Ebook: Advances in Control: Highlights of ECC’99

Advances in Control contains keynote contributions and tutorial material from the fifth European Control Conference, held in Germany in September 1999. The topics covered are of particular relevance to all academics and practitioners in the field of modern control engineering. These include:
- Modern Control Theory
- Fault Tolerant Control Systems
- Linear Descriptor Systems
- Generic Robust Control Design
- Verification of Hybrid Systems
- New Industrial Perspectives
- Nonlinear System Identification
- Multi-Modal Telepresence Systems
- Advanced Strategies for Process Control
- Nonlinear Predictive Control
- Logic Controllers of Continuous Plants
- Two-dimensional Linear Systems.
This important collection of work is introduced by Professor P.M. Frank who has almost forty years of experience in the field of automatic control. State-of-the-art research, expert opinions and future developments in control theory and its industrial applications, combine to make this an essential volume for all those involved in control engineering.

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Advances in Control contains keynote contributions and tutorial material from the fifth European Control Conference, held in Germany in September 1999. The topics covered are of particular relevance to all academics and practitioners in the field of modern control engineering. These include:
- Modern Control Theory
- Fault Tolerant Control Systems
- Linear Descriptor Systems
- Generic Robust Control Design
- Verification of Hybrid Systems
- New Industrial Perspectives
- Nonlinear System Identification
- Multi-Modal Telepresence Systems
- Advanced Strategies for Process Control
- Nonlinear Predictive Control
- Logic Controllers of Continuous Plants
- Two-dimensional Linear Systems.
This important collection of work is introduced by Professor P.M. Frank who has almost forty years of experience in the field of automatic control. State-of-the-art research, expert opinions and future developments in control theory and its industrial applications, combine to make this an essential volume for all those involved in control engineering.

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Advances in Control contains keynote contributions and tutorial material from the fifth European Control Conference, held in Germany in September 1999. The topics covered are of particular relevance to all academics and practitioners in the field of modern control engineering. These include:
- Modern Control Theory
- Fault Tolerant Control Systems
- Linear Descriptor Systems
- Generic Robust Control Design
- Verification of Hybrid Systems
- New Industrial Perspectives
- Nonlinear System Identification
- Multi-Modal Telepresence Systems
- Advanced Strategies for Process Control
- Nonlinear Predictive Control
- Logic Controllers of Continuous Plants
- Two-dimensional Linear Systems.
This important collection of work is introduced by Professor P.M. Frank who has almost forty years of experience in the field of automatic control. State-of-the-art research, expert opinions and future developments in control theory and its industrial applications, combine to make this an essential volume for all those involved in control engineering.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Automatic Control — The Hidden Technology....Pages 1-28
Asymptotic Dynamics in Adaptive Gain Control....Pages 29-63
Control Problems in Multi-Modal Telepresence Systems....Pages 65-101
A Perspective on Advanced Strategies for Process Control (Revisited)....Pages 103-134
Advanced Control for Hot Rolling Mills....Pages 135-169
Fault-tolerant Control Systems....Pages 171-196
Are there New Industrial Perspectives in the Control of Mechanical Systems?....Pages 197-226
Hybrid Systems: Modeling and Supervisory Control....Pages 227-246
Nonlinear Descriptor Systems....Pages 247-281
Two-Dimensional Linear Systems....Pages 283-284
Robust Wavenumber Response of Multidimensional FIR Filters....Pages 285-292
2D-Analysis of Hybrid Systems....Pages 293-299
Towards a Theory of General Discrete Systems....Pages 301-307
Positive 2D Discrete and Continuous-Discrete Linear Sytems....Pages 309-318
Controllability of 2-D Linear Systems....Pages 319-326
Control Theory and Applications for Repetitive Processes....Pages 327-333
Two Dimensional Systems Concepts for Industrial Web Processes....Pages 335-343
Verification of Logic Controllers for Continuous Plants....Pages 345-389
Nonlinear Predictive Control and Moving Horizon Estimation — An Introductory Overview....Pages 391-449

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Advances in Control contains keynote contributions and tutorial material from the fifth European Control Conference, held in Germany in September 1999. The topics covered are of particular relevance to all academics and practitioners in the field of modern control engineering. These include:
- Modern Control Theory
- Fault Tolerant Control Systems
- Linear Descriptor Systems
- Generic Robust Control Design
- Verification of Hybrid Systems
- New Industrial Perspectives
- Nonlinear System Identification
- Multi-Modal Telepresence Systems
- Advanced Strategies for Process Control
- Nonlinear Predictive Control
- Logic Controllers of Continuous Plants
- Two-dimensional Linear Systems.
This important collection of work is introduced by Professor P.M. Frank who has almost forty years of experience in the field of automatic control. State-of-the-art research, expert opinions and future developments in control theory and its industrial applications, combine to make this an essential volume for all those involved in control engineering.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-VIII
Automatic Control — The Hidden Technology....Pages 1-28
Asymptotic Dynamics in Adaptive Gain Control....Pages 29-63
Control Problems in Multi-Modal Telepresence Systems....Pages 65-101
A Perspective on Advanced Strategies for Process Control (Revisited)....Pages 103-134
Advanced Control for Hot Rolling Mills....Pages 135-169
Fault-tolerant Control Systems....Pages 171-196
Are there New Industrial Perspectives in the Control of Mechanical Systems?....Pages 197-226
Hybrid Systems: Modeling and Supervisory Control....Pages 227-246
Nonlinear Descriptor Systems....Pages 247-281
Two-Dimensional Linear Systems....Pages 283-284
Robust Wavenumber Response of Multidimensional FIR Filters....Pages 285-292
2D-Analysis of Hybrid Systems....Pages 293-299
Towards a Theory of General Discrete Systems....Pages 301-307
Positive 2D Discrete and Continuous-Discrete Linear Sytems....Pages 309-318
Controllability of 2-D Linear Systems....Pages 319-326
Control Theory and Applications for Repetitive Processes....Pages 327-333
Two Dimensional Systems Concepts for Industrial Web Processes....Pages 335-343
Verification of Logic Controllers for Continuous Plants....Pages 345-389
Nonlinear Predictive Control and Moving Horizon Estimation — An Introductory Overview....Pages 391-449
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