Abstract

This book is an outgrowth of discussions that got started in at least three workshops sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF):.A workshop on neurocontrol and aerospace applications held in October 1990, under joint sponsorship from McDonnell Douglas and the NSF programs in Dynamic Systems and Control and Neuroengineering.A workshop on intelligent control held in October 1990, under joint sponsorship from NSF and the Electric Power Research Institute, to scope out plans for a major new joint initiative in intelligent control involving a number of NSF programs.A workshop on neural networks in chemical processing, held at NSF in January-February 1991, sponsored by the NSF program in Chemical Reaction Processes The goal of this book is to provide an authoritative source for two kinds of information: (1) fundamental new designs, at the cutting edge of true intelligent control, as well as opportunities for future research to improve on these designs; (2) important real-world applications, including test problems that constitute a challenge to the entire control community. Included in this book are a series of realistic test problems, worked out through lengthy discussions between NASA, NetJroDyne, NSF, McDonnell Douglas, and Honeywell, which are more than just benchmarks for evaluating intelligent control designs. Anyone who contributes to solving these problems may well be playing a crucial role in making possible the future development of hypersonic vehicles and subsequently the

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