International Federation of Automatic Control
3rd IFAC SYMPOSIUM on SYSTEM, STRUCTURE and CONTROL

Foz do Iguassu, Brazil October 17th - 19th, 2007


SSSC07 - Technical Program


Friday Morning

Plenary Lecture on Structured Evolving Systems


Chair: João Manoel Gomes da Silva Jr. - Brazil
Room: Pacifico
2007-10-19
From 08:30 to 09:30
Paper 1 Structure Evolving Systems in Integrated System Design
Nicos Karcanias
abstract Contact: Nicos Karcanias - United Kingdom

Session FM1: Predictive and Optimal Control


Chair: Jan Maciejowski - United Kingdom
Co-chair: Julio E. Normey-Rico - Brazil
Room: Assunção
2007-10-19
From 10:00 to 12:00
Paper 1 10:00-10:20 Robust Constrained Predictive Control of a Magnetic Levitation System
Marcelo Handro Maia; Roberto Kawakami Harrop Galvão
abstract Contact: Marcelo Handro Maia - Brazil
Paper 2 10:20-10:40 Predictive Control for Urban Traffic Networks: Initial Evaluation
Lucas Barcelos de Oliveira; Eduardo Camponogara
abstract Contact: Lucas Barcelos de Oliveira - Brazil
Paper 3 10:40-11:00 Control of a Brachiation Robot with a Single Underactuated Joint Using Nonlinear Model Predictive Control
Vinícius Menezes de Oliveira; Walter Fetter Lages
abstract Contact: Walter Lages - Brazil
Paper 4 11:00-11:20 Reverse-Engineering Existing Controllers for MPC Design
J. M. Maciejowski
abstract Contact: Jan Maciejowski - United Kingdom

Session FM2: Non-linear Systems Applications


Chair: Lakmal Seneviratne - United Kingdom
Co-chair: Claude Moog - France
Room: Montevideo
2007-10-19
From 10:00 to 12:00
Paper 1 10:00-10:20 Equivalence of Mechanical Systems
Claude H. Moog; Jiri Zikmund; Sergej Celikovsky
abstract Contact: Jiri Zikmund - Czech Republic
Paper 2 10:20-10:40 Nonlinear Control Design for the Acrobot
Jiri Zikmund; Sergej Celikovsky; Claude H. Moog
abstract Contact: Jiri Zikmund - Czech Republic
Paper 3 10:40-11:00 Mixed Model Based/Fuzzy Adaptive Robust Controller with H Criterion Applied to Wheeled Mobile Robots
Roberto Santos Inoue; Tatiana de F. P. A. T. Pazelli; Adriano A. G. Siqueira; Marco H. Terra
abstract Contact: Roberto Santos Inoue - Brazil
Paper 4 11:00-11:20 Non-Linear Observer for Slip Parameter Estimation of Unmanned Wheeled Vehicles
Zibin Song; Yahya Zweiri; Lakmal D Seneviratne; Kaspar Althoefer
abstract Contact: Zibin Song - United Kingdom
Paper 5 11:20-11:40 PID Controller Tuning for Bilinear Continuous Time Invariant MIMO System
I. B. Yadykin; M. M. Tchaikovsky
abstract Contact: Igor Yadykin - Russian Federation
Paper 6 11:40-12:00 Piecewise Linear Approximation of Nonlinear Cellular Growth
Eduardo Mojica; Alain Gauthier; Naly Rakoto-Ravalontsalama
abstract Contact: Naly Rakoto-Ravalontsalama - France

Session FM3: Linear Systems III


Chair: Elena de Santis - Italy
Co-chair: Henri Bourlès - France
Room: Santiago
2007-10-19
From 10:00 to 12:00
Paper 1 10:00-10:20 Discrete-Time Riccati Equations in Open-Loop Stackelberg Games with Time Preference Rates
M. Jungers
abstract Contact: Marc Jungers - France
Paper 2 10:20-10:40 Pole Shifting with Sampled-Data LQ Regulators
Toru Fujinaka; Sigeru Omatu
abstract Contact: Toru Fujinaka - Japan
Paper 3 10:40-11:00 Practical Stabilization of Linear Time-Varying Continuous Systems
Germain Garcia; Sophie Tarbouriech
abstract Contact: Sophie Tarbouriech - France
Paper 4 11:00-11:20 Poles of Linear Time-Varying Systems Revisited
Bogdan Marinescu; Henri Bourlès
abstract Contact: Bogdan Marinescu - France
Paper 5 11:20-11:40 State Estimation for a Class of Time-Varying Linear Systems: Application to Fuel Cell Systems
Mohamed Benallouch; Rachid Outbib; Mohamed Boutayeb; Andreas Hernandez
abstract Contact: Mohamed Benallouch - France