Athans,Michael, Ducot,Elizabeth R., Tenney,Robert R.
Table of Contents - (1) Distributed Decision Making Processes in C3, (2) Modelling the C3 Decision Process, (3) A Command and Control Theory, (4) Battle Management Decisions in Air Force Tactical...
Athans,Michael, Ducot,Elizabeth R., Tenney,Robert R.
Table of Contents - (1) C3 Impact on Force Coordination, (2) Results Toward Developing a Model of Human Decision Making in C3 Systems, (3) The Simulation of Tactical Decision Processes, (4) An...
Athans,Michael, Ducot,Elizabeth R., Tenney,Robert R.
Table of Contents - (1) Multisensor Fusion of Target Attributes and Kinematic Reports, (2) A Multiobject Tracking Algorithm for a Distributed Sensor Network, (3) A Kalman Tracker with a Simple Input...
Athans,Michael, Ducot,Elizabeth R., Davenport,Wilbur B.
Table of Contents - (1) Problems and Issues in Communications Networks, (2) Routing and Flow Control in Data Communication Networks, (3) The Asymptotic Analysis of Unreliable Distribution Networks,...
Athans,Michael, Davenport,Wilbur B., Ducot,Elizabeth R., Tenney,Robert R.
Table of Contents - (1) Data Dependent Issues in Surveillance Product Integration, (2) Memory Detection Models for Phase-Random Ocean Acoustic Fluctuations, (3) Detection Thresholds for Multi-Target...
Athans,Michael, Davenport,Wilbur B., Ducot,Elizabeth R., Tenney,Robert R.
Table of Contents - (1) Reliable Broadcast Algorithms in Communications Network, (2) The HF Intra Task Force Communication Network Design Study, (3) Fairness in Flow Controlled Networks, (4)...
Multiple-Model Adaptive Control With Set-Valued Observers (2009)
Rosa, Paulo, Silvestre, Carlos, Shamma, Jeff S., Athans, Michael
This paper proposes a multiple-model adaptive control methodology, using set-valued observers (MMAC-SVO) for the identification subsystem, that is able to provide robust stability and performance...
Issues, progress and new results in robust adaptive control,” Int (2008)
Sajjad Fekri, Michael Athans, Antonio Pascoal
We overview recent progress in the field of robust adaptive control with special emphasis on methodologies that use multiple-model architectures. We argue that the selection of the number of models,...
Robust Multiple Model Adaptive Control (RMMAC): A Case Study (2008)
Sajjad Fekri, Michael Athans, Antonio Pascoal
We evaluate the performance of the RMMAC methodology by considering a mass-spring-dashpot (MSD) system subject to high-frequency disturbances that strongly excite all its lightly-damped oscillatory...
CONVERGENCE THEORIES OF DISTRIBUTED ITERATIVE PROCESSES: A SURVEYt by (2008)
Dimitri P. Bertsekas, John N. Tsitsiklis, Michael Athans
We consider a model of distributed iterative algorithms whereby several processors participate in the computation while collecting, possibly stochastic information from the environment or other...
Multivariable Nonlinear Stochastic (2008)
Il Thomas, R. B. Stein, F. Parmipgiani, J. Vrendenbrewt, G. Rau, G. I. Zahalak, ...
J. K. Salisbury. “Active stiffness control of a manipulator in Cartesian
An Interim Report of Research on Stochastic and Adaptive Systems (2007)
Athans, Michael, Mitter, Sanjoy K., Valavani, Lena
The research we have conducted over the past several years and in particular during the period February 1, 1980 to January 31, 1981 has been concerned with fundamental aspects of controlling linear...
Distributed Decision and Communication Problems in Tactical USAF Command and Control (2007)
Levis, Alexander H., Athans, Michael
During the third year of this project, the technical effort continued to be directed toward generic, long range, basic, unclassified research. The emphasis was on general methodological and technical...
