Dead-beat response of SISO systems to parabolic inputs with optimum step and ramp responses
Deployment/retrieval modeling of cable-driven parallel robot.
Detection and accommodation of second order distributed parameter systems with abrupt changes in input term: Existence and approximation
The purpose of this note is to investigate the existence of solutions to a class of second order distributed parameter systems with sudden changes in the input term. The class of distributed parameter systems under study is often encountered in flexible structures and structure-fluid interaction systems that use smart actuators. A failure in the actuator is modeled as either an abrupt or an incipient change of the actuator map whose magnitude is a function of the measurable output. A Galerkin-based...
Differential stability of solutions to air quality control problems in urban area
The convex optimal control problem for a system described by the parabolic equation is considered. The form of the right derivative of an optimal solution with respect to the parameter is derived. The applications to an air quality control problem are discussed. Numerical result are provided.
Distributed control of the generalized Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation.
Distributed scheduling of sensor networks for identification of spatio-temporal processes
An approach to determine a scheduling policy for a sensor network monitoring some spatial domain in order to identify unknown parameters of a distributed system is discussed. Given a finite number of possible sites at which sensors are located, the activation schedule for scanning sensors is provided so as to maximize a criterion defined on the Fisher information matrix associated with the estimated parameters. The related combinatorial problem is relaxed through operating on the density of sensors...
Dynamic boundary controls of a rotating body-beam system with time-varying angular velocity.