A new approach to design a nonlinear observer for the Wind Energy Conversion System (WECSs) with the existence of a delay time state variable is proposed in this paper. The WECSs are modeled under a polynomial framewo...
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This paper presents an analysis of a temporal network that describes the social connections of a large-scale (~30,000) sample of online social network users, inhabitants of a fixed city. We tested how the main network...
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This paper proposes a framework to assess the stability of an Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) which is coupled to a 1D-partial differential equation (PDE). The stability theorem is based on a new result on Integr...
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This paper proposes a framework to assess the stability of an Ordinary Differential Equation (ODE) which is coupled to a 1D-partial differential equation (PDE). The stability theorem is based on a new result on Integral Quadratic Constraints (IQCs) and expressed in terms of two linear matrix inequalities with a moderate computational burden. The IQCs are not generated using dissipation inequalities involving the whole state of an infinite-dimensional system, but by using projection coefficients of the infinite-dimensional state. This permits to generalize our robustness result to many other PDEs. The proposed methodology is applied to a time-delay system and numerical results comparable to those in the literature are obtained.
—This paper deals with the spread of diseases over both a population network and an infrastructure network. We develop a layered networked spread model for a susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) pathogen-borne dise...
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—This paper deals with the spread of diseases over both a population network and an infrastructure network. We develop a layered networked spread model for a susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) pathogen-borne disease spreading over a human contact network and an infrastructure network, and refer to it as a layered networked susceptible-infected-water-susceptible (SIWS) model. The "W" in SIWS represents any infrastructure network contamination, not necessarily restricted to a water distribution network. We say that the SIWS network is in the healthy state (also referred to as the disease-free equilibrium) if none of the individuals in the population are infected nor is the infrastructure network contaminated;otherwise, we say that the network is in the endemic state (also referred to as the endemic equilibrium). First, we establish sufficient conditions for local exponential stability and global asymptotic stability (GAS) of the healthy state. Second, we provide sufficient conditions for existence, uniqueness, and GAS of the endemic state. Building off of these results, we provide a necessary, and sufficient, condition for the healthy state to be the unique equilibrium of our model. Third, we show that the endemic equilibrium of the SIWS model is worse than that of the networked SIS model without any infrastructure network, in the sense that at least one subpopulation has strictly larger infection proportion at the endemic equilibrium in the former model than that in the latter. Fourth, we study an observability problem, and, assuming that the measurements of the sickness-levels of the human contact network are available, provide a necessary and sufficient condition for estimation of the pathogen levels in the infrastructure network. Furthermore, we provide another sufficient, but not necessary, condition for estimation of pathogen levels in the infrastructure network. By leveraging the sufficient condition we finally provide insights in to how the measurement mat
The COVID-19 pandemic generated a global upsurge in hospital plastic waste (HPW) as a consequence of the widespread utilization of personal protective equipment (PPE) composed of diverse polymer materials. The constan...
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The COVID-19 pandemic generated a global upsurge in hospital plastic waste (HPW) as a consequence of the widespread utilization of personal protective equipment (PPE) composed of diverse polymer materials. The constant demand for PPE worldwide led to the accumulation of substantial volumes of high-polymer-based plastic waste. To tackle this challenge, researchers delved into the conversion of HPW into valuable chemicals through a process known as microwave-assisted pyrolysis (MAP). This method entails the transformation of HPW into high-quality char and liquid oil, which can serve as a source of fuel. In this study, our primary focus was to understand how the ratio of HPW (hospital plastic waste) to susceptor weight influenced the yields and characteristics of the resulting products in the context of the MAP process. To facilitate the experimental setup, a Central Composite Design (CCD) was employed. The impact of varying HPW weights and susceptor quantities on the production of value-added products was investigated. The analysis of condensed organic vapor decomposition revealed an increase in liquid yields (73.6 wt %, 76.6 wt %, 80.7 wt %) as the graphite content increased at a constant 30 g HPW. Conversely, gas yield decreased with higher susceptor and HPW quantity. Keeping the graphite constant at 4g, the gas yield declined (32.5 wt %, 30.7 wt %, and 24.7 wt %) as HPW increased. Additionally, gas yield exhibited a drop (32.5 wt % to 18.1 wt %) with an increase in both graphite and HPW. Furthermore, the residual yield decreased (from 1.7 wt % to 1.2 wt %) with a 30 g increase in HPW. In-depth analysis incorporated machine learning techniques to understand the behavior of response variables about susceptor and HPW quantities. The optimization of the MAP process for HPW encompassed various supplementary operational parameters, including susceptor thermal energy, average heating rate, microwave energy, specific microwave power, and product yields. Moreover, the resid
In controlsystems, sensor deception is a class of attacks where an attacker manipulates sensor readings to cause damage to the system. Our work investigates quantitative measurements to detect this class of attacks i...
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In controlsystems, sensor deception is a class of attacks where an attacker manipulates sensor readings to cause damage to the system. Our work investigates quantitative measurements to detect this class of attacks in the context of stochastic supervisory control. We introduce the notion of ϵ -safe systems, which is a first step to generalize qualitative intrusion detection conditions to quantitative intrusion detection conditions. We provide sufficient and necessary conditions to verify if a system is ϵ -safe. Moreover, we provide an algorithm that verifies these conditions, which implies that the problem is decidable.
In this paper, a perspective image fusion algorithm of real-world and artificial scenes based on depth maps is proposed and applied to holographic printing to realize augmented reality display of holographic stereogra...
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Neutrophilic chemotaxis is essential to immune system response to external threats. During this process cells alternate between directed motion towards the higher concentration of external stimuli and correlated rando...
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Evacuation leaders and/or equipment provide route and exit information for people and guide them to the expected destinations, which could make crowd evacuation more efficient in case of emergency. The purpose of this...
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Evacuation leaders and/or equipment provide route and exit information for people and guide them to the expected destinations, which could make crowd evacuation more efficient in case of emergency. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of recent advances in guided crowd evacuation. Different guided crowd evacuation approaches are classified according to guidance approaches and technologies. A comprehensive analysis and comparison of crowd evacuation with static signage, dynamic signage, trained leader, mobile devices, mobile robot and wireless sensor networks are presented based on a single guidance mode perspective. In addition, the different evacuation guidance systems that use high-tech means such as advanced intelligent monitoring techniques, AI techniques, computer technology and intelligent inducing algorithms are reviewed from a system’s perspective. Future researches in the area of crowd evacuation are also discussed.
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