International Journal of Systems Science, Volume 31

Volume 31, Number 1, 2000

• C. J. Harris:
  Editor's Letter. 1
  
• Yuanchun Li, Baojian Tang, Zhixia Shi, Youfang Lu:
  Experimental study for trajectory tracking of a two-link flexible manipulator. 3-9
  
• Daniel Coca, Stephen A. Billings:
  Direct parameter identification of distributed parameter systems. 11-17
  
• Zidong Wang, H. Unbehauen:
  A class of nonlinear observers for discrete-time systems with parametric uncertainty. 19-26
  
• James B. McDonald, James V. Hansen:
  An application and comparison of some flexible parametric and semiparametric qualitative-response models with heteroskedasticity. 27-33
  
• T. H. Lee, J. X. Xu, M. Wang:
  An adaptive variable structure output tracking controller with improved transient performance. 35-45
  
• Xianfang Sun, Yuezu Fan, Feizhou Zhang:
  Globally optimal bounding ellipsoid algorithm for parameter estimation using artificial neural networks. 47-53
  
• Shengyuan Xu, Chengwu Yang:
  An algebraic approach to the robust stability analysis and robust stabilization of uncertain singular systems. 55-61
  
• Guoping Liu, G. R. Duan, Ronald J. Patton:
  Mixed time- and frequency-domain robust eigenstructure assignment. 63-71
  
• E. Zerrik, A. Boutoulout, A. El Jai:
  Actuators and regional boundary controllability of parabolic systems. 73-82
  
• Y. C. Sim, S. B. Leng, V. Subramaniam:
  A combined genetic algorithms-shooting method approach to solving optimal control problems. 83-89
  
• Ho-Won Jung, Yu-Whoan Ahn, Gil-Jo Kim:
  Optimal schedule and effort considering the penalty cost of schedule delay in software development. 91-95
  
• Kenneth W. Corscadden, Stephen R. Duncan:
  Multivariable disturbance modelling for web processes. 97-106
  
• Zhongfei Li, Shouyang Wang, Xiaotie Deng:
  A linear programming algorithm for optimal portfolio selection with transaction costs. 107-117
  
• D. H. Wang, C. B. Soh:
  Adaptive neural model-based decentralized predictive control. 119-130
  
• M. A. Rahim, S. N. Kabadi, P. K. Barnerjee:
  A single-period perishable inventory model where deterioration begins at a random point in time. 131-136
  

Volume 31, Number 2, 2000

• S. O. Reza Moheimani, Andrey V. Savkin, Ian R. Petersen:
  Synthesis of minimax optimal controllers for uncertain time-delay systems with structured uncertainty. 137-147
  
• Apostolos Serletis, Ioannis Andreadis:
  Chaotic Analysis of Us Money and Velocity Measures. 161-169
  
• R. Ghosh, S. Sen, K. B. Datta:
  An improved method for determining the stability of interval matrices. 171-176
  
• Rama K. Yedavalli, C. R. Ashokkumar:
  Time response bounds for linear parametric uncertain systems. 177-188
  
• Samo Gerksic, Dani Juricic, Stanko Strmcnik, Drago Matko:
  Wiener model based nonlinear predictive control. 189-202
  
• H. Trinh, T. Fernando:
  Some new stability conditions for two-dimensional difference systems. 203-211
  
• Hosam E. Emara-Shabaik:
  Recursive estimation of linear systems' parameters based on cumulant matching. 213-216
  
• Chao-Ton Su, Cheng-Chang Chang:
  Minimization of the life cycle cost for a multistate system under periodic maintenance. 217-227
  
• S. G. Cao, N. W. Rees, G. Feng, W. Liu:
  H infinity Control of nonlinear discrete-time systems based on dynamical fuzzy models. 229-241
  
• Stephen P. Banks, M. U. Salamci, D. McCaffrey:
  Non-local stabilization of nonlinear systems using switching manifolds. 243-254
  
• Bor-Wen Kreng, Shan-Yau Wu:
  Operational flexibility and optimal total production cost in multipleitem economic production quantity models. 255-261
  
• R. Naresh, J. Sharma:
  A hybrid method for hydroelectric generation scheduling using an artificial neural network. 263-271
  

