Journal: Automatica

Volume 16, Issue 6

593 -- 0George S. Axelby, Alexander H. Levis. Technical communiques and correspondence
595 -- 613James L. Nevins, Daniel E. Whitney. Assembly research
615 -- 627J. V. Candy, R. B. Rozsa. Safeguards design for a plutonium concentrator: An applied estimation approach
629 -- 636T. M. Spencer. Atmospheric perturbation and control of a shuttle/tethered satellite
637 -- 648Bozidar Avramovic, Petar V. Kokotovic, James R. Winkelman, Joe H. Chow. Area decomposition for electromechanical models of power systems
649 -- 661Olav Aarna. Automation of chemical plant modelling
663 -- 681Daniel Graupe, V. K. Jain, Javad Salahi. A comparative analysis of various least-squares identification algorithms
683 -- 688Haim Weiss, John B. Moore. Recursive prediction error algorithms without a stability test
689 -- 694A. B. Cox, Arthur E. Bryson. Identification by a combined smoothing nonlinear programming algorithm
695 -- 701R. M. Tong, M. B. Beck, A. Latten. Fuzzy control of the activated sludge wastewater treatment process
703 -- 707M. L. J. Hautus. (A, B)-invariant and stabilizability subspaces, a frequency domain description
709 -- 710D. N. P. Murthy. Observability in discrete time system with faulty sensor
711 -- 713G. V. Baliga, M. V. C. Rao. On symmetric and unity interconnections between three nonlinear subsystems
715 -- 0Syed I. Ahson. Comments on: 'Diagonal dominance for multivariable Nyquist array methods using function minimization'
717 -- 0Gary G. Leininger. Author's reply to Dr. Ahson's comments

Volume 16, Issue 5

441 -- 0George S. Axelby. Special sections and issues
443 -- 462Luc Dugard, Ioan Doré Landau. Recursive output error identification algorithms theory and evaluation
463 -- 480Manfred Morari, Michael J. O'Dowd. Optimal sensor location in the presence of nonstationary noise
481 -- 486R. Metzger. A simple stability criterion for spinning satellites with flexible appendages
487 -- 490Adriaan van den Bos. A class of small sample nonlinear least squares problems
501 -- 0George S. Axelby. Editor's note
503 -- 0Rolf Isermann. Preface
505 -- 518Karl Heinz Fasol, H. Peter Jörgl. Principles of model building and identification
519 -- 526H. Rake. Step response and frequency response methods
527 -- 534Keith R. Godfrey. Correlation methods
535 -- 550Vladimír Strejc. Least squares parameter estimation
551 -- 574Karl Johan Åström. Maximum likelihood and prediction error methods
575 -- 587Rolf Isermann. Practical aspects of process identification

Volume 16, Issue 4

349 -- 0George S. Axelby. Survey papers
351 -- 366Heikki N. Koivo. A multivariable self-tuning controller
367 -- 377Huibert Kwakernaak. Estimation of pulse heights and arrival times
379 -- 392Ibrahim Kavrakoglu. Models for national energy policy analysis and planning
393 -- 398J. Penttinen, Heikki N. Koivo. Multivariable tuning regulators for unknown systems
399 -- 403S. Kung, Thomas Kailath. Fast projection methods for minimal design problems in linear system theory
405 -- 408Torsten Bohlin, Ludomir Rewo. Experiment design for maximum-power model validation
409 -- 414Tamer Basar, Geert Jan Olsder. Team-optimal closed-loop Stackelberg strategies in hierarchical control problems
415 -- 418S. W. Tonkin. A basic attitude instability of spacecraft with imperfect momentum wheels
419 -- 421C. Richard Johnson Jr.. An output error identification interpretation of model reference adaptive control
423 -- 427Janos Gertler, Gyula Varga, Ferenc Sipos. Computational experience with the constrained minimum variance input-output estimator

