Among the topics addressed in 11 contributions: decentralized adaptive control, combined filtering and parameter estimation, multivariable model reference adaptive control schemes, states and parameters of bilinear systems, techniques in robust state estimation theory with applications, non-linear control using artificial neural networks. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Global optimization in control system analysis and design, V.
Balakrishnan and S. Boyd; robust techniques for combined filtering and
parameter estimation, W.J. Runggaldier and M. Banollo; stability and
robustness of multivariable model reference adaptive control schemes, G. Tao
and P.A. Ioannou; decentralized adaptive control, A. Datta and P. Ioannou;
robust recursive estimation of states and paramaters of bilinear systems, H.
Dai and N.K. Sinha; robust controller design - a bounded-input,
bounded-output worst-case approach, M.A. Dahleh; techniques in robust state
estimation theory with applications, M. Saif; sliding control design in
robust nonlinear control systems, L.-W. Chang; techniques in robust broadband
beamforming, M.H. Er and A. Cantoni; techniques for the robust control of
rigid robots, C. Abdallah, et al; introduction to non-linear control using
artificial neural networks, H.M. Wabgaonkar and A.R. Stubberud.
