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Belfort, France, 20 - 22 May, 1997
The Conference (CIS'97) was organized by the Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs. Its sponsors were AFCET and IFAC with its Technical Committee (TC) on Large Scale Systems as the sponsoring committee and with its TC's on Control of Pulp and Paper Process and Control of Biotechnological Processes as co-sponsoring committees. The Conference co-sponsors were IFIP and IMACS.
The Conference was devoted to: "Control for the Future of the Youth."
Professor Manfred THOMA (Germany), IFAC Representative, 1984-1987 IFAC President and a member of the Honorary Committee, opened the Conference.
CIS'97 linked the control science with the control engineering in the framework of industrial systems control. Its papers contribute to new intrinsic scientific and engineering achievements in the areas of the three main control systems keystones:
Among 309 papers announced in the Programme, 262 papers were presented by 259 authors from 38 countries to 268 participants.
CIS'97 was composed of:
Modelling, Identification and Control, Bond Graph: Dynamical Systems Study, Qualitative Approaches for Industrial Systems, Structural Analysis, Sliding Mode Control, Adaptive Control of Industrial Processes, Supervisory and Adaptive Control of Industrial Plants, Hybrid Dynamic Systems, Implicit and Singular Systems, Time-Delay Systems, Actuators, Control of Manufacturing Systems, Control of Robotic Systems, Nonlinear Control Applications in Robotics, Simulation, Modelling and Control of Piezoelectric Motors, Complex Electrical Systems Control.
Estimation and Identification: Applications, Modelling and Simulation: Manufacturing Systems, Control Theory, Control Methods, Discrete Time Systems, Discrete Event Systems, Algebraic Methods, Nonlinear Systems, Stability and Stabilization, Adaptive and Decentralized Control, Robust Control, Optimization, Fault Detection, Genetic Algorithms, Neural Networks, Petri Nets, Control Components and Controllers, Industrial Systems Control, Mechanical Systems Control, Electrical Machines Control, Process Control, Robot Control, Fuzzy Logic Control, Biotechnological Process Control, Manufacturing Production and Management.
The wide diversity of topics, high quality, theoretical impact and applications of contributed results acknowledged the following:
The personal gratefulness goes to the Honorary Committee members for their confidence, to the International Programme Committee members for their great work on the paper review, on the Conference Concept and its Programme, to the plenarists for their fundamental theoretical and/or important engineering contributions and their extraordinary presentations, to the invited and combined session organizers for their highly effective engagement, to all the authors for their careful co-operation, to the Organizing Committee members, editors and secretaries for their cordial and effective collaboration and Conference realization.
The International Programme Committee of the Conference had a meeting during the Conference (on 21st May 1997). It proposes to IFAC, IFIP and IMACS to organize the next Conference on Automatic Control of Industrial Systems in 2000.
Belfort, France, 28 May 1997
Lyubomir T. Gruyitch, CIS'97 IPC Chairman.
Chania, Crete, Greece
June 16 - 18, 1997
The Symposium was organised by the Department of Production and Management Engineering of the Technical University of Crete (Chania, Greece) on behalf of the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Greek NMO of IFAC. The event was sponsored by the IFAC TC on Transportation Systems and co-sponsored by IFIP, IFORS and the IFAC TCs on Air Traffic Control Automation, Automotive Control and Marine Systems. This was the first event to be held in Greece and marked the beginning of a number of forthcoming IFAC Symposia and Workshops that will be organised in this country shortly.
The Symposium was very successful in terms of paper submission and international attendance which certainly reflects the importance of transportation-related research within the automatic control field. A number of 405 extended abstracts were received and reviewed by two IPC members each. The IPC comprised a total of 48 members from 20 different countries. Out of 285 accepted abstracts, 264 full papers were received and were included in the Final Program, organised in a total of 58 sessions. Five parallel streams of sessions (excluding the plenary sessions) were scheduled during the Symposium. A total of 229 papers were actually presented at the Symposium versus 35 no-show papers (13 %). The total attendance to the Symposium was 286 participants from 32 countries, most of them from Greece (45), Italy (41), USA (40), France (22), Germany (21), UK (20), The Netherlands (17) and Israel (10). The share of participants by employer type was 61 % from universities, 17 % from companies, 17 % from research institutes, and 5 % from administrations.
