IEEE Catalog Number: ISBN:

CFP08CDC-PRT 978-1-4244-3123-6

2008 47th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)

Cancun, Mexico 9 – 11 December 2008

Pages 1 - 615

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A Pursuit Game with Range-Only Measurements ...........................................................................................1Shaunak D. Bopardikar, Francesco Bullo, Joao P. Hespanha

Robust H2 Filtering for Discrete LTI Systems with Linear Fractional Representation................................7Rubens H. Korogui, Jose C. Geromel

On Modularity and Persistence of Chemical Reaction Networks.................................................................13David Angeli

Input-Output Instability Patterns of Chemical Reaction Networks .............................................................19David Angeli

A Separation Principle for Linear Switching Systems and Parametrization of All Stabilizing Controllers ......................................................................................................................................25

Franco Blanchini, Stefano Miani, Fouad Mesquine

A Population-Based Cross-Entropy Method with Dynamic Sample Allocation..........................................31Jiaqiao Hu, Hyeong Soo Chang

Synchronization of Passifiable Lurie Systems Via Limited Capacity Communication Channel ..............................................................................................................................................................37

Alexander Fradkov, Boris Andrievsky, Robin J. Evans

LMI Conditions for H∞ Static Output Feedback Control of Discrete-time Systems ...................................43Xin Du, Guang-hong Yang

Distributed Control: A Sequentially Semi-Separable Approach ..................................................................49Justin Rice, Michel Verhaegen

Synthesis of Complete Orthonormal Fractional Bases ..................................................................................56Huseyin Akcay

Estimating Disturbances and Model Uncertainty in Model Validation for Robust Control ......................62Tom Oomen, Okko H. Bosgra

Structured Semidefinite Representation of Some Convex Sets .....................................................................68J. William Helton, Jiawang Nie

Passivity-Based Tracking Control of Multiconstraint Complementarity Lagrangian Systems ...............................................................................................................................................................72

Irinel Constantin Morarescu, Bernard Brogliato

Dynamic Output Feedback Hoo Control of Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems through Linear Matrix Inequalities.................................................................................................................78

Alim Gonçalves, A. R. Fioravanti, Jose C. Geromel

A Lagrangian Approach to Constrained Potential Games, Part I: Theory and Examples ........................84Quanyan Zhu

Parameter Estimation with Expected and Residual-At-Risk Criteria .........................................................90Giuseppe Calafiore, Ufuk Topcu, Laurent M. El Ghaoui

HZD-Based Control of a Five-Link Underactuated 3D Bipedal Robot........................................................96Jessy W. Grizzle, Christine Chevallereau, Ching-Long Shih

A Linear Reaction Technique for Dynamic Asset Allocation in the Presence of Transaction Costs .................................................................................................................................................................104

Giuseppe Calafiore

State Estimation Algorithms for Markov Chains Observed in Arbitrary Noise .......................................110William P. Malcolm

Interception of a Moving Object with a Specified Approach Angle by a Wheeled Robot: Theory and Experiment..................................................................................................................................116

Ian Manchester, May Peng Emily Low, Andrey V. Savkin

Computational Complexity Analysis of Set Membership Identification of a Class of Nonlinear Systems ...........................................................................................................................................122

Mario Sznaier

Elimination of Fixed Modes of a Decentralized Distributed Estimator with Inter-Agent Communication ...............................................................................................................................................125

Maxim V. Subbotin, Roy S. Smith

Observability of Vortex Flows .......................................................................................................................131Arthur J Krener

Local and Remote Control Measures for Networked Control Systems .....................................................137Tilemachos Matiakis, Sandra Hirche, Martin Buss

Hinf and Dwell Time Specifications of Switched Linear Systems...............................................................143Patrizio Colaneri, Jose C. Geromel

Stability of Reset Control Systems with Nonzero Reference. ......................................................................149Thomas Loquen, Sophie Tarbouriech, Christophe Prieur

The Rate of Convergence for a Pseudospectral Optimal Control Method.................................................155Wei Kang

Fast-Lifting Approach to Time-Delay Systems: Fundamental Framework ..............................................162Tomomichi Hagiwara

State Feedback Synthesis for Polynomial Systems with Bounded Disturbances .......................................170Hiroyuki Ichihara

Optimal Sensor Activation in Controlled Discrete Event Systems .............................................................176Weilin Wang, Stephane Lafortune, Feng Lin

Controlling the Longitudinal Dynamics of a Vehicle Using Sensor Based Haptic Feedback ...................182Robert Mahony, Muhammad Atif, Jochen Trumpf

P.SPR.D Control for Affine Nonlinear System and Robot Manipulators ---Stabilization Theory Based on Passivity ..............................................................................................................................188

Kiyotaka Shimizu

Robustness to Agent Loss in Vehicle Formations and Sensor Networks....................................................195Tyler Summers, Changbin Yu, Brian D.O. Anderson

Robust State Estimation Using Error Sensitivity Penalizing ......................................................................202Tong Zhou

Reliable Regulation in Decentralized Control Systems Subject to Polynomial Exogenous Signals ..............................................................................................................................................................208

Arturo Locatelli, Nicola L.M. Schiavoni

Variance Analysis for Identification of Cascade Systems............................................................................214Bo Wahlberg, Håkan Hjalmarsson, Jonas Mårtensson

Minimal Dimension Internal Models for Lower Triangular Systems ........................................................220Zhiyong Chen

Time-Robust Discrete Control Over Networked Loosely Time-Triggered Architectures........................226Paul Caspi, Albert Benveniste

Stereo Matching for Calibrated Cameras without Correspondence ..........................................................232Uwe R. Helmke, Knut Hueper

Oscillatory Failure Case Detection for New Generation Airbus Aircraft: A Model-Based Challenge..........................................................................................................................................................238

Loïc Lavigne, Ali Zolghadri, Philippe Goupil, Pascal Simon

Distributed Control of Vehicle Formations: A Decomposition Approach .................................................244Paolo Massioni, Michel Verhaegen

Necessary and Sufficient Numerical Conditions for Asymptotic Stability of Linear Time-Varying Systems ..............................................................................................................................................251

Germain Garcia, Pedro L. D. Peres, Sophie Tarbouriech

Reformulating Negative Imaginary Frequency Response Systems to Bound-Real Systems ....................257Alexander Lanzon, Zhuoyue Song, Ian R. Petersen

H∞-PD Controller for Suspension Systems with MR Dampers ...................................................................262Feng Tyan

Subspace Identification of MIMO LPV Systems: The PBSID Approach ..................................................268Jan-Willem van Wingerden, Michel Verhaegen

Shortest Paths on 3-D Simple Lie Groups with Nonholonomic Constraint ...............................................274Ugo V. Boscain, Francesco Rossi

Optimal Position and Velocity Navigation Filters with Discrete-Time Delayed Measurements..................................................................................................................................................279

Pedro T. M. Batista, Carlos Silvestre, Paulo Jorge Oliveira

Stability and Robust Stabilization for Uncertain Discrete Stochastic Hybrid Singular Systems with Time-Delay................................................................................................................................285

Shuping Ma, El-Kebir Boukas

A Design Method of Discrete-Time Adaptive Control Systems Based on Immersion and Invariance ........................................................................................................................................................291

Yuta Katakura, Hiromitsu Ohmori

Control Lyapunov Functionals and Robust Stabilization of Nonlinear Time-Delay Systems..................297Iasson Karafyllis, Zhong-Ping Jiang

A Lyapunov Approach to Integral Input-to-State Stability of Cascaded Systems with External Signals...............................................................................................................................................303

Hiroshi Ito

Model Reference Adaptive H∞ Control for Flexible Arms by Finite Dimensional Controllers .......................................................................................................................................................309

Yoshihiko Miyasato

From Continuous-Time Design to Sampled-Data Design of Nonlinear Observers ...................................315Iasson Karafyllis, Costas Kravaris

A Subspace Approach to Reduced Rank Time-Series Models. ...................................................................321Victor Solo

A Graph Theory Based Characterization of Controllability for Multi-Agent Systems with Fixed Topology ................................................................................................................................................327

Zhijian Ji, Hai Lin, Tong Heng Lee

A Fast Algorithm to Compute the Controllability, Decentralized Fixed-Mode, and Minimum-Phase Radius of LTI Systems.......................................................................................................333

Simon Lam, Edward J. Davison

Adaptive Tracking Control with Application to a Flexible Transmission System ....................................339Magnus Nilsson, Bo S. Egardt

Stochastic Approximation Algorithms for Trailing Stop ............................................................................345George Yin, Qing Zhang, Chao Zhuang

On Causality and Mutual Information .........................................................................................................351Victor Solo

Linearization of Hamiltonian Systems through State Immersion ..............................................................357Laura Menini, Antonio Tornambe

Frequency Estimation of a Saturated Signal with a Hybrid Observer.......................................................363Daniele Carnevale, Alessandro Astolfi

A Bounded Positive Non-Linear PI Control Law for Double-Pipe Heat Exchangers...............................369Arturo Zavala-Rio, Carlos M. Astorga-Zaragoza, Omar Hernandez-Gonzalez

Networked Control Systems with Packet Delays and Losses ......................................................................375Craig Robinson, P. R. Kumar

Robust Synthesis Technique for Single-Stage Servo Systems in HDD .......................................................381Lingzhi Yang, Peter M. Young

Opacity-Enforcing Supervisory Strategies for Secure Discrete Event Systems.........................................387Anooshiravan Saboori, Christoforos Hadjicostis

From Feedback to Cascade-Interconnected Systems: Breaking the Loop.................................................393Antonio Loria

Kernel Density Estimation in Adaptive Tracking ........................................................................................399Bernard Bercu, Bruno Portier

On Cascades of Bilinear Systems and Generating Series of Weighted Petri Nets.....................................404W. Steven Gray, Heber Herencia-Zapana, Luis Augusto Duffaut Espinosa, Oscar R. González

A Framework for Stability Analysis of Singularly Perturbated Periodical Nonlinear Systems with Impulse Effects: Application to a Bipedal Robot ..................................................................410

Leonid M. Fridman, Yannick Aoustin, Franck Plestan

Cycle Adaptive Feedforward Approach Control of an Electromagnetic Valve Actuator ........................416Jimmy Tsai, Charles Robert Koch, Mehrdad Saif

Convergence of Sampled-Data Consensus Algorithms for Double-Integrator Dynamics ........................422Wei Ren, Yongcan Cao

Collective Motion from Consensus with Cartesian Coordinate Coupling - Part II: Double-Integrator Dynamics .......................................................................................................................................428

Wei Ren

Stability Analysis of Systems with Distributed Delays and Application to a Model of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Dynamics...............................................................................................................434

Hitay Ozbay, Catherine Bonnet, Jean Clairambault

Application of a Consensus Problem to Fair Multi-Resource Allocation in Real-Time Systems .............................................................................................................................................................440

Naoki Hayashi, Toshimitsu Ushio

Particle Filtering Using Multiple Cross-Correlations for Tracking Occluded Objects in Cluttered Scenes ..............................................................................................................................................446

Arie Nakhmani, Allen Tannenbaum

On the Use of Semi-Invariants for the Stability Analysis of Planar Systems.............................................452Laura Menini, Antonio Tornambe

Clustering in a Network of Mutually Attracting Agents .............................................................................458Filip De Smet, Dirk Aeyels

Further Results for ARX Models in Adaptive Tracking .............................................................................464Bernard Bercu, Victor Vazquez

Suppressing Intersample Behavior in Iterative Learning Control .............................................................469Tom Oomen, Jeroen van de Wijdeven, Okko H. Bosgra

Suboptimal Control of Hybrid Systems Using Approximate Multi-Parametric MILP ............................476Jalal Habibi, Ali Khaki Sedigh

Stability Analysis of Quantized Feedback Systems Including Optimal Dynamic Quantizers..................482Shun-ichi Azuma, Toshiharu Sugie

Optimal Sensor Hop Selection: Sensor Energy Minimization and Network Lifetime Maximization with Guaranteed System Performance .................................................................................488

Ling Shi, Karl H. Johansson, Richard M. Murray

Global Swing Instability of Multimachine Power Systems..........................................................................494Yoshihiko Susuki, Igor Mezic, Takashi Hikihara

On Useful Redundancy in Experiment Design for Nonlinear System Identification ................................500Mazen Alamir, James S. Welsh, Graham C. Goodwin

Controlled Random Access MAC for Network Utility Maximization in Wireless Networks...................506Robert McCabe, Nikolaos Freris, P. R. Kumar

Global Robust Synchronization of the Duffing System and Van Der Pol Oscillator ................................512Weijie Sun, Daizhan Cheng, Jie Huang

Adaptive QFT Control Using Hybrid Global Optimization and Constraint Propagation Techniques .......................................................................................................................................................518

P.S.V. Nataraj, Nandkishor Kubal

Synthesis of Adaptive Robust Output Feedback Controllers for a Class of Uncertain Linear Systems ................................................................................................................................................523

Hidetoshi OYA, Kojiro Hagino, Soseki Kayo

Tracking Analysis of an Adaptive Vibration Controller .............................................................................529Maciej Niedzwiecki, Michal Stanislaw Meller

New Approach to Adaptive Vibration Control.............................................................................................535Maciej Niedzwiecki, Michal Stanislaw Meller

Asymptotic Solution of Linear-Quadratic Control Problem with Intermediate Points and Small Parameter in Performance Index........................................................................................................542

Galina Kurina, Elena Smirnova

A Polynomial Approach to the Synthesis of Observers for Nonlinear Systems.........................................548Miroslav Halas, Ulle Kotta

Constrained H∞ Control for Discrete-Time LPV Systems Using Interpolation.........................................554Tamas Peni, Balazs Kulcsar, Jozsef Bokor, Michel Verhaegen

Transport Metrics for Power Spectra ...........................................................................................................560Johan Karlsson, Mir Shahrouz Takyar, Tryphon T. Georgiou

Weight Selection for Gap Robustness with Degree-Constrained Controllers ...........................................566Johan Karlsson, Tryphon T. Georgiou, Anders G. Lindquist

Local Mode Dependent Decentralized Control of Uncertain Markovian Jump Large-Scale Systems .............................................................................................................................................................574

Junlin Xiong, Valery Ugrinovskii, Ian R. Petersen

Neural Networks for Disturbance and Friction Compensation in Hard Disk Drives ...............................580Chow Yin Lai, Frank L. Lewis, V. Venkataramanan, Xuemei Ren, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Thomas Liew

Global Trajectory Tracking through Static Feedback for Robot Manipulators with Input Saturations .......................................................................................................................................................586

Emeterio Aguinaga-Ruiz, Arturo Zavala-Rio, Victor Santibanez, Fernando Reyes

A Structured Multiarmed Bandit Problem and the Greedy Policy ............................................................593Adam Mersereau, Paat Rusmevichientong, John Tsitsiklis

Conservativeness of State-Dependent Riccati Inequality : Effect of Free Parameters of State-Dependent Coefficient Form ................................................................................................................599

Yoshihiro Sakayanagi, Shigeki Nakaura, Mitsuji Sampei

Simultaneous IDA-Passivity-Based Control of a Wound Rotor Synchronous Motor...............................604Carles Batlle, Arnau Dòria-Cerezo, Gerardo Espinosa-Perez

Tracking Control for a Class of Measure Differential Inclusions...............................................................609Nathan Van De Wouw, Remco. I. Leine

Bath-Induced Control of Two-Qubit Entanglement under Markovian Noises .........................................616Jing Zhang, Rebing Wu, Chunwen Li, Tzyh-Jong Tarn

Boundary Controllers for Euler-Bernoulli Beam with Arbitrary Decay Rate ..........................................622Andrey Smyshlyaev, Bao-Zhu Guo, Miroslav Krstic

Existence Conditions of Decoupling Controllers in the Generalized Plant Model ....................................628Kiheon Park

Behavioral Controllability and Coprimeness for a Class of Infinite-Dimensional Systems .....................634Yutaka Yamamoto, Jan C. Willems

Synthesizing Nonblocking Distributed Supervisors Based on Automaton Abstraction............................640Rong Su, Jan H. van Schuppen, J.E. Rooda

H2 Gain Scheduling Control for Rational LPV Systems Using the Descriptor Framework....................646Anis Bouali, Mohamed Yagoubi, Philippe Chevrel

Model Free Probabilistic Design with Uncertain Markov Parameters Identified in Closed Loop..................................................................................................................................................................652

Jianfei Dong, Michel Verhaegen

On the Equivalence of Closed-Loop Subspace Predictive Control with LQG...........................................659Jianfei Dong, Michel Verhaegen

Adaptive Nonlinear Regulation for Uncertain Minimum Phase Systems with Unknown Exosystem ........................................................................................................................................................665

Riccardo Marino, Patrizio Tomei

Modeling Neural Spiking Activity in the Sub-Thalamic Nucleus of Parkinson’s Patients and a Healthy Primate ....................................................................................................................................671

Sridevi Sarma, Ming Cheng, Uri Eden, Rollin Hu, Ziv Williams, Emery Brown, Emad Eskandar

Stability for Semidiscrete Galerkin Approximation of Neutral Delay Equations .....................................677Richard H. Fabiano, Janos Turi

Optimization and Stabilization of Networked Control Systems: An Estimation of Distribution Algorithm Approach .................................................................................................................683

HongBo Li, Mo-Yuen Chow, Zengqi Sun

Jet Bundles and Algebro-Geometric Characterisations for Controllability of Affine Systems .............................................................................................................................................................689

Cesar Aguilar, Andrew D. Lewis

Stability Analysis for the Null-Space-Based Behavioral Control for Multi-Robot Systems .....................697Gianluca Antonelli, Filippo Arrichiello, Stefano Chiaverini

Lyapunov-Based Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear Systems Subject to Time-Varying Measurement Delays .......................................................................................................................................703

Jinfeng Liu, David Muñoz de la Peña, Panagiotis D. Christofides, James F. Davis

Local L2 Gain of Hopf Bifurcation Stabilization ..........................................................................................711Tiebao Yang, Xiang Chen

Multistage Investments with Recourse: A Single-Asset Case with Transaction Costs..............................717Ufuk Topcu, Giuseppe Calafiore, Laurent M. El Ghaoui

Floquet Transformations for Discrete-Time Systems: Equivalence Between Periodic Systems and Time-Invariant Ones.................................................................................................................723

Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomohiko Jimbo

On the Characterisation of Stabilisability by Means of Time-Delayed Feedback Control.......................729H. J. C. Huijberts, Wim Michiels, Hendrik Nijmeijer

Neural Network Based Sensor Validation Scheme Demonstrated on an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) Model ......................................................................................................................................735

