Journal: Automatica

Volume 29, Issue 6

1355 -- 1357George S. Axelby. Editorial. The 150th issue
1359 -- 0Stephen Kahne. George S. Axelby
1361 -- 1375Vladimír Kucera. Diophantine equations in control - A survey
1377 -- 1394Ywh-Pyng Harn, Robert L. Kosut. Optimal low-order controller design via 'LQG-like' parametrization
1395 -- 1410Daniel L. Laughlin, Manfred Morari, Richard D. Braatz. Robust performance of cross-directional basis-weight control in paper machines
1411 -- 1424Yan-Ru Hu, Andrew A. Goldenberg. Dynamic control of coordinated redundant robots with torque optimization
1425 -- 1437R. A. Freeman, Petar V. Kokotovic. Design of 'softer' robust nonlinear control laws
1439 -- 1450B. P. Furey. A sequential quadratic programming-based algorithm for optimization of gas networks
1451 -- 1461Duan Li. Hierarchical control for large-scale systems with general multiple linear-quadratic structure
1463 -- 1472Christian Commault, Jean-Michel Dion, M. Benahcène. Output feedback disturbance decoupling graph interpretation for structured systems
1473 -- 1489Soura Dasgupta, C. Richard Johnson Jr., A. Maylar Baksho. Characterizing persistent excitation for the sign-sign equation error identifier
1491 -- 1499Petr Zagalak, Jean-François Lafay, A. N. Herrera-Hernandez. The row-by-row decoupling via state feedback: A polynomial approach
1501 -- 1516Walter Schaufelberger. Low cost control education software for MS-DOS PCs
1517 -- 1522Ali Zolghadri, B. Bergeon, Michel Monsion. A two-ellipsoid overlap test for on-line failure detection
1523 -- 1527Paul M. J. Van den Hof, Ruud J. P. Schrama. An indirect method for transfer function estimation from closed loop data
1529 -- 1533Ian A. Henderson, Joseph McGhee. Symbolic codes for multifrequency binary testing of control systems
1535 -- 1540Hüseyin Akçay, Pramod P. Khargonekar. The least squares algorithm, parametric system identification and bounded noise
1541 -- 1545Amit Ailon. A solution to the disturbance decoupling problem in singular systems via analogy with state-space systems
1547 -- 1550Peter W. Gibbens, Carla A. Schwartz, Minyue Fu. Achieving diagonal interactor matrix for multivariable linear systems with uncertain parameters
1551 -- 1555Vito Cerone. Feasible parameter set for linear models with bounded errors in all variables
1557 -- 1563Yu Tang, Romeo Ortega. Adaptive tuning to frequency response specifications
1565 -- 1569Rogelio Lozano, Rubén G. Moctezuma. Model reference adaptive control with unknown high frequency gain sign
1571 -- 1574Mario El-Khoury, Oscar D. Crisalle, Roland Longchamp. Influence of zero locations on the number of step-response extrema
1575 -- 1578Hyun-Sik Ahn, Chong-Ho Choi, Kwang-Bae Kim. Iterative learning control for a class of nonlinear systems
1579 -- 1589Hao Ying. The simplest fuzzy controllers using different inference methods are different nonlinear proportional-integral controllers with variable gains
1591 -- 1593Zijad Aganovic, Zoran Gajic. Optimal control of weakly coupled bilinear systems
1595 -- 1597C. Santacesaria, Riccardo Scattolini. Easy tuning of smith predictor in presence of delay uncertainty
1599 -- 1601Qing-Guo Wang, Tong Heng Lee, Chang-Chieh Hang. Pole assignment by output feedback: A solution for 2 × 2 plants
1603 -- 1605Mao-Lin Ni, Hong-Xin Wu. A riccati equation approach to the design of linear robust controllers
1607 -- 1609Wiktor Bolek. Derivation of operational matrices of differentiation for orthogonal polynomials
1611 -- 1614Ali Saberi, Ben M. Chen, Peddapullaiah Sannuti, Uy-Loi Ly. ∞ optimal control: The state feedback case
1615 -- 1616Michael K. F. Knoop, Jaime A. Moreno Perez. Approximate model matching with multivariable PI-controllers
1617 -- 0Miloslav S. Vosvrda. Discrete random signals and statistical signal processing: Charles W. Therrien
1617 -- 1619Shaohua Tan. Modern control system theory and design: Stanley M. Shinners
1619 -- 1620Josef Böhm. Uncertain models and robust control: Alexander Weinmann
1621 -- 1622Bo Wahlberg. Identification of linear systems: A practical guideline to accurate modeling: J. Schoukens and R. Pintelon
1622 -- 1623Stuart H. Starr. Concise encyclopedia of modelling & simulation: D. P. Atherton and P. Borne (editors)