Rohrs, Charles E., Valavani, Lena, Athans, Michael, Stein, Gunter
In the past few years many model reference adaptive control algorithms have been shown to be globally asymptotically stable. However, there have been no analytical results on the performance of such...
TIME- AND FUEL-OPTIMAL ATTITUDE CONTROL, (2006)
The problem of attitude control of a body de scribed by the equation I theta (t) tau (t) is examined, where I is the moment of inertia, theta (t) is the angular displacement, and tau (t) is the...
Command and Control Theory (2006)
Levis, Alexander H., Athans, Michael
PROGRESS REPORT. (1) Development of Computer-Aided Design Systems. The computer aided design system being developed had been named CAESAR, for Computer-Aided Evaluation of System Architectures. It...
Robust Stochastic Adaptive Control (2006)
Valavani, Lena, Athans, Michael
In this final report we summarize the activities of the MYF/LIDS research group for the time period 1 September 1982 to 31 December 1987. The research, funded by ONR contract N00014-82-K-0582, deals...
RECENT ADVANCES IN ROBUST ADAPTIVE CONTROL by (2006)
Chair Abdel Elkamel, Michael Athans
In this talk we discuss a general philosophy for designing “robust ” adaptive multivariable feedback control systems for plants that include both unmodeled dynamics and uncertain real parameters...
OPTIMAL MINIMAL-ORDER OBSERVERS-FILTERS FOR DISCRETE LINEAR TIME-VARYING SYSTEMS, (2005)
The paper generalizes the concepts due to Kalman and Luenberger pertaining to the design of discrete linear systems which estimate the state of a linear plant on the basis of both noise-free and...
A Practical Scheme for Adaptive Aircraft Flight Control Systems, (2005)
Athans,Michael, Willner,Dieter
The purpose of the report is to present a flight control system design, that can be implemented by analog hardware, to be used to control an aircraft with uncertain parameters. The design is based...
An Algorithm for Terminal Air Traffic Control, (2005)
Sarris,Alexander H., Athans,Michael
By appropriate definition of the air-space geometry in the near terminal area, a deterministic terminal control system was designed. The system proposed is an open loop automatic control system that...
Application of Adaptive Filtering Methods to Maneuvering Trajectory Estimation. (2005)
Chang,Chaw-Bing, Whiting,Robert H., Athans,Michael
The purpose of this report is to examine several modifications of extended Kalman filters which can be used to estimate the position, velocity, and other key parameters associated with maneuvering...
Adaptive Estimation and Parameter Identification Using Multiple Model Estimation Algorithm (2003)
Athans, Michael, Chang, Chaw-Bing
The purpose of this report is to introduce an adaptive estimation and parameter identification scheme which the authors call Multiple Model Estimation Algorithm (MMEA). The MMEA consists of a bank of...
Control for Large Scale and Uncertain Systems. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Mitter,Sanjoy K.
The research activities are described in the sequel under the following headings: Nonlinear stochastic systems; Filtering of stochastic delay differential systems; Performance bounds for nonlinear...
A Finite-State, Finite-Memory Minimum Principle: Part II., (2002)
In part 1 of this paper, a minimum principle was found for the finite-state, finite-memory (FSFM) stochastic control problem. In part 2, conditions for the sufficiency of the minimum principle are...
Closed-Loop Structural Stability for Linear-Quadratic Optimal Systems. (2002)
This paper contains an explicit parametrization of a subclass of linear constant gain feedback maps that never destabilize an originally open-loop stable system. These results can then be used to...
Control for Large Scale and Uncertain Systems. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Mitter,Sanjoy K.
This research is concerned with various aspects of systems theory. Topics covered include: Modelling and Identification, linear and non-linear filtering, filtering for systems with time delay,...
Properties of Matched and Mismatched Kalman Filters. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Willner,Dieter
The purpose of this report is to examine the properties of Kalman-Bucy filters, especially in the case of mismatching, i.e., when the nominal parameters used in the realization of the Kalman-Bucy...
