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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1 Optimal and Suboptimal Smoothing Algorithms for Identification of Time-Varying Systems with Randomly Drifting Parameters............................................................................................................................................................................................ 1Maciej Niedzwiecki

Semi-Physical Neural Network Model in Detecting Engine Transient Faults Using the Local Approach .............................................. 7Xun Wang, Neil McDowell, Uwe Kruger, Geoffrey McCullough, George W. Irwin

Transparent Bilateral Control Architecture by State Convergence for Telerobotics .............................................................................. 12Jose M. Azorin, Rafael Aracil, Jose M. Sabater, Carlos Perez, Nicolas M. Garcia

Frequency Domain Approach to Computing Loop Phase Margins of Multivariable Systems ............................................................... 18Zhen Ye, Qing-Guo Wang, Chang Chieh Hang, Yu Zhang, Yong Zhang

Guaranteed Dominant Pole Placement with PID Controllers..................................................................................................................... 23Qing-Guo Wang, Zhiping Zhang, Karl J. Astrom, Yu Zhang, Yong Zhang

Neuro Sliding-Mode Control of Engine Torque ........................................................................................................................................... 27Ting Huang, Derong Liu, Hossein Javaherian, Ning Jin

Tuning of PID-Controller Based on the External Disturbance Spectrum ................................................................................................. 33Andrey Torgashov

Extended Moore-Spence Equations Based Reduced Method for Computing Bifurcation Points of Power System Model ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39

Yichun An, Qingling Zhang, Qin Li, Daqing Zhang, Xiao-Dong Duan, Meng Zheng

How Topology Affects Security: An Upper Bound of Electric Power Network Security ........................................................................ 45Qing-Shan Jia, Qianchuan Zhao

On the Use of Sparse Representations in the Identification of Line Spectra. ............................................................................................ 51Jean Jacques Fuchs

Stabilizing Multimachine Systems with Decentralized and Nonlinear Feedbacks ................................................................................... 56Jun Zhou, Yasuharu Ohsawa

Control Problems in Antiangiogenic Therapy - Comparison of Six Models ............................................................................................. 62Andrzej Swierniak

A Sparse Representation Criterion: Recovery Conditions and Implementation Issues........................................................................... 68Jean Jacques Fuchs

Control of a Five-Degrees-Of-Freedom Nanopositioner .............................................................................................................................. 73Jing-Chung Shen

Adaptive Vision-Based Controller for Small Rotorcraft UAVs Control and Guidance .......................................................................... 79Farid Kendoul, Isabelle Fantoni, Rogelio Lozano

Constrained Controllability of Second Order Semilinear Systems ............................................................................................................ 85Jerzy Klamka

Control System Design for a New Servo Press .............................................................................................................................................. 91Wai Keung Yeung, Jian Ping Li, Kai He, Yuanxin Luo, Ching Tom Kong, Ruxu Du

Global Discrete Time Stabilization of the PVTOL Aircraft Based on Fast Predictive Control .............................................................. 97Ahmed Chemori, Nicolas Marchand

An Improved Algorithm for the Design of Testable Subsystems ..............................................................................................................103Stephane Ploix, Abed Alrahim Yassine, Jean-Marie Flaus

Structural Approach for Sensor Placement with Diagnosability Purpose...............................................................................................109Abed Alrahim Yassine, Stephane Ploix, Jean-Marie Flaus

Testing the Covariance Matrix of the Innovation Sequence in Application to Aircraft Sensor Fault Detection ................................115Chingiz Hajiyev

On the Estimation of Atmospheric Turbulence Layers .............................................................................................................................121Alessandro Beghi, Angelo Cenedese, Andrea Masiero

Non-Parametric Adaptive Estimation of a Multivariate Density..............................................................................................................127Vyacheslav Vasiliev

Adaptive Sliding Mode Attitude and Vibration Control of Flexible Spacecraft under Unknown Disturbance and Uncertainty......................................................................................................................................................................................................133

Qinglei Hu

A Discrete-Time Adaptive ILC for Systems with Random Initial Condition and Iteration-Varying Trajectory...............................139Ronghu Chi, Shulin Sui, Lei Yu

Detection of Critical Driving Situations Using Phase Plane Method for Vehicle Lateral Dynamics Control by Rear Wheel Steering ................................................................................................................................................................................................145

Anne Von Vietinghoff, Haiyan Lu, Uwe Kiencke

Asymptotic Stability of Hierarchical Inner-Outer Loop-Based Flight Controllers ................................................................................151Farid Kendoul, Isabelle Fantoni, Rogelio Lozano

PID Controllers for Robots Equipped with Brushed DC-Motors Revisited............................................................................................157Victor M. Hernandez-Guzman, Victor Santibanez, Roberto Valentin Carrillo-Serrano

Design of Piecewise Linear LQ Control for Linear Systems with Rate Saturations Using LMI Optimization...................................163Noriyuki Akasaka

LMI Based Stabilization of a Class of Switching LPV Systems ................................................................................................................169L. Jetto, Valentina Orsini

Sampled-Data Networked Control Systems with Random Time Delay ...................................................................................................175Chih-Chung Chen, Sandra Hirche, Martin Buss

A Dual Mode MPC Scheme for Nonlinear Processes .................................................................................................................................181Luisa Paulina Gutierrez, Darci Odloak, Oscar Sotomayor, Hernan Alvarez

Fast and Accurate Modeling of Distributed RLC Interconnect and Transmission Line in Time and Frequency Domains ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................187

Sheng-Guo Wang, Ben Wang

On the Completeness Problem for Fractional Rationals with Incommensurable Differentiation Orders...........................................193Huseyin Akcay, Rachid Malti

Affine Parameterization of Cascade Control with Time Delays ...............................................................................................................198Pavel Zitek, Vladimir Kucera, Tomas Vyhlidal

Robust H-Infinity Control for Neutral Uncertain Switched Nonlinear Systems using Multiple Lyapunov Functions......................204Li-Li Li, Georgi Marko Dimirovski, Jun Zhao

Spatial Periodic Adaptive Control for Rotary Machine Systems .............................................................................................................210Jian-Xin Xu, Deqing Huang

Personalized Use Models in Ambient Intelligence Environments.............................................................................................................216Daniel Gorlich, Nancy Thiels, Gerrit Meixner

Least Restrictive Move-blocking Model Predictive Control......................................................................................................................222Ravi Gondhalekar, Jun-Ichi Imura

Using the Unscented Kalman Filter and a Non-Linear Two-Track Model for Vehicle State Estimation............................................228Konrad Reif, Kerstin Renner, Martin Saeger

Wind Evaluation Breadboard Control Architecture, Dynamic Model and Performance .....................................................................234Teodora Aleida Viera Curbelo, Pablo Zuluaga, Marcos Reyes, Miguel Nunez, Fco. Javier Castro Lopez-Tarruella

Strong Practical Stability and Stabilization of Uncertain Discrete Linear Repetitive Processes ..........................................................240Pawel Dabkowski, Krzysztof Galkowski, Eric Rogers, Anton Kummert

H2 and H Infinity Filtering of Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems through Linear Matrix Inequalities ...........................246A. R. Fioravanti, Alim P. C. Goncalves, Jose C. Geromel

Identifiability of Variable Coefficients for Vibrating Systems by Boundary Control and Observation in Finite Time Duration.................................................................................................................................................................................................252

Bao-Zhu Guo, Jin-De Chang

A Fix-Up for the EKF Parameter Estimator ...............................................................................................................................................258Don Wiberg, Sewon Oh, Jung Su Youn, Luke Johnson, Suk Kyo Hong

Applications of Random Parameter Matrices Kalman Filtering in Uncertain Observation and Multi-Model Systems.............................................................................................................................................................................................................264

Dandan Luo, Yunmin Zhu

Robust Decentralized Data Fusion Based on Internal Ellipsoid Approximation....................................................................................270Yan Zhou, Jianxun Li

Optimal Hierarchies in Firms: A Theoretical Model .................................................................................................................................276Mikhail Goubko, Sergey Mishin