Volume 16, Issue 3

235 -- 0Stephen Kahne. IFAC publications - Four years later
237 -- 253Duane T. McRuer. Human dynamics in man-machine systems
255 -- 264Maximilian M. Etschmaier. Fuzzy controls for maintenance scheduling in transportation systems
265 -- 279Harry G. Kwatny, K. C. Kalnitsky. Turbine-generator system control for a HTGR power plant
281 -- 294Peter C. Young, Anthony J. Jakeman, Ross McMurtrie. An instrumental variable method for model order identification
295 -- 311Rajendra Kumar, John B. Moore. State inverse and decorrelated state stochastic approximation
313 -- 315Karl Johan Åström. A robust sampled regulator for stable systems with monotone step responses
317 -- 321C. Richard Johnson Jr., Edison Tse. Adaptive input matching control of structurally varying plants
323 -- 329Alan A. Desrochers, George N. Saridis. A model reduction technique for nonlinear systems
331 -- 334Masao Ikeda, Dragoslav D. Siljak. On decentrally stabilizable large-scale systems
335 -- 338Homayoun Seraji. Design of pole-placement compensators for multivariable systems
341 -- 343M. Mansour, Walter Schaufelberger. Report on the IFAC symposium on computer aided design of control systems: Zürich, 29-31 August 1979

Volume 16, Issue 2

115 -- 0George S. Axelby. Automatica prize paper awards
117 -- 133H. Kurz, Rolf Isermann, R. Schumann. Experimental comparison and application of various parameter-adaptive control algorithms
135 -- 146U. Hartmann, Volker Krebs. Command and stability systems for aircraft: A new digital adaptive approach
147 -- 156Yaakov Bar-Shalom, K. D. Wall. Dual adaptive control and uncertainty effects in macroeconomic systems optimization
157 -- 166F. K. Greiss, W. Harmon Ray. Stochastic control of processes having moving boundaries - An experimental study
167 -- 178Howard Elliott, William A. Wolovich. A frequency domain model reduction procedure
179 -- 190Han-Fu Chen. On stochastic observability and controllability
191 -- 195Miloslav Hájek, Jirí Potucek, Vladimír Brodan. Mathematical model of heart rate regulation during exercise
197 -- 203K. Y. K. Ng, N. G. F. Sancho. Dynamic programming algorithm for optimizing distributed parameter trajectories with constraints
205 -- 209Mesut E. Sezer, Özay Hüseyin. On decentralized stabilization of interconnected systems
211 -- 213B. F. Gardner Jr., Jose B. Cruz Jr.. Lower order control for systems with fast and slow modes
215 -- 217V. Panuska. Non-convergence of the approximate maximum likelihood identification algorithm
219 -- 220Lennart Ljung. Comments on 'non-convergence of the approximate maximum likelihood identification algorithm'
221 -- 0V. Panuska. Author's reply to comments on 'non-convergence of the approximate maximum likelihood identification algorithm'
225 -- 0Jitka Mayerová. SOCOCO '79 panel discussion on the influence of microprocessors on the process control

Volume 16, Issue 1

1 -- 8Adolf H. Glattfelder, F. Huguenin, Walter Schaufelberger. Microcomputer based self-tuning and self-selecting controllers
9 -- 21Miomir Vukobratovic, Dragan Stokic. Contribution to the decoupled control of large-scale mechanical systems
23 -- 33Petar V. Kokotovic, John J. Allemong, James R. Winkelman, Joe H. Chow. Singular perturbation and iterative separation of time scales
35 -- 43James R. Winkelman, Joe H. Chow, John J. Allemong, Petar V. Kokotovic. Multi-time-scale analysis of a power system
45 -- 52Ali Durmaz. Dynamic behaviour of material states in steam power plant control
53 -- 63B. T. Poljak, Yakov Z. Tsypkin. Robust identification
65 -- 72James D. Schoeffler. Distributed control system data base updating and error recovery
73 -- 82Bipin Mishra. Distributed digital processing and closed loop computer control of wastewater treatment
83 -- 88Gérald Joalland, Guy Cohen. Optimal control of a water distribution network by two multilevel methods
89 -- 97O. L. R. Jacobs, P. Saratchandran. Comparison of adaptive controllers
99 -- 104Mark Ardema. Nonlinear singularly perturbed optimal control problems with singular arcs
105 -- 108Masato Inagaki, Yasuyuki Funahashi. Nonisomorphic classes of inhomogeneous bilinear realizations: Realizability and existence