Automatica, Volume 46

Volume 46, Number 1, January 2010

Regular Papers

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  Jonas Gillberg, Lennart Ljung:
  Frequency domain identification of continuous-time output error models, Part I: Uniformly sampled data and frequency function approximation. 1-10
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  Jonas Gillberg, Lennart Ljung:
  Frequency domain identification of continuous-time output error models, Part II: Non-uniformly sampled data and B-spline output approximation. 11-18
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  Håvard Fjær Grip, Tor Arne Johansen, Lars Imsland, Glenn-Ole Kaasa:
  Parameter estimation and compensation in systems with nonlinearly parameterized perturbations. 19-28
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  Guilherme V. Raffo, Manuel G. Ortega, Francisco R. Rubio:
  An integral predictive/nonlinear H_infinity control structure for a quadrotor helicopter. 29-39
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  Brett Ninness, Soren J. Henriksen:
  Bayesian system identification via Markov chain Monte Carlo techniques. 40-51
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  Jinfeng Liu, David Muñoz de la Peña, Panagiotis D. Christofides:
  Distributed model predictive control of nonlinear systems subject to asynchronous and delayed measurements. 52-61
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  Daizhan Cheng, Zhiqiang Li, Hongsheng Qi:
  Realization of Boolean control networks. 62-69
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  Ruggero Carli, Fabio Fagnani, Paolo Frasca, Sandro Zampieri:
  Gossip consensus algorithms via quantized communication. 70-80
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  Gianluigi Pillonetto, Giuseppe De Nicolao:
  A new kernel-based approach for linear system identification. 81-93

Brief Papers

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  Mohammad Saleh Tavazoei, Mohammad Haeri:
  Rational approximations in the simulation and implementation of fractional-order dynamics: A descriptor system approach. 94-100
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  Jinglin Zhou, Donghua Zhou, Hong Wang, Lei Guo, Tianyou Chai:
  Distribution function tracking filter design using hybrid characteristic functions. 101-109
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  Javad Lavaei, Amir G. Aghdam:
  Performance improvement of robust controllers for polynomially uncertain systems. 110-115
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  Wenlian Lu, Xiang Li, Zhihai Rong:
  Global stabilization of complex networks with digraph topologies via a local pinning algorithm. 116-121
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  Takuya Sogo:
  On the equivalence between stable inversion for nonminimum phase systems and reciprocal transfer functions defined by the two-sided Laplace transform. 122-126
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  Eloísa García-Canseco, Dimitri Jeltsema, Romeo Ortega, Jacquelien M. A. Scherpen:
  Power-based control of physical systems. 127-132
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  Tove Gustavi, Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Magnus Egerstedt, Xiaoming Hu:
  Sufficient conditions for connectivity maintenance and rendezvous in leader-follower networks. 133-139
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  Parag M. Patre, William MacKunis, Marcus Johnson, Warren E. Dixon:
  Composite adaptive control for Euler-Lagrange systems with additive disturbances. 140-147
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  Fabio Morbidi, Gian Luca Mariottini, Domenico Prattichizzo:
  Observer design via Immersion and Invariance for vision-based leader-follower formation control. 148-154
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  Emmanuel Nuño, Romeo Ortega, Luis Basañez:
  An adaptive controller for nonlinear teleoperators. 155-159
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  Constantin-Irinel Morarescu, Bernard Brogliato:
  Passivity-based switching control of flexible-joint complementarity mechanical systems. 160-166
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  Tomomichi Hagiwara, Yasuhiro Ohara:
  Noncausal linear periodically time-varying scaling for robust stability analysis of discrete-time systems: Frequency-dependent scaling induced by static separators. 167-173
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  Wei Ding, Gangfeng Yan, Zhiyun Lin:
  Collective motions and formations under pursuit strategies on directed acyclic graphs. 174-181
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  Alessandro Astolfi, Romeo Ortega, Aneesh Venkatraman:
  A globally exponentially convergent immersion and invariance speed observer for mechanical systems with non-holonomic constraints. 182-189
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  Tingshu Hu, Franco Blanchini:
  Non-conservative matrix inequality conditions for stability/stabilizability of linear differential inclusions. 190-196
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  Yan-Wu Wang, Hua O. Wang, Jiang-Wen Xiao, Zhi-Hong Guan:
  Synchronization of complex dynamical networks under recoverable attacks. 197-203
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  Gang Li, S. Joe Qin, Donghua Zhou:
  Geometric properties of partial least squares for process monitoring. 204-210
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  Jan Lunze, Daniel Lehmann:
  A state-feedback approach to event-based control. 211-215
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  Antonio Barreiro, Alfonso Baños:
  Delay-dependent stability of reset systems. 216-221

