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Newsletter
November 2005
1. Personals
1.1 Change of Address: Majura Selekwa
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Change of Address: Majura Selekwa
Contributed by: Majura Selekwa, majura.selekwa@ndsu.edu
My address changed since August 15th 2005; the new address is:
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics,
North Dakota State University,
Dolve 111
Fargo, ND 58105
Phone: 701-231-5667
Fax:701-231-8913
email: majura.selekwa@ndsu.edu
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2. General Announcements
2.1 New Website for Technical Committee on Aerospace Controls
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New Website for Technical Committee on Aerospace Controls
Contributed by: Jim Buffington, Chair.tcac@ieee.org
The IEEE Control System Society Technical Committee (TC) on Aerospace
Controls is proud to announce its new website. In the last year, the TC on
Aerospace Controls has focused on revitalizing itself by increasing
organizational structure to improve its effectiveness. As part of this
revitalization, a new website has been developed to improve communication
about TC activities, accomplishments, and plans. Please visit the website
at http://www.csdy.umn.edu/ieeetcac.
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2.2 Student Travel Grant for CDC-ECC05
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Student Travel Grant for CDC-ECC05
Contributed by: Faryar Jabbari, fjabbari@uci.edu
STUDENT TRAVEL SUPPORT PROGRAM OF CDC-ECC'05:
The Student Travel Support of CDC-ECC'05 is meant to enable promising
students to attend the conference, present their papers and become more
integrated into their scientific community. NSF (i.e., the National
Science Foundation of U.S.) and CSS (IEEE Control System Society) funds
will be used to provide modest levels of travel support (depending on
the number of applicants) toward defraying the costs of registration,
subsistence and travel to Seville, Spain.
ELIGIBILITY AND REQUIREMENTS
Each applicant must be an author or co-author of a paper accepted for
presentation at the CDC-ECC'05.
Each applicant must register for the CDC-ECC'05 and present the paper.
The applicant can provide appropriate receipts for travel, registration
or lodging.
U.S. NSF funds are limited to students who are studying in a U.S. based
institution. All students are eligible for the CSS funds.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: To apply, students (and their advisors) must
provide the information listed below to Professor Faryar Jabbari, Chair
of Student Activities Committee of the IEEE Control Systems Society
(fjabbari@uci.edu).
Requirements:
a. Provided by Student Applicant
1. Name (First Name, Middle Initial, and Last Name)
2. Institutional Address
3. Phone/Fax/E-mail
4. Advisor's Name
5. Advisor's Phone/Fax/E-mail
6. Session/Title of the Paper to be presented
7. Amount of support requested (actual support will depend on
the number of applicants and funds available)
8. A paragraph of justification for the request of financial support
9. History of prior support from previous CDC for similar travel
support program
b. Provided by Advisor
An email of certification and support from student's academic advisor,
stating that he/she is currently enrolled as a student and is planning
to attend and present a paper at the 2005 CDC-ECC.
DEADLINE:
November 10, 2005. This deadline applies to students and to their
advisors, both need to submit letters.
AWARD NOTIFICATION: Once the Selection Committee has completed it work,
successful applicants (and their advisors) will be notified by
email of the amount of support and the procedures associated with it.
Target date for this notification is December 1, 2005.
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3. Awards Honors
3.1 AACC Awards: Call for Nominations
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AACC Awards: Call for Nominations
Contributed by: Pradeep Misra, pradeep.misra@wright.edu
2006 AACC Awards Nominations due December 1, 2005
Nominations for the five AACC (American Automatic Control Council) awards
for 2006 are now being solicited. The awards consist of a certificate and an
honorarium, and they will be presented at the Awards Luncheon during the 2006
ACC to be held in Minneapolis, MN. Nomination packages should be prepared in
accordance with the AACC Award Nomination Form and include the following:
biographical information, a statement identifying and evaluating the
accomplishments on which the nomination is based (not to exceed two double
spaced pages), a minimum of three and a maximum of five reference letters, a
current list of publications and patents, and any additional supporting
material that could have bearing on the award. Please submit the nomination
electronically (see instructions on www.a2c2.org/awards/) by Dec. 1, 2005.
Professor Pradeep Misra
Department of ELectrical Engineering
Wright State University
3640 Col. Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435
Tel: (937) 775-5062
pmisra@cs.wright.edu
****Nomination Forms**** may be downloaded from http://www.a2c2.org/
The awards are described as follows:
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. For distinguished career
contributions to the theory or applications of automatic control. The nominee
is to have spent a significant part of his or her career in the United
States. Posthumous nominations are not allowed.
Donald P. Eckman Award. For outstanding accomplishments by a young engineer
in the field of automatic control. Nominees must be younger than 35 years on
January 1 of the year of award. The award is based on contributions made
while the nominee was a resident of the United States.
John R. Ragazzini Award. For outstanding contributions to automatic control
education in any form. The awardee normally is a teacher, but there is no
formal requirement that nominees be members of a university faculty.
Control Engineering Practice Award. For significant contributions to the
advancement of control practice including the application and implementation
of innovative control concepts, methodology, and technology, for the
planning, design, manufacture, and operation of control systems.
O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award. For the best two papers presented at the
previous American Control Conference. The papers must have been presented by
the author or a co-author at the conference. Selection criteria include
quality of the written and oral presentation, technical contribution,
timeliness, and practicality, with one award emphasizing contributions to
theory and the other emphasizing significant or innovative applications.
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3.2 SIAM Awards: Call for Nominations
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SIAM Awards: Call for Nominations
Contributed by: J.M. Littleton, littleton@siam.org
Calls for Nominations - W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize and George Polya Prize
SIAM will present the W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize and the George Polya Prize
at the 2006 SIAM Annual Meeting to be held July 10-14, 2006, in Boston,
Massachusetts. The nomination deadline for both prizes is December 31, 2005.
W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize
===========================
The award will be given for research in, or other contributions to, the
broadly defined areas of differential equations and control theory. The prize
may be given either for a single notable achievement or for a collection of
such achievements. Committee Chair H. T. Banks wishes to stress the breadth
of the eligible fields.
Description of the Award
The award consists of an engraved medal and a $10,000 cash prize. The prize
winner is requested to present a lecture at the meeting.
Nominations
A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s), should be
sent to
W. T. and Idalia Reid Prize
Professor H. T. Banks, Chair
c/o J. M. Littleton at the address below. Nominations must be received in the
SIAM office by December 31, 2005.
George Polya Prize
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The George Polya Prize honors the memory of George Polya and is given in
even-numbered years for notable contributions in two alternating categories:
(1) for a notable application of combinatorial theory; (2) for a notable
contribution in another area of interest to George Polya, such as
approximation theory, complex analysis, number theory, orthogonal polynomials,
probability theory, or mathematical discovery and learning.
The 2006 award will be given in the second category listed above, a notable
contribution in another area of interest to George Polya.
Eligibility
There are no restrictions except that the prize is broadly intended to
recognize specific recent work. Strong preference will be given to selecting
one person as the prize winner.
Description of Award
The award will consist of an engraved medal and a $20,000 cash prize. Travel
expenses to the award ceremony will be provided by the prize fund.
Nominations
A letter of nomination, including a description of achievement(s) should be
sent to
George Polya Prize Selection Committee
Professor Peter D. Lax, Chair
c/o J. M. Littleton at the address below. Nominations must be received in the
SIAM office by December 31, 2005.
The SIAM Activity Group on Analysis of PDE Prize
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The SIAM Activity Group on Analysis of Partial Differential Equations
(SIAG/APDE) Prize, established in 2005, is awarded to the author(s) of the
most outstanding paper, as determined by the prize committee, on a topic in
Partial Differential Equations published in English in a peer-reviewed journal
within the four calendar years preceding the year of the award.
The SIAG/APDE will present the award at the SIAM Conference on Analysis of PDE
(PD06) to be held July 10-12, 2006, jointly with the SIAM Annual Meeting in
Boston, Massachusetts.
Eligibility
A candidate paper must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal
bearing a publication date within the award period, between January 1, 2002,
and December 31, 2005. It must contain significant research contributions to
the field of analysis of partial differential equations, as commonly defined
in the mathematical literature, with direct or potential applications.
Nominations should include a full bibliographic citation for the paper and a
brief statement outlining the justification for the nomination in terms of its
importance and impact.
Description of the Award
The award will consist of a plaque and a certificate containing the award
citation. At least one of the awardees is expected to attend the award
ceremony and to present the paper as a plenary lecture at the meeting. One of
the plenary lectures at the meeting will be reserved for this purpose. Travel
expenses will be available to reimburse the speaker. Should more that one
author be involved in presenting the plenary lecture, reimbursement will be
made only to one of the authors.
Nominations
Nominations, including bibliographic citation and a justification, should be
sent by December 31, 2005, preferably by e-mail (or hard copy), to
SIAG/APDE Prize Selection Committee
c/o J. M. Littleton at the address below. Nominations must be received in the
SIAM office by December 31, 2005.
The SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra Prize
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The SIAM Activity Group on Linear Algebra (SIAG/LA) Prize is awarded to the
author(s) of the most outstanding paper on a topic in applicable linear
algebra published in a peer-reviewed journal in the three calendar years
preceding the year of the award.
