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# IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

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Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):C1 - C4
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control publication information

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s): C2
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• ### Scanning the issue

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2433 - 2434
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• ### Distributed Tracking of Correlated Equilibria in Regime Switching Noncooperative Games

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2435 - 2450
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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We consider a class of regime-switching noncooperative repeated games where agents exchange information over a graph. The parameters of the game (number of agents, payoffs, information exchange graph) evolve randomly over time according to a Markov chain. We present a regret-based stochastic approximation algorithm with constant step-size that prescribes how individual agents update their randomiz... View full abstract»

• ### Controlled Sensing for Multihypothesis Testing

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2451 - 2464
Cited by:  Papers (40)
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The problem of multiple hypothesis testing with observation control is considered in both fixed sample size and sequential settings. In the fixed sample size setting, for binary hypothesis testing, the optimal exponent for the maximal error probability corresponds to the maximum Chernoff information over the choice of controls, and a pure stationary open-loop control policy is asymptotically optim... View full abstract»

• ### Feedback Particle Filter

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2465 - 2480
Cited by:  Papers (29)
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The feedback particle filter introduced in this paper is a new approach to approximate nonlinear filtering, motivated by techniques from mean-field game theory. The filter is defined by an ensemble of controlled stochastic systems (the particles). Each particle evolves under feedback control based on its own state, and features of the empirical distribution of the ensemble. The feedback control la... View full abstract»

• ### The Separation Principle in Stochastic Control, Redux

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2481 - 2494
Cited by:  Papers (8)
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Over the last 50 years, a steady stream of accounts have been written on the separation principle of stochastic control. Even in the context of the linear-quadratic regulator in continuous time with Gaussian white noise, subtle difficulties arise, unexpected by many, that are often overlooked. In this paper we propose a new framework for establishing the separation principle. This approach takes t... View full abstract»

• ### Hermite Spectral Method to 1-D Forward Kolmogorov Equation and Its Application to Nonlinear Filtering Problems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2495 - 2507
Cited by:  Papers (12)
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In this paper, we investigate the Hermite spectral method (HSM) to numerically solve the forward Kolmogorov equation (FKE). A useful guideline of choosing the scaling factor of the generalized Hermite functions is given in this paper. It greatly improves the resolution of HSM. The convergence rate of HSM to FKE is analyzed in the suitable function space and has been verified by the numerical simul... View full abstract»

• ### Polynomial Level-Set Method for Polynomial System Reachable Set Estimation

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2508 - 2521
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In this paper, we present a polynomial level-set method for advecting a semi-algebraic set for polynomial systems. This method uses the sub-level representation of sets. The problem of flowing these sets under the advection map of a dynamical system is converted to a semi-definite program, which is then used to compute the coefficients of the polynomials. The method presented in this paper does no... View full abstract»

• ### H∞-Optimal Actuator Location

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2522 - 2535
Cited by:  Papers (18)
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In many control applications, there is freedom to place the actuators. The actuator location should be chosen to optimize certain performance objectives. In this paper, H∞-performance with state-feedback is considered. That is, both the controller and the actuator locations are chosen to minimize the effect of disturbances on the output. A framework for calculating H∞... View full abstract»

• ### Distributed Control of Uncertain Networked Systems: A Decoupled Design

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2536 - 2549
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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This paper studies interconnected networked control systems in the presence of communication constraints and plant uncertainties. We propose a novel control architecture, where a reference model is introduced in each subsystem with the objective of generating the data for network broadcast as well as local feedback control. With this structure, the co-design of an output-feedback control strategy ... View full abstract»

• ### Global Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems Based on Vector Control Lyapunov Functions

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2550 - 2562
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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This paper studies the use of vector Lyapunov functions for the design of globally stabilizing feedback laws for nonlinear systems. Recent results on vector Lyapunov functions are utilized. The main result of the paper shows that the existence of a vector control Lyapunov function is a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of a smooth globally stabilizing feedback. Applications to n... View full abstract»

• ### Complete Real Time Solution of the General Nonlinear Filtering Problem Without Memory

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2563 - 2578
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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It is well known that the nonlinear filtering problem has important applications in both military and civil industries. The central problem of nonlinear filtering is to solve the Duncan-Mortensen-Zakai (DMZ) equation in real time and in a memoryless manner. In this paper, we shall extend the algorithm developed previously by S.-T. Yau and the second author to the most general setting of nonlinear ... View full abstract»

• ### Stability of Two-Dimensional Linear Systems With Singularities on the Stability Boundary Using LMIs

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2579 - 2590
Cited by:  Papers (25)
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This paper gives results on stability and asymptotic stability of two-dimensional systems using linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Despite a long history of research in this area, systems with singularities on the stability boundary (SSB) have received limited attention because they cannot produce a sign definite solution to the required LMI. However, 2D systems describing some classes of models o... View full abstract»

