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Controlo 2002

5th Portuguese Conference on Automatic Control

University of Aveiro, September 5-7, 2002

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Preliminary Program

Thursday, September 5th
08:30-12:00 Registration
09:00-09:15 Opening session
09:15-10:00 First plenary talk
Switched Systems: Mixing Logic with Differential Equations
Professor João Pedro Hespanha
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Sessions S0 to S3
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Second plenary talk
The Behavioral Approach to Systems and Control
Professor Jan Willems
15:00-16:30 Sessions S4 to S7
16:30-17:00 Break
17:00-19:00 Sessions S8 to S11
19:30 Reception cocktail at the Santa Joana Museum

Friday, September 6th
09:15-10:00 Third plenary talk
Fieldbus and Quality of Service
Professor Jean-Pierre Thomesse
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Sessions S12 to S15
12:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45 Fourth plenary talk
Detecting and Eliminating Oscillations in Industrial Process Control Plants
Prof. Tore Hägglund
15:00-16:30 Sessions S16 to S19
16:30-17:00 Break
17:00-19:00 Sessions S20 to S23
20:30 Conference dinner at Quinta da Boa Vista

Saturday, September 7th
09:15-10:00 Fifth plenary talk
Third Generation of Robotics and Automation
Professor Toshio Fukuda
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-12:00 Sessions S24 to S26
10:30-12:30 Mobile robotics (Reitoria Main Hall)
 

List of sessions, organized by date

Thursday
September 5
10:30-12:00
S0 - Fuzzy Control 1
S1 - Control Applications 1
S2 - Nonlinear Control 1
S3 - Agricultural Process Control
Thursday
September 5
15:00-16:30
S4 - Nonlinear Control 2
S5 - Control Applications 2
S6 - Evolutionary Computing
S7 - Predictive Control
Thursday
September 5
17:00-19:00
S8 - Robotics 1
S9 - Discrete Time Systems
S10 - Optimal Control
S11 - Switching Control
Friday
September 6
10:30-12:00
S12 - Modelling
S13 - Control Applications 3
S14 - Fuzzy Control 2
S15 - Fractional-Order Systems 1
Friday
September 6
15:00-16:30
S16 - Fractional-Order Systems 2
S17 - System Identification
S18 - Control Applications 4
S19 - Control Education
Friday
September 6
17:00-19:00
S20 - Robotics 2
S21 - Neural and Neurofuzzy Systems
S22 - Mathematical Systems Theory
S23 - Robust Control
Saturday
September 7
10:30-12:00
S24 - Linear Control
S25 - Nonlinear Control 3
S26 - Satellite Systems
 

List of papers, organized by session

S0 - Fuzzy Control 1
Thursday, September 5, 10:30-12:00
Direct adaptive fuzzy-PI controller with resetting type self-tuning mechanism
Ibrahim Kucukdemiral, Galip Cansever & Gulderen Yildirmaz
A fuzzy clustering algorithm enhancing membership functions interpretability
Antonio Sala, José Luis Díez & José Luis Navarro
Model based control system for flow control
Pérez Martín & S. Feyo de Azevedo
Comparison of classical and fuzzy multivariable predictive control
L.F. Mendonça, J. Sousa & J. Sá da Costa

S1 - Control Applications 1
Thursday, September 5, 10:30-12:00
GAMMA-2PC as CACSD tool for practicing engineers
L.S. Mikhailova, R.V. Isakov & A.G. Alexandrov
Computer Aided Design of Steam Temperature Regulator
Slobodan Bogdanovic
The modified monitoring and control of fermentor system via network protocol TCP/IP
M. Matysek, M. Adamek & P. Neumann
The microcomputer application for gas flow measurement
M Adamek, P.Neumann & M. Matysek

S2 - Nonlinear Control 1
Thursday, September 5, 10:30-12:00
Way-point tracking of underactuated AUVs in the presence of ocean currents
António Pedro Aguiar & António Pascoal
Global stabilization of an underactuated AUV via logic-based hybrid control
António Pedro Aguiar & António Pascoal
Adaptive linear observer for nonlinear systems
Deniz Erdogmus, José Carlos Príncipe, G. Thampi & N. Obolensky
State observers in a feedback linearized experimental swinging crane system
José Borges, Miguel Botto & José Sá da Costa

