Automatica, Volume 45

Volume 45, Number 1, January 2009

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  Tamer Basar:
  Transition in an editorship. 1
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  Mrdjan Jankovic:
  Forwarding, backstepping, and finite spectrum assignment for time delay systems. 2-9
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  Yibing Wang, Markos Papageorgiou, Albert Messmer, Pierluigi Coppola, Athina Tzimitsi, Agostino Nuzzolo:
  An adaptive freeway traffic state estimator. 10-24
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  Bradley M. Bell, James V. Burke, Gianluigi Pillonetto:
  An inequality constrained nonlinear Kalman-Bucy smoother by interior point likelihood maximization. 25-33
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  Aranya Chakrabortty, Murat Arcak:
  Time-scale separation redesigns for stabilization and performance recovery of uncertain nonlinear systems. 34-44
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  Massimo Canale, Lorenzo Fagiano, Mario Milanese:
  Set Membership approximation theory for fast implementation of Model Predictive Control laws. 45-54
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  Changyun Wen, Jing Zhou, Wei Wang:
  Decentralized adaptive backstepping stabilization of interconnected systems with dynamic input and output interactions. 55-67
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  Maciej Niedzwiecki, Piotr Kaczmarek:
  Self-optimizing generalized adaptive notch filters - comparison of three optimization strategies. 68-77
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  Alexander N. Churilov, Alexander Medvedev, Alexander Shepeljavyi:
  Mathematical model of non-basal testosterone regulation in the male by pulse modulated feedback. 78-85
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  Victor M. Zavala, Lorenz T. Biegler:
  The advanced-step NMPC controller: Optimality, stability and robustness. 86-93
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  Xiaobo Li, Kemin Zhou:
  A time domain approach to robust fault detection of linear time-varying systems. 94-102
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  Xiao-Dong Li, Tommy W. S. Chow, John K. L. Ho:
  Quasi-sliding mode based repetitive control for nonlinear continuous-time systems with rejection of periodic disturbances. 103-108
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  Wu-Hua Chen, Wei Xing Zheng:
  Robust stability and H_∞-control of uncertain impulsive systems with time-delay. 109-117
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  Bin Wang, Xinghuo Yu, Guanrong Chen:
  ZOH discretization effect on single-input sliding mode control systems with matched uncertainties. 118-125
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  Xue-Jun Xie, Jie Tian:
  Adaptive state-feedback stabilization of high-order stochastic systems with nonlinear parameterization. 126-133
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  Ian R. Petersen:
  A notion of possible controllability for uncertain linear systems with structured uncertainty. 134-141
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  Murali R. Rajamani, James B. Rawlings:
  Estimation of the disturbance structure from data using semidefinite programming and optimal weighting. 142-148
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  Nem Stefanovic, Lacra Pavel:
  An analysis of stability with time-delay of link level power control in optical networks. 149-154
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  Matthew C. Turner, Guido Herrmann, Ian Postlethwaite:
  Improving sector-based results for systems with dead-zone nonlinearities and constrained control applications. 155-160
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  Kok Kiong Tan, Sunan Huang, Tong Heng Lee:
  Decentralized adaptive controller design of large-scale uncertain robotic systems. 161-166
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  Mark Cannon, Basil Kouvaritakis, Xingjian Wu:
  Model predictive control for systems with stochastic multiplicative uncertainty and probabilistic constraints. 167-172
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  Gianluigi Pillonetto, Giuseppe De Nicolao, Marco Chierici, Claudio Cobelli:
  Fast algorithms for nonparametric population modeling of large data sets. 173-179
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  Mircea Lazar, W. P. M. H. Heemels:
  Predictive control of hybrid systems: Input-to-state stability results for sub-optimal solutions. 180-185
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  Ligang Wu, Wei Xing Zheng:
  Weighted H_∞ model reduction for linear switched systems with time-varying delay. 186-193
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  Emilia Fridman, Yury Orlov:
  Exponential stability of linear distributed parameter systems with time-varying delays. 194-201
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  Luc Jaulin:
  Robust set-membership state estimation; application to underwater robotics. 202-206
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  José B. Mare, José A. De Doná:
  Symmetry between constrained reference tracking and constrained state estimation. 207-211
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  Derek A. Paley:
  Stabilization of collective motion on a sphere. 212-216
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  Chung-Yao Kao, Ulf Jönsson, Hisaya Fujioka:
  Characterization of robust stability of a class of interconnected systems. 217-224
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  Yupeng Qiao, Daizhan Cheng:
  On partitioned controllability of switched linear systems. 225-229
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  Qingze Zou:
  Optimal preview-based stable-inversion for output tracking of nonminimum-phase linear systems. 230-237
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  Bin Zhou, Zongli Lin, Guang-Ren Duan:
  A parametric Lyapunov equation approach to low gain feedback design for discrete-time systems. 238-244
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  Ying Tan, Dragan Nesic, Iven M. Y. Mareels, Alessandro Astolfi:
  On global extremum seeking in the presence of local extrema. 245-251
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  Benyamin Grosman, Daniel R. Lewin:
  Lyapunov-based stability analysis automated by genetic programming. 252-256
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  Yongqiang Ye, Abdelhamid Tayebi, Peter Xiaoping Liu:
  All-pass filtering in iterative learning control. 257-264
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  Balasubramaniam Srinivasan, P. Huguenin, Dominique Bonvin:
  Global stabilization of an inverted pendulum-Control strategy and experimental verification. 265-269
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  Chenguang Yang, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Tong Heng Lee:
  Output feedback adaptive control of a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems with unknown control directions. 270-276
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  Mei Hong, Torsten Söderström:
  Relations between Bias-Eliminating Least Squares, the Frisch scheme and Extended Compensated Least Squares methods for identifying errors-in-variables systems. 277-282
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  Kenji Kashima:
  A new expression for the H² performance limit based on state-space representation. 283-290
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  Marcelo Moisan, Olivier Bernard, Jean-Luc Gouzé:
  Near optimal interval observers bundle for uncertain bioreactors. 291-295
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  Hyungbo Shim, Nam Hoon Jo:
  An almost necessary and sufficient condition for robust stability of closed-loop systems with disturbance observer. 296-299