Ihab Samy, Ian Postlethwaite, Dawei Gu

Reachability Analysis of Nonlinear Systems with Uncertain Parameters Using Conservative Linearization ............................................................................................................................741

Matthias Althoff, Olaf Stursberg, Martin Buss

Finite-Time and Practical Stability of a Class of Stochastic Dynamical Systems......................................748Anthony N. Michel, Ling Hou

A Dynamic Programming Approach to Two-Stage Mean-Variance Portfolio Selection in Cointegrated Vector Autoregressive Systems...............................................................................................753

Melanie Rudoy, Charles E. Rohrs

Constrained Linear System under Disturbance Feedback: Convergence with Probability One ...................................................................................................................................................................759

Chen Wang, Chong-Jin Ong, Melvyn Sim

Collective Motion from Consensus with Cartesian Coordinate Coupling - Part I: Single-Integrator Kinematics.....................................................................................................................................765

Wei Ren

Generalized Alpha-Fair Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks ..........................................................771Konstantin E. Avrachenkov, Eitan Altman, Andrey Garnaev

Stabilization of a Class of Non-Holonomic Systems by Means of Switching Control Laws .....................777Daniele Casagrande, Alessandro Astolfi, Thomas Parisini

Plasma Position and Shape Control in ITER Using In-Vessel Coils...........................................................783Giuseppe Ambrosino, Marco Ariola, Gianmaria De Tommasi, Alfredo Pironti, Alfredo Portone

On-Line, Kinodynamic Trajectory Generation Through Rectangular Channels Using Path and Motion Primitives ....................................................................................................................................789

Efstathios Bakolas, Panagiotis Tsiotras

Asynchronous Distributed Optimization with Minimal Communication ..................................................795Minyi Zhong, Christos G. Cassandras

Stochastic Pareto Near-Optimal Strategy for Weakly-Coupled Large-Scale Systems with Imperfect Local State Measurements ............................................................................................................801

Hiroaki Mukaidani, Hua Xu

Attitude Control of a Flexible Planar Space Robot......................................................................................808Tatsuo Narikiyo, Masanori Sakata, Michihiro Kawanishi

Periodically Time-Varying Dynamical Controller Synthesis for Polytopic-Type Uncertain Discrete-Time Linear Systems .......................................................................................................................814

Yoshio Ebihara, Dimitri Peaucelle, Denis Arzelier

Stochastic Stability of the Continuous-Time Unscented Kalman Filter .....................................................820Jiahe Xu, Shi Wang, Georgi M Dimirovski, Yuanwei Jing

Numerical Analysis of FRAP Experiments for DNA Replication and Repair...........................................826Eugenio Cinquemani, Vassilis Roukos, Zoi Lygerou, John Lygeros

The Vanishing Approach for the Average Continuous Control of Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes............................................................................................................................................832

Oswaldo Luiz V. Costa, Francois Dufour

Controllability Properties of Discrete-Spectrum Schrodinger Equations..................................................838Thomas Chambrion, Paolo Mason, Mario Sigalotti, Ugo V. Boscain

Topological Formulation of Discrete-Time Switched Linear Systems and Almost Sure Stability ............................................................................................................................................................844

Mingqing Xiao

Physical Modeling and Control of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engines .............................................................................................................................................................850

Anders Widd, Per Tunestål, Rolf Johansson

A Generalised Entropy of Curves: An Approach to the Analysis of Dynamical Systems ........................856Emanuele Crisostomi, Aldo Balestrino, Andrea Caiti, Giorgio Grioli

A "Globally" Convergent Controller for Transient Stability of Multi--Machine Power Systems Using Structure-Preserving Models ................................................................................................862

Wissam DIB, Romeo Ortega, Andrey E. Barabanov, Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue

Optimal Control of Continuous Time Markov Processes............................................................................869Roger Brockett

Singular Pertubation Based Solution to Optimal Microalgal Growth Problem and Its Infinite Horizon Analysis................................................................................................................................875

Sergej Celikovsky, Stepan Papacek, Javier Ruiz-Leon, Alejandro Cervantes-Herrera

Semistability for Time-Varying Discontinuous Dynamical Systems with Application to Agreement Problems in Switching Networks ...............................................................................................881

Qing Hui, Wassim M. Haddad, Sanjay P. Bhat

Application of Wiener-Hammerstein System Identification in Electrically Stimulated Paralyzed Skeletal Muscle Modeling .............................................................................................................887

Er-Wei Bai, Zhijun Cai

Clustering Neural Spike Trains with Transient Responses.........................................................................893John Hunter, Jianhong Wu, John Milton

A Density Projection Approach to Dimension Reduction for Continuous-State POMDPs ......................899Enlu Zhou, Michael C. Fu, Steve Marcus

Incorporating Drivability Metrics into Optimal Energy Management Strategies for Hybrid Vehicles ............................................................................................................................................................905

Daniel F. Opila, Deepak Aswani, Ryan McGee, Jeffrey A. Cook, Jessy W. Grizzle

Conditions for a Massless Plasma Analysis to Predict Stabilization of the Tokamak Plasma Vertical Instability ..........................................................................................................................................913

J. William Helton, Kevin McGown, Michael L. Walker

On Passivity Based Control of Stochastic Port-Hamiltonian Systems........................................................921Satoshi Satoh, Kenji Fujimoto

On the Structure of Graph Edge Designs That Optimize the Algebraic Connectivity .............................927Yan Wan, Sandip Roy, Xu Wang, Ali Saberi, Tao Yang, Mengran Xue, Babak Malek

Informative Data: How to Get Just Sufficiently Rich? ................................................................................933Michel Gevers, Alexandre S. Bazanella, Ljubisa Miskovic

Energy-Aware Robust Model Predictive Control Based on Wireless Sensor Feedback...........................939Daniele Bernardini, Alberto Bemporad

On the Reachability of Single-Input Positive Switched Systems .................................................................945Maria Elena Valcher, Paolo Santesso

A Parameter-Dependent Lyapunov Function Based Approach to H∞-Control of LPV Discrete-Time Systems with Delays ...............................................................................................................951

S. Zhou, Wei Xing Zheng

A Comparison of Kalman Filter Based Algorithms for Turbulent Phase Control in an Adaptive Optics System ..................................................................................................................................957

Alessandro Beghi, Angelo Cenedese, Fabio Maran, Andrea Masiero

Model Predictive Control of Automotive Powertrains - First Experimental Results................................963Bart Saerens, Moritz Diehl, Jan Swevers, Eric Van den Bulck

Stability and Robust Stability of Integral Delay Systems ............................................................................969Daniel Alejandro Melchor-Aguilar, Vladimir Kharitonov, Rogelio Lozano

A Disturbance Rejection Anti-Windup Framework and Its Application to a Substructured System ..............................................................................................................................................................975

Guang Li, Guido Herrmann, David P. Stoten, Jia-Ying Tu, Matthew C. Turner

Practical Stabilization Via Relay Delayed Control ......................................................................................981Andrey Polyakov

Some Convergence Properties of Multi-Step Prediction Error Identification Criteria ............................987Marcello Farina, Luigi Piroddi

Attitude Synchronization of a Spacecraft Formation without Velocity Measurement .............................993Abdelkader Abdessameud, Abdelhamid Tayebi

Optimal Inputs for FIR System Identification .............................................................................................999Roland Hildebrand

Communication Complexity in the Distributed Design of Linear Quadratic Optimal Controllers .....................................................................................................................................................1005

Takashi Tanaka, Cedric Langbort

Input-Output Stability with Input-to-State Stable Protocols for Quantized and Networked Control Systems.............................................................................................................................................1011

Mohammad Tabbara, Dragan Nesic

On the Convergence Time of Distributed Quantized Averaging Algorithms ..........................................1017Minghui Zhu, Sonia Martinez

H∞ Strong Stabilization Via HIFOO, a Package for Fixed-Order Controller Design.............................1023Suat Gumussoy, Marc Millstone, Michael L Overton

Distributed Coverage Verification in Sensor Networks without Location Information .........................1029Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Ali Jadbabaie

Efficiency Loss and Uniform-Price Mechanism .........................................................................................1036Michal Karpowicz, Krzysztof Malinowski

On the Approximate Domain Optimization of Deterministic and Expected Value Criteria..................1044Andrea Lecchini Visintini, John Lygeros, Jan M. Maciejowski

On the Analysis of G-Queues under Heavy Traffic....................................................................................1050Saul de Castro Leite, Marcelo Fragoso

Diffusion Approximation of State Dependent G-Networks under Heavy Traffic ...................................1056Saul de Castro Leite, Marcelo Fragoso

Review of the Witsenhausen Problem .........................................................................................................1062Yu-Chi Ho

On the Robust Stabilization of Discrete-Time SISO Plants with Saturating Actuators .........................1065Maria Letizia Corradini, Andrea Cristofaro, Giuseppe Orlando

Motion Planning for Nonlinear Systems Using Hybridizations and Robust Controllers on Simplices ........................................................................................................................................................1071

Antoine Girard, Samuel Martin

Enabling Bio-Feedback Using Real-Time fMRI.........................................................................................1077Henrik Ohlsson, Joakim Rydell, Anders Brun, Jacob Roll, Mats Andersson, Anders Ynnerman, Hans Knutsson

Stabilization of Infinitesimally Rigid Formations of Multi-Robot Networks...........................................1083Laura Krick, Mireille E. Broucke, Bruce Francis

Direct Weight Optimization Applied to Discontinuous Functions............................................................1089Henrik Ohlsson, Jacob Roll, Anders Brun, Hans Knutsson, Mats Andersson, Lennart Ljung

Optimising the Braking Performance Via Nonlinear Analysis and Bifurcation Theory ........................1095Mara Tanelli, Alessandra Gragnani, Alessandro Astolfi, Sergio M. Savaresi

A Controller for the Active Filter Considering Load and Line Impedances ...........................................1101Gerardo Escobar, Andres Valdez, Romeo Ortega

A Proximal Center-Based Decomposition Method for Multi-Agent Convex Optimization ...................1107Ion Necoara, J.A.K. Suykens

Application of the Proximal Center Decomposition Method to Distributed Model Predictive Control .........................................................................................................................................1113

Ion Necoara, Dang Doan, J.A.K. Suykens

Second Cumulant Statistical Control with Indefinite Control Weight.....................................................1119Chang-Hee Won, Ronald Diersing, Hyo-Sung Ahn

Distributed Cut Detection in Sensor Networks...........................................................................................1125Prabir Barooah

Optimal Dynamic Sleep Time Control in Wireless Sensor Networks.......................................................1131Xu Ning, Christos G. Cassandras

Central Suboptimal H∞ Filter Design for Linear Time-Varying Systems with State and Measurement Delays .....................................................................................................................................1137

Michael V. Basin, Peng Shi, Dario Calderon Alvarez

Stability Analysis and Estimate of the Region of Attraction of a Human Respiratory Model ...............1143Raul Villafuerte, Sabine Mondie, Silviu-Iulian Niculescu

A Step-Wise Procedure for Reduced Order Approximation in the Nu-Gap Metric...............................1149Gavin Buskes, Michael Cantoni

Coprime Factor Model Reduction for Continuous-Time Uncertain Systems..........................................1155Li Li

Anomaly Detection in Sensor Networks Based on Large Deviations of Markov Chain Models ............................................................................................................................................................1161

Ioannis Paschalidis, Yin Chen

Inference-Based Decentralized Prognosis in Discrete Event Systems ......................................................1167Shigemasa Takai, Ratnesh Kumar

Bearings-Only Guidance of an Autonomous Vehicle Following a Moving Target with a Smaller Minimum Turning Radius .............................................................................................................1173

Andrey V. Savkin, Hamid Teimoori Sangani

An Alternative Approach to Designing Stabilizing Compensators for Saturating Linear Time-Invariant Plants...................................................................................................................................1178

Sandip Roy, Yan Wan, Ali Saberi, Babak Malek

An Iterative Algorithm to Solve Periodic Riccati Differential Equations with an Indefinite Quadratic Term.............................................................................................................................................1184

Yantao Feng, Brian D.O. Anderson

A LPV Approach to Control and Real-Time Scheduling Codesign: Application to a Robot-Arm Control ..................................................................................................................................................1190

Olivier Sename, Daniel Simon, Mongi Ben Gaid

Vehicle Yaw Control Using a Fast NMPC Approach ................................................................................1197Massimo Canale, Lorenzo Fagiano

Generation of Optimal Linear Parametric Models for LFT-Based Robust Stability Analysis and Control Design ........................................................................................................................1203

Harald Pfifer, Simon Hecker

Noncooperative Dynamic Games for Inventory Applications: A Consensus Approach.........................1209Dario Bauso, Laura Giarre, Raffaele Pesenti

Limit Time Optimal Synthesis for a Two-Level Quantum System...........................................................1215Paolo Mason, Rebecca Salmoni, Ugo V. Boscain, Yacine Chitour

Multiobjective Controller Synthesis for Parameter Dependent Descriptor Systems Via Dilated LMI Characterizations ....................................................................................................................1221

Mohamed Yagoubi, Anis Bouali, Philippe Chevrel

A LPV/Hinf Global Chassis Controller for Handling Improvements Involving Braking and Steering Systems............................................................................................................................................1227

Charles Poussot, Olivier Sename, Luc Dugard

Improving Convergence of Iterative Feedback Tuning Using Optimal External Perturbations .................................................................................................................................................1233

Jakob Kjøbsted Huusom, Håkan Hjalmarsson, Niels Kjølstad Poulsen, Sten Bay Jørgensen

Identification of LPV Systems Using Successive Approximations ............................................................1239P. Lopes dos Santos, Jose A. Ramos, J.L. Martins de Carvalho

On the Inverse Scattering of Star-Shape LC-Networks.............................................................................1246Filippo Visco-Comandini, Mazyar Mirrahimi, Michel Sorine

Symbolic Models for Nonlinear Control Systems Affected by Disturbances ...........................................1252Giordano Pola, Paulo Tabuada

A Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Computational Approach Applied to the Exact Tracking Problem for the Spherical Pendulum ..........................................................................................................1258

Luca Consolini, Mario Tosques

Delta Modulation for Multi-Variable Centralized Linear Networked Controlled Systems ...................1264Jonathan Jaglin, Carlos Canudas de Wit, Cyrille Siclet

Model Reduction by Moment Matching for Nonlinear Systems...............................................................1270Alessandro Astolfi

Control of Multiple Non-Holonomic Air Vehicles under Wind Uncertainty Using Model Predictive Control and Decentralized Navigation Functions ....................................................................1276

Giannis Roussos, Georgios Chaloulos, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos, John Lygeros

Dynamic Test Selection for Reconfigurable Diagnosis ..............................................................................1282Mattias Krysander, Fredrik Heintz, Jacob Roll, Erik Frisk

The Double Description Method for the Approximation of Explicit MPC Control Laws......................1289Colin Neil Jones, Manfred Morari

Network Localization Using Graph Decomposition and Rigidity.............................................................1296Jia Fang, A. Stephen Morse

Two-Degree-Of-Freedom PI/PID Tuning Approach for Smooth Control on Cascade Control Systems.............................................................................................................................................1302

Victor M. Alfaro, Ramon Vilanova, Orlando Arrieta

Stable Emergent Agent Distributions under Sensing and Travel Delays.................................................1308Jorge Finke, Brandon Moore, Kevin Passino

Explicit Model Predictive Control for Linear Parameter-Varying Systems............................................1314Thomas Besselmann, Johan Löfberg, Manfred Morari

MPC for Uncertain Systems Using the Youla Parameterizations.............................................................1320Sven Creutz Thomsen, Henrik Niemann, Niels Kjølstad Poulsen

Distributed Welfare Games with Applications to Sensor Coverage .........................................................1326Jason Marden, Adam Wierman

Practical Stability of Time Delay Systems: LMI's Approach....................................................................1332Raul Villafuerte, Sabine Mondie, Alexander S. Poznyak

Robust Limit Cycle Control in an Attitude Control System with Switching-Constrained Actuators........................................................................................................................................................1338

Alexandre Mesquita, Karl Heinz Kienitz, Erico Rempel

Robust Design of a Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Control System with Actuator Uncertainties..................................................................................................................................................1344

Aranya Chakrabortty, Murat Arcak, Panagiotis Tsiotras

On Robust Maximum Lifetime Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks ....................................................1350Ioannis Paschalidis, Ruomin Wu

Robust Stabilization and Performance Recovery of Nonlinear Systems with Input Unmodeled Dynamics ...................................................................................................................................1356

Aranya Chakrabortty, Murat Arcak

A Tractable Approximation of Chance Constrained Stochastic MPC Based on Affine Disturbance Feedback ..................................................................................................................................1362

Frauke Oldewurtel, Colin Neil Jones, Manfred Morari

Robust Stability Analysis of a Class of Neutral Type Time Delay Equations ..........................................1368Juan Eduardo Velazquez Velazquez, Vladimir Kharitonov, Sabine Mondie

Probabilistic Analysis of the Rapid Convergence of a Class of Progressive Second Price Auctions..........................................................................................................................................................1374

Peng Jia, Peter E. Caines

On Frame and Orientation Localization for Relative Sensing Networks.................................................1380Giulia Piovan, Iman Shames, Baris Fidan, Francesco Bullo, Brian D.O. Anderson

Global Hierarchical Observer for Linear Systems with Unknown Inputs...............................................1386Francisco Javier Bejarano, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano

Noise Suppression in Auto-Regulatory Gene Networks ............................................................................1392Abhyudai Singh, Joao P. Hespanha

Path Following for the PVTOL: A Set Stabilization Approach ................................................................1398Christopher Nielsen, Luca Consolini, Manfredi Maggiore, Mario Tosques

Real-Time Suboptimal Model Predictive Control Using a Combination of Explicit MPC and Online Optimization ..............................................................................................................................1404

Melanie N. Zeilinger, Colin Neil Jones, Manfred Morari

Neural Network Output Feedback Control of a Quadrotor UAV ............................................................1410Travis Dierks, Sarangapani Jagannathan

Alternative Optimal Filter for Linear Systems with Multiple State and Observation Delays ...............1417Michael V. Basin, Dario Calderon Alvarez, Rodolfo Martinez Zuniga

On the Passivity Properties of a New Family of Repetitive (Hyperbolic) Controllers ............................1423Perla Gisel Hernandez Briones, Gerardo Escobar, Romeo Ortega

Multi-Valued Robust Control Technique for Uncertain Systems.............................................................1429Francesco Calabrese, Giovanni Celentano

Equiangular Navigation and Guidance of a Wheeled Mobile Robot Using Range-Only Measurements................................................................................................................................................1435

Hamid Teimoori Sangani, Andrey V. Savkin

Development of a Flipper Propelled Turtle-Like Underwater Robot and Its CPG-Based Control Algorithm.........................................................................................................................................1441

