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Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE VOLUME 34 January 2003 to December 2003 Editor P. J. Fleming, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield $1 3JD, UK, email: ijss(@ sheffield.ac.uk Co-Editor Visakan Kadirkamanathan, Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin Street, Sheffield $1 3JD, UK, email: visakan(@ sheffield.ac.uk Regional Editor (Asia—Pacific) C. W. Chan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, PR China, email: mechan@ hkuce.hku.hk Editorial Board D. Caldwell, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Salford, UK. D. W. Corne, Department of Computer Science, Cybernetics & Electronic Engineering, The University of Reading, UK. A. Gunasekaran, Department of Management, University of Massachusetts, USA. R. F. 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Subscriptions are entered MetaPress at journalsonline@ tandf.co.uk CONTENTS OF VOLUME 34 NUMBER I—15 JANUARY 2003 Strict positive realness for linear time-delay systems ee ee a ie hi ce wes, wav. ane vba oud ade: nac: seu cnc. sea dvaeh Sno naw dee abe nne Dynamic space allocation for temporary storage K. H. Kim and K. T. PARK ......... Comparison of four gradient- en algueitinns for anne anol Wiens neni Fi, SANCTAR oc inc cis i theiwnat dat Improved version of the MieNiertey- Pe cabiiaieanias inching dita N. Kappour, P. DEL Morat and E. IKONEN Unified initial condition response analysis of Lur’e systems “a sinew time-invariant systems P. GurFIL and M. JODORKOVSKY ... ... .... Performance optimization of continuous-time Neekin anne processese heisao n npeclenienee wenitiliiin T. HAO, X. HONGSHENG and Y. BAOQUN ... ... ... Performance evaluation of channel management on an RNC: system in saditmeiie soles maetaieh K.-H. LEE and H. HWANG NUMBER 2—10 FEBRUARY 2003 Schur decomposition and model reduction in the design of two-dimensional separable-denominator digital filters R. W. ALDHAHERI : Sei Sonsiobsaa te New approach on the automatic aaron of setieveataile PI conuetiinn'su sing anon feelin S. MENANI and H. Kolvo.. 7 Neurofuzzy network based wltudes cual with offset eliminating C. W. Cuan, X.-J. Liu and W. K. YEUNG iclaasgiete Adaptive stabilization for stochastic parametric-strict- feetiieeh: systems with Wii ener noises vad cuhiuaws covariance H.-B. Ji, Z.-F. CHEN and H.-S. XI ............ i yp Te eer ee On some inventory models involving iste oan an+ a price increase A. K. GHOSH gn Weeds Towards true linguistic indie count ont numaaten schiies R.J.G. B. CAMPELLO and W. C. AMARAL NUMBER 3—20 FEBRUARY 2003 Estimation of a reduction in CO, emissions by shifting commuters’ travel mode from the private car to public transport B. Li and H. TAMURA ........... 4 me Singular perturbation approach to trajectoryt rackingo f flexible vebee with joint elasticity B. SUBUDHI and A. S. Morris ...... .... batvads Adaptive weighting inverse method for the estimation of bane ‘nets C.-K. Ma, P.-C. TUAN, J.-M. CHANG and D.-C. LIN Queue length analysis of batch arrival queues under bilevel threshold med with outss et-up H. W. Leg, N. I. PARK and J. JEON Residual mode filters and 7/,. control for a aie of jaieibdie-dtianmabeiial Manan time systems H. SANO 5 ; PerEPe reeu re A novel approach for wtelins the pore performance oo f the heunien _ onal C.-M. Hsu, C.-T. Su and D. Liao D-stability problem of discrete singularly seuateuts systems F.-H. Hstao, J.-D. HWANG and S.-T. PAN NUMBER 4—15 MARCH 2003 Economic Order Quantity model with Weibull deterioration distribution, shortage and ramp-type demand B. C. Girt, A. K. JALAN and K. S. CHAUDHURI iV Optimal payment time for retailer’s inventory system H.-C. Liao and Y.