Volume 45, Number 2, February 2009

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  Sahika Genc, Stéphane Lafortune:
  Predictability of event occurrences in partially-observed discrete-event systems. 301-311
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  Orest V. Iftime, Michael A. Demetriou:
  Optimal control of switched distributed parameter systems with spatially scheduled actuators. 312-323
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  Feng Ding, Li Qiu, Tongwen Chen:
  Reconstruction of continuous-time systems from their non-uniformly sampled discrete-time systems. 324-332
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  Tytus Wojtara, Masafumi Uchihara, Hideyuki Murayama, Shingo Shimoda, Satoshi Sakai, Hideo Fujimoto, Hidenori Kimura:
  Human-robot collaboration in precise positioning of a three-dimensional object. 333-342
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  Georgios E. Fainekos, Antoine Girard, Hadas Kress-Gazit, George J. Pappas:
  Temporal logic motion planning for dynamic robots. 343-352
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  A. Nazli Gündes, A. N. Mete, A. Palazoglu:
  Reliable decentralized PID controller synthesis for two-channel MIMO processes. 353-363
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  Erik Frisk, Mattias Krysander, Jan Åslund:
  Sensor placement for fault isolation in linear differential-algebraic systems. 364-371
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  Jan-Willem van Wingerden, Michel Verhaegen:
  Subspace identification of Bilinear and LPV systems for open- and closed-loop data. 372-381
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  Marco C. Campi, Giuseppe C. Calafiore, Simone Garatti:
  Interval predictor models: Identification and reliability. 382-392
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  Shanshan Li, Gang Tao:
  Feedback based adaptive compensation of control system sensor uncertainties. 393-404
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  J. C. A. de Bruin, Apostolos Doris, Nathan van de Wouw, W. P. M. H. Heemels, Henk Nijmeijer:
  Control of mechanical motion systems with non-collocation of actuation and friction: A Popov criterion approach for input-to-state stability and set-valued nonlinearities. 405-415
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  Ming Liu, Daniel W. C. Ho, Yugang Niu:
  Stabilization of Markovian jump linear system over networks with random communication delay. 416-421
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  Vincent Andrieu, Laurent Praly, Alessandro Astolfi:
  High gain observers with updated gain and homogeneous correction terms. 422-428
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  Wenwu Yu, Guanrong Chen, Jinhu Lu:
  On pinning synchronization of complex dynamical networks. 429-435
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  Sung Jin Yoo, Jin Bae Park, Yoon Ho Choi:
  Decentralized adaptive stabilization of interconnected nonlinear systems with unknown non-symmetric dead-zone inputs. 436-443
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  Andrei Polyakov, Alex Poznyak:
  Lyapunov function design for finite-time convergence analysis: "Twisting" controller for second-order sliding mode realization. 444-448
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  Witold Pedrycz, Partab Rai:
  Experience-consistent modeling: Regression and classification problems. 449-455
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  H. Yousef, Mohamed Hamdy, E. El-Madbouly, D. Eteim:
  Adaptive fuzzy decentralized control for interconnected MIMO nonlinear subsystems. 456-462
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  Lixian Zhang, El Kebir Boukas:
  Stability and stabilization of Markovian jump linear systems with partly unknown transition probabilities. 463-468
