E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing Issue 180, August, 2003 Editor: Pradeep Misra Dept. of Electrical Engineering Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435 USA Tel +937 775 5062 Fax +937 775 3936 Submit articles at http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/eletter Submission deadline for September eletter: August 30, 2003 Contents 0. Editorial 1. Personals 1.1 Change of Address: Leandro G. Barajas 1.2 New address: Paulo Tabuada 2. Awards Honors 3. General Announcements 3.1 CSS Digital Archive: Special Offer 4. Positions 4.1 Control Systems Engineer GE Global India 4.2 PhD: University of Girona Spain 4.3 Post Doc: Naval Postgraduate School USA 5. Books 5.1 Neural and Fuzzy Logic Control of Drives and Power Systems 5.2 Robust Adaptive Control 6. Journals 6.1 CFP: ELEKTRIK Special Issue on Control of Communication Networks 6.2 CFP: Int Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing 6.3 Contents: Automatica 6.4 Contents: Control Engineering Practice 6.5 Contents: European Journal of Control 6.6 Contents: IEEE TAC June 2003 6.7 Contents: IEEE TAC May 2003 6.8 Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications 7. Conferences 7.1 8th International Conference on Control Automation Robotics and Vision 7.2 African Control Conference 7.3 ESF-TED Workshop: Multiple Participant Decision Making 7.4 LSS2004 7.5 Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods 7.6 Workshop on Clustering Large Data Sets +----------------------------------------+ | | Editorial | | +----------------------------------------+ Welcome to the 180-th issue of the E-LETTER on Systems, Control, and Signal Processing. As always, search for .** to navigate. The next issue of eletter will be mailed out at the beginning of Sept 2003. Signal Processing. As always, search for .** to navigate. Please forward this eletter to your colleagues. They can subscribe to eletter at: http://www.ieeecss.org/cgi-bin/PAB/eletter/subscribe_form.cgi To unsubscribe, send an email to p.misra@ieee.org A web version of this eletter with Table of Contents hyperlinked to contents is located at: http://www.ieeecss.org/PAB/eletter/archive/current.shtml +----------------------------------------+ | | Personals | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Leandro G. Barajas , Change of Address: Leandro G. Barajas New contact information: Leandro G. Barajas Manufacturing Systems Research Laboratory General Motors R&D Center and Planning Mail Code 480-106-359 30500 Mound Rd, Warren, MI 48090-9055, USA Phone: (586)986-0467 Fax: (586)986-9356 Email: L.G.Barajas@ieee.org *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Paulo Tabuada, New address: Paulo Tabuada In the fall I will start an Assistant Professor position at the University of Notre Dame. My new contact will be: Prof. Paulo Tabuada Dept. of Electrical Engineering 268 Fitzpatrick Hall University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 Phone: 574 631 0973 Fax: 574 631 4393 eMail: ptabuada@nd.edu +----------------------------------------+ | | Awards Honors | | +----------------------------------------+ No submissions +----------------------------------------+ | | General Announcements | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Mark W. Spong, CSS Digital Archive: Special Offer The IEEE Control Systems Society Digital Archive on DVD is now being offered at the special member price of $39 while remaining supplies last. This is an incredible savings of $90 off the member list price. The CSS Digital Archive contains the entire history of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, the Transactions on Control Systems Technology, and the Control Systems Magazine from their inception through the end of 2001. It has several features that are not available on IEEEXplore, such as author bios, references/citations hyperlinked to articles, and more. No student, teacher, or researcher in systems and control should miss the opportunity to acquire this collection. There will be no more DVD's produced once the current production run is sold out. To order online go to http://www.ieeecss.org and follow the link under CSS News or go directly to the IEEE Stores page at http://shop.ieee.org/store/product.asp?prodno=JD2356 +----------------------------------------+ | | Positions | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sunil S. Shah, Control Systems Engineer, GE Global, India The Electronic & Photonic Systems Technologies group of GE's Global Research Center at Bangalore, India seeks candidates for full-time positions in the Electromechanical Control Systems Program. This group performs R&D in control systems for products and processes of a wide variety of GE businesses and works closely in conjunction with GE's Global research centers in Schenectady, NY and Shanghai, China. The ideal candidate will possess a PhD (or a Master's Degree with at least three years of relevant experience) in an engineering discipline (Mechanical/ Electrical/ Chemical or Equivalent) with a specialization in control systems. Knowledge of control systems, optimization, signal processing, estimation theory, Kalman filtering, and system identification are required, as well as simulation and coding skills using MATLAB, or equivalent simulation environments. The candidate will