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  • Front Cover; Applications of Nonlinear Programming to Optimization and Control; Copyright Page; FOURTH IFAC WORKSHOP ON APPLICATIONS OF NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING TO OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL; PREFACE; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. DESIGN OF LOW-ORDER COMPENSATORS USING PARAMETER OPTIMIZATION; Abstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; COMMENTS ON THE ALGORITHM; MINIMUM-REALIZATION FORM FOR COMPENSATORS; THE COMPUTER CODE SANDY
  • EXAMPLE: LOW-ORDER GLIDE-SLOPE COMPENSATORS FOR AN AIRPLANE; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 2. CAD OF CONTROL SYSTEMS: APPLICATION OF NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING TO A LINEAR-QUADRATIC FORMULATIONABSTRACT; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; PROBLEM STATEMENT; FORMULATION OF THE PROGRAMMING NONLINEAR PROBLEM; IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METHOD; DESIGN EXAMPLE- HELICOPTER REGULATION; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. MINIMAL ROOT SENSITIVITY IN LINEAR SYSTEMS; Abstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; CONSTRUCTION OF A ROOT SENSITIVITY METRIC; OUTPUT FEEDBACK DESIGN; APPLICATION OF CLOSED-LOOP ROOT SENSITIVITY DESIGN; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES
  • CHAPTER 4. OPTIMIZATION-BASED DESIGN OF CONTROL SYSTEMS WITH UNCERTAIN PLANTAbstract; Keywords; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. THE PLANT AND COMPENSATORS; 3. A FIRST APPROACH TO DESIGN REQUIREMENT FORMULATION; 4. A SECOND APPROACH TO DESIGN REQUIREMENT FORMULATION: MAJORIZATIONS; 5. TESTS FOR INFEASIBILITY OF THE COMPENSATOR; 6. CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. AUTOMATED SYNTHESIS OF CONTROL SYSTEMS: A DESIGN APPROACH; Abstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; PROBLEM FORMULATION; THE AUTOMATED SYNTHESIS ALGORITHM; THE SEARCH ALGORITHM; FCS SYNTHESIS EXAMPLES; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT
  • CHAPTER 8.A STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING MODEL FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL ELECTRICITY GENERATIONAbstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; DETERMINISTIC OLF PROBLEM FORMULATION; A STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING FORMULATION; ANALYSIS OF THE PROBLEM; NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF THE EQUIVALENT PROBLEM; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 9. THE SIMPLEX TECHNIQUE AS A GENERAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD; Abstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 10. NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF PIECEWISE CONTINUOUS TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; Abstract; Keywords; INTRODUCTION; PROBLEM DESCRIPTION