Wei Zhao, Yonghui Hu, Long Wang, Yingmin Jia

Gain Margins of Multivariable MRAC Systems ........................................................................................1447Qian Sang, Gang Tao

Decentralized Robust State Estimation Via a Data-Rate Constrained Sensor Network ........................1453Teddy M. Cheng, Veerachai Malyavej, Andrey V. Savkin

Feasibility Considerations in Formation Control: Phantom Track Generation through Multi-UAV Collaboration.............................................................................................................................1459

D.H.A. Maithripala, Suhada Jayasuriya

Stabilization of Closed Sets for Passive Systems, Part I: Reduction Principles.......................................1465Mohamed, I. El-Hawwary, Manfredi Maggiore

Stabilization of Closed Sets for Passive Systems, Part II: Passivity-Based Control ................................1471Mohamed, I. El-Hawwary, Manfredi Maggiore

Strong Stabilization of MIMO Systems with Restricted Zeros in the Unstable Region..........................1477A. N. Gundes, Hitay Ozbay

A Tailored Inexact Interior-Point Method for Systems Analysis .............................................................1483Janne Harju Johansson, Anders Hansson

H∞ Boundary Control of Semilinear Heat Processes and Distributed Mechanical Oscillators: An LMI Approach ....................................................................................................................1489

Emilia Fridman, Yury Orlov

Stability of a Gleevec and Immune Model with Delays .............................................................................1495Frederic Mazenc, Peter Kim, Silviu-Iulian Niculescu

Robust Semiglobal Stabilization of the Second Order System by Relay Feedback with an Uncertain Variable Time Delay ...................................................................................................................1501

E.I. Shustin, Leonid M. Fridman, Emilia Fridman, Fernando Castaños

Stable Adaptive Neural Network Control of MIMO Nonaffine Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................1507

Lianfei Zhai, Tianyou Chai, Chenguang Yang, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Tong Heng Lee

Constructive Lyapunov Design of Dynamic State Feedback Controllers ................................................1513Stefano Battilotti

State Estimation of Nonlinear Systems with Markov State Reset.............................................................1519Stefano Battilotti

Behavioral Portfolio Choice in Continuous Time.......................................................................................1525Hanqing Jin, Xun Yu Zhou

Periodic Motion Planning and Analytical Computation of Transverse Linearizations for Hybrid Mechanical Systems .........................................................................................................................1531

Anton Shiriaev, Leonid Freidovich, Ian Manchester

Uniting Two Control Lyapunov Functions for Affine Systems.................................................................1537Vincent Andrieu, Christophe Prieur

The Use of the Nonnegative Garrote for Order Selection of ARX Models ..............................................1543Christian Lyzell, Jacob Roll, Lennart Ljung

Razumikhin-Type Theorems for ISS of Nonlinear Delayed Impulsive Systems .....................................1549W.-H. Chen, Wei Xing Zheng

Gain Bounds for Multiple Model Switched Adaptive Control of General MIMO LTI Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................1555

Dominic Pasqual Buchstaller, Mark French

Lossless Scalar Functions: Boundary Interpolation, Schur Algorithm and Ober's Canonical Form .............................................................................................................................................1561

Martine Olivi, Bernard Hanzon, Ralf Peeters

ARGA Loop Pairing Criteria for Multivariable Systems..........................................................................1567Aldo Balestrino, Alberto Landi, Alessandro Menicagli, Emanuele Crisostomi

Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-Based Control for Port-Hamiltonian Mechanical Systems with Only Position Measurements ............................................................................1573

Daniel Alonzo Dirksz, Jacquelien M.A. Scherpen, Romeo Ortega

Robust Optimality of Linear Saturated Control in Uncertain Linear Network Flows...........................1579Fabio Bagagiolo, Dario Bauso

A Bound for the Error Covariance of the Recursive Kalman Filter with Markov Jump Parameters .....................................................................................................................................................1585

Eduardo F. Costa, Alessandro Astolfi

Adaptive Output Feedback Control of a Managed Pressure Drilling System .........................................1591Jing Zhou, Øyvind Nistad Stamnes, Ole Morten Aamo, Glenn-Ole Kaasa Kaasa

Adaptive Observer Design for the Bottomhole Pressure of a Managed Pressure Drilling System ............................................................................................................................................................1597

Øyvind Nistad Stamnes, Jing Zhou, Ole Morten Aamo, Glenn-Ole Kaasa Kaasa

The Pontryagin Maximum Principle Applied to Nonholonomic Mechanics ...........................................1603Oscar Fernandez, Anthony M. Bloch, Tom Mestdag

Basic Issues on Tokamak Plasma Magnetic Control .................................................................................1609Marco Ariola, Alfredo Pironti

Forward Prediction-based Approach to Target-Tracking with Out-of-Sequence Measurements................................................................................................................................................1615

François Rhéaume, Abder Rezak Benaskeur

Packet-Loss Dependent Controller Design for Networked Control Systems Via Switched System Approach ..........................................................................................................................................1623

Junyan Yu, Long Wang, Mei Yu, Yingmin Jia

Equivalence Between Approximate Dynamic Inversion and Proportional-Integral Control ................1629Justin Teo, Jonathan P. How

On the Use of Numerical Methods for Analysis and Control of Nonlinear Convective Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................1634

Edward Allen, John A Burns, David S. Gilliam

Strong Practical Stability and Stabilization of 2D Differential-Discrete Linear Systems.......................1640Pawel Grzegorz Dabkowski, Krzysztof Galkowski, Eric Rogers

Refined Instrumental Variable Methods for Identification of Hammerstein Continuous-Time Box-Jenkins Models ............................................................................................................................1646

Vincent Laurain, Marion Gilson, Hugues Garnier, Peter C. Young

Estimation of Immune States in HIV Dynamics.........................................................................................1652H.J. Chang, Alessandro Astolfi

Power Factor Compensation of a Controlled Rectifier with Non-Sinusoidal Generator Voltage using Passive Components..............................................................................................................1658

Michael Hernandez-Gomez, Romeo Ortega, Francoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Gerardo Escobar

Simple Conditions for Arbitrarily Close Deployment and Equilibrium Paths and Quasistationary Deployment ........................................................................................................................1664

Cornel Sultan

Boundary Feedback Control and Lyapunov Stability Analysis for Physical Networks of 2x2 Hyperbolic Balance Laws ......................................................................................................................1669

Georges Bastin, Jean-Michel Coron, Brigitte D'Andrea-Novel

Interconnection and Damping Assignment Passivity-Based Control: Static vs Dynamic State Feedback...............................................................................................................................................1674

Alessandro Astolfi, Romeo Ortega

A S-Regularity Approach to the Robust Analysis of Descriptor Models .................................................1678Bilal Sari, Olivier Bachelier, Driss Mehdi

Distributed Subgradient Methods and Quantization Effects ....................................................................1684Angelia Nedich, Alexander Olshevsky, Asuman Ozdaglar, John Tsitsiklis

Sensitivity Analysis and Computational Uncertainty with Applications to Control of Nonlinear Parabolic Partial Differential Equations...................................................................................1692

John A Burns, Lisa Stanley

Deployment of Sensors in a Network-Like Environment ..........................................................................1698Luca Greco, Matteo Gaeta, Benedetto Piccoli

Cooperative and Competitive Negotiation in a Supply Chain Model.......................................................1704Ludovica Adacher, Mauro Boccadoro, Francesco Martinelli, Paolo Valigi

Lyapunov Characterization of Zeno Behavior in Hybrid Systems ...........................................................1710Rafal Goebel, Andrew R. Teel

An MPC Design Flow for Automotive Control and Applications to Idle Speed Regulation ..................1716Stefano Di Cairano, Diana Yanakiev, Alberto Bemporad, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Davor Hrovat

Compliant Motion Tasks for Robot Manipulators Subject to Joint Velocity Constraints .....................1722Xanthi Papageorgiou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

H∞ Filtering of Time-Varying Systems with Bounded Rates of Variation ...............................................1728Renato A. Borges, Ricardo C. L. F. Oliveira, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Pedro L. D. Peres

An Observer for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors with Currents and Voltages as Only Measurements ......................................................................................................................................1734

Poulain Francois, Laurent Praly, Romeo Ortega

Application of Real Rational Modules in System Identification ...............................................................1740Tzvetan Ivanov, Pierre-Antoine Absil, Brian D.O. Anderson, Michel Gevers

Optimal Control with Limited Control Actions and Lossy Transmissions..............................................1746Praveen Bommannavar, Tamer Basar

Observation of a Class of Quasilinear Systems by Quasi-Continuous High-Order Sliding Modes .............................................................................................................................................................1752

Jorge Angel Davila Montoya, Leonid M. Fridman, Alessandro Pisano, Elio Usai

Fixed Order Multivariable Controller Synthesis: A New Algorithm .......................................................1758Lee H. Keel, Shankar P. Bhattacharyya

Reconfigurable Control of PWA Systems with Actuator and Sensor Faults: Stability ..........................1764Jan Richter, Maurice Heemels, Nathan Van De Wouw, Jan Lunze

Optimal Control of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems Using RISE Feedback ...............................................1770Keith Dupree, Parag Patre, Zachary Wilcox, Warren E. Dixon

Synchronization in Networks of Identical Linear Systems........................................................................1776Luca Scardovi, Rodolphe J. Sepulchre

Dual Actuation for High-Bandwidth Nanopositioning ..............................................................................1782Georg Schitter, Wouter Rijkee, Nghi Phan

Decentralized Control Using Reduced-Order Unknown Input Observers ..............................................1788Karanjit Kalsi, Jianming Lian, Stanislaw H. Zak

Fault Detection for Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems with Partially Known Transition Probabilities ................................................................................................................................1794

Lixian Zhang, El-Kebir Boukas, Luc Baron

New Results on Control Synthesis for Time-Varying Delay Systems with Actuator Saturation ......................................................................................................................................................1800

Lixian Zhang, El-Kebir Boukas, Ahmad Haidar

Optimal Control for Combination Therapy in Cancer..............................................................................1805Urszula Ledzewicz, Heinz M. Schattler, Alberto d'Onofrio

Instability Conditions for Neutral Type Time Delay Systems...................................................................1811Gilberto Ochoa, Sabine Mondie

Stability Analysis and Model-Based Control in EXTRAP-T2R with Time-Delay Compensation ................................................................................................................................................1817

Erik Olofsson, Emmanuel Witrant, Corentin Briat, Silviu-Iulian Niculescu, Per Brunsell

Area-Constrained Coverage Optimization by Robotic Sensor Networks ................................................1823Jorge Cortes

A Nonlinear Control-Oriented Model for Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuators ..........................1829Zheng Chen, Dawn Hedgepeth, Xiaobo Tan

Nonlinear Analysis of Cross-Coupled Oscillator Circuits .........................................................................1835Xiaoqing Ge, Murat Arcak, Khaled Salama

Quantized Average Consensus Via Dynamic Coding/decoding Schemes.................................................1841Ruggero Carli, Francesco Bullo, Sandro Zampieri

Instability Mechanisms in Cooperative Control.........................................................................................1847He Bai, Murat Arcak

Almost Sure Convergence to Consensus in Markovian Random Graphs................................................1853Ion Matei, Nuno C. Martins, John S. Baras

A Link between Riemann Invariants and Frequency Domain Approaches for Boundary Control of Open Channel Flow ....................................................................................................................1859

Xavier Litrico, Vincent Fromion

Average Consensus Over Small World Networks: A Probabilistic Framework .....................................1865Pedram Hovareshti, John S. Baras, Vijay Gupta

On Distributed Averaging Algorithms and Quantization Effects.............................................................1871Angelia Nedich, Alexander Olshevsky, Asuman Ozdaglar, John Tsitsiklis

Multi-Step Look-Ahead Policy for Autonomous Cooperative Surveillance by UAVs in Hostile Environments....................................................................................................................................1877

Xin Tian, Yaakov Bar-Shalom, Krishna R. Pattipati

On the Averaging Method for Affine in Control Systems .........................................................................1883Vahram Stepanyan, Andrew J. Kurdila

Decentralized Reactive Collision Avoidance for Multivehicle Systems ....................................................1889Emmett Lalish, Kristi A. Morgansen

Effects of Topology in Networked Systems: Stochastic Methods and Small Worlds ..............................1896John S. Baras, Pedram Hovareshti

Topological Geometry and Control for Distributed Port-Hamiltonian Systems with Non-Integrable Structures ....................................................................................................................................1902

Gou Nishida, Bernhard Maschke, Masaki Yamakita

On the Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions for the Concept Values in Fuzzy Cognitive Maps ...............................................................................................................................................................1909

Yiannis Boutalis, Theodore Kottas, Manolis A. Christodoulou

Prediction of Vertical Motions for Landing Operations of UAVs ............................................................1916Xilin Yang, Hemanshu R. Pota, Matthew Garratt, Valery Ugrinovskii

Binary Consensus with Soft Information Processing in Cooperative Networks......................................1922Yongxiang Ruan, Yasamin Mostofi

Mechatronic Suspension Design and Its Applications to Vehicle Suspension Control ...........................1929Fu-Cheng Wang, Hsiang-An Chan

Formation Tracking Control of Unicycle Teams with Collision Avoidance ............................................1935Qin Li, Zhong-Ping Jiang

A Repetitive Process Approach to the Control of Self-Servowriting in Disk Drives ...............................1941Wojciech Paszke, Krzysztof Galkowski, Eric Rogers

Conditions for Tracking in Networked Control Systems ..........................................................................1947Ivan Lopez Hurtado, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Sudharman K. Jayaweera, Herbert Tanner

Estimation of Non-Stationary Markov Chain Transition Models ............................................................1954Luca F. Bertuccelli, Jonathan P. How

Almost Invariant Subspaces: -High Gain Feedback? or -Singularly Perturbed Feedback?..................1960Moises E. Bonilla, Michel Malabre, Hugo Mendez Delgadillo, Runmin Zou

How Springs Can Help to Stabilize Motions of Underactuated Systems with Weak Actuators........................................................................................................................................................1966

Uwe Mettin, Pedro La Hera, Leonid Freidovich, Anton Shiriaev

Feedback Control and the Arrow of Time ..................................................................................................1972Tryphon T. Georgiou, Malcolm C. Smith

On Globally Optimal Real-Time Encoding and Decoding Strategies in Multi-Terminal Communication Systems...............................................................................................................................1978

Ashutosh Nayyar, Demosthenis Teneketzis

Robust Stabilization for Arbitrarily Switched Linear Systems with Time-Varying Delays and Uncertainties ..........................................................................................................................................1986

Lixian Zhang, Peng Shi, Michael V. Basin

Power Leader Fault Detection in Nonlinear Leader-Follower Networks ................................................1992Dae-Yi Jung, Rastko R. Selmic

Efficient Dynamic Programming for Optimal Multi-Location Robot Rendezvous ................................1998Kenneth Robert Alton, Ian M. Mitchell

Control of Underactuated Mechanical Systems: Observer Design and Position Feedback Stabilization ...................................................................................................................................................2004

Aneesh Venkatraman, Romeo Ortega, Ioannis Sarras, Arjan J. van der Schaft

Impulsive Consensus Control for Complex Dynamical Networks with Non-Identical Nodes and Coupling Time-Delays ...........................................................................................................................2011

Bin Liu, David J. Hill

A Hopf-Algebraic Formula for Compositions of Noncommuting Flows ..................................................2017Matthias Kawski, Eric Gehrig

A Monotonic Algorithm for the Optimal Control of the Fokker-Planck Equation ................................2023Julien Salomon, Guillaume Carlier

Optimal Filtering for Polynomial States Over Polynomial Observations ................................................2028Michael V. Basin, Dario Calderon Alvarez, Peng Shi

Flight Control of a Rotary Wing UAV - A Practical Approach................................................................2034Bilal Ahmed, Hemanshu R. Pota, Matthew Garratt

Distributed Calculation of Linear Functions in Noisy Networks Via Linear Iterations .........................2040Shreyas Sundaram, Christoforos Hadjicostis

On Design of Reduced-Order H∞ Filters for Discrete-Time Systems from Incomplete Measurements................................................................................................................................................2046

S. Zhou, Wei Xing Zheng

On the Observability Properties of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Networked Dynamic Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................2052

Daniel Zelazo, Mehran Mesbahi

Average Consensus by Gossip Algorithms with Quantized Communication ..........................................2058Paolo Frasca, Ruggero Carli, Fabio Fagnani, Sandro Zampieri

Swing-up Control for n-Link Planar Robot with Single Passive Joint Using the Notion of Virtual Composite Links ..............................................................................................................................2064

Xin Xin, Jin-Hua She, Taiga Yamasaki

Stochastic Lyapunov Function Design Using Quantization of Markov Process......................................2070Yuki Nishimura, Yuh Yamashita

Linear, Parameter-Varying Wheel Slip Control for Two-Wheeled Vehicles ..........................................2076Matteo Corno, Sergio M. Savaresi, Gary J. Balas

Adaptive regulation of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Dead-Zone....................................................2082Hong-jun Ma, Guang-hong Yang

System Theoretic Properties of Platoon-Type Systems..............................................................................2088Ruth F. Curtain, Orest V. Iftime, Hans Zwart

Stability Analysis for Neural Networks with Time-Varying Delay...........................................................2094Xun-Lin Zhu, Guang-hong Yang

Quantum Behaviors and Networks..............................................................................................................2100Matthew R. James, John Edward Gough

A Reduced-Order Nonlinear Clutch Pressure Observer for Automatic Transmission Using ISS...................................................................................................................................................................2106

Bingzhao Gao, Hong Chen, Haiyan Zhao, Kazushi Sanada

Cooperative Surveillance Missions with Multiple UGVs...........................................................................2112David A. Anisi, Petter Ogren, Xiaoming Hu, Therese Lindskog

Stability Analysis of Dynamical Neural Networks with Uncertain Delays...............................................2118W.-H. Chen, Wei Xing Zheng

Adaptive Feedforward Disturbance Rejection in Nonlinear Systems ......................................................2124Saverio Messineo, Andrea Serrani

Algorithm for Reducing the Number of Constraints of POD-Based Predictive Controllers..................2130Oscar Mauricio Agudelo, Jairo Espinosa, Bart L.R. De Moor

Polyhedral Functions, Composite Quadratic Functions, and Some Equivalent Conditions for Stability/Stabilization..............................................................................................................................2136

Tingshu Hu, Franco Blanchini

Analytical Approximation Method for the Center Manifold in the Nonlinear Output Regulation Problem ......................................................................................................................................2142

Hidetoshi Suzuki, Noboru Sakamoto, Sergej Celikovsky

Nonlinear Feedback Laws for Practical Stabilization of Systems with Input and State Constraints.....................................................................................................................................................2148

