Loosely speaking, adaptive systems are designed to deal with, to adapt to, chang ing environmental conditions whilst maintaining performance objectives. Over the years, the theory of adaptive systems evolved from relatively simple and intuitive concepts to a complex multifaceted theory dealing with stochastic, nonlinear and infinite dimensional systems. This book provides a first introduction to the theory of adaptive systems. The book grew out of a graduate course that the authors taught several times in Australia, Belgium, and The Netherlands for students with an engineering and/or mathemat...
Loosely speaking, adaptive systems are designed to deal with, to adapt to, chang ing environmental conditions whilst maintaining performance objective...
Congestion control algorithms were implemented for the Internet nearly two decades ago, but mathematical models of congestion control in such a large-scale are relatively new. This text presents models for the development of new protocols that can help make Internet data transfers virtually loss- and delay-free. Introduced are tools from optimization, control theory, and stochastic processes integral to the study of congestion control algorithms.
Features and topics include:
* A presentation of Kelly's convex program formulation of resource allocation on the Internet;
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Congestion control algorithms were implemented for the Internet nearly two decades ago, but mathematical models of congestion control in such a lar...
One of the most important methods in dealing with the optimization of large, complex systems is that of hierarchical decomposition. The idea is to reduce the overall complex problem into manageable approximate problems or subproblems, to solve these problems, and to construct a solution of the original problem from the solutions of these simpler prob lems. Development of such approaches for large complex systems has been identified as a particularly fruitful area by the Committee on the Next Decade in Operations Research (1988) 42] as well as by the Panel on Future Directions in Control...
One of the most important methods in dealing with the optimization of large, complex systems is that of hierarchical decomposition. The idea is to red...
Networked control systems are increasingly ubiquitous today, with applications ranging from vehicle communication and adaptive power grids to space exploration and economics. The optimal design of such systems presents major challenges, requiring tools from various disciplines within applied mathematics such as decentralized control, stochastic control, information theory, and quantization.
A thorough, self-contained book, Stochastic Networked Control Systems: Stabilization and Optimization under Information Constraints aims to connect these diverse disciplines with...
Networked control systems are increasingly ubiquitous today, with applications ranging from vehicle communication and adaptive power grids to space...
This volume contains the lectures presented at the workshop on "Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory," held on the island of Borkum, Germany (April 20-23, 1999). The book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers interested in control theory and mathematical systems theory, who will find in-depth analysis and presentations from diverse perspectives interacting in this lively area. The editors are proud to dedicate this volume to Diederich Hinrichsen on the occasion of his 60th birthday in acknowl- edgment of his major contributions to linear systems theory and control theory...
This volume contains the lectures presented at the workshop on "Advances in Mathematical Systems Theory," held on the island of Borkum, Germany (April...
The interest in control of nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) sys- tems has been triggered by the need to achieve tight distributed control of transport-reaction processes that exhibit highly nonlinear behavior and strong spatial variations. Drawing from recent advances in dynamics of PDE systems and nonlinear control theory, control of nonlinear PDEs has evolved into a very active research area of systems and control. This book- the first of its kind- presents general methods for the synthesis of nonlinear and robust feedback controllers for broad classes of nonlinear PDE sys-...
The interest in control of nonlinear partial differential equation (PDE) sys- tems has been triggered by the need to achieve tight distributed control...
The purpose of this monograph is threefold. First, mathematical models of the transient behavior of some or all of the state variables describing the motion of multiple-link flexible structures will be developed. The structures which we have in mind consist of finitely many interconnected flexible ele- ments such as strings, beams, plates and shells or combinations thereof and are representative of trusses, frames, robot arms, solar panels, antennae, deformable mirrors, etc., currently in use. For example, a typical subsys- tem found in almost all aircraft and space vehicles consists of beam,...
The purpose of this monograph is threefold. First, mathematical models of the transient behavior of some or all of the state variables describing the ...
VI 5.3 Proof of the measurement-feedback result. 144 5.4 Relaxation of the a priori assumptions .. 165 5.4.1 Including the feedthroughs . . . . . 165 5.4.2 How to 'remove' the regularity assumptions 174 6 Examples and conclusions 177 6.1 Delay systems in state-space . . . . . . . . . . 177 6.1.1 Dynamic controllers for delay systems. 180 184 6.1.2 A linear quadratic control problem . . 6.1.3 Duality ............... . . 189 6.2 The mixed-sensitivity problem for delay systems 192 6.2.1 Introduction and statement of the problem. 192 6.2.2 Main result .............. . 194 6.3 Conclusions and...
VI 5.3 Proof of the measurement-feedback result. 144 5.4 Relaxation of the a priori assumptions .. 165 5.4.1 Including the feedthroughs . . . . . 165 ...
A book is never the sole accomplishment of the authors. It is built on the foun- dation of established mathematics, and it benefits from current developments within the mathematical community. Many colleagues have contributed ideas, comments, and corrections to this volume. There are, first of all, our students C. Bauer, G. Grammel, 1. Greger, S. Grtinvogel, G. Hackl, and D. Szolnoki in Augs- burg, and E. Joseph, R.-G. Lai, S. Lin, C.-M. Ou, and H. Wang in Ames. We have received comments from, among others, L. Arnold, V. Ayala, K. Grasse, D. Hinrichsen, R. Johnson, Y. Latushkin, J.L. Massera,...
A book is never the sole accomplishment of the authors. It is built on the foun- dation of established mathematics, and it benefits from current devel...
"Control theory represents an attempt to codify, in mathematical terms, the principles and techniques used in the analysis and design of control systems. Algebraic geometry may, in an elementary way, be viewed as the study of the structure and properties of the solutions of systems of algebraic equations. The aim of this book is to provide access to the methods of algebraic geometry for engineers and applied scientists through the motivated context of control theory" .* The development which culminated with this volume began over twenty-five years ago with a series of lectures at the control...
"Control theory represents an attempt to codify, in mathematical terms, the principles and techniques used in the analysis and design of control syste...