Positive systems. Proceedings of the first multidisciplinary international symposium on positive systems: Theory and applications (POSTA 2003), Rome, Italy, August 28--30, 2003 (Q1415060)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Le Boudec, Jean-Yves; Thiran, Patrick}, Min-plus and max-plus system theory applied to communication networks, 7-14 [Zbl 1075.93026] \textit{Gaubert, Stéphane; Katz, Ricardo}, Reachability and invariance problems in max-plus algebra, 15-22 [Zbl 1059.93088] \textit{Lahaye, Sébastien; Houssin, Laurent; Boimond, Jean-Louis}, Modelling of urban bus networks in dioids algebra, 23-30 [Zbl 1075.93002] \textit{Pessanha, Christiano P.; Santos-Mendes, Rafael}, Modal logic and dioids, 31-38 [Zbl 1059.93091] \textit{Truffet, Laurent}, Monotone linear dynamical systems over dioids, 39-45 [Zbl 1059.93093] \textit{Lhommeau, Mehdi; Hardouin, Laurent; Cottenceau, Bertrand}, Optimal control for \((\max, +)\)-linear systems in the presence of disturbances, 47-54 [Zbl 1059.93090] \textit{Silva, Manuel; Recalde, Laura}, Unforced continuous Petri nets and positive systems, 55-62 [Zbl 1060.93068] \textit{David, René; Alla, Hassane}, Reachability graph for autonomous continuous Petri nets, 63-70 [Zbl 1059.93086] \textit{Gribaudo, Marco; Horváth, András}, Modeling hybrid positive systems with hybrid Petri nets, 71-78 [Zbl 1059.93089] \textit{Armosini, Roberta; Giua, Alessandro; Pilloni, M. Teresa; Seatzu, Carla}, Simulation and control of a bottling plant using first-order hybrid Petri nets, 79-86 [Zbl 1059.93083] \textit{Saccomani, Mariapia; Audoly, Stefania; Bellu, Giuseppina; D'Angiò, Leontina}, Parameter identifiability of nonlinear biological systems, 87-93 [Zbl 1070.93016] \textit{Kremling, Andreas; Bettenbrock, Katja; Fischer, Sophia; Ginkel, Martin; Sauter, Thomas; Gilles, Ernst Dieter}, Towards whole cell ``in silico'' models for cellular systems: Model set-up and model validation, 95-102 [Zbl 1070.93005] \textit{Kieffer, Michel; Walter, Eric}, Guaranteed parameter estimation for cooperative models, 103-110 [Zbl 1060.93508] \textit{de Jong, Hidde}, Modeling and simulation of genetic regulatory networks, 111-118 [Zbl 1060.93503] \textit{Chaouiya, Claudine; Remy, Elisabeth; Mossé, Brigitte; Thieffry, Denis}, Qualitative analysis of regulatory graphs: A computational tool based on a discrete formal framework, 119-126 [Zbl 1059.93085] \textit{Mogno, Ilaria}, A reconstruction algorithm for gene regulatory sparse network using positive systems, 127-134 [Zbl 1060.93554] \textit{Arino, Julien; van den Driessche, Pauline}, The basic reproduction number in a multi-city compartmental epidemic model, 135-142 [Zbl 1057.92045] \textit{Chitour, Yacine; Grognard, Frédéric; Bastin, Georges}, Stability analysis of a metabolic model with sequential feedback inhibition, 143-150 [Zbl 1059.93104] \textit{Gouzé, Jean-Luc}, Differential systems with positive variables, 151-158 [Zbl 1213.34061] \textit{Laabissi, Mohamed; Achhab, Mohamed E.; Winkin, Joseph J.; Dochain, Denis}, Positivity and invariance properties of nonisothermal tubular reactor nonlinear models, 159-166 [Zbl 1059.93518] \textit{de Leenheer, Patrick; Angeli, David; Sontag, Eduardo D.}, A feedback perspective for chemostat models with crowding effect, 167-174 [Zbl 1066.93004] \textit{Mailleret, Ludovic}, Positive control for a class of nonlinear positive systems, 175-182 [Zbl 1060.93082] \textit{Hirsch, Morris W.; Smith, Hal L.