control of the plasma inductance is an essential tool for the successful operation of Tokamaks in order to overcome stability issues as well as the new challenges specific to advanced scenarios operation. Thus, tokama...
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control of the plasma inductance is an essential tool for the successful operation of Tokamaks in order to overcome stability issues as well as the new challenges specific to advanced scenarios operation. Thus, tokamak operation may benefit from model predictive control techniques to extend the pulse duration by reducing instabilities while guaranteeing tokamak integrity. The numerical results seem to indicate that internal inductance and current profiles can be adequately controlled which will influence the L-H transition timing, the density peaking and pedestal pressure. In this regard, the need for optimal, robust control emerges as a key factor in the development of a nuclear fusion reactor.
In the field of physical activity a significant importance is held by aerobic endurance training, which is a relatively low intensity exercise that depends primarily on aerobic energy generating processes. This type o...
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In the field of physical activity a significant importance is held by aerobic endurance training, which is a relatively low intensity exercise that depends primarily on aerobic energy generating processes. This type of training is used for the overall endurance and fitness of the body by engaging all the major systems of the body and pushing the limits of their functions with the ultimate goal of adapting these structures to the stress of the physical effort and thus improving the performance output. However, using classic training methods, it is often impossible to ensure the necessary operating points in order to obtain the desired results. The human heart rate model with respect to the velocity of walking or running presents inherent nonlinearities that are required to be taken into account when designing computer integrated training aids. This paper implements such a tool using a fuzzy controlsystem for human heart rate during aerobic endurance training. The controller is tested and validated using two nonlinear human-on-treadmill models, and it presents robustness to significant model variations, as well as uncertainties in the model parameters and white noise type of disturbances. The designed controlsystem ensures desired heart rate profiles, finding its usefulness in supporting the training configuration process by specialized professionals.
The paper presents a conceptual model of the manufacturing enterprise of the future, which is centered on knowledge. It is introduced the concept of organizational wisdom, as an intelligence level that allows manufact...
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This paper describes a new sensorless control using self-dynamics without an external signal injection. Instead of the signal injection, it utilizes the self-dynamics of the control loop that inherently adjusts the ma...
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This paper describes a new sensorless control using self-dynamics without an external signal injection. Instead of the signal injection, it utilizes the self-dynamics of the control loop that inherently adjusts the magnitude of inverters current and voltage in the switching frequency range. Due to no existence of the external signal, the proposed method provides several advantages including reduction of audible noise and core loss, while achieving a good dynamic performance with a high current controller bandwidth. The detail operation principle and the control structure are described, various simulation and experiment results are provided in order to verify the effectiveness and feasibilities.
Using frequency data of the Northwest Power Grid from Feb. 15th to 28th, 2013 that is measured by PMU-light units in Shandong University, the steady state characteristics of frequency are analyzed in this paper. Durat...
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(纸本)9781479965762
Using frequency data of the Northwest Power Grid from Feb. 15th to 28th, 2013 that is measured by PMU-light units in Shandong University, the steady state characteristics of frequency are analyzed in this paper. Duration and number of low-frequency and high-frequency events are listed. Statistics of daily highest, lowest and average frequency values are given. Ensemble averaged frequency values are calculated. Characteristics of steady-state frequency in the Northwest Power Grid are summarized and influence factors of frequency are discussed. The influence of the proportion of wind power on the frequency quality is simulated. The necessity of the application of a new frequency control method called DFR (Demand as Frequency controlled Reserve) in the Northwest Power Grid is discussed.
This paper considers the problem of localization of multiple land mines using information collected by a network of wireless sensors deployed in the area of interest. These sensors detect the concentration of explosiv...
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This paper considers the problem of localization of multiple land mines using information collected by a network of wireless sensors deployed in the area of interest. These sensors detect the concentration of explosive vapours, emanating from buried land mines, in the air and have a wireless transmission system for exchanging information with a treatment or fusion centre. One of the key contribution of this paper is to locate and estimate the emission rate of multiple land mines. Using a model for the transport of the explosive chemicals in the air, we formulate the inverse problem consisting in determining sequentially the positions and emission rates of the land mines knowing concentration measurements provided by the sensors. To solve the inverse problem, we present a first solution based on a Least Squares optimization approach and a second solution based on probabilistic Bayesian techniques using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling scheme. These two approaches are tested and compared on simulated data.
Nowadays parallel manipulators are used widely in bioengineering applications; this leads to many exciting expectations as well as challenges. The kinematic analysis of parallel manipulators with their differential ki...
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Nowadays parallel manipulators are used widely in bioengineering applications; this leads to many exciting expectations as well as challenges. The kinematic analysis of parallel manipulators with their differential kinematics yielding the Jacobian in a closed form is not a trivial task. In this paper a parallel manipulator based mobility assistive device called EJADII is analyzed to determine forward kinematics, inverse kinematics and closed-form Jacobian. An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference system (ANFIS) is trained to estimate the Jacobian. This system would be useful when determination of the Jacobian in a closed-form is difficult to determine. The human motion during sit to stand captured by VICON experiment is used with two assisting scenarios to train and verify this system. Computer simulations show relatively good results of the proposed system.
Recent studies on MAC scheduling have shown that carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) algorithms can be throughput optimal for arbitrary wireless network topology. However, these results are highly sensitive to the un...
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(纸本)9781450321938
Recent studies on MAC scheduling have shown that carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) algorithms can be throughput optimal for arbitrary wireless network topology. However, these results are highly sensitive to the underlying assumption on 'static' or 'fixed' system conditions. For example, if channel conditions are time-varying, it is unclear how each node can adjust its CSMA parameters, so-called backoff and channel holding times, using its local channel information for the desired high performance. In this paper, we study 'channel-aware' CSMA (A-CSMA) algorithms in time-varying channels, where they adjust their parameters as some function of the current channel capacity. First, we show that the achievable rate region of A-CSMA equals to the maximum rate region if and only if the function is exponential. Furthermore, given an exponential function in ACSMA, we design updating rules for their parameters, which achieve throughput optimality for an arbitrary wireless network topology. They are the first CSMA algorithms in the literature which are proved to be throughput optimal under time-varying channels. Moreover, we also consider the case when back-off rates of A-CSMA are highly restricted compared to the speed of channel variations, and characterize the throughput performance of A-CSMA in terms of the underlying wireless network topology. Our results not only guide a high-performance design on MAC scheduling under highly time-varying scenarios, but also provide new insights on the performance of CSMA algorithms in relation to their backoff rates and underlying network topologies. Copyright 2013 ACM.
This paper reports some Nyquist-type criteria for exponential/asymptotical stability in linear time-delayed systems of retarded type, by introducing contraposition seperators into the return difference ratio relations...
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(纸本)9781479952007
This paper reports some Nyquist-type criteria for exponential/asymptotical stability in linear time-delayed systems of retarded type, by introducing contraposition seperators into the return difference ratio relationships in feedbacks. The Nyquist criteria present necessary and sufficient stability conditions, delays-dependent, which can be interpreted similarly and examined graphically as we do for linear time-invariant systems. The suggested Nyquist criteria involve neither open-loop characteristic roots distribution nor encirclement/orientation of Nyquist loci, which are not available even approximately and finite-dimensionally in linear time-delayed systems. The Nyquist criteria can be easily applied to open-loop linear time-delayed systems. Examples are included to illustrate the results.
This paper presents a successful implementation of an undergraduate robotics and virtual reality course that builds upon the synergies existing between these two areas in order to introduce computers and information t...
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