On-Line Estimation of Wind Turbine Power Coefficients Using Unknown Input Observers ..............................................................282Peter Fogh Odgaard, Rasmus Nielsen, Chris Damgaard

Development and Application of an Integrated MPC Technology ...........................................................................................................288Yucai Zhu, Zuhua Xu, Jun Zhao, Kai Han, Jixin Qian, Weixin Li

Team Building under Pareto Uncertainty ...................................................................................................................................................294Dmitry Novikov

An Order-Based Approach to Mission-Oriented Autonomous Robot Control: Managing Complexity, Merging Multiple Plans, and Performance Analysis Given Partial Probabilistic Information ............................................................................300

Keyong Li, Raffaello D'Andrea

Asymptotic Sensitivity Properties of Davison Type Integral Controllers for Time-Delay Plants .........................................................306Tadashi Ishihara, Liang An Zheng, Hai-Jiao Guo

Development of a Flexible and Agile Multi-Robot Manufacturing System .............................................................................................312Satoshi Hoshino, Hiroya Seki, Yuji Naka

Recursive Identification of EIV ARMA Processes .....................................................................................................................................318Han Fu Chen

The Fault-Tolerant Extension of System Area Networks of Multiprocessor System .............................................................................324Viktor Podlazov, Artem Nikolaev

Adaptive Observer Design for Chaotic Duffing System.............................................................................................................................330Alexey Bobtsov, Anton Pyrkin, Olga Slita, Nikolay Nikolaev

Unmanned Marine Vehicles at CNR-ISSIA ................................................................................................................................................336Massimo Caccia

Trajectory Stabilization of Wheeled System ...............................................................................................................................................342Vladimir Matiukhin

Intelligent Control Via New Efficient Logics ..............................................................................................................................................348Stanislav Vassilyev, Artem Davydov

Robust Control for Output Voltage across Load of DC-DC Converter Matching with Remote Sensing ............................................354Eiji Takegami, Kohji Higuchi, Kazushi Nakano, Tatsuyoshi Kajikawa

Disturbance Rejection Control in Coordinated Systems ...........................................................................................................................360Keunmo Kang, David Zhang, Robert Bitmead

Model Bridge Control-Multi-Degree of Freedom Design for High Robustness and High Performances ............................................366Keiji Watanabe, Rui Wang

Use of the Group Operations, Fractal Channels and Switching of Consecutive Channels in the Multiprocessing Control Systems ..............................................................................................................................................................................................372

Gennady Stetsjura, Mikhail Karavay

Hybrid Model Predictive Control Applied to Switching Control of Burner Load for a Compact Marine Boiler Design...............................................................................................................................................................................................................377

Brian Solberg, Palle Andersen, Jan Maciejowski, Jakob Stoustrup

Fault Diagnosis in Nonlinear Systems Using Interconnected Sliding Mode Observers .........................................................................385Rahul Sharma, Mohammad Aldeen

Neo Robust Control Theory -Beyond the Small-Gain and Passivity Paradigms ....................................................................................391Kang-Zhi Liu

On-Line Fault Detection and Classification for a Compressor Process in the Oxygen Plant ................................................................398Jialin Liu, Ding-Sou Chen

Robust Real-Time Control of a Two-Rotor Aerodynamic System ...........................................................................................................404P. Hr. Petkov, Nicolai D. Christov, Mihail M. Konstantinov

Relay-Based Autotuning of PID Controller for Improved Load Disturbance Rejection .......................................................................410Tao Liu, Furong Gao

Iterative Feedforward Tuning for Residual Vibration Reduction............................................................................................................416Antonio Visioli, Aurelio Piazzi

Optimal Protraction of a Three-Joint Robot Leg .......................................................................................................................................422Mustafa Suphi Erden, Kemal Leblebicioglu

Minimum-Time Feedforward Plus PID Control for MIMO Systems ......................................................................................................430Stefano Piccagli, Antonio Visioli

Predator-Prey Dynamics Subject to a Threshold Policy with Hysteresis ................................................................................................436Magno Enrique Mendoza Meza, Amit Bhaya, Eugenius Kaszkurewicz

On Statistical Control of Stochastic Servo-Systems: Performance-Measure Statistics and State-Feedback Paradigm .........................................................................................................................................................................................................442

Khanh D. Pham

Modeling Neural Spiking Activity in the Sub-Thalamic Nucleus of Parkinson's Patients and Healthy Primates..............................449Sridevi Sarma, Ming Cheng, Rollin Hu, Ziv Williams, Emery Brown, Emad Eskandar

Iterative Learning Control of Upper Limb Reaching Using Functional Electrical Stimulation...........................................................455Christopher Thomas Freeman, Iain Davies, Paul Lewin, Eric Rogers

Algebraic Approach to the Problem of Fault Accommoation in Nonlinear Systems .............................................................................461Alexey Shumsky

An LMI Approach for Robust Stability of Genetic Networks...................................................................................................................467Graziano Chesi, Yeung Sam Hung

A Hands-On Laboratory for Introductory Automatic Control Courses .................................................................................................473Juing-Huei Su, Chyi-Shyong Lee, Cheng-Chang Hsieh, Kuo-En Lin, Jia-Hao Chang, Gu-Hong Lin

Observability of Timed Continuous Petri Nets: A Class of Hybrid Systems...........................................................................................479Cristian Mahulea, Laura Recalde, Manuel Silva

Design of Robust Delay-Dependent Guaranteed Cost Controller for Uncertain Nonlinear Neutral Systems: An LMI Descriptor Approach.............................................................................................................................................................................485

Alpaslan Parlakci

Moving Ground Target Tracking in Dense Obstacle Areas Using UAVs................................................................................................491Jongrae Kim, Yoonsoo Kim

Typical Control Curricula and Using Software for Teaching/assessment: A UK Perspective..............................................................497J. Anthony Rossiter, Damian Giaouris, Richard Mitchell, Paul McKenna

Can a Two-Link Manipulator Learn How to Write Infinity.....................................................................................................................503Basel Alali, Kentaro Hirata, Kenji Sugimoto

Nonlinear Control of Full-Vehicle Active Suspensions with Backstepping Design Scheme ..................................................................509Jia-Wei Hu, Jung-Shan Lin

Delay-Dependent Robust Control of Time-Delay Systems with Polytopic Uncertainty.........................................................................515Man Sun, Yingmin Jia, Junping Du, Shiying Yuan

Reliable and Safe Operation of Distributed Discrete-Event Controllers: A Networked Implementation with Real-Time Guarantees ............................................................................................................................................................................................521

Klaus Schmidt, Ece G. Schmidt, Jorgos-Johannes Zaddach

Compromises between Feasibility and Performance within Linear MPC...............................................................................................527Yihang Ding, J. Anthony Rossiter

Global Stabilization of Discrete-Time Chain of Integrators by Saturated Feedback.............................................................................533Bin Zhou, Guang-Ren Duan

The Servomechanism Problem for Unknown SISO Positive LTI Systems Via Tuning Regulators and Clamping............................539Bartek Roszak, Edward J. Davison

Robust Pole Placement Via Reflection Axes Polytopes ..............................................................................................................................545Ulo Nurges, Ennu Rustern

Constrained Control of a Once-Through Boiler with Recirculation ........................................................................................................551Klaus Trangbaek

Effect Output Noise in Iterative Learning Control ....................................................................................................................................557Shaojie Liu, David H. Owens

Current Output Observer for Stochastic-Parameter Models and Application to Sensor Failure ........................................................561Franck Hounkpevi, Edwin Yaz

Modeling and Identification of Electrohydraulic System and Its Application ........................................................................................567Zongyi Xing, Qiang Gao, Yingying Wu

Rejection of Persistent Bounded Disturbance for a Class of Time-Delay Systems .................................................................................573Man Sun, Yingmin Jia, Junping Du, Fashan Yu

Control of Wave Motion in the Chain of Pendulums .................................................................................................................................577Alexander L. Fradkov, Boris Andrievsky

