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Newsletter
August 2005
1. Personals
2. General Announcements
2.1 Summer School: Interval analysis for control
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Summer School: Interval analysis for control
Contributed by: Luc Jaulin and Eric Walter, jaulinlu@ensieta.fr
Please find below the program of a that will take place on 12-16 September
2005, in Grenoble, France. This school is about the application of interval
analysis and constraint propagation to identification, control
and robotics. It is open to graduate students, researchers or engineers
who want to learn the concepts of interval computation,
to understand why constraint propagation is essential to deal with
problems involving many variables, and to find realistic applications
where interval methods are needed. The lessons will be in english. No prior
knowledge on interval analysis is required.
More information about this summer shool can be found at
http://ecole-ete-auto.lag.ensieg.inpg.fr/index_uk.html.
The deadline has actually been extended, so you should not hesitate to
register even after the end of July.
We hope to see you in Grenoble,
Luc Jaulin and Eric Walter.
Grenoble Control Summer School
GUARANTEED SET COMPUTATION, WITH APPLICATIONS IN IDENTIFICATION,
OBSERVATION, CONTROL AND ROBOTICS
12-16 September 2005, Grenoble, France
Scientific coordinators : Luc JAULIN and Eric WALTER
Laboratoire E3I2, ENSIETA, Brest
Laboratoire des Signaux et Systemes CNRS - SUPELEC - Univ. Paris-Sud
Gif-sur-Yvette
Main speakers
Laurent GRANVILLIERS, Professor, University of Nantes
Luc JAULIN , Professor, ENSIETA, Brest
Michel KIEFFER, Associate Professor, University Paris-Sud XI, Orsay
Suzanne LESECQ, Associate Professor, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble
Nacim RAMDANI, Associate Professor, University Paris XII, Creteil
Eric WALTER, Directeur de Recherche at CNRS
Program
1st day Set computation
Set theory.
Computing with ellipsoids, with intervals and subpavings.
Inclusion functions.
Contractors and constraint propagation.
Practical work.
2nd day Set solvers
Computing direct images of sets.
Computing reciprocal images of sets.
Solving linear and nonlinear sets of equations.
Global optimisation (including minimax).
Integrating differential equations.
Practical work.
3rd day Set estimation
Estimating parameters (via the minimization of a cost function or, in a
bounded-error context by ellipsoids or by subpavings).
Estimating state variables by set filtering in a bounded-error context (by
ellipsoids or by subpavings).
State estimation via constraint propagation.
Joint parameter and state estimation
Practical work.
4th day Robust control
Analysing the stability of uncertain systems.
Computing stability domains and margins.
Delay systems.
Designing robust controllers.
Practical work.
5th day Complements
Guaranteed computation with floating point numbers.
Automatic differentiation.
5th day Robotics
Computing all possible configurations of a Stewart-Gough platform.
Calibrating robots.
Localization and tracking of a vehicle from distance measurements.
Trajectory planning.
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3. Awards Honors
3.1 Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize
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Antonio Ruberti Young Researcher Prize
Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, mspong@uiuc.edu
The Antonio Ruberti Foundation in cooperation with the IEEE Control Systems
Society is pleased to announce the establishment of the "Antonio Ruberti
Young Researcher Prize."
Antonio Ruberti was one of the first three Professors of Automatic Control in
Italy (together with Giorgio Quazza and Antonio Lepschy). In 1964
the first chair of Automatic Control was established at the University of
Rome "La Sapienza" and he was hired to occupy that position. He was Faculty
Dean and later Rector (for 11 years) of "La Sapienza", Minister of the
Scientific Research, Commissioner of the EU for Science and Research and
later held several other positions in EU Commission till his sudden and
unexpected death in 2000.
Description: To recognize distinguished cutting-edge contributions by a young
researcher to the theory or application of systems and control.
Prize: $5000, plaque and certificate, reasonable travel and accomodation
expenses for recipient(s) to attend the Conference on Decision and Control
(CDC).
Funding: Funded by the Ruberti Foundation.
Presentation: At the Awards Ceremony of the CSS held during CDC.
Eligibility: To be eligible the nominee must be 40 years old or younger on
January 1st of the year of the award.
Nomination Procedure: Nominations of outstanding young researchers in all
areas of systems and control are encouraged. A complete nomination package
consisting of a cover letter by the nominator describing why the nominee is
deserving of the award together with two letters of recommendation must be
received by October 1, 2005, in order to receive consideration.
All materials must be send electronically as pdf files to:
Professor Panos Antsaklis, Chair
IEEE CSS Awards Committee
Panos.J.Antsaklis.1@nd.edu
The 2005 winner will be announced in November.
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4. Books
4.1 Applied Mathematics For Restructured Electric Power Systems
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Applied Mathematics For Restructured Electric Power Systems
Contributed by: M.A.Pai, pai@ece.uiuc.edu
Edited by
Joe H. Chow, Felix F. Wu, and James A. Momoh
Published by Springerin the Power Electronics and Power Systems Series
http://www.springeronline.com/series/6403
ISBN 0-387-23470-5
This book consists of chapters based on the presentations at a National
Science Foundation workshop organized in November 2003. The theme of the
Workshop was the use of Applied Mathematics to solve challenging power system
problems. The areas included control, optimization, and computational
intelligence. The biggest power grid blackout event in US history, which
occurred on August 14, 2003, reminded the power community that as long as the
US and other nations continue to operate large interconnected power systems
with ever expanding complexities, new ideas are needed to ensure their
reliable operation. In addition to the introductory chapter, this book
includes 12 chapters written by renowned experts in their fields. Each
chapter followed a three-part format: (1) a description of an important power
system problem or problems, (2) the current practice and/or particular
research approaches, and (3) future research directions. Collectively, the
technical areas discussed in these articles include: voltage and oscillatory
stability, power system security margins, hierarchical and decentralized
control, stability monitoring, embedded optimization, neural network control
with adaptive critic architecture, control tuning using genetic algorithms,
and load forecasting and component prediction.
The volume is intended for power system researchers and professionals charged
with solving electric power system problems.
Chapters:
1. Applied Mathematics for Restructured Electric Power Systems – J. H. Chow,
F. F. Wu, J. A. Momoh
2. Reactive Power and Voltage Control Issues in Electric Power Systems – P.
W. Sauer
3. Identification of Weak Locations using Voltage Stability Margin – T. He,
S. Kolluri, S, Mandal, F. Galvan, and P. Rastgoufard
4. Bifurcation and Manifold Based Approach for Voltage and Oscillatory
Stability Assessment and Control – V. Ajjarapu
5. On-Line ATC Evaluation for Large-Scale Power Systems: Framework and Tool –
H.-D. Chiang and H. Li
6. Automating Operation of Large Electric Power Systems Over Broad Ranges of
Supply/Demand and Equipment Status – M. Ilic
7. Robust Control of Large Power Systems via Convex Optimization – A. I.
Zecevic and D. D. Siljak
8. Instability Monitoring and Control of Power Systems – E. Abed, M. A.
Hassouneh, and M. S. Saad
9. Dynamic Embedded Optimization and Shooting Methods for Power System
Performance Assessment – I. A. Hiskens, J.-W. Park, and V. Donde
10. Computational Intelligence Techniques for Control of FACTS Devices – G.
K. Venayagamoorthy and R. G. Harley
11. Placement and Coordinated Tuning of Control Devices for Capacity and
Security Enhancement Using Metaheuristics – D. M. Falcao and G. N. Taranto
12. Load Forecasting – E. A. Feinberg and D. Genethliou
13. Independent Component Analysis Techniques for Power System Load
Estimation – D. Niebur, E. Gursoy, and H. Liao
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4.2 Matrix Mathematics
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Matrix Mathematics
Contributed by: Dennis S. Bernstein, dsbaero@umich.edu
MATRIX MATHEMATICS: Theory, Facts, and Formulas with
Application to Linear Systems Theory
By Dennis S. Bernstein
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Pages: xxxviii+726
Matrix Mathematics is a reference work for users of matrices in all branches
of engineering, science, and applied mathematics. The book collects
together a vast body of results on matrix theory for easy reference and
immediate application. Each chapter begins with the development of relevant
background theory followed by a large collection of specialized results.
Hundreds of identities, inequalities, and matrix facts are stated rigorously
and clearly with cross references, citations to the literature, and
illuminating remarks.
Twelve chapters cover all of the major topics in matrix theory:
Preliminaries; Basic Matrix Properties; Matrix Classes and Transformations;
Matrix Polynomials and Rational Transfer Functions; Matrix Decompositions;
Generalized Inverses; Kronecker and Schur Algebra; Positive-Semidefinite
Matrices; Norms; Functions of Matrices and Their Derivatives; The Matrix
Exponential and Stability Theory; and Linear Systems and Control Theory.