}, Competitive and cooperative systems: mini-review, 183-190 [Zbl 1134.92358] \textit{de Leenheer, Patrick; Angeli, David; Sontag, Eduardo D.}, Small-gain theorems for predator-prey systems, 191-198 [Zbl 1057.92059] \textit{Krause, Ulrich}, Positive particle interaction, 199-206 [Zbl 1067.93041] \textit{Damm, Tobias}, Stability of linear systems and positive semigroups of symmetric matrices, 207-214 [Zbl 1060.93085] \textit{Kirkland, Stephen J.}, Digraph-based conditioning for Markov chains, 215-216 [Zbl 1083.60517] \textit{Jordán, Cristina; Torregrosa, Juan R.}, Paths and cycles in the totally positive completion problem, 217-224 [Zbl 1073.15514] \textit{Cantó, Rafael; Urbano, Ana M.}, Completion problems for positive matrices with minimal rank, 225-232 [Zbl 1064.15018] \textit{Bru, Rafael; Coll, Carmen; Romero-Vivo, Sergio; Sánchez, Elena}, Some problems about structural properties of positive descriptor systems, 233-240 [Zbl 1060.93065] \textit{Rumchev, Ventsi G.}, Positive linear systems reachability criterion in digraph form, 241-248 [Zbl 1059.93014] \textit{Cantó, Begoña; Coll, Carmen; Sánchez, Elena}, A characterization of reachable positive periodic descriptor systems, 249-255 [Zbl 1075.93022] \textit{Kostova, Snezhana P.}, A PLDS model of pollution in connected water reservoirs, 257-263 [Zbl 1060.93501] \textit{Altafini, Claudio}, Positivity for matrix systems: a case study from quantum mechanics, 265-272 [Zbl 1134.82317] \textit{Cavani, Mario; Romero, Sael}, A simple food chain model with delay, 273-280 [Zbl 1073.34048] \textit{Commault, Christian}, Linear positive systems and phase-type representations, 281-288 [Zbl 1060.93514] \textit{de Lima, Teresa P.}, Blending positive matrix pencils with economic models, 289-296 [Zbl 1060.93066] \textit{Fornasini, Ettore; Valcher, Maria Elena}, On the positive reachability of 2D positive systems, 297-304 [Zbl 1134.93310] \textit{Förster, Karl-Heinz; Nagy, Béla}, On nonnegative realizations, 305-312 [Zbl 1061.93024] \textit{Gerencsér, László; Molnár-Sáska, Gábor}, Estimation and strong approximation of hidden Markov models, 313-320 [Zbl 1057.62067] \textit{Heidergott, Bernd}, A paradigm for derivatives of positive systems, 321-328 [Zbl 1064.60160] \textit{Idczak, Dariusz; Majewski, Marek}, Nonlinear positive 2D systems and optimal control, 329-336 [Zbl 1067.93038] \textit{Imsland, Lars; Foss, Bjarne A.}, State feedback set stabilization for a class of nonlinear systems, 337-344 [Zbl 1059.93112] \textit{Kaczorek, Tadeusz}, Some recent developments in positive 2D systems, 345-352 [Zbl 1060.93057] \textit{Morettin, Andrea}, Nonnegative infinite Hankel matrices having a finite rank, 353-360 [Zbl 1059.93029] \textit{Potrykus, Henry G.; Allgöwer, Frank; Qin, S. Joe}, The character of an idempotent-analytic nonlinear small gain theorem, 361-368 [Zbl 1059.93123] \textit{Walczak, Stanisław; Idczak, Dariusz}, Positive systems with nondecreasing controls. Existence and well-posedness, 369-376 [Zbl 1059.93064] \textit{Xie, Guangming; Long, Wang}, Reachabilitiy and controllability of positive linear discrete-time systems with time-delays, 377-384 [Zbl 1067.93006] \textit{Zavala-Río, Arturo; Femat, Ricardo; Romero-Méndez, Ricardo}, Countercurrent double-pipe heat exchangers are a special type of positive systems, 385-392 [Zbl 1059.93520] \textit{Zhao, Qianchuan; Zheng, Da-Zhong}, Note on structural properties and sizes of eigenspaces of min-max functions, 393-400 [Zbl 1059.93094]