Athans,Michael, Whiting,R. H., Gruber,Michael
The purpose of this paper is to describe a suboptimal techique called probabilistic edit, which can be used for state variable estimation in conjunction with Kalman filtering techniques when the...
Gain and Phase Margin for Multiloop LQG Regulators. (2002)
Safonov,Michael G., Athans,Michael
Multi-loop linear-quadratic state-feedback (LQSF)regulators are shown to be robust against a variety of large dynamical, time-varying, and nonlinear variations in open-loop dynamics. The results are...
An Asymptotic Result for the Multi-Stage Weapon-Target Allocation Problem (2002)
Hosein, Patrick A., Athans, Michael
We consider a multi-stage version of the Weapon-Target Allocation problem. This problem models the following battle scenario. The offense launches a number of weapons (the targets) which are aimed at...
Stochastic and Adaptive Systems. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Mitter,Sanjoy K.
Research was carried out on the following main topics: modelling and identification of stochastic systems; structure of non-linear stochastic systems; linear and non-linear filtering; failure...
Further Results on the Uncertainty Threshold Principle. (2002)
Additional quantitative results are presented for the existence of optimal decision rules and stochastic stability for linear systems with white random parameters with respect to quadratic...
On the Relationship between Reliability and Linear Quadratic Optimal Control. (2002)
Birdwell,J. Douglas, Athans,Michael
The linear quadratic optimal control method is used today to solve many complex systems problems. As system complexity increases, and as linear quadratic optimal control is used in more demanding...
Stochastic and Adaptive Systems. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Mitter,Sanjoy K.
This research is concerned with various aspects of stochastic and adaptive systems. Topics covered include: non-linear filtering, estimation of random fields, stochastic control, reliable control...
Robustness and Computational Aspects of Nonlinear Stochastic Estimators and REgulators, (2002)
Safonov,Michael G., Athans,Michael
Robustness properties of nonlinear extended Kalman filters with constant gains and modelling errors are presented. Sufficient conditions for the non-divergence of state estimates generated by such...
GRADIENT MATRICES AND MATRIX CALCULATIONS (2002)
Athans, Michael, Schweppe, Fred C.
The purpose of this report is to define a useful shorthand notation for dealing with matrix functions and to use these results in order to compute the gradient matrices of several scalar functions of...
Stochastic and Adaptive Systems. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Mitter,Sanjoy K.
This research is concerned with various aspects of stochastic and adaptive systems. Topics covered include: non-linear filtering, stochastic control, reliable and robust control system design and...
Stochastic and Adaptive Systems. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Mitter,Sanjoy K., Valavani,Lena
This research is concerned with various aspects of stochastic and adaptive systems. Topics covered include: linear and non-linear state estimation, stochastic control and adaptive control.
A Multiloop Generalization of the Circle Stability Criterion, (2002)
Safonov, Michael G., Athans, Michael
A frequency-domain stability criterion is presented, generalizing the well-known circle stability criterion to multiloop feedback systems having bounded nonlinearity, parameter variations, and/or...
Distributed Decision and Communication Problems in Tactical USAF Command and Control. (2002)
Levis,Alexander H., Connelly,Mark E., Athans,Michael
Four relevant theoretical problems in tactical Air Force C3 systems are identified and described briefly. They are: (a) C3 system structure and organization forms, (b) information storage and flow in...
Distributed Decision and Communication Problems in Tactical USAF Command and Control. (2002)
Levis,Alexander H., Ducot,Elizabeth R., Athans,Michael
Progress in research on four theoretical problems in tactical Air Force C3 systems is described. The four areas are: C3 system structure of organizational forms, information storage and flow in C3...
Optimal File Allocation Problems for Distributed Data Bases in Unreliable Computer Networks, (2002)
This paper deals with the problem of optimally locating files, and their optimum number of redundant copies in a vulnerable communication network. It is assumed that each node and link of the...