The SIAG/LA will present the award at the Joint GAMM-SIAM Conference on
Applied Linear Algebra to be held July 24-27, 2006, in Duesseldorf, Germany.
Eligibility
Candidate papers must be published in English in a peer-reviewed journal
bearing the publication date between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2005.
The papers must contain significant research contributions to the field of
linear algebra, as commonly defined in the mathematical literature, with
direct or potential applications. Nominations should include a full
bibliographic citation for the paper and a brief statement outlining the
justification for the nomination in terms of its importance and impact.
Description of the Award
The award consists of a plaque and a certificate containing the citation. The
awardee (in the case of multiple authors, at least one of the awardees) is
expected to attend the award ceremony and to present the paper at the meeting.
Nominations
Nominations, including a copy of the nominated paper, should be sent to
SIAG/LA Prize Selection Committee
Professor Anne Greenbaum, Chair
c/o J. M. Littleton at the address below. Nominations must be received in the
SIAM office by January 15, 2006.
J. M. Littleton
SIAM
3600 University City Science Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688
USA
E-mail: littleton@siam.org
Telephone: +1-215-382-9800 ext. 303
Fax: +1-215-386-7999
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4. Books
4.1 Approximation of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems
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Approximation of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems
Contributed by: Elizabeth Greenspan, greenspan@siam.org
Approximation of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems
Athanasios C. Antoulas
Advances in Design and Control 6
Mathematical models are used to simulate, and sometimes control, the behavior
of physical and artificial processes such as the weather and very large-scale
integration (VLSI) circuits. The increasing need for accuracy has led to the
development of highly complex models. However, in the presence of limited
computational, accuracy, and storage capabilities, model reduction (system
approximation) is often necessary. Approximation of Large-Scale Dynamical
Systems provides a comprehensive picture of model reduction, combining system
theory with numerical linear algebra and computational considerations. It
addresses the issue of model reduction and the resulting trade-offs between
accuracy and complexity. Special attention is given to numerical aspects,
simulation questions, and practical applications.
Audience
This book is for anyone interested in model reduction. Graduate students and
researchers in the fields of system and control theory, numerical analysis,
and the theory of partial differential equations/computational fluid dynamics
will find it an excellent reference.
Contents
List of Figures; Foreword; Preface; How to Use this Book; Part I:
Introduction. Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Motivating Examples; Part
II: Preliminaries. Chapter 3: Tools from Matrix Theory; Chapter 4: Linear
Dynamical Systems: Part 1; Chapter 5: Linear Dynamical Systems: Part 2;
Chapter 6: Sylvester and Lyapunov equations; Part III: SVD-based
Approximation Methods. Chapter 7: Balancing and balanced approximations;
Chapter 8: Hankel-norm Approximation; Chapter 9: Special topics in SVD-based
approximation methods; Part IV: Krylov-based Approximation Methods; Chapter
10: Eigenvalue Computations; Chapter 11: Model Reduction Using Krylov
Methods; Part V: SVD–Krylov Methods and Case Studies. Chapter 12: SVD–Krylov
Methods; Chapter 13: Case Studies; Chapter 14: Epilogue; Chapter 15:
Problems; Bibliography; Index.
About the Author
Athanasios C. Antoulas is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering at Rice University. He has served on the editorial
board of many journals, including IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control,
SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, and Linear Algebra and Its
Applications, and for the past eight years he has been Co-Editor-in-Chief of
Systems and Control Letters. Professor Antoulas serves on the editorial board
of the SIAM Advances in Design and Control book series. His research
interests are in the broad area of dynamical systems and computation,
including model reduction of large-scale systems.
2005 / xxvi + 481 pages / Hardcover / ISBN 0-89871-529-6
List Price $125.00 / SIAM Member Price $87.50 / Order Code DC06
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4.2 Call for Chapters Evolutionary Mobile Robots
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Call for Chapters Evolutionary Mobile Robots
Contributed by: Leandro dos Santos Coelho, leandro.coelho@pucpr.br
Intelligent Systems Engineering Book Series
(http://www.isebis.eng.uerj.br)
Book on Mobile Robots: Evolutionary Approach
Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, USA
http://www.novapublishers.com
Call for Chapters Evolutionary Mobile Robots
http://www.isebis.eng.uerj.br/cfp-2006-2.html
Description:
Intelligent robots have become the focus of intensive research in last
years. The field of intelligent mobile robotics involves simulations and
real-world implementations of robots which adapt to their partially unknown,
unpredictable and sometimes dynamic environments. The design and control of
autonomous such robotic systems includes many objective difficulties such as
perception of environment, localization, walking, planning and navigation in
rough terrain, pushing boxes, negotiating an obstacle course, playing ball,
etc. For this book, we seek original contributions on aspects related to
evolutionary mobile robotics.
Topics:
* Evolutionary path planning strategies
* Evolutionary Control systems
* Distributed robot search teams
* Self-exploration
* Cooperative transport
* Real-World Experiences
Important Dates:
* Manuscript submission: March 31st., 2006
* Authors Notification: July 28th., 2006
* Camera-ready submission: September 1st., 2006
If you intend to contribute to this book, please send an e-mail to
nadia@eng.uerj.br informing the title of the chapter and its abstract.
Nadia Nedjah
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4.3 Contol of Nonlinear and Hybrid Process Systems
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Contol of Nonlinear and Hybrid Process Systems
Contributed by: Panagiotis D. Christofides, pdc@seas.ucla.edu
CONTROL OF NONLINEAR AND HYBRID PROCESS SYSTEMS
Designs for Uncertainty, Constraints and Time-Delays
Panagiotis D. Christofides
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1592
Nael H. El-Farra
University of California, Davis, CA 95616-5294
Springer, 446 pp., ISBN 3-540-28456-7
http://www.springer.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-40109-22-68636483-0,00.
html
This book presents general, yet practical, methods for the synthesis of
nonlinear feedback control systems for processes described by nonlinear and
hybrid systems. The key practical issues of model uncertainty, constraints in
the capacity of the control actuator and dead-time in the measurement
sensors/control actuators are explicitly accounted in the process model and
dealt in the controller design. The controllers use process measurements to
achieve stabilization of the closed-loop system, attenuation of the effect of
the uncertain variables (unknown processes parameters and external
disturbances) on process outputs, and force the controlled output to follow
the reference input. The synthesis of the controllers is primarily based on
Lyapunov techniques, and it covers both state feedback and output feedback
(including state estimator design) controller designs. The methods are applied
to numerous examples in detail and are shown to outperform existing
approaches.
The book includes discussions of practical implementation issues that can help
engineers and researchers understand the application of the methods in greater
depth.
FEATURES
* Includes new techniques for robust, constrained and predictive
controller design for nonlinear and hybrid systems which are not included
in other books.
* Provides insight and fundamental understanding into the feedback
control of nonlinear and hybrid systems.
* Illustrates the application of the controller design methods to
chemical and biological systems and crystallization processes.
* Excellent source of new research topics and reference to
significant recent work.
Researchers and graduate students in process control and control
systems theory, applied mathematicians and process control engineers
will find this book a useful resource. This book can be used as a
text for a graduate level course on advanced process control.
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4.4 Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control
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Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control
Contributed by: Regina Gorenshteyn, ReginaG@birkhauser.com
Current Trends in Nonlinear Systems and Control
In Honor of Petar Kokotovic and Turi Nicosia
Laura Menini, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy
Luca Zaccarian, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy
Chaouki T. Abdallah, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Forthcoming - December 2005 / Approx. 576 pp. / 162 illus. / Hardcover /
$119.00 / ISBN: 0-8176-4383-4/ Birkhaeuser
Series - Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications
This volume is an outgrowth of the workshop "Applications of Advanced
Control Theory to Robotics and Automation, "organized in honor of the 70th
birthdays of Petar V. Kokotovic and Salvatore Nicosia. Both Petar and Turi
have carried out distinguished work in the control community and have long
been recognized as mentors, as well as experts and pioneers in the field of
automatic control, covering many topics in control theory and several
different applications. The variety of their research is reflected in this
book, which includes contributions ranging from mathematics to laboratory
experiments.
The scope of the work is very broad, and although each chapter is self-
contained, the book has been organized into thematically related chapters,
which in some cases, suggest to the reader a convenient reading sequence.
The great variety of topics covered and the almost tutorial writing style
used by many of the authors will make this book suitable for both experts in
the control field and young researchers who seek a more intuitive
understanding of these relevant topics in the field.
Main Table of Contents:
Foreword * Preface * Part I: State estimation and identification * Part II:
Control and system theory * Part III: Robotics * Part IV: Control of
electromechanical systems * Part V: Manufacturing systems * Part VI:
Networked control systems * Index
For a full table of contents, description of the book, and ordering
information, please visit: http://www.springeronline.com/0-8176-4383-4.