A detailed list of symbols, a summary of notation and conventions, an
extensive bibliography with author index, and an extensive (107 page long)
index are provided for ease of use. The book will be useful for students at
both the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as researchers and
practitioners in all branches of engineering, science, and applied
mathematics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Special Symbols xv
Conventions, Notation, and Terminology xxvii
Preface xxxiii
Acknowledgments xxxvii
Preliminaries 1
1.1 Logic and Sets 1
1.2 Relations and Functions 3
1.3 Facts on Logic, Sets, and Functions 5
1.4 Facts on Scalar Inequalities 6
1.5 Notes 12
Chapter 2 Basic Matrix Properties 13
2.1 Matrix Algebra 13
2.2 Transpose and Inner Product 20
2.3 Convex Sets, Cones, and Subspaces 25
2.4 Range and Null Space 29
2.5 Rank and Defect 32
2.6 Invertibility 34
2.7 Determinants 39
2.8 Properties of Partitioned Matrices 42
2.9 Facts on Cones, Convex Hulls, and Subspaces 47
2.10 Facts on Range, Null Space, Rank, and Defect 49
2.11 Facts on Identities 55
2.12 Facts on Determinants 57
2.13 Facts on Determinants of Partitioned Matrices 60
2.14 Facts on Adjugates and Inverses 66
2.15 Facts on Inverses of Partitioned Matrices 71
2.16 Facts on Commutators
2.17 Facts on Complex Matrices 75
2.18 Facts on Geometry 78
2.19 Notes 79
Chapter 3 Matrix Classes and Transformations 81
3.1 Matrix Classes 81
3.2 Matrix Transformations 86
3.3 Lie Algebras and Groups 87
3.4 Facts on Group-Invertible and Range-Hermitian Matrices 89
3.5 Facts on Normal, Hermitian, and Skew-Hermitian Matrices 90
3.6 Facts on the Commutator 97
3.7 Facts on Unitary Matrices 98
3.8 Facts on Idempotent Matrices 102
3.9 Facts on Projectors 108
3.10 Facts on Reflectors 112
3.11 Facts on Nilpotent Matrices 113
3.12 Facts on Hamiltonian and Symplectic Matrices 114
3.13 Facts on Groups 115
3.14 Facts on Quaternions 116
3.15 Facts on Miscellaneous Types of Matrices 117
3.16 Notes 120
Chapter 4 Matrix Polynomials and Rational Transfer Functions 121
4.1 Polynomials 121
4.2 Matrix Polynomials 124
4.3 The Smith Decomposition and Similarity Invariants 127
4.4 Eigenvalues 130
4.5 Eigenvectors 135
4.6 Minimal Polynomial 137
4.7 Rational Transfer Functions and the Smith-McMillan Decomposition
139
4.8 Facts on Polynomials 141
4.9 Facts on the Characteristic and Minimal Polynomials 148
4.10 Facts on the Spectrum 151
4.11 Facts on Nonnegative Matrices 156
4.12 Notes 160
Chapter 5 Matrix Decompositions 161
5.1 Smith Form 161
5.2 Multi-Companion Form 162
5.3 Hypercompanion Form and Jordan Form 166
5.4 Schur Decomposition 171
5.5 Eigenstructure Properties 174
5.6 Singular Value Decomposition 181
5.7 Facts on the Inertia 183
5.8 Facts on Matrix Transformations for One Matrix 186
5.9 Facts on Matrix Transformations for Two or More Matrices 189
5.10 Facts on Eigenvalues and Singular Values for One Matrix 194
5.11 Facts on Eigenvalues and Singular Values for Two or More Matrices 201
5.12 Facts on Matrix Eigenstructure 204
5.13 Facts on Companion, Vandermonde, and Circulant Matrices 209
5.14 Facts on Matrix Factorizations 215
5.15 Facts on the Polar Decomposition 221
5.16 Notes 222
Chapter 6 Generalized Inverses 223
6.1 Moore-Penrose Generalized Inverse 223
6.2 Drazin Generalized Inverse 227
6.3 Facts on the Moore-Penrose Generalized Inverse for One Matrix 229
6.4 Facts on the Moore-Penrose Generalized Inverse for Two or More Matrices
234
6.5 Facts on the Drazin and Group Generalized Inverses 244
6.6 Notes 246
Chapter 7 Kronecker and Schur Algebra 247
7.1 Kronecker Product 247
7.2 Kronecker Sum and Linear Matrix Equations 251
7.3 Schur Product 252
7.4 Facts on the Kronecker Product 253
7.5 Facts on the Kronecker Sum 256
7.6 Facts on the Schur Product 258
7.7 Notes 261
Chapter 8 Positive-Semidefinite Matrices 263
8.1 Positive-Semidefinite and Positive-Definite Orderings 263
8.2 Submatrices 265
8.3 Simultaneous Diagonalization 268
8.4 Eigenvalue Inequalities 271
8.5 Matrix Inequalities 277
8.6 Facts on Range and Rank 288
8.7 Facts on Identities and Inequalities for One Matrix 289
8.8 Facts on Identities and Inequalities for Two or More Matrices 295
8.9 Facts on Identities and Inequalities for Partitioned Matrices 301
8.10 Facts on the Trace 306
8.11 Facts on the Determinant 311
8.12 Facts on Quadratic Forms 316
8.13 Facts on Matrix Transformations 321
8.14 Facts on Eigenvalues and Singular Values 323
8.15 Facts on Generalized Inverses 330
8.16 Facts on the Kronecker and Schur Products 333
8.17 Facts on Majorization 341
8.18 Notes 342
Chapter 9 Norms 343
9.1 Vector Norms 343
9.2 Matrix Norms 347
9.3 Compatible Norms 350
9.4 Induced Norms 353
9.5 Induced Lower Bound 358
9.6 Singular Value Inequalities 361
9.7 Facts on Vector Norms 363
9.8 Facts on Matrix Norms for One Matrix 366
9.9 Facts on Matrix Norms for Two or More Matrices 374
9.10 Facts on Matrix Norms and Eigenvalues 385
9.11 Facts on Singular Values for One Matrix 388
9.12 Facts on Singular Values for Two or More Matrices 392
9.13 Notes 399
Chapter 10 Functions of Matrices and Their Derivatives 401
10.1 Open Sets and Closed Sets 401
10.2 Limits 402
10.3 Continuity 404
10.4 Derivatives 405
10.5 Functions of a Matrix 408
10.6 Matrix Derivatives 410
10.7 Facts on Open, Closed, and Convex Sets 412
10.8 Facts on Functions and Derivatives 414
10.9 Notes 417
Chapter 11 The Matrix Exponential and Stability Theory 419
11.1 Definition of the Matrix Exponential 419
11.2 Structure of the Matrix Exponential 422
11.3 Explicit Expressions 425
11.4 Logarithms 429
11.5 Lie Groups 432
11.6 Lyapunov Stability Theory 435
11.7 Linear Stability Theory 437
11.8 The Lyapunov Equation 441
11.9 Discrete-Time Stability Theory 446
11.10 Facts on Matrix Exponential Formulas 447
11.11 Facts on the Matrix Exponential for One Matrix 451
11.12 Facts on the Matrix Exponential for Two or More Matrices 454
11.13 Facts on the Matrix Exponential and Eigenvalues, Singular Values, and
Norms for One Matrix 460
11.14 Facts on the Matrix Exponential and Eigenvalues, Singular Values, and
Norms for Two or More Matrices 461
11.15 Facts on Stable Polynomials 464
11.16 Facts on Lie Groups 466
11.17 Facts on Stable Matrices 466
11.18 Facts on Discrete-Time Stability 474
11.19 Facts on Subspace Decomposition 478
11.20 Notes 485
Chapter 12 Linear Systems and Control Theory 487
12.1 State Space and Transfer Function Models 487
12.2 Laplace Transform Analysis 490
12.3 The Unobservable Subspace and Observability 492
12.4 Observable Asymptotic Stability 496
12.5 Detectability 498
12.6 The Controllable Subspace and Controllability 499
12.7 Controllable Asymptotic Stability 506
12.8 Stabilizability 510
12.9 Realization Theory 512
12.10 System Zeros 520
12.11 H2 System Norm 522
12.12 Harmonic Steady-State Response 526
12.13 System Interconnections 527
12.14 H2 Standard Control Problem 530
12.15 Linear-Quadratic Control 533
12.16 Solutions of the Riccati Equation 536
12.17 The Stabilizing Solution of the Riccati Equation 541
12.18 The Maximal Solution of the Riccati Equation 546
12.19 Positive-Semidefinite and Positive-Definite Solutions of the Riccati
Equation 549
12.20 Facts on Stability, Observability, and Controllability 550
12.21 Facts on the Lyapunov Equation and Inertia 552
12.22 Facts on Realizations and the H2 System Norm 556
12.23 Facts on the Riccati Equation 558
12.24 Notes 561
Bibliography 563
Author Index 611
Index 619-726
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4.3 Modelling and Identification with Rational Orthogonal Basis Functions
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Modelling and Identification with Rational Orthogonal Basis Functions
Contributed by: P.S.C. Heuberger, p.s.c.heuberger@dcsc.tudelft.nl
New Book (June 2005):
"Modelling and Identification with Rational Orthogonal Basis Functions"
Heuberger, Peter S.C.; Van den Hof, Paul M.J.; Wahlberg, Bo (Eds.)
Description:
Models of dynamical systems are of great importance in almost all fields of
science and engineering and specifically in control, signal processing and
information scienceA model is always only an approximation of a real
phenomenon so that having an approximation theory which allows for the
analysis of model quality is a substantial concern. The use of rational
orthogonal basis functions to represent dynamical systems and stochastic
signals can provide such a theory and underpin advanced analysis and
efficient modelling.
It also has the potential to extend beyond these areas to deal with many
problems in circuit theory, telecommunications, systems, control theory and
signal processing.
Nine international experts have contributed to this work to produce thirteen
chapters that can be read independently or as a comprehensive whole with a
logical line of reasoning.
Modelling and Identification with Rational Orthogonal Basis Functions affords
a self-contained description of the development of the field over the last 15
years, furnishing researchers and practising engineers working with dynamical
systems and stochastic processes with a standard reference work.
The book contains 400 pages and 78 illustrations.
Citation:
Modelling and Identification with Rational Orthogonal Basis Functions
Heuberger, Peter S.C.; Van den Hof, Paul M.J.; Wahlberg, Bo (Eds.)
Springer-Verlag, London, 2005
ISBN: 1-85233-956-X
Contents:
1 Introduction (Bo Wahlberg, Brett Ninness, Paul Van den Hof)
2 Construction and Analysis (Bo Wahlberg, Tomas Oliveira e Silva)
3 Transformation Analysis (Bo Wahlberg)
4 System Identification with Generalized Orthonormal Basis Functions (Paul
Van den Hof, Brett Ninness)
5 Variance Error, Reproducing Kernels, and Orthonormal Bases (Brett Ninness,
Hakan Hjalmarsson)
6 Numerical Conditioning (Brett Ninness, Hakan Hjalmarsson)
7 Model Uncertainty Bounding (Paul Van den Hof)
8 Frequency-domain Identification in H2 (Jozsef Bokor, Zoltan Szabo)
9 Frequency-domain Identification in H-infinity (Jozsef Bokor, Zoltan Szabo)
10 Design Issues (Peter Heuberger)
11 Pole Selection in GOBF Models (Tomas Oliveira e Silva)
12 Transformation Theory (Peter Heuberger, Thomas de Hoog)
13 Realization Theory (Peter Heuberger, Thomas de Hoog)
References
Index
For more information (Full contents, Preface and Editorial Introduction) see
the reference to the book on:
http://www.dcsc.tudelft.nl/~pvandenhof/publications.htm
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4.4 Robust Control Design with MATLAB
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Robust Control Design with MATLAB
Contributed by: D.-W. Gu, dag@leicester.ac.uk
Robust Control Design with MATLAB®
D.-W. Gu, P.Hr. Petkov and M.M. Konstantinov
June 2005, Springer, ISBN 1-85233-983-7
Robustness is often of crucial importance in control systems design. Real
engineering systems are vulnerable to external disturbance and measurement
noise and there are always discrepancies between mathematical models used for
design and the actual system in practice.
Robust Control Design with MATLAB® helps you learn how to use well-developed
advanced robust control design methods in practical cases. To this end,
several realistic design examples ranging from teaching-laboratory
experiments, such as a mass–damper–spring assembly, to complex systems like a
liquid-propellant launch vehicle controller are given detailed presentation.
All the design exercises are conducted using MATLAB® Robust Control Toolbox,
Control System Toolbox and Simulink®.
By sharing their experiences in industrial cases with minimum recourse to
complicated theories and formulae, the authors convey essential ideas and
useful insights into robust industrial control systems design using major
H-inf optimization and related methods allowing you quickly to move on with
your own challenges.
Features:
- Hands-on, tutorial presentation giving you the opportunity to repeat the
designs presented and easily to modify them for your own programs.
On the CD-ROM:
- M-files developed with the MATLAB® help you to understand the essence of
robust control system design portrayed in the text-based examples.
- MDL- files for simulation of open- and closed-loop control in Simulink®.
- Full-colour interpretations of all suitable figures for extra clarity.
Robust Control Design with MATLAB® is for graduate students and practising
engineers who want to learn how to deal with robust control design problems
without spending a lot of time in researching complex theoretical
developments.
