Graham C. Goodwin, PhD
Jose
´
A. De Dona
´
, PhD
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Australia
Marı
´
a M. Seron, PhD
Departamento de Electro
´
nica, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Series Editors
E.D. Sontag • M. Thoma • A. Isidori • J.H. van Schuppen
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Goodwin, Graham C. (Graham Clifford) , 1945–
Constrained control and estimation : an optimisation
approach. — (Communications and control engineering)
1. Automatic control
I. Title II. Seron, M. (Maria), 1963– III. De Dona, Jose A.
629.8
ISBN 1852335483
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
De Dona, Jose.
Constrained control and estimation : and optimisation approach / Jose De Dona
´
, Graham
Goodwin, and Marı
´
a Seron.
p. cm. — (Communications and control engineering ; ISSN 0178-5354)
ISBN 1-85233-548-3 (alk. paper)
1. Predictive control. 2. Control theory. I. Goodwin, Graham C. (Graham Clifford),
1945– II. Seron, M. (Marı
´
a), 1963– III. Title. IV. Series.
TJ217.6.D4 2004
629.8—dc21 2001049308
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