Studies in Systems, Decision and Control

Introduction.- Part I Control and Supervision for Complex Networks and Systems.- Diagnosis for Control and Decision Support in Complex Systems.- Integration of Supervisory Control Synthesis in Model-Based Systems Engineering.- Output Synchronization of Dynamical Networks Having Nodes with Relative Degree One Nonlinear Systems.- Mechanism Design for Incentive-Compatible Control of Networks.- Building Smart Grid.- Space-Independent Community Detection in Airport Networks.- Part II Machine Intelligence and Learning in Complex Control Systems.- Creating and Controlling Complex Biological Brains.- Iterative Learning Control as an Enabler for Robotically Assisted Upper-Limb Stroke Rehabilitation.- Adaptive-Fuzzy-Modelling-Based Quantitative Assessment of Operator Functional State in Complex and Safety-Critical Human-Machine Systems.- Neural Networks with Anticipation and some Problems of Complexity Theory.- Decentralized Control of Complex Dynamic Systems Employing ANN Function Emulation.- Part III Control and Supervision of Complex Mechanical Structures and Robots.- How to Cope with Disturbance in Biped Locomotion.- Adaptive Control of Large Space Structures.- Market-Based Optimization for the Navigation of Mobile Robots.- Fault-Tolerant Estimation of UAV Dynamics via Robust Kalman Filters.- Guidance Laws and Navigation Systems for Quadrotor UAV.- State-Dependent Riccati-Equation-Based Tracking Control of a Hydraulic Seismic Isolator Test Rig.- Part IV Control and Supervision in Multi-Agent and Industrial Systems.- Distributed Supervisory Strategies for Multi-Agent Systems.- Modularity and Supervision in Petri-Net-Based Synthesis of Agents Cooperation.- Adaptive Internal-Model-Based Distribution Agreement in a Class of Multi-Agent Systems.- An Example of Fault Detection and Reconfiguration-Based Tolerance within Distributed Embedded Control Ssytems.- Predictive Control of Thermal Processes in Complex Industrial Furnaces.- Closed-Loop Control with Evolving Gaussian Process Models.- Part V Attentuation of Uncertain Disturbances through Fast Control Inputs Attenuation.- Sliding Manifold Design for Linear Systems with Scalar Unmatched Disturbances.- Sliding-Mode-Based Anti-Lock Braking System Control.- Switching Frequency Optimization of DC/AC Inverters Using Sliding Modes.- Discrete-Time Sliding-Mode Servo Systems Design with Disturbance Compensation Approach.- Pragmatic Design Methods using Adaptive Controller Structures for Mechatronic Applications with Variable Parameters and Working Conditions.- Concluding Remarks: A Look Forward to the Future.