The Symposium covered mainly the systems and control aspects of all transportation modes, with roughly 50 % of the papers related to road traffic, 14 addressing rail systems, 10 % on intermodal and freight, 7 % on public transport, 7 % on marine systems, 6 % on air traffic and 6 % on automated highway systems. Highlights of the Symposium were the three plenary presentations, i.e. ‘Contributions of Traffic Theory Toward Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems’ by D. Gazis (Gazis Associates, USA); ‘Automated Highway Systems: The Smart Way to Go’ by R. Horowitz (University of California, Berkeley, USA); and ‘Mechatronics in Ground Transportation - Current Trends and Future Possibilities’ co-authored by W. Kortüm (DLR, Germany), R.M. Goodall (Loughborough University, UK) and J.K. Hedrick (University of California, Berkeley, USA), presented by the first co-author. Moreover a keynote address on ‘The Information Society and Mobility: Telematics Applications in Transport’ was presented by the Director of the European Transport Telematics Office, F. Karamitsos.
According to the opinion of most participants, the Symposium was successful both from the organisational and the technical point of view. Most presentations were of high quality and gave rise to interesting and fruitful discussions within and outside the sessions. Most recent trends and current research areas of traffic and transportation systems were covered in corresponding sessions. The preprints span three volumes and a total of 1500 pages. Besides the hardcopy, a CD containing the three preprint volumes was handed out to all participants.
We would like to thank the IPC and NOC members for their excellent work, our University for manifold support, the IFAC Secretariat and Elsevier Science for their continued support, particularly with respect to publications matters, and, last but not least, all participants that made a highly interesting technical event possible.
A. Pouliezos, NOC Chairman
4th IFAC Symposium
Istanbul, Turkey, 14 - 16 July, 1997
The 4th Symposium on Advances in Control Education was sponsored by the IFAC TC on Control Education (EDCOM), the TC on Automation in Developing Countries, and co-sponsored by the TC on Social Impact of Automation. It was excellently prepared and organized by the Turkish NMO’s national Organizing Committee chaired by A.T. Dinibütün. The goal of the Symposium as of the three preceding events (Swansea 1988, Boston 1991, Tokyo 1994) was again to provide an international forum for the discussion of recent developments and advances in control education as well as the dissemination of knowledge and experience in alternative methods and approaches in education. Several papers dealt with the latter topics initiating some discussion.
The Symposium was opened by the Rector of Istanbul Technical University, Prof.Dr. Gülsün Saglamer; each day began with one of the following plenary lectures. M. Athans (MIT): ‘How to Teach Robust Multivariable Control System Design’; V. Kucera (Czech Academy of Science): ‘A Bridge between State-Space and Transfer Function Methods’; E. Tulunay (Middle East Technical University, Turkey): ‘Teaching and Research in Industrial Process Control and Instrumentation’. The 14 technical sessions were dedicated, among others, to curricula, new ways of teaching control, laboratory experiments, software tools, continuing education and training. A new invention at the 3rd Symposium in Tokyo was the video competition; this time, again a video tape on a laboratory experiment was awarded at the closing ceremony. 97 delegates from 32 countries participated and the authors of 78 accepted regular papers came from 36 countries; 12 papers could not be presented because their authors were not present. Although some excused themselves, there were others who were no-show authors with no excuse given.
It should again be mentioned that the Symposium was perfectly organized and the social events in and around the fascinating city of Istanbul were exciting. Heartfelt thanks go to A.T. Dinibütün, his colleagues and to all who helped. At the Tokyo Symposium, the Japanese friends dedicated a beautiful ACE banner to the TC on Control Education. At the closing ceremony of ACE’97, this banner was passed to L. Vlacic, representing the Australian NMO that will host the ACE 2000.
Karl Heinz Fasol
EDCOM Chair 1993 - 1999
14th IFAC Workshop
Seoul, Korea, July 28 - 30, 1997
This 14th Workshop on Distributed Computer Control Systems was held under the auspices of IFAC’s Technical Committee on Distributed Computer Control Systems and organized jointly by the Engineering Research Center for Advanced Control and Instrumentation (ERC-ACI), Seoul National University and the Korean IFAC NMO, the Institute of Control, Automation and Systems Engineers (ICASE). It was also co-sponsored by the IFAC TC on Large Scale Systems (SML), the IFAC TC on Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control (CCT), the IFAC TC on Real-Time Software Engineering (CCR), the IFAC TC on Man-Machine Systems (SMM), the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF), and the Automation and Systems Research Institute of Seoul National University (ASRI). Professor Ian McLeod chaired the International Program Committee and Professor Wook H. Kwon, Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering, Seoul National University, chaired the National Organizing Committee. The Workshop was held at the campus of Seoul National University in Seoul, the capital city of Korea.