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4.5 Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control
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Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control
Contributed by: S. Janardhanan, janas@sc.iitb.ac.in
Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control : A Multirate Output Feedback Approach
B. Bandyopadhyay and S. Janardhanan
Ser. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, Springer-Verlag,
Berlin/Heidelberg, 2005, Vol. 323, 147 p. 68 illus., Softcover,ISBN:
3-540-28140-1
The authors are with the Interdisciplnary Programme in Systems and Control
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (Website :
http://www.sc.iitb.ac.in). Further details of the book can be found at the
Book Website : http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-175-
72-61704092-0,00.html
Sliding mode control is a simple and yet robust control technique, where the
system states are made to confine to a selected subset. With the increasing
use of computers and discrete-time samplers in controller implementation in
the recent past, discrete-time systems and computer based control have become
important topics. This book presents an output feedback sliding mode control
philosophy which can be applied to almost all controllable and observable
systems, while at the same time being simple enough as not to tax the
computer too much. It is shown that the solution can be found in the synergy
of the multirate output sampling concept and the concept of discrete-time
sliding mode control.
Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 Sliding Mode Control
1.2 Multirate Output Feedback
1.3 Motivation for Multirate Output Feedback based Discrete-time Sliding
Mode Control
2. Switching Function based Multirate Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control
2.1 Quasi-Sliding Mode Control in Deterministic Systems
2.2 Multirate Output Feedback based Quasi-Sliding Mode Control for
Uncertain Systems
3. Multirate Output Feedback based Discrete-time Sliding Mode in LTI systems
with Uncertainty
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Multirate Output Feedback based Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control
for Uncertain Systems with Matched Uncertainty
3.3 Multirate Output Feedback based Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control of
LTI Systems with Unmatched Uncertainty
3.4 Multirate Output Feedback based Integral Sliding Mode in
Discrete-time Systems
4. Multirate Output Feedback based Discrete-time Quasi-Sliding Mode Control
of Time-Delay Systems
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Problem Statement
4.3 Design of Sliding Surface
4.4 Multirate Sampling of Time-Delay Systems
4.5 Quasi-Sliding Mode Control Algorithm for Form 1 Systems
4.6 Quasi-Sliding Mode Control Algorithm for Form 2 Systems
4.7 Quasi-Sliding Mode Control Algorithm for Form 3 Systems
4.8 Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control of Form 4 Systems
5. Multirate Output Feedback Sliding Mode for Special Classes of Systems
5.1 Multirate Output Feedback Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control based
Tracking Controller for Nonminimum Phase Systems
5.2 Multirate Output Feedback based Quasi-Sliding Mode for a Class of
Nonlinear Systems
5.3 Multirate Output Feedback Discrete-time Sliding Mode Control based
with Prescribed Sliding Sector
6. Discrete-time Terminal Sliding Mode : Concept
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Continuous-time Terminal Sliding Mode Control
6.3 Discretization of TSM
6.4 Discrete-time Terminal Sliding Mode Control
6.5 Multirate Output Feedback based DTSM Algorithms
7. Applications of Multirate Output Feedback Discrete-time Sliding Mode
Control
7.1 Position Control of Permanent Magnet DC Stepper Motor
7.2 Power System Stabilizer Design using Multirate Output Feedback
Sliding Mode Control
7.3 Vibration Control of Smart Structure using Multirate Output Feedback
based Sliding Mode Control
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4.6 Linear Systems
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Linear Systems
Contributed by: Regina Gorenshteyn, ReginaG@birkhauser.com
Linear Systems
Panos J. Antsaklis, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
Anthony N. Michel, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
October 2005 / 688 pp. / 85 illus. / Hardcover / $89.95/ ISBN: 0-8176-4434-
2 / Birkhaeuser, Second Corrected Printing
Originally published by McGraw-Hill, 1997
Linear systems theory plays a broad and fundamental role in electrical,
mechanical, chemical and aerospace engineering, communications, and signal
processing. A thorough introduction to systems theory with emphasis on
control is presented in this self-contained textbook, written for a
challenging one-semester graduate course. A solutions manual is available to
instructors upon adoption of the text. The book’s flexible coverage and self-
contained presentation also make it an excellent reference guide or self-
study manual.
For a treatment of linear systems that focuses primarily on the time-
invariant case using streamlined presentation of the material with less
formal and more intuitive proofs, please see the authors’ companion book
entitled "A Linear Systems Primer."
Table of Contents:
Preface * Mathematical Descriptions of Systems * Response of Linear Systems
* Controllability, Observability, and Special Forms * State Feedback and
State Observers * Realization Theory and Algorithms * Stability * Polynomial
Matrix Descriptions and Matrix Fractional Descriptions of Systems *
Appendix. Numerical Considerations * Index
For a full description of the book and ordering information, please visit:
http://www.springeronline.com/0-8176-4434-2.
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4.7 Modeling and Simulation in Scilab/Scicos
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Modeling and Simulation in Scilab/Scicos
Contributed by: Stephen L. Campbell, slc@math.ncsu.edu
Modeling and Simulation in Scilab/Scicos
Springer, Computational Science and Engineering
by Stephen L. Campbell, Jean-Philippe Chancelier, and Ramine Nikoukhah
Scilab is a free open-source software package for scientific
computation. It includes hundreds of general purpose and specialized
functions for numerical computation, organized in libraries called
toolboxes, which cover such areas as simulation, optimization,
systems and control, and signal processing. One important Scilab
toolbox is Scicos. Scicos provides a block diagram graphical editor
for the construction and simulation of dynamical systems. The
objective of this book is to provide a tutorial for the use of
Scilab/Scicos with a special emphasis on modeling and simulation
tools. While it will provide useful information to experienced users
it is designed to be accessible to beginning users from a variety of
disciplines. Students and academic and industrial scientists and
engineers should find it useful.
The book is divided into two parts. The first part concerns Scilab
and includes a tutorial covering the language features, the data
structures and specialized functions for doing graphics, importing,
exporting data and interfacing external routines. It also covers in
detail Scilab numerical solvers for ordinary differential equations
and differential-algebraic equations. Even though the emphasis is
placed on modeling and simulation applications, this part provides a
global view of Scilab. The second part is dedicated to modeling and
simulation of dynamical systems in Scicos. This type of modeling
tool is widely used in industry because it provides a means for
constructing modular and reusable models. This part contains a
detailed description of the editor and its usage, which is
illustrated through numerous examples. All codes used in the book are
made available to the reader.
The book is based on version 3.1.1 which is the latest release.
ISBN: ISBN 0-387-27802-8
http://www.scilab.org/
http://www.scicos.org/
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4.8 Uniform Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems
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Uniform Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems
Contributed by: Regina Gorenshteyn, ReginaG@birkhauser.com
Uniform Output Regulation of Nonlinear Systems:
A Convergent Dynamics Approach
Alexey Pavlov, Norwegian Univ of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Nathan van de Wouw, Eindhoven Univ of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Henk Nijmeijer, Eindhoven Univ of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Forthcoming - November 2005 / 184 pp. / 38 illus. / Hardcover / $59.95/
ISBN: 0-8176-4445-8/Birkhaeuser Series - Systems & Control
Output regulation is a classic control problem that resides at the core of
control engineering. It is encountered in such areas as set-point control,
tracking of harmonic reference signals, rejecting harmonic disturbances,
controlled synchronization of dynamical systems, and observer design for
autonomous systems. This book is the first systematic study of the nonlinear
output regulation problem that embraces both the local as well as the global
cases, covering such aspects as solvability, controller design, and
practical implementation issues.
In addition to being an excellent reference for the uniform output
regulation problem, the text is also a tutorial on convergent systems for
control engineers, theorists, and students of advanced control courses. The
book may be used as a textbook for a graduate course on nonlinear control.
Table of Contents:
Preface * Introduction * Convergent Systems * The Uniform Output Regulation
Problem * Solvability of the Uniform Output Regulation Problem * Controller
Design for the Global Uniform Output Regulation Problem * The Local Output
Regulation Problem: Convergence Region Estimates * Experimental Case Study *
Concluding Remarks * Appendix * References * Index
For a full description of the book and ordering information, please visit:
http://www.springeronline.com/0-8176-4445-8
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5. Journals
5.1 CFP: IEEE TCST Special Issue on Multi-vehicle Systems Cooperative Control
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CFP: IEEE TCST Special Issue on Multi-vehicle Systems Cooperative Control
Contributed by: C.A. Rabbath, camille-alain.rabbath@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Call for Papers
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology - Special Issue on Multi-
vehicle Systems Cooperative Control with Application
Contributions are invited for a special issue of the IEEE Transactions on
Control Systems Technology on the subject of multi-vehicle systems
cooperative control. This special issue is concerned with recent advances in
multi-vehicle control research with emphasis on experimental results and on
solutions to practically relevant problems; therefore, the objective is to
bridge part of the gap between theory and practice. The collection of
original and high-quality papers are expected to focus on challenges and
issues found in cooperative systems operating on ground, in air, at sea and
under water. Contributions from industrial researchers are particularly
encouraged. A non-exhaustive list of topics of interest includes:
* Cooperative task assignment, path planning, and trajectory generation
* Experimental validation of cooperative control schemes
* Distributed computing and optimization
* Parallel implementation of optimizing feedback
* Modeling of multi-vehicle control systems
* Real-time performance and synchronization of networked systems
* Hierarchical control and varying dynamic scales
* Decentralization vs. centralized control: issues and challenges
* Reconfiguration, compensation of faults/failures at both the vehicle and
the team levels
Only contributions containing significant experimental results will be
included. Papers must contain high quality original contributions and be
prepared in accordance with the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems
Technology standards. Prospective authors are advised to refer to the
information found at http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/tcst/ under "Information for
Authors" prior to submitting a paper. Submitted manuscripts must not have
been previously published or be under review for possible publication
elsewhere.
