# IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):C1 - C2
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control publication information

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s): C2
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• ### Scanning the issue

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):865 - 866
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• ### Identification Input Design for Consistent Parameter Estimation of Linear Systems With Binary-Valued Output Observations

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):867 - 880
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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Input design is of essential importance in system identification for providing sufficient probing capabilities to guarantee convergence of parameter estimates to their true values. This paper presents conditions on input signals that characterize their probing richness for strongly consistent parameter estimation of linear systems with binary-valued output observations. Necessary and sufficient co... View full abstract»

• ### Finite Rank Criteria for ${H^infty}$ Control of Infinite-Dimensional Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):881 - 893
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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This paper studies the Hinfin control of infinite-dimensional systems whose transfer matrices are expressible as a series connection of a rational transfer matrix and a scalar (possibly irrational) inner function. This class of systems is adequate for describing many control problems in practice, when weighting functions are rational and plants have at most finitely many unstable modes.... View full abstract»

• ### Cooperative Control of Dynamical Systems With Application to Autonomous Vehicles

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):894 - 911
Cited by:  Papers (197)
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In this paper, a new framework based on matrix theory is proposed to analyze and design cooperative controls for a group of individual dynamical systems whose outputs are sensed by or communicated to others in an intermittent, dynamically changing, and local manner. In the framework, sensing/communication is described mathematically by a time-varying matrix whose dimension is equal to the number o... View full abstract»

• ### Discrete-Time Adaptive Command Following and Disturbance Rejection With Unknown Exogenous Dynamics

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):912 - 928
Cited by:  Papers (76)  |  Patents (1)
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We present an adaptive controller that requires limited model information for stabilization, command following, and disturbance rejection for mult-input multi-output minimum-phase discrete-time systems. Specifically, the controller requires knowledge of the open-loop system's relative degree as well as a bound on the first nonzero Markov parameter. Notably, the controller does not require knowledg... View full abstract»

• ### Controllability and Observability of Infinite-Dimensional Descriptor Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):929 - 940
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In this paper, the classical systems theoretic concepts of controllability and observability are considered for descriptor systems with an infinite-dimensional state space. These are systems of the form Exdot(t) = Ax(t) + Bu(t), y(t) = Cx(t), where x(ldr), u(ldr), and y(ldr) are functions with values in separable Hilbert spaces X, U, and Y. For the operators, we assume that E : XrarrZ, B : UrarrZ,... View full abstract»

• ### Dissipativity Theory for Switched Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):941 - 953
Cited by:  Papers (188)
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A framework of dissipativity theory for switched systems using multiple storage functions and multiple supply rates is set up. Each subsystem of a switched system is associated with a storage function to describe the "energy" stored in the subsystem, and is associated with a supply rate that represents energy coming from outside the subsystem when the subsystem is active. The exchange of "energy" ... View full abstract»

• ### Hellinger Versus Kullback–Leibler Multivariable Spectrum Approximation

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):954 - 967
Cited by:  Papers (38)
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In this paper, we study a matricial version of a generalized moment problem with degree constraint. We introduce a new metric on multivariable spectral densities induced by the family of their spectral factors, which, in the scalar case, reduces to the Hellinger distance. We solve the corresponding constrained optimization problem via duality theory. A highly nontrivial existence theorem for the d... View full abstract»

• ### Formation Reorganization by Primitive Operations on Directed Graphs

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):968 - 979
Cited by:  Papers (32)
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In this paper, we study the construction and transformation of 2-D persistent graphs. Persistence is a generalization to directed graphs of the undirected notion of rigidity. Both notions are currently being used in various studies on coordination and control of autonomous multiagent formations. In the context of mobile autonomous agent formations, persistence characterizes the efficacy of a direc... View full abstract»

• ### Optimal Population Transfers in a Quantum System for Large Transfer Time

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):980 - 992
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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Transferring a quantum system to a final state with given populations is an important problem with applications to quantum chemistry and atomic physics. In this paper, we consider such transfers that minimize L2 the norm of the control. This problem is challenging, both analytically and numerically. With the exception of the simplest cases, there is no general understanding of the natur... View full abstract»

• ### Convex Control Systems and Convex Optimal Control Problems With Constraints

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):993 - 998
Cited by:  Papers (31)
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This note discusses the concepts of convex control systems and convex optimal control problems. We study control systems governed by ordinary differential equations in the presence of state and target constraints. Our note is devoted to the following main question: under which additional assumptions is a "sophisticated" constrained optimal control problem equivalent to a "simple" convex minimizati... View full abstract»

• ### Consensus in Noncooperative Dynamic Games: A Multiretailer Inventory Application

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):998 - 1003
Cited by:  Papers (22)
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We focus on Nash equilibria and Pareto optimal Nash equilibria for a finite horizon noncooperative dynamic game with a special structure of the stage cost. We study the existence of these solutions by proving that the game is a potential game. For the single-stage version of the game, we characterize the aforementioned solutions and derive a consensus protocol that makes the players converge to th... View full abstract»

