Control Systems Society

   


Newsletter
August 2003

1. Personals
 1.1Change of Address: Leandro G. Barajas
 1.2New address: Paulo Tabuada
2. Awards Honors
3. General Announcements
 3.1CSS Digital Archive: Special Offer
4. Positions
 4.1Control Systems Engineer GE Global India
 4.2PhD: University of Girona Spain
 4.3Post Doc: Naval Postgraduate School USA
5. Books
 5.1Neural and Fuzzy Logic Control of Drives and Power Systems
 5.2Robust Adaptive Control
6. Journals
 6.1CFP: ELEKTRIK Special Issue on Control of Communication Networks
 6.2CFP: Int Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
 6.3Contents: Automatica
 6.4Contents: Control Engineering Practice
 6.5Contents: European Journal of Control
 6.6Contents: IEEE TAC June 2003
 6.7Contents: IEEE TAC May 2003
 6.8Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications
7. Conferences
 7.18th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics and Vision
 7.2African Control Conference
 7.3ESF-TED Workshop: Multiple Participant Decision Making
 7.4LSS2004
 7.5Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods
 7.6Workshop on Clustering Large Data Sets

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