Contributed papers should be submitted online by April 30, 2006.
Submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed according to the standards of
the IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology.
Guest Editors:
C.A. Rabbath Chun-Yi Su Antonios Tsourdos
Defence Research & Dept. of Mech. Dept. of Aerospace, Power
Development Canada Engineering & Sensors
DRDC Valcartier Concordia University Cranfield University RMCS
2459 Pie-XI Blvd. N. 1455 de Maisonneuve W. Shrivenham, Swindon
Val-Belair, Quebec Montreal, Quebec United Kingdom SN6 8LA
Canada G3J 1X5 Canada H3G 1M8 A.Tsourdos@cranfield.ac.uk
Camille-Alain.Rabbath cysu@alcor.concordia.ca
@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
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5.2 CFP: Special Issue of IEEE Trans. Neural Networks on NN for Feedback Control
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CFP: Special Issue of IEEE Trans. Neural Networks on NN for Feedback Control
Contributed by: Frank L. Lewis, lewis@uta.edu
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.
The paper submission deadline is 1st December 2005.
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,
Toyota Technical Center, Ann Arbor.
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
dvprokhorov@gmail.com, or dprokhorov@ttc-usa.com
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5.3 CFP: Special Issue on Automotive Controls for the IEEE-TCST
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CFP: Special Issue on Automotive Controls for the IEEE-TCST
Contributed by: Kevin Fischbach, kfischba@ach-llc.com
Call for Papers
Special Issue on Control Applications in Automotive Engineering
The IEEE Technical Committee on Automotive Control (TCAC) seeks papers for a
special issue on automotive controls for the IEEE Transactions on Control
Systems Technology. The Special Issue will describe selected control
problems for emerging automotive systems and recent trends in methodologies
and applications of control to these systems. Thus, the Special Issue is
intended to provide a timely update on the evolution of automotive control
technologies, both in research as well as in production. Papers are invited
on original investigations relating to modeling, analysis, and control of
automotive systems for passenger vehicles. Specific topics of interest
include, but are not limited to:
* Vehicle dynamics, stability control and X-by-wire control
* Novel engines and engine control methodologies
* Alternative propulsion systems (hybrids, fuel cells, etc.)
* Transmission and driveline control
* Advanced automotive actuators, sensors, sensor networks, estimation
and diagnostics
* Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and autonomous vehicles
Preference will be given to papers that illuminate a strong linkage between
control theories and experimental validation of results. Nevertheless, work
that is considerably forward-looking, and is demonstrated only through
simulation work, will also be considered. Authors will need to demonstrate
and discuss how their findings improve the performance of their target
applications.
All papers will be rigorously reviewed according to the standards of the
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. Prospective authors are
advised to refer to the information found under the heading of “Information
for Authors” at http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/tcst/ prior to submitting a
paper. Prospective authors should state in their cover emails, or cover
letters, that their contribution is meant for the special issue on control
applications in automotive engineering. Submitted manuscripts must not have
been previously published or be under review for possible publication
elsewhere. Manuscripts must be submitted online by March 26, 2006.
Guest Editors:
Dr. Ilya Kolmanovsky Dr. Ibrahim Haskara
Ford Motor Co. Visteon Corp.
2101 Village Road One Village Center Dr.
Dearborn, MI 48124 Van Buren, MI 48111
ikolmano@ford.com ihaskara@visteon.com
Kevin Fischbach Julie Buckland
Automotive Components Ford Motor Co.
Holdings, LLC 2101 Village Road
10300 Textile Road Dearborn, MI 48124
Ypsilanti, MI 48197 jbucklan@ford.com
kfischba@ach-llc.com
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5.4 Call For Papers: ELEKTRIK Special Issue on Swarm Robotics
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Call For Papers: ELEKTRIK Special Issue on Swarm Robotics
Contributed by: Veysel Gazi, vgazi@etu.edu.tr
ELEKTRIK
The Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Announces a Special Issue on "Swarm Robotics"
Sponsored by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
(TUBITAK) and the Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO), ELEKTRIK is an
international journal on all aspects of electrical engineering and computer
sciences. This special issue, scheduled to be published in July 2007, will
contain both invited and contributed papers.
Submission of papers
Prospective authors may submit their manuscripts to the guest editor and/or
the Editor-in-Chief given below with a statement that the submission is
intended for this special issue. Only word/latex documents or PDF files via
email submission will be accepted (please follow the regular guidelines of
ELEKTRIK).
Topics
Possible topics for the issue include but are not limited to
* Modeling and analysis (Lyapunov, graph theoretic, game theoretic methods,
etc.)
* Coordination and control (decentralized, cooperative, noncooperative, etc.)
* Formation control (stabilization, reconfiguration, coverage algorithms,
etc)
* Self-organization, self-assembling
* Synchronization, consensus seeking, rendezvous
* Evolutionary algorithms
* Emergent behavior (gathering, aggregation, flocking, schooling, etc.)
* Swarm communication, service discovery, ad-hoc networks
* Swarm intelligence
* Applications
Guest Editor
Dr. Veysel Gazi
TOBB University of Economics and Technology
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Sogutozu Caddesi, No: 43, Sogutozu 06530 Ankara, TURKEY
Tel: +90 (312) 292-4079, Fax: +90 (312) 292-4091
Email: vgazi@etu.edu.tr
Important Dates
Final date for submission of manuscripts: 31 August 2006
Notification of acceptance/rejection: 31 December 2006
For further information, in addition to the guest editor, please contact
Prof. Dr. Kemal Leblebicioðlu, (kleb@metu.edu.tr) Editor-in-Chief
Middle East Technical University
Electrical - Electronic Engineering Dept.
06531, Ankara - Turkey, Fax: +90 (312) 210-1261,
http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/elektrik/
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5.5 Contents: ATP International
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Contents: ATP International
Contributed by: Birgit Vogel-Heuser, vogelheu@uni-wuppertal.de
Volume 3, 2005, issue 2
Interview
K. Wucherer pp 24 - 26
Challenges in automation
Reviewed papers
Software Engineering
M. Bonfe, C. Fantuzzi and M. Magnani pp 27 - 33
Object-Oriented Modeling of Logic Control Systems for Industrial Applications
Communication
T. Kasten pp 34 - 38
Fully digital from Process to Control - High Power Trunk concepts
facilitate the breaksthrough of Fieldbus technology
Process instrumentation
M. Henry and G. Wood pp 39 - 52
Sensor validation: principles and standards
From the desk of a manufacturer: Siemens
C. C. Accomazzo pp 53 - 62
SIMATIC IT rides on the crest of the MES wave
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5.6 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. 3 September, 2005
Regular:
1. Paper Title: Generalized Quadratic Stabilization for Discrete-Time
Singular Systems with Time-Delay and Nonlinear Perturbation
Authors: Guoping Lu and Daniel W. C. Ho
2. Paper Title: Stochastic Stabilization and H¡Û Control for Discrete
Jumping Systems with Time Delays
Authors: Jing Wu, Tongwen Chen, and Shengyuan Xu
3. Paper Title: Robust Adaptive Control for Strict-Feedback Nonlinear
Systems
Authors: Ikuro Mizumoto, Ratna Bhushan Gopalun, Sirish L. Shah, and
Zenta Iwai
4. Paper Title: On Stability and Stabilization of Time-Varying Nonlinear
Control Systems
Authors: Xiaowu Mu and Daizhan Cheng
5. Paper Title: Feedback Stabilization of Nonholonomic Control Systems Using
Model Decomposition
Authors: Fazal-ur-Rehman
6. Paper Title: Analysis and Design of 1-bit Noise-Shaping Quantizer Using
Variable Structure Control Approach
Authors: Jwusheng Hu and Shiang-Hwua Yu
7. Paper Title: A Design of Multiloop PID Controllers with a Neural-Net
Based Decoupler
Authors: Makoto Tokuda, Toru Yamamoto, and Yoshimi Monden
8. Paper Title: Hierarchal Control System for a Variable Speed Cage Machine
Wind Generation Unit Using Neural Networks
Authors: M. Karrari, W. Rosehart, and O. P. Malik
9. Paper Title: Mixed H2/H¡Û Adaptive Tracking Control Design for Uncertain
Constrained Robots
Authors: Chung-Shi Tseng
10. Paper Title: A New Algorithm for Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control
Using Infrequent Output Observations
Authors: S. Janardhanan and B. Bandyopadhyay
Brief:
1. Paper Title: Robust Model Predictive Control for Input Saturated and
Soften State Constraints
Authors: Vu Trieu Minh and Nitin Afzulpurkar
2. Paper Title: Reduced-Order Models for Feedback Stabilization of Linear
Systems with a Singular Perturbation Model
Authors: Liyu Cao and Howard M. Schwartz
3. Paper Title: Robust Output Feedback Controller Design with Variance and
Disc Closed-Loop Pole Constraints
Author: Li Yu and Qing-Long Han
4. Paper Title: Improved Conditions on Delay-Dependent Robust Stability and
Stabilization of Uncertain Discrete Time-Delay Systems
Authors: Shengyuan Xu, James Lam, and Yun Zou
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5.7 Contents: Automatica
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Contents: Automatica
Contributed by: Becky Lonberger, rebeccal@uiuc.edu