Application of Speed-Gradient Variational Principle to Modeling Transient Processes in Thermodynamics ...................................583Alexander L. Fradkov

Adaptive Tracking Control for an Overhead Crane System.....................................................................................................................589Bojun Ma, Yongchun Fang, Xuebo Zhang

Guidance and Robust Gyromoment Precise Attitude Control of Agile Observation Spacecraft..........................................................595Yevgeny Somov, Sergey Butyrin, Sergey Somov

VOLUME 2

Variable Speed Control of Wind Turbines: A Robust Backstepping Approach.....................................................................................601Selim Sivrioglu, Ufuk Ozbay, Erkan Zergeroglu

Exponential Dissipativity of Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems and Robust Simultaneous Stabilization Via Output Feedback..........................................................................................................................................................................................................607

Pavel Pakshin, Sergey Soloviev

Efficient Branch and Bound Methods for Pairing Selection .....................................................................................................................613Vinay Kariwala, Yi Cao

Robust Multivariable PI Control: Applications to Process Control.........................................................................................................619Sridhar Seshagiri

Kalman Filter Decomposition in the Time Domain Using Observability Index .....................................................................................625Yuri Kim

Frequency-Dependent Scaling Induced by Noncausal Linear Periodically Time-Varying Scaling for Discrete-Time Systems.............................................................................................................................................................................................................631

Tomomichi Hagiwara, Yasuhiro Ohara

An Adaptive DISSIM Algorithm for Statistical Process Monitoring .......................................................................................................637Chunhui Zhao, Fuli Wang, Zhizhong Mao, Mingxing Jia, Shu Wang

Delay-Dependent Exponential Stability of Linear Distributed Parameter Systems ...............................................................................643Emilia Fridman, Yury Orlov

A Descriptor Systems Approach to Robust Exponential Stability of Networked Control Systems ......................................................649Qingling Zhang, Meng Zheng, Min Song, Chunji Li, Xiao-Dong Duan, Yichun An

Fuzzy Soft Sensors for Chemical and Oil Refining Processes ...................................................................................................................655Natalia Bakhtadze

Control Lyapunov Functions: New Framework for Nonlinear Controller Design.................................................................................660Yu-Qing He, Jianda Han

Adaptive Neural Network Tracking Control for Manipulators with Uncertainties ...............................................................................666Long Cheng, Zeng-Guang Hou, Min Tan, Hong-Ming Wang

Strongly Stabilizing Controller Synthesis for a Class of MIMO Plants ...................................................................................................672Hitay Ozbay, A. Nazli Gundes

Decentralized Robust Control of Large-Scale Time-Delay Systems.........................................................................................................677Altug Iftar

Stability of Zero Dynamics of Sampled-Data Nonlinear Systems.............................................................................................................683Mitsuaki Ishitobi, Masatoshi Nishi, Sadaaki Kunimatsu

Local Orbital Frame Predictor for LEO Drag-Free Satellites ..................................................................................................................688Enrico Canuto, Luca Massotti

Maximum Likelihood Identification of Wiener Models.............................................................................................................................694Anna Hagenblad, Lennart Ljung, Adrian George Wills

Issues in Sampling and Estimating Continuous-Time Models with Stochastic Disturbances ...............................................................700Lennart Ljung, Adrian George Wills

A Tutorial Introduction to Autonomous Systems .......................................................................................................................................706Kevin L. Moore

Non-Parametric Tuning of PID Controllers Via Modified Second-Order Sliding Mode Algorithms ..................................................718Igor Boiko

High Performance Control of an Active Heave Compensation System ...................................................................................................724Duc Do, Jie Pan

Friction Identification and Compensation on Nanometer Scale ...............................................................................................................730Arvid Amthor, Christoph Ament, Pu Li

Applications of Sliding Mode Control to Drive Systems Fed by a Three-Level Voltage-Source Inverter ...........................................736Sergey Ryvkin, Richard Schmidt-Obermoeller, Andreas Steimel

Optimum Feedback Controller Design for Tandem Cold Metal Rolling.................................................................................................742John Pittner, Marwan A. Simaan

H2 / H Infinity Multiobjectives for Fault Detection in Uncertain Polytopic Systems .............................................................................748Wilber Acuna-Bravo, Addison Rios-Bolivar

Saturated Root Locus: Theory and Application .........................................................................................................................................754Shinung Ching, Pierre T. Kabamba, Semyon M. Meerkov

Rational Controllers in Computer/Communication Networks .................................................................................................................760Pierre T. Kabamba, Wen-Chiao Lin, Semyon M. Meerkov, Choon Yik Tang

Novel Delay-Dependent Exponential Stability of a Class of Fuzzy Cellular Neural Networks with Time-Varying Delays ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................766

Zhenwei Liu, Huaguang Zhang, Derong Liu

Boundary Control of Flexible Marine Risers ..............................................................................................................................................772Duc Do, Jie Pan

Multi-Robot Tracking of Mobile Target Based on Communication ........................................................................................................778Lei Liu, Yongji Wang

Robust Impulsive Synchronization for a Class of Unified Chaotic Systems with Parameter Uncertainty ..........................................784Tiedong Ma, Huaguang Zhang, Derong Liu

Stability Guaranteed Predictive Control of Constrained Continuous-Time PWA Systems ..................................................................789Yuanyuan Zou, Shaoyuan Li

Reduction of Self-Localization Errors in Multi-Agent Autonomous Formations...................................................................................795Iman Shames, Baris Fidan, Brian D. O. Anderson

Discrete-Time Intermittent Iterative Learning Controller with Independent Data Dropouts..............................................................801Hyo-Sung Ahn, Kevin L. Moore, Yangquan Chen

Statistical Engine Knock Control .................................................................................................................................................................807Alexander A. Stotsky

Gradient-Based Approaches for Recursive Frisch Scheme Identification...............................................................................................809Jens G. Linden, Benoit Vinsonneau, Keith J. Burnham

Introducing Model Predictive Control for Improving Power Plant Portfolio Performance .................................................................815Kristian Edlund, Jan Dimon Bendtsen, Simon Borresen, Tommy Molbak

On Achieving Periodic Joint Motion for Redundant Robots ....................................................................................................................821Yvan Michellod, Philippe Muellhaupt, Denis Gillet

Transfer Functions for Natural Gas Pipeline Systems ............................................................................................................................... 827Hans Rauno Mikael Aalto

LMI Based Output-Feedback Controllers: Gamma-Optimal versus Linear Quadratic .......................................................................833Dmitry V. Balandin, Mark M. Kogan

Non-Coherent Modelling in Compositional Fault Tree Analysis ..............................................................................................................838Septavera Sharvia, Yiannis Ioannis Papadopoulos

Generalized Coupled Algebraic Riccati Equations for Discrete-Time Markov Jump with Multiplicative Noise Systems.............................................................................................................................................................................................................844

Oswaldo Luiz V. Costa, Wanderlei Lima Paulo

Vibration Reduction in a Washing Machine Via Damping Control.........................................................................................................850Cristiano Spelta, Sergio Savaresi, Giuseppe Fraternale, Nicola Gaudiano

Dynamic Network Utility Maximization with Delivery Contracts............................................................................................................856Nikolaos Trichakis, Argyrios Zymnis, Stephen P. Boyd

A Study on Hydraulic Load Simulator a Study on Hydraulic Load Simulator Using Self Tuning Grey Predictor  Infinity Fuzzy PID ..........................................................................................................................................................................................862

Quang Truong Dinh

Robust Scheduling of Cyclic Flow Shops Based on Stochastic Collision Functions ...............................................................................868Claudia Fiedler, Wolfgang Meyer

Adaptive Process Control Using Controlled Finite Markov Chains Based on Multiple Models ..........................................................874Enso Ikonen, Urpo Kortela

Relations Between Control Signal Properties and Robustness Measures................................................................................................880Per-Ola Larsson, Tore Hagglund

Modelling and Analysis of Bargaining Process for E-Procurement of Large Enterprise Group..........................................................886Dingwei Wang, Ikou Kaku