S3 - Agricultural Process Control
Thursday, September 5, 10:30-12:00
Pneumatic manipulator for agriculture support tasks
I. Fonseca & H. Fachada
Greenhouse climate management and control systems
J. Boaventura da Cunha
Real time control system applied to aeration process of stored grains
Paulo Monteiro, José Martins, Alexandre Mota & Paulo Corrêa
Temperature measurement based on 1-WIRE technology
José Martins, Paulo Monteiro, Alexandre Mota & Delly Filho

S4 - Nonlinear Control 2
Thursday, September 5, 15:00-16:30
Local decomposition of nonlinear control systems
Valmir Santos, José Fernandes & Cicero Carvalho
Nonlinear H-inf control methodology for MIMO system
Agustin Consegliere & Manuel Lopez
From local to global stabilization: A hybrid system approach
António Aguiar & António Pascoal
Absolute stability analysis of uncertain nonlinear systems using bode envelopes
Nusret Tan & Derek Atherton

S5 - Control Applications 2
Thursday, September 5, 15:00-16:30
Adaptive control of a continuous stirred tank reactor
Martin Blaha & Petr Dostál
Adaptive control of TITO system using delta model
P. Navrátil, P. Dostál & V. Bobál
Internal dynamics of a distributed collector solar field under output control
M.S. Barão & J. Lemos

S6 - Evolutionary Computing
Thursday, September 5, 15:00-16:30
Please no more PID tuning rules
Paulo Moura Oliveira, J. Boaventura Cunha & J.P. Coelho
Non-linear concentration system design using a new adaptive particle swarm optimiser
J. P. Coelho, P. B. de Moura Oliveira & J. Boaventura Cunha
Cooperative odour field exploration with genetic algorithms
Lino Marques, Urbano Nunes & Aníbal Traça de Almeida

S7 - Predictive Control
Thursday, September 5, 15:00-16:30
Stabilizing underactuated mechanical systems by model predictive control
Fernando Fontes
A probabilistic framework for nonlinear prediction
Miguel Barão & João Miranda Lemos
Adaptive minimization of quadratic costs based on multiple identifiers
João Miranda Lemos, E. Mosca, P. Shirley & R. Silva
Adaptive reconfigurable control with FDI in an industrial boiler
R. Dionísio, J. Lemos & P. Shirley
Mixed constrained stabilizing predictive control
J. M. Igreja

S8 - Robotics 1
Thursday, September 5, 17:00-19:00
Micro robot in small pipe using bimorph PZT actuator
Ping Sun, Linzhi Sun & Zenbang Gong
Dynamic decoupling of robotic manipulators: A force-impedance control perspective
F. Gomes de Almeida, António Lopes & Paulo Abreu
2½D visual servoing applied to a planar robot
Paulo Gonçalves & João Pinto
2D visual servoing for a puma robot
Paulo Fernandes Ferreira, F. Morais, J. Costa & J. Caldas Pinto
Configuration space synthesis for robotic manipulators using neural networks
A.Pashkevich, A. Ruano & M. Kazheunikau

S9 - Discrete Time Systems
Thursday, September 5, 17:00-19:00
SSPN - A tool for supervisors synthesis based on Petri nets with transitions enabling functions
José Sousa & Giovanni Barroso
Strategies for machine loading/unloading
João Falcão Carneiro & A. Pessoa de Magalhães
Petri net model node structuring techniques for embedded system design
Luis Gomes, João-Paulo Barros & Anikó Costa
New approach for logic controller modelling
Agnieszka Wegrzyn
Diagnostic within discrete event system controllers using Petri nets
K. Khalili & D. Karimzadgan

S10 - Optimal Control
Thursday, September 5, 17:00-19:00
On the minimum time optimality for a single input control system
Laura Poggiolini & Gianna Stefani
Time-variant feedback stabilization of a system of two rolling bodies
Eugénio Rocha & Andrey Sarychev
Optimal controls for a two-compartment model for cancer chemotherapy with quadratic objective
U. Ledzewicz & Heinz Schattler
On optimal control problems which admit an infinite group of transformations
Delfim Torres
The generalized Brockett's function and optimization problems
Luís Machado & Fátima Leite
Neddle variations and high-order maximum principle
Rosa Maria Bianchini & Matthias Kawski

