Nonlinear control systems design : selected papers from the IFAC Symposium, Capri, Italy, 14-16 June 1989

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IFAC SYMPOSIA SERIES, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
IFAC SYMPOSIUM ON NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN, Page v
PREFACE, Page vii, Alberto Isidori
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OF NONLINEAR OBSERVERS, Pages 1-6, J. Birk, M. Zeitz
SHOULD THE THEORIES FOR CONTINUOUS-TIME AND DISCRETE-TIME LINEAR AND NONLINEAR SYSTEMS REALLY LOOK ALIKE?, Pages 7-12, M. Fliess
DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRA AND CONTROLLABILITY, Pages 13-16, A. Haddak
PRIME DIFFERENTIAL IDEALS IN NONLINEAR RATIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, Pages 17-21, C.H. Moog, J. Perraud, P. Bentz, Q.T. Vo
CONTROLLABILITY OF BILINEAR SYSTEMS—A SURVEY AND SOME NEW RESULTS, Pages 23-28, U. Piechottka, P.M. Frank
DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRA AND PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL THEORY, Pages 29-32, J.F. Pommaret
CANONICAL FORMS FOR NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 33-38, M. Zeitz
NEW SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS FOR DYNAMIC FEEDBACK LINEARIZATION, Pages 39-45, B. Charlet, J. Lévine, R. Marino
ON THE STRUCTURE ALGORITHM, DEGENERATE CONTROLLED INVARIANT DISTRIBUTIONS AND THE BLOCK DECOUPLING PROBLEM, Pages 47-51, J. Descusse
NONLINEAR MODEL MATCHING WITH AN APPLICATION TO HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS, Pages 53-58, H.J.C. Huijberts
VIRTUAL DECOMPOSITION AND TIME SCALE DECOUPLING CONTROL OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 59-63, S. Ishijima
TRAJECTORY EQUIVALENCE AND WEAKLY INVARIANT DISTRIBUTIONS OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 65-70, M. Sampei, K. Furuta
ON THE STRUCTURE OF SMALL-TIME REACHABLE SETS FOR MULTI-INPUT NONLINEAR SYSTEMS IN LOW DIMENSIONS, Pages 71-76, H. Schättler
STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF REALIZATIONS OF EXTERNAL DIFFERENTIAL SYSTEMS, Pages 77-82, A.J. van der Schaft
ON THE USE OF STABLE DISTRIBUTIONS IN DESIGN PROBLEMS, Pages 83-88, L.L.M van der Wegen
TARGET-DIRECTED CONTROL OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 89-94, R.F. Drenick
ON THE CONTROLLABILITY OF NONLINEAR DISCRETE-TIME SYSTEMS, Pages 95-97, A. Mokkadem
NONLINEAR DECOUPLING IN DISCRETE TIME, Pages 99-106, S. Monaco, D. Normand-Cyrot, T. Isola
RECURSIVE IDENTIFICATION ALGORITHMS AS NONLINEAR SYSTEMS: PARAMETER IDENTIFIABILITY AND CONTROLLABILITY, Pages 107-112, C.A. Schwartz, H. Özbay
NICELY NONLINEAR MODELLING: A DF APPROACH WITH APPLICATION TO “LINEARIZED” PROCESS CONTROL, Pages 113-118, D. Abastanotti, P. Colaneri, J.C. Geromel, R. Ghidoni, G. Guardabassi
NONLINEAR PREDICTIVE CONTROL BY INVERSION, Pages 119-124, S. Abu el Ata-Doss, M. Fliess
A VOLTERRA METHOD FOR NONLINEAR CONTROL DESIGN, Pages 125-130, S.A. Al-Baiyat, M.K. Sain
THE APPLICATION OF A COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEM TO THE ANALYSIS OF A CLASS OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 131-136, H.A. Barker, Y.W. Ko, P. Townsend
INPUT–OUTPUT APPROXIMATIONS OF DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, Pages 137-142, G. Casinovi
HARMONIC BALANCING USING A VOLTERRA INPUT OUTPUT DESCRIPTION, Pages 143-148, S.T. Glad, K. Ståhl
SYMBOLIC CALCULUS AND VOLTERRA SERIES, Pages 149-154, V. Hoang Ngoc Minh, G. Jacob
LOCAL AND MINIMAL REALIZATION OF NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND LYNDON WORDS, Pages 155-160, G. Jacob, N. Oussous
AN INVESTIGATION OF LINEAR STABILIZABILITY OF PLANAR BILINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 161-166, A. Bacciotti, P. Boieri
VIBRATIONAL CONTROL OF NONLINEAR TIME LAG SYSTEMS: VIBRATIONAL STABILIZATION AND TRANSIENT BEHAVIOR, Pages 167-172, J. Bentsman, K.S. Hong, J. Fakhfakh
STABILIZABILITY OF NONHOLONOMIC CONTROL SYSTEMS, Pages 173-178, A.M. Bloch
A LYAPUNOV APPROACH TO STABILIZE FEEDBACK LINEARIZED NONLINEAR SYSTEMS WITH DISTURBANCES, Pages 179-184, J.-P. Calvet, Y. Arkun
LOCAL ASYMPTOTIC STABILIZATION OF TWO DIMENSIONAL POLYNOMIAL SYSTEMS, Pages 185-188, D. Cheng, W.P. Dayawansa, C.F. Martin, G. Knowles
NONLINEAR STABILIZATION OF A CLASS OF SINGULARLY PERTURBED UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS, Pages 189-193, M. Corless, F. Garofalo, L. Glielmo
STABILITY ANALYSIS OF QUADRATIC SYSTEMS, Pages 195-199, R. Genesio, A. Tesi