The demonstrations are current for MATLAB® version 7.01, Robust Control
Toolbox version 3.0, Control System Toolbox version 6.1 and Simulink® version
6.1.
Chapters:
1. Introduction
2. Modelling of Uncertain Systems
3. Robust Design Specifications
4. H-inf Design
5. H-inf Loop-shaping Design Procedures
6. mu-Analysis and Synthesis
7. Lower-order Controllers
8. Robust Control of a Mass-Damper-Spring System
9. A Triple Inverted Pendulum Control-system Design
10. Robust Control of a Hard Disk Drive
11. Robust Control of a Distillation Column
12. Robust Control of a Rocket
13. Robust Control of a Flexible-link Manipulator
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4.5 Robust Control in Power Systems
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Robust Control in Power Systems
Contributed by: M.A.Pai, pai@ece.uiuc.edu
ROBUST CONTROL IN POWER SYSTEMS
Bikash Pal, Imperial College London, London
and
Balarko Chaudhuri, GE Global Research, Bangalore
Published by Springer in the Power Electronics and Power Systems Series
http://www.springeronline.com/series/6403
ISBN- 0-387-25949-X
Robust Control in Power Systems deals with the applications of new techniques
in linear system theory to control low frequency oscillations in power
systems. The book specifically focuses on the analysis and damping of inter-
area oscillations in the systems, which are in the range of 0.2-1 Hz. The
damping control action is injected through high power electronic devices
known as flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) controllers. Three commonly
used FACTS controllers: controllable series capacitors (CSCs) controllable
phase shifters (CPSs) and static var compensators (SVCs) have been used in
this book to control the inter-area oscillations.
The overview of linear system theory from the perspective of power system
control is explained through examples. The damping control design is
formulated as norm optimization problem. The H Infinity and H2 norm of
properly defined transfer functions are minimized in linear matrix
inequalities (LMI) framework to obtain desired performance and stability
robustness. Both centralized and decentralized control structures are used.
Usually the transmission of feedback signal from a remote location encounters
delays making it difficult to control the system. Smith predictor based
approach has been successfully explored in this book as a solution to such a
problem.
The book has ten chapters covering modelling, analysis and simulations of
inter-area oscillations phenomena in two test system models. Several modern
damping control methodologies have been described and applied to synthesize
controllers. The performance robustness has been validated through non-linear
simulations.
Robust Control in Power Systems will be valuable to academicians in the areas
of power, control and system theory, as well as professionals in the power
industry. The book has a Foreword by Dr Prabha Kundur, President & CEO,
PowerTech Lab Inc, BC, Canada
CHAPTERS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. POWER SYSTEM OSCILLATIONS
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Nature of electromechanical oscillations
2.2.1 Intraplant mode oscillations
2.2.2 Local plant mode oscillations
2.2.3 Interarea mode oscillations
2.2.4 Control mode oscillations
2.2.5 Torsional mode oscillations
2.3 Role of Oscillations in Power Blackouts
2.3.1 Oscillations in the WECC system
References
3. LINEAR CONTROL IN POWER SYSTEMS
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Linear system analysis tools in power systems
3.2.1 Eigenvalue analysis
3.2.2 Modal controllability, observability and residue
3.2.3 Singular values and singular vectors
3.2.4 H1 and H2 norm
3.2.5 Hankel singular values and model reduction
3.2.6 Stability, performance and robustness
3.2.7 Control design specifications in power systems
References
4. TEST SYSTEM MODEL
4.1 Overview of the test system
4.2 Models of different components
4.2.1 Generators
4.2.2 Excitation systems
4.2.3 Network power flow model
4.3 Modelling of FACTS devices
4.3.1 Thyristor controlled series capacitor (TCSC)
4.3.2 Static VAr compensator (SVC)
4.3.3 Thyristor controlled phase angle regulator (TCPAR)
4.4 Linearized system model
4.5 Choice of remote signals
4.6 Simplification of system model
5. POWER SYSTEM STABILIZERS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Basic Concept of PSS
5.3 Stabilizing signals for PSS
5.4 Structure of PSS
5.5 Methods of PSS design
5.5.1 Damping torque approach
5.5.2 Frequency response approach
5.5.3 Eigenvalue and state-space approach
References
6. MULTIPLE-MODEL ADAPTIVE CONTROL APPROACH
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Overview of MMAC strategy
6.2.1 Calculation of probability: Bayesian approach
6.2.2 Calculation of weights
6.3 Study system
6.4 Model bank
6.4.1 4-machine, 2-area system
6.4.2 16-machine, 5-area system
6.5 Control tuning and robustness testing
6.5.1 4-machine, 2-area system
6.5.2 16-machine, 5-area system
6.6 Test cases
6.6.1 Test case I
6.6.2 Test case II
6.7 Choice of convergence factor and artificial cut-off
6.8 Simulation results with a 4-machine, 2-area study system
6.8.1 Test case I
6.8.2 Test case II
6.9 Simulation results with a 16-machine, 5-area study system
6.9.1 Test case I
6.9.2 Test case IIa
6.9.3 Test case IIb
References
7. SIMULTANEOUS STABILIZATION
7.1 Eigen-Value-Distance Minimization
7.2 Robust pole-placement
7.3 Case study
7.4 Control design
7.5 Simulation results
7.6 Summary
References
8. MIXED-SENSITIVITY APPROACH USING LMI
8.1 Introduction
8.2 H mixed-sensitivity formulation
8.3 Generalized H problem with pole-placement
8.4 Matrix inequality formulation
8.5 Linearization of the matrix inequalities
8.6 Case study
8.6.1 Weight selection
8.6.2 Control design
8.6.3 Performance evaluation
8.6.4 Simulation results
8.7 Case study on sequential design
8.7.1 Test system
8.7.2 Control design
8.7.3 Performance evaluation
8.7.4 Simulation results
References
9. NORMALIZED H LOOP-SHAPING USING LMI
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Design approach
9.2.1 Loop-shaping
9.2.2 Robust stabilization
9.3 Case study
9.3.1 Loop-shaping
9.3.2 Control Design
9.3.3 Simulation results
References
10. H CONTROL FOR TIME-DELAYED SYSTEMS
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Smith predictor for time-delayed or dead-time systems: an overview
10.3 Problem formulation using unified Smith predictor
10.4 Case study
10.4.1 Control design
10.4.2 Performance evaluation
10.4.3 Simulation results with TCSC
10.5 Simulation results with SVC
References
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4.6 Stability Domains
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Stability Domains
Contributed by: Lyubomir T. Gruyitch, lyubomir.gruyitch@utbm.fr
STABILITY DOMAINS
L. Gruyitch
University of Technology, Belfort, France
J.-P. Richard, P. Borne, and J.-C. Gentina
Ecole Centrale de Lille, France
A volume in the Nonlinear Systems in Aviation, Aerospace, Aeronautics, and
Astronautics series
New concepts and methodologies yield solutions to classic, fundamental
problems
Domains of Lyapunov stability properties and practical stability properties
are concepts that are taking the stability theory of nonlinear dynamical
systems in new directions. Emerging methodologies based on these concepts
overcome the inherent drawbacks of the Lyapunov stability concept and
strengthen it to the point where it can meet practical engineering
requirements.
Stability Domains is an up-to-date account of stability theory with a unique
emphasis on stability domains. It sets forth and proves stability criteria in
their complete form and presents various approaches based on those criteria
to determining exactly stability domains. The author introduces a new
Lyapunov-like technique that generalizes Lyapunov's methodology for time-
invariant linear systems, and in doing so provides complete solutions to
three fundamental stability problems. It allows:
- Direct construction of a system Lyapunov function
- Stability conditions that are both necessary and sufficient but not
expressed in terms of the existence of a Lyapunov function
- The determination of exact stability domains
This book offers a unique opportunity to explore and acquire expertise in new
stability concepts that lead to effective, practical solutions to long-
standing real-world problems. It opens the door to new research directions in
stability theory and provides tools for its effective application.
Features
- Introduces classical Lyapunov and practical stability theory for time-
invariant nonlinear systems in general, and for complex (interconnected,
large scale) nonlinear dynamical systems in particular
- Introduces ideas, such as the domains of Lyapunov stability properties,
that overcome the drawbacks of Lyapunov's concept and satisfy engineering
requirements
- Builds a background for studying existence and continuity of motions,
properties of limit sets, features of system regimes and invariant sets,
dynamical and generalized dynamical systems, and the invariance properties of
stability domains
- Presents a review of the fundamental results of the classical Lyapunov
stability theory and of those on estimating stability domains.
- Exposes the vector norms based stability criteria in general and for
estimating stability domains of complex (interconnected, large scale)
nonlinear dynamical systems.
- Opens new theoretical directions for stability theory and new tools for
more effective and broader its applications
Audience
Postgraduate students and researchers in applied mathematics, control and
systems science, engineering and economics - econometrics.
Contents at glance
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS ON STABILITY CONCEPTS
STABILITY DOMAIN CONCEPTS
QUALITATIVE FEATURES OF STABILITY DOMAINS PROPERTIES
FOUNDATIONS OF THE LYAPUNOV METHOD
NOVEL DEVELOPMENT OF THE LYAPUNOV METHOD
FOUNDATIONS OF PRACTICAL STABILITY DOMAINS
COMPARISON SYSTEMS AND VECTOR NORM-BASED LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS
REFERENCES
AUTHOR INDEX
SUBJECT INDEX
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5. Journals
5.1 Call For Papers: IEE Proceedings CTA
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Call For Papers: IEE Proceedings CTA
Contributed by: Lee Baldwin, lbaldwin@iee.org.uk
IEE CTA Special Issue on
Coordinate Control of Multiple Vehicles Flying in Formation
Formation Flying (FF) of multiple vehicles is a critical technology for many
planned space and terrestrial missions. Multiple spacecraft flying in
formation will be the next generation of NASA and ESA missions to remotely
sense the Earth, the Solar System and beyond. Formation flying of multiple
aircraft or helicopters is a strategic issue in modern automatic flight
control. Nano Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAV) flying in formation constitutes a
new complex and promising field with significant applications.
Formation Flying involves many advanced technologies including orbit
mechanics and aerodynamics, sensors, electronics, control, guidance,
communications, etc. Coordinate Formation Flying Control is a subset of the
more general category. It consists of the design of distributed control
systems able to govern the relative distances or geometric configuration
between multiple vehicles flying in formation, avoiding collisions, saving
fuel as much and meeting the required performance and stability
specifications. Coordinate Formation Flying Control is one of the most
critical stepping stones in the development of future Formation Flying
missions. Some original approaches have emerged in recent years, including
nonlinear control, adaptive techniques, robust control methodologies, load
sharing aspects, etc.
The objective of this Special Issue is to present the latest developments in
the field of Coordinate Control of Multiple Vehicles Flying in Formation and
to stimulate further research within the community.
Deadlines:
Papers should be submitted directly to the IEE’s Manuscript Central
submission platform at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cta by 15th October
2005.
It is expected that authors will receive a 1st decision on their paper within
4 months of submission.
Should a paper be considered suitable for publication, authors will be given
30 days to submit a revised version that fully addresses the comments of the
referees.