-K. CHEN. Mean-variance-skewness model ee portfolio salieeilen with tt ransaction costs S. Lru, S. Y. WANG and W. Qiu Rationalization of singularly perturbed continuous systems ys time» diane K.-H. SHIM and M. E. SAWAN ...... ... A grey-based clustering algorithm and its sgniionso n sien systemo re i ee MI I INN gaia ike: slice ee Sie ail Whee aint Sink Wola Sign a0 ee Me ee Ge A pan nn NT ee Resilient guaranteed cost control for uncertain Sacnene hens jump systems X. GUAN, J. Wu, C. LONG and P. Sn Singular linear-quadratic optimal control problem nesa idle ofd een aie evinenin with multiple time-delays F. JUNE, C. ZHAOLIN and M. SHUPING NUMBER 5—15 APRIL 2003 Optimal maintenance model for a multistate deteriorating system: a geometric process approach Y. LAM and Y. K. TSE New elevator group-control method fanauapp -a eale periods S. HIKITA . Parallel signe for anid: silanes of Semen time systems P. BENNER, E. S. QUINTANA-ORTI and G. QUINTANA-ORTI Identification of nonlinear systems via piecewise rer oe pebvnsesbils enue W. Bin, Z. YI-SHENG and T. NAN-LIN ......... ... Quadratic cost output feedback control for bilinear systems S. SASAKI and K. UCHIDA. Eigenstructure assignment dele he antent integrala ow ne rs:“ ie Gustes time case G.R. Duan, G. P. Liu and S. THoMpPson.. H™ fault detection filter design for linear pr time systemse s anbiite 4t ime_ B. JIANG, M. STAROSWIECKI and V. COCQUEMPOT... .. NUMBER 6—15 MAY 2003 Stable direct adaptive fuzzy control for a class of MIMO non-linear systems T.-P. ZHANG.. i sae we are Robust deeuttediend sbiieaion of elie systems via lapmadinaieee enitauanen B. Lasisi, B. LOHMANN, A. KHAKI SEDIGH and P. JABEDAR MARALANI... ... 6... 00. cee cee cee cee eee eee Fuzzy opportunity cost for ~— model with quality penne investment H.-C. CHANG Discrete-time timescale mnliee via a new namie ratio walk waited ane H. SINGH, R. H. BROWN and D. SUBBARAM NAIDU Quantifying bounded rationality: Managerial behaviour and the Smith elton C. E. RIDDALLS andS . BENNETT Modelling, control, and stability analysis of non-n ian systems usin1g ulin deny ni matin Y.Gao and M. J. Er NUMBER 7—10 JUNE 2003 Fixed-point smoothing with non-independent uncertainty using covariance information S. NAKAMoRI, R. CABALLERO-AGUILA, A. HERMOSO-CARAZO and J. LINARES-PEREZ On feedback-controlled synchronization of chaotic systems X. L1Ao and G. CHEN oS: Ns Rs ARNE hile Sah gas ee alacant hate cand tane easar ee Maximum bounds for robust stability of linear uncertain descriptor systems with structured perturbations C. Lin, J. WANG and C. B. Sou Multidimensional mutations in evolutionary dendtine: nineo ne ner nnenninntions A. OBUCHOWICZ Robust 1, and guaranteed-cost filter designs of uncertain time-varying delay systems NUMBERS 8-9—4 JULY 2003 SPECIAL ISSUE Time Delay Systems: Theory and Control Guest Editors: Michel Dambrine and Jean-Pierre Richard Editorial to the IJSS Special Issue on Time Delay Systems: Theory and Control SVROUOEL, BPA MAMNNPOE CAINE) DATO PUEMNE MORO TEAMED co. cne aks nen cae cen cee cto cee sen tes cee ane cee ace eas Stability and control of feedback systems with time delays J. K. HALE and S. M. VeRDUYN LUNEL Asymptotic properties of the solutions for discrete Velierse quation V. B. KOLMANOVSKII.. Generic decoupling sedis for stsuttia: deecibiiyss ystems O. SENAME ss Anu enaradack ; aka Feedback realization of anvchiaiien onions for nent systems over ap olwyi ih’ ring V. VAN ASSCHE, J.-F. LAFAYy and J. J. LOISEAU . A Generalized flatness concept for nonlinear delay systems: motivation “— launch reactor vemabine with constant or input dependent delays J. RUDOLPH andJ . WINKLER On the delay sensitivity of Smith Predictors. W. MIcuHIELs and S.-I. NICULESCU Sliding mode control of systems with enenie perenesv iaa ted cv, E. FRIDMAN, F. GOUAISBAUT, M. DAMBRINE and J.