Volume 29, Issue 5

1165 -- 0Huibert Kwakernaak. Introduction
1169 -- 1175Albert Benveniste, Karl Johan Åström. ,
1177 -- 1183Lee Thompson, Glenn Mertz. Real-time expert system implementation at monsanto-krummrich
1185 -- 1202T. Harakawa, T. Kawaguchi. Digital control in iron- and steelmaking processes
1203 -- 1214A. H. Glattfelder, L. Huser. Hydropower reservoir level control: A case study
1215 -- 1250Pierre Carpentier, Guy Cohen. Applied mathematics in water supply network management
1251 -- 1274J. Richalet. Industrial applications of model based predictive control
1275 -- 1290I. Nikiforov, V. Varavva, V. Kireichikov. Application of statistical fault detection algorithms to navigation systems monitoring
1291 -- 1314Ketao Liu, Robert E. Skelton. Integrated modeling and controller design with application to flexible structure control
1315 -- 1331Rolf Isermann, Ulrich Raab. Intelligent actuators - Ways to autonomous actuating systems
1333 -- 1343Karl Johan Åström, Tore Hägglund, A. Wallenborg. Automatic tuning of digital controllers with applications to HVAC plants
1345 -- 1349James F. Whidborne. EMS control system design for a maglev vehicle - A critical system

Volume 29, Issue 4

813 -- 0George S. Axelby. Introduction
813 -- 814Rolf Isermann, Bernd Freyermuth. Preface
815 -- 835Rolf Isermann. Fault diagnosis of machines via parameter estimation and knowledge processing - Tutorial paper
837 -- 841Ron J. Patton, Jie Chen 0016. Optimal unknown input distribution matrix selection in robust fault diagnosis
843 -- 849Timo Sorsa, Heikki N. Koivo. Application of artificial neural networks in process fault diagnosis
851 -- 864T. Hesketh, D. J. Clements, R. Williams. Adaptive mould level control for continuous steel slab casting
865 -- 875J. Selkäinaho. Tuning a dynamic positioning system
877 -- 887Daniel E. Miller, Edward J. Davison. An adaptive tracking problem with a control input constraint
889 -- 898W. Yu, J. E. Piou, K. M. Sobel. Robust eigenstructure assignment for the extended medium range air-to-air missile
899 -- 909Matei Kelemen, Arunabha Bagchi. Modeling and feedback control of a flexible arm of a robot for prescribed frequency-domain tolerances
911 -- 928S. M. Veres, J. P. Norton. Predictive self-tuning control by parameter bounding and worst-case design
929 -- 940Marc Bodson. Pseudo-burst phenomenon in ideal adaptive systems
941 -- 951Kevin L. Moore, S. P. Bhattacharyya, Mohammed Dahleh. Capabilities and limitations of multirate control schemes
953 -- 968J. Lieslehto, Juha T. Tanttu, Heikki N. Koivo. An expert system for multivariable controller design
969 -- 983Athanasios Sideris, Héctor Rotstein. ∞-control with time domain constraints
985 -- 998Zhihua Qu. Robust control of nonlinear uncertain systems under generalized matching conditions
999 -- 1010Jyun-Horng Fu, Eyad H. Abed. Linear feedback stabilization of nonlinear systems with an uncontrollable critical mode
1011 -- 1025Torbjörn Wigren. Recursive prediction error identification using the nonlinear wiener model
1027 -- 1040Michel Verhaegen. Application of a subspace model identification technique to identify LTI systems operating in closed-loop
1041 -- 1052Vladimir Havlena. Simultaneous parameter tracking and state estimation in a linear system
1053 -- 1064Luc Jaulin, Eric Walter. Set inversion via interval analysis for nonlinear bounded-error estimation
1065 -- 1077Christiaan Heij. System identifiability from finite time series
1079 -- 1100J. A. Sefton, Raimund J. Ober. Uncertainty in the weighted gap metric: A geometric approach
1101 -- 1105Chieh-Li Chen, Pey-Chung Chen, Cha'o-Kuang Chen. A pneumatic model-following control system using a fuzzy adaptive controller
1107 -- 1113T. H. Lee, C. C. Hang, W. K. Ho, P. K. Yue. Implementation of a knowledge-based PID auto-tuner
1115 -- 1120R. Doraiswami. Performance monitoring and fault prediction using a linear predictive coding algorithm
1121 -- 1126Vassilis L. Syrmos. On the finite transmission zero assignment problem
1127 -- 1131Vasfi Eldem, Ahmet Duyar. Parametrization of multivariable systems using output injections: Alpha canonical forms
1133 -- 1137Lihua Xie, C. E. De Souza, Youyi Wang. Robust control of discrete time uncertain dynamical systems
1139 -- 1143Hao Ying. General analytical structure of typical fuzzy controllers and their limiting structure theorems
1145 -- 1148Luigi Chisci, Laura Giarré, Edoardo Mosca. Sidestepping the positive real condition in RELS via multiple RLS identifiers
1149 -- 1150Jakob Stoustrup. ∞ control problem: A state space approach: Anton A. Stoorvogel
1150 -- 1151Peter Kopacek. Applied robotic analysis: Robert E. Parkin
1151 -- 1153David Stanton. Fundamentals of manipulator calibration: B. W. Mooring, Z. S. Roth and M. R. Driels

