We present some final results from a research project focused on introducing automatic control to the operation of cupola iron furnaces. The main aim of this research is to improve the operational efficiency and perfo...
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We present some final results from a research project focused on introducing automatic control to the operation of cupola iron furnaces. The main aim of this research is to improve the operational efficiency and performance of the cupola furnace. Experimental data are used to calibrate the model, which is taken as a first-order multivariable system with time delay. Then relative gain analysis is used to select loop pairings to be used in a multiloop controller. The resulting controller pairs melt-rate with blast volume, iron temperature with oxygen addition, and carbon composition with metal-to-coke ratio. Special (nonlinear) filters are used to compute the melt-rate from actual scale readings of the amount of iron produced and to smooth the temperature measurement. The temperature and melt-rate loops use single-loop PI control. The composition loop uses a Smith predictor to discount the deadtime associated with mass transport through the furnace. Experiments results validate the conceptual controller design.
In this paper we present some final results from a research project focused on introducing automatic control to the operation of cupola iron furnaces. The main aim of this research is to improve the operational effici...
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In this paper we address the problem of designing simple global tracking controllers for a kinematic model of a mobile robot and a simple dynamic model of a mobile robot. For this we use a cascaded systems approach, r...
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In this paper we address the problem of designing simple global tracking controllers for a kinematic model of a mobile robot and a simple dynamic model of a mobile robot. For this we use a cascaded systems approach, resulting into linear controllers that yield global K-exponential stability of the closed loop system.
The authors show a relationship between artificial potential field (APF) based motion planning/navigation and constrained optimization. They then present a simple genetic hill-climbing algorithm (SGHC) which is used t...
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The authors show a relationship between artificial potential field (APF) based motion planning/navigation and constrained optimization. They then present a simple genetic hill-climbing algorithm (SGHC) which is used to navigate a point robot through an environment using the APF approach. The motivation for the research is a robot that they are currently developing, named AGIE-3 (autonomous Guided Intelligent Equipment 3), which senses and navigates through the use of a stereo vision head. They compare the SGHC with steepest descent hill-climbing (SDHC), using two environments. The first environment is composed of stationary obstacles while the second environment is composed of non-stationary obstacles. In SDHC, candidate moves are evaluated within a 360 degree radius and the best candidate is selected by the robot. One would think that the SGHC would be at a disadvantage; however, the performance of the SGHC is comparable with SDHC even though it does not search 360 degrees for candidate moves. The SGHC has an advantage in that it is capable of evolving the appropriate step size as well as the appropriate angle of movement.
This paper examines fundamental design tradeoffs that apply to all linear filtering, prediction, and smoothing problems, We introduce sensitivity functions that quantify filter performance, and we show that their freq...
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This paper examines fundamental design tradeoffs that apply to all linear filtering, prediction, and smoothing problems, We introduce sensitivity functions that quantify filter performance, and we show that their frequency response satisfies constraints imposed by unstable poles and nonminimum phase zeros of the system, The constraints allow one to determine, a priori, whether or not a desired filter performance is attainable and how different arrangements of the measurement system influence the achievable performance.
A low-noise amplifier operating at 2.4 GHz has been fabricated with MOSFET's in silicon-on-sapphire technology, The amplifier has a 2.8-dB noise figure, IO-dB gain, and 14-dBm output referred IP3 with 14-mW power ...
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A low-noise amplifier operating at 2.4 GHz has been fabricated with MOSFET's in silicon-on-sapphire technology, The amplifier has a 2.8-dB noise figure, IO-dB gain, and 14-dBm output referred IP3 with 14-mW power dissipation, The amplifier was matched for minimum noise with on-chip spiral inductors and capacitors.
A technique of identifying the dynamics of a robotics system using neural network is presented. The identified model is used by a fuzzy controller to evaluate the range of the control variables and also the performanc...
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A technique of identifying the dynamics of a robotics system using neural network is presented. The identified model is used by a fuzzy controller to evaluate the range of the control variables and also the performance of the adaptive control laws on the identified model. An overview of the neuro-fuzzy control architecture is also discussed. This architecture uses two neural networks, one which identifies the system dynamics and another classifies the temporal response of the robotic system. The information from the neural networks is used to make suitable adjustments in the parameter of the fuzzy controller. This paper however concentrates on the theory and operation of identifying the dynamics of a Adept-Two industrial robot. Simulation results are presented.
A neuro-fuzzy controller is presented which uses neural networks to modify the parameters of an adaptive fuzzy logic controller. The adaptiveness of the fuzzy controller is derived from a rule generation mechanism and...
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A neuro-fuzzy controller is presented which uses neural networks to modify the parameters of an adaptive fuzzy logic controller. The adaptiveness of the fuzzy controller is derived from a rule generation mechanism and changing the scaling factor or the shape of the membership functions. The neural network functions as a classifier of the system's temporal responses. A multilayer perceptron is used to classify the temporal response of the system into different patterns. Depending on the type of pattern such as "response with overshoot", "damped response", "oscillating response", etc. the scaling factor of the input and output membership functions are adjusted to make the system respond in a desired manner. The rule generation mechanism also utilizes the temporal response of the system to evaluate new fuzzy rules. The non-redundant rules are appended to the existing rule base during the tuning cycles. This controller architecture is used in real-time to control a direct drive motor. The control system hardware utilizes a digital signal processor and a PC to implement the controller architecture. Experimental results are illustrated.
Tematic hybrid which combines the concept of evolutionary hill-climbing search with the systematic search concept of arc revision to form a hybrid that quickly find solutions to Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Problems ...
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Tematic hybrid which combines the concept of evolutionary hill-climbing search with the systematic search concept of arc revision to form a hybrid that quickly find solutions to Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Problems (FCSPs). The performance of this hybrid on 250 randomly generated FCSPs in which th e fuzzy co n stra in ts are evenly d is trib u ted amongst th e variables of th e FCSP is compared with its p e rformance on 250 randomly generated FCSPs where the fuzzy constraints are unevenly dis trib u ted . The results provide some interes ting insights in th e role th a t Fuzzy C ons tra in t Network Topology has on Evolutionary Search. copy;1997 ACM 0-89791-925-4.
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