Contents: Automatica, December, 2005
Volume 41, Issue 12
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
Survey papers
Mario Milanese and Michele Taragna
H-infinity set membership identification: a survey
Regular papers
Knut Graichen, Veit Hagenmeyer, and Michael Zeitz
A new approach to inversion-based feedforward control design for nonlinear
systems
S. Joe Qin, Weilu Lin, and Lennart Ljung
A novel subspace identification approach with parsimonious parametrization
Shoudong Huang, Matthew R. James, Dragan Nesic, and Peter M. Dower
Analysis of input to state stability for discrete time nonlinear systems
via dynamic programming
Brief papers
Chunming Xia, John Howell, and Nina F. Thornhill
Detecting and isolating multiple plant-wide oscillations via spectral
independent component analysis
Antonio Sala
Computer control under time-varying sampling period: an LMI gridding
approach
Tadashi Ishihara, Hai-Jiao Guo, and Hiroshi Takeda
Integral controller design based on disturbance cancellation: partial LTR
approach for non-mimimum phase plants
Edward Boje
Approximate models for continuous-time linear systems with sampling jitter
Xiefu Jiang and Qing-Long Han
On H_infty control for linear systems with interval time-varying delay
Øyvind Hegrenæs, Jan Tommy Gravdahl, and Petter Tøndel
Spacecraft attitude control using explicit model predictive control
A. Saberi, A.A. Stoorvogel, and P. Sannuti
Analysis, design, and performance limitations of H_2 optimal filtering in
the presence of an additional input with known frequency
K. Lau, G. C. Goodwin, and R. T. M'Closkey
Properties of modulated and demodulated systems with implications to
feedback limitations
Enbin Song, Yunmin Zhu, and Jie Zhou
Optimal dimensionality compression matrix for sensor data in estimation
fusion
Ying Zhang and Yeng Chai Soh
Robust information filter for decentralized estimation
N. Marchand and A. Hably
Global stabilization of multiple integrators with bounded controls
Technical communiques
Sun Shu-Li
Distributed optimal component fusion weighted by scalars for fixed-lag
Kalman smoother
S.N.Huang, K.K.Tan, and T.H.Lee
Further result on a dynamic recurrent neural-network-based adaptive
observer for a class of nonlinear systems
Y.I.Lee, M.Cannon, and B.Kouvaritakis
Extended invariance and its use in model predictive control
Qing-Long Han
Absolute stability of time-delay systems with sector-bounded nonlinearity
Alexey Bobtsov
A note to output feedback adaptive control for uncertain system with
static nonlinearity
Book reviews
Olivier Sename
Stability of Time-Delay Systems, by Keqin Gu, Vladimir L. Kharitonov, and
Jie Chen
Daniel Liberzon
Liapunov functions and stability in control theory, 2nd edition, by A.
Bacciotti and L. Rosier
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5.8 Contents: Control Engineering Practice Contents
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Contents: Control Engineering Practice Contents
Contributed by: Fernando Camisani, cep@up.ac.za
Journal: Control Engineering Practice
(Includes Special Section on Power Plants and Power Systems Control)
Volume : 13
Issue : 12
Date : Dec-2005
Chih-Keng Chen and James Hwang, Iterative learning control for position
tracking of a pneumatic actuated X-Y table, Pages 1455-1461.
D. Muñoz de la Peña, D.R. Ramírez, E.F. Camacho and T. Alamo, Application of
an explicit min-max MPC to a scaled laboratory process, Pages 1463-1471.
Special Section on Power Plants and Power Systems Control:
Om Malik, Special section on power plants and power systems control, Pages
1473-1474.
Raul Garduno-Ramirez and Kwang Y. Lee, Compensation of control-loop
interaction for power plant wide-range operation, Pages 1475-1487.
Tamer Abdelazim and O.P. Malik, Identification of nonlinear systems by
Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy logic grey box modeling for real-time control, Pages
1489-1498.
Yrjö Majanne, Model predictive pressure control of steam networks, Pages
1499-1505.
D.K. Chaturvedi and O.P. Malik, Generalized neuron-based PSS and adaptive PSS,
Pages 1507-1514.
Takashi Hiyama, Daisuke Kojima, Kazuki Ohtsu and Kouichirou Furukawa,
Eigenvalue-based wide area stability monitoring of power systems, Pages 1515-1523.
M. Kurth and E. Welfonder, Oscillation behaviour of the enlarged European
power system under deregulated energy market conditions, Pages 1525-1536.
Naotaka Okada, Hiromu Kobayashi, Tadao Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Takigawa and Kosuke
Kurokawa, Simulation of isolated operation in fault condition by loop power
flow controller, Pages 1537-1543.
B.M. Zhang and W.C. Wu, A loop-flow-based method for capacitor optimization in
distribution systems, Pages 1545-1552.
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5.9 Contents: European Journal of Control
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Contents: European Journal of Control
Contributed by: Danila Ferrara, ejc@elet.polimi.it
Table of contents – Issue n. 3/2005
Equivalence of Different Realization Methods for High Order Nonlinear Input-
Output Differential Equations, by U. Kotta, T. Mullari
Discussion on “Equivalence of Different Realization Methods for High Order
Nonlinear Input-Output Differential Equations” by Z. Bartosiewicz
A State Observer for a Class of Nonlinear Systems with Multiple Discrete and
Distributed Time Delays, by A. Germani, P. Pepe
Discussion on “A State Observer for a Class of Nonlinear Systems with
Multiple Discrete and Distributed Time Delays” by O. Sename
Power Flow Control of a Doubly-Fed Induction Machine Coupled to a Flywheel,
by C. Batlle, A. Dòria-Cerezo, R. Ortega
Discussion on “Power Flow Control of a Doubly-Fed Induction Machine
Coupled to a Flywheel” by A. Alexandridis, L. Russo, C. I. Siettos
Discussion on “Power Flow Control of a Doubly-Fed Induction Machine
Coupled to a Flywheel” by D. Karagiannis
Discussion on “Power Flow Control of a Doubly-Fed Induction Machine
Coupled to a Flywheel” by A. Tilli
Development and Experimental Verification of a Mobile Client-Centric
Networked Controlled System, by A. Tzes, G. Nikolakopoulos, I. Koutroulis
Discussion on “Development and Experimental Verification of a Mobile
Client-Centric Networked Controlled System” by P. A. Kawka, A.G. Alleyne
Discussion on “Development and Experimental Verification of a Mobile
Client-Centric Networked Controlled System” by N. A. Wedge, A. Al-Hammouri,
M. S. Branicky, V. Liberatore
Discussion on “Development and Experimental Verification of a Mobile
Client-Centric Networked Controlled System” by J. Daafouz, P. Riedinger, C.
Iung
Discussion on “Development and Experimental Verification of a Mobile
Client-Centric Networked Controlled System” by M. Tabbara, D. Nesic
Discussion on “Development and Experimental Verification of a Mobile
Client-Centric Networked Controlled System” by P. Otanez
A Multi-Model Approach to Failure Detection in Uncertain Sampled Data
Systems, by R. Nikoukhah, S.L. Campbell
Discussion on “A Multi-Model Approach to Failure Detection in Uncertain
Sampled Data Systems” by R. Selmic
Discussion on “A Multi-Model Approach to Failure Detection in Uncertain
Sampled Data Systems” by A. V. Savkin
Continuous Fuzzy Controller Design Subject to Minimizing Control Input
Energy with Output Variance Constraints, by Wen-Jer Chang, Sheng-Ming Wu
Discussion on “Continuous Fuzzy Controller Design Subject to Minimizing
Control Input Energy with Output Variance Constraints” by C. T. Abdallah
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5.10 Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
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Contents: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Contributed by: C. Stewart, trac@bu.edu
Volume 50 Issue 9 September 2005
A Crame/spl acute/r-Rao-type estimation lower bound for systems with
measurement faults
Rapoport, I.; Oshman, Y., Page(s): 1234- 1245
End-to-end bandwidth guarantees through fair local spectrum share in wireless
ad-hoc networks
Sarkar, S.; Tassiulas, L., Page(s): 1246- 1259
General model-set design methods for multiple-model approach
Li, X.R.; Zhanlue Zhao; Xiao-Bai Li, Page(s): 1260- 1276
Stability analysis of discontinuous dynamical systems determined by semigroups
Michel, A.N.; Ye Sun; Molchanov, A.P., Page(s): 1277- 1290
A method for determination of optimal gaits with application to a snake-like
serial-link structure
Hicks, G.; Ito, K., Page(s): 1291- 1306
On the ill-posedness of certain vehicular platoon control problems
Jovanovic, M.R.; Bamieh, B., Page(s): 1307- 1321
Hierarchical interface-based supervisory Control-part I: serial case
Leduc, R.J.; Brandin, B.A.; Lawford, M.; Wonham, W.M., Page(s): 1322- 1335
Hierarchical interface-based supervisory control-part II: parallel case
Leduc, R.J.; Lawford, M.; Wonham, W.M., Page(s): 1336- 1348
On initial conditions in iterative learning control
Jian-Xin Xu; Yan, R., Page(s): 1349- 1354
New stability conditions via reflection coefficients of polynomials
Nurges, U., Page(s): 1354- 1360
Control of linear systems subject to time-domain constraints with polynomial
pole placement and LMIs
Henrion, D.; Tarbouriech, S.; Kucera, V., Page(s): 1360- 1364
Optimal linear mean square filter for continuous-time jump linear systems
Fragoso, M.D.; Costa, O.L.V.; Baczynski, J.; Rocha, N., Page(s): 1364- 1369
Optimizing simultaneously over the numerator and denominator polynomials in
the Youla-Kuc/spl caron/era parametrization
Henrion, D.; Kucera, V.; Molina-Cristobal, A., Page(s): 1369- 1374
An exact solution to the stabilization of discrete systems using a first-order
controller
Yu, P.; Wu, Z., Page(s): 1375- 1379
Stabilization of uncertain chained form systems within finite settling time
Yiguang Hong; Jiankui Wang; Zairong Xi, Page(s): 1379- 1384
Is normalization necessary for stable model reference adaptive control?