18 members of the International Program Committee and three members of the the National Organizing Committee carefully reviewed the 57 extended abstracts submitted from 21 countries. Even though the topics on distributed computer control systems are very diverse, two major disciplines were considered for the paper selections. The first discipline was to focus on the growing interest in real-time systems and networks including field-bus networks. The other one was to introduce industry application results in the above areas. As a result, 33 regular papers were selected for the presentation at the Workshop. In addition to these regular papers and to make the exchange of ideas more profound, three plenary papers by the well-known scholars, M.G. Rodd, H. Kopetz and K. Ramamritham were invited. Professor Rodd gave a talk regarding real-time issues over a fieldbus, and Professor Kopetz focused on large-scale distributed real-time systems. Professor Ramamritham discussed about the temporal data and their management. These 36 papers were classified into four major categories according to their topics:
The Workshop was held during two and a half days, with continuous seven sessions; real-time systems, modeling for distributed computer control systems, applications in distributed computer control systems (1), fieldbus network for real-time control, real-time network for distributed control, applications in distributed computer control systems (2), and architecture for distributed control systems. At the Workshop, 29 papers out of 36 were presented by their authors and will be included in the final proceedings, edited by Wook H. Kwon and Ian MacLeod. The International Program Committee recommended ten papers for possible publication in Control Engineering Practice (CEP) and two papers for consideration of publication in Automatica.
During the Workshop, the participants enjoyed some cultural activities. The first evening, a traditional Korean dinner was served together with a Korean traditional performance. The participants were also invited to a technical visit to the campus of Seoul National University including the Automation and Systems Research Institute (ASRI), the Engineering Research Center for Advanced Control and Instrumentation (ERB-ACI) and the School of Electrical Engineering. After the technical sessions, the participants had the opportunity to visit Samsung Electronic Company.
Finally it should be mentioned that there were also TC meetings during and immediately after the Workshop. At the TC meetings, many fruitful ideas and comments were discussed for the future of the IFAC TC on Distributed Computer Control Systems (CCD TC) and the coming DCCS workshop.
Wook H. Kwon, NOC Chairman
Application of H infinite Robust Control to the RM12 Jet Engine (A. Härefors)
Least-Cost Dynamic Interaction of Power Plants and Power Systems (A: Welfonder)
Active Vibration Control System Using a Gyro-Stabilizer (A. Yamada, H. Higashiyama, M. Namiki, Y. Kazao)
Optimal Thrust Allocation for Marine Vessels (O.J. Sørdalen)
Fuzzy Self-Organising pH Control of an Ammonia Scrubber (J.-P. Yién, P. Jutila)
Noise Source and Transmission Path Identification via State-Space System Identification (Young Man Cho)
Modeling and Identification of an Electromechanical Internal Combustion Engine Throttle Body (A. Scattolini, C. Siviero, M. Mazzucco, S. Ricci, L. Poggio, C. Rossi)
Heuristic Search Method for Continuous-Path Tracking Optimization on High-Performance Industrial Robots (M.K. Madrid, A.G.P. Badan)
Null-Space Dynamics-Based Control of Redundant Manipulators in Reducing Impact (W.J. Chung, I.H. Kim, J. Joh)
Fault Diagnosis for a Hydraulic Drive System Using a Parameter-Estimation Method (A. Yu)
Process Frequency Response Estimation from Relay Feedback (Qing-Guo Wang, Cahng-Chich Hang, Qiang Bi)
Fuzzy Control for an Anaerobic Digester (A. Estaben, M. Politic, J.P. Steyer)
Active Noise Control Using Radial Basis Function Networks (M.O. Tokhi, R. Wood)
Youth Automation (YAC’95) August 1995, Beijing, PRC
