The 3rd International Conference on Advances in Communication and Control Systems: From Theory to Practice, Victoria, Canada, 16-18 October 1991.

Proc. edited by W. Wells, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA, 1992, vols. 1, 2, 941 pp., ISBN 0-911575-48-0, $160.00

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The conference theme as witnessed by these proceedings, is uniting methodology and technology in communication and control. Indeed, an integration of theory and multidisciplinary applications highlights these contributions.

Volume 1:

Systems Theory; Spread Spectrum Communication Systems; Model Reduction and Identification of Linear Systems; Energy Systems; Communication; Signal Processing; Bilinear Systems; Systems Concepts for Manufacturing; Neural Networks and Control.

Volume 2:

Multidimensional Systems and Digital Filters; Immune System and Disease; Broadband Network Routing; High Performance Aircraft Control; Robotics; Nonlinear Control; Signal Processing; Structural Control and Identification; Control Theory and Applications; White Noise and Distribution Theory; Lossless and Lossy Data Compression; Environmental Systems: Prediction and Control; Control Applications.
 
 

Volume 1

Preface ..... xiii

Invited Lectures ..... 1

Narain G. Hingorani
Facts -- Flexible AC Transmission System ..... 2

E. Billis
Development of Telecommunication System in Greece ..... 13

T. Zolezzi
Well-Posedness Criteria in Optimal Control ..... 28

Zhenhua Shao and M.E. Sawan
Performance Analysis for Structured Uncertainty ..... 36

Jenny L. Rawson; Chin S. Hsu
H Design Applied to Periodic Output Feedback Systems ..... 42

Ronald A. Iltis
Applications of Nonlinear Filtering to Spread-Spectrum Synchronization and Channel Estimation ..... 51

Qiang Wang, Vijay K. Bhargava, and Yuying Chao
Coded Frequency Hopped Multiple Access Communications ..... 63

T. Aaron Gulliver
New Diversity Combining Techniques for Improving the Performance of Fast Frequency Hopping ..... 75

Carlos Rivera and James A. Ritcey
Performance of an M-ary FFH Receivers with Pre-Whitening ..... 89

Goson Gu and Dean Lytle
Adaptive Time-Delay Estimation by Maximizing the Cross Correlation Function of Third-Order Cumulant Sequences of Non-Gaussian Signals and Correlated Gaussian Noises ..... 101

Richard Colgren
Finite Bandwidth Model Reduction Applied to the Advanced Supersonic Transport ..... 111

V. Sreeram; P. Agathoklis
Linear System Identification and Reduction Using Gram Matrix ..... 123

Wodek Gawronski; Jeffrey A. Mellstrom
Model Reduction for Systems with Integrators ..... 135

Chin S. Hsu; Daqing Hou
Model Reduction of Unstable Linear Control Systems ..... 147

Daqing Hou; Chin S. Hsu
State Space Model Identification of Unstable Linear Systems ..... 157

William A. Mittelstadt
Considerations in Application of Stability Controllers on a Power System ..... 169

M.R. Iravani
A Software Tool for Analysis and Design of FACTS Components ..... 181

Geoff Neily and Ralph Barone; Gary Josin and Doug Charney
Joint VAR Controller Implemented in an Artificial Neural Network Environment ..... 193

K. Yao and D. Lu
On Affine Importance Sampling for Error Probability Simulations of Digital Communications Systems ..... 202

T. Frederick and M. Belkerdid
Error Control Coding for Meteor Burst Channels: Simulation and Performance ..... 211

R. Kumar
Novel Multireceiver Communication System Configurations Based on Optimal Estimation Theory ..... 222

T. Kasparis, N.S. Tzannes and Q. Chen
Conditional Median Filters for Selective Impulse Suppression ..... 235

R. Kumar
Novel Adaptive Least Squares Algorithms for Multi-Element Array Signal Reconstruction ..... 245

B.A. Hedstrom and R.L. Kirlin
Kalman-Derived Coupled Digital PLL’s for Separation of Co-Channel Signals ..... 256

Flavio Lorenzelli and Kung Yao
Partitioning LS and SVD problems to Fixed Size Signal Array Processors ..... 267