Integrated Scheduling System on Steel-Making and Continuous Casting with Application.................................................................892Kebin Lu, Kewei Huang, Dingwei Wang

Adaptive Control Design Based on Adaptive Optimization Principles ....................................................................................................894Elias Kosmatopoulos, Markos Papageorgiou

RACT: A Remote Lab for Robotics Experiments ......................................................................................................................................900Marco Casini, Francesco Chinello, Domenico Prattichizzo, Antonio Vicino

An Efficient Adaptive Optimization Scheme...............................................................................................................................................906Elias Kosmatopoulos, Markos Papageorgiou

Finite-Sample Bias Propagation in the Yule-Walker Method of Autoregressive Estimation................................................................912Piet M. T. Broersen

Investigation of Linear Optimal Estimator .................................................................................................................................................918Oleg A. Stepanov, Anton Toropov

Interpretability-Accuracy Improvement in a Neuro-Fuzzy ART Based Model of a DC Motor ...........................................................924Marta Galende, Gregorio Sainz, Maria Jesus De La Fuente, Alberto Herreros

Distributed Control Design for Underwater Vehicles ................................................................................................................................930Jonas Balderud, Leonardo Giovanini, Reza Katebi

Comparison of Three Frisch Methods for Errors-In-Variables Identification .......................................................................................936Mei Hong, Torsten Soderstrom, Umberto Soverini, Roberto Diversi

Statistical Analysis of a Third-Order Cumulants Based Algorithm for Discrete-Time Errors-In-Variables Identification ...................................................................................................................................................................................................942

Stephane Thil, Mei Hong, Torsten Soderstrom, Marion Gilson, Hugues Garnier

Inverting Control, a New Strategy on Time Delayed Systems ..................................................................................................................948Ali F. Ergenc, Hassan Fazelinia, Nejat Olgac

Reference Tag-Based Indoor Localization Techniques..............................................................................................................................954Hyo-Sung Ahn, Wonpil Yu

Advanced Control Techniques for Semiconductor and Flat Panel Display Substrate Handling Robots.............................................960Martin Hosek, Jairo Terra Moura

Observer-Based Fault Estimation for Networked Control Systems with Transfer Delays ...................................................................968Ze Hui Mao, Bin Jiang, Vincent Cocquempot, Peng Shi

Fault Detection and Isolation for a Kind of NCSs with Markov Delays ..................................................................................................974Yue Cheng, Hao Ye, Yongqiang Wang, Guizeng Wang, Chuanhu Ge

Swing-Up Control Based on Virtually Composite Links for an N-Link Underactuated Robot with Passive First Joint..................................................................................................................................................................................................................980

Xin Xin, Masahiro Kaneda, Taiga Yamasaki, Jin-Hua She

Feedforward Design for a Mechanical System with Marginally Stable Inverse .....................................................................................986Peter Naucler, Torsten Soderstrom

Global Asymptotic Stabilization for a Nonlinear System on a Manifold Via a Dynamic Compensator ..............................................992Takayuki Tsuzuki, Yuh Yamashita

Towards Model-Based Continuous-Time Identification of the Human Balance Controller .................................................................998Peter Gawthrop, Liuping Wang

Mass Measurement under Weightless Conditions by Relay Feedback Systems ...................................................................................1004Takeshi Mizuno, Masaya Takasaki, Yuji Ishino

Optimization of Heavy Truck's Driveline Performance via Model Predictive Control Rated by a Comfort Evaluation Algortihm...................................................................................................................................................................................1010

Lena Webersinke, Daniela Feth, Mario Hertweck, Anne Von Vietinghoff, Uwe Kiencke

Data Fusion and Efficient Algorithm for Moving Target Tracking .......................................................................................................1016Guocheng Liu, Yongji Wang

The Design of a Two-Level Controller for Suspension Systems..............................................................................................................1022Peter Gaspar, Gabor Szederkenyi, Zoltan Szabo, Jozsef Bokor

State Estimation in Biotechnological Processes Using a Software-Sensor Combining Full-Horizon Observer and Neural Networks ...........................................................................................................................................................................................1028

Joachim Hoerrmann, Dorothee Barth, Michael Kraling, Helmut Roeck

A Fault-Tolerant Vehicle Control Design ..................................................................................................................................................1034Peter Gaspar, Zoltan Szabo, Jozsef Bokor

A New Leakage Term in the Adaptive Law ..............................................................................................................................................1040Saso Blazic, Igor Skrjanc, Drago Matko

Parameter Estimation of Two-Dimensional Linear Differential Systems Via Fourier Based Modulation Function .......................1046Mahdiye Sadat Sadabadi, Masoud Shafiee, Mehdi Karrari

Robust H2 Filtering for Continuous Time Systems with Linear Fractional Representation ...............................................................1052Rubens H. Korogui, Jose C. Geromel

Estimation of Attraction Domains in Wheeled Robot Control Using Absolute Stability Approach ..................................................1058Lev Rapoport, Yuriy Morozov

Production Control and Steady-State Performance Analysis for a Two-Stage Manufacturing System with Finite Buffer Sizes....................................................................................................................................................................................................1064

Dong-Ping Song

A Decoupling Derivative-Based Approach for Hammerstein System Identification............................................................................1070Giuseppe Fedele, Loredana Coluccio

PLS and Its Application within Model Predictive Controllers................................................................................................................1076Awad Shamekh, Barry Lennox, David Sandoz, Ognjen Marjanovic

Current Output Observer for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Stochastic Systems ........................................................................................1082Tongyan Zhai, Edwin Yaz, Chung Seop Jeong

Application of Network Operator Method for Synthesis of Optimal Structure and Parameters of Automatic Control System..............................................................................................................................................................................................1088

Askhat Diveyev, Elena Sofronova

Parameter Reduction of Nonlinear Least-Squares Estimates Via the Singular Value Decomposition ..............................................1096Ryozo Nagamune, Jongeun Choi

Fuzzy Modeling of Signal Transduction Networks...................................................................................................................................1102Zuyi (Jacky) Huang, Juergen Hahn

Radio-Frequency Transducers and Algorithms for Determining the Volumetric Content of the Components of Emulsion and Stratified Flows ....................................................................................................................................................................1108

Boris V. Lunkin

Freeway Density Control Via Model-Free Adaptive Ramp Metering Approach .................................................................................1114Ronghu Chi, Shulin Sui, Lei Yu

Model-Free PID Controller Optimization for Loop Shaping ..................................................................................................................1120Masami Saeki

Robust Tracking Control for Switched Linear Systems with Time-Delay: Time-Dependent Method...............................................1126Qing-Kui Li, Georgi Marko Dimirovski, Jun Zhao

Optimal Spectral Expansion for Discrete Control....................................................................................................................................1132Valery Vykhovanets

A Mean-Variance Model for Optimal Portfolio Selection with Transaction Costs ..............................................................................1138Hui Peng

Minimal Representations for Delay Systems .............................................................................................................................................1144Yutaka Yamamoto

Second Order Sliding Mode (SOSM) Approach to Orbital Stabilization of Friction Pendulum Via Position Feedback........................................................................................................................................................................................................1150

Yury Orlov, Raul Santiesteban Cos Raul Santiesteban Cos, Luis T. Aguilar, Leonardo Acho

Effect of Time-Delay on the Derivative Feedback Control of a 2-Degree-Of-Freedom Torsional Bar with Parameter Perturbations .............................................................................................................................................................................1156

Qing-Long Han, Xinghuo Yu, Yong Feng, Guanrong Ron Chen

A Project-Based Mechatronics Program to Reinforce Mechatronic Thinking-a Restructuring Experience from the University of Canterbury.............................................................................................................................................................................1162

Xiaoqi Chen, Paul Gaynor, Richard King, J. Geoffrey Chase, Phil Bones, Peter Gough, Richard Duke

Algebraic Criteria for Consensus Problem of Discrete-Time Networked Systems...............................................................................1168Zonggang Li, Yingmin Jia, Junping Du, Fashan Yu

