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Åström, Karl Johan Projects in History of Automatic Control Johansson, Karl Henrik; Åström, Karl Johan 1997 Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Link to publication Citation for published version (APA): Johansson, K. H., & Åström, K. J. (Eds.) (1997). Projects in History of Automatic Control. (Technical Reports TFRT-7561). Department of Automatic Control, Lund Institute of Technology (LTH). 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LUND UNIVERSITY PO Box 117 221 00 Lund +46 46-222 00 00 lr ISSN 0280-53L6 rsRN LUTFD2/TFRT- -756 1- -SE '1 Projects in History of Automatic Control Karl Henrik Johansson Karl Johan A*tto* (editors) 5 Department of Automatic Control Lund Institute of Technolog¡r June 1997 '1 Documeat name Department of Automatic Control REPORT Lund Institute of Technolory Date of issue Box 118 June 1997 5-221 O0 Lund Sweden Document Number ISRN LUTFD2 I TFnr- -7 56 1--SE Authols) Supetwisor Karl Henrik Johansson Karl Johan Âstrti* Spons oriag organis ati on Title and subtitle Projects in History of Automatic Control Abstract This reporb summarizes the projects in the course History of Control given in the spring of 1996. There v¡as a standard project whose purpose was to give some perspective on the recent developments of the field through study of the contents of the major conferences in Automatic Control. Some students also suggested their own projects, development ofan interactive representation ofthe history ofcontrol (The Control Tbee) and refl.ection on the development of control through some awards. lhen projects were performed in groups. Key words Classiâcation system and/or index tetms (íf any) Supplementaty bí bliographical information ISSN and key title ISBN 0280-5316 Language Number of pages Recipient's notes English 99 Security cI assifr cation The report may be ordered from the Department of Automatic Control or borrowed through: University Library 2, Box 3, 5-221 00 Lund, Sweden Fax +46 46 2224422 E-maíI [email protected] Contents L. Instructions and project list 1 2. Comparing 1960 and 1-978 3 3. Comparing 1-963 and 1981 8 4. Comparing 1966 and 1984 16 5. Comparing 1969 and 1987 23 6. Comparing 1972 and 1990 32 7. Comparing 1975 and 1993 4L 8. The Control Tlee 5l- 9. The Awards Perspective 70 a a ProJ ect S tn History of Automatic Control Karl Johan Ä.ström The purpose of the project is that you should spend some time to study the contents of the major conferences in Automatic Control and try to firrd some perspective on the development by studing the themes of the sessions. The major confetences are: IFAC The IFAC World Congress which is held every third year ACC The American Control Conference, Held yearly CDC The IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Heid yearly There a,re also many other important conferences such as the European Control Conference, the Asian Control Conference but they have only started recently. There are also many specialist conferences orgarrized by IFAC and IEEE. I would like you to make a table which shows how the major themes have developed over a period. You could also write a page with some personal refl.ections. Since the IFAC is held only every third year, I suggest that we stick to the IFAC years they are 1-960, 1963, 1966, L969,L972,1975,L978,198L, 1984, 1-987, 1990, 1993 and 1996. You are wellcome to work in teams. You may fud it convenient to use a spread sheet to organize your data. In this way IMe can also merge all data into one report. 1 History of Control: Projects L996 This is the current project list. The standard project is to make an assessment ofthe field of automatic control by investigating the contents of the major conferences and how they change over time. The conferences we look at are the IFAC World Congress (IFAC), The American Control Conference (ACC) and the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC). Please notice that we have ACC from 1962 and CDC from 1972, all IFAC Congress Proceedinga are however available. There are also special projects. The Control Tree a Lotta Johnsson . Hélène Panagopoulos Some Awards in Automatic Control o Lennart Andersson o Johan Nilsson a Anders Robertsson The standard project 1960 (only IFAC) and L978 o Jörgen Malmborg O Anders Walìén The Standard Project 1963 (Only IFAC and ACC) and L981 a Christian Rosén o Harald Scherer The standard Project L966 (Only IFAC and ACC) and L984 