Tingshu Hu

Global Inverse Optimal Controller with Guaranteed Convergence Rate for Input-Affine Nonlinear Systems .........................................................................................................................................2154

Nami Nakamura, Hisakazu Nakamura

On Stability in the Presence of Analog Erasure Channels ........................................................................2161Vijay Gupta, Nuno C. Martins

Scheduling of Event-Triggered Controllers on a Shared Network ...........................................................2167Anton Cervin, Toivo Henningsson

Robust Closed-Loop Control of Plasma Glycemia: A Discrete-Delay Model Approach ........................2173Pasquale Palumbo, Pierdomenico Pepe, Simona Panunzi, Andrea De Gaetano

Rate of Convergence for Consensus with Delays........................................................................................2179Pierre-Alexandre J Bliman, Angelia Nedich, Asuman Ozdaglar

Construction of Lyapunov-Krasovskii Functional for Time-Varying Delay Systems Analysis ..........................................................................................................................................................2185

Yassine Ariba, Frederic Gouaisbaut

Discrete-Time Nonlinear Observer and Output Feedback Design for a Combustion Engine Test Bench......................................................................................................................................................2191

Dina Shona Laila, Engelbert Gruenbacher

On Structured Robustness Analysis for Feedback Interconnections of Unstable Systems ....................2197Ulf T. Jonsson, Michael Cantoni, Chung-Yao Kao

On and Off-Line Model Identification for Power Management of Web Service Systems ......................2203Mara Tanelli, Danilo Ardagna, Marco Lovera

A Fault Tolerant Control Strategy for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based on a Sequential Quadratic Programming Algorithm............................................................................................................2209

Francois Bateman, Hassan Noura, Mustapha Ouladsine

Design of Robust Decentralized Controllers for Drag-Free Satellite........................................................2215Lorenzo Pettazzi, Alexander Lanzon, Stephan Theil

Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Algorithms with Column Scaling ...................................................2221Radoslaw Pytlak

Passification of Linear Systems with Respect to Given Output ................................................................2227Alexander Fradkov

Projectional Differential Neural Network Observer with Stable Adaptation Weights...........................2233Alejandro Garcia, Alexander S. Poznyak, Isaac Chairez Oria, Tatyana Poznyak

Stability of a Second Order Consensus Algorithm with Time Delay........................................................2239Wen Yang, Andrea L. Bertozzi, Xiao Fan Wang

Conservation Laws and Open Systems on Higher-Dimensional Networks..............................................2245Arjan J. van der Schaft, Bernhard Maschke

A Unified Information Flow Model of Poisson-Type Brain Neuronal Network Activity .......................2251Sara I. Khaddaj, Ibrahim Abou-Faycal, Fadi N. Karameh

Dynamic Analysis of an Enzymatic Membrane Reactor ...........................................................................2258Jorge dos Santos Ferreira, Rogelio Lozano, Alain Friboulet

Adaptive Optimal Control Algorithm for Continuous-Time Nonlinear Systems Based on Policy Iteration ..............................................................................................................................................2264

Draguna Vrabie, Frank L. Lewis

Output-Feedback Control for Almost Global Stabilization of Fully-Actuated Rigid Bodies .................2271David Cabecinhas, Rita Cunha, Carlos Silvestre

Stability of Model Predictive Control Based on Reduced-Order Models ................................................2277Svein Hovland, Christian Løvaas, Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Graham C. Goodwin

Control of an Pseudo-Omnidirectional, Non-Holonomic, Mobile Robot Based on an ICM Representation in Spherical Coordinates....................................................................................................2283

Christian Pascal Connette, Andreas Pott

Sensitivity Relations for Optimal Control Problems with State Constraints...........................................2291Piernicola Bettiol, Richard B. Vinter

A Locally Most Powerful Detector for Mode Perturbation Signatures....................................................2295Paul Otanez, Mark E. Campbell

A Dual Gradient Projection Quadratic Programming Algorithm Tailored for Model Predictive Control .........................................................................................................................................2303

Daniel Axehill, Anders Hansson

Passivity Preserving Model Order Reduction for the SMIB .....................................................................2311Tudor Corneliu Ionescu, Jacquelien M.A. Scherpen

Simple Coding for Achieving Mean Square Stability Over Bit-Rate Limited Channels ........................2317Eduardo I. Silva, Milan Stefan Derpich, Jan Ostergaard, Daniel E. Quevedo

Logical Consensus for Distributed Network Agreement ...........................................................................2323Adriano Fagiolini, Elena Maria Visibelli, Antonio Bicchi

An Efficient Long-Time Integrator for Chandrasekhar Equations .........................................................2329Jeff Borggaard, Miroslav Stoyanov

Boundary Feedback Control in Fluid-Structure Interactions...................................................................2335Amjad Tuffaha, Irena Lasiecka

Riccati Conditioning and Sensitivity for a MinMax Controlled Cable-Mass System. ............................2341Lizette Zietsman, Katie Evans, J. Teye Brown, Richard A. idowu

Feed-Forward River Flow Control Using Differential Flatness................................................................2346Florent Di Meglio, Tarek Rabbani, Xavier Litrico, Alexandre M. Bayen

Exploiting Laguerre Functions to Improve the Feasibility/Performance Compromise in MPC ...............................................................................................................................................................2354

J. Anthony Rossiter, Liuping Wang

Disturbance Rejection and Set-Point Tracking of Sinusoidal Signals Using Generalized Predictive Control .........................................................................................................................................2360

Liuping Wang, J. Anthony Rossiter

Stabilization of Delayed Linear Systems Via Signal Reconstruction........................................................2366Silvia Mastellone, Mark W. Spong

Continuous Motion Planning for Information Forecast ............................................................................2372Han-Lim Choi, Jonathan P. How

Norm Optimal Cross-Coupled Iterative Learning Control.......................................................................2380Kira Barton, Andrew G. Alleyne, Jeroen van de Wijdeven, Okko H. Bosgra, Maarten Steinbuch

Congestion Control for Small Queues: Analysis and Evaluation of a New Protocol ..............................2386Niels Möller, Karl H. Johansson

A Stackelberg Game for Pricing Uplink Power in Wide-Band Cognitive Radio Networks ...................2392Ashraf Al Daoud, Tansu Alpcan, Murat Alanyali, Sachin Kumar Agarwal

A Locality Generalization of the NCE (Mean Field) Principle: Agent Specific Cost Interactions ....................................................................................................................................................2398

Minyi Huang, Peter E. Caines, Roland P. Malhame

Stable Swarming by Mutual Interactions of Attraction/Alignment/Repulsion .......................................2404Xiaohai Li, Jizhong Xiao, Zhijun Cai

Simultaneous Placement and Assignment for Exploration in Mobile Backbone Networks ...................2410Emily Craparo, Jonathan P. How, Eytan Modiano

Control of Acyclic Formations of Mobile Autonomous Agents.................................................................2416Ming Cao, Brian D.O. Anderson, A. Stephen Morse, Changbin Yu

Dynamic Spectrum Access Policies for Cognitive Radio ...........................................................................2422Jayakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Venugopal V. Veeravalli

Admission Control and Routing in Multi-Hop Wireless Networks ..........................................................2428Juan Jose Jaramillo, R Srikant

A Lyapunov Based Small-Gain Theorem for Hybrid ISS Systems ..........................................................2434Dragan Nesic, Andrew R. Teel

Output Feedback Control of Linear Systems with Input and Output Quantization ..............................2440Daniel Ferreira Coutinho, Minyue Fu, Carlos E. de Souza

Virtual Closed Loop Identification: A Generalized Tool for Identification in Closed Loop ..................2446Juan C. Agüero, Graham C. Goodwin, Paul M.J. Van den Hof

Convergence Rate for Stochastic Consensus Algorithms with Time-Varying Noise Statistics: Asymptotic Normality .................................................................................................................2452

Minyi Huang

Optimal Controller for Stochastic Nonlinear Polynomial Systems...........................................................2458Michael V. Basin, Dario Calderon Alvarez

Robust Output Nash Strategies Based on Hierarchical Sliding Mode Observer in a Two-Player Differential Game..............................................................................................................................2464

Alejandra Ferreira, Manuel A. Jimenez-Lizarraga, Leonid M. Fridman

IPA for Fluid Queue with Delayed Flow Control .......................................................................................2470Yorai Wardi, George Riley

Convergence Properties of a Decentralized Kalman Filter .......................................................................2476Maryam Kamgarpour, Claire J. Tomlin

A Dynamic Programming Approach to the Approximation of Nonlinear L2-Gain ................................2482Peter M. Dower, Christopher Kellett

On the Existence of Stationary Optimal Policies for the Average Cost Control Problem of Linear Systems with Abstract State-Feedback ...........................................................................................2488

Alessandro N. Vargas, Joao B.R. Do Val

Reset-Free Iterative Identification Based on the Finite-Dimensional Signal Subspace ..........................2494Ichiro Maruta, Toshiharu Sugie

Continuous Path Planning for a Data Harvesting Mobile Server.............................................................2500Jerome Le Ny, Munther A. Dahleh, Eric Feron, Emilio Frazzoli

Hybrid Control of a Constrained Velocity Unicycle with Local Sensing .................................................2506Apollon Oikonomopoulos, Savvas Loizou, Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

Practical Stability Analysis for DNN Observation .....................................................................................2512Isaac Chairez Oria, Alexander S. Poznyak, Tatyana Poznyak

Feedback Error Learning with Insufficient Excitation .............................................................................2518Kenji Sugimoto, Basel Alali, Kentaro Hirata

Performance Enhancement of Modular Control Systems Using Mu Synthesis ......................................2524Christopher Vermillion, Jing Sun, Kenneth R. Butts

Reachability Calculations for Automated Aerial Refueling ......................................................................2530Jerry Ding, Jonathan Sprinkle, Shankar Sastry, Claire J. Tomlin

Ensemble Kalman Filter Based State Estimation in 2D Shallow Water Equations Using Lagrangian Sensing and State Augmentation ............................................................................................2537

Olli-Pekka Tossavainen, Julie Percelay, Andrew Tinka, Qingfang Wu, Alexandre M. Bayen

Stabilization of Multi-Agent Dynamical Systems for Cyclic Pursuit Behavior .......................................2545Tae-Hyoung Kim, Shinji Hara

Nonlinear Control of a Hypersonic Vehicle with Structural Flexibility...................................................2551Lisa Fiorentini, Andrea Serrani, Michael Bolender, David B. Doman

Input/State/Output Modeling and Control of Dynamical Systems with Active Singularities: Single and Multi-Impact Sequences ............................................................................................................2557

Joseph Bentsman, Boris Miller, Evgeny Rubinovich, Sudip Mazumder

Multi-Objective Flight Controller Design for an Airplane with Multiple Operating Points..................2563Chao Shen, Georgi M Dimirovski, Yuanwei Jing, Shi Wang

Characterization of Discrete-Time H2 Control Performance Limitation Based on Poles and Zeros ...............................................................................................................................................................2569

Hideaki Tanaka, Masaaki Kanno, Koji Tsumura

A Robust Active Queue Management Scheme Based on Global Sliding Mode Control .........................2575Hongwei Wang, Georgi M Dimirovski, Yuanwei Jing, Zhaona Chen

A Passive 2DOF Walker: Finding Gait Cycles Using Virtual Holonomic Constraints...........................2580Leonid Freidovich, Uwe Mettin, Anton Shiriaev, Mark W. Spong

Coverage Control for Mobile Networks with Limited-Range Anisotropic Sensors ................................2586Azwirman Gusrialdi, Takeshi Hatanaka, Masayuki Fujita

Consensus Filter Based Target-Enclosing Strategies for Multiple Nonholonomic Vehicles...................2592Hiroki Kawakami, Toru Namerikawa

Passivity-Based Output Synchronization and Flocking Algorithm in SE(3) ...........................................2598Yuji Igarashi, Takeshi Hatanaka, Masayuki Fujita, Mark W. Spong

Open Channel Flow Estimation and Data Reconciliation Using Modal Decomposition. .......................2604Qingfang Wu, Xavier Litrico, Alexandre M. Bayen

Integrated Design of an Observer-Based Fault Detection System Over Unreliable Digital Channels.........................................................................................................................................................2612

Wei Li, Steven X. Ding

Decentralized Model Predictive Control Via Dual Decomposition...........................................................2618Yuji Wakasa, Mizue Arakawa, Kanya Tanaka, Takuya Akashi

Functional Differential Inclusion-based Approach to Control of Discontinuous Nonlinear Systems with Time Delay ..............................................................................................................................2624

Jiangyan Zhang, Tielong Shen

Fast Solution of Periodic Optimal Control Problems in Automobile Test-Driving with Gear Shifts...............................................................................................................................................................2630

Sebastian Sager, Christian Kirches, Georg Bock

Stability and Causality Constraints on Frequency Response Coefficients Applied for Non-Parametric H2 and H∞ Control Synthesis....................................................................................................2636

A.J. Den Hamer, Siep Weiland, Maarten Steinbuch, Georgo Angelis

An Ensemble Kalman Filtering Approach to Highway Traffic Estimation Using GPS Enabled Mobile Devices................................................................................................................................2642

Daniel Work, Olli-Pekka Tossavainen, Sebastien Blandin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Toch Iwuchukwu, Ken Tracton

Neural-Based Control of Modular Robotic Fish with Multiple Propulsors .............................................2649Yonghui Hu, Wei Zhao, Long Wang, Yingmin Jia

A Small-Gain Condition for Integral Input-to-State Stability of Interconnected Retarded Nonlinear Systems .........................................................................................................................................2655

Hiroshi Ito, Pierdomenico Pepe, Zhong-Ping Jiang

A State Predictor for Bilateral Teleoperation with Communication Time Delay ...................................2661Kouei Yoshida, Toru Namerikawa, Oliver Sawodny

A Distributed Randomized Approach for the PageRank Computation: Part 1 ......................................2667Hideaki Ishii, Roberto Tempo

Design of Electric Differential System for an Electric Vehicle with Dual Wheel Motors .......................2673Yee-Pien Yang, Xian-Yee Xing

A Distributed Randomized Approach for the PageRank Computation: Part 2 ......................................2679Hideaki Ishii, Roberto Tempo

Delay-Dependent Rendezvous and Flocking of Large Scale Multi-Agent Systems with Communication Delays .................................................................................................................................2685

Ulrich Muenz, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Frank Allgower

Evolutionary Game Dynamics with Migration for Hybrid Power Control in Wireless Communications............................................................................................................................................2691

Hamidou Tembine, Eitan Altman, Rachid El Azouzi, William H. Sandholm

Optimal-Control of a Voice-Coil-Motor with Coulombic Friction ...........................................................2697Bahne Christiansen, Helmut Maurer, Oliver Zirn

Global Finite-Time Stabilization of a Nonlinear System Using Dynamic Exponent Scaling..................2703Sangbo Seo, Hyungbo Shim, Jin H. Seo

Resilient Adaptive Control of Uncertain Time-Delay Systems - A Delay-Dependent Approach........................................................................................................................................................2709

Hazem Nounou, Mohamed Nounou

Flexible Model Structures for LPV Identification with Static Scheduling Dependency .........................2715Roland Tóth, Peter S.C. Heuberger, Paul M.J. Van den Hof

Stability Analysis of Switched Polynomial Systems Using Dissipation Inequalities................................2721Eduardo Mojica, Nicanor Quijano, Alain Gauthier, Naly Rakoto-Ravalontsalama

An IQC Approach to Robust Estimation Against Perturbations of Smoothly Time-Varying Parameters .....................................................................................................................................................2727

Joost Veenman, Hakan Koroglu, Carsten W. Scherer

On Balanced Realization and Finite-Dimensional Approximation for Infinite-Dimensional Nonlinear Systems .........................................................................................................................................2733

Kenji Fujimoto, Sayaka Ono

Feedback Control of Entanglement in a Linear Quantum Network: A Case Study ...............................2739Naoki Yamamoto, Hendra Ishwara Nurdin, Matthew R. James, Ian R. Petersen

Convex Formulations of Aggregate Network Air Traffic Flow Optimization Problems ........................2745Daniel Work, Alexandre M. Bayen

A Nonlinear GPS/IMU Based Observer for Rigid Body Attitude and Position Estimation ...................2752José Fernandes Vasconcelos, Carlos Silvestre, Paulo Jorge Oliveira

Transformation of Optimal Control Problems with a State Constraint Avoiding Interior Boundary Conditions ....................................................................................................................................2758

Knut Graichen, Nicolas Petit, Andreas Kugi

Robust Discrete-Time Simple Adaptive Model Following with Guaranteed H∞ Performance ..................................................................................................................................................2766

Rabin Ben Yamin, I. Yaesh, Uri Shaked

Retroactivity Attenuation in Transcriptional Networks: Design and Analysis of an Insulation Device ...........................................................................................................................................2772

Domitilla Del Vecchio, Shridhar Jayanthi

Multi-Rate Optimizing Control of Simulated Moving Beds......................................................................2779Cristian Grossmann, Christian Langel, Manfred Morari, Massimo Morbidelli, Marco Mazzotti

Linear Programming Techniques for the Identification of Place/Transition Nets..................................2785Maria Paola Cabasino, Alessandro Giua, Carla Seatzu

Guidance of a Moving Collocated Actuator/Sensor for Improved Control of Distributed Parameter Systems........................................................................................................................................2792

Michael A. Demetriou

Robust PI Control of Hysteretic Systems ....................................................................................................2798Sina Valadkhan, Kirsten A. Morris, Amir Khajepour

Left Invertibility of Discrete Time Systems with Finite Inputs and Quantized Output..........................2804Nevio Dubbini, Benedetto Piccoli, Antonio Bicchi

Delay Compensation in Packet-Switching Networked Controlled Systems .............................................2810Antoine Chaillet, Antonio Bicchi

Robust Linear Filtering for Continuous-Time Hybrid Markov Linear Systems ....................................2816Oswaldo Luiz V. Costa, Marcelo Fragoso

Optimal Input Design for Identification of Systems with Quantized Measurements..............................2822Marco Casini, Andrea Garulli, Antonio Vicino

Revisiting the Basic Issue of Parameter Estimation in System Identification - A New Approach for Multi-Value Estimation ........................................................................................................2829

Sergio Bittanti, Simone Garatti

Networked Predictive Control of Systems with Data Dropouts ................................................................2835Pablo Millán, Isabel Jurado, Carlos Vivas, Francisco R. Rubio

Torque-Oriented Control of an Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition Vehicle ..........................2841Olivier Grondin, Jonathan Chauvin, Gilles Corde

Design of a Multivariable Implicit Self-Tuning Controller .......................................................................2848Akihiko Sugiki, Akira Ohata, Anna Patete, Katsuhisa Furuta