Volume 31, Number 3, 2000

• M. C. Bouzeghoub, S. W. Ellacott, A. Easdown, M. Brown:
  On the identification of non-stationary linear processes. 273-286
  
• Wei-Min Wang, Shu-Mei Guo, Leang-San Shieh:
  Discretization of cascaded continuous-time controllers for state and input delayed systems. 287-296
  
• C. W. Chan, K. C. Cheung, W. K. Yeung:
  A computation-efficient on-line training algorithm for neurofuzzy networks. 297-306
  
• Hussain N. Al-Duwaish:
  A genetic approach to the identification of linear dynamical systems with static nonlinearities. 307-313
  
• Wei Wu:
  Time-varying feedforward and output feedback controllers for nonlinear time-delay processes. 315-330
  
• E. K. Boukas, F. Al-Sunni:
  Optimal tracker for unreliable manufacturing systems. 331-341
  
• Shiuh-Jer Huang, Ruey-Jing Lian:
  A combination of fuzzy logic and neural network controller for multiple-input multiple-output systems. 343-357
  
• Yong-Yan Cao, James Lam:
  Computation of robust stability bounds for time-delay systems with nonlinear time-varying perturbations. 359-365
  
• Li Yu:
  Robust control of linear uncertain systems with regional pole and variance constraints. 367-371
  
• Amit Ailon, Eun-Seok Choi, Byung-Ha Ahn:
  Structural properties of a flexible-joint robot model with output controllers and some related applications. 373-384
  
• Takehiro Mori, H. Kokame:
  Sufficient conditions for Hurwitz polynomials and their application to the stability of a polytope of polynomials. 385-390
  
• Chinho Lin, Bertram Tan, Wen-Chuan Lee:
  An Eoq Model for Deteriorating Items with Time-varying Demand and Shortages. 391-400
  
• Yong Fang, Tommy W. S. Chow:
  Synthesis of the sliding-mode neural network controller for unknown nonlinear discrete-time systems. 401-408
  

Volume 31, Number 5, 2000

• H.-X. Li, S. K. Tso:
  Quantitative design and analysis of fuzzy proportional-integralderivative control a step towards autotuning. 545-553
  
• Zidong Wang, H. Unbehauen:
  Nonlinear observers for a class of continuous-time uncertain state delayed systems. 555-562
  
• Hossein Arsham:
  The use of simulation in discrete-event dynamic systems design. 563-573
  
• K. Sasikumar, P. P. Mujumdar:
  Application of fuzzy probability in water quality management of a river system. 575-591
  
• Jhy-Ping Jhang, Shey-Huei Sheu:
  Optimal age and block replacement policies for a multi-component system with failure interaction. 593-603
  
• Bor-Wen Kreng, Shan-Yau Wu:
  Implementing an optimal policy for set-up time reduction in an economic production quantity model. 605-612
  
• Y. K. Wong:
  Qualitative analysis of equilibrium systems. 613-627
  
• Hong Yan, Quanling Wei:
  A method of transferring cones of intersection form to cones of sum form and its applications in data envelopment analysis models. 629-638
  
• Chin-Chia Wu, Wen-Chiung Lee, Juinn-Ming You:
  Trade-off solutions in a single-machine scheduling problem for minimizing total earliness and maximum tardiness. 639-647
  
• Shigemasa Takai:
  Supervisory control of partially observed discrete event systems with arbitrary control patterns. 649-656
  
• János Abonyi, Robert Babuska, Henk B. Verbruggen, Ferenc Szeifert:
  Incorporating prior knowledge in fuzzy model identification. 657-667
  
• Jin-Woo Lee, Jun-Ho Oh:
  Comparison of performance and computational efficiency in multirate linear quadratic Gaussian control. 669-676
  

Volume 31, Number 6, 2000

• Jong-Wuu Wu, Chinho Lin, Bertram Tan, Wen-Chuan Lee:
  An Eoq Inventory Model with Time-varying Demand and Weibull Deterioration with Shortages. 677-683
  
• Andrey V. Savkin, Ian R. Petersen:
  A method for simultaneous strong stabilization of linear time-varying systems. 685-689
  