Format: Authors should submit their manuscript in PDF format. All manuscripts
must conform to the IEE Author Guide at:
http://www.iee.org/Publish/Support/Auth/authproc.cfm
Please include a short covering letter that informs IEE staff that your paper
is submitted for consideration in Mario Garcia-Sanz’s Special Issue on
Formation Flying, and NOT as a regular paper.
Prof. Mario Garcia-Sanz
Guest Editor
Public University of Navarra
31006 Pamplona
Spain
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5.2 Call For Papers - IEEE TNN Special Issue on Feedback Control
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Call For Papers - IEEE TNN Special Issue on Feedback Control
Contributed by: F.L. Lewis, lewis@uta.edu
CFP, Special Issue of IEEE Trans. Neural Networks on “NN for Feedback
Control”
Papers are invited for a Special Issue of IEEE Trans. Neural Networks
on “Neural Networks for Feedback Control”. The purpose of this Special
Issue is to bring together the Neural Networks Community and the Control
Systems Community, and Approximate Dynamic Programming and standard feedback
control system design techniques. The time is right to provide a forum for
increased communication and interaction between these communities.
Topics include but are not limited to Neurocontrol of dynamical feedback
systems, Approximate dynamic programming, Approximately optimal control,
Adaptive critics, Value function approximation for control design, Feedback
control using neural networks, Neural Net backstepping, FB linearization,
Feedforward loop control, dynamic inversion, Compensation of actuator
nonlinearities, Compensation of unmodeled dynamics, Approximation-based
control systems, Reinforcement learning for feedback control, Biological
exemplars for feedback control, Failure recovery and mode switching,
Estimation, identification, and observers, Applications in aerospace, ship
and vehicle feedback control, process feedback control.
The Guest editors are F.L. Lewis, Univ.of Texas at Arlington, Texas; Don
Wunsch, Univ. Missouri-Rolla, Missouri; Jie Huang, Chinese University of
Hong Kong; T. Parisini, University of Trieste, Italy; Danil Prokhorov,
Ford Motor Co.
Submitted manuscripts will be screened for topical relevance, and those
relevant will undergo IEEE TNN standard review procedures. See http://ieee-
cis.org/pubs/tnn for details. Papers should be submitted electronically in
pdf form to Guest Editor Danil Prokhorov at the email address
dprokhor@ford.com
The paper submission deadline is 1st December 2005.
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5.3 Call for Papers: IJC Use of Computer Algebra Systems for CACSD
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Call for Papers: IJC, Use of Computer Algebra Systems for CACSD
Contributed by: N.P. Karampetakis, karampet@math.auth.gr
Special Issue on the Use of Computer Algebra Systems for Computer Aided
Control System Design
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONTROL
Guest Editors: Nikos Karampetakis and Antonis-Ioannis Vardulakis
Recently there has been an interest in the application of computer algebra
to control system analysis and design. A collection of tools and packages
based on Computer Algebra Systems (CAS), such as Mathematica, Maple, MuPad,
Macsyma, etc., have been developed for the solution of many control problems
and are used on campus networks, since they have a profound impact on
teaching and research. CASs have a major impact to areas such as robotics,
computer aided geometric design, mechanics, flow dynamics, thermodynamics
and combustion, audio signal processing, etc.
This special issue aims not at collecting papers on symbolic computations,
but rather to address, at least to some extent, a coherent vision of the
role of symbolic computations in control system design. Potential articles
have to be written in such a way that readers, who are not experts in
symbolic methods, will be able to learn about these techniques. Papers that
provide tutorial material and illustrative applications are desirable. For
all papers, the authors have to provide introductory tutorial material as
appropriate to control engineers and non-experts, including definitions of
technical terms that may not be well known to readers. Some of the areas of
interest concern the use of CAS in: Linear Systems, Groebner bases and
related methods, Non-linear Systems, Uncertain Systems, Signal Processing,
Modeling and Simulation, Education, Robotics, Applications in Aerospace
Control, Process Control, Automotive Control, etc.
Submission Details:
Potential authors are expected to submit a full paper in pdf format
(according to the format settings of IJC) to any one of the guest editors
according to the timetable given below. All papers submitted will be subject
to peer review in accordance with the standard review process of the
International Journal of Control.
Guest Editors
Nikos P. Karampetakis
Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki 54006, Greece
Tel. (Fax) : ++30 231 0997975, Email: karampet@math.auth.gr
Antonis-Ioannis Vardulakis
Department of Mathematics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki 54006, Greece
Tel. (Fax) : ++30 231 0997951, Email: avardula@math.auth.gr
Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. In the case where submissions
are made as hard copies, four copies are required.
The timetable for the special issue is as follows:
--- Paper Submission Deadline July 1, 2005 (extended to September 1,
2005)
--- Review Deadline September 1, 2005 (extended to
November 1, 2005)
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5.4 Contents: Asian Journal of Control
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Contents: Asian Journal of Control
Contributed by: Li-Chen Fu, lichen@ntu.edu.tw
Asian Journal of Control
Vol. 7, No. 2 June, 2005
Regular Paper:
1. Paper Title: LMI Approach to Robust Filtering for Discrete Time-Delay
Systems with Nonlinear Disturbances
Authors: Huijun Gao and Changhong Wang
2. Paper Title: Modeling and Control of the Active Suspension System Using
Proportional Integral Sliding Mode Approach
Authors: Yahaya Md. Sam and Johari H. S. Osman
3. Paper Title: Global Asymptotic Stabilization of the Prototypical
Aeroelastic Wing Section via TP Model Transformation
Authors: Peter Baranyi, Peter Korondi and Hideki Hashimoto
4. Paper Title: A Simple Control Method Coping with a Kinematically Ill-Posed
Inverse Problem of Redundant Robots: Analysis in Case of a
Handwriting Robot
Authors: Suguru Arimoto, Hiroe Hashiguchi, and Ryuta Ozawa
5. Paper Title: Invariant Sliding Sector for Variable Structure Control
Authors: Satoshi Suzuki, Yaodong Pan, Katsuhisa Furuta, and Shoshiro
Hatakeyama
6. Paper Title: Passive Control Synthesis for Uncertain Markovian Jump Linear
Systems with Multiple Mode-Dependent Time-Delays
Authors: Wu-Hua Chen, Zhi-Hong Guan, and Xianmei Lu
7. Paper Title: An Optimal Tracking Control Approach for the Sustained
Acceleration Contsturction in the Flight Simulator Motion
System
Authors: Thong-Shing Hwang, Cheng-Hung Kuo, and Ming-Sung Kuo
8. Paper Title: Effective Decentralized TITO Process Identification from
Closed-Loop Step Responses
Authors: Shao-Yuan Li, Wen-Jian Cai, Hua Mei, and Qiang Xiong
Brief Paper:
1. Paper Title: Clustered Based Takagi-Sugeno Neuro-Fuzzy Modeling of a
Multivariable Nonlinear Dynamic System
Authors: E. A. Al-Gallaf
2. Paper Title: A New Approach to Terminal Sliding Mode Control Design
Authors: Yiguang Hong, Guowu Yang, Daizhan Cheng, and Sarah Spurgeon
3. Paper Title: An LMI Approach to Robust H¡Û Control for Uncertain
Continuous-Time Systems
Authors: Shih-Wei Kau, Yung-Sheng Liu, Chun-Hsiung Fang, Liu Hong, and
Chun-Hsiung Fang
4. Paper Title: Observer Linearization of Nonlinear Systems by Generalized
Tansformations
Authors: M. Guay
5. Paper Title: A Dual-Mode Adaptive Robust Controller Applied to the Speed
Control of a Three-Phase Induction Motor
Authors: Caio D. Cunha, Aldayr D. Araujo, David S. Barbalho, and
Francisco C. Mota
6. Paper Title: Robust Control for a Class of Uncertain State-Delayed
Singularly Perturbed Systems
Authors: H. R. Karimi and M. J. Yazdanpanah
Comments:
1. Paper Title: Comment on ¡§Output Feedback Sliding Mode Controller Design
via H¡Û Theory¡¨
Authors: Jyh-Horng Chou
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5.5 Contents: Automatica
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Contents: Automatica
Contributed by: Becky Lonberger, rebeccal@uiuc.edu
Contents: Automatica, September, 2005
Volume 41, Issue 9
To consult the cumulative table of contents 1965-present, to view the list
of recently accepted papers or to submit a paper visit
http://www.autsubmit.com
Editorials
Tamer Basar
Change of an editorship
Regular papers
Feng Ding and Tongwen Chen
Identification of Hammerstein nonlinear ARMAX systems
Anmar Khadra, Xinzhi Liu, and Xuemin Shen
Impulsively synchronizing chaotic systems with delay and applications to
secure communication
Maciej Niedzwiecki and Piotr Kaczmarek
Estimation and tracking of complex quasi-periodically varying systems
E. Prempain and I. Postlethwaite
Static H-infinity loop shaping control and its application to a
fly-by-wire helicopter
Brief papers
Kevin L. Moore, YangQuan Chen, and Vikas Bahl
Monotonically convergent iterative learning control for linear
discrete-time systems
Yi-Sheng Zhong
Globally stable adaptive system design for minimum phase SISO plants with
input saturation
Yongqiang Ye and Danwei Wang
Clean system inversion learning control law
Vincent Verdult and Michel Verhaegen
Kernel methods for subspace identification of multivariable LPV and
bilinear systems
Darryl DeHaan and Martin Guay
Extremum-seeking control of state-constrained nonlinear systems
Vinay Kariwala, J. Fraser Forbes, and Edward S. Meadows
Integrity of systems under decentralized integral control
Hag Seong Kim, Young Man Cho, and Kyo-Il Lee
Robust nonlinear task space control for 6 DOF parallel manipulator
J.M. Bravo, D. Limon, T. Alamo and E.F. Camacho
On the computation of invariant sets for constrained nonlinear systems: An
Interval Arithmetic Approach
Andrey Smyshlyaev and Miroslav Krstic
On control design for PDEs with space-dependent diffusivity and
time-dependent reactivity
D. Karagiannis, Z.P. Jiang, R. Ortega, and A. Astolfi
Output-feedback stabilization of a class of uncertain non-minimum-phase
nonlinear systems
Teturo Itami
Nonlinear optimal control as quantum mechanical eigenvalue problems
Chengjin Zhang, Robert Bitmead
Subspace system identification for training-based MIMO channel estimation
Technical communiques
Iman Izadi, Tongwen Chen, and Qing Zhao
Norm invariant discretization for sampled-data fault detection
Runyi Yu
Regularizability of linear time-invariant descriptor systems under
decentralized control
S.N.Huang, K.K.Tan, and T.H.Lee
Decentralized control of a class of large-scale nonlinear systems using
neural networks
Chong Lin, Qing-Guo Wang, and Tong Heng Lee
Improvement on observer-based H-infinity control for T-S fuzzy systems
Runyi Yu
On impulsive algebraic multiplicities of linear time-invariant singular
systems under feedback
Book reviews
Ranjan Mukherjee
Electromechanical Sensors and Actuators, by Ilene J. Busch-Vishniac
Mohammed Chadli
Multivariable Control Systems - An Engineering Approach, by P. Albertos
and A. Sala
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5.6 Contents: Control Engineering Practice
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Contents: Control Engineering Practice
Contributed by: Ian K. Craig, cep@up.ac.za
Journal: Control Engineering Practice
Volume : 13
Issue : 10
Date : Oct-2005
Francesco Amato, Francesco Basile, Ciro Carbone and Pasquale Chiacchio, An
approach to control automated warehouse systems
Pages 1223-1241.
