Combined state and parameter estimation of dynamical systems plays a crucial role in extracting system response from noisy measurements. A wide variety of methods have been developed to deal with the joint state-parameter estimation of nonlinear dynamical systems. The Extended Kalman Filter method is a popular approach for the joint systemparameter estimation of nonlinear systems. This method c...

Singular systems, defined as dynamical systems subject to algebraic constraints, arise in many engineering disciplines. The output regulation problem for singular nonlinear systems has been studied recently for the ideal case where the mathematical model is exactly known. This paper will consider the robust output regulation problem for a class of singular nonlinear systems which contain uncert...

Nonstationary dynamical systems arise in applications, but little has been done in terms of the characterization of such systems, as most standard notions in nonlinear dynamics such as the Lyapunov exponents and fractal dimensions are developed for stationary dynamical systems. We propose a framework to characterize nonstationary dynamical systems. A natural way is to generate and examine ensem...

Historically, static symmetric bodies and ornaments are geometric idealizations in the Platonic tradition. Actually, symmetries are locally and globally broken by phase transitions of instability in dynamical systems generating a variety of new order and partial symmetries with increasing complexity. The states of complex dynamical systems can refer to, for example, atomic clusters, crystals, b...

To my family, for their love and support ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This dissertation is the end result of my stay at the University of Michigan during which I have benefited from contact and varied relationships with many members of its community. I thank my advisor Professor Edward Ionides for his patient advice, generosity with his time and for the encouragement to join the statistics research comm...

We investigate the dynamics generated by a type of equation which is common to a variety of physical systems where the undesirable effects of a number of self-consistent nonlinear forces are balanced by an externally imposed controlling harmonic force. We show that the equation presents a new sequence of bifurcations where periodic orbits are created and destroyed in such a nonsimultaneous way ...

Complex nonlinear dynamics arise in many fields of science and engineering, but uncovering the underlying differential equations directly from observations poses a challenging task. The ability to symbolically model complex networked systems is key to understanding them, an open problem in many disciplines. Here we introduce for the first time a method that can automatically generate symbolic e...

Insight into the behavior and simpliŽ ed control of a nonlinear dynamical system can be gained by analyzing the timescale structure. Near an equilibrium point, the eigenvalues and eigenvectors for the linearized system provide the necessary information. Nonlinear systems often operate on multiple timescales away from equilibrium, but there has been no general systematic approachto determine the...

This is a collection of articles, many written by people who worked with Mandelbrot, memorializing the remarkable breadth and depth of his work in science and the arts. Contributors include mathematicians, physicists, biologists, economists, and engineers, as expected; and also artists, musicians, teachers, an historian, an architect, a filmmaker, and a comic. Some articles are quite technical,...

This paper explores the idea to create complex human-like movements from movement primitives based on nonlinear attractor dynamics. Each degree-of-freedom of a limb is assumed to have two independent abilities to create movement, one through a discrete dynamic system, and one through a rhythmic system. The discrete system creates point-to-point movements based on internal or external target spe...