Differential linear repetitive processes are a distinct class of 2D continuous-discrete linear systems of both applications and systems theoretic interest. In applications, they arise in iterative learning control sch...
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Differential linear repetitive processes are a distinct class of 2D continuous-discrete linear systems of both applications and systems theoretic interest. In applications, they arise in iterative learning control schemes and in iterative solution algorithms for nonlinear dynamic optimal control algorithms based on the maximum principle. Repetitive processes cannot be analysed/controlled by direct application of the existing systems theory and hence a 'mature' systems theory must be developed for them followed (where appropriate) by onward translation into efficient controller design algorithms. This paper continues the development of the former area by developing some significant new results on the application of currently available delay differential systems theory to these processes.
This paper presents an attempt to integrate attention and navigation skills in 3D embodied agents (virtual humanoids). The neural model presented has been divided in two main phases. Firstly the environment-categoriza...
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This paper presents an attempt to integrate attention and navigation skills in 3D embodied agents (virtual humanoids). The neural model presented has been divided in two main phases. Firstly the environment-categorization phase, where an online pattern recognition and categorization of the agent current sensory input data is carried out by an adaptive resonance driven self organizing neural network, which will finally simulate the agent's short term memory (STM). Secondly, the model must also learn how and when to map its current STM state into the navigation and attention motor layers of the 3D agent. We also review the world modelling and the agent vision system, and finally we present the first results extracted from two of the subsystems which conforms the complete neural model, such as, the environment categorization subsystem and the base navigation neural model.
The paper deals with the intelligent pattern recognition control systems. The concept of strategic situation is introduced, in the context of hierarchical structured control systems. It allows the investigation of the...
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The paper deals with the intelligent pattern recognition control systems. The concept of strategic situation is introduced, in the context of hierarchical structured control systems. It allows the investigation of the properties of the pattern recognition based control systems. The interaction between the system that recognizes strategies and the environment is described, along with the examples of control systems that allow such an approach. A case study, carried out on a simple process, is presented, to illustrate the method in a plausible context.
Most of iterative learning control (ILC) methods requires that the relative degree of the plant is less than 2 for a linear system or the plant is passive for a non-linear system. A new model reference parametric adap...
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The feedback control structures are required in the presence of any kind of uncertainty. The benefits of the feedback are mainly paid with an excessive bandwidth that amplifies the sensor noise, saturating the actuato...
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The feedback control structures are required in the presence of any kind of uncertainty. The benefits of the feedback are mainly paid with an excessive bandwidth that amplifies the sensor noise, saturating the actuators. This implies the necessity of design tradeoffs highly transparent from the Quantitative Feedback Theory. Supposing a given uncertainty for a plant, the set of performance and stability requirements will condition the problem solution. Taking advantage of the QFT bound typology and formulation, the contribution of the robust specification values to their simultaneous achievement will be analysed and particularly as regards the challenging task of the controller design.
Two-level controllers for dissolved oxygen reference trajectory tracking for activated sludge processes is proposed and investigated. Both the nutrient and the phosphorous removal from a wastewater by its biological t...
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Two-level controllers for dissolved oxygen reference trajectory tracking for activated sludge processes is proposed and investigated. Both the nutrient and the phosphorous removal from a wastewater by its biological treatment using an activated sludge technology are considered. Typically, an aeration system itself is a complicated hybrid nonlinear dynamical system with faster dynamics compared to internal dynamics of the dissolved oxygen at a biological reactor. It is common approach to neglect this dynamics and also important operational limitations of this system such as a limited frequency of allowed switching of the blowers. The paper proposes a two level controller to track prescribed dissolved oxygen trajectory. The upper level control unit produces desired aeration flow set points. For this unit the aeration system is an actuator. The nonlinear model predictive control algorithm is applied to design this controller unit. Also, the predictive control is used to design the lower level control unit based on a linearised hybrid dynamics of the aeration process. The overall controller is validated by simulation using real data sets and ASM2d model of the biological reactor.
In this paper discrete-time iterative learning control (ILC) systems are analysed from an algebraic point of view. The algebraic analysis shows that an ILC synthesis problem can be considered as a tracking problem of ...
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In this paper discrete-time iterative learning control (ILC) systems are analysed from an algebraic point of view. The algebraic analysis shows that an ILC synthesis problem can be considered as a tracking problem of a multi-channel step-function. Furthermore, the plant to be controlled is a static multivariable plant. Another major contribution of this paper is a general convergence theory of ILC systems in terms of their closed-loop poles. This convergence theory shows that time-variant ILC control laws should be typically used instead of time-invariant control laws in order to guarantee good transient tracking behaviour. Simulations high-light the different theoretical findings in this paper.
Software cybernetics is a newly proposed area in software engineering. It makes better use of the interplay between control theory/engineering and software engineering. In this paper, we look into the research potenti...
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Software cybernetics is a newly proposed area in software engineering. It makes better use of the interplay between control theory/engineering and software engineering. In this paper, we look into the research potentials of this emerging area.
In this paper, the control of constrained robotic manipulators is addressed and the solution of a reduced order model is obtained through a nonlinear transformation. A set of differential-algebraic equations are first...
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In this paper, the control of constrained robotic manipulators is addressed and the solution of a reduced order model is obtained through a nonlinear transformation. A set of differential-algebraic equations are first derived. Then controllers are designed for position and force control. The position control involves the position and velocity feedback of end-effector, while the force control is developed based on an artificial neural network. The weights of the neural network are updated online using the force error as the objective function. An example of a 2-DOF manipulator system is studied in detail. Comparisons between a conventional PID controller and the designed controller are made and a practical application is carried out. The results demonstrate the effective performance of the system.
In this paper, a neural network approach is proposed for the motion control of a constrained flexible manipulator system, whereby both the contact force and the position of the end-effector contacting with a surface a...
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In this paper, a neural network approach is proposed for the motion control of a constrained flexible manipulator system, whereby both the contact force and the position of the end-effector contacting with a surface are controlled. The dynamic equations, vibration of the flexible link and constrained force are derived. The developed control scheme can adaptively estimate the dynamics of the manipulator by utilizing a dynamic recurrent neural network (DRNN) to approximate the underlying dynamics. Local stability of the system is discussed. The results confirm that the designed controller performs remarkably well.
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