• Wei Xing Zheng:
  Robust design of pole placement controllers in the presence of structured uncertainty. 691-697
  
• Abhijit Bhattacharya:
  A multiple-criteria decision problem for optimal management of farm resources under uncertainty - a case study. 699-703
  
• Sheng-Fuu Lin, An-Ping Wang:
  Design of observers with unknown inputs using eigenstructure assignment. 705-711
  
• Michael S. McCoy, Reuven R. Levary:
  A rule-based pilot performance model. 713-729
  
• Chuen-Ming Chen, Ching-Lain Chou, Lu-Ping Tsao, Chi-Teh Chen:
  A modified algorithm for aiming point guidance law. 731-739
  
• H. Trinh, Q. Ha:
  Design of linear functional observers for linear systems with unknown inputs. 741-749
  
• Guoyong Shi:
  Optimal bidirectional associative memories. 751-757
  
• Carla Seatzu:
  Design of decentralized constant-volume controllers for open-channels by solving a least squares problem. 759-770
  
• M. Y. Mashor:
  Hybrid multilayered perceptron networks. 771-785
  
• Zi-Li Deng:
  Time-domain approaches to multichannel optimal deconvolution. 787-796
  
• N. Eva Wu, George J. Klir:
  Optimal redundancy management in reconfigurable control systems based on normalized nonspecificity. 797-808
  
• Adam Czornik:
  Comments on 'Bounds for the eigenvalues of the solution matrix of the algebraic Riccati equation' by E. Yaz. 809
  

Volume 31, Number 7, 2000

• Robert I. Damper:
  Editorial for the Special Issue on 'Emergent Properties of Complex Systems': Emergence and levels of abstraction. 811-818
  
• Paul Andrew Watters:
  Time-invariant long-range correlations in electroencephalogram dynamics. 819-825
  
• Paolo Arena, Luigi Fortuna:
  Collective behaviour in cellular neural networks to model the central pattern generator. 827-841
  
• A. D. Channon, Robert I. Damper:
  Towards the evolutionary emergence of increasingly complex advantageous behaviours. 843-860
  
• D. Paul Benjamin:
  On the emergence of intelligent global behaviours from simple local actions. 861-872
  
• Nicholas Mark Gotts:
  Emergent phenomena in large sparse random arrays of Conway's 'Game of Life'. 873-894
  
• J. R. Alexander Jr., S. Challef:
  Control: an emergent property of biological neurons. 895-909
  
• Yinong Chen, James A. Reggia:
  The temporal correlation hypothesis for self-organizing feature maps. 911-921
  

Volume 31, Number 8, 2000

• Sergey Edward Lyshevski:
  Nonlinear identification and control of aircraft. 923-935
  
• Shin-Der Lee:
  Buffer sizing in complex cellular manufacturing systems. 937-948
  
• Juhng-Perng Su, Ching Ting Huang:
  Sigma adaptive fuzzy sliding mode control of a class of nonlinear systems. 949-959
  
• Ju H. Park, Sangchul Won:
  Stability of neutral delay-differential systems with nonlinear perturbations. 961-967
  
• C. E. Riddalls, S. Bennett, N. S. Tipi:
  Modelling the dynamics of supply chains. 969-976
  
• C. Ou-Yang, J. C. Lee:
  Evaluation of the information flow in a hierarchical shop floor control framework. 977-1001
  
• Ewaryst Rafajlowicz:
  Repeated least squares with inversion and its application in identifying linear distributed-parameter systems. 1003-1010
  
• Kuo-Kai Shyu, Yao-Wen Tsai, Yung Yu, Chui-Keng Lai:
  Decentralized dynamic output feedback controllers for interconnected systems with mismatched uncertainties using new sliding mode control. 1011-1020
  
• Hisashi Kando, Hiroyuki Ukai, Yoshifumi Morita:
  Design of multirate observers and multirate control systems. 1021-1030
  
• C. B. Soh:
  Robust stability of impulsive periodic hybrid systems with dependent perturbations. 1031-1041
  
• Ali Khaki Sedigh, Caro Lucas:
  Optimal design of robust quantitative feedback controllers using random optimization techniques. 1043-1052
  