James J. Govindhasamy, Seán F. McLoone, George W. Irwin, John J. French and
Richard P. Doyle, Neural modelling, control and optimisation of an industrial
grinding process
Pages 1243-1258.
Jianguo Zhou and Youyi Wang, Real-time nonlinear adaptive backstepping speed
control for a PM synchronous motor
Pages 1259-1269.
Massimiliano Mattei, Gaetano Paviglianiti and Valerio Scordamaglia, Nonlinear
observers with H[infinity] performance for sensor fault detection and
isolation: a linear matrix inequality design procedure
Pages 1271-1281.
Anders Hellgren, Martin Fabian and Bengt Lennartson, On the execution of
sequential function charts
Pages 1283-1293.
Marcel Heertjes, Frank Cremers, Marcel Rieck and Maarten Steinbuch, Nonlinear
control of optical storage drives with improved shock performance
Pages 1295-1305.
Dominique Sauter, Hicham Jamouli, Jean-Yves Keller and Jean-Christophe
Ponsart, Actuator fault compensation for a winding machine
Pages 1307-1314.
Quan-li Liu, Wei Wang, Hong-ren Zhan, Zhi-gang Wang and Rui-guo Liu, Optimal
scheduling method for a bell-type batch annealing shop and its application
Pages 1315-1325.
S.-L. Jämsä-Jounela, M. Vermasvuori, J. Kämpe and K. Koskela, Operator support
system for pressure filters, Pages 1327-1337.
Conference Calendar
Page 1339.
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Journal: Control Engineering Practice
ISSN : 0967-0661
Volume : 13
Issue : 11
Date : Nov-2005
Nonlinear estimation methods for parameter tracking in power plants
G.E. Hovland, T.P. von Hoff, E.A. Gallestey, M. Antoine, D.
Farruggio, A.D.B. Paice, pp 1341-1355
The development of an adaptive threshold for model-based fault
detection of a nonlinear electro-hydraulic system
Z. Shi, F. Gu, B. Lennox, A.D. Ball, pp 1357-1367
The importance of first-principles, model-based steady-state gain
calculations in model predictive control-a refinery case study
M. Tran, D.K. Varvarezos, M. Nasir, pp 1369-1382
Industrial implementation of on-line performance monitoring tools
T. Hagglund, pp 1383-1390
A survey of readily accessible perturbation signals for system
identification in the frequency domain
K.R. Godfrey, A.H. Tan, H.A. Barker, B. Chong, pp 1391-1402
An off-line navigation of a geometry PIG using a modified nonlinear
fixed-interval smoothing filter
J. Yu, J.G. Lee, C.G. Park, H.S. Han
pp 1403-1411
Robust SISO H"~ controller design for nonlinear systems
G.A. Ingram, M.A. Franchek, V. Balakrishnan, G. Surnilla, pp 1413-1423
Experimental validation of a methodology to control irrigation canals
based on Saint-Venant equations
X. Litrico, V. Fromion, J.P. Baume, C. Arranja, M. Rijo, pp 1425-1437
Experimental validation of different MIMO-feedback controller design
methods
D. Vaes, J. Swevers, P. Sas, pp 1439-1451
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5.7 Contents: European Journal of Control
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Contents: European Journal of Control
Contributed by: Danila Ferrara, ejc@elet.polimi.it
Contents Issue N. 2/2005
Uniform Parametric Convergence in the Adaptive Control of Mechanical Systems
by A. Loria, R. Kelly, A. R. Teel
Discussion on "Uniform Parametric Convergence in the Adaptive Control of
Mechanical Systems"
by D. Kostic, B. de Jager, and M. Steinbuch
Discussion on "Uniform Parametric Convergence in the Adaptive Control of
Mechanical Systems"
by M. Corless
Discussion on "Uniform Parametric Convergence in the Adaptive Control of
Mechanical Systems"
by D.V. Efimov, A.L. Fradkov
Reply by the authors
Improved MPC Design Based on Saturating Control Laws
by D.Limon, J.M. Gomes da Silva, T. Alamo, E.F. Camacho
Discussion on "Improved MPC Design Based on Saturating Control Laws"
by L. Chisci, P. Falugi
Discussion on "Improved MPC Design Based on Saturating Control Laws"
by M. Deng, A. Inoue
Subspace Identification of Multivariable Hammerstein and Wiener Models
by J. C. Gomez, E. Baeyens
Discussion on "Subspace Identification of Multivariable Hammerstein and
Wiener Models"
by Er-Wei Bai
Discussion on "Subspace Identification of Multivariable Hammerstein and
Wiener Models"
by M. Boutayeb, E. Laroche, M. Darouach
Discussion on "Subspace Identification of Multivariable Hammerstein and
Wiener Models"
by E. Eskinat
Discussion on "Subspace Identification of Multivariable Hammerstein and
Wiener Models"
by A. Palazoglu
Discussion on "Subspace Identification of Multivariable Hammerstein and
Wiener Models"
by W. Greblicki, M. Pawlak
Discussion on "Subspace Identification of Multivariable Hammerstein and
Wiener Models"
by T. Wigren
Optimal Control Problem for Infinite Order Hyperbolic System with Mixed
Control-State Constraints
by G. M. Bahaa, W. Kotarski
H-infinity Output Feedback Control Design for Uncertain Fuzzy Systems with
Multiple Time Scales: An LMI Approach
by Shi Peng, Sing Kiong Nguang
Discussion on "H-infinity Output Feedback Control Design for Uncertain Fuzzy
Systems with Multiple Time Scales: An LMI Approach"
by M. C. M. Teixeira, E. Assuncao, R. M. Palhares
Discussion on "H-infinity Output Feedback Control Design for Uncertain Fuzzy
Systems with Multiple Time Scales: An LMI Approach"
by H. J. Uang
Linearization by Prolongations: New Bounds on the Number of Integrators
by J. Franch and E. Fossas
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5.8 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
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Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Volume: 50 Issue: 6 Date: June 2005
Randomized algorithms for synthesis of switching rules for multimodal systems
Ishii, H.; Basar, T.; Tempo, R.
Page(s): 754- 767
Feedback control of quantum state reduction
van Handel, R.; Stockton, J.K.; Mabuchi, H.
Page(s): 768- 780
Absolute stability analysis of discrete-time systems with composite quadratic
Lyapunov functions
Tingshu Hu; Zongli Lin
Page(s): 781- 797
Approximate inversion of the Preisach hysteresis operator with application to
control of smart actuators
Iyer, R.V.; Xiaobo Tan; Krishnaprasad, P.S.
Page(s): 798- 810
Solution of the general moment problem via a one-parameter imbedding
Georgiou, T.T.
Page(s): 811- 826
Adaptive identification and control of hysteresis in smart materials
Xiaobo Tan; Baras, J.S.
Page(s): 827- 839
A controllability counterexample
Elliott, D.L.
Page(s): 840- 841
A time-varying complex dynamical network model and its controlled
synchronization criteria
Jinhu Lu; Guanrong Chen
Page(s): 841- 846
Output feedback stabilization for a class of stochastic time-delay nonlinear
systems
Yusun Fu; Zuohua Tian; Songjiao Shi
Page(s): 847- 851
On the approximation of fault directions for mutual detectability: an
invariant zero approach
Yongmin Kim; Jaehong Park
Page(s): 851- 855
Amplitude and frequency estimator of a sinusoid
Hou, M.
Page(s): 855- 858
Global time-varying stabilization of underactuated surface vessel
Wenjie Dong; Yi Guo
Page(s): 859- 864
An average operator-based PD-type iterative learning control for variable
initial state error
Kwang-Hyun Park
Page(s): 865- 869
On LaSalle's invariance principle and its application to robust
synchronization of general vector Lie/spl acute/nard equations
Guanrong Chen; Jin Zhou; Celikovsky, S.
Page(s): 869- 874
Implicit Lyapunov functions and isochrones of linear systems
Adamy, J.
Page(s): 874- 879
Optimal control of processing times in single-stage discrete event dynamic
systems with blocking
Moon, J.; Wardi, Y.
Page(s): 880- 884
Global finite-time stabilization by output feedback for planar systems without
observable linearization
Chunjiang Qian; Ji Li
Solving a dynamic resource allocation problem through continuous optimization
Yingdong Lu
Page(s): 890- 894
Robust backstepping control for a class of time delayed systems
Changchun Hua; Xinping Guan; Peng Shi
Page(s): 894- 899
Ellipsoidal sets for resilient and robust static output-feedback
Peaucelle, D.; Arzelier, D.
Page(s): 899- 904
Certainty-equivalence output-feedback design with circle-criterion observers
Arcak, M.
Page(s): 905- 909
Stabilization of nonlinear systems with limited information feedback
Liberzon, D.; Hespanha, J.P.
Page(s): 910- 915
Adaptive control of a class of slowly time varying systems with modeling
uncertainties
Fidan, B.; Youping Zhang; Ioannou, P.A.
Page(s): 915- 920
Characterizing intransitive noninterference for 3-domain security policies
with observability
Hadj-Alouane, N.B.; Lafrance, S.; Feng Lin; Mullins, J.; Yeddes, M.
Page(s): 920- 925
Rejoinder to author's reply
Hodoshima, J.
Page(s): 925- 926
Comments on "A remark on partial-state feedback stabilization of cascade
systems using small gain theorem"
Zhong-Ping Jiang
Page(s): 927- 928
Authors' Reply
Lin, W.; Gong, Q.
