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JANUARY 2009 VOLUME 54

NUMBER 1

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PAPERS

Inclusion Principle for Descriptor Systems D. Chu, Y. Ohta, and D. D. Siljak

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of State Space Models From Frequency Domain Data. . . .

A. Wills, B. Ninness, and S. Gibson Identification of Systems With Regime Switching and Unmodeled Dynamics

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G. G. Yin, S. Kan, L. Y. Wang, and C.-Z. Xu Distributed

Subgradient Methods for Multi-Agent OptillÙzation

A. Nedié and A. Ozdaglar On System Gains, Nonlinearity Measures, and Linear Models for Nonlinear Systems.. . . .. . .. . . .. ... .. . . .. . .. .. . . .. . .. . . .

""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""'" T. SchweickhardtandFAllgower Root Locus for Random Reference Tracking in Systems With Saturating Actuators ...

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Quantum Risk -Sensitive Estimation and Robustness N. Yamamoto and L. Bouten

Optimal Contrai of Multi-Stage Discrete Event Systems With Real- Time Constraints J. Mao and C. G. Cassandras Distributed Contrai for Identical Dynamically Coupled Systems: A Decomposition Approach

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P.Massioni and M. Verhaegen

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TECHNICAL NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE

Stochastic Passivity and its Application in Adaptive Contrai

I. Yaeshand U. Shaked Exponential Stability of a Class of Boundary Contrai Systems.

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VIllegas, H. Zwart, Y. Le Gorrec, and B. Maschke

Delay-Dependent Exponential Stability of Neutral Stochastic Delay Systems L. Huang and X. Mao

Asymptotic Optimality of Multicenter Voronoi Configurations for Random Field Estimation. . . .

""""""""""""""""""""""""""" R. GrahamandJ. Cortés Information Filtering and Array Aigorithms for Discrete- Time Markovian lump Linear Systems.

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M. H. Terra,1. Y. Ishihara, and G. Jesus Feedback Stabilization Over a First Order Moving Average Gaussian Noise Channel...

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A. J.Rojas, J. S. Freudenberg, and 1. H. Braslavsky Admissible Pole Locations for Tracking Random References. ... .. .. ... S. N. Ching, P. T. Kabamba, and S. M. Meerkov Mapping Based Aigorithm for Large-Scale Computation of Quasi- Polynomial Zeros. . . . . .. . . . .. T. Vyhlfdal and p.. Zîtek A Simplified Design for Strict Lyapunov Functions Under Matrosov Conditions. ... .. . . .. . .. ... . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. . .. . . . . F Mazenc, M. Malisoff, and O. Bernard Optimization of PID Controller Based on Maximization of the Proportional Gain Under Constraints on Robustness and

Sensitivity to Measurement Noise

T. B. Sekaraand M. R. Matausek

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