Contents of volume 4 and author index

AUTOMATICA

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Contents of Volume 4

Number 1

May, 1966 PAGE

J. G. TltUXAL: The emerging responsibilities of control technology . . . J. B. KNOWLESand R. EDWARDS: Computational error effects in a d i ~ t digital control system S. Y. C-MANand K. CMU^NO: A study of linear time-varying systems subject to stochastic disturbances Report of Meeting. Book Review Books Received

Number 2

55 73 93 94 95

August, 1967

J. B. PEARSON: On nonlinear least-squares filtering . . . . . . . . . W. L. BROGAN" Theoryand application of optimal control for distributed parameter systems--I. Theory W. L. BROGAN: Theory and application of optimal control for distributed parameter systems--II. Computational results . . . . . . . . . . . W. n . RAY and R. ARTS: An adaptive control of the batch reactor--IV. A more sophisticated controller Book Reviews Books Received

Number 4

97 107 121 139 163 164

May, 1968

JOHN L. BARNES: Information theoretic aspects of feedback control systems . . . . . S. BARNETT and C. STOREY: Some results on the sensitivity and synthesis of asymptotically stable linear and non-linear systems . . . . . . . . . . . . EDWIN KINI,mN and C'mou-SmUN Q-raN:" Liapunov functions derived from auxiliary exact differential equations . . . . . . . P. EYKHOrr: Process parameter and state estimation . . . . . . M. CUENODand A. P. SAGE: Comparison of some methods used for process identification. Report of Meeting.

Numbers 5/6

31 49 53 54

November, 1966

R. STONe: The model in its environment . D. Q. MAY't,m: A solution of the smoothing problem for linear dynamic systems . Book Reviews Books Received Notice .

Number 3

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7

165 187 195 205 235 271

November, 1968

Announcement D. W. GILLINGS: Aspects of economic evaluation of process control systems--I. Influences of statistical nature of disturbances on system profitability . . . . . Yo-SuNO Crlo and KUMPATIS. NAR~NImA: Stability of nonlinear time-varying feedback systems . J. ZORN: The evaluation of Fourier transforms by the sampling method . . . B. PAGUREK and C. M. WOODS~E: The conjugate gradient method for optimal control problems with bounded control variables G. Cook and J. E. FUNK: Quadratic control problem with an energy constraint; approximate solutions C. N. KERR: The stability of systems with multiplicative feedback . . . . H. A. BARKER and D. RAESlm~: Linear modelling of multivariable systems with pseudo-random binary input signals . . . . . . . . . . . DENIS SINGER: On a new method of investigating large technological systems---I. Theory . . . DENIS SINGER and THOMAS KOLTAI: On a new method of investigating large technological systems~II. Program structure of the network procedure

281 283 309 323 337 351 365 393 417 425

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AUTOMATICA Author Index

ARIS R. BARKER H. A. BARNES J. L. BARNETT S. BROGAN W. L. CHAN S. Y. CHEN C-S. CHO Y-S. CHUANG K. C o o k G. CUENOD M. EDWARDS R. EYKHOEF P. FUNK J. E . . GILLINGS D. W. KERR C. N.

139 393 165 187 107, 121 31 195 309 31 351 235 7 205 351 283 365

KINNEN E . . KNOWLES J. B. K O L T A T. I M A Y N ED, Q. NARENDRA K. S. PAGUREK B. PEARSONJ. B. RAESlDED. RAY W. H. SAGE A. P. SINGER D. STONE R. S'[OREYC. TRUXAL J. G. WOODSIDEC. M. ZORN J.

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