Robust Decentralized Control. (2002)
Looze,Douglas P., Goodman,George C., Eterno,John S., Athans,Michael
This report considers the problem of designing decentralized control systems for Large Space Structures to satisfy robustness and performance requirements for multiple system configurations. The...
A Distributed Hypothesis-Testing Team Decision Problem with Communications Cost, (2002)
Papastayrou,Jason, Athans,Michael
This paper formulates and solves a distributed binary hypothesis-testing problem. The authors consider a cooperative team that consists of two decision makers (DM's); one is referred to as the...
Multivariable Control of a Submersible Using the LQG/LTR Design Methodology, (2002)
Martin,Richard J., Valavani,Lena, Athans,Michael
A multivariable feedback control system is designed for a submersible. The control variables are the bow, rudder, and differential stern control surfaces; these are dynamically coordinated so as to...
Naval C3 Distributed Tactical Decision Making. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Levis,Alexander H.
The objective of the research is to address analytical land computational issues that arise in the modeling, analysis and design of distributed tactical decisionmaking. The research plan has been...
Command-and-Control (C2) Theory: A Challenge to Control Science, (2002)
The basic premise of this position paper is that the field of military Command-and-Control (C2) systems offers challenging basic research opportunities to researchers in the control sciences and...
Command and Control Theory. (2002)
Levis,Alexander H., Athans,Michael
The main goal of this research is to start bridging the gap between mathematical theories of command and control and empirical studies. More specifically, the goal is to develop theories on the one...
Naval C(3) Distributed Tactical Decision Making. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Levis,Alexander H.
Progress on six research problems addressing distributed tactical decisionmaking is described.
Command and Control Theory. (2002)
Levis,Alexander H., Athans,Michael
The main goal of this research is to start bridging the gap between mathematical theories of command and control and empirical studies. More specifically, the goal is to develop theories on the one...
Naval C(3) Distributed Tactical Decision Making. (2002)
Athans,Michael, Levis,Alexander H.
The objective of this research is to address analytical and computational issues that arise in the modeling, analysis and design of distributed tactical decisionmaking. The research plan has been...
Athans, Michael, Ducot, Elizabeth R., Levis, Alexander H., Tenney, Robert R.
The Sixth MIT/ONR Workshop on Command Control and Communications System (C3) was held from July 25, 1983 through July 29, 1983. Several themes continued to appear throughout this Workshop. The most...
Dynamic Weapon-Target Assignment Problems with Vulnerable C2 Nodes (2000)
Hosein, Patrick A., Walton, James T., Athans, Michael
This paper presents a progress report on our work on the dynamic version of the Weapon to Target Assignment (WTA) problem and on the static version of the WTA problem in which vulnerable C3 nodes are...
ON THE DESIGN OF OPTIMAL CONSTRAINED DYNAMIC COMPENSATORS FOR LINEAR CONSTANT SYSTEMS, (1998)
Johnson,Timothy L., Athans,Michael
The paper deals with the design of linear time-invariant dynamic compensators of fixed dimensionality (s) which are to be used for the regulation of an n-th order linear time-invariant plant. A...
ADAPTIVE STOCHASTIC CONTROL FOR LINEAR SYSTEMS. PART I. SOLUTION METHOD, (1998)
The problem considered in this two-part paper deals with the control of linear, discrete-time, stochastic systems with unknown (possibly time-varying and random) gain parameters. The philosophy of...
The problem considered in this two-part paper deals with the control of linear, discrete-time, stochastic systems with unknown (possibly time-varying and random) gain parameters. The philosophy of...
OBSERVER THEORY FOR CONTINUOUS-TIME LINEAR SYSTEMS, (1998)
The paper describes the theory of constructing observer-estimators for linear, continuous-time systems. Both deterministic and stochastic cases are considered; in particular, the case that some...