Page(s): 928- 929
Adaptive Control of Systems with Actuator Failures
Page(s): 930- 931
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5.9 Contents: IEE Proc. Control Theory and Applications
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Contents: IEE Proc. Control Theory and Applications
Contributed by: Lee Baldwin, lbaldwin@iee.org.uk
Volume: 152 Year: 2005 Issue: 4
On the interpretation and practice of dynamical differences between
Hammerstein and Wiener models
L.A. Aguirre, M.V. Coelho and M.C.S. Corrêa 349
Decoupling conrol design via linear matrix inequalities
Y.-S. Yang, Q.-G. Wang and L.-P. Wang 357
Stator flux and torque decoupling control for induction motors with
resistances adaptation
H. Wang, W. Xu, T. Shen and G. Yang 363
Validation of an interconnected high-gain observer for a sensorless induction
motor against a low frequency benchmark: application to an experimental set-up
M. Ghanes, J. DeLeon and A. Glumineau 371
Two-stage identification with applications to control, feature extraction,
and spectral estimation
R. Doraiswami 379
Decentralised adaptive control for large-scale non-linear systems with
unknown high-frequency-gain signs
X. Ye, P. Chen and D. Li 387
Dynamic sliding mode conrol design
A.J. Koshkouei, K.J. Burnham and A.S.I. Zinober 392
Fault detection filter for Markovian jump systems
M. Zhong, H. Ye, P. Shi and G. Wang 397
One-bit processing for digital control
X. Wu and R.M. Goodall 403
Zero-moment point trajectory modelling of a biped walking robot using an
adaptive neuro-fuzzy system
D. Kim, S.-J. Seo and G.-T. Park 411
Ackermann-like eigenvalue assignment formulae for linear time-varying systems
H.C. Lee and J.W. Choi 427
Application of generalised polynomials to the decoupling of linear
multivariable systems
J. Ruiz-León and D. Henrion 435
Explicit solutions to optimal control problems for constrained continuous-
time linear systems
V. Sakizlis, J.D. Perkins and E.N. Pistikopoulos 443
New results on robust control design of discrete-time uncertain systems
M.S. Mahmoud 453
Semi-global stabilisation of a class of non-minimum phase non-linear output-
feedback systems
Z. Ding 460
Observer-based controller for position regulation of stepping motor
J. De León-Morales, R. Castro-Linares and O. Huerta-Guevara 465
Computing finitely reachable containable region for switching systems
R. Su, S. Abdelwahed and S. Neema 477
Comment on “Guaranteed-cost control of a linear uncertain system with
multiple time-varying delays: an LMI approach” by X. Nian and J. Feng
E. Fridman 487
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5.10 Contents: ISA Transactions
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Contents: ISA Transactions
Contributed by: T.S. Lee, tlee@isa.org
ISA Transactions - Volume 44, Number 3, July 2005
Modeling supply and return line dynamics for an electrohydraulic actuation
system
Beshahwired Ayalew, Bohdan T. Kulakowski, pp 329-343
On simplified predictive control as a generalization of least-squares
dynamic matrix control
G.C. Kember, R. Dubay, S.W. Mansour, pp 345-352
Internal model control structure using adaptive inverse control strategy
Muhammad Shafiq, pp 353-362
PID controller tuning for the first-order-plus-dead-time process model via
Hermite-Biehler theorem
Anindo Roy, Kamran Iqbal, pp 363-378
An improved PCA method with application to boiler leak detection
Xi Sun, Horacio J. Marquez, Tongwen Chen, pp 379-397
Cascade generalized predictive control strategy for boiler drum level
Min Xu, Shaoyuan Li, Wenjian Cai, pp 399-411
Automated estimator parameter selection for an IBN head/disk assembly
May-Win L. Thein, Thomas Rendon, Eduardo A. Misawa, pp 413-422
Globally linearized control on diabatic continuous stirred tank reactor: A
case study
Amiya Kumar Jana, Amar Nath Samanta, Saibal Ganguly, pp 423-444
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5.11 Contents: International Journal of Control
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Contents: International Journal of Control
Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
Volume 78, Issue 9
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp
Focussing on unbounded input-output models on Z
P. M. Mäkilä
A coupled sliding-surface approach for the trajectory control of a flexible-
link robot based on a distributed dynamic model
H.-H. Lee and J. Prevost
Constrained MPC using feedback linearization on SISO bilinear systems with
unstable inverse dynamics
W. Liao , M. Cannon , B. Kouvaritakis
Design of sliding mode controllers with bounded L2 gain performance: an LMI
approach
J.-C. Juang and C.-M. Lee
Decentralized control of power systems via robust control of uncertain
Markov jump parameter systems
V. Ugrinovskii and H. R. Pota
For submission and subscription information please contact the Editor:
Professor Eric Rogers
School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton
etar@ecs.soton.ac.uk
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5.12 Contents: International Journal of General Systems
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Contents: International Journal of General Systems
Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
Volume 34, Issue 1
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp
Aggregation operators with annihilator
M. Mas, R. Mesiar, M. Monserrat and J. Torrens
Systems movement; Autobiographical retrospectives
Y. Takahara
Measuring contradiction in fuzzy logic
S. Cubillo and E. Castineria
Finite fuzzy sets
V. Murali and B. Makamba
An uncertainty measure in partition-based fuzzy rough sets
J-Sheng Mi, Y. Leung and W-Z. Wu
For submission and subscription information please contact the Editor:
Dr George Klir
gensyst@binghamton.edu
Department of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science
State University of New York
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5.13 Contents: International Journal of Systems Science
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Contents: International Journal of Systems Science
Contributed by: Russell Stevens, russell.stevens@tandf.co.uk
Volume 36, Issue 8
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp
Delay-dependent and delay-independent energy-to-peak model approximation for
systems with time-varying delay
Qing Wang, James Lam, Shengyuan Xu, Huijun Gao
Global stabilization of a class of time-delay nonlinear systems
X. Zhang and Z. Cheng
A new delay-dependent stability criterion for linear neutral systems with
norm-bounded uncertainties in all system matrices
Q.-L. Han
On the solution of the tracking problem for non-linear systems with MPC
L. Magni and R. Scattolini
An infinite ?-bound stability criterion for a class of multiparameter
singularly perturbed time-delay systems
J.-S. Chiou and C.-J. Wang
A new fast cellular automata orthogonal least-squares identification method
S. A. Billings and S. S. Mei
On the stability of price-adjusting oligopolies with incomplete information
Carl Chiarella and Ferenc Szidarovszky
For submission and subscription information please contact the Editor:
Professor Peter Fleming
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering,
University of Sheffield
ijss@sheffield.ac.uk
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5.14 Contents: Journal MCSS
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Contents: Journal MCSS
Contributed by: Jan H. van Schuppen, mcss@cwi.nl
Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS)
Volume 17 (2005), Number 2
Laszlo Gerencser, Gyorgy Michaletzky and Zsuzsanna Vago,
Risk sentitive identification of linear stochastic systems.
MCSS 17 (2005), 77-100.
Sanjay P. Bhat and Dennis S. Bernstein,
Geometric homogeneity with applications to finite-time stability.
MCSS (2005), 101-127.
Yuri Latushkin, Timothy Randolph and Roland Schnaubelt,
Regularization and frequency-domain stability of well-posed systems.
MCSS (2005), 128-151.
INFORMATION
The tables of contents of MCSS and the .pdf files
of its papers are available from the publisher Springer at:
http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00498/index.htm
Information on MCSS is available also at the Editors' home pages:
www.cwi.nl/~schuppen/mcss/mcss.html
www.math.rutgers.edu/~sontag/mcss.html
Address for submissions by email or regular mail:
J.H. van Schuppen (Editor-in-Chief MCSS)
CWI
P.O.Box 94079
1090 GB Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Email mcss@cwi.nl
Eduardo Sontag and Jan van Schuppen (Editors)
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5.15 Contents: Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics
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Contents: Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics
Contributed by: Tamer Basar and Fikret A. Aliev, f_aliev@yahoo.com
Vol.4 N 12005
The Complications of the Azerbaycan-English Machine Translation Process and
Ways of Their Elimination
Ali M.Abbasov, Abulfat B.Fatullayev 3
Motion Planning of Mobile Robots
Vladimir B. Larin 10
Optimization Under Uncertainty Via Random Sampling of Scenarios,II
Louis Anthony Cox, JR, Djangir A. Babayev 20
A Feedback Based Motion Planning Method For Nonholonomic Systems with Drift
Fazal-ur-Rehman 29
On one Inverse Problem for Defining of the Domain of the Plate
Yusif S. Gasimov 42
Optimal Control of Delayed Variable Structure Systems with Discontinuous
Initial Condition
Tamaz Tadumadze, Akaki Arsenashvili 48
An Efficient Decomposition Method for Linear Programming Problems
Rafael H.Hamidov, Anar R.Hamidov 54
A Nonlinear Programming Technique to Compute the Real Structured Singular
Value
Ahmet Yazici, Abdurrahman Karamancioglu, Rafail N.Gasimov 61
The Principal Expert Method in Data Mining
Veronika V. Demyanova 70
Proper Affine Vector Fields in Plane Symmetric Static Space-Times
Ghulam Shabbir, Nisar Ahmed 75
Correspondence
Comments on “The set of Positive Semideinite Solution of the Algebraic
Riccati Eequationof Discrete-Time Optimal Control“
Vladimir B. Larin 84
Correspondence
Comments on “New Solution to the Inverse Regulator Problem by the Polynomial
Matrix Method“
Fikret A. Aliev and Aslan P. Guliev 86
The 1st International Conference on Control and Optimization with Industrial
Applications – 22-25 May, 2005
Tamer Basar, Alex Rubinov, Yusif S.Gasimov, Fikret A.Aliev 88
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5.16 Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory
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Contents: Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory
Contributed by: C. Cruz-Hernandez, ccruz@cicese.mx
Nonlinear Dynamics and Systems Theory
An International Journal of Research and Surveys
Address of e-Journal: http//:www.e-ndst.kiev.ua
Volume 5, Number 2, 2005.
CONTENTS
PERSONAGE IN SCIENCE: Professor V. Lakshmikantham,
J.H. Dshalalow and A A. Martynyuk, p. 107.
On the Minimum Free Energy for the Ionosphere,
Giovambattista Amendola, p. 113.
A Duality Principle in the Theory of Dynamical Systems,
C. Corduneanu and Yizeng Li, p. 135.
Output Synchronization of Chaotic Systems: Model-Matching
Approach with Application to Secure Communication,
D. Lopez-Mancilla and C. Cruz-Hernandez, p. 141.
Stability of Dynamical Systems in Metric Space,
A.A Martynyuk, p. 157.
Bi-Impulsive Control to Build a Satellite Constellation,
A.F.B.A. Prado, p. 169.
Optimal Control of Nonlinear Systems with Controlled Transitions,
Ming-Qing Xiao, p. 177.
Convergence of Solutions to a Class of Systems of Delay
Differential Equations,
Taishan Yi and Lihong Huang, p. 189.
Existence of Nonoscillatory Solution of Third Order Linear Neutral
Delay Difference Equation with Positive and Negative Coefficients,
Xiao-Zhu Zhong, Hai-Long Xing, Yan Shi,
Jing-Cui Liang and Dong-Hua Wang, p. 201.
For submission and subscription information please contact the Editor-in-
Chief of ND&ST:
Professor A.A.Martynyuk
Institute of Mechanics,
Nesterov str., 3
Kiev-57, 03680 MSP
UKRAINE
e-mail: anmart@stability.kiev.ua
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6. Conferences
6.1 1st IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems
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1st IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems
Contributed by: Mohamed DJEMAI, djemai@ensea.fr
1st IFAC Conference on Analysis and Control of Chaotic Systems (CHAOS’06)
June 28-30, 2006
Reims – France
The details can be found in the Call for papers or in :
http://www.univ-reims.fr/chaos06/
Sponsored by
IFAC Technical Committee on Non-Linear Control Systems (TC 2.3)
Co-sponsoring IFAC Technical Committees:
TC 1.3 Discrete Event and Hybrid Systems
TC 2.1 Control Design
TC 8.2 Modelling and Control of Biomedical Systems
The conference is the first IFAC meeting related to analysis and control of
chaotic systems. It will provide a forum for the presentation of new
developments in the important interdisciplinary field of chaos control and
synchronization. The research activity in this field is driven by the needs of
different application domains such as: biology (brain-dynamics, heart-beating,
…), physics (optical, magnet, fluid dynamics, …), mechanics, engineering
(non-linear dynamics of electronic and power electronic systems, chaos
encrypted signals, walking robots, …), economics (critical decision, …),
chemical engineering, … The aim of the conference is to provide the
communities of control engineering, physics, economics, biology, fluid
dynamics, power electronics, electronic circuits, … with an opportunity to
exchange information and new ideas and to discuss new developments in the
field of chaos control and synchronization. Both theory and applications will
be discussed.
