New Trends in Systems Theory: Proceedings of the Università di Genova-The Ohio State University Joint Conference, July 9–11, 1990 (Progress in Systems and Control Theory, 7)

The University of Genoa - Ohio State University Joint Conference on New Trends in Systems Theory was held at the Badia di S. Andrea in Genoa on July 9-11, 1990. This Proceedings volume contains articles based on two of the three Plenary talks and most of the shorter presentations. The papers are arranged by author, and no attempt has been made to organize them by topic. We would like to thank the members of the Scientific Committee and of the Program Committee, the speakers and authors, and everyone who attended the conference. Approximately 120 researchers and students from all over the world visited Genoa for the meeting, representing a wide spectrum of areas in pure and applied control and systems theory. The success of the conference depended on their high level of scientific and engineering expertise, not to mention their enthusiasm. The Conference on New Trends in Systems Theory would not have been possible without the help of a great many institutions and people. We would like to thank the University of Genoa, particularly Professor Enrico Beltrametti, and the Ohio State University's Columbian Quincentenary Committee led by Professor Christian Zacher, for encouragement and financial assistance. The University of Genoa Mathematics Department and Communication, Computer and System Sciences Department supplied assistance and technical help. The staff of the Consorzio Genova Ricerche, particularly Ms. Piera Ponta and Ms. Camilla Marconi, worked diligently over many months and especially during the conference itself to insure a smooth and enjoyable meeting. Content: Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Parametric Stability....Pages 1-20 Asymptotic Tracking and Disturbance Rejection in Nonlinear Systems....Pages 21-34 Bifurcation Control of Nonlinear Systems....Pages 35-41 New Results in the Stability Analysis of Two-Dimensional Systems....Pages 42-49 Stability and Convergence Properties of a Learning Technique for the Control of Robotic Systems....Pages 50-56 The Use of Neural Networks in the Solution of Dynamic Routing Problems....Pages 57-64 Multivariable Robust Control of a Power Plant Drum Level....Pages 65-72 Instrumental Variables Estimators for State Space Models of Time Series....Pages 73-80 Transfer Functions with a Given Local Zero-Pole Structure....Pages 81-88 A Simplified Direct Approach to the Problem of Adaptive Pole Assignment....Pages 89-96 Control of Deterministically Uncertain Systems....Pages 97-104 The Auction Algorithm for Assignment and Other Network Flow Problems....Pages 105-112 A Note on the Reachable Sets of Control Systems....Pages 113-119 Realization and partial realization of 2D input/output maps....Pages 120-127 On The Dynamics of Rotating Elastic Beams....Pages 128-135 “Advanced Control of Continuous Processes: Products and Development Trends in Bailey — Esacontrol”....Pages 136-146 Using the Recurrent AIM Inequalities Method for Adaptive Control of Nonminimumphase Systems....Pages 147-154 Time Optimality of Singular Trajectories and Feedback Equivalence....Pages 155-162 Nonprobabilistic Filtering....Pages 163-169 A Gradient Flow for the Assignment Problem....Pages 170-177 Robot Control Via Robust State Estimate Feedback....Pages 178-185 Development and Theoretical Analysis of Direct Variational Adaptive Control Schemes....Pages 186-193 Lyapunov Functions for “Attractive” Discrete Time Boolean Dynamical Systems....Pages 194-201 Unmodeled Dynamics in Adaptive Control Systems Revisited....Pages 202-209 A Computational Lemma in the Module Theory of Linear Systems....Pages 210-217 On the Global Tracking Problem for Nonlinear Systems....Pages 218-224 Nonlinear Regulation of End-Effector Motion for a Flexible Robot Arm....Pages 225-228 Robot Motion Planning Using Vortex Fields....Pages 229-236 Stable Block Decoupling Invariants Geometric and Transfer Matrix Characterizations....Pages 237-244 On the internal model principle....Pages 245-252 Scaled Gradient Projection Methods for Optimal Control Problems and Other Structured Nonlinear Programs....Pages 253-260 L-Q-R Approach to a Class of Non Well Posed Parabolic Systems....Pages 261-267 Some Results on Attractivity Properties for Nonautonomous Nonlinear Systems....Pages 268-275 Continuous Output Dead-Beat Control of Multivariable Multirate Sampled-Data