Barabanov, N.; Ortega, R.; Astolfi, A., Page(s): 1384- 1390
Output feedback stabilization and approximate and restricted tracking for a
class of cascaded systems
Astolfi, A.; Kaliora, G.; Zhong-Ping Jiang, Page(s): 1390- 1396
Kalman filtering in extended noise environments
Diversi, R.; Guidorzi, R.; Soverini, U., Page(s): 1396- 1402
Output zeroing of MIMO plants in the presence of actuator and sensor uncertain
hysteresis nonlinearities
Parlangeli, G.; Corradini, M.L., Page(s): 1403- 1407
Reduced-order observers for linear neutral delay systems
Darouach, M., Page(s): 1407- 1413
Error bounds for finite step approximations for solving infinite horizon
controlled Markov set-chains
Hyeong Soo Chang, Page(s): 1413- 1418
Online identification of continuous-time systems with unknown time delay
Ren, X.M.; Rad, A.B.; Chan, P.T.; Lo, W.L., Page(s): 1418- 1422
On the exponential stability of switching diffusion processes
Chenggui Yuan; Lygeros, J.
Page(s): 1422- 1426
Optimality of static control policies in some discrete-event systems
Lei Miao; Cassandras, C.G., Page(s): 1427- 1431
Laguerre-Gram reduced-order modeling
Amghayrir, A.; Tanguy, N.; Brehonnet, P.; Vilbe, P.; Calvez, L.-C.
Page(s): 1432- 1435
Parameter estimation of dual-rate stochastic systems by using an output error
method
Feng Ding; Tongwen Chen, Page(s): 1436- 1441
Analysis of chattering in continuous sliding-mode controllers
Boiko, I.; Fridman, L., Page(s): 1442- 1446
Minimal positive realizations of transfer functions with nonnegative multiple
poles
Nagy, B.; Matolcsi, M., Page(s): 1447- 1450
Optimal selling rules in a regime switching model
Guo, X.; Zhang, Q., Page(s): 1450- 1455
Iterative learning control for systems with input deadzone
Jian-Xin Xu; Jing Xu; Tong Heng Lee, Page(s): 1455- 1459
Avoiding constraints redundancy in predictive control optimization routines
Olaru, S.; Dumur, D., Page(s): 1459- 1465
Comments on "Optimal control via Fourier series of operational matrix of
integration"
Mohan, B.M.; Kar, S.K., Page(s): 1466- 1467
Comments on "New results on the synthesis of PID controllers"
Martelli, G., Page(s): 1468- 1469
Applied Mathematics for Restructured Electric Power Systems
Page(s): 1470- 1471
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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 16
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp
Traffic management in a band limited communication network: an optimal
control approach
C. Bruni , F. Delli Priscoli , G. Koch , S. Vergari
Discrete time subharmonic modelling and analysis
L. M. Li and S. A. Billings
Robust H2 and H∞ control of discrete-time systems with polytopic
uncertainties via dynamic output feedback
R. Yang, L. Lu, L. Xie
Rational approximation of distributed-delay controllers
J. R. Partington, P. M. Mäkilä
A sub-optimal algorithm to synthesize control laws for a network of dynamic
agents
V. Gupta , B. Hassibi , R. M. Murray
Trajectory tracking control of bimodal piecewise affine systems
K. Sakurama, T. Sugie
Achievable input performance of linear systems under feedback control
V. Kariwala, S. Skogestad, J. F. Forbes, E. S. Meadows
For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s
homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207179.asp
Editor-in-Chief
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 3
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp
Difference of entropies as a non-specificity function on credal sets
Joaquín Abellán and Serafín Moral
Intelligent Systems Design - Editorial
C. H. Dagli
Improving information-theoretic competitive learning by accentuated
information maximization
Ryotaro Kamimura
A statistical, self-organizing learning system with validation
Hoi-Ming Chi and Okan K. Ersoy
A comparative study of three artificial neural networks for the detection
and classification of gear faults
I.A. Abu-Mahfouz
A hybrid genetic programming approach for the analytical solution of
differential equations
Steven J. Kirstukas, Kenneth M. Bryden and Daniel A. Ashlock
Evolving gaits for hexapod robots using cyclic genetic algorithms
Gary B. Parker
For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s
homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/03081079.asp
Editor-in-Chief
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 9
www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp
Robots and sensors for landmine detection
C. Kambhampati and S. Rajasekharan
Canadian teleoperated landmine detection systems. Part I: The improved
landmine detection project
A. A. Faust , R. H. Chesney , Y. Das , J. E. McFee and K. L. Russell
Canadian teleoperated landmine detection systems. Part II: Antipersonnel
landmine detection
A. A. Faust , R. H. Chesney , Y. Das , J. E. McFee and K. L. Russell
DYLEMA: Using walking robots for landmine detection and location
P. Gonzalez de Santos , E. Garcia , J. Estremera and M. A. Armada
Modelling uneven terrain for geo-location of mines detected via vehicular
mounted sensors
Smriti Kansal, Gerald Cook, Charles Amazeen, Kelly Sherbondy
Strength of landmine signatures under different soil conditions:
implications for sensor fusion
Remke L. Van Dam, Brian Borchers , Jan M. H. Hendrickx
Thermal detection of buried landmines by local heating
M. Balsi and M. Corcione
For submission and subscription information please visit the Journal’s
homepage at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00207721.asp
Editor-in-Chief
Professor Peter Fleming
Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering,
University of Sheffield
ijss@sheffield.ac.uk
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5.14 Contents: Mathematics of Control Signals and Systems
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Contents: Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems
Contributed by: Jan H. van Schuppen , mcss@cwi.nl
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Mathematics of Control, Signals, and Systems (MCSS)
Volume 17 (2005), Number 3
G. Weiss and Cheng-Zhong Xu,
Spectral properties of infinite-dimensional closed-loop systems.
MCSS 17 (2005), 153-172.
P. Rapisarda and J.C. Willems,
Conserved- and zero-mean quadratic quantities in oscillatory systems.
MCSS (2005), 173-200.
C. Prieur and E. Tr‚lat,
Robust optimal stabilization of the Brockett integrator via a hybrid feedback.
MCSS (2005), 201-216.
A. Feintuch and A. Markus,
A general time-varying estimation and control problem.
MCSS (2005), 217-230.
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
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5.15 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 3, 2005.
CONTENTS
On the Bounded Oscillation of Certain Fourth Order Functional
Differential Equations,
R.P. Agarwal, S.R. Grace and Patricia J.Y. Wong, p. 215
A Fredholm Operator and Solution Sets to Evolution Systems,
V. Durikovic and M. Durikovicova, p. 229
Influence of Propellant Burn Pattern on the Attitude Dynamics
of a Spinning Rocket,
F.O. Eke and J. Sookgaew, p. 251
A "Patched Conies" Description of the Swing-By
of a Group of Particles,
A.F.B.A. Prado, p. 265
Fault Detection Filter for Linear Time-Delay Systems,
Maiying Zhong, Hao Ye, Steven X. Ding,
Guizeng Wang and Zhou Donghua, p. 273
Adaptive Output Control of a Class of Time-Varying Uncertain
Nonlinear Systems,
Jing Zhou, Changyun Wen and Ying Zhang, p. 285
Stability of Nonautonomous Neutral Variable Delay
Difference Equation,
Hai-Long Xing, Xiao-Zhu Zhong, Yan Shi,
Jing-Cui Liang and Dong-Hua Wang, p. 299
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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5.16 Special issue in Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
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Special issue in Adaptive Control and Signal Processing
Contributed by: Jan de Landtsheer, jdelandt@wiley.co.uk
Call for papers, Special Issue (AACV2005) on Autonomous adaptive control of
vehicles in formation.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/4508/CallForPapers.html
In various branches of science and engineering, one often encounters
nonsmooth dynamical systems. Nonsmoothness sometimes is due to the intrinsic
abrupt changes in the dynamics such as in multi-modal systems or in general
in hybrid systems. Sometimes, though, it emerges as a consequence of ideal
modelling of fast dynamics as sudden changes or approximating nonlinearities
with piecewise linear characteristics. Recent years, nonsmooth dynamical
systems have attracted an increasingly growing interest. This interest is
mainly parallel to that of in hybrid systems. An interesting, yet not
unexpected, aspect of this interest is of its multi-disciplinary nature.