• P. van der Kloet, F. L. Neerhoff:
  Diagonalization algorithms for linear time-varying dynamic systems. 1053-1057
  

Volume 31, Number 9, 2000

• Chiang Kao:
  Data envelopment analysis in resource allocation: an application to forest management. 1059-1066
  
• Yeong-Hwa Chang, Jin-Chuan Chang:
  Robust wedge-stability analysis and design of continuous constrained systems with stability radii. 1067-1075
  
• M. De La Sen, Ningsu Luo:
  Design of linear observers for a class of linear hybrid systems. 1077-1090
  
• Reinaldo M. Palhares, Pedro L. D. Peres:
  Mixed filtering for uncertain linear systems: a linear matrix inequality approach. 1091-1098
  
• Meliksah Ertugrul, Okyay Kaynak, Feza Kerestecioglu:
  Gain adaptation in sliding mode control of robotic manipulators. 1099-1106
  
• K.-H. Cho, M.-S. Lee, J.-T. Lim:
  Supervisory control for optimal route guidance in intelligent vehicle highway systems based on hybrid network models. 1107-1113
  
• Xuemei Zhang, Hoang Pham:
  Comparisons of nonhomogeneous Poisson process software reliability models and its applications. 1115-1123
  
• Yen-Tseng Hsu, Jerome Yeh:
  A novel image compression using grey models on a dynamic window. 1125-1141
  
• Hassan Noura, Didier Theilliol, Dominique Sauter:
  Actuator fault-tolerant control design: demonstration on a three-tank-system. 1143-1155
  
• Shaun Marriott, Robert F. Harrison:
  A novel algorithmic approach to the integration of posterior knowledge into condition-monitoring systems. 1157-1174
  
• Zidong Wang, Huisheng Shu:
  Variance-constrained multiobjective filtering for uncertain continuous-time stochastic systems. 1175-1183
  
• C. C. Hsieh, T. C. Woo:
  Delay and size in hierarchical organizations. 1185-1194
  

Volume 31, Number 10, 2000

• M. Feemster, P. Vedagarbha, D. Haste, Darren M. Dawson:
  Adaptive output-feedback control of induction motors. 1195-1208
  
• Liang-Yuh Ouyang, Bor-Ren Chuang:
  A periodic review inventory model involving variable lead time with a service level constraint. 1209-1215
  
• C. Kwan, H. Xu, F. Lewis:
  Robust spacecraft attitude control using adaptive fuzzy logic. 1217-1225
  
• Jin Young Choi, Hyun Joo Park:
  Use of neural networks in iterative learning control systems. 1227-1239
  
• Chris J. Harris, Junbin Gao:
  Adaptive linear finite-element method for modelling nonlinear dynamic systems. 1241-1248
  
• Fiona T. Murray, John V. Ringwood, Paul C. Austin:
  Integration of multi-time-scale models in time series forecasting. 1249-1260
  
• Javier Aracil, Enrique Ponce, T. Alamo:
  A frequency-domain approach to bifurcations in control systems with saturation. 1261-1271
  
• J. B. Gomm, D. L. Yu:
  Order and delay selection for neural network modelling by identification of linearized models. 1273-1283
  
• Shoulie Xie, Lihua Xie:
  Decentralized global disturbance attenuation for a class of large-scale uncertain nonlinear systems. 1285-1297
  
• Hiroaki Mukaidani, Hua Xu, Koichi Mizukami:
  Recursive algorithm for mixed H₂/H₈ control problem of singularly perturbed systems. 1299-1312
  
• Jin-De Cao:
  Global asymptotic stability of neural networks with transmission delays. 1313-1316
  
• M. Lefebvre:
  Linearization of a dynamic programming equation. 1317-1322
  
• J. Hino, T. Yoshimura:
  Prediction of chatter in high-speed milling by means of fuzzy neural networks. 1323-1330
  

Volume 31, Number 11, 2000

• K. Worden:
  Intelligent fault detection. 1331-1332
  
• C. Boller:
  Next generation structural health monitoring and its integration into aircraft design. 1333-1349
  
