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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTOMATIC CONTROL

Special Issue

on

Positive Polynomials in Control

Positive polynomials are at the heart of innumerable methods recently developed in control systems. This very fast growth goes back to the 90s when sum of squares relaxations were firstly introduced for establishing the positivity of polynomials thanks to the simultaneous development of dedicated tools for solving linear matrix inequality problems. From then on, positive polynomials have been usefully exploited in fundamental problems such as stability, robustness, and performance, for both analysis and synthesis, coming as natural extension of the pioneering techniques based on Lyapunov stability theory and quadratic functions, and allowing for the development of state of the art methods.

While the passage to the next generation of methods involving positive non-polynomial functions is still far, the development of theory and tools based on positive polynomials has reached a solid level. This special issue aims to identify to what extent positive polynomials are currently exploited and can be further exploited in control systems, attempting to provide a complete overview of their application area as well as outline their potentialities and limitations in both theoretical and practical uses. The target of this collection of works on positive polynomials is to identify the state of the art of this young and promising field.

Specific topics that fall under the purview of this special issue would include, but not be limited to, the following:

Positive polynomials in hybrid systems, nonlinear systems, and uncertain systems;

Stability, robustness, and performance based on positive polynomials;

Optimization in control systems via positive polynomials;

Theoretical and numerical issues of positive polynomials.

Submission Details:

All papers submitted to the special issue will be subject to peer review in accordance with the established practices of the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. Papers that do not fall within the scope of the special issue will be returned to the authors without review, to enable them to submit them as regular papers through the normal channels.

Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts to either one of the guest editors. The manuscript format should follow the guidelines posted at the website: http://control.bu.edu/ieee. Hardcopy submissions will not be accepted.

Important dates:

Paper submission: DEADLINE: July 1, 2007;

Acceptance: December 2007;

Tentative Publication: September 2008.

Guest Editors:

Graziano Chesi

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Department of Electric and Electronic Engineering

University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam Road

Hong Kong

Phone: +852-28578482

Fax: +852-25598738

chesi@eee.hku.hk

Didier Henrion

Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

LAAS-CNRS

7 Av Col Roche

31077 Toulouse

France

Phone: +33-561336308

Fax: +33-561336969

henrion@laas.fr