Robust Stability Criteria for Markovian Jump Singular Systems with Time-Varying Delays .............................................................................................................................................................2854

Ahmad Haidar, El-Kebir Boukas

Convex Relaxations for Quadratic Distance Problems..............................................................................2860Andrea Garulli, Alfio Masi, Antonio Vicino

Robust Synchronization in Networks of Cyclic Feedback Systems ..........................................................2866Abdullah Omar Hamadeh, Guy-Bart Stan, Jorge M. Goncalves

Real-Time Estimation for Switched Linear Systems..................................................................................2872Michel Fliess, Cedric Join, Wilfrid Perruquetti

Formal Analysis of Timed Continuous Petri Nets ......................................................................................2878Marius Kloetzer, Cristian Mahulea, Calin Belta, Laura Recalde, Manuel Silva

Delayed Input and State Observability .......................................................................................................2884Carlos Bielsa Campos, Harish Palanthandalam-Madapusi

From Passivity under Sampling to a New Discrete-Time Passivity Concept ...........................................2890Salvatore Monaco, Marie-Dorothée Normand-Cyrot, Fernando Tiefensee

Boosting Human Force: A Robotic Enhancement of a Human Operator’s Force ..................................2896Stefan Lichiardopol, Nathan Van De Wouw, Hendrik Nijmeijer

Global Symplectic Uncertainty Propagation on SO(3) ..............................................................................2902Taeyoung Lee, Melvin Leok, N. Harris McClamroch

Min-Max Predictive Control of a Pilot Plant Using a QP Approach........................................................2908Jorn Klaas Gruber, Daniel R. Ramirez, Teodoro Alamo, Carlos Bordons, Eduardo F. Camacho

Analysis and Control of the Air System of a Turbocharged Gasoline Engine.........................................2914Philippe Moulin, Jonathan Chauvin

Cascade Structural Model Approximation of Identified State Space Models .........................................2921Bo Wahlberg, Henrik Sandberg

Statistical Learning Controller for the Energy Management in a Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle ................2927Matteo Cavalletti, Jorge Piovesan, Chaouki T. Abdallah, Sauro Longhi, Peter Dorato, Gianluca Ippoliti

Global Stability for Monotone Tridiagonal Systems with Negative Feedback ........................................2933Liming Wang, Patrick De Leenheer, Eduardo D. Sontag

An Iterative Learning Algorithm for Control of an Accelerator Based Free Electron Laser ................2939Sven Kirchhoff, Christian Schmidt, Gerwald Lichtenberg, Herbert Werner

Strictly Positive Real Systems Based on Reduced-Order Observers ........................................................2945Rolf Johansson, Joaquin Collado, Rogelio Lozano

Distributed Data Association for Multi-Target Tracking in Sensor Networks........................................2950Nils F Sandell, Reza Olfati-Saber

Analysing the Interaction Between Braking Control and Speed Estimation: The Case of Two-Wheeled Vehicles..................................................................................................................................2956

Mara Tanelli, Maria Prandini, Fabio Codecà , Alessandro Moia, Sergio M. Savaresi

On Observer-Based Estimation Enhancement by Parametric Amplification in a Weak Force Measurement Device ..........................................................................................................................2962

Gildas Besancon, Alina Besancon-Voda, Marouane Alma

Controller Synthesis for L2 Behaviors Using Rational Kernel Representations......................................2968Mark Mutsaers, Siep Weiland

Pull-In Control During Nanometric Positioning by Near Field Position Sensing ...................................2974Sylvain Blanvillain, Gildas Besancon, Alina Besancon-Voda

Controllability and Observability of Leader-Based Multi-Agent Systems ..............................................2980Rogelio Lozano, Mark W. Spong, Jose Alfredo Guerrero, Nikhil Chopra

Using 2D Systems Theory to Design Output Signal Based Iterative Learning Control Laws with Experimental Verification....................................................................................................................2986

Lukasz Hladowski, Zhonglun Cai, Krzysztof Galkowski, Eric Rogers, Christopher T. Freeman, Paul L. Lewin

Synchronization in Networks of Nonlinear Oscillators with Coupling Delays ........................................2992Wim Michiels, Hendrik Nijmeijer

Simultaneous Updating of a Model and a Controller Based on the Data-Driven Fictitious Controller.......................................................................................................................................................2999

Osamu Kaneko, Makoto Miyachi, Takao Fujii

Stochastic State-Continuous Approximation of Markovian Petri Nets Systems .....................................3005Carlos Renato Vazquez, Laura Recalde, Manuel Silva

Computation of Limit Cycles and Forced Oscillations in Discrete--Time Piecewise Linear Feedback Systems through a Complementarity Approach .......................................................................3011

Luigi Iannelli, Francesco Vasca

Cooperative Control of an Autonomous Sampling Network in an External Flow Field ........................3017Derek A. Paley

Optimal Control of a Fedbatch Fermentation Process: Numerical Methods, Sufficient Conditions and Sensitivity Analysis.............................................................................................................3023

Adam Korytowski, Maciej Szymkat, Helmut Maurer, Georg Vossen

Robust Invariant Set Theory Applied to Networked Buffer-Level Control ............................................3029Francesco Borrelli, Carmen Del Vecchio, Alessandra Parisio

Transverse Function Control of a Class of Non-Invariant Driftless Systems. Application to Vehicles with Trailers ...................................................................................................................................3035

Pascal Morin, Claude Samson

H∞ Controller Synthesis for Uncertain PWA Slab Systems ......................................................................3043Stefan LeBel, Luis Rodrigues

Control of the Hopf Bifurcation in the Takens-Bogdanov Bifurcation ....................................................3049Francisco Armando Carrillo, Fernando Verduzco

A Rate-Independent Measure of Irregularity for Event Series and Its Application to Neural Spiking Activity ................................................................................................................................3055

Keiji Miura, Naoshige Uchida

Quasi-Decentralized State Estimation and Control of Process Systems Over Communication Networks ............................................................................................................................3061

Yulei Sun, Nael H. El-Farra

A Cooperative Deployment Strategy for Optimal Sampling in Spatiotemporal Estimation ..................3069Rishi Graham, Jorge Cortes

Symmetry Reduction for Stochastic Hybrid Systems ................................................................................3075Manuela Bujorianu, Joost-Pieter Katoen

Observer Design for Discrete-Time Nonlinear Systems Via a Time-Scaling Method .............................3081Wei Lin, Jianfeng Wei

Finite Horizon Optimal Memoryless Control of a Delay in Gaussian Noise: A Simple Counterexample ............................................................................................................................................3087

Gabriel Mihai Lipsa, Nuno C. Martins

MPC for Tracking with Optimal Closed-Loop Performance....................................................................3095Antonio Ferramosca, Daniel Limon, Ignacio Alvarado, Teodoro Alamo, Eduardo F. Camacho

Receding Horizon Rank Minimization Based Estimation with Applications to Visual Tracking .........................................................................................................................................................3101

Tao Ding, Mario Sznaier, Octavia I. Camps

Stability Analysis of Grasped Object by Soft-Fingers Based on Moment Stability ................................3107Akira Nakashima, Li Jingtai, Yoshikazu Hayakawa

Optimal Control Problems with Nonsmooth Mixed Constraints..............................................................3115Maria do Rosario de Pinho, Geraldo Nunes Silva

Event-Based Optimization for Dispatching Policies in Material Handling Systems of General Assembly Lines ...............................................................................................................................3121

Yanjia Zhao, Qianchuan Zhao, Qing-Shan Jia, Xiaohong Guan, Xi-Ren Cao

Observer-Based Control of Discrete-Time Piecewise Affine Systems: Exploiting Continuity Twice ..............................................................................................................................................................3127

Maurice Heemels, Mircea Lazar, Nathan Van De Wouw, Alexey Pavlov

Using Noise Transmission Properties to Identify Stochastic Gene Regulatory Networks ......................3133Brian Munsky, Mustafa H. Khammash

Dynamic Calibration of Adaptive Optics Systems: A System Identification Approach .........................3139Alessandro Chiuso, Riccardo Muradore, Enrico Marchetti

Joint Computation of Principal and Minor Components Using Gradient Dynamical Systems Over Stiefel Manifolds....................................................................................................................3145

Mohammed A. Hasan

A Distributed Auction Algorithm for the Assignment Problem ...............................................................3151Michael M. Zavlanos, Leonid Spesivtsev, George J. Pappas

LQ Robust Controllers for Polynomially Uncertain Systems ...................................................................3157Javad Lavaei, Amir G. Aghdam

On the Existence of Zeno Behavior in Hybrid Systems with Non-Isolated Zeno Equilibria ..................3165Andrew Lamperski, Aaron Ames

A New Neuroadaptive Control Architecture for Nonlinear Uncertain Dynamical Systems: Beyond σ- and e-Modifications ....................................................................................................................3171

Kostyantyn Volyanskyy, Wassim M. Haddad, Anthony J. Calise

Topology Based Control of Biological Genetic Networks ..........................................................................3177Anil Aswani, Claire J. Tomlin

Integrating Human and Robot Decision-Making Dynamics with Feedback: Models and Convergence Analysis ...................................................................................................................................3183

Ming Cao, Andrew Reed Stewart, Naomi Ehrich Leonard

A Hamiltonian Approximation Method for the Reduction of Controlled Systems .................................3189Siep Weiland

Event Design in Event-Triggered Feedback Control Systems ..................................................................3195Xiaofeng Wang, Michael Lemmon

The Method of Monotone Structural Evolution for Dynamic Optimization of Switched Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................3201

Maciej Szymkat, Adam Korytowski

What Can Linear State Feedback Accomplish for Strongly Nonlinear Systems?...................................3209Bo Yang, Wei Lin

The Polynomial Extended Kalman Filter As an Exponential Observer for Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems..................................................................................................................................3215

Alfredo Germani, Costanzo Manes

Model-Based Adaptive Friction Compensation for Accurate Position Control ......................................3221Itthisek Nilkhamhang, Akira Sano

Global Synchronization of Complex Dynamical Networks with Non-Identical Nodes ...........................3227David J. Hill, Jun Zhao

Metabolic Networks Analysis Using Convex Optimization .......................................................................3233Agung Julius, Marcin Imielinski, George J. Pappas

Low-Rank Approximations with Applications to Principal Singular Component Learning Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................3239

Mohammed A. Hasan

EM Algorithm Convergence for Inertial Navigation System Alignment .................................................3245Garry A. Einicke

Sliding Mode Regulator As Solution to Optimal Control Problem ..........................................................3250Michael V. Basin, Dario Calderon Alvarez, Antonella Ferrara

Supervisor Synthesis for Discrete Event Systems with Arbitrary Forbidden State Specifications .................................................................................................................................................3256

Yu Ru, Maria Paola Cabasino, Alessandro Giua, Christoforos Hadjicostis

Adaptive Fuzzy Fault-Tolerant Control for Unknown Nonlinear Systems with Disturbances ..................................................................................................................................................3262

Ping Li, Guang-hong Yang

Quantized H∞ Filtering for Continuous-Time Systems with Quantizer Ranges Consideration ................................................................................................................................................3268

Wei-Wei Che, Guang-hong Yang

Wireless Control of Passive Systems Subject to Actuator Constraints ....................................................3274Nicholas Kottenstette, Panos J. Antsaklis

A Characterization of the Critical Value for Kalman Filtering with Intermittent Observations ..................................................................................................................................................3280

Yilin Mo, Bruno Sinopoli

Security Constrained Emergency Voltage Stabilization: A Model Predictive Control Based Approach........................................................................................................................................................3286

Licheng Jin, Ratnesh Kumar, Nicola Elia

The Relation between Redundancy and Convergence Rate in Distributed Multi-Agent Formation Control ........................................................................................................................................3292

Ryan Orlin Abel, Soura Dasgupta, Jon Kuhl

A Solution to the Tracking Control Problem for Switched Linear Systems with Time-Varying Delays ..............................................................................................................................................3298

Qing-Kui Li, Georgi M Dimirovski, Jun Zhao

Composing Hybrid Systems .........................................................................................................................3304Luca Benvenuti, Alberto Ferrari, Emanuele Mazzi, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli

Invertibility of Nonlinear Switched Systems...............................................................................................3311Aneel Tanwani, Daniel Liberzon

Estimation of Nonlinear Sequence-Dependent Constitutive Law for DNA Molecules ...........................3317Harish Palanthandalam-Madapusi, Sachin Goyal

On Chattering-Free Sliding-Mode Control.................................................................................................3323Arie Levant, Lela Dorel

Sensitivity Analysis of Networked Control Systems Via an Information Theoretic Approach........................................................................................................................................................3329

Kunihisa Okano, Hideaki Ishii, Shinji Hara

Optimal Control of Linear Quantum Systems Despite Feedback Delay ..................................................3335Kazunori Nishio, Kenji Kashima, Jun-ichi Imura

High-Gain Adaptive Control: A Derivative-Based Approach...................................................................3341Franco Blanchini, Thomas Parisini, Felice Andrea Pellegrino, Gilberto Pin

Robust Fixed-Order H∞ Controller Design for Spectral Models by Convex Optimization ....................3347Alireza Karimi, Gorka Galdos, Roland Longchamp

Predictor Estimation Via Gaussian Regression..........................................................................................3353Gianluigi Pillonetto, Alessandro Chiuso, Giuseppe De Nicolao

Design of Reconfigurable and Fault-Tolerant Suspension Systems Based on LPV Methods.................3359Peter Gaspar, Zoltan Szabo, Jozsef Bokor

Control Formula for Nonlinear Systems Subject to Convex Input Constraints Using Control Lyapunov Function .........................................................................................................................3365

Yasuyuki Satoh, Hisakazu Nakamura, Nami Nakamura, Hitoshi Katayama, Hirokazu Nishitani

Constructive Camera Pose Control for Optimizing Multiview Distributed Video Coding ....................3373Jianghua Zhong, Xiaoming Hu, W. Bastiaan Kleijn, Ermin Kozica

New Results in Optimal Quadratic Supply Rates ......................................................................................3381Debasattam Pal, Subhrajit Sinha, Madhu Belur, Harish Pillai

Nonlinear Optimal Control Synthesis Via Occupation Measures ............................................................3387Didier Henrion, Jean B. Lasserre, Carlo Savorgnan

Nonlinear GMV Control for Unstable State Dependent Multivariable Models ......................................3393Michael John Grimble, Pawel Majecki

On the Effect of Communication Constraints on Robust Performance for a Practical 802.15.4 Wireless Sensor Network Benchmark Problem ..........................................................................3401

Michael Walsh, Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Alavi, Martin J. Hayes

Recursive State Estimation for Linear Systems with Mixed Stochastic and Set-Bounded Disturbances ..................................................................................................................................................3407

Toivo Henningsson

Observer Design for a Class of Nonlinear Systems Using Dynamic Scaling with Application to Adaptive Control.......................................................................................................................................3413

Dimitrios Karagiannis, Alessandro Astolfi

Unscented Filtering for Interval-Constrained Nonlinear Systems ...........................................................3419Bruno Otavio Soares Teixeira, Leonardo A. B. Torres, Luis Antonio Aguirre, Dennis S. Bernstein

Teleoperation with Kinematically Redundant Robot Manipulators with Sub-Task Objectives.......................................................................................................................................................3425

Nitendra Nath, Enver Tatlicioglu, Darren M. Dawson

Information Fusion Strategies from Distributed Filters in Packet-Drop Networks................................3431Alessandro Chiuso, Luca Schenato

Subspace Identification Using Predictor Estimation Via Gaussian Regression ......................................3437Alessandro Chiuso, Gianluigi Pillonetto, Giuseppe De Nicolao

Generalized Piecewise Linear Feedback Stabilizability of Controlled Linear Switched Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................3443

Zoltan Szabo, Jozsef Bokor, Gary J. Balas

Nonlinear Predictive Control for the Management of Container Flows in Maritime Intermodal Terminals ...................................................................................................................................3448

Angelo Alessandri, Cristiano Cervellera, Marta Cuneo, Mauro Gaggero

The Autonomous Regulator Problem for Linear, Time-Delay Systems: A Geometric Approach........................................................................................................................................................3454

Giuseppe Conte, Anna Maria Perdon, Elena Zattoni

Team Task Allocation and Routing in Risky Environments under Human Guidance...........................3460David A. Castanon, Darryl Ahner

Closed-Loop System Identification with New Sensors ...............................................................................3466Jan Dimon Bendtsen, Klaus Trangbaek, Jakob Stoustrup

Distributed Hypothesis Testing with a Fusion Center: The Conditionally Dependent Case..................3472Kien Nguyen, Tansu Alpcan, Tamer Basar

Invertibility, Flatness and Identifiability of Switched Linear Dynamical Systems: An Application to Secure Communications ......................................................................................................3478

Phuoc Vo Tan, Gilles Millerioux, Jamal Daafouz

Output Feedback Stabilization of Systems with Nonlinearity of Unmeasured States.............................3484Zhengtao Ding

A Simple Decision Task in a Social Context: Experiments, a Model, and Preliminary Analyses of Behavioral Data.........................................................................................................................3490

Andrea Nedic, Damon Tomlin, Philip Holmes, Deborah Prentice, Jonathan Cohen

On Visibility Maintenance Via Controlled Invariance for Leader-Follower Dubins-like Vehicles ..........................................................................................................................................................3496

Fabio Morbidi, Francesco Bullo, Domenico Prattichizzo

Steering Laws for Distributed Motion Coordination of Kinematic Agents in Three Dimensions .....................................................................................................................................................3502

Nima Moshtagh, Ali Jadbabaie

Open and Emerging Control Problems in Tokamak Plasma Control......................................................3508Michael L. Walker, Eugenio Schuster, Didier Mazon, Didier Moreau

Persistent Formation Control for Multi-Robot Networks .........................................................................3516Brian Smith, Wang Jiuguang, Magnus Egerstedt

Interpolation Theory for Structure-Preserving Model Reduction............................................................3522Christopher A. Beattie, Serkan Gugercin

Approximate Stochastic Dynamic Programming for Opportunistic Fair Scheduling in Wireless Networks.........................................................................................................................................3527

Zhi Zhang, Sudhir Moola, Edwin K. P. Chong

Recursive Estimation of Terrestrial Magnetic and Electric Potentials ....................................................3533Anthony D'Amato, Bruno Otavio Soares Teixeira, Harish Palanthandalam-Madapusi, Aaron Ridley, Dennis S. Bernstein

Balancing of Partially-Observed Stochastic Differential Equations .........................................................3539Carsten Hartmann, Christof Schütte

On-Line Optimal Control of a Class of Discrete Event Systems with Real-Time Constraints...............3545Jianfeng Mao, Christos G. Cassandras