System Identification and Modelling of Front Wheel Drive Electric Wheelchairs...............................................................................1176Xiaoqi Chen, J. Geoffrey Chase, Patrick Wolm

Performance Assessment Measures of Batch Processes for Iterative Learning Control .....................................................................1182J. Chen, C. K. Kong

Decentralized Robust PI Controller Design for an Industrial Utility Boiler - An IMC Method.........................................................1188Batool Labibi, Horacio J. Marquez, Tongwen Chen

Fuzzy Controller Design by Clustering-Aided Ant Colony Optimization .............................................................................................1194Chia-Feng Juang, Yu-Ping Kang, Lo Chiang

VOLUME 3

Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Perfect Command Following and Disturbance Rejection in Fractional Order Systems...............................................................................................................................................................................................1200

Farshad Merrikh-Bayat, Masoud Karimi-Ghartemani

Robust Fractional Order PI Controller for a Main Irrigation Canal Pool............................................................................................1206Raul Rivas Perez, Vicente Feliu, Luis Sanchez Rodriguez, Fernando J. Castillo, Antonio Linares Saez

On the Integral Sliding-Mode Control for Sample-Data Systems with State Time-Delay...................................................................1212Lijun Mu, Cunchen Gao, Juan Li

An Optimal Graph Theoretic Approach to Data Association in SLAM ................................................................................................1216Guoquan Huang, Xinzheng Zhang, A. B. Rad, Y. K. Wong

Modelling and Control of Consumable Double-Electrode Gas Metal Arc Welding Process...............................................................1222Kehai Li, Y. M. Zhang

A Virtual Range Finder Based on Monocular Vision System in Simultaneous Localization and Mapping ......................................1228Xinzheng Zhang, A. B. Rad, Y. K. Wong

Modeling of the Climate for a Greenhouse in the North-East of Mà Infinity©xico..........................................................................1234Javier Leal Iga

A Hybrid Meta-Heuristic Method for Multimodal Logistic Network Design Over Planning Horizon..............................................1240Yoshiaki Shimizu, Yoshihiro Yamazaki, Takeshi Wada

A Period-Specific Realization of Linear Continuous-Time Systems ......................................................................................................1246Ichijo Hodaka, Ichiro Jikuya

Physical-Model-Based Control of Engine Cold Start via Role State Variables.....................................................................................1252Tomohiko Jimbo, Yoshikazu Hayakawa

Observer-Based Synchronization of Discrete-Time Chaotic Systems under Communication Constraints.......................................1258Alexander L. Fradkov, Boris Andrievsky, Alexey Andrievsky

Implementation of Disturbance Attenuation System Based on Frequency Estimation .......................................................................1264Tatsuo Narikiyo, Katsuhiko Fuwa, Takeshi Murano

A Construction of Disturbance Observer to Cope with Frequency Variation and Its Application to Vibration Suppression Control .....................................................................................................................................................................................1270

Katsuhiko Fuwa, Tatsuo Narikiyo, Hisashi Kandoh

Robust Trajectory Control of Robot Manipulators Using Time Delay Control with Adaptive Compensator .................................1276Dong Ki Han, Pyung Hun Chang, Maolin Jin

Design and Implementation of Robust Symmetric Attitude Controller for ETS-VIII Spacecraft .....................................................1282Tomoyuki Nagashio, Takashi Kida, Takashi Ohtani, Yoshiro Hamada

A Self-Evolving Interval Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Network for Nonlinear Systems Identification .........................................................1288Chia-Feng Juang, Chun-Feng Lu, Yu-Wei Tsao

Model Reduction for Linear Parameter-Dependent Systems..................................................................................................................1294Li Li

Integrated Design of Robust Controller and Fault Estimator for Linear Parameter Varying Systems ............................................1300Zhengxin Weng, Ron J. Patton, Ping Cui

Decentralized Boundary Control of Irrigation Canal Networks Via a Strict Lyapunov Method.......................................................1305Li Li

Disturbance Suppression beyond Nyquist Frequency in Hard Disk Drives ..........................................................................................1311Takenori Atsumi

State-Feedback H-Infty Control for Nonlinear Stochastic Systems with Markovian Jumps in Infinite Time Horizon ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................1317

Zhongwei Lin, Yan Lin

Bilaterally Flexible Lyapunov Inequalities for Nonlinear Small-Gain Method Covering iISS Systems ............................................1323Hiroshi Ito

Adaptive Sliding-Mode Control for a Precision Positioner with Hybrid Mechanism ..........................................................................1329Sheng-Chih Huang, Shao-Kang Hung, Mei-Yung Chen, Chih-Hsien Lin, Li-Chen Fu

LQ Control Problem Based on Numerical Computation with Guaranteed Accuracy .........................................................................1335Kentaro Yano, Masanobu Koga

An Adaptive H-Infinity Control for Robotic Manipulator with Compensation of Input Torque Uncertainty .................................1341Kazuya Sato

Collective Behavior of Multi-Agent Systems under Digital Communication Network ........................................................................1347Hongwang Yu, Yu Fan Zheng

Methods of Ellipsoidal Estimation for Linear Control Systems .............................................................................................................1353Alexander Ovseevich, Felix L. Chernousko

Advanced Tuning of POD Controllers for Electric Power Systems Using FACTS Devices ................................................................1357Petr Korba, Rafael Segundo, Balarko Chaudhuri

Fast Parametric Estimation for Macroscopic Traffic Flow Model.........................................................................................................1359Hassane Abouaissa, Michel Fliess, Cedric Join

Passive Correction of Position Error in Internet-Based Teleoperation .................................................................................................1365Alejandro Fernandez Villaverde, Antonio Barreiro Blas, C. Alvarez

Stabilization of the Inverted Pendulum with Backlash Using H Infinity - LMI Technique ................................................................1371Gisela Pujol, Leonardo Acho

Failure Modes and Probabilities of a High Redundancy Actuator.........................................................................................................1377Thomas Steffen, Jessica Davies, Roger Dixon, R. M. Goodall, John Pearson, Argyrios Zolotas

Modelling and Simulation of Robot Arm Interaction Forces Using Impedance Control ....................................................................1383Jose De Gea, Frank Kirchner

Robust FDI for FTC Coordination in a Distributed Network System ...................................................................................................1389Supat Klinkhieo, Ron J. Patton, C. Kambhampati

Single-Parameter Tuning of PI Controllers: From Theory to Practice .................................................................................................1395Radek Matusu, Roman Prokop

Matrix-Based Scheduling and Control of a Mobile Sensor Network .....................................................................................................1401Vito Schiraldi, Vincenzo Giordano, David Naso, Biagio Turchiano, Frank L. Lewis

WLAN Based Pose Estimation for Mobile Robots ...................................................................................................................................1407Christof Roehrig, Frank Kuenemund

Fast Robust Control of Linear Systems Subject to Actuator Saturation ...............................................................................................1413Boris Jasniewicz, J. Adamy

Nonlinear PI Control for Dissolved Oxygen Tracking at Wastewater Treatment Plant .....................................................................1419Yu Han, Mietek M. A. Brdys, Robert Piotrowski

Modelling of High Redundancy Actuation Utilising Multiple Moving Coil Actuators ........................................................................1425Jessica Davies, Thomas Steffen, Roger Dixon, R. M. Goodall, Argyrios Zolotas, John Pearson

Sliding Mode Control and Flatness-Based Concept for Real-Time Ramp Metering ...........................................................................1431Violina Iordanova, Hassane Abouaissa, Daniel Jolly

Observer Based Controller Design for Linear Systems with Input Constraints...................................................................................1437Hendrik Lens, Jurgen Adamy

Robust Consistency-Based Diagnosis of Nonlinear Systems by Set Observation .................................................................................1443Florian Wolff, Patrick Krutina, Volker G. Krebs

Stable H-Infinity Controller Design for Systems with Multiple Time-Delays: The Case of Data-Communication Networks ........................................................................................................................................................................................................1449

