The majority of nonlinear models based on neural networks are of the black-box structure. A nonlinear system can be nonlinear in many different ways, thus the nonlinear black-box model structure must be very flexible....
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The majority of nonlinear models based on neural networks are of the black-box structure. A nonlinear system can be nonlinear in many different ways, thus the nonlinear black-box model structure must be very flexible. This means that it must have many parameters. A model offering many parameters usually creates problems, and the variance contribution to the error might be high. For a particular identification problem, only a subset of the parameters may be necessary, and the main topic in nonlinear system identification is how to select a model structure that describes the system dynamics with the minimum number of parameters. This paper discusses nonlinear input-output models that are suitable for implementation of feedforward neural networks. The proposed model structures were tested and compared using the identification procedure of a pH process. The results indicated that a simplest model structure can satisfactorily represent the investigated process.
A neuro controller for high precision manoeuvring of underwater vehicles require special attention to a number of factors including thruster and vehicle’s nonlinearities, couplings which exist between various degrees...
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A neuro controller for high precision manoeuvring of underwater vehicles require special attention to a number of factors including thruster and vehicle’s nonlinearities, couplings which exist between various degrees of freedom as well as effects of the sea currents. The neuro control system for underwater vehicle maneouvring described here is based on the conventional controller supported with the so called adaptive neural network.
Before designing safety- or mission-critical real-time systems, a specification of the required behaviour of the system should be produced and reviewed by domain experts. After the system has been implemented, it shou...
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ISBN:
(纸本)1581132662
Before designing safety- or mission-critical real-time systems, a specification of the required behaviour of the system should be produced and reviewed by domain experts. After the system has been implemented, it should be thoroughly tested to ensure that it behaves correctly. This is best done using a monitor, a system that observes the behaviour of a target system and reports if that behaviour is consistent with the requirements. Such a monitor can be used both as an oracle during testing and as a supervisor during operation. Monitors should be based on the documented requirements of the system. If the target system is required to monitor or control real-valued quantities, then the requirements, which are expressed in terms of the monitored and controlled quantities, will allow a range of behaviours to account for errors and imprecision in observation and control of these quantities. Even if the controlled variables are discrete valued, the requirements must specify the timing tolerance. Because of the limitations of the devices used by the monitor to observe the environmental quantities, there is unavoidable potential for false reports, both negative and positive. This paper discusses design of monitors for real-time systems, and examines the conditions under which a monitor will produce false reports. We describe the conclusions that can be drawn when using a monitor to observe system behaviour.
A real-time system for tracking multiple quasi-rigid objects is presented. To enable the tracking of objects having similar gray-level intensity during contacts, we use dynamic information extracted by computing spars...
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A real-time system for tracking multiple quasi-rigid objects is presented. To enable the tracking of objects having similar gray-level intensity during contacts, we use dynamic information extracted by computing sparse optical flow along the object contours. Optical flow vectors are used for updating the positions of the tracked contours in a sequence of image frames. The local properties of optical flow enable the system to track the objects during and after contact, when parts of object contours become hidden. The missing dynamic information is reconstructed by using a model of constant optical flow along an object contour. To deal with the contours of changing-shape, a contour-correcting procedure based on an active contour model is added. The robustness of the tracking algorithm is improved by adding a supervision module, which detects tracking failures and reinitializes the lost contours. The system has been tested on real sequences with laboratory animals during pharmacological experiments and has been shown to be sufficiently robust and efficient.
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A.B. PosavecDepartment for Electronics
Microelectronics Computer and Intelligent Systems at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing University of Zagreb Croatia
The expressive power and the epistemic adequacy of the Dempster-Shafer (DS) theory of evidence has often been acknowledged. DS theory of evidence is based on two components: a tool for representing belief for a statem...
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The expressive power and the epistemic adequacy of the Dempster-Shafer (DS) theory of evidence has often been acknowledged. DS theory of evidence is based on two components: a tool for representing belief for a statement, i.e. a pair of set functions (Bel, Pl) that quantify to what extent available evidence implies the statement and to what extent is available evidence consistent with the statement, respectively; and a tool for combining evidence. Thus DS theory deals with belief intervals rather than single numerical values of belief. There is an explicit differentiation between the notion of disbelief from that of lack of belief. However, as many other methodologies in the field of uncertain reasoning, DS theory addresses only the problem of representing the uncertainty of knowledge, without dealing with the problem of representing the knowledge itself. Saffiotti (1994) has proposed a framework for integrating the DS theory with a knowledge representation system. This approach introduces so-called belief bases, whose purpose is to allow embedding belief functions into a knowledge representation system which is better suited for representing the knowledge itself. Belief bases for a given knowledge representation system are built using three primitive operations, which utilize Dempster's combination rule. This paper describes an attempt at integrating appropriately modified belief bases into a knowledge representation system which utilizes Petri nets for representing knowledge.