• ### On Synchronous Steady States and Internal Models of Diffusively Coupled Systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2591 - 2602
Cited by:  Papers (28)
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We investigate the problem of synchronizing nonidentical nonlinear dynamical systems by means of generalized diffusive couplings. The focus is not on the actual solution to the problem but on the derivation of necessary conditions for the existence of such a solution despite the systems possessing nonidentical models. We show that for the problem to be solvable a synchronous steady state needs to ... View full abstract»

• ### Singular LQ Control, Optimal PD Controller and Inadmissible Initial Conditions

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2603 - 2608
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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We consider a classical control problem: the infinite horizon singular LQ problem, i.e., some inputs are unpenalized in the quadratic performance index. In this case, it is known that the slow dynamics is constrained to be in a proper subspace of the state-space, with the optimal input for the slow dynamics implementable by feedback. In this technical note we show that both the fast dynamics and t... View full abstract»

• ### Plug-and-Play Decentralized Model Predictive Control for Linear Systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2608 - 2614
Cited by:  Papers (54)
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In this technical note, we consider a linear system structured into physically coupled subsystems and propose a decentralized control scheme capable to guarantee asymptotic stability and satisfaction of constraints on system inputs and states. The design procedure is totally decentralized, since the synthesis of a local controller uses only information on a subsystem and its neighbors, i.e. subsys... View full abstract»

• ### Accuracy of Some Popular Non-Homogeneous 2-Sliding Modes

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2615 - 2619
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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Asymptotic accuracy of nonsingular terminal sliding modes and 2-sliding modes with prescribed convergence law is calculated in the presence of small sampling periods and measurement errors. The controllers are shown to have practically equivalent performance. View full abstract»

• ### A Novel Event-Triggered Transmission Scheme and ${cal L}_{2}$ Control Co-Design for Sampled-Data Control Systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2620 - 2626
Cited by:  Papers (108)
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This note is concerned with the event-triggered L2 control for a sampled-data control system. A novel event-triggered transmission scheme is first proposed to determine whether or not the sampled-data should be transmitted. Under this scheme, the sampled-data transmission should be executed only when a threshold is violated, which means that less sampled-data is transmitted. This scheme... View full abstract»

• ### Degree Fluctuations and the Convergence Time of Consensus Algorithms

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2626 - 2631
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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We consider a consensus algorithm in which every node in a sequence of undirected, B-connected graphs assigns equal weight to each of its neighbors. Under the assumption that the degree of each node is fixed (except for times when the node has no connections to other nodes), we show that consensus is achieved within a given accuracy ε on n nodes in time B+4n3 Bln(2n/ε). Be... View full abstract»

• ### Realization of Lossless Systems Via Constant Matrix Factorizations

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2632 - 2636
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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We study the realization problem for linear time-invariant systems described by higher-order differential equations, which are J-lossless with constant J. Our approach is based on the factorization of a constant matrix obtained in a straightforward way from the storage function of the system. State equations are obtained directly from this factorization and from the original system representation. View full abstract»

• ### Necessary and Sufficient Razumikhin-Type Conditions for Stability of Delay Difference Equations

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2637 - 2642
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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This technical note considers stability analysis of time-delay systems described by delay difference equations (DDEs). All existing analysis methods for DDEs that rely on the Razumikhin approach provide sufficient, but not necessary conditions for asymptotic stability. Nevertheless, Lyapunov-Razumikhin functions are of interest because they induce invariant sets in the underlying state space of th... View full abstract»

• ### The Generalized Moment-Based Filter

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2642 - 2647
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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Can we solve the filtering problem from the only knowledge of few moments of the noise terms? In this technical note, by exploiting set of distributions based filtering, we solve this problem without introducing additional assumptions on the distributions of the noises (e.g., Gaussianity) or on the final form of the estimator (e.g., linear estimator). Given the moments (e.g., mean and variance) of... View full abstract»

• ### Consensus Output Regulation of a Class of Heterogeneous Nonlinear Systems

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2648 - 2653
Cited by:  Papers (87)
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This technical note deals with consensus output regulation of network connected multi-agent systems. Every agent or subsystem is a nonlinear system in the output feedback form with relative degree one, but subsystems may have different dynamics in terms of different nonlinear functions and even different system orders. The subsystem dynamics are influenced by state variables generated from an exos... View full abstract»

• ### Sampled-Data Design for Robust Control of a Single Qubit

Publication Year: 2013, Page(s):2654 - 2659
Cited by:  Papers (23)
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This technical note presents a sampled-data approach to the robust control of a single qubit (quantum bit). The required robustness is defined using a sliding mode domain and the control law is designed offline and then utilized online with a single qubit having bounded uncertainties. Two classes of uncertainties are considered involving the system Hamiltonian and the coupling strength of the syst... View full abstract»

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