We consider the strong stabilization of small amplitude gravity water waves in a two dimensional rectangular domain. The control acts on one lateral boundary, by imposing the horizontal acceleration of the water along that boundary, as a multiple of a scalar input function u, times a given function h of the height along the active boundary. The state z of the system consists of two functions: the water

In this paper we propose a novel stochastic consensus seeking algorithm based on the introduction of a nonlinear transformation aimed at robustification with respect to noise influence. The introduced nonlinear transformation is selected according to the methodology of stochastic approximation and robust statistics. The proposed algorithm represents a general nonlinear stochastic consensus seeking

In this note we reflect on the work and life of Ruth Curtain. This article is strongly based on the article (Zwart, 2019), which was written in Dutch.

We consider a finite-horizon continuous-time optimal control problem with nonlinear dynamics, an integral cost, control constraints and a time-varying parameter which represents perturbations or uncertainty. After discretizing the problem we employ a Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach by first solving the problem over the entire remaining time horizon and then applying the first element of the

In our previous work, we investigated detectability of discrete event systems, which is defined as the ability to determine the current and subsequent states of a system based on observation. For different applications, we defined four types of detectabilities: (weak) detectability, strong detectability, (weak) periodic detectability, and strong periodic detectability. In this paper, we extend our

This paper studies monotone tridiagonal systems with negative feedback. These systems possess the Poincaré-Bendixson property, which implies that, if orbits are bounded, if there is a unique steady state and this unique steady state is asymptotically stable, and if one can rule out periodic orbits, then the steady state is globally asymptotically stable. Two different approaches are discussed to rule

Our previous work considers detectability of discrete event systems which is to determine the current state and subsequent states of a system based on event observation. We assume that event observation is static, that is, if an event is observable, then all its occurrences are observable. However, in practical systems such as sensor networks, event observation often needs to be dynamic, that is, the

After stimulation by chemoattractant, Dictyostelium cells exhibit a rapid response. The concentrations of several intracellular proteins rise rapidly reaching their maximum levels approximately 5-10 seconds, after which they return to prestimulus levels. This response, which is found in many other chemotaxing cells, is an example of a step disturbance rejection, a process known to biologists as perfect