The leader-following problem of first-order integral multi-agent systems with communication noises is investigated in this paper. To attenuate the noise's effect, a positive time-varying gain a(t) is employed in t...
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The leader-following problem of first-order integral multi-agent systems with communication noises is investigated in this paper. To attenuate the noise's effect, a positive time-varying gain a(t) is employed in the protocol. It is proved that the proposed protocol can solve the mean square leader-following problem if the following conditions hold: 1) the communication topology graph has a spanning tree;2) ∫∞0 a(t)dt = ∞;3) lim t→∞ a(t) = 0. The requirements on a(t) are different from most existing papers, where a(t) is required to satisfy that ∫∞0 a(t) = ∞ and ∫∞0 a2(t) < ∞. It turns out that ∫∞0 a2(t) < ∞ implies lim t→∞ a(t) = 0, if a(t) is uniformly continuous. Therefore this paper relaxes the requirements on a(t) to some extent. In addition, under the mild condition (a(t) is uniformly continuous) these three conditions are necessary as well. Furthermore, if ∫∞0 a2(t)<∞, the employed protocol is proved to be able to solve the almost sure leader-following problem of first-order integral multi-agent system. Finally, a simulation example is provided to verify the effectiveness of the employed protocols.
In this paper, a novel prediction method of the striking position is proposed for a robotic ping-pong player. In order to remove the noise involved in the coordinates of ping-pong ball, a new nonlinear filter based on...
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In this paper, a novel prediction method of the striking position is proposed for a robotic ping-pong player. In order to remove the noise involved in the coordinates of ping-pong ball, a new nonlinear filter based on fuzzy logic approach is presented. Then, least square method (LSM) is utilized to compute the initial flying and rotational velocities based on the filtered positions of the ball. The impact between a ping-pong ball and the table is studied, and the analytic model that represents the relationship between the velocities before and after rebound is developed. Based on statistical analysis, a memory-based local modeling approach is presented to obtain a more accurate velocity after rebound. The succeeding trajectory is predicted according to the initial state of the ball and the flying and rebound models. The striking position can be obtained from the predicted trajectory. Experiments are well conducted and verify that sufficient precision of the striking position have been achieved with the proposed method.
This paper is devoted to the underwater and terrestrial locomotion aspects of an amphibious robotic fish propelled by modular fish-like propelling units and a pair of hybrid wheel-propeller-fin mechanisms. According t...
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This paper is devoted to the underwater and terrestrial locomotion aspects of an amphibious robotic fish propelled by modular fish-like propelling units and a pair of hybrid wheel-propeller-fin mechanisms. According to the mechanical structure and locomotion characteristics of the robot, a central pattern generator (CPG) network comprising coupled oscillators is employed to produce signals for swimming, crawling, as well as transitions between them. Specifically, a set of four key parameters including a tonic input drive, a direction factor, and two pitch factors is introduced to serve as input to the CPG network. Meanwhile, a finite state machine is built to trigger locomotor pattern transitions. Field tests on the amphibious patterns and autonomous water-land transition demonstrate the effectiveness of the adopted CPG-based control architecture. The latest results show that the robot attained a maximum advancing speed of 1.16m/s (corresponding to 1.66 body lengths per second), a minimal turning radius of approximately 0.55 m (corresponding to 0.79 body lengths) on land, as well as an average rolling speed of 204 degrees per second in an alligator-like roll maneuver. It is also found that the dolphin-like dorsoventral swimming could provide an increase of 10.3% in speed compared to the fish-like carangiform swimming on the same propulsion platform.
The optimization of energy consumption, with consequent costs reduction, is one of the main challenges in present and future smart grids. Of course, this has to occur keeping the living comfort for the end-user unchan...
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The optimization of energy consumption, with consequent costs reduction, is one of the main challenges in present and future smart grids. Of course, this has to occur keeping the living comfort for the end-user unchanged. In this work, an approach based on the mixed-integer linear programming paradigm, which is able to provide an optimal solution in terms of tasks power consumption and management of renewable resources, is developed. The proposed algorithm yields an optimal task scheduling under dynamic electrical constraints, while simultaneously ensuring the thermal comfort according to the user needs. On purpose, a suitable thermal model based on heat-pump usage has been considered in the framework. Some computer simulations using real data have been performed, and obtained results confirm the efficiency and robustness of the algorithm, also in terms of achievable cost savings.
In this brief, we consider the problem of controlling the racket attached to the ping-pong playing robot, so that the incoming ball is returned to a desired position. The maps that are used to calculate the racket'...
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In this brief, we consider the problem of controlling the racket attached to the ping-pong playing robot, so that the incoming ball is returned to a desired position. The maps that are used to calculate the racket's initial parameters are described. They are implemented with the locally weighted regression (LWR). An active learning approach based on the fuzzy cerebellar model articulation controller (FCMAC) is proposed, and then it is added to the LWR, which is regarded as lazy learning. A learning algorithm that is used for updating the experience data in the fuzzy CMAC according to the errors between the actual and desired landing positions is presented. A series of experiments has been performed to demonstrate the applicability of the proposed method.