Volume 29, Issue 3

587 -- 588George S. Axelby. On to new horizons
589 -- 608Mohammed M'Saad, Luc Dugard, Sh. Hammad. A suitable generalized predictive adaptive controller case study: Control of a flexible arm
609 -- 619Jing Yuan, Yury Stepanenko. Composite adaptive control of flexible joint robots
621 -- 633Romeo Ortega, Gerardo Espinosa-Pérez. ,
635 -- 647Yasuhiko Mutoh, Romeo Ortega. Interactor structure estimation for adaptive control of discrete-time multivariable nondecouplable systems
649 -- 660Peter Van Overschee, Bart De Moor. ,
661 -- 679Mikael Sternad, Anders Ahlén. ,
681 -- 693P. M. Mäkilä, Jonathan R. Partington. Robust stabilization - BIBO stability, distance notions and robustness optimization
695 -- 705J. G. Owen, George Zames. Duality theory of robust disturbance attenuation
707 -- 721M. Dahleh, Alberto Tesi, Antonio Vicino. An overview of extremal properties for robust control of interval plants
723 -- 734J. A. Sefton, Raimund J. Ober. On the gap metric and coprime factor perturbations
735 -- 744Arno Linnemann, Qing-Guo Wang. ,
745 -- 750Wojciech Grega. Decomposition approach to the public transport scheduling problem
751 -- 756C. J. Goh. On the nonlinear optimal regulator problem
757 -- 761Carlos Canudas de Wit. Robust control for servo-mechanisms under inexact friction compensation
763 -- 766I. B. Junger, O. I. Gerasimov. Algebraic analysis of absolute stability for uncertain dynamical systems with nonlinear time-varying properties
767 -- 771Zi Qiang Lang. ,
773 -- 778Yoram Halevi, Wassim M. Haddad, Dennis S. Bernstein. A riccati equation approach to the singular LQG problem
779 -- 783Kurt S. Riedel. Block diagonally dominant positive definite approximate filters and smoothers
785 -- 788Kazunori Yasuda, Robert E. Skelton, Karolos M. Grigoriadis. Covariance controllers: A new parametrization of the class of all stabilizing controllers
789 -- 792Kok Lay Teo, Volker Rehbock, Les S. Jennings. A new computational algorithm for functional inequality constrained optimization problems
793 -- 796Andrzej Tarczynski. Simple discrete-time regulator minimizing sensitivity
797 -- 798Jean-Pierre Babary. On-line estimation and adaptive control of bioreactors - Process measurement and control 1 : G. Bastin and D. Dochain
798 -- 800N. L. Ricker. Adaptive optimal control: The thinking man's GPC : R. R. Bitmead, M. Gevers and V. Wertz
800 -- 801Michael Green. Modern signals and systems : H. Kwakernaak and R. Sivan
802 -- 803Bo Egardt. Adaptive control stability, convergence, and robustness : Shankar Sastry and Marc Bodson
803 -- 0P. Kloeden. Stochastic versus fuzzy approaches to multiobjective mathematical programming under uncertainty : Roman Slowinski and Jacques Teghem
804 -- 805Madan G. Singh. Hierarchical multiobjective analysis of large-scale systems : Y. Haimes, K. Tarvainen, T. Shima and J. Thadatnil
805 -- 0I. Mareels. Linear controller design limits of performance : Stephen P. Boyd and Craig H. Barratt