An Approach to Semiautomated Optimal Scheduling and Holding Strategies for Air Control, (1998)
Athans,Michael, Porter,Lynn W.
The paper considers the problem of coordinating the traffic flow and holding patterns of N aircraft which desire to land in a single runway. A distance separation is to be enforced over the outer...
On the Stochastic Control of Linear Systems with Different Information Sets, (1998)
Chong,Chee-Yee, Athans,Michael
The paper deals with the stochastic control of linear systems in which the information available to distinct controllers is different. Constraints on the control structure are imposed. Necessary...
Optimal Limited State Variable Feedback Controllers for Linear Systems, (1998)
Levine,William S., Johnson,Timothy L., Athans,Michael
The paper considers the problem of designing compensators for linear systems whose dimensionality is fixed a priori. Two types of compensators are considered. First static (gain only) compensators...
On the Application of Deterministic Optimization Methods to Stochastic Control Problems, (1998)
Athans,Michael, Kramer,Leslie C.
A technique is presented by which one can apply the Minimum Principle of Pontryagin to stochastic optimal control problems formulated around linear systems with Gaussian noises and general cost...
Geering,Hans P., Athans,Michael
The paper reports a self-contained theory of extrema (viz. suprema, maxima, minima, and infima) of differentiable functions of several (possibly infinitely many) variables mapping into...
On Simultaneous Choice of Dynamic Control and Measurement Strategies for Stochastic Systems, (1998)
Athans,Michael, Kramer,Leslie C.
Stochastic optimal control problems in which the measurement equation contains a control variable are considered. Conditions under which it is possible to separately optimize the measurement and the...
On Stochastic Control System DesigN Methods for Weakly Coupled Large Scale Linear Systems, (1998)
Kwong,Raymond, Chong,Chee-Yee, Athans,Michael
The paper considers the problem of decentralized control of two weakly coupled linear stochastic systems, using quadratic performance indices. The basic idea is to have each controller control...
Control Theory for Large Scale and Uncertain Systems Applicable to Aerospace Systems. (1998)
Athans,Michael, Mitter,Sanjoy K.
The report describes the research carried out by members of the Decision and Control Sciences Group at the Electronic Systems Laboratory, M.I.T. Research was carried out on the following main topics:...
On the Adaptive Control of Linear Systems Using the Open-Loop-Feedback-Optimal Approach, (1998)
The paper considers the suboptimal stochastic control of linear discrete-time dynamical systems with unknown or stochasticallt varying parameters. The suboptimal scheme is based upon the use of the...
Geering,Hans P., Athans,Michael
The paper reports a reasonably complete theory of necessary and sufficient conditions for a control to be superior with respect to a non-scalar-valued performance criterion. The latter maps into a...
Solution of Some Non-Classical LOG (Linear Quadractic Gaussian) Stochastic Decision Problems, (1998)
The paper considers stochastic problems in team theory. In particular, the linearity of the optimal control laws for the one-step delay LOG stochastic control problem is established, and the explicit...
On Stochastic Dynamic Stackelberg Strategies, (1998)
Castanon,David, Athans,Michael
Feedback Stackelberg strategies are considered for two person linear multistage games with quadratic performance criteria and noisy measurements. Explicit solutions are given when the information...
Convergence and Asymptotic Agreement in Distributed Decision Problems, (1998)
Tsitsiklis,John N., Athans,Michael
We consider a distributed team decision problem in which different agents obtain from the environment different stochastic measurements, possibly at different random times, related to the same...
Stochastic and Adaptive Systems. (1998)
Athans,Michael, Mitter,Sanjoy K., Valavani,Lena
This final report describes the research carried out under the AFOSR grant. Research was carried out on the following main topics: (1) realization theory for stochastic systems; (2) linear and...