• ### Passivity Analysis and Passification of Discrete-Time Hybrid Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1004 - 1009
Cited by:  Papers (47)
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For discrete-time hybrid systems in piecewise affine or piece-wise polynomial (PWP) form, this note proposes sufficient passivity analysis and synthesis criteria based on the computation of piecewise quadratic or PWP storage functions. By exploiting linear matrix inequality techniques and sum of squares decomposition methods, passivity analysis and synthesis of passifying controllers can be carrie... View full abstract»

• ### Controllability of a Leader–Follower Dynamic Network With Switching Topology

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1009 - 1013
Cited by:  Papers (147)
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This note studies the controllability of a leader-follower network of dynamic agents linked via neighbor rules. The leader is a particular agent acting as an external input to steer the other member agents. Based on switched control system theory, we derive a simple controllability condition for the network with switching topology, which indicates that the controllability of the whole network does... View full abstract»

• ### Control of Continuous-Time Linear Gaussian Systems Over Additive Gaussian Wireless Fading Channels: A Separation Principle

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1013 - 1019
Cited by:  Papers (25)
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This note is concerned with the control of continuous-time linear Gaussian systems over additive white noise wireless fading channels subject to capacity constraints. Necessary and sufficient conditions are derived, for bounded asymptotic and asymptotic observability and stabilizability in the mean square sense, for controlling such systems. For the case of a noiseless time-invariant system contro... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive Control for the Systems Preceded by Hysteresis

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1019 - 1025
Cited by:  Papers (65)
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Hysteresis hinders the effectiveness of smart materials in sensors and actuators. It is a challenging task to control the systems with hysteresis. This note discusses the adaptive control for discrete time linear dynamical systems preceded with hysteresis described by the Prandtl-Ishlinskii model. The time delay and the order of the linear dynamical system are assumed to be known. The contribution... View full abstract»

• ### A New $H_{{bm infty}}$ Stabilization Criterion for Networked Control Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1025 - 1032
Cited by:  Papers (175)
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This note is concerned with robust Hinfin control of linear networked control systems with time-varying network-induced delay and data packet dropout. A new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, which makes use of the information of both the lower and upper bounds of the time-varying network-induced delay, is proposed to drive a new delay-dependent Hinfin stabilization criterion. T... View full abstract»

• ### Parametrization of the Regular Equivalences of the Canonical Controller

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1032 - 1036
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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We study control problems for linear systems in the behavioral framework. Our focus is a class of regular controllers that are equivalent to the canonical controller. The canonical controller is a particular controller that is guaranteed to solve the control problem whenever a solution exists. However, it has been shown that, in most cases, the canonical controller is not regular. The main result ... View full abstract»

• ### Feedback Stabilization for Multiinput Switched Nonlinear Systems: Two Subsystems Case

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1037 - 1042
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In this note, based on the control Lyapunov function approach, a new method for solving the feedback stabilization problem of switched systems that are switching arbitrarily between two multiinput nonlinear subsystems is introduced. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of globally uniformly asymptotically stabilizing state feedback controllers are derived. Additionally, a universa... View full abstract»

• ### Stability Robustness of a Feedback Interconnection of Systems With Negative Imaginary Frequency Response

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1042 - 1046
Cited by:  Papers (123)
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A necessary and sufficient condition, expressed simply as the dc loop gain (i.e., the loop gain at zero frequency) being less than unity, is given in this note to guarantee the internal stability of a feedback interconnection of linear time-invariant (LTI) multiple-input multiple-output systems with negative imaginary frequency response. Systems with negative imaginary frequency response arise, fo... View full abstract»

• ### Wave Equations, Fractional Derivatives, and a New Instance of the Lack of Robustness of Velocity Feedbacks

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1047 - 1051
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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Due to the attenuation of disturbances under integration, it has been proposed that the time derivative of order in the stabilizing feedback of a hyperbolic system be replaced with Caputo fractional derivatives of lower order. It has already been noted that in this way exponential stability is not preserved. We first complement this result. We then prove that even dissipativity is not preserved if... View full abstract»

• ### Discrete-Time ${cal H}_infty$ Control Problem for Nonlinear Descriptor Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1051 - 1057
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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This note presents an explicit solution to the problem of disturbance attenuation with internal stability for discrete-time nonlinear descriptor systems. Both the static-state feedback and dynamic output feedback cases are considered. In particular, we characterize a family of Hinfin controllers solving the problem locally around a neighborhood of the origin. To do this, we first derive... View full abstract»

• ### An Adaptive Regulator of Robotic Manipulators in the Task Space

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1058 - 1062
Cited by:  Papers (17)
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This note addresses the problem of position control of robotic manipulators both nonredundant and redundant in the task space. A computationally simple class of task space regulators consisting of a transpose adaptive Jacobian controller plus an adaptive term estimating generalized gravity forces is proposed. The Lyapunov stability theory is used to derive the control scheme. The conditions on con... View full abstract»

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University of Notre Dame