Efficient Network Formation by Distributed Reinforcement ...................................................................3551Georgios C. Chasparis, Jeff S. Shamma

Growth Optimal Portfolio under Proportional Transaction Costs with Obligatory Diversification................................................................................................................................................3557

Tyrone E. Duncan, Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, L. Stettner

Parameter Continuity of the Ergodic Cost for a Growth Optimal Portfolio with Proportional Transaction Costs ...................................................................................................................3565

Tyrone E. Duncan, Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, L. Stettner

Probabilistic Testing for Stochastic Hybrid Systems .................................................................................3570Agung Julius, George J. Pappas

Convergence of Rule-Of-Thumb Learning Rules in Social Networks......................................................3576Daron Acemoglu, Angelia Nedich, Asuman Ozdaglar

Discrete Double Integrator Consensus ........................................................................................................3583David W. Casbeer, Randy Beard, A. Lee Swindlehurst

Stability in the Presence of Persistent Plant Changes for a Compact Set of Plant Models.....................3589Julie Vale, Daniel E. Miller

Consensus Based Multi-Agent Control Structures.....................................................................................3595Milos Stankovic, Srdjan S. Stankovic, Dusan M. Stipanovic

Distributed Coordination Algorithms for Multiple Fractional-Order Systems ......................................3601Yongcan Cao, Yan Li, Wei Ren, YangQuan Chen

On Time-Scale Designs for Networks ..........................................................................................................3607Sandip Roy, Yan Wan, Ali Saberi

Minimum Time Control of Spin Systems Via Dynamic Programming ....................................................3613Srinivas Sridharan, Matthew R. James

Optimal Tracking Control for Unknown Nonlinear Systems Based on Locally Weighted Learning .........................................................................................................................................................3619

Wenjie Dong, Jay A. Farrell

A Nonlinear Least Squares Estimation Procedure without Initial Parameter Guesses..........................3625Julian Bonilla, Moritz Diehl, Bart L.R. De Moor, Jan F.M. Van Impe

A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Input-Output Realization of Switched Affine State Space Models........................................................................................................................................3631

Simone Paoletti, Andrea Garulli, Jacob Roll, Antonio Vicino

Modeling for Control of an Inflatable Space Reflector, the Nonlinear 1-D Case ....................................3637Thomas Voss, Jacquelien M.A. Scherpen, Patrick R. Onck

A Set-Membership Approach to Consensus Problems with Bounded Measurement Errors.................3643Antonio Giannitrapani, Andrea Garulli

Performance Analysis of Different Routing Protocols in Wireless Sensor Networks for Real-Time Estimation ...................................................................................................................................3649

Damiano Varagnolo, Phoebus Chen, Luca Schenato, Shankar Sastry

Modeling the Genome-Wide Transient Response to Stimuli in Yeast: Adaptation through Integral Feedback..........................................................................................................................................3655

Mattia Zampieri, Nicola Soranzo, Claudio Altafini

Stability Analysis of Linear Hyperbolic Systems with Switching Parameters and Boundary Conditions ......................................................................................................................................................3661

Saurabh Amin, Falk Hante, Alexandre M. Bayen

Novel Switched Model Reference Adaptive Control for Continuous Piecewise Affine Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................3667

Umberto Montanaro, Mario Di Bernardo, Stefania Santini

A Dynamic Estimator on SE(3) Using Range-Only Measurements..........................................................3673Alex Alcocer, Paulo Jorge Oliveira, Antonio M. Pascoal, Rita Cunha, Carlos Silvestre

A Hidden Markov Filtering Approach to Multiple Change-Point Models ..............................................3679Tze Leung Lai, Haipeng Xing

MDLn: A Motion Description Language for Networked Systems............................................................3685Patrick Martin, Jean-Pierre de la Croix, Magnus Egerstedt

Controlling Air and Burned Gas Masses of Turbocharged VVT SI Engines ..........................................3691Thomas Leroy, Jonathan Chauvin, Nicolas Petit

A Mission Planning Approach for UAV Applications ...............................................................................3698Waseem Ahmed Kamal, Raza Samar

A Randomized Cutting Plane Scheme with Geometric Convergence: Probabilistic Analysis and SDP Applications ...................................................................................................................................3704

Fabrizio Dabbene, P.S. Shcherbakov, Boris T. Polyak

Stability Analysis for Liquid Water Accumulation in Low Temperature Fuel Cells..............................3710Buz McCain, Anna G. Stefanopoulou, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky

Data-Driven Precompensator Tuning for Linear Parameter Varying Systems ......................................3716Mark Edward John Butcher, Alireza Karimi, Roland Longchamp

A Least Squares Approach to the Subspace Identification Problem ........................................................3722Laurent Bako, Guillaume Mercère, Stephane Lecoeuche

Robust LMIs with Parameters in Multi-Simplex: Existence of Solutions and Applications ..................3728Ricardo C. L. F. Oliveira, Pierre-Alexandre J Bliman, Pedro L. D. Peres

Asymptotic Stabilization Using a Constructive Approach to Constrained Nonlinear Model Predictive Control .........................................................................................................................................3734

Juan Mejia, Dusan M. Stipanovic

Sensing and Coverage for a Network of Heterogeneous Robots ...............................................................3740Luciano Pimenta, Vijay Kumar, Renato Cardoso Mesquita, Guilherme A. S. Pereira

Self Configuration of Dependent Tasks for Dynamically Reconfigurable Automotive Embedded Systems........................................................................................................................................3746

Lei Feng, DeJiu Chen, Martin Torngren

Directional Sensitivity of Least-Squares State Estimators ........................................................................3752Alexander V. Medvedev, Hannu T. Toivonen

Robust Asymptotic Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems with Non-Hyperbolic Zero Dynamics: Part I ...........................................................................................................................................3758

Lorenzo Marconi, Laurent Praly, Alberto Isidori

Entrainment of Central Pattern Generators to Natural Oscillations of Collocated Mechanical Systems ......................................................................................................................................3764

Yoshiaki Futakata, Tetsuya Iwasaki

Robust Asymptotic Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems with Non-Hyperbolic Zero Dynamics: Part II ..........................................................................................................................................3770

Lorenzo Marconi, Laurent Praly, Alberto Isidori

Gain-Scheduled Hoo-Control of Discrete-Time Polytopic Time Varying Systems .................................3776Jan De Caigny, Juan Camino, Ricardo C. L. F. Oliveira, Pedro L. D. Peres, Jan Swevers

Coordination on Lie Groups ........................................................................................................................3782Alain Sarlette, Silvere Bonnabel, Rodolphe J. Sepulchre

Generalized Prandtl-Ishlinskii Hysteresis Model: Hysteresis Modeling and Its Inverse for Compensation in Smart Actuators ..............................................................................................................3787

Mohammad Al Janaideh, Jianqin Mao, Subhash Rakheja, Wenfang Xie, Chun-Yi Su

Parameters Identification of a Hybrid Model for Dry Friction ................................................................3793Rémy Nouailletas, Eduardo Mendes, D. Koenig

Semi-Global Asymptotic Stability of Sampled-Data Nonlinear Systems in Output Feedback Form..............................................................................................................................................3799

Buzhou Wu, Zhengtao Ding

Variations on the Theme of the Witsenhausen Counterexample ..............................................................3805Tamer Basar

A Kinetic Mechanism Inducing Oscillations in Simple Chemical Reactions Networks..........................3811Julien Coatleven, Claudio Altafini

Reduced-Order Observer for Sliding Mode Control of Nonlinear Non-Affine Systems ........................3817Giorgio Bartolini, Elisabetta Punta, Tullio Zolezzi

Divergence-Based Spectral Approximation with Degree Constraint as a Concave Optimization Problem ..................................................................................................................................3823

Enrico Avventi

Stability of Node-Based Multipath Routing and Dual Congestion Control .............................................3829Enrique Mallada, Fernando Paganini

Passivity Based Control of a Reduced Port-Controlled Hamiltonian Model for Shallow Water Equations............................................................................................................................................3835

Boussad Hamroun, Laurent Lefevre, Eduardo Mendes

On Complex Spectra and Metastability of Markov Models ......................................................................3841Sean Meyn, Gregory Hagen, George Mathew, Andrzej Banaszuk

On the Number of Leaders Needed to Ensure Network Connectivity......................................................3846Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Tove Gustavi, Magnus Egerstedt, Xiaoming Hu

Controllability Decompositions of Networked Systems through Quotient Graphs.................................3852Simone Martini, Magnus Egerstedt, Antonio Bicchi

Modeling and Analysis of Auto-Tapping AFM ..........................................................................................3858Michele Basso, Paolo Paoletti, Bruno Tiribilli, Massimo Vassalli

On the Stability of Distance-Based Formation Control .............................................................................3864Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Karl H. Johansson

Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Neural Observer for Continuous Time Mechanical Systems....................3870Resendiz Juan, Wen Yu, Leonid M. Fridman

Direct Adaptive Control for a Mutli-Compartmental Model of a Pressure-Limited Respirator and Lung Mechanics System.....................................................................................................3876

Vijay Chellaboina, Hancao Li, Wassim M. Haddad, James M. Bailey

Max-Min Control Problems for Constrained Discrete Time Systems......................................................3882Sasa V. Rakovic, Miroslav Baric, Manfred Morari

On the Choice of an Optimal Interpolation Point in Krylov-Based Order Reduction............................3888Behnam Salimbahrami, Rudy Eid, Boris Lohmann

Feedforward Control Design for the Wave Equation with Nonlinear Boundary Conditions Modelling a Torsional Rod ...........................................................................................................................3894

Marc Oliver Wagner, Thomas Meurer, Andreas Kugi

Iterative Risk Allocation: A New Approach to Robust Model Predictive Control with a Joint Chance Constraint ...............................................................................................................................3900

Masahiro Ono, Brian Williams

A Neural-Network Based Technique for Modelling and LPV Control of an Arm-Driven Inverted Pendulum........................................................................................................................................3906

Nabil Lachhab, Hossam Seddik Abbas, Herbert Werner

Zeno Behavior in Homogeneous Hybrid Systems ......................................................................................3912Rafal Goebel, Andrew R. Teel

A Fast Method for the Solution of Some Tomography Problems .............................................................3918Didier Georges

Set-Point Navigation of a Redundant Robot in Uncertain Environments Using Finite Range Sensors................................................................................................................................................3924

Apoorva Kapadia, Enver Tatlicioglu, Darren M. Dawson

Modeling and Control of the Heart Left Ventricle Supported with a Rotary Assist Device ..................3930Marwan A. Simaan

A 2DOF H∞ Robust Tracking Design for a Special Type of Observed State Feedback Controllers .....................................................................................................................................................3936

Salva Alcántara, Carles Pedret, Ramon Vilanova, Asier Ibeas, Pedro Balaguer

Dissipativity Properties of Detailed Models of Synchronous Generators ................................................3942Alvaro Giusto, Alex M. Stankovic, Romeo Ortega

Nonlinear Dynamic Modeling for Control of Fusion Devices ...................................................................3948Alessandro Beghi, Mario Cavinato, Angelo Cenedese

Multivariable Integral Control of Resonant Structures ............................................................................3954Bharath Bhikkaji, S.O. Reza Moheimani, Ian R. Petersen

From Local to Global Control......................................................................................................................3960Steve Banks, Maria Tomas-Rodriguez

Consensus of Multiple Nonholonomic Systems ..........................................................................................3965Wenjie Dong, Jay A. Farrell

A Predictive Power Control Scheme for Energy Efficient State Estimation via Wireless Sensor Networks............................................................................................................................................3971

Daniel E. Quevedo, Anders Ahlen

Information State for Markov Decision Processes with Network Delays.................................................3977Sachin Adlakha, Sanjay Lall, Andrea goldsmith

Stability of Zeno Equilibria in Lagrangian Hybrid Systems.....................................................................3985Yizhar Or, Aaron Ames

Ensemble-On-Demand Kalman Filter for Large-Scale Systems with Time-Sparse Measurements................................................................................................................................................3991

In Sung Kim, Bruno Otavio Soares Teixeira, Dennis S. Bernstein

Distributed Control for Radial Loss Network Systems Via the Nash Certainty Equivalence Principle .........................................................................................................................................................3997

Zhongjing Ma, Roland P. Malhame, Peter E. Caines

A Retrospective Correction Filter for Discrete-Time Adaptive Control of Nonmiminum-Phase Systems ................................................................................................................................................4003

Mario Santillo, Dennis S. Bernstein

Observation Noise-Gain Detection for Markov Chains Observed through a Scaled Brownian Motion ..........................................................................................................................................4009

William P. Malcolm, Alain Bensoussan

Adaptive Neural Control for Uncertain Nonlinear Systems in Pure-Feedback Form with Hysteresis Input.............................................................................................................................................4015

Beibei Ren, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Tong Heng Lee, Chun-Yi Su

Tracking a Magnetic Nanoparticle in 3-D with a Magnetic Force Microscope .......................................4021Dimitar Baronov, Sean Andersson

Passive Path Following Control for Port-Hamiltonian Systems ...............................................................4027Kenji Fujimoto, Mitsuru Taniguchi

Revisiting the Bloch Equation through Averaging.....................................................................................4033Bahman Tahayori, Leigh A. Johnston, Iven Mareels, Peter Mark Farrell

Maturity-Independent Risk Measures ........................................................................................................4039Thaleia Zariphopoulou, Gordan Zitkovic

Using Polynomial Semi-Separable Kernels to Construct Infinite-Dimensional Lyapunov Functions........................................................................................................................................................4045

Matthew M. Peet, Antonis Papachristodoulou

Multiple Model Adaptive Control with Mixing: A Pedagogical Example ...............................................4051Matthew Kuipers, Petros A. Ioannou

Control Software Model Checking Using Bisimulation Functions for Nonlinear Systems ....................4057James Kapinski, Alexandre Donze, Flavio Lerda, Hitashyam Maka, Silke Wagner, Bruce H. Krogh

Application of Reachability Analysis for Stochastic Hybrid Systems to Aircraft Conflict Prediction .......................................................................................................................................................4063

Maria Prandini, Jianghai Hu

Internal Model Control of Distributed Parameter Systems ......................................................................4069Masako Kishida, Richard D. Braatz

Curve Tracking Control for Autonomous Vehicles with Rigidly Mounted Range Sensors ...................4077Jonghoek Kim, Fumin Zhang, Magnus Egerstedt

Robust H-Infinity Control for Uncertain Time-Delay TCP/AQM Network System...............................4083Yuanwei Jing, Hongwei Wang, Georgi M Dimirovski, Xiaoping Liu

Stochastic Multiscale Approaches to Consensus Problems .......................................................................4089Jong-Han Kim, Matthew West, Sanjay Lall, Eelco Scholte, Andrzej Banaszuk

Design and Performance of in Vitro Transcription Rate Regulatory Circuits ........................................4096Elisa Franco, Richard M. Murray

Set Stability and Coordination of Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems with Switching Structure ........................................................................................................................................................4102

Guodong Shi, Yiguang Hong

On External Semi-Global Stochastic Stabilization of a Double Integrator with Input Saturation ......................................................................................................................................................4108

Anton A. Stoorvogel, Ali Saberi

Magnetic Momentum Management for a Geostationary Satellite Platform............................................4113Delia Desiderio, Marco Lovera, Stephane Pautonnier, Remi Drai

Second Order Sliding Mode Observers for Fault Detection of Robot Manipulators ..............................4119Daniele Brambilla, Luca Capisani, Antonella Ferrara, Pierluigi Pisu

A Stieltjes Transform Approach for Studying the Steady-State Behavior of Random Lyapunov and Riccati Recursions ...............................................................................................................4125

Ali Vakili, Babak Hassibi

Adaptive Control for Continuous-Time Systems Preceded by Hysteresis ...............................................4131Xinkai Chen, Takeshi Hisayama, Chun-Yi Su

Graphical Observer Design Suitable for Large-Scale DAE Power Systems ............................................4137Ernst Scholtz, Bernard Lesieutre

Transition Control of Plane Poiseuille Flow - A Spatially Interconnected Model...................................4143Saulat Shuja Chughtai, Herbert Werner

Open-Loop Combustion Control of a Spark-Ignited Engine ....................................................................4149Mathieu Hillion, Jonathan Chauvin, Nicolas Petit

Strong Solutions and Maximal Solutions of Generalized Algebraic Riccati Equations..........................4157Xin Xin

Stabilization of Discrete-Time Quantized Linear Systems: an H∞/L1 Approach.....................................4163Bruno Picasso, Patrizio Colaneri

Fast Computation of Frequency Response Functions for a Class of Nonlinear Systems........................4169Alexey Pavlov, Nathan Van De Wouw

A Structure Preserving Minimal Representation of a Nonlinear Port-Hamiltonian System .................4176Jacquelien M.A. Scherpen, Arjan J. van der Schaft

Set-Membership Identification of LPV Models with Uncertain Measurements of the Time-Varying Parameter........................................................................................................................................4182

Vito Cerone, Diego Regruto

Extremum Seeking without External Dithering and Its Application to Plasma RF Heating on FTU ...........................................................................................................................................................4188

Daniele Carnevale, Luca Zaccarian, Alessandro Astolfi, Salvatore Podda

Computationally Efficient Methods for Digital Control ............................................................................4194Duarte Antunes, Joao P. Hespanha, Carlos Silvestre, Nitin Kataria, Forrest Brewer

Approximate Abstractions of Discrete-Time Controlled Stochastic Hybrid Systems.............................4200Alessandro D'Innocenzo, Alessandro Abate, M. Domenica Di Benedetto

Nonlinear Control Synthesis for Asymptotic Stabilization of the Swing Equation Using a Controllable Series Capacitor Via Immersion and Invariance .................................................................4206

Narayan Suresh Manjarekar, Ravi N. Banavar, Romeo Ortega

Adaptive Robust Control of a Class of Uncertain Nonlinear Systems with Unknown Sinusoidal Disturbances................................................................................................................................4212

Xiangbin Liu, Hongye Su, Bin Yao, Jian Chu

Robust Generalized Asymptotic Regulation Against Non-Stationary Sinusoidal Disturbances ..................................................................................................................................................4218

Hakan Koroglu, Carsten W. Scherer

LQ-Optimal Actuator Location and Norm Convergence of Riccati Operators ......................................4224Kirsten Morris

Practical Novel Tests for Ensuring Safe Adaptive Control .......................................................................4230Arvin Dehghani, Brian D.O. Anderson, Rodney A. Kennedy

Finite-Time Stabilization of Impulsive Dynamical Linear Systems..........................................................4236Francesco Amato, Roberto Ambrosino, Marco Ariola, Carlo Cosentino, Gianmaria De Tommasi