develop new control system technologies for a wide variety of applications. Responsibilities will include concept development, design, simulation, and implementation. He/She will be encouraged to document the results of this activity through patent applications, technical reports and publications. He/She must be self-motivated and capable of working independently on extended assignments. Apply at: https://www.research.ge.com/eHire and enter the relevant Job No in the Job Reference Code Field (Reference Job No. 321567) *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ningsu Luo, PhD: University of Girona, Spain An IGSOC PhD fellowship is presently available in the Department of Electronics, Computer Science and Automatic Control at the University of Girona in Spain. The four-year fellowship is offered to well qualified candidates (non-Spanish nationals) by the PhD program in Information Technologies and Electrical Engineering in the framework of International Graduate School of Catalonia (IGSOC). The following web page http://eia.udg.es/doctorat/convocatoria gives the details about the IGSOC PhD fellowship. For further information, candidates can contact by email as soon as possible with Dr. Ningsu Luo Director of PhD program in Information Technologies & Electrical Engineering Dept of Electronics, Computer Science and Automatic Control University of Girona 17071 Girona, Spain Email. ningsu@eia.udg.es *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: I. Michael Ross, Post Doc: Naval Postgraduate School, USA National Academies NRC Guidance, Control and Optimization Laboratory Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA 93943 AREA: Theoretical and Computational aspects of OPTIMAL CONTROL including NONLINEAR model-predictive control with applications in Astronautics and Robotics. STIPEND: $45,000 OTHER QUALIFICATIONS: Candidates must have excellent communication skills (oral and written) in the English language. No exceptions. Proficiency in MATLAB and C required. Preference will be given to candidates who have an ability/desire to supervise students’ research, manage laboratories and teach graduate courses in dynamics and control. Strong preference will be given to U.S. Citizens, particularly those who have an ability to get Security Clearances. FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www4.nationalacademies.org/pga/rap.nsf/ByTitle/62.10.06.B2630 FOR PRELIMINARY APPLICATION: Send CV to: imross@nps.navy.mil. Please indicate your citizenship. +----------------------------------------+ | | Books | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Marcian Cirstea, Neural and Fuzzy Logic Control of Drives and Power Systems This book presents a modern approach to power electronic systems holistic modelling, using Hardware Description Languages (VHDL). FPGAs are targeted for the rapid prototyping of the neural networks/fuzzy logic controllers. The authors guide readers quickly and concisely through the complex topics of neural networks, fuzzy logic, control, VHDL design, mathematical modelling of electric machines, drives and power systems. Unlike the academic monographs that have previously been published on each of these subjects, this book combines them and is based round case studies of systems analysis, control strategies, design simulation and implementation. Full VHDL/C++ code is given. The result is a guide to applied control systems design that will appeal equally to students and professional design engineers. The book can also be used as a unique VHDL design aid, based on real-world power engineering applications. Contents: Part 1-Theory and Principles; Control Systems; Modern Control Systems Design using CAD Techniques; Electric Motors and Power Systems; Elements of Neural Control; Neural FPGA Implementation; Fuzzy Logic Fundamentals; VHDL Fundamentals. Part 2-Case Studies; Neural Current and Speed Control of induction Motors; Fuzzy Logic Control of a Synchronous Generator Set; References. Book details: Cirstea, M.N., Dinu, A., Khor, J., McCormick, M.: "Neural and Fuzzy Logic Control of Drives and Power Systems", Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford, UK, 2002, ISBN 0750655585. Order by phone: +44 (0) 1865 888180 To order from the internet follow one of the links below: http://www.bh.com/newnes/ http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.amazon.co.uk/ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Petros Ioannou, Robust Adaptive Control The textbook Robust Adaptive Control by P. Ioannou and J. Sun published by Prentice Hall in 1996 went out of print in 2003. Due to several requests by faculty to continue using the book or parts of the book for teaching the authors made the electronic copy of the book available in pdf form at http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~ioannou/Robust_Adaptive_Control.htm The solution manual for the book could be made available to INSTRCUCTORS ONLY by contacting the authors or via email to ioannou@usc.edu +----------------------------------------+ | | Journals | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hitay Ozbay, CFP: ELEKTRIK, Special Issue on Control of Communication Networks Special Issue on "Control of Communication Networks" Guest Editors: Tamer Basar and Hitay Ozbay Sponsored by