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Book Synopsis* Discusses open systems, object orientation, software agents, domain-specific languages, component architectures, as well as the dramatic IT-enabled improvements in memory, communication, and processing resources that are now available for sophisticated control algorithms to exploit.
Trade Review“…a serious and detailed look at much exciting and ambitious work…gives an excellent look at what will soon become possible – and probably commonplace – in advanced control systems.” (
Measurement & Control)
"...an invaluable resource for research scientists, practicing engineers...graduate and undergraduate students...academic, corporate, and main libraries cannot afford to be without a copy of this outstanding publication.... Essential." (Choice, Vol. 41, No. 3, November 2003)
Table of ContentsContributors.
Preface.
Introduction.
The Sec Vision (H. Gill & J. Bay).
Trends and Technologies For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (D. Van Cleave).
Previewing the Software-Enabled Control Research Portfolio (T. Samad & G. Balas).
II: SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURES FOR REAL-TIME CONTROL.
Open Control Platform: A Software Platform Supporting Advances in UAV Control Technology (J. Paunicka, et al.).
A Prototype Open Control Platform For Reconfigurable Control Systems (L. Wills, et al.).
Real-Time Adaptive Resource Management for Multimodel Control (M. Agrawal, et al.).
Heterogeneous Modeling and Design of Control Systems (X. Liu, et al.).
Embedded Control Systems Development with Giotto (T. Henzinger, et al.).
III: ONLINE MODELING AND CONTROL.
Online Control Customization Via Optimization-Based Control (R. Murray, et al.).
Model Predictive Neural Control For Aggressive Helicop ter Maneuvers (E. Wan, et al.).
Active Model Estimation For Complex Autonomous Systems (M. Campbell, et al.).
An Intelligent Methodology For Real-Time Adaptive Mode Transitioning and Limit Avoidance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (G. Vachtsevanos, et al.).
Implementation of Online Control Customization Within the Open Control Platform (R. Bhattacharya & G. Balas).
IV: HYBRID DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.
Hybrid Systems: Review and Recent Progress (P. Antsaklis & X. Koutsoukos).
A Maneuver-Based Hybrid Control Architecture for Autonomous Vehicle Motion Planning (E. Frazzoli, et al.).
Multimodal Control of Constrained Nonlinear Systems (T. Koo, et al.).
Towards Fault-Adaptive Control of Complex Dynamical Systems (G. Karsai, et al.).
Computational Tools For the Verification of Hybrid Systems (C. Tomlin, et al.).
V: CONCLUSIONS.
The Outlook For Software-Enabled Control (T. Samad & G. Balas).
Index.
About the Editors.