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  Xinkai Chen, Takeshi Hisayama, Chun-Yi Su:
  Pseudo-inverse-based adaptive control for uncertain discrete time systems preceded by hysteresis. 469-476
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  Draguna Vrabie, Octavian C. Pastravanu, Murad Abu-Khalaf, Frank L. Lewis:
  Adaptive optimal control for continuous-time linear systems based on policy iteration. 477-484
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  Yue Cheng, Hao Ye, Yongqiang Wang, Donghua Zhou:
  Unbiased minimum-variance state estimation for linear systems with unknown input. 485-491
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  Yuqian Guo, Youyi Wang, Lihua Xie, Jinchuan Zheng:
  Stability analysis and design of reset systems: Theory and an application. 492-497
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  Wuquan Li, Xue-Jun Xie:
  Inverse optimal stabilization for stochastic nonlinear systems whose linearizations are not stabilizable. 498-503
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  Kunihisa Okano, Shinji Hara, Hideaki Ishii:
  Characterization of a complementary sensitivity property in feedback control: An information theoretic approach. 504-509
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  Sara Susca, Francesco Bullo, Sonia Martínez:
  Gradient algorithms for polygonal approximation of convex contours. 510-516
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  Qing-Long Han:
  A discrete delay decomposition approach to stability of linear retarded and neutral systems. 517-524
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  Mathieu Gerard, Bart De Schutter, Michel Verhaegen:
  A hybrid steepest descent method for constrained convex optimization. 525-531
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  Charalampos P. Bechlioulis, George A. Rovithakis:
  Adaptive control with guaranteed transient and steady state tracking error bounds for strict feedback systems. 532-538
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  Ahmad Haidar, El Kebir Boukas:
  Exponential stability of singular systems with multiple time-varying delays. 539-545
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  Liang Chen, Jinhu Lu, Junan Lu, David John Hill:
  Local asymptotic coherence of time-varying discrete ecological networks. 546-552
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  Ichiro Maruta, Tae-Hyoung Kim, Toshiharu Sugie:
  Fixed-structure H_∞ controller synthesis: A meta-heuristic approach using simple constrained particle swarm optimization. 553-559
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  Jinhui Zhang, Yuanqing Xia, Peng Shi:
  Parameter-dependent robust H_∞ filtering for uncertain discrete-time systems. 560-565
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  Antoine Girard, George J. Pappas:
  Hierarchical control system design using approximate simulation. 566-571
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  Alain Sarlette, Rodolphe Sepulchre, Naomi Ehrich Leonard:
  Autonomous rigid body attitude synchronization. 572-577
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  Chong Lin, Zidong Wang, Fuwen Yang:
  Observer-based networked control for continuous-time systems with random sensor delays. 578-584
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  Jacob Engwerda, Salmah:
  The open-loop linear quadratic differential game for index one descriptor systems. 585-592
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  José Claudio Geromel, Grace S. Deaecto:
  Switched state feedback control for continuous-time uncertain systems. 593-597
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  Jin Zhou, Junan Lu, Jinhu Lu:
  Erratum to: "Pinning adaptive synchronization of a general complex dynamical network" [Automatica 44 (2008) 996-1003]. 598-599