• P. F. Gobin, Y. Jayet, J. C. Baboux, M. Salvia, A. Chateauminois, J. C. Abry, G. Giraud:
  New trends in non-destructive evaluation in relation to the smart materials concept. 1351-1359
  
• N. Stubbs, S. Park, C. Sikorsky, S. Choi:
  A global non-destructive damage assessment methodology for civil engineering structures. 1361-1373
  
• J. Cattarius, D. J. Inman:
  Experimental verification of intelligent fault detection in rotor blades. 1375-1379
  
• Wieslaw J. Staszewski:
  Advanced data pre-processing for damage identification based on pattern recognition. 1381-1396
  
• Keith Worden, S. Gaerth Pierce, Graeme Manson, W. R. Philp, Wieslaw J. Staszewski, B. Culshaw:
  Detection of defects in composite plates using Lamb waves and novelty detection. 1397-1409
  
• M. J. Desforges, P. J. Jacob, A. D. Ball:
  Fault detection in rotating machinery using kernel-based probability density estimation. 1411-1426
  
• Lionel Tarassenko, A. Nairac, Neil W. Townsend, I. Buxton, P. Cowley:
  Novelty detection for the identification of abnormalities. 1427-1439
  
• Ronald J. Patton, J. Chen, H. Benkhedda:
  A study on neuro-fuzzy systems for fault diagnosis. 1441-1448
  
• D. J. H. Wilson, George W. Irwin:
  Pls Modelling and Fault Detection on the Tennessee Eastman Benchmark. 1449-1457
  
• P. R. Goulding, Barry Lennox, David J. Sandoz, K. J. Smith, Ognjen Marjanovic:
  Fault detection in continuous processes using multivariate statistical methods. 1459-1471
  
• F. Jia, E. B. Martin, A. J. Morris:
  Non-linear principal components analysis with application to process fault detection. 1473-1487
  
• R. Scattoloni:
  Fault identification: an approach based on propagation digraphs. 1489-1496
  
• H. G. Natke, C. Cempel:
  Model-based diagnosis of systems emphasizing a holistic approach. 1497-1504
  
• J. A. Brandon:
  The design and implementation of intelligent systems for structural integrity assessment. 1505-1510
  
• Yakov Ben-Haim:
  Robustness of model-based fault diagnosis: decisions with information-gap models of uncertainty. 1511-1518
  

Volume 31, Number 12, 2000

• Rafael Martinez Guerra, Alexander Poznyak, Vicente Diaz De Leon:
  Robustness property of high-gain observers for closed-loop nonlinear systems: theoretical study and robotics control application. 1519-1529
  
• Guoping Liu, Stephen A. Billings, Visakan Kadirkamanathan:
  Nonlinear system identification using wavelet networks. 1531-1541
  
• Chao-Ton Su, Hsu-Hwa Chang:
  Optimization of parameter design: an intelligent approach using neural network and simulated annealing. 1543-1549
  
• Piotr Ostalczyk:
  The non-integer difference of the discrete-time function and its application to the control system synthesis. 1551-1561
  
• C. B. Soh:
  Controllability and observability of periodic hybrid interval systems. 1563-1571
  
• K.-H. Cho, J.-T. Lim:
  Fault-tolerant supervisory control under C, D observability and its application. 1573-1583
  
• Jooyoung Park, Yonmook Park:
  An optimization approach to design of cellular neural networks. 1585-1591
  
• Vikram Kapila, Wassim M. Haddad, Apostolos Grivas:
  Fixed-structure controller synthesis for systems with input nonlinearities and time delay. 1593-1599
  
• Daohang Sha, Vladimir B. Bajic:
  Robust discrete adaptive input-output-based sliding mode controller. 1601-1614
  
• Huang Ting-Zhu, Zhong Shou-Ming, Wang Chuan-Long:
  The stability of the linear systems with delays. 1615-1618
  
• Steven Ching-Yei Chung:
  The frequency-domain analysis of discrete variable structure control and chattering-free criteria. 1619-1626
  
• Michel Ferney:
  Modelling single-product production systems using state equations: continuous systems and discrete systems that can be represented by continuous models. 1627-1638