Dynamical Systems, Control, Coding, Computer Vision

• Networks, Systems and Control Theory.- Riccati Equations, Network Theory and Brune Synthesis: Old Solutions for Contemporary Problems.- Passive Linear Systems and Scattering Theory.- Tracking Control and ?-Freeness of Infinite Dimensional Linear Systems.- On Canonical Wiener-Hopf Factorizations.- State Space Methods for Analysis Problems Involving Rational Matrix Functions.- Stabilization of Nonlinear Systems Using Output Feedback.- Towards a System Theory for Model Set: Chain-Scattering Approach.- The Role of the Hamiltonian in the Solution of Algebraic Riccati Equations.- The Control and Mechanics of Human Movement Systems.- Numerical Methods for Linear Quadratic and H? Control Problems.- Nonlinear Feedback Stabilization Revisited.- Probabilistic Robustness Analysis and Design of Uncertain Systems.- An Approach to Observer Design.- System Theory and Coding.- Group Codes and Behaviors.- The Berlekamp-Massey algorithm, error-correction, keystreams and modeling.- An Algebraic Decoding Algorithm for Convolutional Codes.- Vision.- to the Mathematical Aspects of Computer Vision.- The Structure and Motion of Surfaces.- Shape from Texture and Shading with Wavelets.- Anisotropic Smoothing of Posterior Probabilities.- The Accommodation Cue in Vision.- Discrete-Events and Hybrid Systems.- Hybrid Control in Automotive Applications.- Control Synthesis for Discrete Event Systems.

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