Systems....Pages 276-283 Robust Linear Multivariable Regulators under Perturbations of Physical Parameters....Pages 284-291 Interconnected Zero Dynamics in Nonlinear Systems and their Role in Dynamic Noninteracting Control with Stability....Pages 292-299 A New Methodology for Adaptive pH Control....Pages 300-307 Some Results about Nonlinear Systems Equivalence for the Observer Synthesis....Pages 308-315 On Systems Equivalence and Observer Synthesis....Pages 316-323 Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Adaptive Stabilization....Pages 324-331 Adaptive Synchronization of Interconnected Linear Systems....Pages 332-339 On the PLS Criterion for Order Estimation of ARMA Processes with AML and a Posteriori Prediction Error....Pages 340-347 Strongly Consistent Estimation of the Order of Stochastic Control Systems with Correlated Noise....Pages 348-354 Stabilization Via Optimization....Pages 355-362 The Orbit Closure Problem for Matrix Pencils: Neccessary Conditions and an Application to High Gain Feedback....Pages 363-370 On the robustness of stable discrete time linear systems....Pages 371-378 Evaluation transform and its implementation in MACSYMA....Pages 379-385 The Use of Model Reduction via Balanced Realizations in the Description of Ship Motion....Pages 386-392 Asymptotic Tracking with Stability in The Large for a Planar Nonlinear System....Pages 393-400 A Unified Study of the Fixed Modes of Systems Decoupled via Regular Static State Feedback....Pages 401-408 Stability of Asynchronous Systems and Nonsymmetric Neural Networks....Pages 409-416 Solving Initial and Two-Point Boundary Non-Monic Second Order Difference Matrix Problems without Increasing the Data Dimension....Pages 417-424 Equivalence and Similarity for Singular 2-D Linear Systems....Pages 425-432 Imposition of Kinematic Constraints for Robotic Stability and Support....Pages 433-440 Homogeneous Feedback Stabilization....Pages 441-447 Distributed Computing for Basis Weight Control in Paper Production....Pages 448-455 A Note on Hankel Operators for Infinite Dimensional Systems....Pages 456-463 Boundary Control of Parabolic Delay System....Pages 464-471 New Approximants for Nonlinear Functional Expansions....Pages 472-480 Split Stability-Test Algorithms: A Comparative Analysis....Pages 481-488 Nash and Stackelberg Equilibrium Points in Constrained Minimization and Games....Pages 489-496 Bernstein Polynomials For Robustness Analysis of Perturbed Control Systems....Pages 497-504 Innovative Technical Applications and Experiences in Ansaldo Ricerche — New Technology Division of Ansaldo Group....Pages 505-512 Control of Robots by Dynamic Position Feedback....Pages 513-520 Bilinear Models in Parameter Estimation and Control of Flexible Robot arms....Pages 521-529 On Global Stabilization of Cascaded Nonlinear Systems....Pages 530-537 Feedback Control and Hierarchical Modeling of Discrete-Event Dynamic Systems....Pages 538-545 “On the Optimal Control, Relaxation and Variational Stability of Nonlinear Distributed Parameter Systems”....Pages 546-553 A Non-linear Adaptive Control Algorithm Based on System Flow Approximations....Pages 554-559 The Disturbance Decoupling Problem for Systems Over a Principal Ideal Domain....Pages 560-567 A Method of Centers Based on Barrier Functions for Solving Optimal Control Problems with Continuum State and Control Constraints....Pages 568-575 Partial Differential Control Theory and Causality....Pages 576-582 Optimal impulsive controls with a constraint on the total variation....Pages 583-590 Minimal Testing Sets: A Generalization of Kharitonov’s Theorem....Pages 591-598 Almost Input-Output Decoupling with Stability....Pages 599-605 Representation of noncausal 2D systems....Pages 606-613 Dependence on Time Derivatives of the Input in the Nonlinear Controller Canonical Form....Pages 614-621 ELSAG’s Research on Innovative Elements for the Automation of Complex Systems....Pages 622-629 Module Theoretic Results For Feedback System Matrices....Pages 630-635 2-D Kalman-Bucy Filtering Problem: 2-D Polynomial Approach....Pages 636-643 Controllability and Graphs....Pages 644-651 On Sampled Control with Distributed Processing....Pages 652-659 Input/Output and State-Space Stability....Pages 660-667 Further Results on the State and Output Stabilization....Pages 668-675 Dissipative Dynamical Systems: A Behavioral Approach....Pages 676-683 Global Observability Indices: A Provisional Study....Pages 684-691 Back Matter....Pages 692-699 ....Pages 700-706