Automation in Mining, Mineral and Metal Processing (MMM’95), August 1995, Sun City, South Africa
Detection and Diagnosis of Oscillation in Control Loops (N.F. Thornhill and T. Hagglund)
A Decision Support System for Lung Function Diagnosis in Infants (A. Leonhardt, P. Ahrens, D. Hoffmann and R. Isermann)
Genetic Algorithms for Optimization in Predictive Control (A. Oppen, R. Babuska, U. Kayman, J.M. Sousa, H.B. Verbruggen and R. Isermann)
Classifying Pilot-Plant Distillation Column Faults Using Neural Networks (D.A. Brydon, J.J. Cilliers and M.J. Willie)
Feedback Linearization for Pneumatic Actuator Systems with Static Friction (T. Kimura, S. Hara, T. Fujita and T. Kagawa)
Fuzzy Predictive Control Applied to an Air-Conditioning System (J.M. Sousa, R. Babuska and H.B. Verbruggen)
Petri Nets and OMT for Modelling and Analysis of DEDS (A. Azzopardi and D.J. Holding)
Control of the Thickener Operation in Alumina Production (Y.L. Sidrak)
Preface to the Special Section of Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control (A.E.B. Ruano and P.J. Fleming)
A Multi-Processor Computer Architecture for Active Control (E.P. Darbyshire and C.J. Kerry)
Hardware Support for Distributed Real-Time Operating Systems (M.M.B. Pontremoll and C.E. Pereira)
Real-Time Inverse Kinematics for Robots with Offset and Reduced Wrist (A. Pashkevich)
Visual Behaviors for Real-Time Control of a Binocular Active Vision System (A. Batista, P. Peixoto and H. Araujo)
QUICKTUNE: A Reliable Automatic Strategy for Determining PI and PPI Controller Parameters Using a FORDT Model (C.S. Cox, P.R. Daniel and A. Lowdon)
Real-Time Parameter Estimation of Dynamic Temperature Models for Greenhouse Environmental Control (A. Boaventura Cunha, C. Couto and A.F. Ruano
Intelligent Manufacturing Systems (IMS’95), October 1995, Bucharest, Romania
Real-Time Programming (WRTP’96), November 1996, Gramado, RS, Brazil
Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control (AARTC’97), April 1997, Vilamoura, Portugal
Analysis of State-Space System Identification Methods Based on Instrumental Variables and Subspace Fitting (M. Viberg, B. Wahlberg, B. Ottersten)
Control of Classical Regime Molecular Objectives - Applications of Tracking and Variations on the Theme (Y. Chen, P. Gross, V. Ramakrishna, H. Rabitz, K. Mease, H. Singh)
Optimal Steering for an Extended Class of Nonholonomic Systems Using Lagrange Functionals (D. D'Alessandro, A. Ferrante)
An Adaptive Controller for a General Class of Switched Reluctance Motor Models (B. Vedabargha, D.M. Dawson, W. Rhodes)
Criteria for Robust Stability and Stabilization of Uncertain Linear Systems with State Delay (X. Li, C.E. De Souza)
H infinity and LQG Control of Asynchronous Sampled-Data Systems (M.E. Sågfors, H.T. Toivonen)
All Constant Gain Stabilizing Controllers for an Interval Delay System with Uncertain Parameters (L. Naimark, E. Zeheb)
Chebyeff Approximation in System Identification and Model Reduction (A Coutlis, D.U.N. Limebeer)
An Output Regulation for Discrete-time Nonlinear Systems (N. Sureshbabu, W.J. Rugh)
Stabilizing Predictive Control of Nonlinear Arx Models (G. de Nicolao, L. Magni, R. Scattolini)
Neural Network-Assisted Variable Structure Control Scheme for Control of a Flexible Manipulator Arm (M.K. Sundareshan, C. Askew)
Funnel Filters: A New Class of Filters for Frequency Estimation of Harmonic Signals (S.M. Savaresi)
Decentralized Adaptive Control using Integrator Backstepping (C. Wen, Y.C. Soh)
Robust Decentralized Nonlinear Controller Design for Multimachine Power Systems (Y. Wang, G. Guo, D.J. Hill)
A parallel algorithm for Principal nth Roots of Matrices (C.K. Koc, M. Inceoglu
Estimate-based Limited Lookahead Supervisory Control for Closed Language Specification (S. Takai)
Optimal Two-stage Kalman Filter in the Presence of Random Bias (J.Y. Keller, M. Darouach)
Robust Observer-based H infinity Controller Design for Linear Uncertain Time-delay Systems (H.H. Choi, M.J. Chung)