the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) and Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO), ELEKTRIK is an international journal on all aspects of electrical engineering and computer sciences. The Journal occasionally publishes special issues devoted to emerging areas. One such issue is planned for November 2004, on "Control of Communication Networks". This call solicits for this special issue original research papers or tutorial/survey papers on recent advances in this area, with a submission cut-off date of September 15, 2003. Scope Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the following: o Control theoretic modeling of high speed networks o Fluid models o Modeling of heterogeneous traffic o Stochastic versus deterministic modeling o Flow control for best effort traffic o Marking schemes o Stability analysis and performance evaluation o Primal and dual models o Pricing and resource allocation o Power control for wireless networks o Game-theoretic methods for routing and flow control o Admission control o Control of ad-hoc networks Submission of Papers Prospective authors should follow the regular guidelines of ELEKTRIK. They should indicate in their submission that it is for the special issue on "Control of Communication Networks". Submissions can be made electronically via e-mail to elektrik@tubitak.gov.tr Past issues of the journal are available at http://mistug.tetm.tubitak.gov.tr/~bdyim/sayilar.php3?dergi=elk Guest Editors: Tamer Basar Hitay Özbay University of Illinois Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA Urbana, Illinois, USA and Bilkent University, Turkey tbasar@control.csl.uiuc.edu ozbay.1@osu.edu , hitay@bilkent.edu.tr Important Dates Submission of manuscripts: September 15, 2003 First round of reviews completed by: January 15, 2004 For further information on this special issue, in addition to the guest editors, prospective authors can also contact Kemal Leblebicioglu, Editor Elektrik ve Elektronik Muh. Bol., Orta Dogu Teknik Universitesi, 06531, Ankara, Turkey e-mail: kleb@metu.edu.tr fax: 90-312-210 12 61 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Sandor M Veres, CFP: Int Journal of Adaptive Control and Signal Processing Special issue on "Iterative Modelling and Control" Iterative modelling and controller design methods have been developed at least for the past 16 years or longer: second-order modelling, LQG and covariance controllers; the "windsurfer" approach; compatible criteria for identification and control; synergy in minimum variance control; cautious control based on gap and other metrics; unfalsification based iterative methods, etc. A series of papers were written in favour of control design methods which iterate between closed-loop experiments, modelling and robust controller design. Research still carries on for various reasons: (i) appearance of new metrics and measures of performance (ii) new model classes (iii) to explain the synergistic interaction between modelling and control (iv) to propose new identification criteria of modelling for control. Introduction of easily computable practical schemes is also of interest as well as applications and the automation of iterations for adaptive control in autonomous control systems. Papers are invited for submission on various topics of iterative methods: New or refined algorithms to serve practical problems Applications examples Theoretical convergence proofs for iterations Performance guarantees Automated methods of iterations to implement adaptive controllers Iterative feedback tuning methods Controller unfalsification methods Submission details: Prospective authors are requested to submit their paper in postscript or pdf format, or five copies by regular mail to the journal's subject Editor Prof S M Veres, not later than 15th October 2003. All papers will be reviewed following standard procedures of the journal. For further information please contact either of the Editors listed below. Prof S M Veres Dr Robert L. Kosut School of Engineering Sciences SC Solutions, Inc University of Southampton 1261 Oakmead Pkwy Highfield, SO19 9TE, UK Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA Email: sandy@mech.soton.ac.uk Email: kosut@scsolutions.com *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: H. Kwakernaak, Contents: Automatica September, 2003, Volume 39, Issue 9 For the cumulative table of contents 1963-present and new submissions visit http://www.autsubmit.com Regular papers H. Kobayashi, R. Ozawa Adaptive neural network control of tendon-driven mechanisms with elastic tendons Er-Wei Bai Frequency domain identification of Wiener models L. T. Aguilar, Y. Orlov, L. Acho Nonlinear H-infinity control of nonsmooth time-varying systems with application to friction mechanical manipulators D. Liberzon Hybrid feedback stabilization of systems with quantized signals R. Rebarber, G. Weiss Internal model based tracking and disturbance rejection for stable well-posed systems Liu Xiaodong, Zhang Qingling New approaches to H-infinity controller designs based on fuzzy observers for T-S fuzzy systems via LMI J. C. Avila Vilchis, B. Brogliato, A. Dzul, R. Lozano Nonlinear modelling and control of helicopters Brief papers O. M. Aamo, M. Krstic, T. R. Bewley Control of mixing by boundary feedback in 2D channel flow Jun Wang Formation of machine