The article describes mathematical model of the skid-steered mobile robot (SSMR), which was designed at the DCMI. SSMR is an indoor/outdoor autonomous/remotely controlled vehicle intended for research purposes in the ...
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The article describes mathematical model of the skid-steered mobile robot (SSMR), which was designed at the DCMI. SSMR is an indoor/outdoor autonomous/remotely controlled vehicle intended for research purposes in the area of developing a combination of autonomous and remote control schemes for mobile robots with application of telepresence principles. Mathematical model was derived using the Euler-Newton method of free bodies dynamics. Simulation results verifying the correctness of the model are provided.
This paper describes a design of an associative memory array processor that can be used in the acquisition and processing of ultrasonograph images. The major concept is to design a parallel architecture that reduces t...
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This paper describes a design of an associative memory array processor that can be used in the acquisition and processing of ultrasonograph images. The major concept is to design a parallel architecture that reduces task's execution time by analyzing multiple parts of the image concurrently. The architecture constitutes a distinctive type of single-instruction stream, multiple-data stream machine that is built around content-addressable associative memory slabs, that allow parallel access of multiple memory words. The basic building block of this architecture is a one-pixel processing element, which can perform the standard load (data acquisition) function and also contains some special comparison logic to enable its content to be compared with an external data. Several image processing operations are implemented in parallel, among them: component labeling, size filtering, pattern centralization, and pattern recognition. The proposed novel architecture can label specific regions into the image and isolate them intelligently. It is also capable of storing templates that may be considered as references for similar cases. The system is able to perform learning process and extract features from several input patterns and store the reference pattern in a slice. Moreover, the system is capable of comparing an input image with a pre-stored template during recognition process. The proposed architecture is of interest because it speeds up the recognition process and helps radiology specialists to write their reports confidently.
In the framework of real-time digital control, two fundamental parameters are defined, the control effort and the control action interval. The first one is related to the strength of the control that, due to the inter...
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In the framework of real-time digital control, two fundamental parameters are defined, the control effort and the control action interval. The first one is related to the strength of the control that, due to the intersampling open-loop control, determines the degrading of performances under unexpected delays. The second one refers to the unavoidable delays in the multitasking environment due to interactions among the tasks. As a consequence, the scheduling policy should consider not only the tasks delays but also their influence in the control loop behavior, being calculated to minimize the overall degrading of performances.
In a number of array signal processing applications, such as underwater source localization, the propagation medium is not homogeneous, which causes a distortion of the wavefront received by the array. In this paper, ...
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In a number of array signal processing applications, such as underwater source localization, the propagation medium is not homogeneous, which causes a distortion of the wavefront received by the array. In this paper, we consider the direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation problem for such distorted wavefronts. In previous approaches, the so-called multiplicative noise scenario is considered based on the assumption that the distortion is random and can be parameterized by a small number of parameters. To gain robustness against mismodelling we assume a scenario in which the wavefront amplitude is distorted in a completely arbitrary way. We derive the maximum likelihood (ML) estimator of the DOA and show it can be obtained by means of a simple 1D search. The Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) for the problem at hand is derived. Numerical simulations illustrate a good performance of the estimator and show that its accuracy is comparable with that of estimators which require knowledge of the form of amplitude distortions.
This paper deals with the estimation of an unknown process transfer function in the presence of colored measurement noise. A three-step estimation procedure has been previously developed for transfer functions, the de...
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This paper deals with the estimation of an unknown process transfer function in the presence of colored measurement noise. A three-step estimation procedure has been previously developed for transfer functions, the delay steps and the orders of which are known in advance. The procedure is extended to deal with transfer functions with unknown delay steps and orders. The auto-correlation function of the error between the process output and model output is utilized for evaluating the model fitness. The effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by a simulation study using a sample set of data in MATLAB.
Decomposing dynamical systems in terms of orthogonal expansions enables the modelling/approximation of a system with a finite length expansion. By flexibly tuning the basis functions to underlying system characteristi...
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Decomposing dynamical systems in terms of orthogonal expansions enables the modelling/approximation of a system with a finite length expansion. By flexibly tuning the basis functions to underlying system characteristics, the rate of convergence of these expansions can be drastically increased, leading to highly accurate models (small bias) being represented by few parameters (small variance). Additionally algorithmic and numerical aspects are favourable. A recently developed general theory for basis construction will be presented, that is a generalization of the classical Laguerre theory. The basis functions are applied in problems of identification, approximation, realization, uncertainty modelling, and adaptive filtering, particularly exploiting the property that basis function models are linearly parametrized. Besides powerful algorithms, they also provide useful analysis tools for understanding the underlying identification/approximation algorithms.
This paper proposes a genetic-based algorithm for surface reconstruction of three-dimension (3-D) objects from a group of contours representing its section plane lines. The algorithm can optimize the triangulation of ...
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This paper proposes a genetic-based algorithm for surface reconstruction of three-dimension (3-D) objects from a group of contours representing its section plane lines. The algorithm can optimize the triangulation of the surface of 3-D objects with a multi-objective optimization function to meet the needs of a wide range of applications. Further, a new crossover operator for triangulation and a new 3-D quadrilateral mutation operator are also introduced.
The use of AI techniques in control raises the problem of implementing operations with not well bounded and defined computing time, in a real time framework. In this paper, the combined used of conventional and AI con...
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The use of AI techniques in control raises the problem of implementing operations with not well bounded and defined computing time, in a real time framework. In this paper, the combined used of conventional and AI control strategies at different levels of process control is analyzed. Each control activity is split into a number of tasks, involving mandatory and optional computations. The main time constraints as well as some structures, namely the integrated and the hierarchical control structures, are reviewed and some solutions to guarantee the response time are proposed. Two applications in the control of industrial kilns are also discussed.
Services on the Internet rely on Internet applications, that is software applications distributed between clients and an Internet server relying on IP-based communication. This work demonstrates that they can benefit ...
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This paper addresses the inverse optimal robust control problem for uncertain nonlinear systems. A new version of robust backstepping is proposed in which inverse optimality is achieved through the selection of genera...
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