TOPICS
The conference will cover all topics related to chaos and synchronization in
the frame of control system theory, including (but not limited to) the
following:
- Recent advances in control and anti-control of chaotic/complex systems
- Recent advances in synchronization (and observer-design) for chaotic/complex
systems
- Analysis of stability, controllability and observability of chaotic/complex
systems
- Bifurcations in chaotic/complex systems
- New applications in chaos control, chaos-encrypted signals, optical systems,
biological systems, power converters, economic systems, …
- Nonlinear dynamics of electronic systems
- Nonlinear time series and identification
- Hybrid systems and chaos, grazing bifurcations
- Limit cycles in networks of oscillators
- Periodic orbits in a wedge (ex. billiard)
- Kinematics models of groups of self-propelled particles (ex. flocks of
birds, Multi-Satellite Systems)
- Kolmogorov Arnold and Moser (KAM) curves
- Synchronization of delay systems, chaotic delay systems
- Brain dynamics, small world networks
- Synchronization in biology
- Chaos/bifurcation control in chemical engineering
- Chaos/bifurcation control in physics
- Experimental chaos and synchronization
- Bridging the gap between ergodic and deterministic approaches
- Providing a discussion forum for the physics, chaos and control system
communities
IMPORTANT DATES
October 1, 2005: Submission of full papers and special sessions
February 15, 2006: Notification of acceptance/rejectance
March 31, 2006: Submission of final camera-ready papers and registration fees
CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT
IFAC CHAOS’06
CReSTIC, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles
Moulin de la Housse
BP 1039, F-51687 Reims Cedex 2, France
Phone: +33 3 26 91 32 26 Fax: +33 3 26 91 31 06
http://www.univ-reims.fr/chaos06
For inquiries, email to conference secretariat at:
chaos06@univ-reims.fr
Paper submission by email to: Submission.Chaos06@ensea.fr
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6.2 2006 American Control Conference
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2006 American Control Conference
Contributed by: Rich O'Brien, riobrien@usna.edu
The 2006 American Control Conference (ACC) will be held Wednesday
through Friday, June 14-16, 2006 at the Hilton Minneapolis in
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA. The ACC is held in cooperation with IFAC and
provides an opportunity for cooperation among people working in the
fields of control, automation, and related areas from AIAA, AIChE, AIST,
ASCE, ASME, IEEE, ISA, and SCS societies. The technical program will
cover topics that include control theory, industrial applications, and
control education. These topics will be presented in technical,
special, interactive, and tutorial sessions and pre-conference
workshops (June 12 and 13). For more information on special and
interactive sessions, contact Michael Piovoso at mjp5@gv.psu.edu; for
industrial applications, contact Wendy Foslien at wendy.foslien@honeweyll.com;
for workshops, contact Danny Abramowitch at danny@labs.agilent.com; and for
invited sessions, contact Mark Balas as mark.balas@uwyo.edu. For complete
information about the conference visit http://www.a2c2.org/conferences/acc2006/.
PAPER SUBMISSION
All papers submitted to the ACC for review must be prepared in the
standard 2-column Proceedings format. See the Author's Kit at the
conference web site for Word and LaTex style files. For the purposes of
review, regular and invited papers are limited to 8 pages and short
papers to 3 pages. Papers exceeding these limits will NOT be reviewed.
All papers will be submitted through the IEEE Control Systems Society
submission website (http://www.paperplaza.net).
KEY DATES
Deadline for all submissions and proposals: September 15, 2005
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: January 31, 2006
Final manuscript submission deadline: March 15, 2006
Author registration fee deadline: March 15, 2006
GENERAL CHAIR
Eduardo Misawa, Oklahoma State University, misawa@ceat.okstate.edu
PROGRAM CHAIR
Karlene A. Hoo, Texas Tech University, Karlene.Hoo@ttu.edu
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6.3 9th Int. Workshop on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control
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9th Int. Workshop on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control
Contributed by: Joao P. Hespanha, hespanha@ece.ucsb.edu
9th INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HYBRID SYSTEMS: COMPUTATION AND CONTROL
(HSCC'2006)
March 29-31, 2006
Santa Barbara, California
http://hscc06.csl.sri.com/
The 9th International Workshop on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control
(HSCC 2006), will be held in Santa Barbara, California, from March 29-31,
2006. The annual workshop on hybrid systems attracts researchers from
academia and industry interested in modeling, analysis, and implementation
of dynamic and reactive systems involving both discrete and continuous
behaviors. The previous workshops in the HSCC series were held in Berkeley,
USA (1998), Nijmegen, The Netherlands (1999), Pittsburgh, USA (2000), Rome,
Italy (2001), Palo Alto, USA (2002), Prague, Czech Republic (2003),
Philadelphia, USA (2004), and Zurich, Switzerland (2005).
TOPICS
Submissions are invited in all areas pertaining to the design, analysis,
implementation, and applications of hybrid systems. Topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:
- Modeling and representations
- Computability and complexity issues
- Tools for analysis and verification
- Tools for synthesis and design
- Programming language support and implementation
- Control and optimization
- Hybrid models in biology and other sciences
- Engineering applications such as automotive, avionics, power systems,
transportation, manufacturing, and robotics
SUBMISSIONS
The conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes
in Computer Science series. Submitted papers must present original,
unpublished research that has not been submitted elsewhere. Instructions for
submitting the papers electronically will be available on the conference
webpage.
POSTER SESSION
This year’s workshop will include a poster session in addition to the
regular oral presentations. The poster session is aimed at advertising new
or ongoing work, as well as getting feedback from the HSCC community. We are
particularly interested in presentations of student work. To submit a
poster, please send a proposal of one page or less describing the nature of
poster.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline for regular papers: October 3, 2005 (hard deadline)
Author notification: November 18, 2005
Submission deadline for posters: December 2, 2005
Final papers due: December 19, 2005 (hard deadline)
Conference: March 29-31, 2006
Workshop Co-Chairs
Joao P. Hespanha
University of California, Santa Barbara
E-mail: hespanha@ece.ucsb.edu
Ashish Tiwari
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
E-mail: tiwari@csl.sri.com
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6.4 ICSC Congress on Computational Intelligence Methods and Applications
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ICSC Congress on Computational Intelligence Methods and Applications
Contributed by: Okyay Kaynak, okyay.kaynak@boun.edu.tr
We would like to draw your attention to the following 4 symposia that will
take place in Istanbul, Turkey, during December 15-17, 2005 under the
umbrella of ICSC Congress on Computational Intelligence Methods and
Applications:
ADVANCED COMPUTING IN FINANCIAL MARKETS (ACFM'2005)
http://www.cima2005.org/def_acfm.asp
ADVANCED COMPUTING IN BIOMEDICINE (ACBMED'2005)
http://www.cima2005.org/def_acbmed.asp
ADVANCED COMPUTING IN BIOMECHANICS (ACBMECH'2005)
http://www.cima2005.org/def_acbmech.asp
INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION OF SOFT COMPUTING (IASC'2005)
http://www.cima2005.org/def_acbmech.asp
Details of the events and the deadlines are available at
http://www.cima2005.org
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If you would like to receive further information on any one of the events
above please fill the form below.
http://www.cima2005.org/defaultRegister.asp
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You are cordially invited to submit papers. We look forward to welcoming
you in Istanbul,
Best regards.
CIMA 2005
Organization Committee
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6.5 IEEE CIS 2006
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IEEE CIS 2006
Contributed by: Kiam-Tian Seow, asktseow@ntu.edu.sg
IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CYBERNETICS AND INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS (CIS)
7--9 JUNE, 2006
BANGKOK, THAILAND
WWW.NTU.EDU.SG/CIS-RAM/INDEX.HTM
CIS 2006 will be held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference
on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics (RAM 2006).
The CIS 2006 conference proceedings will be included in the EI Compendex
Database.
Important Dates:
Paper/Special Session Proposal : 15 January 2006
Notification of Acceptance : 1 March 2006
Camera-Ready Copy and Advance Registration : 1 April 2006
Organized by
IEEE SMC Singapore Chapter
IEEE R&A Singapore Chapter
IEEE Thailand Section
OBJECTIVES: The goal of the CIS 2006 is to bring together experts from the
field of cybernetics and intelligent systems to discuss on the state-of-the-
art and to present new research findings and perspectives of future
developments with respect to the conference themes. The CIS 2006 is
organized by the IEEE SMC Singapore Chapter and the IEEE Thailand Section,
and is held together with the IEEE International Conference on Robotics,
Automation and Mechatronics (RAM 2006). The conference welcomes paper
submissions from researchers, practitioners, and students worldwide in but
not limited to the following areas:
Computational Intelligence, Soft Computing, Fuzzy Systems, Neuro-Fuzzy
Systems, Neural Networks (NN), Genetic Algorithm (GA), Evolutionary
Computation (EC),Hybrid CI Algorithms, DNA Computing,Evolutionary Logistics,
Evolutionary Systems, Adaptive Computing Systems, Data Mining and Management,
Decision Support Systems, Informatics, Environmental Systems, Expert and
Knowledge Base Systems, Human/Computer Interaction, Human/Machine Systems,
Image Processing, Computer Vision, Information Assurance and Security,
Intelligent Communications, Intelligent Systems, Intelligent Transportation
Systems, Internet/Electronic Commerce, Knowledge Acquisition and Engineering,
Manufacturing Systems, Optimization, Pattern Recognition, Quality/Reliability
& Systems Engineering, Service Systems and Organizations, Socio-Technical
Systems Design.
Paper Submission: Papers must be written in English and should describe
original work. Papers should be submitted in IEEE Xplore compliant PDF
files, on-line to the conference website: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cis-
ram/index.htm. Information for submission of IEEE Xplore compliant PDF files
will be announced on the conference website soon.
Invited Sessions: The conference will feature invited sessions on
specialized topics of interests. The invited sessions are intended to usher
in, in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the conference theme.
The session organizers will coordinate the associated review process. The
conference proceedings will include all papers from the invited sessions.
Prospective session organizers are encouraged to contact the Invited
Sessions Chair Dr Guilin Yang, at glyang@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg.
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6.6 IEEE RAM 2006
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IEEE RAM 2006
Contributed by: Kiam-Tian Seow, asktseow@ntu.edu.sg
IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROBOTICS, AUTOMATION AND MECHATRONICS (RAM)
7--9 JUNE, 2006
BANGKOK, THAILAND
RAM 2006 will be held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference
on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems (CIS 2006).