cells and part families in cellular manufacturing systems using a linear assignment algorithm R.B. Gopaluni, R.S. Patwardhan , S.L. Shah The nature of data pre-filters in MPC relevant identification - Open and closed loop issues Kueiming Lo, Wook-Hyun Kwon New identification approaches for disturbed models G. Garcia, B. Pradin, S. Tarbouriech, Fanyou Zeng Robust stabilization and guaranteed cost control for discrete-time linear systems by static output feedback R. Zanasi, R. Morselli Discrete minimum time tracking problem for a chain of three integrators with bounded input Er-Wei Bai A random least trimmed squares identification algorithm Book reviews S. S. Ge Stable adaptive control and estimation for nonlinear systems - Neural and fuzzy approximator techniques, by J. T. Spooner, M. Maggiore, R. Ordonez and K. M. Passino P. Ainsleigh Fixed interval smoothing for state-space models, by Howard L. Weinert M. Reyhanoglu Mechatronic control of distributed noise and vibration: A Lyapunov approach, by Christopher D. Rahn *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: A.H. Glattfelder, Contents: Control Engineering Practice Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages 975-1094 (September 2003) With Special Section on Algorithms and Applications of Iterative Feedback Tuning Edited by H. Hjalmarsson & M. Gevers Reconfigurable distributed control using smart peripheral elements H. Bentez-Perez, F. Garca-Nocetti, pp 975-988 Large angle attitude control of spacecraft with actuator saturation H. Bang, M.-J. Tahk, H.-D. Choi, pp 989-997 An adaptive control law for robotic manipulator without velocity feedback F. Alonge, F. D'Ippolito, F.M. Raimondi, pp 999-1005 On-line estimation of unmeasured inputs for anaerobic wastewater treatment processes D. Theilliol, J.-C. Ponsart, J. Harmand, C. Join, P. Gras, pp 1007-1019 Special section on algorithms and applications of Iterative Feedback Tuning H. Hjalmarsson, M. Gevers, pp 1021 Iterative feedback tuning of PID parameters: comparison with classical tuning rules O. Lequin, M. Gevers, M. Mossberg, E. Bosmans, L. Triest, pp 1023-1033 Tuning of a decoupling controller for a 2x2 system using iterative feedback tuning S. Gunnarsson, V. Collignon, O. Rousseaux, pp 1035-1041 Iterative feedback tuning for internal model controllers F. De Bruyne, pp 1043-1048 Model-free frequency domain iterative active sound and vibration control T. Meurers, S.M. Veres, A.C.H. Tan, pp 1049-1059 Iterative feedback tuning of controllers for a two-mass-spring system with friction K. Hamamoto, T. Fukuda, T. Sugie, pp 1061-1068 Iterative correlation-based controller tuning with application to a magnetic suspension system A. Karimi, L. Miskovic, D. Bonvin, pp 1069-1078 Iterative controller optimization for nonlinear systems J. Sjoberg, F. De Bruyne, M. Agarwal, B.D.O. Anderson, M. Gevers, F.J. Kraus, N. Linard, pp 1079-1086 A signal convolution method for estimation of controller parameter sensitivity functions for tuning of feedback control systems by an iterative process D.J. Murray-Smith, J. Kocijan, M. Gong, pp 1087-1094 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Danila Ferrara, Contents: European Journal of Control VOLUME 9, NUMBER 2-3 Fundamental Issues in Control Table of Contents Editorial S. Bittanti Guest Editorial I. Postlethwaite, J. M. Maciejowski, K. Glover, P. J. Fleming Future Directions in Control, Dynamics and Systems: Overview, Grand Challenges and New Courses R.M. Murray Fairness and Stability of End-to-End Congestion Control F. Kelly Hybrid Systems Modeling and Control M. Morari, M. Baotic and F. Borrelli State and Output Feedback Nonlinear Model Predictive Control: An Overview R. Findeisen, L. Imsland, F. Allgöwer and B. A. Foss Flight Control Law Design: An Industry Perspective G. J. Balas Feedback Control in Intracellular Signaling Pathways: Regulating Chemotaxis in Disctyostelium Discoideum P. A. Iglesias Bioinformatics: Organisms from Venus, Technology from Jupiter, Algorithms from Mars B. De Moor, K. Marchal, J. Mathys and Y. Moreau Quantum Control and Quantum Entanglement C. Ahn, H. M. Wiseman and G. J. Milburn Density and Cost in Non-linear Control A. Rantzer and S. Hedlund The Behavioural Approach as a Paradigm for Modeling Interconnected Systems H. L. Trentelman and J. C. Willems Semidefinite Programming Relaxations and Algebraic Optimization in Control P.A. Parrilo and S. Lall The Complementarity Class of Hybrid Dynamical Systems W. P. M. H. Heemels and B. Brogliato Call for Papers Special Issue "Lagrangian and Hamiltonian Methods for Nonlinear Control" Guest Editors: A. Astolfi and A. J. van der Schaft *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: C. Stewart, Contents: IEEE TAC, June 2003 Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Volume: 48, Issue: 6, Year: June 2003 Some perspectives on the analysis and control of complementarity systems Brogliato, B.; Page(s): 918- 935 An intrinsic observer for a class of lagrangian systems Aghannan, N.; Rouchon, P.; Page(s): 936- 945 Error-bounds for balanced model-reduction of linear time-varying systems Lall, S.; Beck, C.; Page(s): 946- 956 Minimal communication in a distributed discrete-event system Rudie, K.; Lafortune, S.; Feng Lin; Page(s): 957- 975 Multitime scale markov decision processes Hyeong Soo