For an autonomous vehicle navigating in a static environment for which an a priori map is inaccurate, we propose a hybrid receding horizon control method to determine optimal routes when new obstacles are detected. Th...
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For an autonomous vehicle navigating in a static environment for which an a priori map is inaccurate, we propose a hybrid receding horizon control method to determine optimal routes when new obstacles are detected. The hybrid method uses the level sets of the solution to either a global or local Eikonal equation in the formulation of the receding horizon control problem. Whenever an obstacle is detected along the path of the autonomous vehicle, a solution to a local Eikonal equation is used to determine whether a new, global Eikonal equation must be solved for use in the receding horizon optimization problem. The decision to select a new level set solution is made based on certain matching conditions that guarantee the optimality of the path. The selection of a global or local solution to the Eikonal equation induces a hybrid system structure in the control formulation. We rigorously prove sufficient conditions that guarantees that the vehicle will converge to the goal as long as the goal is accessible. In the end, simulation results are discussed.
The performance of Hall effect current transducers (HECT), under distorted waveform conditions, are usually characterized by means of the frequency response test. In this paper it was investigated if the frequency res...
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The performance of Hall effect current transducers (HECT), under distorted waveform conditions, are usually characterized by means of the frequency response test. In this paper it was investigated if the frequency response is able to correctly evaluate the ratio and the phase errors under distorted conditions. A set of experimental measurements were carried out by comparing the frequency response with test conditions closer to real operation conditions. Two HECTs were characterized under two conditions: 1. sinusoidal excitation with frequencies from 30 to 800 Hz; 2. nonsinusoidal excitation using fundamental frequency and one harmonic, with adjusted phase shift. It was found that ratio and phase errors are weakly affected by the phase angle between the harmonic and the fundamental. Moreover, the effect of conductor location in the HECT window was also investigated. Harmonic phase and ratio errors depend on the position of the primary conductor in the window. These results suggest that the frequency response approach for the evaluation of HECT performance, under distorted waveform conditions, can be used for a error compensation method only if the position of the primary conductor is known.
An improved differential evolution (DE) that incorporates a wavelet-based mutation operation to control the scaling factor is proposed. The wavelet theory applied is to enhance DE in exploring the solution spaces more...
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An improved differential evolution (DE) that incorporates a wavelet-based mutation operation to control the scaling factor is proposed. The wavelet theory applied is to enhance DE in exploring the solution spaces more effectively for better solutions. A suite of benchmark test functions is employed to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. It is shown empirically that the proposed method outperforms significantly the existing methods in terms of convergence speed, solution quality and solution stability.
In wireless cooperative transmissions, nodes may deviate from the cooperative protocol to reduce energy consumption while still reaping the benefits of other nodes' cooperation. Misbehavior is implemented by refra...
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In wireless cooperative transmissions, nodes may deviate from the cooperative protocol to reduce energy consumption while still reaping the benefits of other nodes' cooperation. Misbehavior is implemented by refraining from responding to cooperation request, mimicking adverse channel conditions. From time to time (with a given percentage) cooperations requests are accepted in order to avoid being detected as selfish. In this paper, we propose a technique for detecting misbehavior of nodes in an ad hoc network using carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) and automatic repeat request (ARQ) protocol. Each node can detect control packets of ARQ among source, destination and cooperating nodes, and collect statistics on their decoding probability. Selfish behavior is detected based on uniformly most powerful (UMP) test which yields the minimum miss detection probability for a given false alarm probability.
Advancement in both superconducting technologies and power electronics led to High Temperature Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Systems (SMES) having some excellent performances for use in power systems, such a...
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Advancement in both superconducting technologies and power electronics led to High Temperature Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage Systems (SMES) having some excellent performances for use in power systems, such as rapid response (millisecond), high power (multi-MW), high efficiency, and fourquadrant control. This paper provides a review on SMES applications to power systems.
This preliminary roadmap is provided for state-of-the-art technologies and trends toward integration of point-of-load converters. This paper encompasses an extended survey of literature ranging from device technologie...
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This preliminary roadmap is provided for state-of-the-art technologies and trends toward integration of point-of-load converters. This paper encompasses an extended survey of literature ranging from device technologies and magnetic materials to integration technologies and approaches. The paper is organized into three main sections. 1) Device technologies, including the trench MOSFET, lateral MOSFET and lateral trench MOSFET, are discussed along with their intended applications. The critical role of device packaging to high-frequency integration is assessed. 2) Magnetic materials: In recent years, a number of new magnetic materials have been explored in various research labs to facilitate magnetic integration for high-frequency POL applications. These data are collected and organized to help selecting magnetic material for various current levels and frequency ranges. 3) Levels of integration, which are defined with the focus on magnetic integration techniques and approaches, namely board-level, package-level and wafer-level, each with suitable current scale and frequency range.
Digital micromirror device (DMD) based maskless lithography has a number of advantages including process flexibility, no physical photomask requirement, fast turnaround time, cost effectiveness. It can be particularly...
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An impedance-based structural health monitoring (SHM) system employs a piezoelectric patch to excite the structure under test and capture its response. Impedance-based SHM offers several advantages over other methods ...
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In this paper, a new framework EmCodeSyn is introduced for visual debugging, execution and code synthesis from multi-rate data flow based specifications. EmCodeSyn is an attempt to create a formal semantics based visu...
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In this paper, a new framework EmCodeSyn is introduced for visual debugging, execution and code synthesis from multi-rate data flow based specifications. EmCodeSyn is an attempt to create a formal semantics based visual framework for specifying safety critical applications such as automotive control, avionics fly-by-wire control, etc. In contrast with SIMULINK/Stateflow, LabVIEW and other visual tools, EmCodeSyn is based on a synchronous programming paradigm akin to the polychronous language SIGNAL. The formalism on which this work is based, is called MRICDF (multi-rate instantaneous channel connected data flow). The specification formalism has relational semantics, which enables static rate-analysis for scheduling the computation in the code generation stage. Hierarchical data flow specification with minimal amount of control specification makes it easier for designers to compose existing MRICDF models to create larger ones. Once the feasibilty of an MRICDF design is verified, code synthesis is performed by the tool to generate C code. EmCodeSyn design methodology provides a visual framework for generating verifiable deterministic code from synchronous specification based on MRICDF formalism.
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