 15, 1997.
Please type or print the following:
1. Full name
2. Mailing address
3. Area code, phone number for office, home, and FAX and e--mail address
4. The period for which you wish to attend
5. Scientific backgroud relevant to the institute topics
6. Financial assistance requested (or indicate if no support is required).
Please note that all potential participants, whether or not
requesting support, should solicit an invitation from the AMS by the
indicated deadline. All requests will be forwarded to the organizing
committee for consideration. All applicants will receive formal
invitations. Participants receiving financial support will be notified
when the invitations are sent in late April.
Information on housing, travel, dining, and the local area will be
sent to participants along with the letter of invitation. All
participants will be requierd to pay a small conference fee. Questions
concerning the scientific program can be addressed by e--mail to:
ferreyra@marais.math.lsu.edu, rbg@math.unc.edu, hermes@euclid.colorado.edu,
sussmann@hamilton.rutgers.edu. Questions of a nonscientific nature
should be directed to the summer institute coordinator at the address
provided above.
A (more detailed) copy of this announcement can be found in the
October issue of the Notices of the American Mathematical Society,
page 1304.
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Contributed by: K. J. Burnham
ICSE'97
Twelfth International Conference on Systems Engineering
First Announcement
Call for papers
9-11 September 1997
Held at Coventry University UK
Organised by the Control Theory and Applications Centre
The 12th International Conference on Systems Engineering, ICSE'97, will take
place at Coventry University and will be organised through the Control
Theory and Applications Centre, an interdisciplinary research centre
established by drawing together staff from the School of Engineering and the
School of Mathematical and Information Sciences.
Scope of Conference
The Conference will cover the general area of Systems Engineering, with
particular emphasis being placed on applications. It is expected to include
sessions on the following themes:
* Adaptive Control and System Identification
* Algorithms and Architectures
* Control Theory and Applications
* Educational Developments in Systems Engineering
* Energy Efficiency and Environmental Systems
* Image and Signal Processing
* Manufacturing Systems
* Modelling and Simulation
* Neuro and Fuzzy Methodologies
* Sensors and Intelligent Robots
Call for Papers
Authors wishing to contribute to the Conference should submit an abstract
(three copies) of their proposed contribution before 14 February 1997. The
abstract should be typed and written in English. Refereeing of abstracts
submitted before the deadline date will take place on a regular basis. This
will allow early decisions to be taken and should assist authors in their
projected planning arrangements. The Organising Committee would also welcome
proposals for arranged specialist sessions on a focused theme relevant to
the Conference; each session consisting of up to six papers. All papers
presented will be considered for possible publication in the Journal
`Systems Science', published in Poland (in English).
Deadlines
Submission of abstracts 14 February 1997
Acceptance of papers 14 March 1997
Submission of full papers 6 June 1997
It is intended to have the Conference Proceedings available for
participants. Consequently, deadlines for submission of papers should be
strictly respected.
Abstracts, papers and requests for further details should be sent to:
Dr Keith Burnham
Conference Secretary ICSE'97
Control Theory and Applications Centre
Coventry University
Priory Street
Coventry CV1 5FB
United Kingdom
Telephone/Fax 01203 838052
International code +44 1203 838052
E-mail icse97@coventry.ac.uk
Alternative telephone and Fax numbers:
Telephone 01203 838972 or 838564
Fax 01203 838585 or 838949=20
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Contributed by: Petros Ioannou
CALL FOR PAPERS
5th IEEE MEDITERRANEAN CONFERENCE ON CONTROL AND SYSTEMS
The 5th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Systems
(5th IEEE MED), co-sponsored by the IEEE Control Systems Society,
the University of Cyprus, The Technical Universities of Crete and
Patras, the IEEE Cyprus Section, the IEE Cyprus Section and the IEEE
Greek Chapter of the Control Systems Society, will be held July
21-23, in Paphos on the beautiful island of Cyprus. The Conference
General and Program Chair is Theodore E. Djaferis of the University
of Massachusetts in Amherst, USA. It will follow the tradition of
the very successful four previous Mediterranean Symposia and focus
on control and systems. The venue is the Phaethon Beach Sunotel
which is located in walking distance from the picturesque port of
Paphos and several archeological sites. All are welcomed to
participate in an exciting technical meeting and also enjoy the
natural beauty, warm hospitality, and fine cuisine that Cyprus can
offer. For more information about the Conference view the page on
http://www.ecs.umass.edu/ece/djaferis/5thMED/
CALL OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSIONS
The 5th IEEE Mediterranean Conference on Control and Systems
will include both contributed papers and special sessions. A full
Proceedings will be published on CD-ROM as well as a hardcopy
Book of Abstracts. Contributed papers and special session
proposals are solicited in the areas listed below:
Adaptive Control, Aerospace Control, Architectures for Signal
Processing and Control Algorithms, Automotive Control,
Computer Networks, Decentralized Control, Digital
Communications, Discrete Event Systems, Fuzzy Systems,
Image Processing, Intelligent Control, Large Space Structures,
Linear Systems, Manufacturing, Mobile Computing and
Communications, Multimedia, Neural Networks, Nonlinear
Systems Numerical Analysis, Parallel Processing, Power
Systems, Process Control, Robotics, Robust Control, Signal
Processing, Spectral Estimation
Authors of CONTRIBUTED PAPERS are requested to submit 4 copies
of their paper which must include their name, affiliation
and email address. For papers with multiple authors a
corresponding author must be identified.