Hakki Ulas Unal, Altug Iftar

Design of Web-Based Real-Time Control Laboratory for Diversely Located Test Rigs......................................................................1456Wenshan Hu, Guoping Liu, David Rees, Yuliang Qiao

A Challenge for a New Organization in Systems and Control Curricula ..............................................................................................1462Antonio Dourado

Robot Force and Impact Control with Feedforward Switching .............................................................................................................1468Ranko Zotovic, Angel Valera

Generalized Proportional Integral Control for a Robot with Flexible Finger Gripper .......................................................................1474Jonathan Becedas, Ismael Payo, Vicente Feliu, Hebertt J. Sira-Ramirez

Nonlinear Output Feedback Control for Linear Systems with Input Saturation .................................................................................1481Daisuke Akasaka, Kang-Zhi Liu

Extended Prediction Error Approach for MPC Performance Monitoring and Industrial Applications ..........................................1487Yu Zhao, Yong Gu, Hongye Su, Biao Huang

Four Rotor Helicopter Control Laboratory Plant ....................................................................................................................................1493Jonay Toledo, L. Acosta, M. Sigut, J. Felipe, Nestor Morales, Santiago Torres

Consensus in Networks with Diverse Input and Communication Delays ..............................................................................................1499Yu-Ping Tian, Cheng-Lin Liu

Coordination of Multi-Agent Systems with Communication Delays......................................................................................................1505Cheng-Lin Liu, Yu-Ping Tian

Design of Uniform Temperature Controller Based on Temperature Difference Model ......................................................................1511Nobutomo Matsunaga, Shigeyasu Kawaji

Triad Model of Business System Development Based on the Interaction of Objectives, Performance Indicators and Operations .....................................................................................................................................................................................................1517

Semen Yuditskiy, Ludmila Zheltova, Igor Muradyan

Internet Congestion Control Subject to Node and Link Constraints .....................................................................................................1522Yongxiang Xia, David J. Hill

Fault Accommodation for Discrete Event Systems Using Petri Nets with Application to Traffic Light Control .............................1528Hao Yang, Bin Jiang, Vincent Cocquempot

The Cold Starting Control of Engine Using Large Scale Database-Based Online Modelling .............................................................1534Masatoshi Ogawa, Harutoshi Ogai

A New Design for Chattering Reduction in Sliding Mode Control.........................................................................................................1540Chi-Che Chen, Min-Shin Chen

Nonlinear System Identification in a Noisy Environment Using Wavelet Based SDP Models ............................................................1545Nguyen-Vu Truong, Liuping Wang

Supply Chain Planning under Uncertainty: A Chance Constrained Programming Approach ..........................................................1551Kishalay Mitra, Ravindra Gudi, Sachin Patwardhan, Gautam Sardar

Controller Implementation for a Class of Spatially-Varying Distributed Parameter Systems ...........................................................1557Utku Ozan Candogan, Hitay Ozbay, Haldun M. Ozaktas

Linear Analysis and Control of a Boiler-Turbine Unit ............................................................................................................................1563Wen Tan, Fang Fang

Decentralized Stabilization of Networked Systems under Data-Rate Constraints ...............................................................................1569Alexey S. Matveev, Andrey V. Savkin

New Convergence Results for the Least Squares Identification Algorithm...........................................................................................1575Xiao-Li Hu, Lennart Ljung

Implementation of the High Availability Concept in Networked Robotic Systems ..............................................................................1581Florin Daniel Anton, Theodor Borangiu, Silvia Anton

The Autocovariance Least Squares Technique for GPS Interference/Jamming Detection .................................................................1587Mamoun Abdel-Hafez

Frequency Domain Identification of Linear, Deterministically Time-Varying Systems ......................................................................1593John Lataire, Rik Pintelon

Stability of Discrete Impulsive Hybrid Systems Via Comparison Principle..........................................................................................1599Bin Liu, David J. Hill

Design Method of Fault Detector for Injection Unit.................................................................................................................................1605Kiyoshi Ochi, Masami Saeki

On-Line References Reshaping and Control Reconfiguration for Non-Minimum Phase Nonlinear Fault Tolerant Control ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................1611

Mouhacine Benosman, Kai-Yew Lum

Hybrid Adaptive Observer for a Brushless DC Motor ............................................................................................................................1618Piotr Niemczyk, Thomas Porchez, Jan Dimon Bendtsen, Carsten Skovmose Kallesoe

Passive Actuators' Fault Tolerant Control for Affine Nonlinear Systems.............................................................................................1624Mouhacine Benosman, Kai-Yew Lum

A Methodology for Integrated System Identification, PID Controller Tuning and Noncausal Feedforward Control Desig ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................1630

Claudio Carnevale, Aurelio Piazzi, Antonio Visioli

Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Applied to E. Coli Cultures ..........................................................................................................1636Ghizlane Hafidi, Sihem Tebbani, Didier Dumur, Alain Vande Wouwer

Adaptive Neural Control of SISO Time-Delay Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Hysteresis Input ................................................1642Tong Heng Lee, Beibei Ren, Shuzhi Sam Ge

Minimum-Time Control of a Two-Wheeled Differentially Driven Vehicle in the Presence of Slip ....................................................1648Stefano Piccagli, Ton J. J. Van Den Boom, Antonio Visioli

A Remote Laboratory on PID Autotuning ................................................................................................................................................1654Alberto Leva, Filippo Donida

Boundary Output Feedback Stabilization of a One-Dimensional Wave Equation System with Time Delay ....................................1660Bao-Zhu Guo, Chengzhong Xu

A Study on the Effect of Variable Initial State Error in Average Operator-Based Iterative Learning Control...............................1666Kwang-Hyun Park, Zeungnam Bien

Whether the Spreaded Good Opinion about Fuzzy Controllers Is Justified .........................................................................................1672Ryszard Gessing

Semi-Active Control Strategies for High-Performance Motorcycles .....................................................................................................1678Sergio Savaresi, Cristiano Spelta, Andrea Moneta, Filippo Tosi, Luca Fabbri, Lorenzo Nardo, Fabio Previdi

Normalised Expression and Evaluation of PI Tuning Rules ...................................................................................................................1684Alberto Leva, Filippo Donida

Periodic Use of Time-Varying State Feedbacks for the Receding Horizon Control of Bilinear Systems...........................................1690Young Il Lee, Basil Kouvaritakis, Mark Cannon

Damping Angular Oscillations of a Pendulum under State Constraints ...............................................................................................1695Satoru Okanouchi, Kazunobu Yoshida, Itaru Matsumoto, Hisashi Kawabe

Robust Mixed H2/H Infinity Control of Uncertain Neutral Systems with Time-Varying Delays .......................................................1703Hamid Reza Karimi, Ningsu Luo

An Advanced System for Vibration Control of Flexible Structures .......................................................................................................1709Alberto Cavallo, G. De Maria, Ciro Natale, Salvatore Pirozzi

Fault Diagnosis Strategies for a Simulated Nonlinear Aircraft Model ..................................................................................................1715Matteo Benini, Marcello Bonfe, Paolo Castaldi, Walter Geri, Silvio Simani

Sensor Fault Compensation for Nonlinear Systems Using Fuzzy Adaptive Sliding Control...............................................................1723Yingwei Zhang, S. Joe Qin

Kinesthetic Telepresent Control with Application to Disposal of Mines ...............................................................................................1729Guenther Schmidt, Alexander Kron

Expert-Statistical Processing of Data and the Method of Analogs in Solution of Applied Problems in Control Theory ............................................................................................................................................................................................................1735

Alexander Solomonovich Mandel', Alexei Gennadievich Belyakov, Dmitry Andreevich Semenov

Improved Approach for Optimization Problems of Determining the C-Numerical Range.................................................................1741Youping Fan, Bernd Tibken

Agent and Link Redundancy for Autonomous Formations ....................................................................................................................1747Changbin Yu, Brian D. O. Anderson

Dynamic Linear System Synthesis with Account of Phase and Control Restrictions Via Sigma-Function Feedback .....................1753Victor Utkin