Chang; Fard, P.J.; Marcus, S.I.; Shayman, M.; Page(s): 976- 987 Coordination of groups of mobile autonomous agents using nearest neighbor rules Jadbabaie, A.; Jie Lin; Morse, A.S.; Page(s): 988- 1001 Existence and computation of infinite horizon model predictive control with active steady-state input constraints Pannocchia, G.; Wright, S.J.; Rawlings, J.B.; Page(s): 1002- 1006 Quadratic stability and stabilization of dynamic interval systems Wei-Jie Mao; Jian Chu; Page(s): 1007- 1012 Directional stability radius: a stability analysis tool for uncertain polynomial systems Kawabata, K.; Mori, T.; Kuroe, Y.; Page(s): 1012- 1016 Lambda infin multipliers for robust performance analysis Tanimou, M.; Linnemann, A.; Page(s): 1016- 1019 Reachability analysis in T-invariant-less petri nets Kostin, A.E.; Page(s): 1019- 1024 Reduction of future information required for optimal control of dynamic systems: a pseudostochastic model Herbon, A.; Khmelnitsky, E.; Maimon, O.; Yakubov, Y.; Page(s): 1025- 1029 Sparse kernel regression modeling using combined locally regularized orthogonal least squares and d-optimality experimental design Chen, S.; Hong, X.; Harris, C.J.; Page(s): 1029- 1036 Stabilization of nonlinear systems with moving equilibria Zecevic, A.I.; Siljak, D.D.; Page(s): 1036- 1040 Robust adaptive control of nonlinear systems represented by input-output models Yusheng Liu; Xing-Yuan Li; Page(s): 1041- 1045 An example of a gas system which can be destabilized by an integrable perturbation Sontag, E.D.; Krichman, M.; Page(s): 1046- 1049 A note on global output regulation of nonlinear systems in the output feedback form Qi Gong; Wei Lin; Page(s): 1049- 1054 Global stability of congestion controllers for the internet Deb, S.; Srikant, R.; Page(s): 1055- 1060 Additional dynamics for general class of time-delay systems Kharitonov, V.; Melchor-Aguilar, D.; Page(s): 1060- 1064 On the synthesis of safe control policies in decentralized control of discrete-event systems Rohloff, K.; Lafortune, S.; Page(s): 1064- 1068 Adaptive control of discrete time systems with concave/convex parametrizations Loh, A.P.; Qu, C.Y.; Fong, K.F.; Page(s): 1069- 1072 On the control of asynchronous machines with races Murphy, T.E.; Xiaojun Geng; Hammer, J.; Page(s): 1073- 1081 Suboptimal receding horizon control for continuous-time systems Blanchini, F.; Miani, S.; Pellegrino, F.A.; Page(s): 1081- 1086 Robust sliding-mode control for uncertain time-delay systems: an lmi approach Yuanqing Xia; Yingmin Jia; Page(s): 1086- 1092 General interpolation in mpc and its advantages Bacic, M.; Cannon, M.; Lee, Y.Il.; Kouvaritakis, B.; Page(s): 1092- 1096 On standard H/spl infin/ control of processes with a single delay Qing-Chang Zhong; Page(s): 1097- 1103 Asymptotic stabilization via output feedback for lower triangular systems with output dependent incremental rate Praly, L.; Page(s): 1103- 1108 An approach to identification for robust control Gugercin, S.; Antoulas, A.C.; Zhang, H.P.; Page(s): 1109- 1115 Book Review; Page(s): 1116- 1117 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: C. Stewart, Contents: IEEE TAC, May 2003 Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on Volume: 48, Issue: 5, Year: May 2003 Diagnosis of asynchronous discrete-event systems: a net unfolding approach Benveniste, A.; Fabre, E.; Haar, S.; Jard, C.; Page(s): 714- 727 Robust adaptive control for a class of MIMO nonlinear systems with guaranteed error bounds Haojian Xu; Ioannou, P.A.; Page(s): 728- 742 A new approach to model reference adaptive control Miller, D.E.; Page(s): 743- 757 Semi-Markov decision problems and performance sensitivity analysis Xi-Ren Cao; Page(s): 758- 769 Perturbation analysis and control of two-class stochastic fluid models for communication networks Cassandras, C.G.; Gang Sun; Panayiotou, C.G.; Wardi, Y.; Page(s): 770- 782 The no free lunch theorems: complexity and security Yu-Chi Ho; Qian-Chuan Zhao; Pepyne, D.L.; Page(s): 783- 793 On the global stability of delayed neural networks Qiang Zhang; Runnian Ma; Chao Wang; Jin Xu; Page(s): 794- 797 On the synthesis of controllers for a non-overshooting step response Darbha, S.; Bhattacharyya, S.P.; Page(s): 797- 800 Set simulations for quadratic systems Calafiore, G.; Page(s): 800- 805 Decentralized control design for large-scale systems with strong interconnections using neural networks Sunan Huang; Kok Kiong Tan; Tong Heng Lee; Page(s): 805- 810 Approximate explicit constrained linear model predictive control via orthogonal search tree Johansen, T.A.; Grancharova, A.; Page(s): 810- 815 A unified closed-loop stability measure for finite-precision digital controller realizations implemented in different representation schemes Jun Wu; Sheng Chen; Whidborne, J.F.; Jian Chu; Page(s): 816- 822 Reduced explicit constrained linear quadratic regulators Johansen, T.A.; Page(s): 823- 829 Less conservative conditions for asymptotic stability of impulsive control systems Jitao Sun; Yinping Zhang; Qidi Wu; Page(s): 829- 831 Reconfigurable fault-tolerant control using GIMC structure Campos-Delgado, D.U.; Zhou, K.; Page(s): 832- 839 S-modular games and power control in wireless networks Altman, E.; Altman, Z.; Page(s): 839- 842 Local stabilization of linear systems under amplitude and rate saturating actuators Gomes da Silva, J.M., Jr.; Tarbouriech, S.; Garcia, G.; Page(s): 