xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF DYNAMIC GAMES E-LETTER, issue No. 21, 2 April 1996 Edited by Raimo P. Hamalainen and Harri Ehtamo Systems Analysis Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology ISDG@HUT.FI xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dear Dynamic Game Theorist, This is the twentyfirst issue of the Society's electronic newsletter. The basic minimum work principle in editing this e-letter is that the READERS send important notes and information about symposia, conferences and workshops of dynamic games, as well as abstracts of Ph.D. theses, papers and books, which they want to be included in the newsletter. The format is described below. 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Hamalainen April 2 ISDG Joins the Web ISDG now has a home page in the World Wide Web at http://www.hut.fi/HUT/Systems.Analysis/isdg Currently the pages contain a short description of the society, a list of members, and copies of the past issues of ISDG News. Let us know if you have a homepage of your own so we can link you to the ISDG pages. Have a look at the pages of Systems Analysis Laboratory, too: http://www.hut.fi/HUT/Systems Analysis/ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by the Editors April 2 SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS (Especially Notice the Change for the DEADLINE of Titles and Extended Abstracts. It is APRIL 30! -the Editors) Seventh International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications December 16-18, 1996 Shonan Village Center, Kanagawa, Japan Organizer The International Society of Dynamic Games (ISDG) Sponsored by The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) Co-sponsors IEEE Control Systems Society (CSS) IFAC Mathematics of Control Committee (MOCC) The Institute of Systems, Control and Information Engineers (iSCLe) National Defense Academy (NDA) General Information The Seventh International Symposium on Dynamic Games and Applications will be held for the first time in Asia. The symposium has been scheduled in the week following the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. Participants will have an opportunity to hear state-of-the-art lectures on a wide range of game-theoric models and applications. Symposium Location All the sessions and the conference dinner will be held at the Shonan Village Center, located in the central part of the Miura Peninsular. Travelling distances from Narita airport and Tokyo station to Shonan Village is about 150 minutes and 90 minutes respectively, by railroad and bus. Transportation arrangements will be made for participants. Shonan Village Center offers a combination of facilities for conference, training and lodging. The quiet atmosphere will facilitate scientific exchange and understanding among the participants. Proximity to the ancient city of Kamakura, exotic harbor city of Yokohama and other tourist spots add to after-conference activities. Program The three day technical program will consist of plenary sessions and presentations of contributed papers. The topics include, but are not limited to the following: Zero-sum dynamic games Computational methods Pursuit-Evasion problems Robust controller design Nonzero-sum dynamic games H-infinity controller design Stochastic sequential games Dynamic games modeling in economics Incentive strategies Energy, environment and resource management Cooperative equilibria AI and dynamic game theory Dynamic bargaining models Worst case and minimax design Evolutionary games Plenary Speakers Professor A. Bensoussan, INRIA, France (Topic: To be announced) Professor A. de Palma, Universite de Cergy-Pontoise, France (Topic: Dynamic Network Models) Professor A. Lazar, Columbia University, USA (Topic: Resource Allocation and Networking Games) Professor T. Parthasarathy, Indian Statistical Institute, India (Topic: Linear Complementarity in Static and Dynamic Games) Professor O.J. Vrieze, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands (Topic: Equilibria of Stochastic and Recursive Games) Tutorials A preconference day of tutorials on the topic of minimax problems in guidance and control as well as economics will be organized by Professor Kimio Kanai; it will be held on December 15, at the National Defense Academy, Yokosuka. Publication All accepted papers will be included in a volume of proceedings made available to registered participants by the secretary of the 7th ISDG symposium. Authors will have the opportunity to submit their contributed papers for publication in a special volume of the Annals of the International Society of Dynamic Games (Birkhauser, publisher). Registration and Accomodation Participants can pay the registration fee (20,000yen) either by a credit card, bank transfer or check. The fee covers all the conference materials including one volume of the proceedings. It is suggested that all participants stay at Shonan Village Center. A block of rooms has been reserved at a price of 14,000yen per day including three meals. Other hotels are available near the village. (The registration fee is mainly used for the proceedings. Therefore, in order to have their papers included in the program and proceedings, the authors should pay in advance the registration fee plus one day's fee of Shonan Village Center. The current foreign currency exchange rate of 1.00US$ is 105.00yen in March 1996) Sightseeing Sightseeing trips to Kamakura, Zushi, Hayama, Yokosuka and Miura will be arranged by the organizing committee. Personal trips to Yokohama (60min.) and Tokyo (90min.) are also possible. DEADLINES !!! A temporary schedule is as follows APRIL 30, 1996 : Titles and extended abstracts June 1, 1996 : Notification of acceptance September 1, 1996: Full paper All the papers are to be submitted to the Program Chairman: Professor Jerzy A. Filar Centre for Industrial and Applied Mathematics University of South Australia The Levels, Pooraka South Australia 5095 AUSTRALIA Fax 61-8-302-3381 E-mail ciam@zarniwoop.levels.unisa.edu.au SICE Scholarship SICE has recently established the SICE INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP commemorating its 30th anniversary in 1991. This scholarship is to help those foreign researchers who are young, have potential, and ability to contribute to the field of Instrument and Control Engineering and come to Japan to present their papers. The Organizing Committee of the 7th ISDG would like to inform you about this scholarship, and welcome your application. Since the scholarship is granted to very few researchers, applications will only be considered from: (1) those researchers who are under 35 years old at the moment of application; (2) those researchers who come to Japan from overseas to attend the 7th ISDG and present their papers. The Organizing Committee of the 7th ISDG will select suitable candidates from the applications received and recommend them to SICE Headquarters who will select the successful applicant for award of the Scholarship. The value of the Scholarship is 100 000 Japanese yen. Organizing Committee Chairman: K. Mizukami (JAPAN) K. Furuta (JAPAN) N. Goto (JAPAN) M. Ikeda (JAPAN) A. Ichikawa (JAPAN) F. Imado (JAPAN) K. Kanai (JAPAN) J. G. Lee (KOREA) M.Murata (JAPAN) Y. Murata (JAPAN) K. Shimizu (JAPAN) K. Shimomura (JAPAN) T. Shinkai (JAPAN) T. Sugie (JAPAN) International Program Committee Chairman: J. A. Filar (AUSTRALIA) E. Altman (FRANCE) T. Basar (USA) M. Breton (CANADA) V. Gaitsgory (AUSTRALIA) R. P. Hamalainen (FINLAND) A. Haurie (SWITZERLAND) V. Kaitala (FINLAND) H. Kimura (JAPAN) J. B. Krawczyk (NEW ZEALAND) A. A. Melikyan (RUSSIA) G. Leitmann (USA) G. J. Olsder (THE NETHERLANDS) T. E. S. Raghavan (USA) J. Shinar (ISRAEL) K. Uchida (JAPAN) S. Uehara (JAPAN) T. L. Vincent (USA) G. Zaccour (CANADA) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Contributed by the Editors April 2 A Honour! George Leitmann of UC Berkeley was the 1995 recipient of the Rufus Oldenburger Medal, the premier award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in the field of automatic control. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx End of ISDG E-LETTER issue No. 21, 2 April 1996