In this paper, the modules for the conceptual design of an innovative e-learning platform using satellite communications for teaching controlsystems theory courses are presented. All necessary tools and mechanisms ar...
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The aim of this paper is to provide a basic software tool involved in the design and the computation of nonlinear digital control schemes. The complete software SimNLSys will include different modules associated with ...
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Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) represents a major public health concern. In this paper, we present a dynamical systems model that describes how a behavioral intervention can influence weight gain during pregn...
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Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) represents a major public health concern. In this paper, we present a dynamical systems model that describes how a behavioral intervention can influence weight gain during pregnancy. The model relies on the integration of a mechanistic energy balance with a dynamical behavioral model. The behavioral model incorporates some well-accepted concepts from psychology: the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and the principle of self-regulation which describes how internal processes within the individual can serve to reinforce the positive outcomes of an intervention. A hypothetical case study is presented to illustrate the basic workings of the model and demonstrate how the proper design of the intervention can counteract natural trends towards declines in healthy eating and reduced physical activity during the course of pregnancy. The model can be used by behavioral scientists to evaluate decision rules for adaptive time-varying behavioral interventions, or as the open-loop model for hybrid model predictive control algorithms acting as decision frameworks for such interventions.
In this work an overview of the application of the Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT) technique to different marine systems is presented. Namely the problems of the stabilization of a high-speed craft, the dynamic pos...
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In this work an overview of the application of the Quantitative Feedback Theory (QFT) technique to different marine systems is presented. Namely the problems of the stabilization of a high-speed craft, the dynamic positioning of a moored platform and the tracking control of a hovercraft are studied. An interesting question is that the plants have less degree of freedom for actuation and is more difficult to control. The three multivariable nonlinear problems are tackled by different procedures. Performance evaluation analyses and simulations in different conditions are carried out. It is shown that robust techniques based on QFT methodology result feasible and very suitable; and therefore they constitute attractive alternatives in the application of stabilization, dynamic positioning and tracking control of advanced marine systems.
This study is concerned with the stability and stabilisation for systems with interval time-varying delay. First, by appropriately choosing Lyapunov functional and using Finsler's lemma, a new delay-dependent stab...
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The problem of aircraft trajectory planning is formulated as a hybrid optimal control problem. The aircraft is modeled as a switched system, that is, a class of hybrid dynamical systems. The sequence of modes, the swi...
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In this paper, the hardware component of a new technology used to communicate with people with major neuro-locomotor disability using ocular electromyogram is presented. The signals produced by the ocular muscle, prov...
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control of systems where the information between the controller, actuator, and sensor can be lost or delayed can be challenging with respect to stability and performance. One way to overcome the resulting problems is ...
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Novice Java programmers often cannot make well structured program, so that the program does not have much maintainability. Inappropriate dependency between fields and methods in classes often causes such inappropriate...
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In this paper, a quadruped robot is studied in bounding motion. A new simplified model of quadruped robot in bounding motion with four actuated and two unactuated joints is developed. The kinetic and potential energie...
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