842- 847 Solving the scalar feedback Nash algebraic Riccati equations: an eigenvector approach Engwerda, J.C.; Page(s): 847- 852 A game-theoretic approach to decision in FDI Darkhovski, B.; Staroswiecki, M.; Page(s): 853- 858 Stabilization of discrete-time systems by first-order controllers Tantaris, R.N.; Keel, L.H.; Bhattacharyya, S.P.; Page(s): 858- 860 Parameter dependent stability and stabilization of uncertain time-delay systems Fridman, E.; Shaked, U.; Page(s): 861- 866 An LPD approach to robust H_2 and H_inf static output-feedback design Shaked, U.; Page(s): 866- 872 Decentralized relay-based multivariable process identification in the frequency domain Ya-Gang Wang; Wen-Jian Cai; Ming Ge; Page(s): 873- 878 Sufficient conditions for parameter convergence in linearizable systems Jeng Tze Huang; Page(s): 878- 880 On the solvability of the regulator equations for a class of nonlinear systems Jie Huang; Page(s): 880- 885 On quadratic Lyapunov functions Daizhan Cheng; Lei Guo; Jie Huang; Page(s): 885- 890 Yet another H^inf discretization Mirkin, L.; Tadmor, G.; Page(s): 891- 894 On gain adaptation in adaptive control Ilchmann, A.; Ryan, E.P.; Page(s): 895- 899 Robust H/sup /spl infin// filtering for uncertain Markovian jump systems with mode-dependent time delays Shengyuan Xu; Tongwen Chen; Lam, J.; Page(s): 900- 907 Comments on "Robust stabilization of a class of time-delay nonlinear systems" Xinping Guan; Changchun Hua; Guangren Duan; Page(s): 907 Comments on "Robust stabilization of a class of time-delay nonlinear systems" Guangwei Li; Chuanzhi Zang; Xiaoping Liu; Page(s): 908 List of Reviewers for 2002; Page(s): 909- 913 *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Hans Schneider, Contents: Linear Algebra and its Applications Volume 370, Pages 1-380 (1 September 2003) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5653-2003-996299999-440427 TABLE OF CONTENTS On the uniqueness of Euclidean distance matrix completions, Pages 1-14; Abdo Y. Alfakih Permanents of doubly stochastic trees, Pages 15-24; Mohammad H. Ahmadi, Jae-Hyun Baek and Suk-Geun Hwang Some linear preserver problems on block triangular matrix algebras, Pages 25-39; Wai-Leong Chooi and Ming-Huat Lim Real congruence of complex matrix pencils and complex projections of real Veronese varieties, Pages 41-83; Adam Coffman Conjugacy classes in unitriangular matrices, Pages 85-124; Antonio Vera-Lopez and J. M. Arregi Partial traces and entropy inequalities, Pages 125-132; Rajendra Bhatia On sectorial matrices, Pages 133-146; Yu. M. Arlinski and A. B. Popov On generalized numerical range of the Aluthge transformation, Pages 147-161; Masatoshi Ito, Hiroshi Nakazato, Kazuyoshi Okubo and Takeaki Yamazaki The rank-constrained Hermitian nonnegative-definite and positive-definite solutions to the matrix equation AXA*=B, Pages 163-174; Xian Zhang and Mei-yu Cheng Ordering trees by their largest eigenvalues, Pages 175-184; An Chang and Qiongxiang Huang Scaling symmetric positive definite matrices to prescribed row sums, Pages 185-191; Dianne P. O'Leary A characterization of the distance to infeasibility under block-structured perturbations, Pages 193-216; Javier Pena Decomposition of a scalar matrix into a sum of orthogonal projections, Pages 217-225; Stanislav Kruglyak, Vyacheslav Rabanovich and Yuri Samolenko The Moore-Penrose inverse of a factorization, Pages 227-235; Pedro Patricio On the spectral radius of unicyclic graphs with perfect matchings, Pages 237-250; An Chang and Feng Tian On the classification of the Lie algebras Lrs, Pages 251-256; L. A. -M. Hanna A wider class of stable gyroscopic systems, Pages 257-267; P. Lancaster, A. S. Markus and F. Zhou Discrete wavelet transforms for Toeplitz matrices, Pages 269-285; Fu-Rong Lin, Wai-Ki Ching and Michael K. Ng Preservers on Hilbert space effects, Pages 287-300; Lajos Molnar On normal extensions of submatrices, Pages 301-314; Chung-Chou Jiang and Kung-Hwang Kuo Critical polynomials related to generalized derivations, Pages 315-339; J. A. Dias da Silva and Hemar Godinho On the matrix powers and exponential by the r-generalized Fibonacci sequences methods: the companion matrix case, Pages 341-353; Rajae Ben Taher and Mustapha Rachidi On some interconnections between strict monotonicity, globally uniquely solvable, and P properties in semidefinite linear complementarity problems, Pages 355-368; M. Seetharama Gowda, Yoon Song and G. Ravindran A note on the orthogonal basis of a certain full symmetry class of tensors, Pages 369-374; C. Bessenrodt, M. R. Pournaki and A. Reifegerste Two-dimensional reductions of the cone of positive diagonal operators in l2, Pages 375-378; Anatoly N. Sherstnev Author index, Pages 379-380 Editorial board, Pages ii-iii +----------------------------------------+ | | Conferences | | +----------------------------------------+ *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Prof. Han Wang, 8th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision The Eighth International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2004, will be held in December 2004. The conference will be co- organised by the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University and Nanjing University of Science and Technology. The conference will provide a forum for Control and Automation professionals, manufacturing engineers and academic researchers to exchange up-to-date technical knowledge and experiences. The conference will focus on both theory and applications. In addition to the technical sessions, there will be plenary, invited and tutorial sessions. The topics of interest are: Control, Automation, Robotics, Computer Vision, and Emerging Technologies. Papers must be written in English and should describe original work in details. Please submit full papers to the website address (http://www.ntu.edu.sg/eee/icarcv) by l March, 2004. For enquiries, please email to icarcv@ntu.edu.sg. