Mechanics and Control

In Honor of Angelo Miele.- A Tribute to Angelo Miele.- Control Methodology.- Robust Exponential Convergence with Bounded Controllers.- Entropy Minimization Problem with Linear Constraints, Schrödinger Bridge and a Conditional Sanov Theorem.- Second Variation Conditions for the Optimal Control Problem with Normalized final Time.- Identification of the Optimal Lyapunov Function for Systems with Structured Uncertainties.- A New Tool for Robust Control.- New Directions in the Control of Nonlinear Mechanical Systems.- Partially Singular Control Trajectories Revisited.- Applications to Aerospace Systems.- Pursuit-Evasion Differential Games Applied to a 3-Dimensional Missile Guidance Problem Using the Liapunov Approach.- Game Theoretic Regular Perturbation Guidance Strategies for Aeroassisted Plane Change Missions.- Minimum-Fuel Transfer Between Coplanar Elliptic Orbits-Global Results Using Green's Theorem.- Periodic Optimal Endurance Cruise with Variable Camber Control.- Optimal Thrust and Aerodynamic Controls in Hypersonic Flight.- Control of Mechanical Systems.- Sequential Design of a Linear Quadratic Controller for the Deep Space Network Antennas.- Maneuvering and Control of Space Structures.- Low Speed Motion Control of a Hamiltonian System.- Boundary Stabilization of Nonlinear Flexible Systems.- Differential Dynamic Programming and State Variable Inequality Constrained Problems.- Dynamical Pulse-Width-Modulation Control of Rigid and Flexible Manipulators.- A Chaotic Controller for the Double Pendulum.- Adaptive Control of Redundant Multiple Robots in Cooperative Motion.- Computational Techniques.- Jacobian Motion: A Direct Approach.- Neural Modeling and Identification of Nonlinear Systems in an Abstract Space Setting.- Global Behavior of Branin's Method.- ANumerical Solution for the Nonlinear Eigenvalue System.- Contributors.