Technical Communiques

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  Fulvio Forni, Sergio Galeani:
  Gain-scheduled, model-based anti-windup for LPV systems. 222-225
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  Shuang Li, Basil Kouvaritakis, Mark Cannon:
  Improvements in the efficiency of linear MPC. 226-229
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  Alejandro J. Rojas:
  Closed-form solution for a class of continuous-time algebraic Riccati equations. 230-233

Correspondence Items

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  Paolo Rapisarda, Kiyotsugu Takaba:
  A counterexample to "Generalized eigenvalue-based stability tests for 2-D linear systems: Necessary and sufficient conditions" by Fu, P., Chen, J., and S.I. Niculescu. 234-235
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  Peilin Fu, Jie Chen, Silviu-Iulian Niculescu:
  Author's reply to "A counterexample to Generalized eigenvalue-based stability tests for 2-D linear systems: Necessary and sufficient conditions". 236-237

Volume 46, Number 2, February 2010

Regular Papers

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  Ricardo G. Sanfelice, Andrew R. Teel:
  Dynamical properties of hybrid systems simulators. 239-248
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  Simone Baldi, Giorgio Battistelli, Edoardo Mosca, Pietro Tesi:
  Multi-model unfalsified adaptive switching supervisory control. 249-259
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  Juan C. Agüero, Juan I. Yuz, Graham C. Goodwin, Ramón A. Delgado:
  On the equivalence of time and frequency domain maximum likelihood estimation. 260-270
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  Hassan Hammouri, Zied Tmar:
  Unknown input observer for state affine systems: A necessary and sufficient condition. 271-278
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  Yildiray Yildiz, Anuradha Annaswamy, Ilya V. Kolmanovsky, Diana Yanakiev:
  Adaptive posicast controller for time-delay systems with relative degree n^*<=2. 279-289
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  Xiaodong Zhang, Marios M. Polycarpou, Thomas Parisini:
  Fault diagnosis of a class of nonlinear uncertain systems with Lipschitz nonlinearities using adaptive estimation. 290-299
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  Michael A. Demetriou:
  Design of consensus and adaptive consensus filters for distributed parameter systems. 300-311
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  Robert Schmid, Lorenzo Ntogramatzidis:
  A unified method for the design of nonovershooting linear multivariable state-feedback tracking controllers. 312-321

