Mechanics and Control

Control Methodology: Robust Exponential Convergence with Bounded Controllers (M. Corless, G. Leitmann). Second Variation Conditions for the Optimal Control Problem with Normalized Final Time (D.G. Hull, C.N. D'Souza). A New Tool for Robust Control (A.G. Soldatos et al.). Applications to Aerospace Systems: PersuitEvasion Differential Games Applied to a 3Dimensional Missle Guidance Problem Using the Liapunov Approach (N.J.C. Greenwood). Periodic Optimal Endurance Cruise with Variable Camber Control (G. Sachs, R. Mehlhorn). Control of Mechanical Systems: Sequential Design of a Linear Quadratic Controller for the Deep Space Network Antennas (W. Gawronski). Maneuvering and Control of Space Structures (L.M. Meirovitch). Computational Techniques: Jacobian Motion (W. Stadler). Neural Modeling and Identification of Nonlinear Systems in an Abstract Space Setting (R.J.P. de Figueiredo). 15 additional articles. Index.