The RAM 2006 conference proceedings will be included in the EI Compendex
Database.
Important Dates:
Paper/Special Session Proposal : 15 January 2006
Notification of Acceptance : 1 March 2006
Camera-Ready Copy and Advance Registration : 1 April 2006
Organized by
IEEE R&A Singapore Chapter
IEEE SMC Singapore Chapter
IEEE Thailand Section
OBJECTIVES: The goal of RAM 2006 is to bring together experts from the field
of robotics, automation and mechatronics to discuss on the state-of-the-art
and to present new research findings and perspectives of future developments
with respect to the conference themes. The RAM 2006 is organized by the IEEE
R&A Singapore Chapter and the IEEE Thailand Section, and is held in
conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and
Intelligent Systems (CIS 2006). The conference welcomes paper submissions
from academics, researchers, engineers, and students worldwide in but not
limited to the following areas:
Robotics and Automation in Unstructured Environment, Personal and Service
Robotics, Underwater Robotics, Medical Robots and Systems, Robotics and
Automation Applications, Sensor Design, Integration, and Fusion,
Computer and Robot Vision, Human-Robot Interfaces, Haptics, Teleoperation,
Telerobotics, and Network Robotics, Micro/Nano, Distributed, Cellular, and
Multi Robots, Biologically-Inspired Robots and Systems, Sensor Based Robotics,
Intelligent Transportation Systems, Modeling, Planning and Control,
Kinematics, Mechanics, and Mechanism Design, Legged Robots, Wheeled Mobile
Robots, Dynamics, Motion Control, Force/Impedance Control, Architecture and
Programming, Methodologies for Robotics and Automation, Discrete Event Dynamic
Systems, Petri Nets, Virtual Reality, Manufacturing System Architecture,
Design, and Performance Evaluation, Computer Aided Production Planning,
Scheduling, and Control, Total Quality Management, Maintenance, and
Diagnostics.
Paper Submission: Papers must be written in English and should describe
original work. Papers should be submitted in IEEE Xplore compliant PDF
files, on-line to the conference website: http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cis-
ram/index.htm. Information for submission of IEEE Xplore compliant PDF files
will be announced on the conference website soon.
Invited Sessions: The conference will feature invited sessions on
specialized topics of interests. The invited sessions are intended to usher
in, in-depth discussions in special areas relevant to the conference theme.
The session organizers will coordinate the associated review process. The
conference proceedings will include all papers from the invited sessions.
Prospective session organizers are encouraged to contact the Invited
Sessions Chair Dr Guilin Yang, at glyang@SIMTech.a-star.edu.sg
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6.7 SIAM Conference on Imaging Science
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SIAM Conference on Imaging Science
Contributed by: Kirsten Wilden, wilden@siam.org
Current developments in the technology of imaging have led to an explosive
growth in the interdisciplinary field of imaging science. With the advent of
new devices capable of seeing objects and structures not previously imagined,
the reach of science and medicine has been extended in a multitude of
different ways. The impact of this technology has been to generate new
challenges associated with the problems of formation, acquisition,
compression, transmission, and analysis of images. By their very nature,
these challenges cut across the disciplines of physics, engineering,
mathematics, biology, medicine, and statistics. While the primary purpose of
this conference is to focus on mathematical issues, the biomedical aspects of
imaging will also play an important role.
http://www.siam.org/meetings/is06/
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6.8 The 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation
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The 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation
Contributed by: Wei Wang, wangwei@dlut.edu.cn
The 6th World Congress on Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA'06) is
now a bi-annual event and a major international control conference held in
China. The WCICA'06 will be held in the popular summer resort city Dalian in
northeastern China in June 21-23 2006. The WCICA06 is sponsored by IEEE
Robotics and Automation Society, IEEE Control System Society(Beijing
Chapter), National Natural Science Foundation of China and Chinese
Association of Automation. The congress aims to provide a broad
international forum for world researchers, engineers and professionals
working in the areas of Intelligent Control and Automation to discuss and
exchange their findings, ideas, and views. The congress will focus on both
theory and applications. Major topics of the congress include, but are not
limited to the following areas.
A. Theory and methods
A1 Control theory
1. System and control theory, 2. Nonlinear systems, 3. Large-scale systems
4. Hybrid systems and DEDS, 5. Control system with distributed parameters
6. Modeling, identification, estimation and optimization 7. Advanced control
adaptive control, variable structure control, robust control, H-inf control
A2 Intelligent control
1. Artificial intelligence and expert systems, 2. Neural networks
3. Fuzzy algorithms, genetic algorithms, evolutionary algorithms
4. Fuzzy control, learning control, 5 Intelligent information processing, 6.
Networked control
B. Industrial systems and control
B1 Modeling, sensing and fault diagnosis
1. Process modeling techniques, 2. Soft measurement techniques
3. Sensors, measurement and intelligent instruments, 4. Fault diagnosis
5. Data mining, 6. Simulation and CAD of control systems
B2 Control techniques and integrated automation systems
1. Advanced control techniques, 2. Optimized control techniques
3. Integrated automation systems of process industry
4. Computer integrated manufacturing systems, 5. Decision supporting systems
6. Enterprise resource planning and manufacturing execution systems
7. Production planning and intelligent scheduling
C. Applications
C1 Automation and intelligence of process industry
1. Power systems, 2. Petrochemical processes, 3. Metallurgical processes
4. Paper making processes, 5. Others
C2 Automation and intelligence of manufacturing industry
1. Intelligent manufacturing systems, 2. Advanced digital control systems
3. Motion control, 4. Propulsion system control
5. Micro and nano scale sensors, actuators and robots, 6. Others
C3 Other application systems
1. Intelligent transportation systems, 2. Intelligent building systems
3. Intelligent Robotics, 4. Environmental and biomedical systems
5. Human-machine systems, 6. Pattern recognition and image processing
Important Dates
Paper submission deadline, Nov. 1, 2005
Notification of paper acceptance, Feb. 1, 2006
Final version of paper submission deadline, March 1, 2006
For further information, please visit the web site http://wcica06.dlut.edu.cn
or contact wcica06@dlut.edu.cn, panxj@dlut.edu.cn
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7. Workshops
7.1 Fractional order calculus day at Utah State University
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Fractional order calculus day at Utah State University
Contributed by: YangQuan Chen, yqchen@ece.usu.edu
The presentation slides for the one-day workshop event "Fractional Order
Calculus Day at Utah State University" are available from
http://mechatronics.ece.usu.edu/foc/
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8. Positions
8.1 EIHS manager Gif-sur-Yvette France
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EIHS manager, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Contributed by: Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue , lamnabhi@lss.supelec.fr
In order to complete the EIHS-location application of Supélec-DigiteoLabs,
respectively Grande Ecole and Centre d’Excellence for the European Institute
of Hybrid Systems that will be created in the framework of the HYCON NoE, we
call for Manager applications with a(n) (hybrid) systems and control
background, internationally recognized and with entrepreneurial qualities
(post-doc level or more). The EIHS- location application submitted by the
French HYCON partners can be found at
http://www.ist-hycon.org/index.php?p=News
Potential candidates should send their CV to Dr. F. Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue
lamnabhi@lss.supelec.fr before 15 September 2005.
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8.2 Faculty: Chiao Tung University Taiwan
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Faculty: Chiao Tung University Taiwan
Contributed by: T. S. Liu, tsliu@mail.nctu.edu.tw
National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, TAIWAN, Department of
Mechanical Engineering invites applications for one faculty position at the
Assistant or Associate Professor levels. The requirements and qualification
are described as follows:
(1) Applicant must possess a Ph.D. degree.
(2) Major in automatic control, preferably in optomechatronics or
display technology.
(3) Hiring will start from February or September 2006
(4) Required materials in application include: Curriculum vitae,
Publication including Ph.D. thesis full-text printout, Recommendation
letters, and at least six courses names to offer (The one who can teach
Microprocessor will be preferred). Please send application materials to
Chairman
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Chiao Tung University
1001 Ta Hsueh Road
Hsinchu, Taiwan 30010
More information can be obtained from tsliu@mail.nctu.edu.tw
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8.3 Faculty: Pontifical Catholic University Chile
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Faculty: Pontifical Catholic University, Chile
Contributed by: Miguel Torres-Torriti, mtorrest@ing.puc.cl
The Faculty of Engineering at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
offers a new position in the Electrical Engineering Department at the
Assistant Professor level, available as early as September 2005
(http://www.ing.puc.cl/esp/infacademica/concursos/index.html). Successful
candidates must have a Ph.D. and a demonstrated ability and commitment to
excellence in independent research and teaching.
The new member of staff will join the research and teaching activities of both
the Department of Electrical Engineering (DEE) at the School of Engineering,
and the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (DAA) at the Faculty of
Physics. She/he will also have to strongly interact with engineering and
astronomy students. Presently, the DEE includes 13 faculty who work in the
areas of Control, Instrumentation, Robotics, Power Systems and
Telecommunications, and the DAA includes ten faculty and several post-docs
doing research in the areas of observational and theoretical cosmology, and
extragalactic and stellar astrophysics. Both Departments would like to develop
a new group in areas related to mm-radio astronomy. The selected candidate is
expected to lead the instrumentation area of this group. Even though high
priority will be given to engineers and scientists with mm-radio
instrumentation backgrounds, applicants from all areas with experience in
astronomical instrumentation are encouraged to apply. The successful applicant
will interact closely with engineers and scientists in the international
observatories in Chile, including ESO/VLT, Gemini, Magellan, and ALMA.
Teaching duties will be in astronomical engineering, at the undergraduate and
graduate levels. Preference will be given to candidates able to teach in
Spanish within six months. Further information can be obtained from Professor
Pedro Gazmuri (pgazmuri@ing.puc.cl), Chairman of the Search Committee.
Interested applicants should send a curriculum vitae with a recent photograph
and a description of research and teaching interests before June 30, 2005,
preferably by e-mail. However, applications will be considered until the
position is filled. In addition, three letters of recommendation should be
sent directly to Prof. P. Gazmuri to:
Director Escuela de Ingeniería
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Casilla 306, Correo 22
Código Postal 6904411
Santiago, Chile
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8.4 Faculty: University of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico
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Faculty: University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
Contributed by: Miguel Velez-Reyes, m.velez@ieee.org
Faculty Position at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Dept. of
Electrical and Computer Engineering - The Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus invites
applicants for a tenure track faculty position. Candidates must posses a
strong background and experience in at least one of the following areas:
Automatic Controls, Applied Electromagnetism (Antenna Arrays, Radars),
Communications and Signal Processing, Power (Distribution, Protection,
Industrial), Electronics (Digital Systems, VLSI Design, Solid
State/Materials), and Computer Engineering (Embedded Systems, Networking).
Successful candidates should have a doctoral degree in Electrical or Computer
Engineering and should evidence sufficient background and experience in
teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels as well as in research to be
appointed at the Assistant Professor level. The selected candidate will begin
immediately. Please direct resumé and three letters of recommendation to
Dr. Isidoro Couvertier, Chairman
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
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