This book comprises a selection of papers that were first presented at the Robustness in Identification and Control Workshop, held in Siena, July 30 - August 2, 1998. These are the latest contributions to the field, from leading researchers worldwide. The common theme underlying all of the contributions is the interplay between information, uncertainty and complexity in dealing with modelling, identification and control of dynamical systems. Papers cover recent developments in research areas such as identification for control and the classical area of robust control. There are a number of real-world case studies where the most advanced robustness analysis and synthesis techniques are applied to resolve previously unsolved problems. The relevance of the topic to the system engineering field, and the excellent scientific level of the contributions combine to make this book an important acquisition for engineers, control theorists and applied mathematicians. Preface......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Robustness in Identification*......Page 15 Part I. Identificatio n for Robust Control......Page 19 Comments on Model Validation as Set Membership Identification......Page 21 SM Identification of Model Sets for Robust Control Design from Data......Page 31 Robust Identification and the Rejection of Outliers......Page 49 Semi-parametric Methods for System Identification *......Page 61 Modal Robust State Estimator with Deterministic Specification of Uncertainty......Page 76 The Role of Experimental Conditions in Model Validation for Control*......Page 86 Modeling and Validation of Nonlinear Feedback Systems......Page 101 Towards A Harmonic Blending of Deterministic and Stochastic Frameworks in Information Processing......Page 116 Suboptimal Conditional Estimators for Restricted Complexity Set Membership Identification......Page 131 Worst-Case Simulation of Uncertain Systems......Page 148 On Performance Limitations in Estimation......Page 161 Design Criteria for Uncertain Models with Structured and Unstructured Uncertainties*......Page 173 Robustness and Performance in Adaptive Filtering......Page 188 Nonlinear Identification Based on Unreliable Priors and Data, with Application to Robot Localization......Page 204 Part II. Robust Control ......Page 219 Robust Model Predictive Control: A Survey......Page 221 Intrinsic Performance Limits of Linear Feedback Control*......Page 241 Puzzles in Systems and Control......Page 256 Robust Regional Pole Placement: An Affine Approximation......Page 272 On Achieving L v (~p) Performance with Global Internal Stability for Linear Plants with Saturating Actuators......Page 285 Control Under Structural Constraints: An Input-Output Approach *......Page 301 Multi-objective MIMO Optimal Control Design without Zero Interpolation*......Page 320 Robustness Synthesis in gl: A Globally Optimal Solution *......Page 332 Optimal Control of Distributed Arrays with Spatial Invariance......Page 343 Numerical Search of Stable or Unstable Element in Matrix or Polynomial Families: A Unified Approach to Robustness Analysis and S......Page 358 A Convex Approach to a Class of Minimum Norm Problems......Page 373 Quantified Inequalities and Robust Control......Page 387 Dynamic Programming for Robust Control: Old Ideas and Recent Developments......Page 405 Robustness of Receding Horizon Control for Nonlinear Discrete-time Systems......Page 422 Nonlinear Representations and Passivity Conditions in Discrete Time......Page 436 Robust Ripple-Free Output Regulation and Tracking under Structured or Unstructured Parameter Uncertainties......Page 448 An Experimental Study of Performance and Fault-Tolerance of a Hybrid Free-Flight Control Scheme......Page 463 Index......Page 479
