New Trends in Systems Analysis : International Symposium, Versailles, December 13-17, 1976 IRIA LABORIA Institut de Recherche d'Informatique et d'Automatique Rocquencourt - France

Optimal exploitation of a spatially distributed fishery....Pages 1-18 Distributed-parameter nuclear reactor optimal control....Pages 19-48 On a class of optimization problems involving domain variations....Pages 49-60 Parameter estimation in distributed chemical systems....Pages 61-76 On-line estimation and identification of a nonlinear, distributed-parameter process: The dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to form styrene in a tubular, fixed-bed, catalytic reactor....Pages 77-92 Some problem arising in distributed parameter reactor systems....Pages 93-101 Likelihood ratios for time-continuous data models: The white noise approach....Pages 102-110 Estimates for sequences biorthogonal to certain complex exponentials and boundary control of the wave equation....Pages 111-124 The application of distributed parameter state estimation theory to a metallurgical casting operation....Pages 125-144 Boucle ouverte et boucle fermee adaptee pour les systemes distribues, un exemple d'application a la commande en temps reel d'un processus....Pages 145-163 Control of industrial robots by means of microprocessors....Pages 165-185 Categorization and status of assembly research....Pages 186-208 Tactile imaging for component recognition....Pages 209-231 Design and analysis of mass production of automotive parts....Pages 232-261 Macro-economic models, differential topology and energy strategies....Pages 263-289 Systems aspects of large-scale solar energy conversion....Pages 290-316 Analyse de systemes et problemes poses par l'energie solaire....Pages 317-330 Resilience and its application to energy systems (condensed version)....Pages 331-333 Stochastic modeling of natural resource discovery — The case of oil and gas....Pages 334-351 Optimisation du champ de miroirs d'une centrale solaire a concentration Ponctuelle....Pages 352-356 Application of control theory to population policy....Pages 357-378 Some aspects on the control of large tankers....Pages 379-399 System theory and some of its applications in ecology, water resources and energy....Pages 400-419 Control systems with delays: Areas of applications and present status of the linear theory....Pages 420-437 Applications de la Theorie du Controle dans les Acieries....Pages 438-447 Multilevel structures for control systems....Pages 448-473 An application of optimization methods to spatial control of nuclear reactor cores....Pages 474-498 Free boundary problems in optimal control....Pages 499-507 A selection problem associated to a renewal process....Pages 508-515 Existence and uniqueness of stationary distributions in a model of roll-back recovery....Pages 516-529 Some application of control and system theory in a model of dynamic open economy....Pages 531-546 Systemes cybernetiques et Problemes de la gestion des processus economiques....Pages 547-575 L'Application du controle aux modeles Macroeconomiques Francais : Experiences et perspectives d'avenir....Pages 576-590 An experiment on controlling a national economy....Pages 591-611 Time-varying models in econometrics: Identifiability and estimation....Pages 612-625 Methodes d'optimisation adaptees aux Modeles Macroeconomiques....Pages 626-635 A decision making model for environmental management systems....Pages 637-656 Integrated model for predicting the regional pollution for the local governments....Pages 657-668 Environmental potential survey by remote sensing....Pages 669-697 Long term policy assessment of energy/environment futures: A systems approach....Pages 698-727 A mathematical model for finding compromises for siting of industrial plants....Pages 728-744 On temporal and spatial structure in model systems and application to ecological patchiness....Pages 745-756 On the origin of spatial structure and temporal oscillation in chemical model systems....Pages 757-759