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The workshop on Control Mechanics, originated in 1988, beca- me an
annual event and gained considerable recognition in advancing
control of nonlinear and uncertain mechanical sy- tems and
promoting application of advanced mechanics in con- trol. The
fourth meeting continues the tradition with 17 papers containing
original and recent work of the partici- pants developed in 3 basic
directions: feed-back control of uncertain systems, flexible
mechanical structures and flight control.
As society becomes stressed by economic and population pressures,
in turn, nature's renewable resources become stressed by harvesting
pressures. For our own survival and euphoria, it is paramount that
such resources remain as their name implies and not be driven to
extinction through short term programs of over exploitation.
Consideration of the harvesting of renewable resources leads to a
simple question that was the theme of the workshop and is the focus
of these proceedings: SUPPoRe you are assigned the role of manager
for a specific renewable resource eco system. How would you decide
on harvesting policies so that the system can be exploited
economically yet at the same time maintain the integrity of the
system? This, of course, is a loaded question. First of all, it is
not clear that there is ever anyone single decision maker who is
able to set the rules for all of the harvesters in an exploited
ecosystem. The political process is complicated and to some extent
unpredictable. This aspect of the question is recognized to be
important, but could not be addressed here. Assuming then that
someone really is in charge, what would be involved in the *
decision making process? As Clark points out, "there is no
alternative but first to model the system. " We agree. However, if
the original question was loaded, modeling is the adulterate."
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