-P. RICHARD... 10... cee cee cee cee cee cee cee tee eee NUMBERS 10-11—15 AUGUST-15 SEPTEMBER 2003 SPECIAL ISSUE Time Delay Systems for Communication Networks Guest Editors: Hughes Mounier and Jean-Pierre Richard IJSS Special Issue on Telecommunications H. Mounier and J.-P. RICHARD ... ... ... ‘ mes Linear time delay model for studying load hela instabilities iin — ammunition C. T. ABDALLAH, N. ALLuri, J. D. BIRDWELL, J. CHIASSON, V. CHUPRYNA, Z. TANG and eo eee ae tere Stability of ABR conmeation oust’: usingy the ieee of dans differential equation O. Ait-HELLAL and E. ALTMAN , , Fluid modelling of packet switching enwiin eunapaniions for wenitin vn F. CHaTTE, B. DucouRTHIAL, D. NACE and S.-I. NICULESCU ... ... ... eee Total delay compensation in LAN control systems and cowraeagalf or nhihilins P. H. Bauer, C. LORAND, M. SICHITIU and K. PREMARATNE.. Round trip time TCP tracking: a first step towards QoS 7 H. Mounier, G. BASTIN, V. VEQUE and L. ZITOUNE . eRe Admission and routing control with partial information io’ limited buffers E. ALTMAN, R. MARQUEZ and U. YECHIALI . Dead-time and feed-forward disturbance cunmpemneiinn for enigalines aun’ inw aeie wnueiie S. MASCOLO. NUMBERS 12-13—10-20 OCTOBER 2003 Regional flux reconstruction for parabolic systems NN eer I Ft iis in snc. sae nds hndinan au war nee aide wee ede cngrded easinem enn ea Vi The performance of discrete linear paaeitsaitien control for /, disturbance rejection J. ZHANG and C. ZHANG ......... : ae Fuzzy modelling and simulation for ooaneigian pesduiinn planning J. TANG, R. Y. K. FUNG and K.-L. YUNG stat eae Robust exponential stabilization for uncertain systems with state - cau delay P.-L. Liu A statistical approach to multiple-attribute decision-making with interval numbers Q. ZHANG, J. MA, Z.-P. FAN and W.-C. CHIANG ...... ... ee ee Adaptive Kernel-based equalization for non-stationary dieital c¢ ommunications» denials B. MITCHINSON and R. F. HARRISON Be Bt pe te ais!p a sicaccectt aneremate Robust decentralized control of large-scale systems via H. nui al wie Seecsignes system repre- sentation B. LaBisi, B. LOHMANN, A. K. SEDIGH and P. J. MARALANT ... 2... 00. 20. coe cee cee coe cee coe cee cee eee eee A simulation-based approach to study stochastic inventory-planning games ~ J.J. Rao, K. K. RAVULAPATI and T. K. DAs NUMBERS 14-15—15 NOVEMBER-15 DECEMBER 2003 SPECIAL ISSUE Data-driven Modelling Methods and their Applications Guest Editor: C. W. Chan Editorial: special issue on data-driven err methods and their applications ROW 2R ORRIANT 6555.5 50 Experimental design - omits construction slentiene foro les mre panera mebwviis X. HONG and C. J. HARRIS ale A linear parameter-varying radial basis Seanin mutha aa anette coment of a» ceeds reactor D. L. Yu and D.-W. Yu : . ; : reer: Modelling of river discharges and rainfall using — sone Sanction netviaiten Neha on sent vector regression ¥ K. Y. CHoy and C. W. CHAN ‘cae Fuzzy prediction model for water demand anon using an iterpolatv oe reasoningo r M. SHIMAKAWA and S. MURAKAMI ' : Saigas Robust fuzzy Gustafson—Kessel clustering for i system identification Baa i 0 WIN cc iss seve bos cesdacs svn ate gd Takagi—Sugeno model synthesis of a quasi-n one nalibideated mihiie vale J.T. Economou, A. Tsourbos, B. A. WHITE and P. C. K. Luk Data-driven fuzzy modelling of a rotary dryer L. YLINIEMI, J. KOSKINEN and K. LEIVISKA ...... ... . Real-time simulation and control systems design by the Rempenss Selene hiedhieduingy nab designe experiments P. Stewart, P. J. FLEMING and S. A. MACKENZIE Application of stochastic approximation techniques in neural modelling wal comet A. VANDE WouwerR, C. 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