Advances in Statistical Control, Algebraic Systems Theory, and Dynamic Systems Characteristics: A Tr

Preface Acknowledgments List of Contributors Part I. Statistical Control Introduction and Literature Survey of Statistical Control: Going Beyond the Mean / Chang-Hee Won, Ronald W. Diersing, adn Stephen Yurkovich Cumulant Control Systems: The Cost-Variance, Discrete-Time Case / Luis Cosenza, Michael K. Sain, Ronald W. Diersing, and Chang-Hee Won Statistical Control of Stochastic Systems Incorporating Integral Feedback: Performance Robustness Analysis / Khanh D. Pham Multi-Cumulant and Pareto Solutions for Tactics Change Prediction and Performance Analysis in Stochastic Multi-Team Noncooperative Games Khanh D. Pham, Stanley R. Liberty, and Gang Jin A Multiobjective Cumulant Control Problem Ronald W. Diersing, Michael K. Sain, and Chang-Hee Won Part II. Algebraic Systems Theory Systems over a Semiring: Realization and Decoupling / Ying Shang and Michael K. Sain Modules of Zeroes for Linear Multivariable Systems / Cheryl B. Schrader and Bostwick F. Wyman Zeroes in Linear Time-Delay Systems / Giuseppe Conte and Anna Maria Perdon Part III. Dynamic Systems Characteristics On the Status of the Stability Theory of Discontinuous Dynamical Systems Anthony N. Michel and Ling Hou Direct Adaptive Optimal Control: Biologically Inspired Feedback Control Draguna Vrabie and Frank Lewis Characterization and Calculation of Approximate Decentralized Fixed Modes (ADFMs) Edward J. Davison and Amir G. Aghdam Some New Nonlinear and Symbol Manipulation Techniques to Mitigate Adverse Effects of High PAPR in OFDM Wireless Communications Byung Moo Lee and Rui J. P. de Figueiredo Homogeneous Domination and the Decentralized Control Problem for Nonlinear System Stabilization Jason Polendo, Chunjiang Qian, and Cheryl B. Schrader Volterra Control Synthesis Patrick M. Sain Part IV. Engineering Education The First Professional Degree: Master of Engineering? Peter Dorato Theology and Engineering: A Conversation in Two Languages Barbara K. Sain Publications of Michael K. Sain Index