Convergence and Asymptotic Agreement in Distributed Decision Problems, (1998)
Tsitsiklis,John N., Athans,Michael
We consider a distributed team decision problem in which different agents obtain from the environment different stochastic measurements, possibly at different random times, related to the same...
Robustness of Adaptive Control Algorithms in the Presence of Unmodeled Dynamics, (1998)
Rohrs,Charles E., Valavani,Lena, Athans,Michael, Stein,Gunter
This paper reports the outcome of an exhaustive analytical and numerical investigation of stability and robustness properties of a wide class of adaptive control algorithms in the presence of...
Some Design Guidelines for Discrete-Time Adaptive Controllers, (1998)
Rohrs,Charles E., Athans,Michael, Valavani,Lena, Stein,Gunter
There have been many algorithms proposed for adaptive control which will provide globally asymptotically stable controllers if some stringent conditions on the plant are met. The conditions on the...
Comments on Bounded Error Adaptive Control, (1998)
Orlicki,David, Valavani,Lena, Athans,Michael
Sponsored in part by Grant NGL-22-009-124.
Naval C3 (Command, Control and Communications) Distributed Tactical Decision Making. (1998)
Athans,Michael, Lewis,Alexander H.
The objective of the research is to address analytical and computational issues that arise in the modeling, analysis and design of distributed tactical decisionmaking. The research plan has been...
Naval C3 (Command-and-Control-and-Communications) Distributed Tactical Decision Making. (1998)
Athans,Michael, Levis,Alexander H.
The objective of this to address analytical and computational issues that arise in the modeling, analysis and design of distributed tactical decisionmaking. The research plan has been organized into...
Naval C(3) Distributed Tactical Decisionmaking. (1998)
Athans,Michael, Levis,Alexander H.
Progress on eight research problems addressing distributed tactical decisionmaking is described. Topics include: Real Time situation assessment; Real time resource allocation; Impact of informational...
Command and Control Theory. (1998)
Levis, Alexander H., Athans, Michael
The main goal of this research is to start bridging the gap between mathematical theories of command and control and empirical studies. More specifically, the goal is to develop theories on the one...
The Quest for a C3 Theory: Dreams and Realities, (1998)
Levis, Alexander H., Athans, Michael
What is a theory? The Random House Dictionary tells us that it is A coherent group of general propositions used as principles of explanation for a class of phenomena. The phenomenon of concern here...
Naval C3 Distributed Tactical Decisionmaking. (1998)
Athans, Michael, Levis, Alexander H.
The objective of the research is to address analytical and computational issues that arise in the modeling, analysis and design of distributed tactical decisionmaking. The research plan has been...
Command and Control Theory. (1998)
Levis, Alexander H., Athans, Michael
The main goal of this research is to start bridging the gap between mathematical theories of command and control and empirical studies. More specifically, the goal is to develop theories on the one...
Naval C3 Distributed Tactical Decisionmaking. (1998)
Athans, Michael, Levis, Alexander H.
The objective of the research is to address analytical and computational issues that arise in the modeling, analysis and design of distributed tactical decisionmaking. The research plan has been...
Naval C3 Distributed Tactical Decision Making. (1998)
Athans, Michael, Lewis, Alexander H.
The project objectives is to address analytical and computational issues that arise in the modeling, analysis and design of distributed tactical decisionmaking. The research plan was organized into...
Optimum Configuration for Distributed Teams of Two Decision-Makers. (1998)
Papastavrou, Jason D., Athans, Michael
This paper deals with problems of quantitative organizational design. We show that the optimal architecture of even a very simple team of two decision makers (DMs) performing binary hypothesis...
The Dynamic Weapon-Target Assignment Problem. (1998)
Hosein, Patrick, Athans, Michael
We present a progress report on our recent results on the dynamic version of the Weapon to Target Assignment (WTA) problem. In this paper we will present result for the Asset-Based problem. In the...