S11 - Switching Control
Thursday, September 5, 17:00-19:00
Performance monitoring and divergence trend detection in feedback control systems
Edoardo Mosca & Tommaso Agnoloni
Robustness of time-varying discrete plant switching control
Luis M. Rato & J. Lemos
A switching control scheme for reference tracking: the exact matching case
António Neves, Paula Rocha & Teresa Mendonça
Adaptive inverse control using SOM based multiple models
Geetha K Thampi, José C. Principe, Jeongho Cho, Deniz Erdogmus & Mark Motter
A MATLAB tool for switching control
Hugo Magalhães, T. Mendonça, P. Lago & P. Rocha

S12 - Modelling
Friday, September 6, 10:30-12:00
Velocity-based multiple model networks in discrete time domain
Ruiyao Gao, Aidan O’Dwyer, Seamus McLoon & Eugene Coyle
White box, black box and grey box modelling strategies application to sugar crystallisation
Petia Georgieva & S. Feyo de Azevedo
Suspension analysing equipment based on a hydraulic servo-cylinder
P. M. Talaia, A.M. Rocha & J. A. Ferreira

S13 - Control Applications 3
Friday, September 6, 10:30-12:00
Predictive control of a distributed spray drying plant using non-uniform sampling
R. N. Silva, N. Felgueiras & J. Lemos
Controlling best effort traffic in IP networks: An adaptive predictive approach
B. Costa, M. Nunes & J. Lemos
Vulcameter evaluation and control system
Vazek, V., Janácová, D.
Using Java language for control algorithms
Valter Silva, José Fonseca, José Oliveira & Alexandre Mota

S14 - Fuzzy Control 2
Friday, September 6, 10:30-12:00
Recovering the force/position control performance under uncertainties using a fuzzy integrating approach
Silvério Crespo Marques & J. Sá da Costa
Adaptive fuzzy control for nonlinear systems
L. Schnitman, T. Yoneyama & J. Felippe de Souza
A behavior based fuzzy control architecture for path tracking and obstacle avoidance
Luis Bento, Gabriel Pires & Urbano Nunes
Hierarchical fuzzy model-based on clustering of fuzzy rules
Paulo Salgado

S15 - Fractional-Order Systems 1
Friday, September 6, 10:30-12:00
Time-domain implementations of non-integer order controllers
Duarte Valério & José Sá da Costa
PI vs. fractional PI control: First results
C. Monje, A. J. Calderón, B. Vinagre & V. Feliu
Fractional order control of a power electronic buck converter
A. J. Calderón, C. Monje & B. Vinagre
A first multimodel robust control using fractional-order control-system design
Patrick Lanusse, S. Najar & Alain Oustaloup

S16 - Fractional-Order Systems 2
Friday, September 6, 15:00-16:30
A new approach to the initial value problem
Manuel Duarte Ortigueira
Fractional systems toolbox for MATLAB: Applications in system identification and CRONE CSD
O. Cois, P. Lanusse, O. Melchior, F. Dancla & A. Oustaloup
Control of fractional order systems
Ingo Schaefer, S. Kempfle & B. Nolte
A fractional calculus perspective of mechanical systems modeling
R. Barbosa, F. Duarte & J. Tenreiro Machado

S17 - System Identification
Friday, September 6, 15:00-16:30
Off-line identification of PWM driven induction motors
Adilson José Zipf, Alcindo Prado & Rafael Prado
An attempt to solve the ship motion prediction problem
Adriano Ferreira, José Fernandes, Fabian M. da Silva, & Edilbeto Teixeira
On-line fault diagnosis integrated approach: application to a thermal process
L. Brito Palma, F. Coito & R. Silva
A time-varying Kalman filter applied to moving target tracking
Nicolas Obolensky, Deniz Erdogmus & José C. Principe

S18 - Control Applications 4
Friday, September 6, 15:00-16:30
Controller synthesis for cyclic job shop
Gideon Leandro, F. Salvador, N. Jesus, João Neto & R. Mendes
A bulk-micromachined soil moisture probe with a mixed-signal interface
António Valente, Raul Morais, Carlos Couto & J. Correia
Scheduling in manufacturing systems using ant colonies optimization algorithm
C.A.Silva, J. Sousa, T. Runkler, R. Palm & J. Sá da Costa
Automatic surface digitizing based on a CAD model
Fernando Martins, J. Garcia-Bermejo, E. Casanova & J. González

S19 - Control Education
Friday, September 6, 15:00-16:30
Decentralized adaptive control Toolbox for MATLAB: Alpha version
Karel Perutka & Vladimir Bobál
A tutorial on state estimation
Fabian M. da Silva, Adriano Ferreira, José Fernandes & Haroldo Azevedo
Simple technique to obtain a discrete-time controller from a continuous-time one
Tomás Oliveira e Silva
A family of mobile robots for education on embedded control systems
Luis Almeida, José Azevedo & Bernardo Cunha

