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a postprint volume from the 3rd IFAC Symposium, Tahoe City, California, USA, 25-28 June 1995
IFAC Symposium on Nonlinear Control Systems Design 1995 : Tahoe City, Calif.)
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The series of IFAC Symposia on Nonlinear Control Systems provides the ideal forum for leading researchers and practitioners who work in the field to discuss and evaluate the latest research and developments. This publication contains the papers presented at the 3rd IFAC Symposium in the series which was held in Tahoe City, California, USA.
Front Cover; Nonlinear Control Systems Design 1995; Copyright Page; Dediction; Table of Contents; PART I: NONLINEAR CONTROL OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES; CHAPTER 1. ON-LINE UPDATING OF RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORK MODELS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RBFN ADAPTATION; 3. SIMULATION RESULTS; 4. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. Nonlinear Control of Distributed Parameter Processes with Disturbances; Abstract.; 1 Introduction; 2 Quasi-linear first-order PDEs; 3 Characteristic index; 4 Control of hyperbolic PDE systems with disturbances; Acknowledgement; References.
CHAPTER 3. CONTROL OF NONLINEAR SYSTEMS SUBJECT TOINPUT CONSTRAINTSAbstract.; 1. Introduction; 2. Description of the System; 3. General nonlinear MPC formulation; 4. Description of the Controllers; 5. Examples; 6. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. Stability of model predictive control under perturbations; 1. Introduction; 2. Outline of the paper; 3. Stability results; 4. Nonlinear model predictive control; 5. Nonlinear state estimation; 6. Conclusions; 7. REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. DYNAMIC STATE FEEDBACK IN A CONTINUOUS STIRREDTANK REACTOR; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CONTROL OF A CSTR MODEL; 3. SIMULATIONS.
4. conclusions5. references; part ii: stability; chapter 6. a new criterion for asymptotic stability ofnonautonomous differential equations:an illustrative example; 1. introduction; 2. an asymptotic stabilitycriterion; 3. harmonic oscillator withtime-dependent damping; 4. conclusions; 5. references; chapter 7. toward a geometric approach for the stabilityanalysis of multivariable systems affected byphase perturbations; 1. introduction; 2. analysis; 3. examples; 4. discussion; references; chapter 8. a stability radius for nonlinear differential equations subject to time varying perturbations.
ABSTRACT1. Introduction; 2. Stability and Instability for Perturbed Differential Equations.; 3. A Stability Radius for Nonlinear Differential Equations; References; CHAPTER 9. RESONANCE AND FEEDBACK STABILIZATION; Abstract; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. RESONANCE; 3. CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. NONLINEAR CONTROL DESIGN IN THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN; Abstract; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NONLINEAR SYSTEMS IN THE FREQUENCY DOMAIN; 3. INVERSION OF THE LAPLACE TRANSFORM; 4. APPLICATION TO CONTROL THEORY; 5. Conclusions; 6. REFERENCES.
CHAPTER 11. FEEDBACK STABILIZATION OF BIFURCATION PHENOMENA AND ITSAPPLICATION TO THE CONTROL OF VOLTAGE INSTABILITIES AND COLLAPSEABSTRACT; 1. Introduction; 2. A Model of Voltage Collapse; 3. Normal Forms Analysis of the Power Plant Model; 4. Resonance Control of Voltage Instabilities; 5. Discussion and Conclusion; References; PART III: IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL PROBLEMS INCOMPUTER VISION; CHAPTER 12. Multistage Nonlinear Observer with Application to Vision Based Estimation; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. MULTISTAGE NONLINEAR OBSERVER; 3. HIGH-GAIN OBSERVERS FOR NONLINEARSYSTEMS.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.