Topics in Control and Its Applications : A Tribute to Edward J. Davison

by Davison, Edward J.; Miller, Daniel E.; Qiu, Li

• ISBN13: 9781852331504
• ISBN10: 185233150X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book comprises the proceedings of the Recent Developments in Control Theory and Applications workshop held in Toronto, Canada, 29th-30th June 1998 in honor of the 60th birthday of E.J. Davison. While the scope of the workshop was quite broad, the main theme was robust control, decentralized control and applications. Some topics include: - robust control for car steering - flow control for networks - fault diagnosis in discrete event systems. With contributions from distinguished authors of international repute, the material presented here focuses upon new findings in the field of control including interesting applications. As well as being informative, it is a useful tool for practitioners of systems and control to ascertain new developments in the field.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Biography	ix
Edward J. Davison
Robust Control for Car Steering	1	(16)
Jurgen Ackermann
Radial and Uniform Distributions in Vector and Matrix Spaces for Probabilistic Robustness	17	(16)
Giuseppe Calafiore
Fabrizio Dabbene
Roberto Tempo
Decentralized Reliable Control for Large-Scale Systems	33	(34)
Zhengfang Chen
Timothy Chang
A Novel Approach to Vibration Reduction in Flexible Belt Drives	67	(14)
Robert B. Gorbet
Scott A. Bortoff
Fault Diagnosis in Finite-State Automata and Timed Discrete-Event Systems	81	(26)
Shahin Hashtrudi Zad
Raymond H. Kwong
W. Murray Wonham
On the Stability of Control Systems Having Clegg Integrators	107	(10)
Hanzhong Hu
Yuan Zheng
Christopher V. Hollot
Yossi Chait
Constructive Solutions to a Decentralized Team Problem with Application in Flow Control for Networks	117	(26)
Orhan Cagri Imer
Tamer Basar
Solution of a Wavelet Crime	143	(14)
Pu Qian
Bruce A. Francis
Interior and Non-Interior Point Algorithms for Nonlinear Programming	157	(14)
Victor H. Quintana
Geraldo L. Torres
Decentralized Control of Uncertain Systems via Sensitivity Models	171	(18)
Dave A. Schoenwald
Umit Ozguner
Dynamic Modeling of Airborne Gas Turbine Engines	189	(18)
Ady Solomon
Properties of Linear Discrete-Time System in Terms of Its Singular Value Decomposition	207
Shih-Ho Wang