Control Theory and its Applications.

Intro -- CONTROL THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS -- CONTROL THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SELF-CONTROL STRENGTH THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO SMOKING BEHAVIOR -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Self-control -- Defining Self-control -- Trait Conceptions of Self-control -- State Conceptions of Self-control -- Self-control Depletion and Interpersonal Relationships -- Self-control Depletion and Crime -- Self-control Depletion and Addictive Behaviors -- Tobacco Use -- Dieting and Weight Managment -- Dieting, Smoking and Self-control -- Self-control Replenishment -- The Present Experiments -- Experiment 1 -- Experiment 2 -- Conclusion -- Self-control and Smoking -- Smoking and Dieting -- Unanswered Questions and Future Directions -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 2 TRANSACTIONAL PATHWAYS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIORS IN A SAMPLE OF KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN WITH IMPAIRED SELF-CONTROL -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Current Focus -- Method -- Participants and Procedures -- Measures -- Analytic Strategy -- Results -- Baseline Model -- Multiple Group Comparisons -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter3ONTHETRACKINGOFATRAJECTORYANDACONTROLBYTHEFEEDBACKPRINCIPLE -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction.ProblemStatements -- 2.SolvingtheProblemofEtalonMotionTracking -- 3.SolvingtheProblemofDynamicalInversion -- References -- Chapter4PERTURBATIONMETHODINTHETHEORYOFPONTRYAGINMAXIMUMPRINCIPLEFOROPTIMALCONTROLOFDIVERGENTSEMILINEARHYPERBOLICEQUATIONSWITHPOINTWISESTATECONSTRAINTS∗ -- Abstract -- Introduction -- 1.ProblemStatement -- 2.MainResults -- 3.AuxiliaryResults -- 3.1.MainEquation -- 3.2.AdjointEquations -- 3.2.1.EquationswithRadonMeasureintheRight-HandSidePart:AnUniqueExistenceofSolutions -- 3.2.2.EquationswithRadonMeasureintheRight-HandSidePart:IntegralRepresentationoftheSolution.

3.2.3.AdjointEquationsofMaximumPrinciple -- 3.3.ACalculationofFirstVariations -- 4.TheProofoftheMaximumPinciple -- 5.ApproximationofProblem(Pq)byProblemswithFiniteNumbersofConstraints -- 6.ProofofRegularityandNormalityConditions -- References -- Chapter5ROBUSTADAPTIVESLIDINGMODECONTROLLAWFORINDUCTIONMOTORS -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.ProposedRotorSpeedEstimator -- 3.VariableStructureRobustSpeedControlwithAdaptiveSlidingGain -- 4.ContinuousApproximationofSwitchingControlLaw -- 5.SimulationResults -- 5.1.FirstExample -- 5.2.SecondExample -- 6.Conclusion -- References -- INDEX.

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