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ed Boje, African Control Conference Cape Town, South Africa, 3-5 December 2003 http://www.sacac.org.za Topics of interest include but are not limited to: industrial applications, robotics, manufacturing, guidance and aerospace control, power systems, process control, measurement and sensing, identification and estimation, signal processing, modeling and simulation, fault detection, model validation, multivariable control, adaptive control, optimal control, robustness, intelligent control, non-linear control, expert systems, neural nets, control engineering education, and computer aided design. Plenary speakers: Prof. Sigurd Skogestad (Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology) Prof. David Limebeer (Imperial College) Contact: jtapson@ebe.uct.ac.za or boje@nu.ac.za *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Tatiana V.Guy, ESF-TED Workshop: Multiple Participant Decision Making ESF-TED Workshop CMP 04: MULTIPLE PARTICIPANT DECISION MAKING Theory, algorithms, software and applications May 12--14, 2004 Prague, Czech Republic http://utia.cas.cz/AS/CMP04 Organized by Institute of Information Theory and Automation Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Supported by European Science Foundation (ESF) within the project "Towards Electronic Democracy: Internet-based Complex Decision Support" (TED) TED: The TED project aims to develop Bayesian support of societal decision making in order to enable a shift from e-administration towards true e-democracy. CMP: Computer-Intensive Methods in Control and Data Processing (CMP) is the sixth in a series of workshops addressing the common problem known as "curse of dimensionality", namely the extreme dimensionality of computations connected with implementation of theoretically optimal mathematical procedures of inference and decision-making. The aim of this TED Workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in academia, government and industry in order to (i) formulate the complexity-influenced problems within areas of multiple-participant decision making, which should be addressed by the technology providers; (ii) offer technique developed in disparate research and application areas that can be used in solving these problems. TOPICS A considerable space will be given to invited lectures by leading specialists in various fields. This will create a firm backbone for this strongly inter-disciplinary Workshop. Several sessions of contributed papers, posters and computer demonstrations will complement them. The topics relevant to the Workshop include: -> Decision-making problems with multiple participants; -> Models of complex dynamic systems; -> Techniques of uncertainty management; -> Design of decision strategies and optimization techniques; -> Software and hardware issues; -> Case studies and lessons learnt in real-life applications. PAPER SUBMISSION & REGISTRATION Papers will be considered for inclusion in the Workshop, based on prior electronic submission of a 16-page draft. The author's package can be downloaded at the Workshop web site. All papers accepted for the Workshop will appear in the electronic Workshop preprints. The Workshop proceedings containing a selection of the best papers will be published. Presented contributions are also solicited for the Best Paper competition. DEADLINES Submission of draft papers: December 15, 2003 Notification of acceptance: January 30, 2004 Submission of final manuscripts: April 15, 2004 WORKING LANGUAGE The working language of the Workshop is English. Further information: Please consult the Workshop web site or contact the following conference organizers: The ESF-TED Workshop (CMP'04) Institute of Information Theory and Automation Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic P.O. Box 18, 182 08 Prague 8, Czech Republic Tel : +420 266052274 Fax : +420 266052068 E-mail : school@utia.cas.cz, kytka@utia.cas.cz *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Guisheng Zhai, LSS2004 The 10th IFAC/IFORS/IMACS/IFIP Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications, LSS2004 Osaka, Japan, July 26-28, 2004 http://www-watt.mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lss2004/ contact: ifac-lss04@watt.mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp Highly complex large scale systems have appeared in many industrial application areas due to recent advances on computer and network technologies. Examples of such systems include communication systems, process control, environmental systems, intelligent manufacturing systems, transportation systems, structural systems, and so on. Large scale system theory provides methodologies to deal