New Directions and Applications in Control Theory

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dayawansa, Wijesuriya P. (Editor), Lindquist, Anders (Editor), Zhou, Yishao (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: Lect. Notes Control, 321
• Subjects: Engineering.; System theory.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Vibration.; Dynamics.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Control.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Systems Theory, Control.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.

This volume contains a collection of papers in control theory and applications presented at a conference in honor of Clyde Martin on the occasion of his 60th birthday, held in Lubbock, Texas, November 14-15, 2003.

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: An Efficient QR algorithm for a Hessenberg Submatrix of a Unitary Matrix
• Quantum subRiemannian dynamics
• A Homotopy Continuation Solution of the Covariance Extension Equation
• Set-point boundary control for a viscous Burgers equation
• Semi-tensor Product of Matrices and its Applications to Dynamic Systems
• From Empirical Data to Multi-Modal Control Procedures
• Durable Goods and the Distribution of Wealth
• Endomorphisms of Hopf algebras and a little bit of control
• Conditioned invariant subspaces and the geometry of nilpotent matrices
• Local Robustness of Hyperbolic Limit Cycles
• Low Codimension Control Singularities for Single Input Nonlinear Systems
• Ellipsoidal Techniques for Hybrid Dynamics: the Reachability Problem
• Controlling the Shape of a Muscular Hydrostat: A tongue or tentacle
• A Coordinate-Free Approach to Tracking for Simple Mechanical Systems On Lie Groups
• Efficient Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Communication Networks using Optimal Dynamic Flows.