# IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):C1 - C4
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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):1981 - 1982
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• ### Sufficient Conditions for Closed-Loop Asymptotic Controllability and Stabilization by Smooth Time-Varying Feedback Integrator

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1983 - 1997
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For general finite-dimensional time-varying nonlinear systems, we derive sufficient conditions for closed-loop asymptotic controllability and asymptotic stabilization by means of a smooth ordinary time-varying feedback integrator. The main hypotheses are based on the existence of an almost smooth time-varying control Lyapunov function. The corresponding results generalize earlier works in the lite... View full abstract»

• ### Zeros and Poles of Linear Continuous-Time Periodic Systems: Definitions and Properties

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):1998 - 2011
Cited by:  Papers (8)
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The paper deals with definitions of zeros and poles and their features in finite-dimensional linear continuous-time periodic (FDLCP) systems under a harmonic framework. More precisely, system and transfer zeros and poles in the harmonic wave-to-wave sense are defined on what we call the regularized harmonic system operators and the harmonic transfer operators of FDLCP systems by means of regulariz... View full abstract»

• ### Safe Adaptive Switching Control: Stability and Convergence

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2012 - 2021
Cited by:  Papers (80)
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A formal theoretical explanation of the model-mismatch instability problem associated with certain adaptive control design schemes is proposed, and a solution is provided. To address the model-mismatch problem, a primary task of adaptive control is formulated as finding an asymptotically optimal, stabilizing controller, given the feasibility of adaptive control problem. A class of data-driven cost... View full abstract»

• ### Symmetry Invariance of Multiagent Formations in Self-Pursuit

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2022 - 2032
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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Structure in the interconnection topology among individuals of a multiagent system plays a fundamental role in the system's steady-state and transient behaviors. This paper explores how certain interconnection topologies influence symmetry in a multiagent system's trajectories. It is shown how circulant connectivity preserves rotation, and in particular instances, dihedral group symmetries in a fo... View full abstract»

• ### Mixed Deterministic/Randomized Methods for Fixed Order Controller Design

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2033 - 2047
Cited by:  Papers (25)
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In this paper, we propose a general methodology for designing fixed order controllers for single-input single-output plants. The controller parameters are classified into two classes: randomized and deterministically designed. For the first class, we study randomized algorithms. In particular, we present two low-complexity algorithms based on the Chernoff bound and on a related bound (often called... View full abstract»

• ### Quantum Markovian Subsystems: Invariance, Attractivity, and Control

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2048 - 2063
Cited by:  Papers (63)
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We characterize the dynamical behavior of continuous-time, Markovian quantum systems with respect to a subsystem of interest. Markovian dynamics describes a wide class of open quantum systems of relevance to quantum information processing, subsystem encodings offering a general pathway to faithfully represent quantum information. We provide explicit linear-algebraic characterizations of the notion... View full abstract»

• ### Synthesis of Optimal Dynamic Quantizers for Discrete-Valued Input Control

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2064 - 2075
Cited by:  Papers (45)
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This paper presents an optimal dynamic quantizer synthesis method for controlling linear time-invariant systems with discrete-valued input. The quantizers considered here include dynamic feedback mechanism, for which we find quantizer parameters such that the system composed of a given linear plant and the quantizer is an optimal approximation of the linear plant in terms of the input-output relat... View full abstract»

• ### Lyapunov-Based Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear Systems Subject to Data Losses

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2076 - 2089
Cited by:  Papers (154)
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In this work, we focus on model predictive control of nonlinear systems subject to data losses. The motivation for considering this problem is provided by wireless networked control systems and control of nonlinear systems under asynchronous measurement sampling. In order to regulate the state of the system towards an equilibrium point while minimizing a given performance index, we propose a Lyapu... View full abstract»

• ### Robust Adaptive Control of Feedback Linearizable MIMO Nonlinear Systems With Prescribed Performance

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2090 - 2099
Cited by:  Papers (269)
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A novel robust adaptive controller for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) feedback linearizable nonlinear systems possessing unknown nonlinearities, capable of guaranteeing a prescribed performance, is developed in this paper. By prescribed performance we mean that the tracking error should converge to an arbitrarily small residual set, with convergence rate no less than a prespecified value, exhibit... View full abstract»

• ### On the Infinite Horizon Performance of Receding Horizon Controllers

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2100 - 2111
Cited by:  Papers (68)
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Receding horizon control is a well established approach for control of systems with constraints and nonlinearities. Optimization over an infinite time-horizon, which is often computationally intractable, is therein replaced by a sequence of finite horizon problems. This paper provides a method to quantify the performance degradation that comes with this approximation. Results are provided for prob... View full abstract»

• ### Robust Optimality for Discounted Infinite-Horizon Markov Decision Processes With Uncertain Transition Matrices

