A Bayesian formulation of system identification problems has become popular recently; this is mainly due to the introduction of a family of prior descriptions (kernels) which encode structural properties of dynamical ...
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(纸本)9781467320658
A Bayesian formulation of system identification problems has become popular recently; this is mainly due to the introduction of a family of prior descriptions (kernels) which encode structural properties of dynamical systems such as stability. The simplest instance of this kernel prescribes that the impulse response coefficients are independent random variables with exponentially decaying variance. Selecting the most suitable kernel within this class, which involves tuning the rate at which variance decay, is an important step. This paper studies the properties of the so-called “marginal likelihood” approach providing an interpretation in terms of Mean Squared Error properties of the resulting estimators.
This paper describes the heterarchical control aspect of a semi-heterarchical control architecture. The theory of the proposed solution is based on the product-driven automation and on the holonic manufacturing concep...
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This paper describes the heterarchical control aspect of a semi-heterarchical control architecture. The theory of the proposed solution is based on the product-driven automation and on the holonic manufacturing concepts. Regarding the practical implementation aspects the proposed solution is based on the new advances in IT and electronics which made possible attaching Intelligent Embedded Devices to almost all of the elements of a Flexible Manufacturing System. In this framework the structure of the control model is presented and using elements defined here the FIPA Contract Net Protocol is extended in order to accommodate some physical and synchronization issues.
This paper proposes a new robust control strategy to prevent the current ripple propagation into the dc-dc converter input, thus avoiding converter malfunctions. Concretely, we apply the new strategy to a buck-boost c...
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(纸本)9781467325301
This paper proposes a new robust control strategy to prevent the current ripple propagation into the dc-dc converter input, thus avoiding converter malfunctions. Concretely, we apply the new strategy to a buck-boost converter. The strategy is based on LMI control and use readily, fast convex optimization algorithms to obtain the solution. The control objective is maximizing the current disturbance rejection, where current ripple propagation and usual, prescribed dynamic performances are ensured. The paper describes the control design procedure, besides an illustrative example and simulation verifications. Simulation waveforms are in perfect agreement with objective function and performances constraints of the control design. That is, the current ripple propagation is almost zero and other prescribed constraints are satisfied.
The paper describes open control architecture for a mobile platform with inclination control moving in construction sites and carrying a robotic arm for bricklaying services. The control system for this 12-axis constr...
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The paper describes open control architecture for a mobile platform with inclination control moving in construction sites and carrying a robotic arm for bricklaying services. The control system for this 12-axis construction robot is open both from the point of view of hardware structure and of basic software and application development, thus allowing rapid deployment automation solutions with service orientation for construction tasks. The navigation and locating of the mobile platform, the motion control of the robotic arm, as well as robot learning and human-robot interaction are embedded in a multiprocessor system developed around a NI Motion control solution for which a structured programming language was developed. The elements of the basic software system design (RTOS, multitasking and operating modes) are described. The parameters for application programs are automatically computed from CAD production data generated in a 3-stage Knowledge Base Technology System (KBTS) from civil engineering projects and data bases for construction materials and building site organization.
Distributed Real Time Systems (DRTS) are evolving to a higher level of complexity in terms of heterogeneity, dynamism and QoS constraints, as they must interact with an increasingly demanding environment. In an scenar...
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Distributed Real Time Systems (DRTS) are evolving to a higher level of complexity in terms of heterogeneity, dynamism and QoS constraints, as they must interact with an increasingly demanding environment. In an scenario with distributed applications running over different hardware platforms and networks, middleware technologies that provide real-time or QoS support are gaining importance, as they ease the development and deployment of complex distributed applications in heterogeneous networks while ensuring certain time and QoS constraints. In this sense, distribution middleware technologies like Data Distribution Service (DDS) have emerged, adding extensive QoS support to traditional middleware advantages. This paper proposes a component based applications management platform built on top of DDS that provides an easy way to deploy, configure and manage component based distributed applications, while ensuring the fulfillment of certain QoS aspects.
To meet increasingly demanding efficiency and environmental requirements, new fuel system designs are needed but these may introduce severe heat management issues. Fuel system temperature is consequently becoming a gr...
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(纸本)9781457705564
To meet increasingly demanding efficiency and environmental requirements, new fuel system designs are needed but these may introduce severe heat management issues. Fuel system temperature is consequently becoming a growing reliability concern. The health monitoring capability under development in this paper is seen as an important element for such systems in the future. This paper develops high fidelity modelling of fuel system degradation phenomena using data from a large-scale experimental apparatus. A Stribeck friction characteristic, modelled by a numerically efficient algorithm, was determined and validated with the collected data. This is used as a credible degradation model for the effects of fuel system degradation. Fusion of the degradation model with a fuel system model enables representative data suitable for fault diagnosis algorithm development to be generated. Fault diagnosis algorithms are developed and tested against the synthetic fault data.
This paper concerns the domain of the multimodal transportation systems composed of buses, trains, trams and subways lines and focuses on the scheduling problems encountered in these systems. Transportation Network In...
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This paper analyzes two recent methods for the nonparametric estimation of the Frequency Response Function (FRF) from input-output data using Prediction Error identification. Such FRF estimate can be the main goal of ...
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This paper presents a novel robot that combines flying and ground moving capabilities. In doing so, new applications areas for robotics are created in which these two capabilities are needed to perform the tasks. The ...
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(纸本)9781467344401
This paper presents a novel robot that combines flying and ground moving capabilities. In doing so, new applications areas for robotics are created in which these two capabilities are needed to perform the tasks. The flying motion will be based on the concept of flying mechanism of the quadrotor. Wheeled mobile platform is combined to the flying mechanism to facilitate ground motion. Transformation mechanism was developed to transform the robot from the ground motion configuration to the flying motion configuration and vice versa. The idea of this mechanism is to close the rotors' arms of the quadrotor and put them in the vertical position when the robot is used for ground motion. This is necessary to enable navigation through narrow spaces. A manipulator with 3-DOF has been added to handle objects during ground motion. After defining the appropriate mechanisms and the basic structure of the robot, geometrical dimensions and material selection of each part are decided. Then, CAD model is developed using SolidWorks, and an iterative process has been carried out to enhance and develop the robot structure and the transformation mechanism. The CAD model was tested using the finite element method in ANSYS14 where static structural study is performed. Finally, motors, sensors and control system hardware were selected for this robot. The analysis indicates the feasibility of the proposed robot.
This work solves an experiment design problem for a linear regression problem using a reduced order model. The quality of the model is assessed using a mean square error measure that depends linearly on the parameters...
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