A GENERALISATION OF THE SMALL-GAIN THEOREM FOR NONLINEAR FEEDBACK SYSTEMS, Pages 201-205, D.J. Hill
ON A NONLINEAR MULTIVARIABLE SERVOMECHANISM PROBLEM, Pages 207-211, Huang Jie, W.J. Rugh
GLOBAL DYNAMICS ACHIEVABLE BY FEEDBACK CONTROLS: SOME PRELIMINARY RESULTS, Pages 213-218, E. Kappos
ON THE ABSOLUTE STABILITY CRITERIA IMPROVING AND ABSOLUTE STABILITY REGIONS CONSTRUCTION, Pages 219-223, A.A. Voronov
AN APPROACH TO NONLINEAR MULTIVARIABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN, Pages 225-228, R.T. Yanushevsky
NONSINGULAR AND STABLE ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF DISCRETE-TIME BILINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 229-234, C. Wen, D.J. Hill
DIRECT ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 235-238, P.A. Cook
DISCRETE TIME ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR A CLASS OF NONLINEAR CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS, Pages 239-244, A.-M. Guillaume, G. Bastin, G. Campion
ROBUSTNESS OF ADAPTIVE NONLINEAR CONTROL UNDER AN EXTENDED MATCHING CONDITION, Pages 245-250, I. Kanellakopoulos, P.V. Kokotovic, R. Marino
SWITCHING STABILIZATION CONTROL FOR A SET OF NONLINEAR TIME-VARYING SYSTEMS, Pages 251-255, Liu Yong, Gao Weibing
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF ADAPTIVE LINEAR SYSTEMS: AN ELEMENTARY EXAMPLE, Pages 257-262, L. Praly
ASYMPTOTIC LINEARIZATION OF UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS BY MEANS OF APPROXIMATE SLIDING MODES, Pages 263-267, G. Bartolini, T. Zolezzi
ON THE BEHAVIOR OF VARIABLE STRUCTURE CONTROL SYSTEMS NEAR THE SLIDING MANIFOLD, Pages 269-271, G. Bartolini, T. Zolezzi
ON DISCRETE-TIME SLIDING MODES, Pages 273-278, S.V. Drakunov, V.I. Utkin
A NEW METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING CHATTERING IN VARIABLE STRUCTURE FEEDBACK CONTROL SYSTEMS, Pages 279-284, Luo Ning-Su, Feng Chun-Bo
SLIDING OBSERVER DESIGN FOR NONLINEAR STATE ESTIMATION, Pages 285-290, E.A. Misawa, J.K. Hedrick, J.-J. E. Slotine, G.C. Verghese
TWO CHARACTERIZATIONS OF OPTIMAL TRAJECTORIES FOR MEYER PROBLEM, Pages 291-295, P. Cannarsa, H. Frankowska
ON THE SOLUTION OF OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS WITH INCLUSION CONSTRAINTS, Pages 297-302, J.V. Outrata
OPTIMAL CONTROL BY POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION: THE DISCRETE TIME CASE, Pages 303-308, J.A. O'Sullivan, M.K. Sain
RELAXATION AND OPTIMAL CONTROL OF NONLINEAR DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS, Pages 309-312, N.S. Papageorgiou
THE DISCRETE MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE: TWO METHODS OF PROOF, Pages 313-319, R. Pytlak
NECESSARY CONDITIONS FOR OPTIMALITY VIA VOLTERRA APPROXIMATIONS, Pages 321-326, G. Stefani, P. Zezza
A NOVEL COMPUTER APPROACH TO OPTIMAL FEEDBACK CONTROL OF BILINEAR SYSTEMS, Pages 327-331, B. Tibken, E.P. Hofer
ROBUST NONLINEAR CONTROL AND OBSERVER SCHEMES FOR A CHEMICAL REACTOR, Pages 333-338, J. Alvarez, R. Castro
CONTROL OF A CONTINUOUS BIOPROCESS BY SIMPLE ALGORITHMS OF “P” AND “L/A” TYPE, Pages 339-344, M. Lakrori
MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL OF NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN THE PRESENCE OF CONSTRAINTS, Pages 345-349, A.A. Patwardhan, J.B. Rawlings, T.F. Edgar
QUALITATIVE AND CONTROL BEHAVIOR OF A CLASS OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, Pages 351-355, N. Samardzija
NONLINEAR PROCESS CONTROL: AN ADAPTIVE APPROACH WHICH USES PHYSICAL MODELS, Pages 357-362, J.-J.E. Slotine, B.E. Ydstie
THE DESIGN OF LINEARIZING OUTPUTS FOR INDUCTION MOTORS, Pages 363-367, A. De Luca, G. Ulivi
THE RADIO-FREQUENCY MAGNETIC FIELD DESIGN IN BIOMEDICINE: NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, Pages 369-372, J. Sau, J.J. Mallet, A. Bonmartin
MODELLING AND CONTROL OF A TWO-AXIS ROBOT WITH FLEXIBLE LINKS, Pages 373-378, J.P. Barbot, B. Maschke, G. Servettaz
SLIDING OBSERVERS FOR ROBOT MANIPULATORS, Pages 379-384, C. Canudas de Wit, J.-J. E. Slotine
NONLINEAR CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS, Pages 385-390, J. Hauser, S. Sastry, G. Meyer
LYAPUNOV DESIGN FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF ROBOTS, Pages 391-396, R. Johansson
NONLINEAR IDENTIFICATION AND OBSERVER BASED COMPENSATION OF FRICTION IN MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, Pages 397-402, J.C. Maron
DESIGN OF NONLINEAR OBSERVERS FOR ELASTIC JOINT ROBOTS, Pages 403-408, P. Tomei
AUTHOR INDEX, Pages 409-410
KEYWORD INDEX, Pages 411-412
IFAC Publications, Published and Forthcoming Symposia/Workshop volumes, Pages 413-414