Journal: Automatica

Volume 5, Issue 6

695 -- 696George S. Axelby. About this and future issues
697 -- 703R. Oldenburger. IFAC, from idea to birth
705 -- 720L. E. Jones III, K. S. Fu. On the selection of a subgoal and the use of a priori information in learning control systems
721 -- 730J. Spruce Riordon. An adaptive automaton controller for discrete-time markov processes
731 -- 739Gunter Stein, George N. Saridis. A parameter-adaptive control technique
741 -- 754Adel H. Eltimsahy, Louis F. Kazda. An optimal gas-fired heating system
755 -- 756David P. Lindorff. Relay control of systems with parameter uncertainties and disturbances
763 -- 772Ronald G. Sea, André G. Vacroux. Steady state analysis of non-linear systems and multiple input describing functions (M.I.D.F.)
773 -- 779Peddapullaiah Sannuti, Petar V. Kokotovic. Singular perturbation method for near optimum design of high-order non-linear systems
781 -- 789William L. Garrard, L. G. Clark. On the synthesis of suboptimal, inertia-wheel attitude control systems
791 -- 799Edward J. Davison. A nonminimum phase index and its application to interacting multivariable control systems
801 -- 810L. K. Nenonen, Bernard Pagurek. Conjugate gradient optimization applied to a copper converter model
811 -- 816Douglas F. Elliott, David D. Sworder. A variable metric technique for parameter optimization
817 -- 829A. V. Balakrishnan, Václav Peterka. Identification in automatic control systems
831 -- 843John Hugh Westcott. Numerical computational methods of optimisation in control
845 -- 854Theodore J. Williams. Interface requirements, transducers and computers for on-line systems: Survey on digital computers in control fourth congress - International federation of automatic control Warsaw, Poland - June 16-20, 1969
855 -- 857F. T. Man. On the optimal linear regulator problem with control energy constraint
857 -- 858John B. Moore. A note on a singular optimal control problem

Volume 5, Issue 5

539 -- 540George S. Axelby. About this and future issues
541 -- 547Pawel J. Nowacki. The importance of automatic control
549 -- 550Brian D. O. Anderson. IFAC symposium on system dynamics and automatic control in basic industries
551 -- 561Antti J. Niemi, U. Paakkinen. Simulation and control of flotation circuits
563 -- 564L. K. Dodgson. Application of automatic control to a large coal dredger
577 -- 587R. Medding. Simulation and design of the control system for a 1200 ton coal dredger
589 -- 606Michael A. Arbib, H. Paul Zeiger. On the relevance of abstract algebra to control theory
607 -- 614Elijah Polak. On the removal of ill conditioning effects in the computation of optimal controls
615 -- 622D. F. Wilkie, William R. Perkins. Design of model following systems using the companion transformation
623 -- 632M. B. Priestley. Estimation of transfer functions in closed loop stochastic systems
633 -- 636S. J. Lawrence, H. S. Spacil, D. L. Schroeder. The solid electrolyte oxygen sensor theory and applications
645 -- 654William D. O'Neill. An interacting control systems analysis of the human lens accommodative controller
655 -- 676L. Stark. The pupillary control system: Its non-linear adaptive and stochastic engineering design characteristics
677 -- 683V. Broida. The determination of large time-constants by step-response extrapolation
685 -- 686W. Oppelt. Committee on education
685 -- 0U. A. Luoto, A. Niemi. Committee on applications
685 -- 0J. L. Shearer. Committee on components
686 -- 0H. L. Mason, N. D. Naplatanoff. Committee on terminology
686 -- 687John Hugh Westcott. Committee on control theory
686 -- 0Harold Chestnut, I. M. Makarov, A. Nomoto, L. K. Kirchmayer. Committee on systems engineering
686 -- 0J. A. Aseltine. Committee on space

Volume 5, Issue 4

401 -- 404Rajko Tomovic. On man - Machine control
405 -- 0George S. Axelby. About this and future issues
407 -- 416F. A. Roberge. Paradoxical inhibition: A negative feedback principle in oscillatory systems
417 -- 419Patrick C. Parks. Watch on the rhine
421 -- 432Heinz Unbehauen. The load dependent multivariable steam temperature control system in a boiler
433 -- 444J. D. Gifford, J. R. Leigh. Design of a control system for a hot strip finishing mill
449 -- 463Patrick C. Parks, M. R. Miller. Results of some studies of p.c.m. network synchronisation systems
465 -- 473S. Partovi, Nasser E. Nahi. Absolute stability of dynamic system containing non-linear functions of several state variables
475 -- 485Andrew H. Jazwinski. Adaptive filtering
487 -- 496Richard P. Wishner, John A. Tabaczynski, Michael Athans. A comparison of three non-linear filters
497 -- 506Magne Fjeld. Optimal control of multivariable periodic processes
507 -- 512Hans S. Witsenhausen. Inequalities for the performance of suboptimal uncertain systems
513 -- 517Stanoje P. Bingulac. On the role of orthonormality of sensitivity functions in parameter optimization problems
519 -- 527Sherwin T. Nugent, R. J. Kavanagh. Self and forced oscillations in multivariable relay control systems