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2112 - 2116
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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We study finite-state, finite-action, discounted infinite-horizon Markov decision processes with uncertain transition matrices in the deterministic policy space. The transition matrices are classified as either independent or correlated. A generalized robust optimality criterion which can be degenerated to some popular optimality criteria is proposed, under which an optimal or near-optimal policy ... View full abstract»

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2116 - 2122
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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This work proposes a control law for the force position regulation problem under surface kinematic uncertainties. A compliant contact with friction is considered. The control law achieves exact regulation of force and position along the surface tangent by identifying the uncertain surface slope without any force, tactile and/or vision sensory requirements. The asymptotic stability of the closed lo... View full abstract»

• ### Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems With Diverse Input and Communication Delays

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2122 - 2128
Cited by:  Papers (269)
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The consensus problem for multi-agent systems with input and communication delays is studied based on the frequency-domain analysis. Two decentralized consensus conditions are obtained, one of which is given for the systems based on undirected graphs with diverse input delays and the other is for the systems based on directed graphs with diverse communication delays and input delays. For the syste... View full abstract»

• ### Stability of Solutions for Stochastic Impulsive Systems via Comparison Approach

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2128 - 2133
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This note studies stability problem of solutions for stochastic impulsive systems. By employing Lyapunov-like function method and It's formula, comparison principles of existence and uniqueness and stability of solutions for stochastic impulsive systems are established. Based on these comparison principles, the stability properties of stochastic impulsive systems are derived by the corresponding s... View full abstract»

• ### Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Resource Sharing in Networks: A Delay Perspective

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2134 - 2142
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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From multi-description/multi-path routing for multi-media applications to content distribution in P2P networks, to community networking, many forms of resource sharing have been proposed to improve network performance. From the perspective of any single user, when ignoring the interaction among users, all such schemes reduce to various forms of providing parallelism and, hence, increased throughpu... View full abstract»

• ### Stabilization of Networked Control Systems With a New Delay Characterization

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2142 - 2148
Cited by:  Papers (219)
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This paper presents a new approach to solving the problem of stabilization for networked control systems. Mean-square asymptotic stability is derived for the closed-loop networked control systems, and based on this, a controller design procedure is proposed for stabilization purpose. An inverted pendulum system is utilized to show the effectiveness and applicability of the proposed results. View full abstract»

• ### General Solution of Stability Problem for Plane Linear Switched Systems and Differential Inclusions

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2149 - 2153
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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Characterization and control of stability of switched dynamical systems and differential inclusions have attracted significant attention in the recent past. The most of the current results for this problem are obtained by application of the Lyapunov function method which provides sufficient but frequently over conservative stability conditions. For planar systems, practically verifiable necessary ... View full abstract»

• ### Balancing of Lossless and Passive Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2153 - 2157
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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Different balancing techniques are applied to lossless nonlinear systems, with open-loop balancing applied to their scattering representation. It is shown that they all lead to the same result: the pair of to-be-balanced functions is given by two copies of the physical energy function, yielding thus no information about the relative importance of the state components in a balanced realization. In ... View full abstract»

• ### A Partial Solution of the Aizerman Problem for Second-Order Systems With Delays

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2158 - 2160
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This paper considers the Aizerman problem for second-order systems with delays. It is proved that for retarded systems with a single delay the Aizerman conjecture is true. For systems with multiple delays, a delay-dependent class of systems is found, for which the Aizerman conjecture is true. The proof is based on the Popov's frequency-domain criterion for absolute stability. View full abstract»

• ### Reversibility and PoincarÉ Recurrence in Linear Dynamical Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2160 - 2165
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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In this paper, we study the Poincare recurrence phenomenon for linear dynamical systems, that is, linear systems whose trajectories return infinitely often to neighborhoods of their initial condition. Specifically, we provide several equivalent notions of Poincare recurrence and review sufficient conditions for nonlinear dynamical systems that ensure that the system exhibits Poincare recurrence. F... View full abstract»

• ### Exact Maximum Singular Value of a Complex Interval Matrix

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2165 - 2170
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This paper shows that exact maximum singular value of a complex interval matrix can be found from a set of selected matrices. The results include both square interval matrix and generalized non-square interval matrix. Three illustrative examples are presented to verify the validity and utility of the proposed method. View full abstract»

• ### On Nonlinear $H_{infty }$ Filtering for Discrete-Time Stochastic Systems With Missing Measurements

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):2170 - 2180
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In this paper, the H infin filtering problem is investigated for a general class of nonlinear discrete-time stochastic systems with missing measurements. The system under study is not only corrupted by state-dependent white noises but also disturbed by exogenous inputs. The measurement output contains randomly missing data that is modeled by a Bernoulli distributed white sequence... View full abstract»

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University of Notre Dame