Brief Papers

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  Minghui Zhu, Sonia Martínez:
  Discrete-time dynamic average consensus. 322-329
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  Rui Yan, Zhao Yang Dong, Tapan Kumar Saha, Rajat Majumder:
  A power system nonlinear adaptive decentralized controller design. 330-336
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  Bin Zhou, Guang-Ren Duan, James Lam:
  On the absolute stability approach to quantized feedback control. 337-346
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  Karanjit Kalsi, Jianming Lian, Stefen Hui, Stanislaw H. Zak:
  Sliding-mode observers for systems with unknown inputs: A high-gain approach. 347-353
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  Jonathan Chauvin, Nicolas Petit:
  Reconstruction of the Fourier expansion of inputs of linear time-varying systems. 354-361
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  Kamran Akbari Moornani, Mohammad Haeri:
  On robust stability of LTI fractional-order delay systems of retarded and neutral type. 362-368
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  Jozef Vörös:
  Modeling and identification of systems with backlash. 369-374
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  Hüseyin Akçay:
  An insight into instrumental variable frequency-domain subspace identification. 375-382
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  Agostino Capponi:
  A convex optimization approach to filtering in jump linear systems with state dependent transitions. 383-389
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  Peng Yang, Randy A. Freeman, Geoffrey J. Gordon, Kevin M. Lynch, Siddhartha S. Srinivasa, Rahul Sukthankar:
  Decentralized estimation and control of graph connectivity for mobile sensor networks. 390-396
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  Jianhui Huang, Xun Li, Guangchen Wang:
  Near-optimal control problems for linear forward-backward stochastic systems. 397-404
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  Lirong Huang, Xuerong Mao:
  SMC design for robust H_∞ control of uncertain stochastic delay systems. 405-412
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  Hong-Jun Ma, Guang-Hong Yang:
  Adaptive output control of uncertain nonlinear systems with non-symmetric dead-zone input. 413-420
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  Emilia Fridman:
  A refined input delay approach to sampled-data control. 421-427
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  Eduardo I. Silva, Graham C. Goodwin, Daniel E. Quevedo:
  Control system design subject to SNR constraints. 428-436
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  Yan Liang, Tongwen Chen, Quan Pan:
  Multi-rate stochastic H_∞ filtering for networked multi-sensor fusion. 437-444
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  Aleksandar I. Zecevic, Dragoslav D. Siljak:
  Estimating the region of attraction for large-scale systems with uncertainties. 445-451
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  Nima Ghods, Miroslav Krstic:
  Speed regulation in steering-based source seeking. 452-459
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  Riccardo Porreca, Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate:
  Partitioning datasets based on equalities among parameters. 460-465

Technical Communiques

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  Jian Sun, Guoping Liu, Jie Chen, David Rees:
  Improved delay-range-dependent stability criteria for linear systems with time-varying delays. 466-470
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  Graziano Chesi:
  Time-invariant uncertain systems: A necessary and sufficient condition for stability and instability via homogeneous parameter-dependent quadratic Lyapunov functions. 471-474
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  Vimal Singh:
  Modified criterion for global asymptotic stability of fixed-point state-space digital filters using two's complement arithmetic. 475-478

Volume 46, Number 3, March 2010

Regular Papers

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  Adrian N. Bishop, Baris Fidan, Brian D. O. Anderson, Kutluyil Dogancay, Pubudu N. Pathirana:
  Optimality analysis of sensor-target localization geometries. 479-492
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  Peter Seiler, Andrew K. Packard, Gary J. Balas:
  A gain-based lower bound algorithm for real and mixed µ problems. 493-500
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  Mihály Petreczky, Jan H. van Schuppen:
  Span-reachability and observability of bilinear hybrid systems. 501-509
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  Mrdjan Jankovic:
  Recursive predictor design for state and output feedback controllers for linear time delay systems. 510-517

Brief Papers

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  Tarek Raïssi, Gaétan Videau, Ali Zolghadri:
  Interval observer design for consistency checks of nonlinear continuous-time systems. 518-527
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  Michael M. Markou, Christos G. Panayiotou:
  On-line control of the threshold policy parameter for multiclass systems. 528-536
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  Laura Menini, Antonio Tornambè:
  Stability analysis of planar systems with nilpotent (non-zero) linear part. 537-542
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  Zidong Wang, Yurong Liu, Guoliang Wei, Xiaohui Liu:
  A note on control of a class of discrete-time stochastic systems with distributed delays and nonlinear disturbances. 543-548
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  Xinggao Liu, Jing Lu:
  Least squares based iterative identification for a class of multirate systems. 549-554
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  Aneesh Venkatraman, A. J. van der Schaft:
  Full-order observer design for a class of port-Hamiltonian systems. 555-561
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  William Paul Heath, Guang Li:
  Multipliers for model predictive control with structured input constraints. 562-568
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  Zhiqiang Zuo, Daniel W. C. Ho, Yijing Wang:
  Fault tolerant control for singular systems with actuator saturation and nonlinear perturbation. 569-576
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  Xavier Bombois, Håkan Hjalmarsson, Gérard Scorletti:
  Identification for robust H₂ deconvolution filtering. 577-584
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  Christopher Nielsen, Cameron Fulford, Manfredi Maggiore:
  Path following using transverse feedback linearization: Application to a maglev positioning system. 585-590
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  Jong-Hae Kim:
  Delay-dependent robust H_infinity filtering for uncertain discrete-time singular systems with interval time-varying delay. 591-597
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  Ravi Kumar, Tarunraj Singh:
  Design of input shapers using modal cost for multi-mode systems. 598-604

