Control and observer design for nonlinear finite and infinite dimensional systems. Papers presented at the symposium on nonlinear control and observer design: from theory to applications (SYNCOD), Stuttgart, Germany, September 15--16, 2005. Dedicated to th 65th birthday of Professor Michael Zeitz. (Q2567960)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Isidori, Alberto; Marconi, Lorenzo; De Persis, Claudio}, Observers as internal models for remote tracking via encoded information, 3-18 [Zbl 1079.93010] \textit{Röbenack, Klaus}, Extended Luenberger observer for nonuniformly observable nonlinear systems, 19-34 [Zbl 1079.93012] \textit{Moreno, Jaime A.}, Approximate observer error linearization by dissipativity methods, 35-51 [Zbl 1100.93008] \textit{Bonnabel, Silvère; Rouchon, Pierre}, On invariant observers, 53-65 [Zbl 1113.93019] \textit{Raff, Tobias; Ebenbauer, Christian; Findeisen, Rolf; Allgöwer, Frank}, Remarks on moving horizon state estimation with guaranteed convergence, 67-80 [Zbl 1085.93027] \textit{Krener, Arthur J.}, Least squares smoothing of nonlinear systems, 81-92 [Zbl 1081.93029] \textit{Mangold, Michael; Grötsch, Markus; Sheng, Min; Kienle, Achim}, State estimation of a Molten carbonate fuel cell by an extended Kalman filter, 93-109 [Zbl 1121.93358] \textit{Goffaux, Guillaume; Vande Wouwer, Alain}, Bioprocess state estimation: some classical and less classical approaches, 111-128 [Zbl 1074.62069] \textit{Pavlov, Alexey; van de Wouw, Nathan; Nijmeijer, Henk}, Convergent systems: analysis and synthesis, 131-146 [Zbl 1111.93026] \textit{Tall, Issa A.; Respondek, Witold}, Smooth and analytic normal forms: a special class of strict feedforward forms, 147-164 [Zbl 1092.93023] \textit{Gerhard, Johannes; Mönnigmann, Martin; Marquardt, Wolfgang}, Constructive nonlinear dynamics -- foundations and application to robust nonlinear control, 165-182 [Zbl 1078.93038] \textit{Christophersen, Frank J.; Baotić, Mato; Morari, Manfred}, Optimal control of piecewise affine systems: a dynamic programming approach, 183-198 [Zbl 1075.49010] \textit{Raisch, Jörg; Moor, Thomas}, Hierarchical hybrid control synthesis and its application to a multiproduct batch plant, 199-216 [Zbl 1124.93340] \textit{Fliess, Michel; Join, Cédric; Sira-Ramírez, Hebertt}, Closed-loop fault-tolerant control for uncertain nonlinear systems, 217-233 [Zbl 1100.93041] \textit{Graichen, Knut; Zeitz, Michael}, Feedforward control design for nonlinear systems under input constraints, 235-252 [Zbl 1079.93024] \textit{Wagner, Marc Oliver; Meurer, Thomas; Zeitz, Michael}, System inversion and feedforward control via formal power series and summation methods, 253-270 [Zbl 1092.93019] \textit{Miquel, Thierry; Lévine, Jean; Mora-Camino, Félix}, Flatness-based improved relative guidance maneuvers for commercial aircraft, 271-284 [Zbl 1082.93022] \textit{Kehl, Steffen; Pölsler, Wolf-Dieter; Zeitz, Michael}, Vehicle path-following with a GPS-aided inertial navigation system, 285-300 [Zbl 1124.93344] \textit{Fehn, Achim A. R.; Rothfuß, Ralf}, Control of switched reluctance servo-drives, 301-313 [Zbl 1091.93539] \textit{Hagenmeyer, Veit; Nohr, Marcus}, Flatness-based two-degree-of-freedom control of industrial semi-batch reactors, 315-332 [Zbl 1100.93512] \textit{Gaul, Lothar; Hurlebaus, Stefan; Albrecht, Hans; Wirnitzer, Jan}, Controlled friction damping using optimally located structural joins, 335-350 [Zbl 1092.93568] \textit{Kugi, Andreas; Thull, Daniel}, Infinite-dimensional decoupling control of the tip position and the tip angle of a composite piezoelectric beam with tip mass, 351-368 [Zbl 1171.74384] \textit{King, Rudibert; Seibold, Meline; Lehmann, Oliver; Noack, Bernd R.; Moryzński, Marek; Tadmor, Gilead}, Nonlinear flow control based on a low dimensional model of fluid flow, 369-386 [Zbl 1171.76342] \textit{Rudolph, Joachim; Winkler, Jan; Woittennek, Frank}, Flatness based approach to a heat conduction problem in a crystal growth process, 387-401 [Zbl 1080.80008] \textit{Bitzer, Matthias}, Model-based nonlinear tracking control of pressure swing adsorption plants, 403-418 [Zbl 1092.93564]