SESSION TP2: Approximate Solutions to PDEs Arising in Nonlinear Control

ROOM: Salon I CHAIR: W. Sluis (Cal Tech)
Synthesis of nonlinear observers with approximately linear error dynamics: The case for an output transformation S. Bortoff, University of Toronto, Canada
Geometric deformation theory and its utilization in feedback linearization and control R. Hermann, USA
Least squares solutions of systems of PDEs A. Banaszuk, University of California, USA
An efficient representation for analysis and synthesis of nonlinear control systems R. Murray, California Institute of Technology, USA, J., Hauser, University of Colorado, USA
Homotopy methods for finding approximate solutions to systems of PDE W. Sluis, California Institute of Technology, USA