Newsletter 9 - February 21, 2008
NEWSLETTER 09 - IFAC TC 1.3 "DISCRETE EVENT AND HYBRID SYSTEM"
February 21, 2008
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Contents:
- Second edition of "Introduction to Discrete Event Systems" Published
- WODES'08, submission of benchmark examples
- Forthcoming IFAC events sponsored by TC 1.3
- Forthcoming IFAC events co-sponsored by TC 1.3
- Nonlinear Analysis : Hybrid Systems / Elsevier
- 17th IFAC World Congress
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* 1 - Second edition of "Introduction to Discrete Event Systems" Published
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Introduction to Discrete Event Systems
By: Christos Cassandras and Stephane Lafortune
The second edition of the popular textbook "Introduction to Discrete Event Systems" by Christos Cassandras and Stephane Lafortune was published in December 2007 by Springer. The first edition of this textbook was published in 1999 (Kluwer) and sold over 1600 copies worldwide.
Distinctive features of the second edition include:
- more detailed treatment of equivalence of automata, event diagnosis, and decentralized event diagnosis;
- expanded treatment of centralized and decentralized control of partially-observed systems;
- new sections on timed automata with guards (in the Alur-Dill formalism) and hybrid automata;
- an introduction to hybrid systems;
- updated coverage of discrete event simulation, including new software tools available;
- recent developments in sensitivity analysis for discrete event systems as well as hybrid systems.
"Introduction to Discrete Event Systems" is a comprehensive introduction to the field of discrete event
systems, offering a breadth of coverage that makes the material accessible to readers of varied backgrounds. The book emphasizes a unified modeling framework that transcends specific application areas, linking the following topics in a coherent manner: language and automata theory, supervisory control, Petri net theory, Markov chains and queueing theory, discrete event simulation, and concurrent estimation techniques.
The chapter titles are:
Chapter 1 - Systems and Models
Chapter 2 - Languages and Automata
Chapter 3 - Supervisory Control
Chapter 4 - Petri Nets
Chapter 5 - Timed and Hybrid Models
Chapter 6 - Stochastic Timed Automata
Chapter 7 - Markov Chains
Chapter 8 - Introduction to Queueing Theory
Chapter 9 - Controlled Markov Chains
Chapter 10 - Introduction to Discrete-Event Simulation
Chapter 11 - Sensitivity and Analysis and Concurrent Estimation
This textbook is valuable to advanced-level students and researchers in a variety of disciplines where the study of discrete event systems is relevant: control, communications, computer engineering, computer science, manufacturing engineering, operations research, and industrial engineering.
For further information, including the complete Table of Contents, please refer to:
http://www.springer.com/engineering/book/978-0-387-33332-8
The sale price is US$89.95 or 74,95 Euros.
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* 2 - WODES'08, submission of benchmark examples
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WODES'08, 9th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems
Göteborg, Sweden, Chalmers University of Technology, May 28-30, 2008
Welcome to the 9th International Workshop on Discrete Event Systems, WODES'08, May 28-30, 2008 at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. Around 100 papers were submitted to WODES'08, and these papers are now being reviewed by the IPC
Please note that it is still possible to submit papers on benchmark examples.
The deadline is April 1, see http://www.wodes2008.org/pages/benchmark.php .
Best regards,
Bengt Lennartson
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* 3 - Forthcoming IFAC Events Sponsored by TC 1.3
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DCDS'9 - 2nd IFAC Workshop on Dependable Control of Discrete Systems
Bari - Italy, June 10-12, 2009. http://dcds09.poliba.it
ADHS'09 - 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems
Zaragoza - Spain, September 16-19, 2009
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* 4 - Forthcoming IFAC Events Co-sponsored by TC 1.3
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SYSID09: 15th IFAC Symposium on System Identification
Saint-Malo/France, 6-8 July 2009, http://sysid2009.org/
INCOM 2009: 13th IFAC/IFIP Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing
Moscow/Russia, 3-5 June 2009
LSS 2010: 12th IFAC/IEEE/IMACS Symposium on Large Scale Systems: Theory and Applications,
Lille/France, 11-14 July 2010
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* 5 - Nonlinear Analysis : Hybrid Systems / Elsevier
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http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/709918/description#description
Editor-in-Chief: V. Lakshmikantham
This unique journal on hybrid systems is a new series (series C) of the Non Linear Analysis Journal of Elsevier.
Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems welcomes all important research and expository papers in any discipline. Papers that are principally concerned with the theory of hybrid systems should contain significant results indicating relevant applications. Papers that emphasize applications should consist
of important real world models and illuminating techniques. Papers that interrelate various aspects of hybrid systems will be most welcome.
There are tight connections between this Journal and the activities of TC 1.3. A special issue of the Journal is dedicated to the publication of peer-review, extended versions of 10 papers selected from the IFAC ADHS'O6 conference.
Another special issue will be dedicated to a selection of best papers on Hybrid Systems from the IFAC World Congress.
IFAC affiliation for this Journal is under negociation with the IFAC publication committee.
Paper submissions and proposals of special issues from members of our TC are most welcome.
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* 6 - 17th IFAC World Congress
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17th World Congress of International Federation of Automatic Control *
COEX, Seoul, Korea, July 6-11,2008