Volume 29, Issue 2

253 -- 0George S. Axelby. Editorial changes
255 -- 273Huibert Kwakernaak. ∞-optimization - Tutorial paper
275 -- 283Gengshen Liu. Application of EKF technique to ship resistance measurement
285 -- 308Herbert J. A. F. Tulleken. Grey-box modelling and identification using physical knowledge and bayesian techniques
309 -- 322Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos, George N. Saridis. An integrated collision prediction and avoidance scheme for mobile robots in non-stationary environments
323 -- 335Gang Tao, Petar V. Kokotovic. Adaptive control of systems with backlash
337 -- 349L. Qiu, E. J. Davison. ,
351 -- 363Zhihong Zhang, James S. Freudenberg. ,
365 -- 372Oded Yaniv, Yossi Chait. Direct control design in sampled-data uncertain systems
373 -- 385Mario A. Rotea. 2 control problem
387 -- 400Martin Corless, F. Garofalo, Luigi Glielmo. New results on composite control of singularly perturbed uncertain linear systems
401 -- 423Zigang Pan, Tamer Basar. ,
425 -- 429Alena Halousková, Miroslav Kárný, Ivan Nagy. Adaptive cross-direction control of paper basis weight
431 -- 438Jenny H. Shen, Asok Ray. ,
439 -- 444Mario Sznaier, Mark J. Damborg. Heuristically enhanced feedback control of constrained systems: The minimum time case
445 -- 449D. D. Sworder, R. G. Hutchins, M. Kent. Utility of imaging sensors in tracking systems
451 -- 455Yu Tang. Adaptive frequency response identification using the lagrange filter
457 -- 463Ranjit A. Date, Joe H. Chow. ,
465 -- 467P. Fessas. On pole placement with decentralized static feedback
469 -- 474Guang-Ren Duan. ,
475 -- 478Giuseppe Conte, Anna Maria Perdon. ,
479 -- 484Yanlin Li, E. Bruce Lee. ,
485 -- 489J. S. Luo, A. Johnson. Stability robustness of the continuous-time LQG system under plant perturbation and noise uncertainty
491 -- 493P. L. D. Peres, José Claudio Geromel, Jacques Bernussou. ,
495 -- 498T. Ph. Proychev, R. L. Mishkov. Transformation of nonlinear systems in observer canonical form with reduced dependency on derivatives of the input
499 -- 505Hao Ying. A nonlinear fuzzy controller with linear control rules is the sum of a global two-dimensional multilevel relay and a local nonlinear proportional-integral controller
507 -- 509K. J. Hunt, M. Sebek. Polynomial LQ optimization for the standard control structure: Scalar solution
511 -- 516Altug Iftar. Decentralized estimation and control with overlapping input, state, and output decomposition
517 -- 522Sergio Bittanti, Giuseppe De Nicolao. Spectral factorization of linear periodic systems with application to the optimal prediction of periodic ARMA models
523 -- 526Irwin W. Sandberg, Lilian Xu. Steady-state errors in discrete-time control systems
527 -- 530Fotis N. Koumboulis, Paraskevas N. Paraskevopoulos. On the generic controllability of continuous generalized state-space systems
531 -- 536Jean B. Lasserre. Reachable, controllable sets and stabilizing control of constrained linear systems
537 -- 539N. S. Rousan. Necessary and sufficient conditions for global optimality for linear discrete time systems
541 -- 548A. Toola. The safety of process automation
549 -- 554Karl Heinz Kienitz. Controller design using fuzzy logic - A case study
555 -- 557Boris E. Dainson, Daniel R. Lewin. A non-conservative stability test for 2 × 2 MIMO linear systems under decentralized control
559 -- 0Xiong Kaiqi. Comments on 'on absolute stability and the aizerman conjecture'
561 -- 0Ljubomir T. Grujic. Reply to "comments on 'on absolute stability and the aizerman conjecture'"
563 -- 564C. C. Hang, Karl Johan Åström, W. K. Ho. Relay auto-tuning in the presence of static load disturbance
565 -- 566P. C. Ojha. Vector lyapunov functions and stability analysis of nonlinear systems : V. Lakshmikantham, V. M. Matrosov and S. Sivasundaram
566 -- 567M. Machacek. Control sensors and actuators : Clarence W. de Silva
567 -- 568Björn Wittenmark. Adaptive filter theory : Simon Haykin
568 -- 570András Varga. Computational methods for linear control systems : P. Hr. Petkov, N. D. Christov and M. M. Konstantinov
570 -- 571Renhou Li. Decentralized control of complex systems : D. D. Siljak