Volume 45, Number 3, March 2009

Regular Papers

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  Ashutosh Prasad, Suresh P. Sethi:
  Integrated marketing communications in markets with uncertainty and competition. 601-610
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  Hyungbo Shim, Nam Hoon Jo, Hyeygjeon Chang, Jin Heon Seo:
  A system theoretic study on a treatment of AIDS patient by achieving long-term non-progressor. 611-622
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  László Gerencsér, Håkan Hjalmarsson, Jonas Mårtensson:
  Identification of ARX systems with non-stationary inputs - asymptotic analysis with application to adaptive input design. 623-633
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  Chunlei Zhang, Raúl Ordóñez:
  Robust and adaptive design of numerical optimization-based extremum seeking control. 634-646
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  Xavier Litrico, Vincent Fromion:
  Boundary control of hyperbolic conservation laws using a frequency domain approach. 647-656
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  Kevin Spieser, Daniel E. Davison:
  Multi-agent stabilisation of the psychological dynamics of one-dimensional crowds. 657-664
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  Michael L. Walker, David A. Humphreys:
  On feedback stabilization of the tokamak plasma vertical instability. 665-674
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  Rafal Goebel, Christophe Prieur, Andrew R. Teel:
  Smooth patchy control Lyapunov functions. 675-683
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  Zidong Wang, Daniel W. C. Ho, Yurong Liu, Xiaohui Liu:
  Robust H_∞ control for a class of nonlinear discrete time-delay stochastic systems with missing measurements. 684-691

Brief Papers

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  Tomohisa Hayakawa, Hideaki Ishii, Koji Tsumura:
  Adaptive quantized control for linear uncertain discrete-time systems. 692-700
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  Mario Sznaier:
  Computational complexity analysis of set membership identification of Hammerstein and Wiener systems. 701-705
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  Wenjie Dong, Jay A. Farrell:
  Decentralized cooperative control of multiple nonholonomic dynamic systems with uncertainty. 706-710
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  Brandon J. Moore, Jorge Finke, Kevin M. Passino:
  Optimal allocation of heterogeneous resources in cooperative control scenarios. 711-715
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  Elias B. Kosmatopoulos:
  An adaptive optimization scheme with satisfactory transient performance. 716-723
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  James Fisher, Raktim Bhattacharya:
  Analysis of partial stability problems using sum of squares techniques. 724-730
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  Miroslav Krstic:
  On using least-squares updates without regressor filtering in identification and adaptive control of nonlinear systems. 731-735
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  Er-Wei Bai, Zhijun Cai, Shauna Dudley-Javoroski, Richard K. Shields:
  Identification of a modified Wiener-Hammerstein system and its application in electrically stimulated paralyzed skeletal muscle modeling. 736-743
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  Hanyong Shao:
  New delay-dependent stability criteria for systems with interval delay. 744-749
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  Raymond Kristiansen, Antonio Loría, Antoine Chaillet, Per Johan Nicklasson:
  Spacecraft relative rotation tracking without angular velocity measurements. 750-756
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  Feng Zheng, John Nelson:
  An H_∞ approach to the controller design of AQM routers supporting TCP flows. 757-763
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  Sung Hyun Kim, PooGyeon Park:
  Networked-based robust H_infinity control design using multiple levels of network traffic. 764-770
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  Hisaya Fujioka:
  Stability analysis of systems with aperiodic sample-and-hold devices. 771-775
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  Hideaki Ishii, Roberto Tempo:
  Probabilistic sorting and stabilization of switched systems. 776-782
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  Michael Cantoni, Henrik Sandberg:
  Computing the L₂ gain for linear periodic continuous-time systems. 783-789
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  Bao-Zhu Guo, Wei Guo:
  The strong stabilization of a one-dimensional wave equation by non-collocated dynamic boundary feedback control. 790-797
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  Keqin Gu, Yi Liu:
  Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional for uniform stability of coupled differential-functional equations. 798-804
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  Eric F. Mulder, Pradeep Y. Tiwari, Mayuresh V. Kothare:
  Simultaneous linear and anti-windup controller synthesis using multiobjective convex optimization. 805-811
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  Behzad Samadi, Luis Rodrigues:
  A duality-based convex optimization approach to L₂ -gain control of piecewise affine slab differential inclusions. 812-816
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  Tatiana Kameneva, Dragan Nesic:
  Robustness of quantized control systems with mismatch between coder/decoder initializations. 817-822
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  Hakan Köroglu, Carsten W. Scherer:
  Generalized asymptotic regulation with guaranteed H₂ performance: An LMI solution. 823-829
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  P. B. Dickinson, A. T. Shenton:
  A parameter space approach to constrained variance PID controller design. 830-835
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  Guoliang Wei, Zidong Wang, Huisheng Shu:
  Robust filtering with stochastic nonlinearities and multiple missing measurements. 836-841

