This paper derives upper and lower bounds for the ${\ell }^p$-condition number of the stiffness matrix resulting from the finite element approximation of a linear, abstract model problem. Sharp estimates in terms of the meshsize h are obtained. The theoretical results are applied to finite element approximations of elliptic PDE's in variational and in mixed form, and to first-order PDE's approximated using the Galerkin–Least Squares technique or by means of a non-standard Galerkin technique in L1(Ω). Numerical...

The paper considers the monitoring of parallel computations for detection of abnormal events. It is assumed that computations are organized according to an event model, and monitoring is based on specific test sequences.

In this paper, a distributed optimal consensus problem is investigated to achieve the optimization of the sum of local cost function for a group of agents in the Euler-Lagrangian (EL) system form. We consider that the local cost function of each agent is only known by itself and cannot be shared with others, which brings challenges in this distributed optimization problem. A novel gradient-based distributed continuous-time algorithm with the parameters of EL system is proposed, which takes the distributed...

This paper is concerned with the problem of $H_{\infty }$ event-triggered output feedback control of discrete time piecewise-affine systems. Relying on system outputs, a piecewise-affine triggering condition is constructed to release communication burden. Resorting to piecewise Lyapunov functional and robust control techniques, sufficient conditions are built to ensure the closed-loop systems to be asymptotically stable with the prescribed $H_{\infty }$ performance. By utilizing a separation strategy, the static output...

We investigate the evolution of singularities in the boundary of a vortex patch for two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations. We are particularly interested in cusp-like singularities which, according to numerical simulations, are stable. In this paper, we first prove that, unlike the case of a corner-like singularity, the cusp-like singularity generates a lipschitzian velocity. We then state a global result of persistence of conormal regularity with respect to vector fields vanishing at a...

The paper presents the Monotone Structural Evolution, a direct computational method of optimal control. Its distinctive feature is that the decision space undergoes gradual evolution in the course of optimization, with changing the control parameterization and the number of decision variables. These structural changes are based on an analysis of discrepancy between the current approximation of an optimal solution and the Maximum Principle conditions. Two particular implementations, with spike and...

A hybrid method combining an evolutionary search strategy, interval mathematics and pole assignment-based closed-loop control synthesis is proposed to design a robust TSK fuzzy controller. The design objective is to minimize the number of linear controllers associated with rule conclusions and tune the triangular-shaped membership function parameters of a fuzzy controller to satisfy stability and desired dynamic performances in the presence of system parameter variation. The robust performance objective...

A set S of integers is called ε-Kronecker if every function on S of modulus one can be approximated uniformly to within ε by a character. The least such ε is called the ε-Kronecker constant, κ(S). The angular Kronecker constant is the unique real number α(S) ∈ [0,1/2] such that κ(S) = |exp(2πiα(S)) - 1|. We show that for integers m > 1 and d ≥ 1, $\alpha 1,m,...,m^{d-1}=(m^{d-1}-1)/\left(2(m^d-1)\right)$ and α1,m,m²,... = 1/(2m).

In this note we propose an exact simulation algorithm for the solution of (1)$$\mathrm{d}{X}_t=\mathrm{d}{W}_t+\overline{b}\left(X_t\right)\mathrm{d}t,X_0=x,$$d X t = d W t + b̅ ( X t ) d t,   X 0 = x, where $\overline{b}$b̅is a smooth real function except at point 0 where $\overline{b}(0+)\ne \overline{b}(0-)$b̅(0 + ) ≠ b̅(0 −) . The main idea is to sample an exact skeleton of Xusing an algorithm deduced from the convergence of the solutions of the skew perturbed equation (2)$$\mathrm{d}{X}_t^{\beta }=\mathrm{d}{W}_t+\overline{b}\left(X_t^{\beta }\right)\mathrm{d}t+\beta \mathrm{d}{L}_t^0\left(X^{\beta }\right),X_0=x$$d X t β = d W t + b̅ ( X t β ) d t + β d L t 0 ( X β ) ,   X 0 = x towardsX solution of (1) as β ≠ 0 tends to 0. In this note, we show that this convergence...