New Trends in Nonlinear Control Theory: Proceedings of an International Conference on Nonlinear Systems, Nantes, France, June 13–17, 1988

Characterizations of Hamiltonian control systems....Pages 1-12
Invariants in the feedback classification of nonlinear systems....Pages 13-22
On normal forms of affine systems under feedback....Pages 23-32
Transformations of nonlinear systems under external equivalence....Pages 33-43
Tracking through singularities....Pages 44-53
Controllability of right-invariant systems on semi-simple lie groups....Pages 54-64
Stable noninteracting control....Pages 65-76
Towards the solution of the nonlinear block decoupling problem....Pages 77-90
Linearization of discrete and discretized nonlinear systems....Pages 91-101
A condition for the solvability of the nonlinear model matching problem....Pages 102-115
Synthesis of non linear observers: A harmonic analysis approach....Pages 117-129
Regularly persistent observers for bilinear systems....Pages 130-140
A short introduction to differential Galois theory....Pages 141-159
Linear algebra and nonlinear control....Pages 160-171
Some remarks on nonlinear input-output systems with delays....Pages 172-181
Nonlinear state space and input output descriptions using differential polynomials....Pages 182-189
A state elimination procedure for nonlinear systems....Pages 190-198
A new regularity theorem for bang-bang trajectories....Pages 199-211
On volterra approximations....Pages 212-221
The lie saturate and its applications to singular control problems....Pages 222-230
Degenerate linear systems with quadratic cost under finiteness assumptions....Pages 231-239
Stabilizability and asymptotic stabilizability of the angular velocity of a rigid body....Pages 241-253
Asymptotic properties of nonlinear minimum phase systems....Pages 254-264
Fraction representations and robust stabilization of nonlinear systems....Pages 265-280
Stabilization of nonlinear systems by means of linear feedbacks....Pages 281-289
A new approach to identification problems using singular perturbations....Pages 291-303
Erratum....Pages 304-304
Generating series and singularly perturbed bilinear systems....Pages 305-315
From the robustness of stability degree in nature to the control of highly non linear manipulators....Pages 316-326
Affine realizations of multimodels characterization, stability, identification....Pages 327-337
State estimation and adaptive control of multilinear compartmental systems: Theoretical framework and application to (bio)chemical processes....Pages 339-352
Adaptive nonlinear control an estimation-based algorithm....Pages 353-365
Adaptive linear control interpreted as nonlinear dynamical feedback for nonlinear systems....Pages 366-376
Approximation of a stochastic ergodic control problem....Pages 377-395
Support theorems in non-linear filtering....Pages 396-403
Ergodicite des systems stochastiques polynomiaux en temps discret....Pages 404-413
Generalized inputs to non-linear systems....Pages 414-428
Bifurcation dynamique avec bruit multiplicatif....Pages 429-441
Remarks on some worked out applications of nonlinear control theory....Pages 443-458
Putting physics back in control....Pages 459-473
Feedback linearization of a one-link flexible robot arm modelled by partial differential-integral equations....Pages 474-481
Hybrid dynamical systems theory and nonlinear dynamical systems over finite fields....Pages 483-495
Automatique et regulation biologique....Pages 496-507
Internal model control of a steam generator with varying delays....Pages 508-518
Non-linear modeling and control of some classes of induction machine....Pages 519-528