Designing an Organization in a Hypothesis Testing Framework. (1998)
Papastavrou, Jason D., Pothiawala, Javed, Athans, Michael
This paper deals with problems of quantitative organizational design. We endorse the development of a Normative Decision Theory for the quantitative study of distributed organizations. We suggest...
Strategies for Asset Defense with Precursor Attacks on the Command and Control System. (1998)
Walton, James T., Athans, Michael
In this paper we present a progress report on our work on the static version of the Weapon to Target Assignment (WTA) problem in which vulnerable, distributed C3 nodes are included in the...
Command and Control Theory. (1998)
Levis, Alexander H., Athans, Michael
The main goal of this research is to start bridging the gap between mathematical theories of command and control and empirical studies. More specifically, the goal is to develop theories on the one...
Distributed Detection by a Large Team of Sensors in Tandem, (1998)
Papastavrou, Jason D., Athans, Michael
The problem of decentralized binary hypothesis testing by a team consisting of N decision makers (DMs) in tandem is considered. Each DM receives an observation and transmits a binary message to its...
On Optimal Distributed Decision Architectures in a Hypothesis Testing Environment, (1998)
Papastavrou, Jason D., Athans, Michael
We consider the distributed detection problem, in which a set of decision makers (DMs) receive observations of the environment and transmit finite-valued messages to other DMs according to...
Some Analytical Results for the Dynamic Weapon-Target Allocation Problem. (1998)
Hosein, Patrick A., Athans, Michael
We consider the dynamic version of the Weapon-Target Allocation problem. This problem is, in general, NP-Complete, so our aim is to provide insight into the problem and its solution. We provide...
On synthesizing robust decentralized controllers (1993)
Lopez, José E, Athans, Michael.
Caption title.
On synthesizing robust decentralized controllers (1993)
Lopez, José E, Athans, Michael.
Caption title.
On synthesizing partially decentralized controllers (1992)
Lopez, José E, Athans, Michael.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 25).
On synthesizing partially decentralized controllers (1992)
Lopez, José E, Athans, Michael.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 25).
Lopez, José E, Athans, Michael.
Caption title.
Lopez, José E, Athans, Michael.
Caption title.
STRATEGIES FOR ASSET DEFENSE WITH PRECURSOR ATTACKS ON THE COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM (1989)
James T. Walton, Michael Athans
Due to the condition of the original material, there are unavoidable flaws in this reproduction. We have made every effort possible to provide you with the best copy available. If you are...
Design of feedback control systems for stable plants with saturating actuators (1988)
Kapasouris, Petros., Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter.
Caption title.
Design of feedback control systems for stable plants with saturating actuators (1988)
Kapasouris, Petros., Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter.
Caption title. "Prepared for 27th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control--Austin, Texas--December 7-9, 1988." "TP-291."
Design of feedback control systems for unstable plants with saturating actuators (1988)
Kapasouris, Petros., Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter.
Cover title.
Status report #5 on nonlinear and adaptive control (1988)
Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter., Valavani, Lena., Ames Research Center., Langley Research Center., ...
Includes bibliographical references.
Status report #6 on nonlinear and adaptive control (1988)
Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter., Valavani, Lena.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-16).
Status report #6 on nonlinear and adaptive control (1988)
Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter., Valavani, Lena.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-16).
Status report #5 on nonlinear and adaptive control (1988)
Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter., Valavani, Lena., Ames Research Center., Langley Research Center., ...
Includes bibliographical references.
Design of feedback control systems for unstable plants with saturating actuators (1988)
Kapasouris, Petros., Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter.
Cover title.
Design of feedback control systems for stable plants with saturating actuators (1988)
Kapasouris, Petros., Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter.
Caption title. "Prepared for 27th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control--Austin, Texas--December 7-9, 1988." "TP-291."
Design of feedback control systems for stable plants with saturating actuators (1988)
Kapasouris, Petros., Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter.
Caption title.
