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There is a growing realization among educators andemployers that students of automatic control should be encouraged tothink of the subject in broader terms. The systems approach shouldembrace communication requirements, ...

A new approach to optimal decoupling for multi-input multi-output (MIMO), linear, time-invariant control systems, is presented. This general optimal decoupling method is based on the minimization of componentwise performance ...

In this dissertation we study the control of nonholonomic systems defined by invariant vector fields on matrix Lie groups. We make use of canonical constructions of coordinates and other mathematical tools provided by the ...

In the first part of this dissertation, we consider modeling and approximation of impact dynamics on flexible structures. A nonlinear model is developed through Hertz law of impact in conjunction with the dynamic equation ...

In this paper we formulate and study an interesting (sub) optimal H∞ control problem related to the attenuation of impulsive disturbances to a class of linear systems. Among the motivating factors is the need to study ...

The mixed H2 /H∞ problem arises as one means to achieve robust good performance for a controlled linear time-invariant system. The idea is to achieve H2 optimal performance subject to an H∞ bound as robustness. It has been ...

Control and communication issues aretraditionally "decoupled" in discussions of decision and controlproblems, as this simplifies the analysis and generally works well forclassical models. This fundamental assumption deserves ...