Indeed, researchers from various fields; ranging from systems and control to
mathematical programming, from mechanics to numerical analysis, from
dynamical systems to computer science, combined their efforts in resolving
the challenges of nonsmooth systems. All these multi-disciplinary efforts
produced a good deal of literature on the analysis and synthesis of nonsmooth
dynamical systems. An inevitable consequence of the nature of such systems is
that the available literature is rather eclectic. The aim of this special
issue is to sketch a picture of the mosaic of the multi-disciplinary and
eclectic theory of nonsmooth dynamical systems. Although the scope of the
issue includes analysis topics, a special priority will be given to the
control problems.
Submission Details
Prospective authors are kindly requested to submit their manuscripts online,
no later than 01/04/2006 at the following address:
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/rnc
Please follow the instructions under "For Authors".
When submitting your article to this Special Issue, make sure you have
selected the correct Article Type in the online submission system: "Special
Issue Article ACND2006".
Guest Editors
Kanat Camlibel and Henk Nijmeijer
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The
Netherlands
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6. Conferences
6.1 12th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications
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12th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications
Contributed by: Vladimir Gaitsgory, v.gaitsgory@unisa.edu.au
12th International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications will be held
in Sophia-Antipolis, France in July 3-6, 2006.
(http://www-sop.inria.fr/coprin/Congress/ISDG06/)
Three days (July 3-5) of state-of-the-art presentations will be followed by
a one-day tutorial on July 6.
The topics include (but are not limited) to the following: Dynamic games
and applications; Repeated games; Stochastic games; Learning and adaptive
games; Evolutionary games; Cooperative equilibria; H-infinity control and
robust controller designs; Theory of optimal control and dynamic games;
Numerical methods and computer implementation of game models; Dynamic
bargaining; Pursuit-Evasion games; Search, encounter and inspection games;
Application of dynamic games in fields such as: networking (e.g.
telecommunications and transportation), economics and finance, management
and marketing, environment, energy and resource management, biology, social
sciences and others.
The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2005. The details about the
format of submissions, registration fees, etc. can be found on the symposium
web site:
(http://www-sop.inria.fr/coprin/Congress/ISDG06/
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6.2 2006 Intl. Conf. on Information Fusion July 10-13 Florence Italy
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2006 Intl. Conf. on Information Fusion, July 10-13, Florence Italy
Contributed by: Peter Willett, willett@engr.uconn.edu
The 9th International Conference on Information Fusion will be held in
Florence, Italy, on 10-13 July 2006.
The objective of the conference is to provide a forum to discuss
advances and applications for fusion technologies. The conference will
feature keynote speeches, special sessions on topics of current
interest, a tutorials program to assist new researchers in the field,
and a student paper award.
Prospective authors are invited to submit 4-8 page papers by 15 January
2006. The Call for Papers (PDF format) is available for download on the
conference website www.fusion2006.org. Submission instructions and paper
templates will be soon provided on the web site. Proposals for special
sessions, panel discussions and tutorials are encouraged.
Please note the following important deadlines:
Special session proposal 1 December 2005
Tutorial proposal 15 January 2006
Regular paper submission 15 January 2006
Acceptance of papers 1 April 2006
Final papers 15 May 2006
Early registration 1 June 2006
For further and updated information, please visit the conference website
www.fusion2006.org.
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6.3 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
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45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
Contributed by: Andrea Serrani, serrani@ece.osu.edu
45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
December 13-15, 2006 Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California USA
http://www.ieeecss.org/CAB/conferences/cdc2006/
Call for Papers
The 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control will be held Wednesday
through Friday, December 13-15, 2006 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel in
San Diego, California USA. The conference will be preceded by technical
workshops on December 11-12, 2006. The CDC annually brings together an
international community of researchers and practitioners in the field of
automatic control to discuss the latest advancements of the discipline, shape
its future directions, and promote its diffusion among the scientific
community at large.
San Diego is California's second largest city, blessed by an ideal climate,
miles of pristine beaches, and unique world-class attractions, including
Balboa Park, the San Diego Zoo, Lego Land, San Diego Wild Animal Park and Sea
World.
The 45th CDC will feature the presentation of contributed and invited papers,
as well as tutorial sessions and workshops. In addition to the standard oral
presentations, the conference will also feature interactive presentations in
order to encourage an interaction exchange with the audience. Topics for the
interactive sessions will be selected specifically to benefit from the time
for interaction and discussion that are not available in a typical lecture
session, and the authors will be encouraged to make creative use of poster
boards as well as hands-on computer simulations and demonstrations.
The 45th CDC is hosted by the IEEE Control Systems Society and is held in
cooperation with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM),
the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS),
the Japanese Society for Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), and the
European Union Control Association (EUCA).
Call for Contributed Papers: Papers are invited in the form of regular
manuscripts (allotted 6 Proceedings pages). Note that short manuscripts are
not considered. Papers must conform to the submission policy, described below,
requiring that all manuscripts be in 2-column format and meet strict page limits.
Call for Invited Sessions: Invited sessions consist of six papers presenting a
unifying theme from a diversity of viewpoints. Proposals must clearly describe
the motivation and relevance of the session. Proposals must be accompanied by
full versions of each paper, which will be individually reviewed together with
the proposal itself. Individual papers may be removed from a proposed session
and replaced by appropriate contributed papers. In case an entire proposed
session is rejected, selected papers may be accepted as contributed ones.
Call for Tutorial Sessions: Tutorial sessions addressing state-of-the-art
control theory and advanced industrial applications are solicited. Panel
discussions are strongly encouraged.
Call for Interactive Papers: Papers are invited in the form of interactive
papers to be presented in a way that involves interaction with the viewers,
including simulations, experimental setup, visual demonstrations, and virtual
reality tools.
Call for Workshops and Tutorials: Workshops and tutorials to be held prior to
the conference are solicited on all related topics. Proposals for workshops
addressing novel control methodologies and nonstandard control applications
are strongly encouraged.
Exhibits related to control education, control theory, and industrial
applications are invited.
All papers and session proposals must be submitted through the conference
submission website www.paperplaza.net and must conform to the policy found at
the conference web site www.ieeecss.org/CAB/conferences/cdc2006/
All submissions must be written in English.
Submission policy:
* All papers submitted to the 45th CDC, either for review or publication
(after acceptance), must be formatted in the standard 2-column Proceedings format.
* For the purposes of REVIEW, regular and invited papers are limited to 8
pages. Papers exceeding these limits will NOT be reviewed.
* For PUBLICATION in the Proceedings, accepted regular and invited papers are
limited to 6 pages.
* Papers exceeding these limits will be published only after payment of a page
overlength fee.
At least one of the authors of the paper must register for the conference at
full member/non-member rate to upload the final manuscript.
Important Dates:
Paper submissions site www.paperplaza.net opens: January 10, 2006
Deadline for submission of Invited Session proposals: February 17, 2006
Deadline for submission of all papers: February 24, 2006
Notification of acceptance: July 20, 2006
Final submission and on-line registration opens: August 1, 2006
Deadline for Final submission of all papers: September 10, 2006
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6.4 9th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics and Vision
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9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision
Contributed by: Dr W Sardha Wijesoma, eswwijesoma@ntu.edu.sg
CALL FOR PAPERS
9th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CONTROL, AUTOMATION,
ROBOTICS AND VISION
ICARCV 2006
5 - 8 December 2006, Singapore
Home Page: http://www.icarcv.org/
The 9th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and
Vision, ICARCV 2006, will be held in Singapore from 5 - 8 December 2006. The
conference is organised by the School of Electrical and Electronic
Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and Institution of
Engineers, Singapore. The technical sponsors are IEEE Control Systems
Society, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and IEEE Systems, Man and
Cybernetics Society. The conference focuses on both theory and applications
mainly covering the topics of control, automation, robotics and vision. In
addition to the technical sessions, there will be invited sessions,
tutorials and keynote addresses.
The Proceedings of ICARCV are indexed by ISI Proceedings, EI Compendex and
included in the IEEE Xplore.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
CONTROL: Adaptive control; Robust control; Process control; Complex systems;
Identification and estimation; Nonlinear systems; Intelligent systems;
Discrete event systems; Hybrid systems; Networked control systems; Delay
systems; Neural networks; Fuzzy systems; Control of biological systems;
Precision motion control; Control applications; Control engineering
education.
AUTOMATION: Man-machine interactions; Process automation; Intelligent
automation; Factory modelling and simulation; Home, laboratory and service
automation; Network-based systems; Planning, scheduling and coordination;
Nano-scale automation and assembly; Instrumentation systems; Biomedical
instrumentation and applications.
ROBOTICS: Modelling and identification; Robot control; Mobile robotics;
Mobile sensor networks; Perception systems; Micro robots and micro-
manipulation; Visual servoing; Search, rescue and field robotics; Robot
sensing and data fusion; Localization, navigation and mapping; Dexterous
manipulation; Medical robots and bio-robotics; Human centred systems; Space
and underwater robots; Tele-robotics; Mechanism design and applications.
