Nonlinear control in the year 2000. Vol. 2 (Q1591876)

Contents: Bálint Kiss, Jean Lévine and Philippe Mullhaupt, Control of a reduced size model of US Navy crane using only motor position sensors (1--12); I. D. Landau, B. D. O. Anderson and F. De Bruyne, Algorithms for identification of continuous time nonlinear systems: a passivity approach (13--44); Alan F. Lynch and Joachim Rudolph, Flatness-based boundary control of a nonlinear parabolic equation modelling a tubular reactor (45--54); François Malrait, Philippe Martin and Pierre Rouchon, Dynamic feedback transformations of controllable linear time-varying systems (55--62); Nicolas Marchand and Mazen Alamir, Asymptotic controllability implies continuous-discrete time feedback stabilizability (63--79); Nicolas Marchand, Mazen Alamir and Iyad Balloul, Stabilisation of nonlinear systems by discontinuous dynamic state feedback (81--93); Lorenzo Marconi and Alberto Isidori, On the stabilization of a class of uncertain systems by bounded control (95--106); Riccardo Marino, Gilney Damm and Françoise Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Adaptive nonlinear excitation control of synchronous generators with unknown mechanical power (107--121); Riccardo Marino and Giovanni L. Santosuosso, Nonlinear observers of time derivatives from noisy measurements of periodic signals (123--135); Bernhard M. Maschke and Arjan van der Schaft, Hamiltonian representation of distributed parameter systems with boundary energy flow (137--142); Frédéric Mazenc, Differentiable Lyapunov function and center manifold theory (143--148); Raúl J. Mondragún C, David K. Arrowsmith and Jonathan Pitts, Controlling self-similar traffic and shaping techniques (149--161); Gérard Montseny, Jacques Audounet and Denis Matignon, Diffusive representation for pseudo-differentially damped nonlinear systems (163--182); Ewa Pawłuszewicz and Zbigniew Bartosiewicz, Euler's discretization and dynamic equivalence of nonlinear control systems (183--191); Michèle Pelletier, Singular systems in dimension 3: cuspidal case and tangent elliptic flat case (193--203); Paulo Sérgio Pereira da Silva, Flatness of nonlinear control systems and exterior differential systems (205--227); Nicolas Petit and Pierre Rouchon, Motion planning for heavy chain systems (229--236); Nicolas Petit, Pierre Rouchon, Jean-Michel Boueilh, Frédéric Guérin and Philippe Pinvidic, Control of an industrial polymerization reactor using flatness (237--243); Jean-François Pommaret, Controllability of nonlinear multidimensional control systems (245--255); Richard Pothin, Claude H. Moog and X. Xia, Stabilization of a series DC motor by dynamic output feedback (257--263); Laurent Praly, Romeo Ortega and Georgia Kaliora, Stabilization of nonlinear systems via forwarding mod \(\{L_gV\}\) (265--277); Christophe Prieur, A robust globally asymptotically stabilizing feedback: the example of the Artstein's circles (279--300); Cesáreo Raimúndez, Robust stabilization for the nonlinear benchmark problem (TORA) using neural nets and evolution strategies (301--313); Anders Rantzer, On convexity in stabilization of nonlinear systems (315--321); Witold Respondek and William Pasillas-Lépine, Extended Goursat normal form: a geometric characterization (323--338); Joachim Rudolph and Hugues Mounier, Trajectory tracking for \(\pi\)-flat nonlinear delay systems with a motor example (339--351); Giovanni L. Santosuosso, Neuro-genetic robust regulation design for nonlinear parameter dependent systems (353--364); Andrey Sarychev, Stability