o Jonas Eborn a Martin Öhman The standard Project 1969 and 198{7 a Mattias Grundelius a Kalle Johansson The Standard Project L972 and 1990 a Mikael Johansson o Mats Åk"son The Standard Project 1975 and 1993 o Johan Eker a Erik Gustavsson Cao Yong 2 H'istory of Automat'ic Control - statistics of 1960 and 1978 Anders Wallén Jörgen Malmborg June 5, 1996 This is a project report in the course History of Control. Our part was to study the proceedings from IFAC '60 and '78, CDC '78 and ÄCC '78. As there was no CDC and ACC 1960 it is difficult to conclude any significant trends. However, a few interesting observations are listed below. We have divided the sessions into 6 categories, System Theory, Modelling and Iden- tifi.cation, Controller Design Methods, Controller Components, Applications and Other. Other meaning difficult to sort. The proceedings of ACC '78 and IFAC '60 are not organized in sessions. krstead we tried to classify the ACC papers from their titles. The IFAC '60 papers were also sorted by the mrrnber of papers in each category. Comparing IFAC '60 to IFAC '78 we can notice a decrease in 'pure' system theo- retical papers. A reason for this is the classification scheme itself. 1978 many of the papers are sorted into specific controller design methods while 1960 they were just control theory. In IFA.C '60 it was popula,r to write papers on controller components such as sensors, actuators and instruments. In '78, controller components meant ahnost exclusively computer hardware and software. Among the '78' conferences, CDC was the one with largest emphasis on control theory. Some sessions are typical to the era. l-978 we have papers like: Control Theory Encounter of the Third Kind and Catastrophe Theory. An interesting session narne in IFAC '78 is Copenhagen Central Mail Sorting Office. The first IFAC includes rnilestones like Pontryagin's paper on the Maximum Princi- ple, LaSalle's on The 'Bang-Bang'Principle and Kalman's On the General Theory of Control Systems. 3 A. Statistics - Diagrams Legend ST System Theory M&I Modelling and Identification CDM Controller Design Methods CC Controller Components APP Applications O Other For detailed statistics on session subjects see appendix B ACC 1 97A cDc 19U ST M&t CC APP ST M&I CDM CC APP o IFAC tm |FAC 1 978 e À ST cc APP ST M&I CDM CC APP o 4 B. Statistics - Details ACC 1978, Philadelphia Systern Theory I Modeling and ldentification 19 Controller Design Methods 36 Controller Cornp onent s 16 Applications 36 Others 23 138 Ð CDC 1978, San Diego Systern Theory I Multivariable 2 Linear Systems 3 Non-linea¡ Systems 2 Other 1 Modeling and Ïdentifi cation 8 Controller Design Methods 13 Robust 1 Adaptive 1 Optimal 4 Stochastic 1 Decentralized 1 AI 1 Filtering 4 Controller Cornponents o ,A.pplications 6 Power Systems 1 Vehicles 2 Robotic Control 1 Other 2 Others I Numerical Analysis 1 Bifi:rcation Theory and Catastrophe Theory Methodology 1 Mathematical Physics a^nd System Theory 1 Man in the Loop 1 Tlaffic planning and Monitoring 1 Biological Systems 1 Planning 1 Monitoring fault detection and diagnosis 1 43 6 IFAC 1960, Moscow Systern Theory 75 Linear Systems 23 Nonlinear Systems L4 Discrete Event 25 Other L3 Modeling and ldentification 18 Controller Design Methods 32 Adaptive 20 Optimal 12 Controller Cornponents 58 I:rstruments 19 Computing l_8 Sensors and Actuators 2L Applications 79 Manufacturing Systems 51 Power Systems 24 Vehicles 4 Others 19 Structure and Signai Composition I Simulation 12 28L 7 IFAC 197E, Helsinki Systern Theory 5 Multivariable 2 Other 3 Modeling and Identification 2 Controller Design Methods L6 Robust 1 Adaptive 3 Optimal 5 Stochastic 1 Decentralized 4 Filtering 1 Other L Controller Cornponents L0 Instruments 1 Computing 8 Other 1 Applications t7 Manufacturing Systems 8 Power Systems 4 Vehicles 5 Others I Tþa,ffi.c pla,nning and Monitoring 2 Biologicai Systems 3 Control Systems Methodology 3 Education 1 59 Harald Scherer/ Christian Rosén / IEA/ LTH History of Automatic Control Project: IFAC 1963 & IFAC 1981 21 May1996 Development of Research Subjects in the Field of Automatic Control IFAC congresses 1963 & 1981 The following text is an attempt to summarise the contents of the contributions in the field of automatic control presented at the congresses of the International Federation of Automatic Connol (IntAC) in the years 1963 (the second session) and 1981 (the 8th session).
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