Astrom, K.J., Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden
Albertos, P., Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain/ Blanke, M., University of Aalborg, Denmark
Isidori, A., Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy/ Schaufelberger, W., ETH-Z/ETL, Zurich, Switzerland
Sanz, R., Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain (Eds.)

Control of Complex Systems

2001. XII, 482 pp. 142 figs., 29 tabs.
1-85233-324-3

The world of artificial systems is reaching hitherto undreamed-of levels of complexity. Surface traffic,
electricity distribution, mobile communications, etc., demonstrate that problems are arising that are beyond
classical scientific or engineering knowledge. In order that our ability to control such systems should not
be hindered by lack of comprehension, there is an on-going effort to understand them.
This book is an example of the types of approach that European researchers are using to tackle problems
derived from systems' complexity. It has grown out of activities in the Control of Complex Systems (COSY)
research program the goals of which are to promote multi-disciplinary activity leading to a deeper
understanding and further development of control technologies for complex systems and if possible, to
develop the theory underlying such systems. The material in this book represents a selection of the results
of the COSY program and is organised as a collection of essays of varying nature: surveys of essential
areas, discussion of specific problems, case studies, and benchmark problems.
Topics covered include:
Modelling complex physical systems;
Passivity-based control of non-linear systems;
Aspects of fault identification and fault tolerance;
Control design;
Learning control;
Satellite attitude control.
Complex systems appear in many different fields and for this reason this book should be of interest to
scientists, researchers and industrial engineers with a broad spectrum of experience.

Contents: Introduction.- Modelling Complex Physical Systems.- Passivity-based Control of Nonlinear
Systems.- An Introduction to Forwarding.- Iterative Identification and Control Design.- Learning Control of
Complex Systems.- Software for Complex Controllers.- Fault-tolerant Control Systems.- Fault Detection and
Isolation.- Residual Generation for Fault Detection and Isolation.- Predictive Methods in Fault-tolerant
Control.- Three-tank Control Reconfiguration.- Fault Detection and Reconfigurable Control for a Ship.-
Vibration Control of High-rise Buildings.- Control of Helicopters.- Satellite Attitude Control.

Malek, J., / Necas, J., / Rokyta, M.,
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
(Eds.)

Advances in Mathematical Fluid Mechanics

Lecture Notes of the Sixth International School "Mathematical Theory in Fluid
Mechanics", Paseky, Czech Republic, Sept. 19-25, 1999

2000. IX, 222 pp.
3-540-67786-0

This book consists of six survey contributions, focusing on several open problems of theoretical fluid
mechanics both for incompressible and compressible fluids. The following topics are studied intensively
within the book: global in time qualitative properties of solutions to compressible fluid models; fluid
mechanics limits, as compressible-incompressible, kinetic-macroscopic, viscous-inviscid; adaptive
Navier-Stokes solver via wavelets; well-posedness of the evolutionary Navier-Stokes equations in 3D;
existence theory for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations in exterior and aperture domains. All six
articles present significant results and provide a better understanding of the problems in areas that enjoy
long-lasting attention of researchers dealing with fluid mechanics PDEs. Although the papers have the
character of detailed summaries, their central parts contain the newest results achieved by the authors who
are experts in the topics they present.

Keywords: Navier-Stokes equations, incompressible and compressible fluid models, solvability, fluid models
limit, wavelet solver MSC ( 2000 ): 76xx, 76-06, 35Qxx, 65Mxx, 65Nxx

Pan, J.-X., Keele University, Staffordshire, UK
Fang, K.-T., Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China

Growth Curve Models with Statistical Diagnostics

2001. Approx. 390 pp. 20 figs.
0-387-95053-2

Growth-curve models are generalized multivariate analysis-of-variance models. These models are especially
useful for investigating growth problems on short times in economics, biology, medical research, and
epidemiology. This book systematically introduces the theory of the GCM with particular emphasis on their
multivariate statistical diagnostics, which are based mainly on recent developments made by the authors
and their collaborators. The authors provide complete proofs of theorems as well as practical data sets and
MATLAB code.

Contents: Introduction.- Statistical Inferences for Growth Curve Models.- Variance-Covariance Analysis of
Growth Curve Models.- Variance-Covariance Structures and Model Selections.- Outlier and Influential
Observation for Growth Curve Models.- Local Influence Assessment for Growth Curve Models.- Bayesian
Influence Analysis for Growth Curve Models.- Bayesian Local Influence Assessment for Growth Curve
Models.- Further Topics.

Series: Springer Series in Statistics.

Singh, K.K., Sardar Vallabhbai Government Polytechnic, Bhopal, India
Agnihotri, G., Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal, India

System Design through MATLAB, Control Toolbox and SIMULINK

2001. XXIV, 488 pp. 162 figs. 38 tabs.
1-85233-337-5

MATLAB, a software package developed by Math Works, Inc. is powerful, versatile and interactive
software for scientific and technical computations including simulations. Specialised toolboxes provided
with several built-in functions are a special feature of MATLAB. This book titled System Design through
MATLAB, Control Toolbox and SIMULINK aims at getting the reader started with computations and
simulations in system engineering quickly and easily and then proceeds to build concepts for advanced
computations and simulations that includes the control and compensation of systems. Simulation through
SIMULINK has also been described to allow the reader to get the feel of the real world situation. This book
is appropriate for undergraduate students undergoing final semester of their project work, postgraduate
students who have MATLAB integrated in their course or wish to take up simulation problem in the area of
system engineering for their dissertation work and research scholars for whom MATLABO

Contents: System Representation and Modelling.- Model Manipulation.- Getting Information from the
Models.- Model Analysis of Control Systems.- The Control System Toolbox GUIs.- Control Systems
through SIMULINK.- Design of Compensators for Systems.- Some Simple Applications.- Some Complex
Applications.- Appendices A-E.- References.- Index.

Habermann, L., Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat, Greifswald, Germany

Riemannian Metrics of Constant Mass and Moduli Spaces of Conformal Structures

2000. XII, 116 pp.
3-540-67987-1


This monograph deals with recent questions of conformal geometry. It provides in detail an approach to
studying moduli spaces of conformal structures, using a new canonical metric for conformal structures.
This book is accessible to readers with basic knowledge in differential geometry and global analysis. It
addresses graduates and researchers.

Keywords: canonical metric, conformal structure L2-geometry . Mathematics Subject Classification : 58D27,
53A30, 53C20

Contents: Preliminaries. A canonical metric for flat conformal manifolds. Kleinian groups and moduli spaces.
Asymptotics: The flat case. Generalization in low dimensions. The moduli space of all conformal structures.

Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics.VOL. 1743

Kunze, M., Universitat Koln, Germany

Non-Smooth Dynamical Systems

2000. X, 228 pp.
3-540-67993-6


The book provides a self-contained introduction to the mathematical theory of non-smooth dynamical
problems, as they frequently arise from mechanical systems with friction and/or impacts. It is aimed at
applied mathematicians, engineers, and applied scientists in general who wish to learn the subject.

Keywords: dynamical systems, friction, impacts, differential inclusions, qualitative methods . Mathematics


Contents: Introduction. Some general theory of differential inclusion. Bounded, unbounded, periodic, and
almost periodic solutions. Lyapunov exponents for non-smooth dynamical systems. On the application of
Conley index theory to non-smooth dynamical systems. On the application of KAM theory to non-smooth
dynamical systems. Planar non-smooth dynamical systems. Melnikov's method for non-smooth dynamical
systems. Further topics and notes.

Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics.VOL. 1744