Cybernetics and systems theory

This volume presents the proceedings of the 12th IFToMM International Symposium on Science of Mechanisms and Machines (SYROM 2017), that was held in "e;Gheorghe Asachi"e; Technical University of Iasi, Romania, November 02-03, 2017.

This book shows how supervisory control theory (SCT) supports the formulation of various control problems of standard types, like the synthesis of controlled dynamic invariants by state feedback, and the resolution of such problems in terms of naturally definable control-theoretic concepts and properties, like reachability, controllability and observability.

One of the most important routes to chaos is the chaotic intermittency.

This book collects recent developments in nonlinear and complex systems.

Control of Discrete-Time Descriptor Systems takes an anisotropy-based approach to the explanation of random input disturbance with an information-theoretic representation.

This book focuses on fractional calculus, presenting novel advances in both the theory and applications of non-integer order systems.

Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Feedback Control develops model-based and data-driven reinforcement learning methods for solving optimal control problems in nonlinear deterministic dynamical systems.

This textbook provides a broad introduction to continuous and discrete dynamical systems.

This monograph addresses problems of:* nonlinear control, estimation and filtering for robotic manipulators (multi-degree-of freedom rigid-link robots, flexible-link robots, underactuated, redundant  and cooperating manipulators and closed-chain robotic mechanisms); and* nonlinear control, estimation and filtering for autonomous robotic vehicles operating on the ground, in the air, and on and under water, independently and in cooperating groups.

The spectra of transfer operators associated to dynamical systems, when acting on suitable Banach spaces, contain key information about the ergodic properties of the systems.

This volume contains the proceedings of the XII Symposium of Probability and Stochastic Processes which took place at Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan in Merida, Mexico, on November 16-20, 2015.

This book offers advanced parallel and distributed algorithms and experimental laboratory prototypes of unconventional shortest path solvers.

Recent developments in model-predictive control promise remarkable opportunities for designing multi-input, multi-output control systems and improving the control of single-input, single-output systems.

This book shows how supervisory control theory (SCT) supports the formulation of various control problems of standard types, like the synthesis of controlled dynamic invariants by state feedback, and the resolution of such problems in terms of naturally definable control-theoretic concepts and properties, like reachability, controllability and observability.

Around the globe, there is an increasingly urgent need to provide opportunities for learners to embrace complexity; to develop the many skills and habits of mind that are relevant to today's complex and interconnected world; and to make learning more connected to our rapidly changing workplace and society.

This book presents 29 invited articles written by participants of the International Workshop on Operator Theory and its Applications held in Chemnitz in 2017.

This textbook presents theory and practice in the context of automatic control education.

This collection of prize-winning essays addresses the controversial question of how meaning and goals can emerge in a physical world governed by mathematical laws.

This edited volume presents examples of social science research projects that employ new methods of quantitative analysis and mathematical modeling of social processes.

This monograph presents controllability and stabilization methods in control theory that solve parabolic boundary value problems.

This book elaborates on an idea put forward by M.

This book presents essential tools for modelling non-linear time series.

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of classical and advanced topics in estimation and control of dynamical systems with an emphasis on stochastic control.

This book provides an introduction to Swarm Robotics, which is the application of methods from swarm intelligence to robotics.

This book reports on cutting-edge theories and methods for analyzing complex systems, such as transportation and communication networks and discusses multi-disciplinary approaches to dependability problems encountered when dealing with complex systems in practice.

This book discusses mathematical models for various applications in economics, with a focus on non-linear dynamics.

This self-contained book presents a framework for solving a general class of linear systems with coefficients being continuous functions of parameters varying within prescribed intervals.

The book introduces possibly the most compact, simple and physically understandable tool that can describe, explain, predict and design the widest set of phenomena in time-variant and nonlinear oscillations.

This book presents an overview of the different errors-in-variables (EIV) methods that can be used for system identification.

This book concentrates on the modern theory of dynamical systems and its interactions with number theory and combinatorics.

The goal of the Volume I Geometric Algebra for Computer Vision, Graphics  and Neural Computing is to present a unified mathematical treatment of diverse problems in the general domain of artificial intelligence and associated fields using Clifford, or geometric, algebra.

This book introduces characteristic features of the protein structure prediction (PSP) problem.

Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 36th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2018, the first volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This edited monograph provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of sliding mode control, focusing on event-triggered implementation.

The research and review papers presented in this volume provide an overview of the main issues, findings, and open questions in cutting-edge research on the fields of modeling, optimization and dynamics and their applications to biology, economics, energy, finance, industry, physics and psychology.

This book presents a collection of research findings and proposals on computer science and computer engineering, introducing readers to essential concepts, theories, and applications.

This book collects together lectures by some of the leaders in the field of partial differential equations and geometric measure theory.

This book is a tribute to Professor Pedro Gil, who created the Department of Statistics, OR and TM at the University of Oviedo, and a former President of the Spanish Society of Statistics and OR (SEIO).

This textbook offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to statistical physics, one of the core components of advanced undergraduate physics courses.

This authored monograph presents a study on fundamental limits and robustness of stability and stabilization of time-delay systems, with an emphasis on time-varying delay, robust stabilization, and newly emerged areas such as networked control and multi-agent systems.

This brief studies the general problem of constructing digital chaotic systems in devices with finite precision from low-dimensional to high-dimensional settings, and establishes a general framework for composing them.

This book is a tribute to Kenichi Morita's ideas and achievements in theoretical computer science, reversibility and computationally universal mathematical machines.

This book aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working across domains and research disciplines to measure, model, and visualize complex networks.

The book collects the most relevant outcomes from the INdAM Workshop "e;Geometric Function Theory in Higher Dimension"e; held in Cortona on September 5-9, 2016.

This monograph provides an accessible introduction to the regional analysis of fractional diffusion processes.

The focus of this book is on open conformal dynamical systems corresponding to the escape of a point through an open Euclidean ball.

This book, now in its third edition, explores how human populations grow, based on their creative abilities.

This collection presents contributions on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling and simulation of engineering processes from researchers and engineers involved in the modeling of multiscale and multiphase phenomena in material processing systems.

Mastering the complexity of innovative systems is a challenging aspect of design and product development.

This book is a course-tested primer on the thermodynamics of strongly interacting matter - a profound and challenging area of both theoretical and experimental modern physics.