R. Ruhland, E.P. Hofer and B. Tibken
Exact Linearization for Bilinear Control Processes ..... 280

Zijad Aganovic and Zoran Gajic
Optimal Open-Loop Control of Singularly Perturbed Bilinear Systems ..... 292

R.E. Rink
Energy-Optimal Control of Bilinear Heat Storage Systems ..... 302

Scott Kimbrough
A Suboptimal Dual Regulator for Stochastic Bilinear Systems ..... 314

Yat-Chen Chen and Shyang Chang
Variable Structure Control of Multivariable Affine Nonlinear System ..... 322

Mohd N. Karsiti, Jose B. Cruz, Jr., and J.H. Mulligan, Jr.
Iterative Generation of Overall Manufacturing Systems Strategies Using Performance Forecasts of Component Subsystems ..... 335

Geza P. Bottlik
Implementing a Short Interval Shop Floor Scheduling System ..... 344

Zvolt L. Kovacs
Reliability Aspects of Neural Network Based Process Control Systems ..... 354

T.J. Tarn, G.T. Marth, and A.K. Ramadoraj; A.K. Bejczy
Experimental Evaluation of a Task-Driven Feedback for the PUMA 560 Arm ..... 363

Cheryl B. Schrader; Michael K. Sain
Extended Zeros, Poles, and Anticausal Systems ..... 372

A.S. Arar and M.E. Sawan
Pole Placement in a Specified Disk for Discrete Systems ..... 384

Min-I. J. Chang; Ching-Fang Lin
Eigenstructure Assignment for Multivariable Systems Using Closed Loop System Controllability Condition ..... 392

L. Fortuna, G. Muscato, G. Nunnari, and M.G. Xibilia
Closed-Loop Realizations Towards Singular Pertubation: A New Strategy for Deriving Low Order Compensators ..... 401

Tuan T. Ho and Hai T. Ho
Stochastic State Space Neural Adaptive Control ..... 412

Y. Derbal and M.M. Bayoumi
A Neural Network Robot Controller ..... 422

Michael R. Davenport and Geoffrey W. Hoffmann
Using Hidden Neurons with Hebbian Learning in a Bi-State Hopfield Neural Network ..... 434

Hai T. Ho, Tuan T. Ho, Edward T. Wall, and Jan T. Bialasiewicz
Stochastic Neural Self-Tuning Adaptive Control ..... 441

Douglas M. Charney and Gary M. Josin
Neural Network Servo Control of a Robot Manipulator Joint in Real-Time ..... 451

Volume 2

Kemin Zhou; Yanlin Li and E. Bruce Lee
2-D System Model Reduction with Error Bounds ..... 462

W.-S. Lu, H.-P. Wang, and A. Antoniou
Design of Three-Dimensional Digital Filters by Using Outer-Product Array Decomposition ..... 474

V. Ramachandran; C.S. Gargour; M. Ahmadi
Design and Implementation of Two-Dimensional Fan Filters Using FIR Realizations of ..... 486

Seth Michelson; John Leith
The Autocrine-Paracrine-Endocrine Triad of Tumor Growth Control ..... 493

Gene E. McClellan and George H. Anno
Response of the Intestinal Mucosa to Radiation Exposure ..... 503

Ke-Qiang Liao and Lorne G. Mason
Self-Optimizing Window Flow Control in High Speed Data Networks ..... 520

Bruno Lague and Catherine Rosenberg; Fabrice Guillemin
A Generalization of the Leaky Bucket ..... 534

Christos Douligeris
Relaxation and Estimation Techiques for a Decentralized Multiclass Optimum Flow Control Algorithm ..... 543

E. Livne
Nonlinear Programming/Approximation Concepts Approach to Integrated Control System/Structural Synthesis with Aeroservoelastic Applications: A Review of Recent Developments ..... 554

Yoshiyuki Sakawa and Tatsuya Endo
Point-to-Point Optimal Trajectory Planning Above a Surface ..... 569

Shahram Payandeh and Mehrdad Saif
Force and Fine-Position Control of Multiple Planar Robotic Mechanisms ..... 580