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Jasmin VelagicZoran VukicEdin OmerdicUniversity of Sarajevo
Faculty of Electrical Engineering Skenderija 70 BH-71000 Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina fax : (+387 71) 654 972 University of Zagreb
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Department of Control and Computer Engineering in Automation Unska 3 HR-10000 Zagreb Croatia fax : (+385 1) 612 98 09 University of Tuzla
Faculty of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Franjevacka 2 BH-75000 Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina
We develop in this paper an adaptive fuzzy gain autopilot for ship track-keeping. This autopilot is composed of Sugeno fuzzy type autopilot in an ordinary feedback loop and adjustable scaling factors mechanism in an a...
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We develop in this paper an adaptive fuzzy gain autopilot for ship track-keeping. This autopilot is composed of Sugeno fuzzy type autopilot in an ordinary feedback loop and adjustable scaling factors mechanism in an additional feedback loop. The adjustment mechanism represents a fuzzy controller that changes scaling factors of the base fuzzy autopilot. The control system for the track-keeping is completely described. For the track-keeping problem, the maneuver of way-point turning and ship guiding through a complex path (trajectory) are presented. The influence of sea current and wave disturbances on track-keeping performance was also considered. We first present simulation results obtained by the Sugeno fuzzy type autopilot. Then, we compare those results with ones obtained by an adaptive fuzzy autopilot.
The application of a nonlinear predictive controller in the cascade control structure of a boost converter is investigated. The neuro-predictive controller is realized as a nonlinear optimizer, using the Levenberg-Mar...
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The application of a nonlinear predictive controller in the cascade control structure of a boost converter is investigated. The neuro-predictive controller is realized as a nonlinear optimizer, using the Levenberg-Marquardt unconstrained optimization procedure. For the prediction of future process responses, two MLP neural networks are used. One network is used for modeling the converter dynamics and the other for online estimation of the converter's input voltage. This structure ensures good system performance in all operating regions and inherent compensation of ripples in the converter's input current caused by variations of the input voltage. The advantages of the proposed control structure are demonstrated through experimental comparison with a linear GPC with manually adjusted feedforward compensator.
The authors describe a multithreaded parallel genetic algorithm (PGA) implementation. Considering the basic models of parallel genetic algorithms, we identify a variant of global PGA (GPGA) as the most appropriate one...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9539676916
The authors describe a multithreaded parallel genetic algorithm (PGA) implementation. Considering the basic models of parallel genetic algorithms, we identify a variant of global PGA (GPGA) as the most appropriate one for use on a multiprocessor system with few processors. The difference between the synchronous and asynchronous model is analyzed and their characteristics are evaluated. Unlike some authors, we choose not to allow a single individual to be engaged in a tournament competition in more than one instance (no duplicates). The probability of selection for elimination of an individual is than determined based on the fitness of the chromosome and compared with the same probability of the duplicate-allowing algorithm. Finally, the main advantages and disadvantages of the GPGA as well as performance comparison with sequential GA are stated.
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Vilém SrovnalPavel NevrivaDepartment of Measurement and Control
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science VŠB - Technical University Ostrava 17. listopadu 15 708 33 Ostrava - Poruba Czech Republic phone:+420 69 699 3137/3135 fax:+420 69 6993138
Industrial applications are characterised by increasing complexity of distributed control systems. The control system is compound of intelligent sensors and actuators, micro-controllers, PLC's, PC's and workst...
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Industrial applications are characterised by increasing complexity of distributed control systems. The control system is compound of intelligent sensors and actuators, micro-controllers, PLC's, PC's and workstations in industrial and computer nets and operating systems. In such distributed control systems is possible effectively using multi-agent architecture, where agents co-operate under a structured organisation, using the scenario recognition approach. The typical application is the transport of mass and/or energy by large pipeline systems of great complexity undergoes a number of technician and economical constraints. This involves the problem of a dynamic optimal control of distribution systems. In this paper, the optimal control of steam and hot water distribution in the large pipeline network is discussed.
The model of mobile robot is designed and performed using the three-wheels principle. Each of wheels is derived through a separate electrical motor-drive. The actual motion trajectory is defined by the actual turning ...
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The model of mobile robot is designed and performed using the three-wheels principle. Each of wheels is derived through a separate electrical motor-drive. The actual motion trajectory is defined by the actual turning frequency of motors. The motor-drivers are controlled using the microprocessor unit calculating the motion control signals for each of one. Global driving signal is calculated and transmitted through the HF radio communication equipment using the central PC self-learning control fuzzy oriented system. Distributed robot’s control system is performed using the MOTOROLA M68HC11 family equipment.
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