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 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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This paper provides a strategy for supervising the motion of some mobile robots that evolve in the same environment. Some regions of the environment are assumed to have a limited capacity in terms of the number of rob...
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The paper adapts the second-order sliding mode (SOSM) control technique to higher-order dc-dc converters. In particular, the paper presents an adaptation of this control technique for buck converters with input filter...
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The paper adapts the second-order sliding mode (SOSM) control technique to higher-order dc-dc converters. In particular, the paper presents an adaptation of this control technique for buck converters with input filter. The approach consists of regulating the converter output voltage by means of a state-machine similar to the basic SOSM controller, which is shown to perform well as long as the input filter is properly damped, thus ensuring the overall converter stability. Stability and fast dynamic responses are verified by simulations on a 5 V-to-1.3 V point-of-load buck converter with a damped LC input filter.
This paper presents two modern modulation techniques applied to three phase inverters from a hardware implementation point of view. The considered techniques are the sinusoidal pulse width modulation with zero sequenc...
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