Various sampling techniques are widely used in environmental, social and resource surveys. Spatial sampling techniques are more efficient than conventional sampling when surveying spatially distributed targets such as...
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Various sampling techniques are widely used in environmental, social and resource surveys. Spatial sampling techniques are more efficient than conventional sampling when surveying spatially distributed targets such as CO2 emissions, soil pollution, a population distribution, disaster distribution, and disease incidence, where spatial autocorrelation and heterogeneity are prevalent. However, despite decades of development in theory and practice, there are few computer programs for spatial sampling. We investigated the three-fold relationship between targets, sampling strategies and statistical methods in spatial contexture. Accordingly, the information flow of the spatial sampling process was reconstructed and optimized. SSSampling, a computer program for design-based spatial sampling, has been developed from the theoretical basis. Three typical applications of the software, namely sampling design, optimal statistical inference and precision assessment, are demonstrated as case studies. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
One of the principal goals in medicine is to determine and implement the best treatment for patients through fastidious estimation of the effects and benefits of therapeutic procedures. The inherent complexities of ph...
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One of the principal goals in medicine is to determine and implement the best treatment for patients through fastidious estimation of the effects and benefits of therapeutic procedures. The inherent complexities of physiological and pathological networks that span across orders of magnitude in time and length scales, however, represent fundamental hurdles in determining effective treatments for patients. Here we argue for a new approach, called the ACP-based approach, that combines artificial (societies), computational (experiments), and parallel (execution) methods in intelligent systems and technology for integrative and predictive medicine, or more generally, precision medicine and smart health management. The advent of artificial societies that collect the clinically relevant information in prognostics and therapeutics provides a promising platform for organizing and experimenting complex physiological systems toward integrative medicine. The ability of computational experiments to analyze distinct, interactive systems such as the host mechanisms, pathological pathways, and therapeutic strategies, as well as other factors using the artificial systems, will enable control and management through parallel execution of real and arficial systems concurrently within the integrative medicine context. The development of this framework in integrative medicine, fueled by close collaborations between physicians, engineers, and scientists, will result in preventive and predictive practices of a personal, proactive, and precise nature, including rational combinatorial treatments, adaptive therapeutics, and patient-oriented disease management.
A novel multi-objective adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) method is constructed to obtain the optimal controller of a class of nonlinear time-delay systems in this paper. Using the weighted sum technology, the origin...
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A novel multi-objective adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) method is constructed to obtain the optimal controller of a class of nonlinear time-delay systems in this paper. Using the weighted sum technology, the original multi-objective optimal control problem is transformed to the single one. An ADP method is established for nonlinear time-delay systems to solve the optimal control problem. To demonstrate that the presented iterative performance index function sequence is convergent and the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable, the convergence analysis is also given. The neural networks are used to get the approximative control policy and the approximative performance index function, respectively. Two simulation examples are presented to illustrate the performance of the presented optimal control method.
Falls in the elderly have always been a serious medical and social problem. To detect and predict falls, a hidden Markov model (HMM)-based method using tri-axial accelerations of human body is proposed. A wearable mot...
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Falls in the elderly have always been a serious medical and social problem. To detect and predict falls, a hidden Markov model (HMM)-based method using tri-axial accelerations of human body is proposed. A wearable motion detection device using tri-axial accelerometer is designed and realized, which can detect and predict falls based on tri-axial acceleration of human upper trunk. The acceleration time series (ATS) extracted from human motion processes are used to describe human motion features, and the ATS extracted from human fall courses but before the collision are used to train HMM so as to build a random process mathematical model. Thus, the outputs of HMM, which express the marching degrees of input ATS and HMM, can be used to evaluate the risks to fall. The experiment results show that fall events can be predicted 200-400 ms ahead the occurrence of collisions, and distinguished from other daily life activities with an accuracy of 100%.
Based on the point of view of neuroethology and cognition-psychology, general frame of theory for intelligent systems is presented by means of principle of relative entropy minimizing in this paper. Cream of the gener...
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(纸本)1601322488
Based on the point of view of neuroethology and cognition-psychology, general frame of theory for intelligent systems is presented by means of principle of relative entropy minimizing in this paper. Cream of the general frame of theory is to present and to prove basic principle of intelligent systems: entropy increases or decreases together with intelligence in the intelligent systems. The basic principle is of momentous theoretical significance and practical significance. From the basic principle can not only derive two kind of learning algorithms (statistical simulating annealing algorithms and annealing algorithms of mean-field theory approximation) for training large kinds of stochastic neural networks, but also can thoroughly dispel misgivings created by second law of thermodynamics on peoples psychology, hence make one be fully confident of facing life. Because of Human society, natural world, and even universe all are intelligent systems.
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