August 5, 1999 -- Session A
Chateau Laurier
Adam Laurier Room

7:00 - 8:15	Registration
Adam Room Foyer


8:15 - 8:30	Opening Remarks
Adam Room


8:30 - 9:10	Keynote Lecture: L.A. Zadeh
		A New Direction in Systems Analysis -- From
		Computation with Measurements to Computation with
		Perceptions
		Abstract
		L.A. Zadeh
		    (University of California, Berkley

SESSION I -- (A) Chaos and Nonlinear Control Design

Time		Title, Authors and Affiliations

9:10 - 9:30	Chaos and Nonlinear Control Design Applied to
		the Bouncing Ball
		Abstract
		T.L. Vincent
		    (University of Arizona, USA)
		A.I. Mees
		    (University of Western Australia, AU)


9:30 - 9:50	Nonlinear Control of Spatiotemporal Chaos
		Abstract
		J-Q. Fang
		    (China Institute of Atomic Energy, CN)


9:50 - 10:10 	A Fully Integrated Missile Guidance and Control
		System
		Abstract
		N.F. Palumbo and T.D. Jackson
		    (The Johns Hopkins University, USA)


10:10 - 10:30	BREAK

SESSION II -- (A) Fuzzy Control and Neural Networks

Time		Title, Authors and Affiliations

10:30 - 10:50	Communication Network Failure Detection
		Utilizing Artificial Neural Networks
		Abstract
		C.B. Hudgins, B.C. Drake, S.K. Biswas and H.M. Sendaula
		    (Temple University, USA)


10:50 - 11:10	Preventive Power System Dynamic Security Control
		Using Fuzzy Logic Techniques
		Abstract
		M. Paloma de Arizon and J.R. Marti
		    (The University of British Columbia, CANADA)


11:10 - 11:30	Parameters' Estimation for Adaptive Robot Control
		Using Neural Networks
 		Abstract
		N. Bugnariu, C. Nerguizian
		    (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, CANADA)
		M. Saad
		    (Ecole de Technologie Superieure, CANADA)


11:30 - 11:50	Dynamic Recurrent Neural Networks for Identification
		of a Multivariable Nonlinear Evaporator System
		Abstract
		F. Garces, C. Kambhampati and K. Warwick
		    (University of Reading, UK)
		    

11:50 - 12:10	A Robust Fuzzy Controller for a Class of Multiple
		Hyperredundant Cooperative Robots
		Abstract
		M. Ivanescu, N. Bizdoaca, Viorel Stoian
		    (University of Craiova, ROMANIA)
		N.A. Popescu and D. Popescu
		    (University Politechnica, ROMANIA)
		    

12:10 - 13:30	LUNCH


13:30 - 13:50	Keynote Lecture: Prof. A. Cantoni
		Masked Filter Design with Implementation Uncertainty
		Abstract
		B. Vo and A. Cantoni
		    (Curtin University of Technology, AU)


13:50 - 14:10

SESSION III -- (A) Identification I

Time		Title, Authors and Affiliations

14:10 - 14:30	A Fault Detection and Isolation Filter for Discrete-
		Time Linear Systems with Disturbances
		Abstract
		A. Rios-Bolivar, F. Szigeti
		    (Universidad de los Andes, VENEZUELA)
		G. Garcia and J. Bernussou
		    (Tourlouse, FRANCE)


14:30 - 14:50	Determination of the Parameter D_2 in Fourth-Order
		PWM DC/DC Switching Converters
		Abstract
		E. Niculescu
		    (University of Craiova, ROMANIA)


14:50 - 15:10	Survey on Distances Using in the Tactile Recognition
		of Shapes
		Abstract
		D-M. Purcaru
		    (University of Craiova, ROMANIA)


15:10 - 15:30	BREAK

SESSION IV -- (A) Identification II

Time		Title, Authors and Affiliations

15:30 - 15:50	On the Adjusting to Second Order Systems: An
		Improvement
		Abstract
		E. Granado, O. Perez and T. Villegas
		    (Universidad Simon Bolivar, VENEZUELA)


15:50 - 16:10	On Line Dynamic Identification and Diagnosis
		in Gas Installations
		Abstract
		F. Aguglia, R. Ceravolo, A. De Stefano and M. Masoero
		    (Politecnico di Torino, ITALY)


16:10 - 16:30	An Approach for Fault Detection Filter Design
		Abstract
		A. Rios-Bolivar, F. Szigeti and R. Tarantino
		    (Universidad de los Andes, VENEZUELA)


16:30 - 16:50	More Advantageous Diffusion Trees for Multicast Routing
		Abstract
		M. Molnar
		    (IRISA, FRANCE)


16:50 - 17:10	Building Linear Models Through the Orthogonal
		Learning Algorithm and the Box-Jenkins Gas Data Set
		Abstract

17:10- 17:30    CAD/CAM as Enabling Technology for Concurrent Engineering
		S.S. Ahamed and A. Dagnino
		    (National Research Council, CANADA)



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