Volume 5, Issue 3

251 -- 256Peter Dorato, Petar V. Kokotovic, Huibert Kwakernaak. Report on the second IFAC symposium on system sensitivity and adaptivity
257 -- 263N. Harris McClamroch, Lyle G. Clark, Jake K. Aggarwal. Sensitivity of linear control systems to large parameter variations
265 -- 273L. Shaw, P. Chalon. An expansion for evaluating sensitivity to a random parameter
275 -- 278E. P. Maslov, A. M. Petrovsky. Sensitivity of linear systems with respect to random disturbances
279 -- 285Huibert Kwakernaak. Optimal low-sensitivity linear feedback systems
287 -- 295B. Drazenovic. The invariance conditions in variable structure systems
297 -- 301Guido O. Guardabassi, Arturo F. Locatelli, Sergio Rinaldi. Structural uncontrollability of sensitivity systems
303 -- 317Igor Gumowski, Christian Mira. Sensitivity problems related to certain bifurcations in non-linear recurrence relations
319 -- 333M. J. Shah, A. J. Weisenfelder. Control and optimization of a large ammonia plant with a digital computer
335 -- 346Edward J. Davison, R. W. Goldberg. A design technique for the incomplete state feedback problem in multivariable control systems
347 -- 355V. K. Chichinadze. The Ψ-transform for solving linear and non-linear programming problems
357 -- 367J. F. Baldwin, J. H. Sims Williams. The use of a method of perturbations in the synthesis of closed-loop optimal control laws for non-linear systems
369 -- 383Laurence R. Young. The current status of vestibular system models
385 -- 387Dragoslav D. Siljak. Parameter analysis of absolute stability
389 -- 394Yoshikazu Sawaragi, Koichi Inoue, K. Asai. Synthesis of open-loop optimal control with zero sensitive terminal constraints

Volume 5, Issue 2

127 -- 128George S. Axelby. Improving IFAC symposia
129 -- 130George S. Axelby. About this and future issues
131 -- 134H. A. Spang III. A look at the IFAC/IFIP toronto symposium on "Digital control of large industrial systems"
135 -- 136W. Schäfer. Quality control of large limestone quarries and kilns
145 -- 149Theodore J. Williams. The IFAC optimal systems planning symposium
151 -- 157R. W. House, John N. Warfield. What is system planning?
159 -- 165O. I. Aven, A. J. Lerner, I. M. Makarov. Principles of optimum planning and regulating the metal supply system in the soviet union
167 -- 173Bernard Yaged Jr.. Traffic flow information for minimum cost routing procedures
175 -- 181Jun'ichi Toyoda, N. Toriumi, Y. Inoue. An adaptive predictor of river flow for on line control of water resource systems
183 -- 190H. W. Smith. Dynamic control of a two-stand cold mill
191 -- 197D. F. Wilkie, William R. Perkins. Essential parameters in sensitivity analysis
199 -- 208A. F. Konar, Stephen J. Kahne, L. A. Christie. Sensitivity aspects of linear digital control systems
209 -- 230W. K. Roots, I. Wilenitz. A survey of temperature control in electrically-heated homes
231 -- 233Charles A. Desoer, M. Y. Wu. Stability of a nonlinear time-invariant feedback system under almost constant inputs
235 -- 238C. F. Long, James D. Schoeffler. Dynamic scheduling in the process industries by predictive control
239 -- 240Thomas W. Calvert. Recognizing patterns: Studies in living and automatic systems: Paul A. Kolers and Murray Eden (editors) M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass. (1968)

Volume 5, Issue 1

1 -- 2George S. Axelby. The IFAC journal - A new Automatica
3 -- 4Pawel J. Nowacki. A message from the president of IFAC
5 -- 6John F. Coales. The birth of an IFAC journal
7 -- 8Alexander M. Letov, William E. Miller. A message to readers of the journal
9 -- 10Harold Chestnut. Comments from the Automatica editorial board
11 -- 12George S. Axelby. About this and future issues
13 -- 14A. Niemi. IFAC symposium in Israel
15 -- 26Robert E. Larson, William G. Keckler. Applications of dynamic programming to the control of water resource systems
27 -- 34Oded Levin. Optimal control of a storage reservoir during a flood season
35 -- 36József Hatvany. The April 1968 international symposium on pulse-rate and pulse-number signals in automatic control
37 -- 40Brian R. Gaines, Raymond A. Shemer. Fitting control mathematics to control hardware: An aspect of the 1968 IFAC pulse-symposium
41 -- 49József Hatvany. The DDA integrator as the iterative module of a variable structure process control computer
51 -- 58C. S. Elsden, A. J. Ley. A digital transfer function analyser based on pulse rate techniques
61 -- 65T. Roland Fredriksen. The closed-loop step motor: An ideal actuator for process control
67 -- 75T. H. Thomas, M. T. G. Hughes. Performance of a digital two-term controller
77 -- 82L. Ladányi. A complex controller using digital-operational techniques
85 -- 93Robert A. Singer. Selecting state variables to minimize eigenvalue sensitivity of multivariable systems
95 -- 112Frank Kozin. A survey of stability of stochastic systems
113 -- 118W. Murray Wonham. Optimal stochastic control
119 -- 0G. R. Buis. Some iterative solutions in optimal control: John B. Blant: MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. (1968)
120 -- 121Michael D. Ciletti. Applications of optimal control theory to computer controller design: William S. Widnall: M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, Mass. Research monograph no. 48. (1968), 210 pp