VISION: Image/video analysis; Feature extraction, grouping and segmentation;
Scene analysis; Pattern recognition; Learning in vision; Human-computer
interaction; Tracking and surveillance; Biometrics; Biomedical Image
analysis; Activity/behaviour recognition; Applications.
BEST PAPER AWARD:
Selection of the best paper will be made at the Conference based on both the
technical content and presentation. The winner will be chosen by the
Technical Program Committee in consultation with the International Advisory
Committee.
PAPER SUBMISSION:
Papers must be written in English and should describe original work in
detail. Please download the template from the conference website and submit
the full papers online by 1 April, 2006. Upon acceptance, authors will be
required to register and present their papers.
INVITED SESSIONS:
The Technical Program Committee is soliciting proposals for invited sessions
focusing on topics of ICARCV 2006. Prospective organisers should submit
proposals to the Invited Session Chairman eericsung@ntu.edu.sg by 1 March,
2006. Invited sessions are to provide a forum for focused discussions on new
topics, or innovative applications of established approaches.
Important Dates
Full Paper Submission Deadline : 1 April 2006
Notification of Acceptance : 1 July 2006
Camera-Ready Manuscript Submission Due : 1 September 2006
Author's registration : 1 September 2006
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6.5 Artificial Intelligence in Energy Systems and Power
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Artificial Intelligence in Energy Systems and Power
Contributed by: ICSC Interdisciplinary Research, jeanny@icsc.ab.ca
First International ICSC Symposium on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN ENERGY
SYSTEMS AND POWER AIESP 2006
Madeira, Portugal
February 7 – 10, 2006
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/aiesp2006/aiesp-cfp.html
The Organizing committee is offering a new deadline for papers to be
published after the conference in a second volume of proceedings:
Deadline for submission: November 15, 2005
Notification of acceptance: November 30, 2005
Registration and submission of final papers: December 31, 2005
Conference: February 7 – 10, 2005
A refereed and registered paper will qualify for publication in proceedings
as well as journal(s).
The conference will also accept a limited number of Non-AI related papers,
but only as poster papers.
Artificial Intelligence is an advanced computer science that seeks to emulate
some of the capabilities of the human brain, e.g. to automate control of
engineering systems and extend the skill of human operators.
AIESP2006 is the first of a series of conferences on 'Application of AI in
Energy Systems and Power'. It provides a forum to present the highest
quality papers, and also to report on the latest developments on all above
subjects. In other words it aims to teach and educate. The conference
provides an opportunity for dialogue and synergy between scientists and
engineers from different backgrounds with the common interest within the
field from all over the globe. To achieve this, the conference encourages
researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to participate.
The conference considers the application of whole range of AI topics to
energy systems and power.
In energy systems it covers topics such as alternative energy including
renewable energy sources (biomass, hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, tidal and
photovoltaic conversion systems), new transportation fuels (such as ethanol)
and new applications of conventional energy sources (such as the use of
propane and natural gas as automotive fuels, and batteries in electric
vehicles), fuel cells and gas hydrates
Examples of energy systems and power topics are as follows:
-Advanced EMS/SCADA & Restoration
-Dispersed Generation & Distribution Planning
-Dynamic Stability
-Electrical Machines & Drives
-Electromagnetic Transients & Fault Analysis
-FACTS (Flexible AC Transmission Systems)
-High Voltage Systems
-Hydrothermal Scheduling
-Load Flow Analysis
-Load Forecasting
-Maintenance, Scheduling & Var Planning
-Optimal Power Flow
-Power Generation
-Power Quality, etc
-Power system equipment diagnosis;
-Eletromagnetic compatibility;
-Power system automation;
-Power System Operation & Control
-Power System Planning
-Power System regulation, deregulation and restructuring
-Power System Simulation & Analysis
-Protection
-Reliability
-Renewable Energy Systems
-Security
-State Estimation
-Transient Stability
-Transmission & Distribution Systems
-Unit Commitment
-Voltage Stability
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
http://www.icsc-naiso.org/conferences/aiesp2006/aiesp_submit.html
PUBLICATIONS
Conference proceedings (including all accepted papers) will be published by
ICSC Academic Press and be available for the delegates at the symposium on CD-
ROM. Authors of a selected number of innovative papers will be invited to
submit extended manuscripts for publication in prestigious international
journals such as the 'International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy'.
For further information, please contact Dr. Ahmed Zobaa at
editorial@eng.cu.edu.eg
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6.6 CFP: Invited Sessions on Automotive Control for CCA2006
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CFP: Invited Sessions on Automotive Control for CCA2006
Contributed by: Kevin Fischbach, kfischba@ach-llc.com
ADVANCES IN CONTROL OF AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS
2006 IEEE Conference on Control Applications (CCA)
held concurrently with the
IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Aided Control Systems Design (CACSD)
IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Control (ISIC)
October 4–6 Munich Germany
http://www.elet.polimi.it/conferences/cca06/
The IEEE Technical Committee on Automotive Control (TCAC) is organizing
invited sessions at the 2006 IEEE Conference on Control Applications.
Papers are invited on original investigations relating to modeling,
analysis, and control of automotive systems. Specific topics of interest
include, but are not limited to: engine/powertrain dynamics and control,
alternative propulsion systems, fuel cells, hybrid vehicles, vehicle
dynamics and control, climate control, control of exhaust gas
aftertreatment, automated highway applications, advanced automotive sensing
and actuation, estimation and diagnostics.
You are invited to submit a paper describing problem formulation,
methodology, work performed, results, conclusions, and key references.
Please submit papers
* in pdf format,
* including the Paperplaza PIN for each contributing author, and
* indicating the corresponding author and contact information to one of the
session organizers listed below.
Papers should be received by December 15, 2005. Authors will be notified of
acceptance into an invited session by January 15, 2006. Submissions
accepted for inclusion in an invited session must then be submitted online
via www.paperplaza.net by January 29, 2006. All 2006 CCA submissions must
strictly follow the page limit and column specifications outlined on the
2006 CCA website or risk rejection without review.
The CCA Conference Program Committee will make the decision regarding final
acceptance of the invited sessions by March 31, 2006. Final, complete
papers will be due on May 19, 2006, and completed session papers must
conform to the same standards as regular contributed papers. The CCA is
particularly interested in enhancing the applications and industrial
perspective of the conference. Consequently, prospective authors from
industry are encouraged to submit.
Session Organizers:
Urs Christen Bob Koch
Ford Motor Co Univ. of Alberta
+49 241 9421-119 +1 780 492-8821
uchriste@ford.com bob.koch@ualberta.ca
Kevin Fischbach Lino Guzzella
Automotive Comp. ETH Zurich
Holdings, LLC +41 44 632 54 48
+1 734 481-8652 guzzella@imrt.mavt.ethz.ch
kfischba@ach-llc.com
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6.7 ICSE2006 1st call for paper
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ICSE2006 1st call for paper
Contributed by: Olivier Haas, o.haas@coventry.ac.uk
Eighteenth International Conference on Systems Engineering ICSE 2006: 5-7
September 2006, Coventry University, UK
http://www.ctac.mis.coventry.ac.uk/icse2006/icse2006home.php
Once again the ICSE returns to Coventry and it is our pleasure to forward
you the ‘Call for Papers’. As on previous occasions when the Conference
takes place at Coventry, particular emphasis will be placed on papers which
address applications of systems engineering. Papers covering aspects of
design and simulation of systems engineering are also welcomed. Prospective
authors wishing to participate should forward abstracts of their proposed
contributions before 10 March 2006.
The Organising Committee is also seeking proposals for specialist sessions
(comprising up to six papers). Potential organisers of specialist sessions
should submit their proposals before 10 March 2006, and where possible
provide the titles of papers and authors names and affiliations.
Special sessions proposed to data:
LabVIEW for Data acquisition and Control
Medical robotics
Image processing for real time tracking
Automotive systems
Mechatronics
Marine systems
Abstracts and proposals for sessions submitted before the deadline date will
be reviewed early, and this should assist authors in planning their
travelling arrangements.
Dr Olivier Haas
Conference Secretary ICSE2006
Tel. +44 (0)24 7688 7658
Prof Keith Burnham
Chairman, Organising Committee ICSE2006
Tel. +44 (0)24 7688 8052
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6.8 IEEE CIS-RAM 2006
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IEEE CIS-RAM 2006
Contributed by: Kiam-Tian Seow, asktseow@ntu.edu.sg
2006 IEEE CIS-RAM: Call for Papers and Invited Session Proposals
7-9 June 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.ntu.edu.sg/cis-ram/.
Following the success of CIS-RAM 2004 (http://cis-ram.nus.edu.sg) in
Singapore, the IEEE R&A and SMC Singapore Chapters are again jointly
organizing two conferences from 7-9 June, 2006, in Bangkok, Thailand:
(i) IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics and Intelligent Systems
(IEEE CIS'06),
(ii) IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics
(IEEE RAM'06).
The goal of the 2006 IEEE CIS-RAM is to bring together experts from
different expertise areas and from different countries to discuss on the
state-of-the-art and to present new research findings and perspectives of
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