criteria for time-periodic systems via high-order averaging techniques (365--377); Kurt Schlacher and Andreas Kugi, Control of nonlinear descriptor systems, a computer algebra based approach (379--395); Klaus R. Schneider, Vibrational control of singularly perturbed systems (397--408); Andrea Serrani, Alberto Isidori, Cristopher I. Byrnes and Lorenzo Marconi, Recent advances in output regulation of nonlinear systems (409--419); Hebertt Sira-Ramírez, Sliding mode control of the prismatic-prismatic-revolute mobile robot with a flexible joint (421--441); Eduardo D. Sontag, The ISS philosophy as a unifying framework for stability-like behavior (443--467); Michael P. Spathopoulos and Dimosthenis Fragopoulos, Control design of a crane for offshore lifting operations (469--486); Héctor J. Sussmann, New theories of set-valued differentials and new versions of the maximum principle of optimal control theory (487--526); Issa Amadou Tall and Witold Respondek, Transforming a single-input nonlinear system to a strict feedforward form via feedback (527--542); Ranjan Vepa, Extended active-passive decomposition of chaotic systems with application to the modelling and control of synchronous motors (543--554); Alexey N. Zhirabok, On canonical decomposition of nonlinear dynamic systems (555--564); Alan S. I. Zinober, Julie C. Scarratt, Russell E. Mills and Ali Jafari Koshkouei, New developments in dynamical adaptive backstepping control (565--622). The articles of mathematical interest will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Landau, I. D.; Anderson, B. D. O.; De Bruyne, F.}, Algorithms for identification of continuous time nonlinear systems: a passitivity approach. I: Identification in open-loop operation. II: Identification in closed-loop operation, 1-12, 13-44 [Zbl 0980.93016] \textit{Lynch, Alan F.; Rudolph, Joachim}, Flatness-based boundary control of a nonlinear parabolic equation modelling a tubular reactor, 45-54 [Zbl 0969.93019] \textit{Malrait, François; Martin, Philippe; Rouchon, Pierre}, Dynamic feedback transformations of controllable linear time-varying systems., 55-62 [Zbl 1056.93513] \textit{Marchand, Nicolas; Alamir, Mazen}, Asymptotic controllability implies continuous-discrete time feedback stabilizability., 63-79 [Zbl 1058.93047] \textit{Marchand, Nicolas; Alamir, Mazen; Balloul, Iyad}, Stabilization of nonlinear systems by discontinuous dynamic state feedback, 81-93 [Zbl 0973.93039] \textit{Marconi, Lorenzo; Isidori, Alberto}, On the stabilization of a class of uncertain systems by bounded control., 95-106 [Zbl 1049.93562] \textit{Marino, Riccardo; Damm, Gilney; Lamnabhi-Lagarrigue, Françoise}, Adaptive nonlinear excitation control of synchronous generators with unknown mechanical power, 107-121 [Zbl 0992.93063] \textit{Marino, Riccardo; Santosuosso, Giovanni L.}, Nonlinear observers of time derivatives from noisy measurements of periodic signals, 123-135 [Zbl 0971.93011] \textit{Maschke, Bernhard M.; van der Schaft, Arjan}, Hamiltonian representation of distributed parameter systems with boundary energy flow, 137-142 [Zbl 0976.93040] \textit{Mazenc, Frédéric}, Differentiable Lyapunov function and center manifold theory, 143-148 [Zbl 0972.34041] \textit{Mondragón C, Raúl J.; Arrowsmith, David K.; Pitts, Jonathan}, Controlling self-similar traffic and shaping techniques., 149-161 [Zbl 1127.90330] \textit{Montseny, Gérard; Audounet, Jacques; Matignon, Denis}, Diffusive representation for pseudo-differentially damped nonlinear systems, 163-182 [Zbl 