Technical Communiques

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  Wei-Jie Mao, Jian Chu:
  D-stability and D-stabilization of linear discrete time-delay systems with polytopic uncertainties. 842-846

Book and Software Reviews

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  Alireza Shabani:
  Book review. 847-849
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  Guy Campion:
  Book review. 849-850

Volume 45, Number 4, April 2009

Regular Papers

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  Stefan Almér, Ulf Jönsson:
  Harmonic analysis of pulse-width modulated systems. 851-862
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  Luca Grosset, Bruno Viscolani:
  Optimal dynamic advertising with an adverse exogenous effect on brand goodwill. 863-870
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  Yan Pan, Lacra Pavel:
  Games with coupled propagated constraints in optical networks with multi-link topologies. 871-880
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  Yantao Feng, Brian D. O. Anderson, Michael Rotkowitz:
  A game theoretic algorithm to compute local stabilizing solutions to HJBI equations in nonlinear H_∞ control. 881-888
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  Gido Haarbrücker, Daniel Kuhn:
  Valuation of electricity swing options by multistage stochastic programming. 889-899
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  Tiejun Zhang, Gang Feng, Xiao-Jun Zeng:
  Output tracking of constrained nonlinear processes with offset-free input-to-state stable fuzzy predictive control. 900-909
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  Chengtao Wen, Xiaoyan Ma, B. Erik Ydstie:
  Analytical expression of explicit MPC solution via lattice piecewise-affine function. 910-917
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  Keng Peng Tee, Shuzhi Sam Ge, Eng Hock Tay:
  Barrier Lyapunov Functions for the control of output-constrained nonlinear systems. 918-927
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  Sinan Kilicaslan, Stephen P. Banks:
  A separation theorem for nonlinear systems. 928-935
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  Jeffrey H. Ahrens, Hassan K. Khalil:
  High-gain observers in the presence of measurement noise: A switched-gain approach. 936-943
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  Gang George Yin, Le Yi Wang, Shaobai Kan:
  Tracking and identification of regime-switching systems using binary sensors. 944-955
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  Er-Wei Bai, John Reyland Jr.:
  Towards identification of Wiener systems with the least amount of a priori information: IIR cases. 956-964

Brief Papers

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  Liang Lu, Zongli Lin, Haijun Fang:
  L₂ gain analysis for a class of switched systems. 965-972
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  Ryan C. Loxton, Kok Lay Teo, Volker Rehbock, Bingo Wing-Kuen Ling:
  Optimal switching instants for a switched-capacitor DC/DC power converter. 973-980
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  Tom Oomen, Jeroen van de Wijdeven, Okko H. Bosgra:
  Suppressing intersample behavior in iterative learning control. 981-988
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  Wei Zhang, Yung-Hsiang Lu, Jianghai Hu:
  Optimal solutions to a class of power management problems in mobile robots. 989-996
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  Zhao-Jing Wu, Xue-Jun Xie, Peng Shi, Yuanqing Xia:
  Backstepping controller design for a class of stochastic nonlinear systems with Markovian switching. 997-1004
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  Liangmin Zhou, Yiqin Lin, Yimin Wei, Sanzheng Qiao:
  Perturbation analysis and condition numbers of symmetric algebraic Riccati equations. 1005-1011
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  Luis R. Suazo, Weijiu Liu:
  Controlling the motion of charged particles in a vacuum electromagnetic field from the boundary. 1012-1019
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  He Bai, Murat Arcak, John T. Wen:
  Adaptive motion coordination: Using relative velocity feedback to track a reference velocity. 1020-1025
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  De-Jin Wang:
  Synthesis of phase-lead/lag compensators with complete information on gain and phase margins. 1026-1031
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  Bo Shen, Zidong Wang, Huisheng Shu, Guoliang Wei:
  H_∞ filtering for nonlinear discrete-time stochastic systems with randomly varying sensor delays. 1032-1037
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  S. Halabi, H. Souley Ali, Hugues Rafaralahy, Michel Zasadzinski:
  H_infinity functional filtering for stochastic bilinear systems with multiplicative noises. 1038-1045
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  Emiliano Pereira, Juan Ramón Trapero,