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In integrated math courses like the one taught at Chapman High School, students typically learn a blend of algebra and geometry concepts in the same class, rather than separately. Credit: Doug Barrett ...

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Abstract: In this paper we show how to formulate and solve disturbance decoupling problems over networks while choosing a minimal number of input and output nodes. Feedback laws that isolate and ...