Relay-based Estimation of Multiple Points on Process Frequency Response (Q. Bi, Q.G. Wang, C.C. Hang)
Componentwise Stability of 1 d and 2 d Linear Discrete-time Systems (A. Hmamed)
Further Results on the Robust Stability of Linear Systems Including Delayed Perturbations (A. Hmamed)
'Digital Control System Analysis and Design', by Charles L. Phillips and H. Troy Nagle (J. Böhm)
'Nonlinear Control Design' by Riccardo Marino and Patrizio Tomei (H. Nijmeijer)
Survey of Advanced Suspension Developments and Related Optimal Control Applications (D. Hrovat)
Nonlinear Tire Force Estimation and Road Friction Identification: Simulation and Experiments (L.R. Ray)
Duality Bounds in Robustness Analysis (U. Jonsson, A. Rantzer)
Nonlinear Output Feedback Tracking Using High-gain Observer and Variable Structure Control (S. Oh, H.K. Khalil)
Subspace Algorithms for the Identification of Multivariable Dynamic Errors-in-Variables Models (C.T. Chou, M. Verhaegen)
A New Method for the Identification of Hammerstein Model (H. Al-Duwaish, M. Nazmul Karim)
Numerical Approximation of (n - 1) -dimensional Stable Manifolds in Large Systems such as the Power System (V. Venkatasubramanian, W. Ji)
Block Decoupling of Generalized State-space Systems (E.N. Koumboulis)
Existence of Optimal Feedback production Plans in Stochastic Flowshops with Limited Buffers (E. Presman, S.P. Sethi, W. Suo)
Analysis of Iterative Learning Control for a Class of Nonlinear Discrete-time Systems (J.X. Xu)
Robust Adaptive Control Problem for Linear Systems with Unknown Parameters (J. Yoneyama, J.L. Speyer, C.H. Dillon)
A New Approach to Optimal Regional Pole Placement (J. Wu, T.T. Lee)
Exact Unidirectional Perturbation Bounds for Robustness of Uncertain Generalized State-space Systems: Continuous-time Cases (L. Lee, C.H. Fang, J.G. Hsieh)
Correction to ‘A Unified Approach for the Stability Robustness of Polynomials in a Convex Set’ (L. Qiu, E.J. Davison)
Prof. Han-Fu Chen was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. He received his diploma from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, Leningrad (St. Petersburg) University in 1961. After graduation he joined the Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He was one of the first members of the Laboratory of Control Theory, established in 1962. In 1979 the Laboratory of Control Theory together with Prof. Chen joined the Institute of Systems Science, CAS. He is now a Professor of the Laboratory of Systems and Control and serves as the Director of the Institute of Systems Science, CAS. He was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1993 and an IEEE Fellow in 1997.
Professor Han-Fu Chen is active both in the CAA (Chinese Association of Automation) and IFAC. He has served as one of the Co-Presidents of CAA since 1993. He was Chairman of the Theory Committee of CAA from 1989 - 1993. In IFAC he was one of the Vice-Chairmen of the Theory Committee from 1987 - 1993. He has been serving on IFAC’s Technical Board as Coordinating Committee Chairman for the CC on Systems and Signals from 1993 onwards. He was one of the Vice-Chairmen of the IPC for the 13th IFAC World Congress in San Francisco, USA. For the 14th IFAC World Congress in Beijing in 1999 he is the IPC Chairman and the NOC Co-Chairman.
Han-Fu Chen is the editor of ‘Systems Science and Mathematical Sciences’ and an Associate Editor of the series ‘Systems and Control: Foundations and Applications’ by Birkhäuser. He is involved in editorial boards of several international and domestic journals: ‘Stochastics and Stochastics Reports’ (1984 -), ‘Discrete Event Dynamic Systems’ (1995 -), ‘Control and Cybernetics’ (1993 -), ‘Science in China’ (1985 -), ‘Chinese Science Bulletin’ (1985 - ), ‘Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica’ (1982 -).
Professor Chen’s research interests are in control theory including stochastic systems, system identification, adaptive control, recursive estimation and stochastic approximation. He has authored and co-authored 6 monographs and more than 120 journal papers.