Rafael Kelly; Alejandro Rueda; Efrain Alcorta
Motion Controller for Robot Manipulators: Computed Feedforward and PD Plus Computed Feedforward ..... 591

Mario E. Magana and Reza A. Dai
A Nonlinear Decentralized Adaptive Controller for Robotic Manipulators ..... 603

William L. Brogan; Sung-Duck Han
A Parametric Study of Adaptive Generalized Predictive Controllers ..... 614

Wenceslao A. Cebuhar
Band-Limited Controllers for a Class of Nonlinear Systems ..... 625

K. Khorasani
Robust Adaptive Control for a Class of Dynamical Systems Using Corrected Models ..... 632

F.J. Chang, J.C. Yen, and Shyang Chang
Gray-Level Thresholding via Maximum Correlation Criterion ..... 647

Kia Makki; Niki Pissinou
On the Design and Development of Transputers Network ..... 656

Grigore Braileanu
A New Approach to the Digitizing of Continuous-Time Systems with Application to Interpolation and Digital Filter Design ..... 662

Mehrdad Saif and Yuping Guan
State Estimation in Uncertain Dynamical Systems ..... 674

Rong-Ming Chen, Chen-Yu Chang, and Shyang Chang
ARMA Modeling of Atmospheric Turbulence Via the Minimum Discrepancy Measure ..... 684

K. Ajaya Kumari and Y. Yoganandam
A Novel Method for Computing Esprit and Its Exact Relationship with Zoltowski Method ..... 695

Alberto De Santis
On a Class of LQR Optimal Controllers for Flexible Structures ..... 706

Qing-Hu Meng and Wu-Sheng Lu
On Coordination of Multi-Robot Systems ..... 716

Mehrdad Said and Yupin Guan
Sensor and Actuator Failure Detection Using the UIO Theory ..... 729

Richard D. Jones
Development of an Adaptive Pulse Modulator ..... 737

Tony C. Huang, Siri Weerasooriya, and M.A. El-Sharkawi
Novel Approaches to Drives Control: Neural Networks and Fuzzy Control ..... 746

Uy-Loi Ly, Cheolkeun Ha, and Jing Bao Lu
Design of Closed-Loop Transfer Recovery Using Output-Feedback Controllers ..... 758

Blake Hannaford
Hidden Markov Model Analysis of Manufacturing Process Information ..... 769

Shin Ichi Aihara
Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Infinite-Dimensional Parameter in Stochastic Parabolic Systems ..... 780

Roland Malhame
A Generalized Random Process Framework for the Analysis of Continuous-Time Stochastic Singular Systems ..... 791

Mrinal K. Ghosh; Arunabha Bagchi
A Maximum Principle for a Hybrid System with Partial Observation ..... 802

Ravi R. Mazumdar; Arunabha Bagchi
A Representation Result for Nonlinear Filters ..... 814

Paul G. Howard and Jeffrey Scott Vitter
Practical Implementation of Arithmetic Coding ..... 827

R.M. Gray, S.J. Park, and B.D. Andrews
Tiling Shapes for Image Vector Quantization ..... 839

R.A. Olshen, P.C. Cosman, C. Tseng, H.C. Davidson, L.E. Moses, R.M. Gray, and C.J. Bergin
Evaluating Compressed Medical Images ..... 851

Jacques Vaisey
Applications of Leakage Information in Subband Image Coding ..... 862

Kenneth Zeger and Gopal Krishna
Bi-Level Facsimile Compression with Unconstrained Tilings ..... 874

W.M. Strome
The Future of Robotics in Silviculture ..... 887

Tatyana P. Kolchugina and Ted S. Vinson
Framework to Access the Carbon Budget of Forest Ecosystems in the Soviet Union ..... 897

Bruce P. Connors; Jan T. Bialasiewicz
Adaptive Sliding Control of a Single-Axis Steering Mirror ..... 910

Rafael Kelly; Alejandro Rueda; Efrain Alcorta
PD Controller with Adaptive Feedforward Compensation for Direct Current Motors ..... 922

J.L. Vian; M.E. Sawan
H₂ and H Reduced State-Feedback for a Singularly Perturbed Voltage Regulator Model ..... 930