Technical Communiques

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  Hyungbo Shim, Jung-Su Kim, Hongkeun Kim, Juhoon Back:
  A note on the differential regulator equation for non-minimum phase linear systems with time-varying exosystems. 605-609
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  Xiangyu Meng, James Lam, Baozhu Du, Huijun Gao:
  A delay-partitioning approach to the stability analysis of discrete-time systems. 610-614
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  Rob H. Gielen, Sorin Olaru, Mircea Lazar, W. P. M. H. Heemels, Nathan van de Wouw, Silviu-Iulian Niculescu:
  On polytopic inclusions as a modeling framework for systems with time-varying delays. 615-619
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  Robert J. Elliott, Simon Haykin:
  A Zakai equation derivation of the extended Kalman filter. 620-624
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  Sheng-Guo Wang, Ben Wang:
  Parameterization theory of balanced truncation method for any evenly distributed RC interconnect circuits and transmission lines. 625-628
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  Bo Yang, Huajing Fang:
  Forced consensus in networks of double integrator systems with delayed input. 629-632

Correspondence Items

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  Jing Li, Junmin Li, Weisheng Chen:
  Comments on "Adaptive ILC for a class of discrete-time systems with iteration-varying trajectory and random initial condition". 633-634
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  Zhongsheng Hou, Ronghu Chi, Jianxin Xu:
  Reply to "Comments on 'Adaptive ILC for a class of discrete-time systems with iteration-varying trajectory and random initial condition"'. 635-636

Volume 46, Number 4, April 2010

Regular Papers

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  Uwe Küchler, Vyacheslav A. Vasiliev:
  On guaranteed parameter estimation of a multiparameter linear regression process. 637-646
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  Johan Paduart, Lieve Lauwers, Jan Swevers, Kris Smolders, Johan Schoukens, Rik Pintelon:
  Identification of nonlinear systems using Polynomial Nonlinear State Space models. 647-656
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  Suat Gumussoy, Wim Michiels:
  A predictor-corrector type algorithm for the pseudospectral abscissa computation of time-delay systems. 657-664
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  Rostyslav V. Polyuga, Arjan van der Schaft:
  Structure preserving model reduction of port-Hamiltonian systems by moment matching at infinity. 665-672
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  Carlos E. de Souza, Lihua Xie, Daniel Ferreira Coutinho:
  Robust filtering for 2-D discrete-time linear systems with convex-bounded parameter uncertainty. 673-681

Brief Papers

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  Milena Anguelova, Bernt Wennberg:
  On analytic and algebraic observability of nonlinear delay systems. 682-686
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  Zhan Shu, James Lam, Junlin Xiong:
  Static output-feedback stabilization of discrete-time Markovian jump linear systems: A system augmentation approach. 687-694
• 
  Dimos V. Dimarogonas, Karl Henrik Johansson:
  Stability analysis for multi-agent systems using the incidence matrix: Quantized communication and formation control. 695-700
• 
  Chuxiong Hu, Bin Yao, Qingfeng Wang:
  Integrated direct/indirect adaptive robust contouring control of a biaxial gantry with accurate parameter estimations. 701-707
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  Chien-Shu Hsieh:
  On the global optimality of unbiased minimum-variance state estimation for systems with unknown inputs. 708-715
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  Maciej Niedzwiecki:
  Easy recipes for cooperative smoothing. 716-720
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  Torsten Söderström, Mei Hong, Johan Schoukens, Rik Pintelon:
  Accuracy analysis of time domain maximum likelihood method and sample maximum likelihood method for errors-in-variables and output error identification. 721-727
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  Agnes Rensfelt, Torsten Söderström:
  Structure testing of wave propagation models used in identification of viscoelastic materials. 728-734
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  Jian Luo, Sandor M. Veres:
  Frequency domain iterative feedforward/feedback tuning for MIMO ANVC. 735-742
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  Keqin Gu:
  Stability problem of systems with multiple delay channels. 743-751
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  Wuquan Li, Yuanwei Jing, Siying Zhang:
  Output-feedback stabilization for stochastic nonlinear systems whose linearizations are not stabilizable. 752-760
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  João Yoshiyuki Ishihara, Marco H. Terra, Aline F. Bianco:
  Recursive linear estimation for general discrete-time descriptor systems. 761-766
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  Pedro Tiago Martins Batista, Carlos Silvestre, Paulo Jorge Ramalho Oliveira:
  Optimal position and velocity navigation filters for autonomous vehicles. 767-774