S20 - Robotics 2
Friday, September 6, 17:00-19:00
A real time trajectory planner for 2-R robotic manipulators
Eduardo Pires, Tenreiro Machado & P. Moura Oliveira
Real-time force control experiments with an industrial PUMA robot manipulator
Sérgio Fernandes, L. Baptista & J. Sá da Costa
A study on impedance selection for robot force control
F. Campos, J. Sá da Costa, L. Baptista & J. Calado
Variable resolution vision system in mobile robotics
Armando Sousa, Paulo Costa & António Moreira
Design of a spherical mobile robot and its control electronics
João Alves & Jorge Dias

S21 - Neural and Neurofuzzy Systems
Friday, September 6, 17:00-19:00
Neuro-fuzzy modelling in anaesthesia
Catarina Nunes, M. Mahfouf & D. A. Linkens
Improved robust control of nonlinear stochastic systems using uncertain models
Randa Herzallah & David Lowe
Neuro-fuzzy modelling of the effluent neutralisation process in a paper mill
J. Victor, C. Pereira, A Dourado, R. Rodrigues & C. Gonçalves
Control of a kiln using neuro fuzzy techniques
José Vieira, Fernando Dias & Alexandre Mota
Fault isolation approach using a PROFIBUS network: A case study
M. Mendes, M. Kowal, J. Calado, Korbicz & J. Sá da Costa

S22 - Mathematical Systems Theory
Friday, September 6, 17:00-19:00
Perfect functional observers of singular continuous-time linear systems
Tadeusz Kaczorek
Nonnegative solutions of a Leontief dynamic model
Manuela Santos Silva & Teresa Pedroso de Lima
State representation of ND behavior
Isabel Brás & Paula Rocha
Matrix pencils with joint eigenvectors versus homogeneous periodic systems
Teresa P. Lima & Anabela Borges
Symmetries of controllable behaviors
Paolo Vettori

S23 - Robust Control
Friday, September 6, 17:00-19:00
Application of the sliding mode control to the iterative scheme
Alicia Esparza & J. Picó
The necessary and sufficient controllability condition on homogeneous systems phase limitations
Vladimir N. Pilishkin
Cautious iterative identification and control using robust stability conditions
Alicia Esparza & Antonio Sala
Robust control - program implementation
Roman Prokop, Petr Husták & Zdenka Prokopová
Representing uncertainty in an UAV model
Paulo Felício & Pedro Lourtie
Pseudo-invariant robust control
Filipe Vareta

S24 - Linear Control
Saturday, September 7, 10:30-12:00
Newton method for algebraic open loop Riccati equations in Nash games
Gerhard Jank, Dirk Kremer, Yves Nono Njike & Teresa Paula Azevedo-Perdicoulis
Discrete-time LQG control with saturated state feedback
Andrzej Krolikowski & Tomasz Kubiak
Dominant eigenvalue placement for time delay systems
Pavel Zitek & Tomáss Vyhlídal
On the geometry of the solutions of the cover problem
X. Puerta

S25 - Nonlinear Control 3
Saturday, September 7, 10:30-12:00
Adaptive design by backstepping procedure design in a nonlinear ship
M. Haro Casado, J. Iglesias Villalbos & A. Fernández
Design of nonlinear control of a DC motor using singular perturbation and feedback linearization approaches
J. Iglesias Villalbos, M. Haro Casado & A. Fernández
Dynamic positioning of a ship using vectorial backstepping
J. Iglesias Villalbos, M. Haro Casado & A. Fernández
Uncertain variables and their applications to stability analysis and stabilization of uncertain discrete systems
Z. Bubnicki

S26 - Satellite Systems
Saturday, September 7, 10:30-12:00
Modelling of a LEO satellite communication network
Elena Koroleva Duarte
Stabilization of gyrostat satellite subject to constant torque
Sergey Agafonov & Anna Guerman
Relative equilibria of a gyrostat with internal angular momentum normal to a principal axis
V. Sarychev & Sergey Mirer
On dynamics of two bodies with different type of damping in a circular and an elliptic orbits
V. Sarychev & O.V. Joukova

Last update: July 24, 2002, made by Tomás Oliveira e Silva