On reliable control system designs (1986)
Birdwell, J. Douglas (John Douglas), Castañon, David A., Athans, Michael.
Bibliography: p. [37].
Status report #4 on nonlinear and adaptive control (1986)
Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter., Valavani, Lena., Ames Research Center., Langley Research Center., ...
Includes bibliographical references.
Status report #4 on nonlinear and adaptive control (1986)
Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter., Valavani, Lena., Ames Research Center., Langley Research Center., ...
Includes bibliographical references.
On reliable control system designs (1986)
Birdwell, J. Douglas (John Douglas), Castañon, David A., Athans, Michael.
Bibliography: p. [37].
On reliable control system designs (1985)
Birdwell, J. Douglas (John Douglas), Castañon, David A., Athans, Michael.
"December, 1985." Caption title.
Status report #2 on nonlinear and adaptive control (1985)
Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter., Valavani, Lena S.
"December 31, 1985."
Status report #2 on nonlinear and adaptive control (1985)
Athans, Michael., Stein, Günter., Valavani, Lena S.
"December 31, 1985."
On reliable control system designs (1985)
Birdwell, J. Douglas (John Douglas), Castañon, David A., Athans, Michael.
"December, 1985." Caption title.
Convergence and asymptotic agreement in distributed decision problems (1984)
John N. Tsitsiklis, Michael Athans
Abstract-We consider a distributed team decision problem in nrhich A related-and much more general situation-is the subject of different agents obtain from the environment different stochastic...
Conic sectors for sampled-data feedback systems (1983)
Thompson, Peter M. (Peter Murray), Stein, Günter., Athans, Michael.
"April, 1983" (Revision of LIDS-P-1257)
Conic sectors for sampled-data feedback (1983)
Thompson, Peter M. (Peter Murray), Stein, Günter., Athans, Michael.
"July, 1983." Caption title.
Real Time Estimation of Ship Motions Using Kalman Filtering Techniques (1983)
Triantafyllou, Michael S., Bodson, Marc, Athans, Michael
The estimation of the heave, pitch, roll, sway, and yaw motions of a DD-963 destroyer is studied, using Kalman filtering techniques, for application in VTOL aircraft landing. The governing equations...
Real Time Estimation of Ship Motions Using Kalman Filtering Techniques (1983)
Triantafyllou, Michael S., Bodson, Marc, Athans, Michael
The estimation of the heave, pitch, roll, sway, and yaw motions of a DD-963 destroyer is studied, using Kalman filtering techniques, for application in VTOL aircraft landing. The governing equations...
Conic sectors for sampled-data feedback (1983)
Thompson, Peter M. (Peter Murray), Stein, Günter., Athans, Michael.
"July, 1983." Caption title.
Conic sectors for sampled-data feedback systems (1983)
Thompson, Peter M. (Peter Murray), Stein, Günter., Athans, Michael.
"April, 1983" (Revision of LIDS-P-1257)
Conic sectors for sampled-data feedback systems (1982)
Thompson, Peter M. (Peter Murray), Stein, Günter., Athans, Michael.
"October, 1982."
Conic sectors for sampled-data feedback systems (1982)
Thompson, Peter M. (Peter Murray), Stein, Günter., Athans, Michael.
"October, 1982."
On reliable control system designs with and without feedback reconfigurations (1979)
Birdwell, J. Douglas (John Douglas), Castañon, David A., Athans, Michael.
Bibliography: leaf 8.
On reliable control system designs with and without feedback reconfigurations (1979)
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Miw Atbam, Hard Copy (hc, Michael Athans
This research was carried out at the M. I. T. Electronic Systems
Athans, Michael, Falb, Peter L
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Optimal Adaptive Control Methods for Structurally Varying Systems
Alexander H. Sarris, Michael Athans
The problem of simultaneously identifying and controlling a time-varying, perfectly-observed linear system is posed. The parameters are assumed to obey a Markov structure and are estimated with a...