Volume 29, Issue 1

1 -- 0George S. Axelby. Introduction
3 -- 0Huibert Kwakernaak. Special issue on robust control
5 -- 6B. R. Barmish, J. E. Ackermann. In memoriam: Kehui Wei (1946-1992)
7 -- 12Taro Tsujino, Takao Fujii, Kehui Wei. On the connection between controllability and stabilizability of linear systems with structural uncertain parameters
13 -- 35B. R. Barmish, H. I. Kang. ,
37 -- 56Munther A. Dahleh, Mustafa H. Khammash. Controller design for plants with structured uncertainty
57 -- 70Isaac Kaminer, Pramod P. Khargonekar, Mario A. Rotea. ,
71 -- 109Andrew Packard, J. Doyle. The complex structured singular value
111 -- 127R. Y. Chiang, Michael G. Safonov, K. Haiges, K. Madden, J. Tekawy. ,
129 -- 145Sanjay Garg. ,
147 -- 156Mario Milanese, G. Fiorio, Stefano Malan. Robust performances control design for a high accuracy calibration device
157 -- 168David J. N. Limebeer, E. M. Kasenally, J. D. Perkins. On the design of robust two degree of freedom controllers
169 -- 179Osvaldo Maria Grasselli, Sauro Longhi, Antonio Tornambè. ,
181 -- 189Riccardo Marino, Patrizio Tomei. ,
191 -- 200Jeff S. Shamma, Rongze Zhao. ,
201 -- 213P. Dorato, Roberto Tempo, Giovanni Muscato. Bibliography on robust control
215 -- 217Dieter Kaesbauer. On robust stability of polynomials with polynomial parameter dependency: solTwo/three parameter cases
219 -- 224J. L. Lin, Ian Postlethwaite, Da-Wei Gu. μ-K iteration: A new algorithm for μ-synthesis
225 -- 228P. L. D. Peres, José Claudio Geromel. ,
229 -- 236Laura Ryan Ray, Robert F. Stengel. A monte carlo approach to the analysis of control system robustness
237 -- 240R. K. Yedavalli. Robust root clustering for linear uncertain systems using generalized lyapunov theory
241 -- 244Ezra Zeheb. Necessary and sufficient conditions for robust stability of discrete systems with coefficients depending continuously on two interval parameters