0976.35102] \textit{Pawłuszewicz, Ewa; Bartosiewicz, Zbigniew}, Euler's discretization and dynamic equivalence of nonlinear control systems, 183-191 [Zbl 0967.93019] \textit{Pelletier, Michèle}, Singular systems in dimension 3: Cuspidal case and tangent elliptic flat case, 193-203 [Zbl 0967.93023] \textit{Pereira da Silva, Paulo Sérgio}, Flatness of nonlinear control systems and exterior differential systems, 205-227 [Zbl 0978.93020] \textit{Petit, Nicolas; Rouchon, Pierre}, Motion planning for heavy chain systems, 229-236 [Zbl 0967.93073] \textit{Pommaret, Jean-François}, Controllability of nonlinear multidimensional control systems., 245-255 [Zbl 1127.93334] \textit{Pothin, Richard; Moog, Claude H.; Xia, X.}, Stabilization of a series DC motor by dynamic output feedback, 257-263 [Zbl 0961.93554] \textit{Praly, Laurent; Ortega, Romeo; Kaliora, Georgia}, Stabilization of nonlinear systems via forwarding mod \(\{L_gV\}\), 265-277 [Zbl 0978.93056] \textit{Prieur, Christophe}, A robust globally asymptotically stabilizing feedback: the example of the Artstein's circles, 279-300 [Zbl 0978.93057] \textit{Raimúndez, Cesáreo}, Robust stabilization for the nonlinear benchmark problem (TORA) using neural nets and evolution strategies, 301-313 [Zbl 0961.93559] \textit{Rantzer, Anders}, On convexity in stabilization of nonlinear systems, 315-321 [Zbl 0973.93038] \textit{Respondek, Witold; Pasillas-Lépine, William}, Extended Goursat normal form: a geometric characterization, 323-338 [Zbl 0971.93018] \textit{Rudolph, Joachim; Mounier, Hugues}, Trajectory tracking for \(\pi\)-flat nonlinear delay systems with a motor example, 339-351 [Zbl 0971.93033] \textit{Santosuosso, Giovanni L.}, Neuro-genetic robust regulation design for nonlinear parameter dependent systems, 353-364 [Zbl 0961.93528] \textit{Sarychev, Andrey}, Stability criteria for time-periodic systems via high-order averaging techniques, 365-377 [Zbl 0972.34042] \textit{Schlacher, Kurt; Kugi, Andreas}, Control of nonlinear descriptor systems, a computer algebra based approach, 379-395 [Zbl 0967.93012] \textit{Schneider, Klaus R.}, Vibrational control of singularly perturbed systems, 397-408 [Zbl 0997.93065] \textit{Serrani, Andrea; Isidori, Alberto; Byrnes, Christopher I.; Marconi, Lorenzo}, Recent advances in output regulation of nonlinear systems, 409-419 [Zbl 0989.93041] \textit{Sira-Ramírez, Hebertt}, Sliding mode control of the prismatic-prismatic-revolute mobile robot with a flexible joint, 421-441 [Zbl 0968.93062] \textit{Sontag, Eduardo D.}, The ISS philosophy as a unifying framework for stability-like behavior, 443-467 [Zbl 0989.93083] \textit{Spathopoulos, Michael P.; Fragopoulos, Dimosthenis}, Control design of a crane for offshore lifting operations, 469-486 [Zbl 0961.93553] \textit{Sussmann, Héctor J.}, New theories of set-valued differentials and new versions of the maximum principle of optimal control theory, 487-526 [Zbl 0998.93022] \textit{Tall, Issa Amadou; Respondek, Witold}, Transforming a single-input nonlinear system to a strict feedforward form via feedback, 527-542 [Zbl 0990.93015] \textit{Vepa, Ranjan}, Extended active-passive decomposition of chaotic systems with application to the modelling and control of synchronous motors, 543-554 [Zbl 0961.93555] \textit{Zhirabok, Alexey N.}, On canonical decomposition of nonlinear dynamic systems, 555-564 [Zbl 0971.93034] \textit{Zinober, Alan S. I.; Scarratt, Julie C.; Mills, Russell E.; Koshkouei, Ali Jafari}, New developments in dynamical adaptive backstepping control, 566-622 [Zbl 0967.93055]