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AUTOMATICA
2006
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On stability of second-order quasi-polynomials with a single delay
In this note the stability of a second-order quasi-polynomial with a single delay is studied. Although there is a vast literature on this problem, most available solutions are lim...
Efim Malakhovski, Leonid Mirkin
AUTOMATICA
2006
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Pursuit formations of unicycles
In this paper, the stability of equilibrium formations for multiple unicycle systems in cyclic pursuit is studied in detail. The cyclic pursuit setup is particularly simple in tha...
Joshua A. Marshall, Mireille E. Broucke, Bruce A. ...
AUTOMATICA
2006
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Boundary control of linearized Saint-Venant equations oscillating modes
Abstract-- The Saint-Venant equations describe the dynamics of one dimensional open-channel flow. The paper investigates linearized Saint-Venant equations modes and their control. ...
Xavier Litrico, Vincent Fromion
AUTOMATICA
2006
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On a stochastic sensor selection algorithm with applications in sensor scheduling and sensor coverage
In this note we consider the following problem. Suppose a set of sensors is jointly trying to estimate a process. One sensor takes a measurement at every time step and the measure...
Vijay Gupta, Timothy H. Chung, Babak Hassibi, Rich...
AUTOMATICA
2006
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Exact computation of amplification for a class of nonlinear systems arising from cellular signaling pathways
A commonly employed measure of the signal amplification properties of an input/output system is its induced L2 norm, sometimes also known as H gain. In general, however, it is ext...
Eduardo D. Sontag, Madalena Chaves
AUTOMATICA
2006
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Necessary and sufficient conditions for reachability on a simplex
In this paper we solve the general problem of designing a feedback controller to reach a set of facets of an n-dimensional simplex in finite time, for a system evolving with linea...
Bartek Roszak, Mireille E. Broucke
AUTOMATICA
2006
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Gibbs sampler-based coordination of autonomous swarms
In this paper a novel, Gibbs sampler-based algorithm is proposed for coordination of autonomous swarms. The swarm is modeled as a Markov random field (MRF) on a graph with a time-...
Wei Xi, Xiaobo Tan, John S. Baras
AUTOMATICA
2006
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Brand image and brand dilution in the fashion industry
We develop a dynamic optimal control model of a fashion designer's challenge of maintaining brand image in the face of short-term pro...t opportunities through expanded sales...
Peter M. Kort, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Richard F. Ha...
AUTOMATICA
2006
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Decentralized adaptive coordinated control of multiple robot arms without using a force sensor
This paper presents a distributed adaptive coordinated control method for multiple robot arms grasping a common object. The cases of rigid contact and rolling contact are analyzed...
Haruhisa Kawasaki, Satoshi Ueki, Satoshi Ito