Organizers of SPECIAL SESSIONS are requested to submit four
copies of a proposal (3 page maximum) with the titles and
summaries of the papers to be included in the session. Each
session should be cohesive, focusing on a single topic. Proposals
should contain the names, affiliations, email addresses of the
organizer and all the authors.
Submissions of contributed papers and special session proposals
are due to the General Chair, Theodore Djaferis, at the address
given below by January 24, 1997. The authors and organizers will
be notified (by email) of acceptance by March 21, 1997. At that
time all authors will be given instructions by email on how to
prepare manuscripts for the Proceedings and where to submit
them. Authors of accepted papers must submit their manuscripts
and register for the Conference by May 1, 1997 to ensure that
their paper will be included in the Final Program, Proceedings and
Book of Abstracts. All attendees are expected to register.
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Contributed by: zeger@ucsd.edu (Ken Zeger)
Preliminary Announcement
1998 IEEE Information Theory Workshop
San Diego, California
DATE: Mon Feb 9 - Wed Feb 11, 1998 (3 days)
Web Site: http://code.ucsd.edu/itw
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Technical Program
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PLENARY SPEAKERS: James Massey (ETH)
Robert Gray (Stanford)
Bruce Hajek (Illinois)
SPECIAL EVENING LECTURER: Irwin Jacobs (Qualcomm)
SESSIONS ORGANIZERS:
Ray Pickholtz (George Wash. Univ.) and Larry Milstein (UCSD)
TOPIC: CDMA
Jacob Ziv (Technion) and Alon Orlitsky (UCSD)
TOPIC: TBA
Tom Fischer (Wash. State Univ.) and Pam Cosman (UCSD)
TOPIC: Source Coding
Alexander Vardy (Univ. Illinois) and Ken Zeger (UCSD)
TOPIC: Coding theory
Mario Blaum (IBM) and Jack Wolf (UCSD)
TOPIC: Magnetic Recording
Venkat Anantharam (UC Berkeley) and Rene Cruz (UCSD)
TOPIC: Networks
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Contributed by: M.M. Seron
Wednesday 9 of October 1996
1-day Mini-Course:
Fundamental Limitations in Filtering and Control
Maria Seron and Julio Braslavsky
CESAME
Universite Catholique de Louvain,
Bat. Euler, Avenue Georges Lemaitre,
1348 Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
1. Description
In this course we discuss the issue of fundamental limitations in
filtering and control system design. An appropriate framework to
analyze design limitations in linear systems is based on the use of
sensitivity functions to describe system's performance and
robustness. The key tools used stem from basic theorems of Complex
Variable Theory such as the Maximum Modulus Theorem and the Cauchy
Integral Theorem and its corollaries.
The workshop will give a fairly comprehensive overview of the topic,
including the classical results from Bode to Freudenberg and Looze, as
well as a selection of the contemporary extensions to multivariable
systems, sampled-data, filtering, and nonlinear problems. Brief
lecture notes will be provided.
The contents of this course are abridged from the book "Fundamental
Limitations in Filtering and Control", by M.M. Seron, J.H. Braslavsky
and G.C. Goodwin, Springer-Verlag, CCES Series, to appear November 1996.
2. Technical Program
* Morning: Introduction and Classic Results
9:30 - 10:10. Motivation
10:10 - 10:30. Review of Complex Variable Theory
10:30 - 10:45. Break
10:45 - 11:30. Limitations in Linear Control
11:30 - 11:45. Break
11:45 - 12:30. Design Tradeoffs in Linear Control
* Afternoon: Modern Results
14:00 - 14:35. MIMO Control
14:35 - 14:45. Break
14:45 - 15:25. Sampled-Data Systems
15:25 - 15:35. Break
15:35 - 16:15. Filtering and Fault Detection
16:15 - 16:25. Break
16:25 - 17:00. A Glimpse on Nonlinear Systems
3. About the speakers
M.M. Seron and J.H. Braslavsky are recently graduated PhD students of
the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Newcastle,
Australia, where they also worked as Research Associates during
1995/96. Presently, they hold postdoctoral positions at the CESAME,
Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
4. Registration
No fee is required. However, an email confirming participation would
be appreciated.
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