Path-By-Path Optimal Control of Switched and Markovian Jump Linear Systems ..............................4242Ji-Woong Lee, Geir E. Dullerud, Pramod P. Khargonekar

Consensus under Communication Delays ...................................................................................................4248Alexandre Seuret, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Karl H. Johansson

Kolmogorov Equations Based Approximate Analysis and Sizing of Constant Work in Process Unreliable Manufacturing System Loops......................................................................................4254

Fatima Zahra Mhada, Roland P. Malhame

Tight Robust Interval Observers: An LP Approach..................................................................................4261Mustapha Ait Rami, Chun Hung Cheng, Cesar de Prada

Perturbed Boundary Value Problems and Approximate Controllability of perturbed Boundary Control Problems ........................................................................................................................4267

Said Hadd, Qing-Chang Zhong

Proportional-Integral Observer Design for Nonlinear Systems................................................................4273Jaime A. Moreno

Decentralized Adaptive Approximation Based Control with Safety Scheme Outside the Approximation Region..................................................................................................................................4279

Panagiotis Panagi, Marios M. Polycarpou

Dynamic Vehicle Routing with Heterogeneous Demands..........................................................................4285Stephen L. Smith, Marco Pavone, Francesco Bullo, Emilio Frazzoli

A New Approach to Integrated Damping Parameter and Control Design in Structural Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................4291

Javad Mohammadpour Velni, Mona Meisami-Azad, Karolos M. Grigoriadis

Determining Interconnections in Biochemical Networks Using Linear Programming ..........................4297Elias August, Antonis Papachristodoulou, Benjamin Recht, Mark Andrew James Roberts, Ali Jadbabaie

An Impossibility Theorem on Feedback Based on Stochastic Imbedding ...............................................4303Chanying Li, Lei Guo

On the Stability of the Foschini-Miljanic Algorithm with Time-Delays...................................................4309Themistoklis Charalambous, Ioannis Lestas, Glenn Vinnicombe

Fast State Estimation in Linear Time-Variant Systems: An Algebraic Approach .................................4315Yang Tian, Thierry Floquet, Wilfrid Perruquetti

Determination of Optimal Control Strategies for TSP by Dynamic Programming ................................4321Michele Aicardi, Davide Giglio, Riccardo Minciardi

Power Spectral Geodesics and Tracking .....................................................................................................4329Xianhua Jiang, Zhi-Quan Luo, Tryphon T. Georgiou

On the Use of Approximated Predictive Control Laws for Nonlinear Systems.......................................4334Massimo Canale, Lorenzo Fagiano, Mario Milanese

Left-Inversion of Nonlinear Fading Memory Systems from Data ............................................................4340Carlo Novara, Massimo Canale, Mario Milanese

Controller Synthesis for Positive 2D Systems Described by the Roesser Model......................................4346Abdelaziz Hmamed, Mustapha Ait Rami, Mohammed Alfidi

Output Control of Spacecraft in Leader Follower Formation ..................................................................4351Esten Ingar Grøtli, Antoine Chaillet, Jan Tommy Gravdahl

Robust Grey-Box Closed-Loop Stop-And-Go Control ..............................................................................4357Jorge Villagra, Brigitte D'Andrea-Novel, Michel Fliess, Hugues Mounier

Maximum-Likelihood Kalman Filtering for Switching Discrete-Time Linear Systems .........................4363Angelo Alessandri, Marco Baglietto, Giorgio Battistelli

Proportional-Integral Observer Design for Nonlinear Uncertain Systems Modelled by a Multiple Model Approach ............................................................................................................................4370

Rodolfo Orjuela, Benoit Marx, Jose Ragot, Didier Maquin

Applications of the General Lyapunov ISS Small-Gain Theorem for Networks.....................................4376Sergey Dashkovskiy, Björn Sebastian Rüffer, Fabian R. Wirth

A Sparsification Approach to Set Membership Identification of a Class of Affine Hybrid Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................4382

Necmiye Ozay, Mario Sznaier, Constantino M. Lagoa, Octavia I. Camps

Combustion Parameters Estimation and Control Using Vibration Signal~: Application to the Diesel HCCI Engine................................................................................................................................4390

Olivier Grondin, Jonathan Chauvin, Fabrice Guillemin, Emmanuel Nguyen, Gilles Corde

Manifold-Constrained Regressors in System Identification......................................................................4397Henrik Ohlsson, Jacob Roll, Lennart Ljung

Finite-Time Control of Cross-Chained Nonholomic Systems by Switched State Feedback ...................4403Masato Ishikawa, Alessandro Astolfi

A Collocation Model for Water-Hammer Dynamics with Application to Leak Detection .....................4409Flor Lizeth Torres Ortiz, Gildas Besancon, Didier Georges

Configuration Consensus of Two Underactuated Planar Rigid Bodies....................................................4414Maclaurin Hutagalung, Tomohisa Hayakawa, Takateru Urakubo

Predictive Compensation for Communication Outages in Networked Control Systems........................4420Erik Henriksson, Henrik Sandberg, Karl H. Johansson

Direct Identification of Optimal Filters for LPV Systems .........................................................................4426Carlo Novara, Fredy Ruiz, Mario Milanese

Decentralized Predictive Sensor Allocation ................................................................................................4432Mark Ebden, Mark Briers, Stephen Roberts

Robust Constraint Satisfaction for Continous-Time Nonlinear Systems .................................................4438Mathias Bürger, Martin Guay

A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Roll Dynamics in Predictive Vehicle Stability Control ...........................................................................................................................................................4444

Paolo Falcone, Giovanni Palmieri, Eric Tseng, Luigi Glielmo

Adaptive Learning Control for Nonlinear Systems with Extended Matching Unstructured Uncertainties..................................................................................................................................................4450

Riccardo Marino, Patrizio Tomei, Cristiano Maria Verrelli

Minimal Itakura-Saito Distance and Covariance Interpolation ...............................................................4456Per Enqvist, Johan Karlsson

Adaptive Output Tracking Control of a Surface Vessel ............................................................................4462DongBin Lee, Enver Tatlicioglu, Timothy C. Burg, Darren M. Dawson

Effect of Topological Dimension on Rigidity of Vehicle Formations: Fundamental Limitations of Local Feedback.....................................................................................................................4468

Bassam Bamieh, Mihailo Jovanovic, Partha Mitra, Stacy Patterson

Broadcast Gossip Algorithms: Design and Analysis for Consensus .........................................................4474Tuncer Can Aysal, Mehmet E. Yildiz, Anand Sarwate, Anna Scaglione

Spectral Dissipativity Observer for a Class of Tubular Reactors .............................................................4480Alexander Schaum, Jaime A. Moreno, Jesus Alvarez

Topological Identification in Networks of Dynamical Systems .................................................................4486Donatello Materassi, Giacomo Innocenti

Model Reference Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Plant with Dead Time.................................................4492Boris Mirkin, Eugene Mirkin, Per-Olof Gutman

Model Reduction for a Class of Input-Quantized Systems in the Max-Plus Algebra .............................4497Whitney Weyerman, Sean Warnick

L2-Stability of Hinging Hyperplane Models Via Integral Quadratic Constraints...................................4503Gianni Bianchini, Simone Paoletti, Antonio Vicino

Global Uniform Asymptotic Lyapunov Stabilization of a Vectorial Chained-Form System with a Smooth Time-Varying Control Law ................................................................................................4509

Christian Holden, Kristin Y. Pettersen

Approximate Dynamic Programming Using Support Vector Regression ...............................................4515Brett Bethke, Jonathan P. How, Asuman Ozdaglar

A Study on the Use of Virtual Sensors in Vehicle Control ........................................................................4521Massimo Canale, Lorenzo Fagiano, Fredy Ruiz, Maria Carmela Signorile

A Mathematical Model of the Skype VoIP Congestion Control Algorithm.............................................4527Luca De Cicco, Saverio Mascolo, Vittorio Palmisano

Adaptive Coordination of Decentralized Controllers Using a Centralized Neural Network .................4533Bong-Jun Yang, Anthony J. Calise, J. I. Craig, Kilsoo Kim

Data-Driven Controller Tuning with Integrated Stability Constraint .....................................................4539Klaske van Heusden, Alireza Karimi, Dominique Bonvin

On Output Sampling Based Sliding Mode Control for Discrete Time Systems ......................................4545Srinath Govindaswamy, Thierry Floquet, Sarah K. Spurgeon

Assessing Stability of Time-Delay Systems Using Rational Systems ........................................................4551Mauricio C. de Oliveira, Fernando de Oliveira Souza, Reinaldo M. Palhares

Dynamic Ping Optimization for Surveillance in Multistatic Sonar Buoy Networks with Energy Constraints .......................................................................................................................................4557

Anshu Saksena, I-Jeng Wang

Performance Bounds on State-Feedback Controllers with Network Delay .............................................4563Ajinkya Bhave, Bruce H. Krogh

Dual-High-Order Periodic Adaptive Learning Compensation for State-Dependant Periodic Disturbance....................................................................................................................................................4569

Ying Luo, YangQuan Chen, Hyo-Sung Ahn

Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Success of the Nuclear Norm Heuristic for Rank Minimization..................................................................................................................................................4575

Benjamin Recht, Weiyu Xu, Babak Hassibi

Null Controllability of Discrete-Time Linear Systems with Input and State Constraints ......................4581Maurice Heemels, Kanat Camlibel

Closed-Loop System Identification of LPV Input-Output Models -- Application to an Arm-Driven Inverted Pendulum ...........................................................................................................................4587

Sudchai Boonto, Herbert Werner

A Partial Order Approach to Decentralized Control.................................................................................4593Parikshit Shah, Pablo A. Parrilo

Decentralized Receding Horizon Control Using Communication Bandwidth Allocation ......................4599Hojjat A. Izadi, Brandon Gordon, Camille Alain Rabbath

Distributed Minimum Time Servicing for a Team of Dubins Vehicles ....................................................4605Giuseppe Notarstefano, Paola Pedone

Computing Correlated Equilibria of Polynomial Games Via Adaptive Discretization ..........................4611Noah D. Stein, Asuman Ozdaglar, Pablo A. Parrilo

Subgradient Methods and Consensus Algorithms for Solving Convex Optimization Problems ........................................................................................................................................................4616

Bjorn Johansson, Tamas Keviczky, Karl H. Johansson, Mikael Johansson

An LMI Framework for Analysis and Design of Multi-Dimensional Haptic Systems ............................4622Gianni Bianchini, Marcello Orlandesi, Domenico Prattichizzo

Experimental Study of Fractional Order Proportional Integral (FOPI) Controller for Water Level Control .....................................................................................................................................4628

Varsha Bhambhani, YangQuan Chen

A Hamiltonian-Based Algorithm for Measurements Clustering ..............................................................4634Daniele Casagrande, Alessandro Astolfi

Rendezvous without Coordinates.................................................................................................................4640Jingjin Yu, Steven LaValle, Daniel Liberzon

Frequency Domain Controller Design by Linear Programming Guaranteeing Quadratic Stability ..........................................................................................................................................................4646

Marc Kunze, Alireza Karimi, Roland Longchamp

Mean Square Stability of Consensus Over Fading Networks with Nonhomogeneous Communication Delays .................................................................................................................................4652

Jing Wang, Nicola Elia

Synthesis of Absolutely Stabilizing Controllers..........................................................................................4658Waqar Malik, Sincheon Kang, Swaroop Darbha, Shankar P. Bhattacharyya

Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Control of a Class of Nonlinear MIMO Systems .............................................4664Xiaodong Zhang, Marios M. Polycarpou, Thomas Parisini

A Q, L Factorization of Norm-Optimal Iterative Learning Control ........................................................4670Douglas A. Bristow, Brandon Hencey

Passively Safe Receding Horizon Control for Satellite Proximity Operations ........................................4675Marcus Holzinger, Jeremiah Di Matteo, Jeremy Schwartz, Mark Milam

Hybrid System Reduction.............................................................................................................................4683Emanuele Mazzi, Alberto Sangiovanni-vincentelli, Andrea Balluchi, Antonio Bicchi

Port-Hamiltonian Formulation and Analysis of the LuGre Friction Model............................................4689Johan Koopman, Dimitri Jeltsema, Michel Verhaegen

Integral LOS Control for Path Following of Underactuated Marine Surface Vessels in the Presence of Constant Ocean Currents.........................................................................................................4695

Even Børhaug, Alexey Pavlov, Kristin Y. Pettersen

Optimal Path Coordination Problems.........................................................................................................4703Joao Sousa, Jorge Estrela Silva

Sensor Selection and Motion Planning in Robotic Sensor Networks under Communication Constraints.....................................................................................................................................................4709

Abubakr Muhammad

Output Regulation of Linear Systems Subject to Input Constraints ........................................................4715Attaullah Memon, Hassan K. Khalil

A Lyapunov Approach to Second-Order Sliding Mode Controllers and Observers ..............................4721Jaime A. Moreno, Marisol Osorio

Cooperative Path Planning for a Class of Carrier-Vehicle Systems.........................................................4727Emanuele Garone, Roberto Naldi, Alessandro Casavola, Emilio Frazzoli

Static Output Stabilisation of Singular LPV Systems: LMI Formulation ...............................................4734Mohammed Chadli, Mohamed Darouach, Jamal Daafouz

Extending the RWM Stability Region by Optimal Feedback Control .....................................................4738Joseph Dalessio, Eugenio Schuster, D.A. Humphreys, Michael L. Walker, Yongkyoon In, Jin-Soo Kim

Mixed H_/H∞ Fault Detection Observer Design for LPV Systems............................................................4744Xiukun Wei, Michel Verhaegen

Less Conservative Robust Control of Constrained Linear Systems with Bounded Disturbances ..................................................................................................................................................4750

Reza Ghaemi, Jing Sun, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky

Bayesian Clustering and Tracking of Neuronal Signals for Autonomous Neural Interfaces.................4756Michael Wolf, Joel W. Burdick

Modeling and Identification of the Dynamics of Electrostatically Actuated Microcantilever with Integrated Thermal Sensor ..................................................................................................................4764

Pranav Agarwal, Deepak R. Sahoo, Abu Sebastian, Haralampos Pozidis, Murti V. Salapaka

Dynamical Structure Analysis of Sparsity and Minimality Heuristics for Reconstruction of Biochemical Networks ..................................................................................................................................4771

Russell Howes, Lee John Eccleston, Jorge M. Goncalves, Guy-Bart Stan, Sean Warnick

Search Decisions for Teams of Automata ...................................................................................................4777Dimitar Baronov, John Baillieul

Vehicle Routing Problem with Metric Temporal Logic Specifications ....................................................4783Sertac Karaman, Emilio Frazzoli

Generalized Linear Dynamic Factor Models - A Structure Theory .........................................................4789Manfred Deistler, Brian D.O. Anderson

Passivity Results for Interconnected Systems with Time Delay ................................................................4795Nikhil Chopra

Simultaneous Observer Based Sensor Diagnosis and Speed Estimation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ................................................................................................................................................4801

Hugues Rafaralahy, Edouard Richard, M. Boutayeb, Michel Zasadzinski

Optimal Control of Mixed Logical Dynamical Systems with Linear Temporal Logic Specifications .................................................................................................................................................4807

Sertac Karaman, Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Emilio Frazzoli

Sensitive State Space Exploration................................................................................................................4813Oded Maler, Alexandre Donze, Thao Dang, Noa Shalev

A General Symmetry-Preserving Observer for Aided Attitude Heading Reference Systems................4819Philippe Martin, Erwan Salaün

Dynamic Travelling Repairperson Problem for Dynamic Systems ..........................................................4827Sleiman Itani, Emilio Frazzoli, Munther A. Dahleh

Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Decision Making in Sequential Two-Choice Tasks ........................4833Linh Vu, Kristi A. Morgansen

State Reconstruction in Complex Networks Using Sliding Mode Observers...........................................4839Christopher Edwards, Prathyush P Menon

Stabilizing Uncertain Systems with Dynamic Quantization ......................................................................4845Linh Vu, Daniel Liberzon

Modeling and Control of VTOL UAVs Interacting with the Environment .............................................4851Luca Gentili, Roberto Naldi, Lorenzo Marconi

Modeling and Control of the Protein Synthesis Process in Eukaryotic Cells ..........................................4857Nadav S. Bar, Rahmi Lale

Coverage Control for Nonholonomic Agents..............................................................................................4863John Enright, Ketan Savla, Emilio Frazzoli

Explicit Solutions for Stabilization and H∞ Control of Time-Delayed State-Space Symmetric Systems .......................................................................................................................................4870

Mona Meisami-Azad, Karolos M. Grigoriadis

A Hybrid Systems Model for Supervisory Cognitive State Identification and Estimation in Neural Prosthetics .........................................................................................................................................4876

Nicolas Hudson, Joel W. Burdick

Payoff Suboptimality and Errors in Value Induced by Approximation of the Hamiltonian .................4883William McEneaney, Ameet Deshpande

Stability of Slowly Varying Spatiotemporal Systems .................................................................................4889Azeem Sarwar, Petros G. Voulgaris, Srinivasa Salapaka

A Model Predictive Control Framework for Industrial Turbodiesel Engine Control ............................4895Greg E Stewart, Francesco Borrelli

Influence of Tire Damping on the Ride Performance Potential of Quarter-Car Active Suspensions ....................................................................................................................................................4903

Semiha Turkay, Huseyin Akcay

Increasingly Correct Message Passing Averaging Algorithms .................................................................4909Kurt Plarre, Francesco Bullo

Matrix Block Formulation of Closed-Loop Memoryless Stackelberg Strategy for Discrete-Time Games ...................................................................................................................................................4915

Marc Jungers

Decentralized Robust Servomechanism Problem for Large Flexible Space Structures under Sensor and Actuator Failures ...........................................................................................................4921

Samuel Tien-Chieh Huang, Edward J. Davison, Raymond H. Kwong

Oblivious Equilibrium for Large-Scale Stochastic Games with Unbounded Costs ................................4928Sachin Adlakha, Ramesh Johari, Gabriel Weintraub, Andrea Goldsmith

A Novel Nonlinear Output Feedback Control Applied to the TORA Benchmark System.....................4936M. Shahid Nazrulla, Hassan K. Khalil

Polynomial Classification Algorithms for Markov Decision Processes ....................................................4942Eugene A. Feinberg, Fenghsu Yang

Robust Hybrid Source-Seeking Algorithms Based on Directional Derivatives and Their Approximations .............................................................................................................................................4948

Christopher G. Mayhew, Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Andrew R. Teel

Model-Based L1 Adaptive Control of Hysteresis in Smart Materials.......................................................4954Xiang Fan, Ralph C. Smith

