50 Years of Dissipativity Theory, Part I [About This Issue]

Abstract

This <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">IEEE Control Systems</i> issue celebrates the 50th anniversary of the publication of Jan Willems’ two publications laying the foundations of dissipativity theory. “From the Editor” elaborates on reasons to celebrate this event. Guest Editor Arjan van der Schaft has assembled six articles for the first special issue devoted to the first part of the dissipativity article: “Compositional Design and Verification of Large-Scale Systems Using Dissipativity Theory,” by Murat Arcak; “Passivity-Based Control of Robots,” by Nikhil Chopra, Masayuki Fujita, Romeo Ortega, and Mark Spong; “Dissipativity and Optimal Control,” by Lars Grüne; “Dissipativity, Stability, and Connections: Progress in Complexity,” by David Hill and Tao Liu; “Interconnection and Approximation in Networks of Dissipative Systems,” by Siep Weiland and Xiaodong Cheng; and “Passivity Measures in Cyberphysical Systems Design,” by Hasan Zakeri and Panos Antsaklis. The six articles are described in the introductory article by Guest Editor Arjan van der Schaft.