with complexity in modeling, control, and design of such systems. The symposium aims to discuss new developments on a broad range of topics in large scale system theory and its applications to many different areas and to provide researchers a good opportunity to exchange new ideas. TOPICS: The symposium accepts any topics concerned with analysis or synthesis of large scale or complex systems. Examples are: Modeling and model reduction; Decomposition techniques; Decentralized control and estimation; Optimization (including multicriteria); Stability analysis and stabilization; Control of uncertain systems; Intelligent control; Neural network; Hybrid systems; Discrete event systems; Complex systems and chaos; Distributed and hierarchical control systems; Descriptor and implicit Systems; Fault detection and supervision; Decision support systems (including use of artificial intelligence and fuzzy logic); Production planning and scheduling; Robotic systems; Life support (water, gas, power, etc.) systems; Process industry (chemical, oil, metals, etc.); Structural systems; Communication and information systems; Agricultural systems; Human-machine interaction; Business and management systems, Financial and economic systems; Environmental systems; Transportation systems; Manufacturing systems; Virtual factory; Risk analysis in LSS. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Papers are welcome in all the topics listed above and any others related to large scale and complex systems. Decisions of acceptances are made based on full paper submissions. The paper should include a cover with the authors' names, affiliations, addresses, e-mail address of the corresponding author, and abstract. The main body of the paper should be written in the IFAC format given at http://www.elsevier.com/homepage/saf/ifac/site/index.htm. Electronic submissions of papers in PDF files are welcome and received on the symposium website http://www-watt.mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lss2004/. If authors would like, they can choose hardcopy submissions and send five copies to the symposium secretariat. All papers will be reviewed by the International Program Committee. Every accepted paper will be required resubmission in a final version. One of the authors must present the paper at the symposium. IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for Hardcopy Submissions: September 30, 2003 Deadline for Proposals of Invited Sessions: September 30, 2003 Deadline for Electronic Submissions: October 10, 2003 Notification of Paper Acceptance: January 10, 2004 Deadline for Submission of FINAL Papers: March 31, 2004 FURTHER INFORMATION: Please consult the symposium web site http://www-watt.mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/lss2004/ or contact the following symposium organizers: General Chair Prof. Masao Ikeda Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan Phone: +81-6-6879-7335; Fax: +81-6-6879-7247 Email: ikeda@mech.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp Program Chair Prof. Yuzo Ohta Department of Computer and Systems Engineering, Kobe University Nada, Kobe 657-8501, Japan Phone: +81-78-803-6243; Fax: +81-78-803-6391 Email: ohta@cs.kobe-u.ac.jp Secretariat Prof. Shigemasa Takai Department of Opto-Mechatronics, Wakayama University 930 Sakaedani, Wakayama 640-8510, Japan Phone: +81-73-457-8162; Fax: +81-73-457-8201 Email: takai@sys.wakayama-u.ac.jp *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: Ed Boje, Symposium on QFT and Robust Frequency Domain Methods To be held in conjunction with the African Control Conference 3-5 December 2003, Cape Town, South Africa http://www.sacac.org.za Scope: The symposium series brings together practitioners and researchers in the field of quantitative feedback theory (QFT) and robust frequency domain design methods. It aims to promote the development of these methods and their practical application. Application, tutorial, and theoretical papers are invited. (More general papers in control engineering can be submitted to the main conference.) Cape Town is situated at the southern tip of Africa and has a Mediterranean climate that makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. The conference venue is the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business, situated in the renovated Breakwater Prison near the Cape Town Waterfront. *.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.*.** Contributed by: jacob kogan, Workshop on Clustering Large Data Sets Melbourne, Florida, November 19, 2003 http://www.math.umbc.edu/~kogan/03ieee.html to be Held in Conjunction with the Third IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM 2003) (http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~xwu/icdm-03.html) The workshop is devoted to clustering large data sets, which arise in diverse applications such as text/web mining, online clustering, and bioinformatics. Important Dates Papers Due: Sep 10, 2003 Notification of Acceptance: Oct 5, 2003 Camera ready: Oct 15, 2003 Workshop: Nov 19, 2003 Organizers: Daniel Boley: boley@cs.umn.edu Inderjit Dhillon: inderjit@cs.utexas.edu Joydeep Ghosh: ghosh@ece.utexas.edu Jacob Kogan: kogan@math.umbc.edu +----------------------------------------+ | | End of Eletter 180 | | +----------------------------------------+