An Agent Based Model for Agro-Ecosystem .............................................................................................................................................1759Youhua Zhang, Li Sa, Fanlun Xiong, Bobo Cheng, Jicheng Xu

Quality Based Model for Reverse Logistics: A KM View ........................................................................................................................1764S Wadhwa, Jitendra Madaan

Piecewise Linear Solution Paths for Parametric Piecewise Quadratic Programs ................................................................................1770Jacob Roll

Subspace Identification of a Class of Large-Scale Systems .....................................................................................................................1776Paolo Massioni, Michel Verhaegen

Stability and L2-Norm Bound Conditions for Takagi-Sugeno Descriptor Systems ..............................................................................1782Benoit Marx, Jose Ragot

A Technique for Abrupt Load Disturbance Detection in Process Control Systems .............................................................................1788Massimiliano Veronesi, Antonio Visioli

Robust Filtering For Ito Stochastic Systems Subject To Sensor Nonlinearities....................................................................................1794Daniel W. C. Ho, Yugang Niu, Cw Li

VOLUME 4

An Approximate Internal Model Principle: Applications to Nonlinear Models of Biological Systems..............................................1800Burton Andrews, Eduardo D. Sontag, Pablo A. Iglesias

Efficient Reachability Analysis for Linear Systems Using Support Functions .....................................................................................1806Antoine Girard, Colas Le Guernic

Direct Method of Manipulator Endpoint Control Synthesis ...................................................................................................................1812Svetlana Krasnova, Victor Utkin, Anton Utkin

Rule-Based Equivalent Fuel Consumption Minimization Strategies for Hybrid Vehicles ..................................................................1818Theo Hofman

Systematic Design of Distributed Controllers for Sewer Networks ........................................................................................................1824Jens Alex, Manfred Schuetze, Michael Ogurek, Ulrich Jumar

Analysis of Periodic Solutions in Piecewise Linear Feedback Systems Via a Complementarity Approach ......................................1830Luigi Iannelli, Francesco Vasca

Improved Multipliers for Input-Constrained Model Predictive Control...............................................................................................1836William Paul Heath, Guang Li

Model Based Predictive Networked Control Systems ..............................................................................................................................1842Ahmet Onat, Teoman Naskali, Emrah Parlakay

Anti-Windup and the Preservation of Robustness against Structured Norm-Bounded Uncertainty.................................................1848Rafael Mauricio Morales, Guang Li, William Paul Heath

Rejection of Fixed Direction Disturbances in Multivariable Electromechanical Motion Systems .....................................................1854Matthijs Boerlage, Rick Middleton, Maarten Steinbuch, Bram De Jager

Nano-Positioning of an Electromagnetic Scanner with a MEMS Capacitive Sensor ...........................................................................1860Xinghui Huang, Ju-Il Lee, Narayanan Ramakrishnan, Mark Bedillion, Patrick B. Chu

Progressive Adaptive Mechanisms for the International Cooperation ..................................................................................................1866Vladimir Tsyganov

Fault Estimation for Single Output Nonlinear Systems Using an Adaptive Sliding Mode Observer.................................................1872Xing-Gang Yan, Christopher Edwards

Hierarchical Control Strategy for an Integrated Wastewater Treatment Plant...................................................................................1878Karlene Hoo, Xi Zhang

Decentralized Attitude Alignment Control of Spacecraft within a Formation without Angular Velocity Measurements ...............................................................................................................................................................................................1884

Abdelkader Abdessameud, Abdelhamid Tayebi

Stochastically Resilient Design of Mixed H2-Dissipative Observers for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems ......................................1890Chung Seop Jeong, Edwin Yaz, Yvonne Yaz

Group Behaviour Control Based on Aggregation and Dilation ..............................................................................................................1896Bin Xin, Jie Chen, Li-Hua Dou, Zhi-Hong Peng

A Parametric Lyapunov Equation Approach to Low Gain Feedback Design for Discrete-Time Systems........................................1902Bin Zhou, Zongli Lin, Guang-Ren Duan

A General Adaptive Robust Nonlinear Motion Controller Combined with Disturbance Observer...................................................1908Zi-Jiang Yang, Seiichiro Hara, Shunshoku Kanae, Kiyoshi Wada, Chun-Yi Su

Fast Iterative Learning Control for Delay Systems: A Predictive Approach........................................................................................1914Deyuan Meng, Yingmin Jia, Junping Du, Shiying Yuan

Design of Quadratic Estimators Using Covariance Information in Linear Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems ................................1920Seiichi Nakamori, Aurora Hermoso, Josefa Linares-Perez

Robust Fault-Tolerant Control for Systems with Extended Bounded-Sensor-Faults ..........................................................................1926Chieh-Chuan Feng

Modeling and Policy Assessment of Carbon Tax and Emissions Trading for Preserving Global Environment ..............................1932Hiroyuki Tamura, Takashi Kimura

Fault Detection for Networked Systems with Incomplete Measurements .............................................................................................1938Xiao He, Zidong Wang, Donghua Zhou

Automatic Generation Controller Design in Deregulated and Networked Environment Using Predictive Control Strategy ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................1944

Jianhua Zhang, Jinhua Hao, Guolian Hou

Robust Control for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems with Quantitative Input to State Stability Requirement .............................1949Shoudong Huang, Steven W. Su

Actuator Fault Compensation Control For Nonlinear Systems ..............................................................................................................1955Yingwei Zhang, S. Joe Qin

Critical Dimension and Real-Time Temperature Control for Lithography..........................................................................................1961Weng Khuen Ho, Arthur Tay, Jun Fu, Ming Chen, Yong Feng

Friction Compensation in Servo Systems Using a Local Control Design Approach ............................................................................1967Lotfi Mostefai, Mouloud Danai, Yoichi Hori

Grey Box Modelling-Branches and Experiences ......................................................................................................................................1973B. Sohlberg, Elling Jacobsen

A Formula for the Optimal Cost in the General Discrete-Time LEQG Problem .................................................................................1979Shaiju Johny Ainikkal, Ian Richard Petersen

Fault Detection of Distributed Networked Control Systems with Access Constraints .........................................................................1987Qun Zong, Wenjing Liu, Liqian Dou, Liankun Sun

Integrated-Equilibrium Routing of Traffic Flows with Congestion .......................................................................................................1993Zhenlong Li, Xiaohua Zhao

Constraint Control of Recycle Systems with Input Multiplicities...........................................................................................................1999Hiroya Seki, Satoshi Hoshino, Yuji Naka

New Approaches to H Infinity Controller Designs for Discrete T-S Fuzzy System ..............................................................................2005Juntao Pan, Renming Wang, Thierry Marie Guerra, Dong Tian

Indirect Fuzzy Adaptive Control for Active Shimmy Damping .............................................................................................................2011Gaetan Pouly, Thai-Hoang Huynh, Jean-Philippe Lauffenburger, Michel Basset

Active Shimmy Damping Using Direct Adaptive Fuzzy Control ............................................................................................................2017Thai-Hoang Huynh, Gaetan Pouly, Jean-Philippe Lauffenburger, Michel Basset

An Accelerator for Packages Solving Discrete-Time Optimal Control Problems ................................................................................2023Hoam Chung, Elijah Polak, Shankar Sastry

On Sequential Parameter Estimation of a Linear Regression Process...................................................................................................2029Vyacheslav Vasiliev, Uwe Kuechler

Identification of a Magnetorheological Damper: Theory and Experiments..........................................................................................2035Arturo Rodriguez Tsouroudkdissian, Faycal Ikhouane, Jose Rodellar, Ningsu Luo

Developing and Implementing Virtual and Remote Labs for Control Education: The UNED Pilot Experience .............................2041S. Dormido, Hector Vargas Oyarzun, Jose Sanchez Moreno, Raquel Dormido, Natividad Duro, Sebastia¡n Dormido Canto, F. Morilla

Outlier Detection for 2D Temperature Data .............................................................................................................................................2047Kauko Leiviska, Jari Ruuska

