Ebook: New Directions and Applications in Control Theory

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.

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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.

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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.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
An Efficient QR Algorithm for a Hessenberg Submatrix of a Unitary Matrix....Pages 1-14
Quantum SubRiemannian Dynamics....Pages 15-26
A Homotopy Continuation Solution of the Covariance Extension Equation....Pages 27-42
Set-point Boundary Control for a Viscous Burgers Equation....Pages 43-60
Semi-tensor Product of Matrices and its Applications to Dynamic Systems....Pages 61-79
From Empirical Data to Multi-Modal Control Procedures....Pages 81-95
Durable Goods and the Distribution of Wealth....Pages 97-105
Endomorphisms of Hopf Algebras and a Little Bit of Control....Pages 107-122
Conditioned Invariant Subspaces and the Geometry of Nilpotent Matrices....Pages 123-163
Local Robustness of Hyperbolic Limit Cycles....Pages 165-180
Low Codimension Control Singularities for Single Input Nonlinear Systems....Pages 181-192
Ellipsoidal Techniques for Hybrid Dynamics: the Reachability Problem....Pages 193-205
A Coordinate-Free Approach to Tracking for Simple Mechanical Systems On Lie Groups....Pages 207-222
Efficient Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Communication Networks using Optimal Dynamic Flows....Pages 223-237
A Mathematical Model for the Progression of an Abnormality in the Hematopoietic System....Pages 239-256
Issues in the Identification of Physical Parameters in Non-Homogeneous Linear Elastic Solids....Pages 257-267
Genetic Regulatory Networks and Co-Regulation of Genes: A Dynamic Model Based Approach....Pages 269-290
New Results on Nonsmooth Output Feedback Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems....Pages 291-304
Drift-free Attitude Estimation Using Quasi-linear Observers....Pages 305-319
On Existence and Nonexistence of Limit Cycles for FitzHugh-Nagumo Class Models....Pages 321-336
The Hermann-Martin Curve....Pages 337-351
Hamptonese and Hidden Markov Models....Pages 353-365
Arithmetic Properties of Observable Time Dependent Systems....Pages 367-378
A Fairness Index for Communication Networks....Pages 379-388
Back Matter....Pages 389-400
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