Advances in control theory and applications [proceedings of the special scientific meeting, Bertinoro, Italy, May 22-26, 2006

This volume is the outcome of the first CASY workshop on "Advances in Control Theory and Applications" which was held at University of Bologna on May 22-26, 2006. It consists of selected contributions by some of the invited speakers and contains recent results in control. The volume is intended for engineers, researchers, and students in control engineering. Thisvolumecanbeconsideredadirectoutcomeofthespecialscienti?c"meeti- in-the-fortress"on "Advances in ControlTheoryand Applications" organizedin Bertinoro, Italy, by the Centre of research on Complex Automated Systems (CASY), Department of Electronics Computer and Systems of the University of Bologna, during the week May 22-26, 2006. The inspiring idea of that wo- shop was to provide a forum for exchange of ideas between theory-oriented and application-oriented researchers working on various systems and control pr- lems. The meeting o?ered an opportunity for formal presentations of research resultsaswellasforinformaldiscussionsaboutideasandproblems, case-studies, limitations and potentials of existing and emerging theories. The main goal of the meeting was to facilitate cross-fertilization between di?erent theoretical and applicativeareas. Emphasiswasput onidenti?cationofnewtheoreticaldevel- mentsandresearchdirections, asneededbyrecentprogressesinapplicationsand problems which are still looking for a theoretical support and e?ective rigorous solutions. The technical programme consisted of twenty-?ve main lectures - livered by distinguished scholars and was complemented by a number of poster presentations prepared by post doctoral fellows and PhD students currently working at CASY. Out of the twenty?ve lectures given in Bertinoro,?fteen are reported here in written form. They are organizedas separate contributions and listed according to the alphabetic order of the?rst author, as follows. Modeling and Control of Autonomous Helicopters by Manuel Bþ ejar, Anibal Ollero, Federico Cuesta, presents an overview on the modeling and model-based control of autonomous helicopters. E?cient Quantization in the Average Consensus Problem by Ruggero Carli, Sandro Zampieri deals with the averageconsensus problem where a set of linear systemshastobe driventothesame?nalstatewhichcorrespondstothe average of their initial states Modeling And Control Of Autonomous Helicopters / Manuel Bejar, Anibal Ollero, Federico Cuesta -- Effcient Quantization In The Average Consensus Problem / Rugqero Carli, Sandro Zampieri -- Human-robot Interaction Control Using Force And Vision / Agostino De Santis [and Others] -- A Dissipation Inequality For The Minimum Phase Property Of Nonlinear Control Systems / Christian Ebenbauer, Frank Allgöwer -- Input Disturbance Suppression For Port-hamiltonian Systems : An Internal Model Approach / Luca Gentili, Andrea Paoli, Claudio Bonivento -- A Systems Theory View Of Petri Nets / Alessandro Giua, Carla Seatzu -- Wireless Sensing With Power Constraints / Orhan C. Imer, Tamer Basar -- The Important State Coordinates Of A Nonlinear System / Arthur J. Krener -- On Decentralized And Distributed Control Of Partially-observed Discrete Event Systems Regulators / Lorenzo Martconi, Albert Isidori -- Controller Design Through Random Sampling : An Example / Maria Prandini, Marco C. Campi, Simone Garatti -- Digital Control Of High Performance Power Supplies For A Synchrotron Light Source / Carlo Rossi, Andrea Tilli, Manuel Toniato -- Distributed Pchd-systems, From The L Umped To The Distributed Parameter Case / Kurt Schlacher -- Observability And The Design Of Fault Tolerant Estimation : Using Structural Analysis / Marcel Starosecki -- Robust Hybrid Control Systems : An Overview Of Some Recent Results / Andrew R. Teel. Claudio Bonivento ... [et Al.] (eds.). This Volume Can Be Considered A Direct Outcome Of The Special Scientific 'meeting-in-the-fortress' ... Organized In Bertinoro, Italy ... During The Week May 22-28, 2006--p. V. Includes Bibliographical References.