A QFT/EEAS Design of Multivariable Robust Adaptive Controllers ....................................................................................................2053Omid Namaki-Shoushtari, Ali Khaki Sedigh, Babak N. Araabi

Positioning of Large-Scale High-Precision Stage with Vibration Suppression PTC ............................................................................2059Koichi Sakata, Hiroshi Fujimoto, Kazuaki Saiki

An Adaptive Statistical Approach to Flutter Monitoring ........................................................................................................................2065Rafik Zouari, Laurent Mevel, Michele Basseville

Decentralized Adaptive Robust Tracking Controllers of Uncertain Large Scale Systems with Time Delays ...................................2071Hansheng Wu, Shinji Shigemaru

Explanation-Based Manipulator Learning: Acquisition of Assembling Technique through Observation........................................2077Lei Wang, Yajie Tian, Tetsuo Sawaragi

Fault Tolerance Enhancement in Distribution Power Grids: A Voltage Set-Point Reconfiguration Approach ...............................2083Alessandro Casavola, Giuseppe Franze', Ron J. Patton

Stability Analysis for an Euler-Bernoulli Beam under Local Internal Control and Boundary Observation ....................................2089Jun-Min Wang, Bao-Zhu Guo

Solving the Goddard Problem with Thrust and Dynamic Pressure Constraints Using Saturation Functions .................................2095Knut Graichen, Nicolas Petit

A Continuation Approach to State and Adjoint Calculation in Optimal Control Applied to the Reentry Problem ........................2101Knut Graichen, Nicolas Petit

Backstepping Boundary Controllers and Observers for the Rayleigh Beam ........................................................................................2107Jittichai Lertphinyovong, Watcharapong Khovidhungij

Continuous and Discrete-Time Path-Following Design of Mixed H2/H Infinity State-Feedback Controllers...................................2113Eric Ostertag

Accuracy Analysis of Time-Domain Maximum Likelihood Method and Sample Maximum Likelihood Method for Errors-In-Variables Identification .............................................................................................................................................................2119

Mei Hong, Torsten Soderstrom, Johan Schoukens, Rik Pintelon

Convergent Cognitype for Speeding-Up the Strategic Conversation .....................................................................................................2125Alexander Raikov

Fast Shake Mixing Control with Low Air Entrainment ..........................................................................................................................2131Masahiro Maeda, Ken'Ichi Yano

Assisting Upper Extremity Motion through the Use of the Potential Method ......................................................................................2137Kenji Nishiwaki, Ken'Ichi Yano

An Off-Line MPC Strategy for Nonlinear Systems Based on SOS Programming ...............................................................................2143Giuseppe Franze', Alessandro Casavola, Domenico Famularo, Emanuele Garone

Formulas for Discrete Time LQR, LQG, LEQG and Minimax LQG Optimal Control Problems.....................................................2149Shaiju Johny Ainikkal, Ian Richard Petersen

Asymptotically Unbiased Average Consensus under Measurement Noises and Fixed Topologies.....................................................2155Tao Li

Blogging As a Research and Educational Tool: A Three Years Experience .........................................................................................2162Laura Giarre', Letizia Jaccheri

Multiobjective Optimization for Automatic Tuning of Robust Model Based Predictive Controllers ................................................2168Pastora Vega, Mario Francisco, Fernando Tadeo

Reconfigurable Control of Hammerstein Systems after Actuator Faults ..............................................................................................2174Jan Richter, Jan Lunze

Second Order Sliding Mode and Adaptive Observers for a Chaotic System: a Comparative Study .................................................2180Francisco Bejarano, Malek Ghanes, Jean Pierre Barbot, Leonid M. Fridman

Estimating Volatility and Model Parameters of Stochastic Volatility Models with Jumps Using Particle Filter .............................2186Shin Ichi Aihara, Arunabha Bagchi, Saikat Saha

Enhancing the Flight Simulator Feeling by Minimising Backlash-Effects ............................................................................................2192Zied Amara, Caroline Berard, Joel Bordeneuve-Guibe

Switched Mutual--Master-Slave Synchronisation: Application to Mechanical Systems .....................................................................2198Denis Efimov, Elena V. Panteley, Antonio Loria, Alexander L. Fradkov

Bifurcations in a Mathematical Model of Non-Basal Testosterone Production ....................................................................................2204Alexander Churilov, Alexander V. Medvedev, Alexander Shepeljavyi

Elementwise Decoupling and Convergence of the Riccati Equation in the SG-Algorithm ..................................................................2210Alexander V. Medvedev, Magnus Evestedt

On Input-To-Output Stability of Switched Nonlinear Systems ..............................................................................................................2216Denis Efimov, Elena V. Panteley, Antonio Loria

Robust Controller Synthesis for the Attenuation of Non-Stationary Sinusoidal Disturbances with Uncertain Frequencies....................................................................................................................................................................................................2222

Hakan Koroglu, Carsten W. Scherer

Collusion Helps Abate Environmental Externalities: A Dynamic Approach........................................................................................2228Luca Lambertini, Andrea Mantovani

Design of Intelligent Information Support Systems for Human-Operators of Complex Plants..........................................................2232Elena Jharko

Improved-PSO-Based Optimal Scheduling for Rectifier Power System ...............................................................................................2238Chunhua Yang, Hongqiu Zhu, Weihua Gui

Robust Multi-Model Predictive Control Using LMIs...............................................................................................................................2244Paola Falugi, Sorin Olaru, Didier Dumur

FPGA-Based Implementation of an Active Vibration Controller ..........................................................................................................2250Alberto Leva, Luigi Piroddi

Functional Metamodels for the Development of Control Software ........................................................................................................2256Laurent Thiry, Bernard Thirion

Model Predictive Control using Hybrid Feedback ...................................................................................................................................2262Mathieu Gerard, Michel Verhaegen

Throughput Optimization of Automated Flats Sorting Machines ..........................................................................................................2268Alina Tarau, Bart De Schutter, Hans Hellendoorn

Systematic Design of Optimal Performance Weight and Controller in Mixed-Synthesis....................................................................2274Lorenzo Pettazzi, Alexander Lanzon

Predictive Control of Hybrid Systems: Stability Results for Sub-Optimal Solutions ..........................................................................2280Mircea Lazar, Maurice Heemels

Sensor Fault Diagnosis of Wind Turbines for Fault Tolerant.................................................................................................................2286Xiukun Wei, Michel Verhaegen, Tim Van Engelen

Generalized Mean-Variance Portfolio Selection Model with Regime Switching ..................................................................................2292Oswaldo Luiz V. Costa, Michael Araujo

Optimal Metabolic Pathway Activation.....................................................................................................................................................2298Diego A. Oyarzun, Brian P. Ingalls, Rick Middleton, Dimitrios Kalamatianos

Non-Cooperative Outcomes for Stochastic Multi-Player Nash Games: Decision Strategies towards Multi-Attribute Performance Robustness .............................................................................................................................................................................2304

Khanh D. Pham

Gain-Scheduled Controller Synthesis Based on New LMIs for Dissipativity of Descriptor LPV Systems ........................................2311Izumi Masubuchi, Atsushi Suzuki

Interactive Learning Module: Basic Modelling and Identification Concepts .......................................................................................2317Jose Luis Guzman, Karl J. Astrom, S. Dormido, Tore Hagglund, Yves Piguet, Manuel Berenguel

Blood Glucose Regulation Via Double Loop Higher Order Sliding Mode Control and Multiple Sampling Rate ............................2323Parisa Kaveh, Yuri B. Shtessel

An ILC-Based Minimum Entropy PI Controller for Unknown and Non-Gaussian Stochastic Systems ...........................................2329Puya Ghasemi Afshar, Hong Wang

Discrete-Time Exact and Approximate Dynamic Inversion for Settle Performance............................................................................2335Brian Rigney, Lucy Y. Pao, Dale A. Lawrence

Set Membership State Estimation for Nonlinear Systems Using Contraction Theory.........................................................................2342Gaetan Videau, Tarek Raissi, Ali Zolghadri

Robust Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems by Quantized and Ternary Control