Technical Communiques

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  Adam Czornik, Aleksander Nawrat:
  On new estimates for Lyapunov exponents of discrete time varying linear systems. 775-778
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  Ligang Wu, Daniel W. C. Ho:
  Sliding mode control of singular stochastic hybrid systems. 779-783

Volume 46, Number 5, May 2010

Regular Papers

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  Simone Garatti, Robert R. Bitmead:
  On resampling and uncertainty estimation in Linear System Identification. 785-795
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  Somayeh Sojoudi, Amir G. Aghdam:
  Interconnection-based performance analysis for a class of decentralized controllers. 796-803
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  Lucian Busoniu, Damien Ernst, Bart De Schutter, Robert Babuska:
  Approximate dynamic programming with a fuzzy parameterization. 804-814
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  Giovanni Marro, Elena Zattoni:
  Unknown-state, unknown-input reconstruction in discrete-time nonminimum-phase systems: Geometric methods. 815-822
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  Bruno Picasso, Daniele De Vito, Riccardo Scattolini, Patrizio Colaneri:
  An MPC approach to the design of two-layer hierarchical control systems. 823-831
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  Z. Li, Y. Kang:
  Dynamic coupling switching control incorporating Support Vector Machines for wheeled mobile manipulators with hybrid joints. 832-842
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  Jinglai Shen:
  Observability analysis of conewise linear systems via directional derivative and positive invariance techniques. 843-851
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  Wei-Yen Wang, Yi-Hsing Chien, Yih-Guang Leu, Tsu-Tian Lee:
  Adaptive T-S fuzzy-neural modeling and control for general MIMO unknown nonaffine nonlinear systems using projection update laws. 852-863
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  Youssef Rochdi, Fouad Giri, J. B. Gning, F. Z. Chaoui:
  Identification of block-oriented systems in the presence of nonparametric input nonlinearities of switch and backlash types. 864-877
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  Kyriakos G. Vamvoudakis, Frank L. Lewis:
  Online actor-critic algorithm to solve the continuous-time infinite horizon optimal control problem. 878-888

Brief Papers

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  Alireza Farhadi, Charalambos D. Charalambous:
  Stability and reliable data reconstruction of uncertain dynamic systems over finite capacity channels. 889-896
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  Matthew R. Graham, Maurício C. de Oliveira:
  Linear matrix inequality tests for frequency domain inequalities with affine multipliers. 897-901
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  Hongfei Li, Keqin Gu:
  Discretized Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional for coupled differential-difference equations with multiple delay channels. 902-909
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  Marcello Farina, Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate, Riccardo Scattolini:
  Moving-horizon partition-based state estimation of large-scale systems. 910-918
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  Francesco Amato, Marco Ariola, Carlo Cosentino:
  Finite-time control of discrete-time linear systems: Analysis and design conditions. 919-924
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  Lennart Ljung, Adrian Wills:
  Issues in sampling and estimating continuous-time models with stochastic disturbances. 925-931
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  Vinay Kariwala, Yi Cao:
  Branch and bound method for multiobjective pairing selection. 932-936
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  Musheng Wei, Qian Wang, Xuehan Cheng:
  Some new results for system decoupling and pole assignment problems. 937-944

Technical Communiques

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  Mohammad Saleh Tavazoei:
  A note on fractional-order derivatives of periodic functions. 945-948
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  Zhiqiang Zuo, Daniel W. C. Ho, Yijing Wang:
  Reachable set bounding for delayed systems with polytopic uncertainties: The maximal Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional approach. 949-952
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