Locally Optimal Decomposition for Autonomous Obstacle Avoidance with the Tunnel-MILP Algorithm............................................................................................................................................4960

Michael P. Vitus, Steven L. Waslander, Claire J. Tomlin

Enhanced Robust Kalman Predictor for Discrete-Time Systems With Uncertain Correlated Noises ..........................................................................................................................................4966

Rodrigo Fontes Souto, João Yoshiyuki Ishihara

Variable Structure Adaptive Backstepping Controller .............................................................................4972Kurios Iuri Queiroz, Aldayr Dantas de Araujo

Frequency Domain Iterative Tuning for the Control of Nonlinear Vibrations .......................................4978Jian Luo, Sandor Veres

Further Results on the Minimum Time Bi-Path Length for Rigid Objects with Dual Steering. Solution to a Problem Posed by Ulam. ........................................................................................4984

Erik I. Verriest

Stability of a Multi-Diamond Type Family of Quasipolynomials .............................................................4990Vladimir Kharitonov, J.A. Torres Muñoz, Manuel Benjamin Ortiz-Moctezuma

Optimal Risk-Sensitive Filtering and Control for Linear Stochastic Systems.........................................4996Maria Aracelia Alcorta Garcia, Michael V. Basin, Yazmin G. Acosta

Transmission Control in Cognitive Radio Systems with Latency Constraints As a Switching Control Dynamic Game ..............................................................................................................5002

Jane W. Huang, Vikram Krishnamurthy

Non-Monotonic Lyapunov Functions for Stability of Discrete Time Nonlinear and Switched Systems ..........................................................................................................................................5008

Amir Ali Ahmadi, Pablo A. Parrilo

Diagnosability of Hybrid Automata with Measurement Uncertainty ......................................................5016M. Domenica Di Benedetto, Stefano Di Gennaro, Alessandro D'Innocenzo

Six Degree of Freedom Variable Hierarchy Sliding Mode Control in Halo Orbits with Potential Function Guidance........................................................................................................................5022

Nick Lincoln, Sandor Veres

Shannon Meets Bellman: Feature Based Markovian Models for Detection and Optimization ..................................................................................................................................................5029

Sean Meyn, George Mathew

On Modeling and Observer Design of Fluid Flow Dynamics for Petroleum Drilling Operations......................................................................................................................................................5036

Hardy B. Siahaan, Gerhard Nygaard

A Switching Supervisory Control Design for Uncertain Discrete Time-Delay Systems .........................5043Kaveh Moezzi, Ahmadreza Momeni, Amir G. Aghdam

High-Gain Observers in the Presence of Measurement Noise: A Nonlinear Gain Approach ................5051Alexis A. Ball, Hassan K. Khalil

On the Jordan Structure of the Spectral-Zero Dynamics in Multivariable Analytic Interpolation ..................................................................................................................................................5057

Mir Shahrouz Takyar, Tryphon T. Georgiou

An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach to Probabilistic Reachability for Stochastic Hybrid Systems ...........................................................................................................................5063

Alessandro Abate, Maria Prandini, John Lygeros, Shankar Sastry

A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Stabilization of Decentralized Time-Delay Systems with Commensurate Delays ...........................................................................................................5069

Ahmadreza Momeni, Amir G. Aghdam

On-Line Path Planning for an Autonomous Vehicle in an Obstacle Filled Environment ......................5077Jeremy Schwartz, Mark Milam

Space-Time Scaling Laws for Self-Triggered Control ...............................................................................5085Adolfo Anta Martinez, Paulo Tabuada

On Event-Triggered and Self-Triggered Control Over Sensor/Actuator Networks ...............................5091Manuel Mazo Jr., Paulo Tabuada

Tracking Controllers for Small UAVs with Wind Disturbances: Theory and Flight Results. ...............5097Stephen Jackson, John Tisdale, Maryam Kamgarpour, Brandon Basso, Karl Hedrick

Mixed State Estimation for a Linear Gaussian Markov Model ................................................................5103Argyrios Zymnis, Stephen P. Boyd, Dimitry Gorinevsky

Convex Relaxation Approach to the Identification of the Wiener-Hammerstein Model........................5111Kin Cheong Sou, Alexandre Megretski, Luca Daniel

Feedback Linearizability of Strict Feedforward Systems..........................................................................5119Witold Respondek, Issa Amadou Tall

Performance Limitation of Tracking Control Problem for a Class of References ..................................5125Hiroshi Okajima, Toru Asai

Effective Sensing Regions and Connectivity of Agents Undergoing Periodic Relative Motions...........................................................................................................................................................5131

Daniel Swain, Ming Cao, Naomi Ehrich Leonard

Cauchy Estimation for Linear Scalar Systems ...........................................................................................5137Moshe Idan, Jason L. Speyer

Power Series Solution of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation for DAE Models with a Discounted Cost .............................................................................................................................................5145

Johan Sjöberg, S. Torkel Glad

Probability of Error Bounds for Failure Diagnosis and Classification in Hidden Markov Models ............................................................................................................................................................5151

Eleftheria Athanasopoulou, Christoforos Hadjicostis

On the State-Space Design of Optimal Controllers for Distributed Systems with Finite Communication Speed ..................................................................................................................................5157

Makan Fardad, Mihailo Jovanovic

Simulation-Aided Reachability and Local Gain Analysis for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems................5163Weehong Tan, Ufuk Topcu, Peter Seiler, Gary J. Balas, Andrew K. Packard

On Occupation Measures for Total-Reward MDPs ...................................................................................5169Eric Denardo, Eugene A. Feinberg, Uriel Rothblum

Optimal Control of a Parabolic PDE System Arising in Plasma Transport Via Diffusivity-Interior-Boundary Actuation .......................................................................................................................5175

Chao Xu, Joseph Dalessio, Eugenio Schuster

Resource Pooling for Optimal Evacuation of a Large Building................................................................5181Kun Deng, wei Chen, Prashant G. Mehta, Sean Meyn

On the Feedback Control of Impulsive Dynamic Systems.........................................................................5187Sergio Fraga, Fernando Lobo Pereira

On the Value Functions of the Optimal Quadratic Regulation Problem for Discrete-Time Switched Linear Systems ..............................................................................................................................5193

Wei Zhang, Jianghai Hu

Security in Networks: A Game Theoretic Approach .................................................................................5199Assane Gueye, Jean Walrand

Underwater Glider Motion Control ............................................................................................................5205Nina Mahmoudian, Craig Woolsey

Set-Membership Filtering of Uncertain Discrete-Time Rational Systems through Recursive Algebraic Representations and LMIs..........................................................................................................5211

Sylvain Durola, Patrick Danes, Daniel Ferreira Coutinho

Decentralized Cooperative Collision Avoidance for Acceleration Constrained Vehicles .......................5217Gabriel M. Hoffmann, Claire J. Tomlin

Optimal Filtering in Multiple Channel Networked Control Systems with Multiple Packet Dropout ..........................................................................................................................................................5224

Mehrdad Sahebsara

A Method for Stereo-Vision Based Tracking for Robotic Applications ...................................................5230Pubudu N. Pathirana, Adrian Bishop, Andrey V. Savkin, Samitha Wathsala Ekanayake, Timothy J. Black

An Information-Driven Framework for Motion Planning in Robotic Sensor Networks: Complexity and Experiments .......................................................................................................................5236

Rafael Fierro, Silvia Ferrari, Chenghui Cai

General Duality between Optimal Control and Estimation ......................................................................5243Emanuel Todorov

Optimal Filtering for Crypto-Deterministic Systems with Application to Delay Systems with Unknown Initial Data ...........................................................................................................................5250

Erik I. Verriest

Close Target Reconnaissance Using Autonomous UAV Formations........................................................5256Iman Shames, Baris Fidan, Brian D.O. Anderson

Model Reduction for Metzlerian Systems ...................................................................................................5262Bahram Shafai, Rasoul Ghadami

Distributed Motion Constraints for Algebraic Connectivity of Robotic Networks .................................5268Michael D Schuresko, Jorge Cortes

Human-In-The-Loop Vehicle Routing Policies for Dynamic Environments ...........................................5274Ketan Savla, Tom Temple, Emilio Frazzoli

Input-Output Analysis of the 2D/3C Model in Channel Flows of Viscoelastic Fluids.............................5280Nazish Hoda, Mihailo Jovanovic, Satish Kumar

Fast and Optimal Sensor Scheduling for Networked Sensor Systems......................................................5286Shogo Arai, Yasushi Iwatani, Koichi Hashimoto

Equivalence to Dissipative Hamiltonian Realization .................................................................................5292Nicolas Hudon, Kai Hoeffner, Martin Guay

A Model Based Fault Detection and Prognostics Scheme for Uncertain Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems .................................................................................................................................................5298

Balaje Thumati, Sarangapani Jagannathan

Rendezvous under Noisy Measurements.....................................................................................................5304Carlos Caicedo, Milos Zefran

Robust Analysis with Respect to a Single Real Parameter Uncertainty...................................................5310Matthew R. Graham, Mauricio C. de Oliveira

Glucose-Insulin Regulatory System Control Via Quasi-Continous High Order Sliding Modes .............................................................................................................................................................5316

Ana Gabriela Gallardo-Hernandez, Leonid M. Fridman, Sergio Islas-Andrade, Yuri B. Shtessel

Dual Lyapunov Stability Analysis in Behavioral Approach......................................................................5322Chiaki Kojima

Choosing the Cost Vector of the Linear Programming Approach to Approximate Dynamic Programming.................................................................................................................................................5328

Théophane Weber, Daniela Pucci de Farias

Analysis of Hybrid Systems Resulting from Relay-Type Hysteresis and Saturation: A Lyapunov Approach .....................................................................................................................................5334

Dan Dai, Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Tingshu Hu, Andrew R. Teel

Exact Compensation of Unmatched Perturbation Via Quasi-Continuous HOSM .................................5340Antonio Estrada, Leonid M. Fridman

Continuous Rolling Motion Control for the Acrobot Composed of Rounded Links...............................5346Shimpei Isobe, Shigeki Nakaura, Mitsuji Sampei

Path Planning for Efficient UAV Coordination in Aerobiological Sampling Missions...........................5352Laszlo Techy, Craig Woolsey, David Schmale III

Control on Landscapes with Local Minima and Flat Regions: A Simulated Annealing and Gain Scheduling Approach ..........................................................................................................................5358

Abraham K. Ishihara, Shahar Ben-Menahem

On the Optimality of the Proper Orthogonal Decomposition and Balanced Truncation .......................5364Seddik Djouadi

Investigating the Genomic Basis of Metabolic Robustness through in Silico Flux Analysis ..................5370Marcin Imielinski, Niels Klitgord, Calin Belta

LQG Control Over Multi-Channel TCP-Like Erasure Networks with Probabilistic Packet Acknowledgements........................................................................................................................................5376

Emanuele Garone, Bruno Sinopoli, Alessandro Casavola

Optimization of Urban Traffic Via Stackelberg-Nash Equilibrium .........................................................5382Israel Alvarez Villalobos, Alexander S. Poznyak, Alejandro Malo

Moving-Horizon State Estimation for Nonlinear Systems Using Neural Networks ................................5387Angelo Alessandri, Marco Baglietto, Giorgio Battistelli, Riccardo Zoppoli

Multivariable MRAC Using Nussbaum Gains for Aircraft with Abrupt Damages ................................5393Yu Liu, Gang Tao

A Coverage Algorithm for a Class of Non-Convex Regions ......................................................................5399Carlos Caicedo, Milos Zefran

Guidance Laws for Planar Motion Control ................................................................................................5405Morten Breivik, Thor I. Fossen

Analysis of Sampled-Data Interconnected Systems ...................................................................................5413Chun Zhang, Geir E. Dullerud

Least-Square Estimation for Nonlinear Systems with Applications to Phase and Envelope Estimation in Wireless Fading Channels ....................................................................................................5419

Charalambos D. Charalambous, Costas N. Georghiades, Yiannis Socratous

On Information Structures, Convexity, and Linear Optimality ...............................................................5424Michael C. Rotkowitz

Dynamic Output Feedback Control with Finite Frequency Specifications for Time-Delay Systems ...........................................................................................................................................................5430

Xiao-Ni Zhang, Guang-Hong Yang

Convex Optimization in Robust Identification of Nonlinear Feedback ...................................................5436Alexandre Megretski

Adaptive Spline Function Based Compensation of Synthetic Jet Actuators for Aircraft Flight Control ................................................................................................................................................5441

Hesham Shageer, Gang Tao, Jason Burkholder

Lyapunov Analysis of Quadratically Symmetric Neighborhood Consensus Algorithms .......................5447Mardavij Roozbehani, Alexandre Megretski, Emilio Frazzoli

Efficient Waypoint Tracking Hybrid Controllers for Double Integrators Using Classical Time Optimal Control ..................................................................................................................................5453

Haitham Hindi, Lara S. Crawford, Rong Zhou, Craig Eldershaw

Estimation over Heterogeneous Sensor Networks......................................................................................5459Henrik Sandberg, Maben Rabi, Mikael Skoglund, Karl H. Johansson

Distributed Estimation and Control for Stochastically Interacting Robots.............................................5465Fayette Shaw, Eric Klavins

Extension and Application of a Novel Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulator Design Methodology ..................................................................................................................................................5472

Monte Stuart MacDiarmid, Marko Bacic, Ronald Daniel

A Vector Version of Witsenhausen’s Counterexample: Towards Convergence of Control, Communication and Computation ..............................................................................................................5480

Pulkit Grover, Anant Sahai

Attitude Consensus with Fixed Rotational Axis Via Energy Dissipation .................................................5486Tomohisa Hayakawa, Gajamohan Mohanarajah

Control of Distributed Parameter Systems Subject to Convex Constraints: Applications to Irrigation Systems and Hypersonic Vehicles ..............................................................................................5492

Oguzhan Cifdaloz, Armando A. Rodriguez, J. Marty Anderies

Robust Adaptive Control of a Twin-Rotor Aircraft...................................................................................5498Prashanth Krishnamurthy, Farshad Khorrami, Quang Lam

Supervising a Family of Hybrid Controllers for Robust Global Asymptotic Stabilization ....................5504Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Andrew R. Teel, Rafal Goebel

Navigation-based Optimization of Stochastic Strategies for Allocating a Robot Swarm among Multiple Sites.....................................................................................................................................5510

Spring Berman, Adam Miklos Halasz, M. Ani Hsieh, Vijay Kumar

Distributed Policies for Equitable Partitioning: Theory and Applications..............................................5516Marco Pavone, Emilio Frazzoli, Francesco Bullo

Robust Set Invariance under Controlled Nonlinear Dynamics with Application to Robust RH Control ....................................................................................................................................................5523

Gilberto Pin, Thomas Parisini

Model Discrimination of Polynomial Systems Via Stochastic Inputs .......................................................5529Daniel Georgiev, Eric Klavins

Identification of Noisy Input-Output Models Using the Least-Squares Based Methods ........................5536Wei Xing Zheng

On the Curvature of the Trajectory Manifold of Nonlinear Systems.......................................................5542Giuseppe Notarstefano, John Hauser

Consensus Formation in a Switched Markovian Dynamical System........................................................5548Kevin Topley, Vikram Krishnamurthy, George Yin

Optimal Stopping for Event-Triggered Sensing and Actuation................................................................5554Maben Rabi, Karl H. Johansson, Mikael Johansson

Distributed Computation under Bit Constraints........................................................................................5560Ola Ayaso, Devavrat Shah, Munther A. Dahleh

Optimal Terminal Wealth under Partial Information: Both the Drift and the Volatility Driven by a Discrete Time Markov Chain ..................................................................................................5566

Xudong Zeng, Michael Taksar

Constrained Optimal Control Theory for Differential Linear Repetitive Processes...............................5572Michael Dymkov, Eric Rogers, Siarhei Dymkou, Krzysztof Galkowski

On the Genericity of the Differential Observability of Controlled Discrete-Time Systems....................5578Ammar Ammar, Mohamed mabrouk, J. Claude Vivalda

Stability Analysis of Switched Time-Delay Systems...................................................................................5584Peng Yan, Hitay Ozbay

Global Optimization of Linear Hybrid Systems with Varying Transition Times ...................................5590Cha Kun Lee, Paul Barton

Exact Controllability of Linear Neutral Type Systems by the Moment Problem Approach .................5596Rabah Rabah, Grigory Sklyar

On Hybrid Diffusions....................................................................................................................................5602Chao Zhu, George Yin

Identifiability of Piecewise Constant Conductivity and its Stability.........................................................5608Semion Gutman, Junhong Ha

Output Feedback H∞ Control of Continuous-Time Infinite Markovian Jump Linear Systems Via LMI Methods ...........................................................................................................................5614

Marcos G. Todorov, Marcelo Fragoso

Feedback Solutions of Optimal Control Problems with DAE Constraints ..............................................5620Galina Kurina, Roswitha Maerz

Convergence Analysis of the Max-Plus Finite Element Method for Solving Deterministic Optimal Control Problems ...........................................................................................................................5626

Asma Lakhoua, Marianne Akian, Stephane Gaubert

Sufficient Optimality Conditions for Dirichlet Boundary Control of Wave Equations..........................5634Andrzej Nowakowski

Non-Uniform Small-Gain Theorems for Systems with Unstable Invariant Sets .....................................5640Ivan Tyukin, Erik Steur, Hendrik Nijmeijer, Cees Van Leeuwen

The Value Function of a Finite Fuel Problem for a New Class of Singular Stochastic Controls..........................................................................................................................................................5646

Monica Motta, Caterina Sartori

Geometrical Conditions for Output Depending Observability Normal Form.........................................5652Gang Zheng, Driss Boutat, Jean Pierre Barbot

Real Time Solution of Duncan-Mortensen-Zakai Equation without Memory ........................................5657Stephen S.-T. Yau, Shing-Tung Yau

Null Controllability with Vanishing Energy for Discrete-Time Systems in Hilbert Space.....................5663Akira Ichikawa

Stability and Ergodicity of Piecewise Deterministic Markov Processes ...................................................5669Oswaldo Luiz V. Costa, Francois Dufour

Connections between Singular Control and Optimal Switching...............................................................5675Xin Guo, Pascal Tomecek

Convex Duality and Entropy-Based Moment Closures: Characterizing Degenerate Densities .........................................................................................................................................................5681

Cory D. Hauck, C. David Levermore, Andre L. Tits

The Role of Dynamics in Computer Vision and Image Processing...........................................................5687Mario Sznaier, Octavia I. Camps

Some Identification Techniques in Computer Vision ................................................................................5699Alessandro Chiuso, Giorgio Picci

Trends on Nonlinear Control .......................................................................................................................5711Alessandro Astolfi, Andrew R. Teel, Dragan Nesic

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