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HYBRID
2009
Springer
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Distributed Wombling by Robotic Sensor Networks
This paper proposes a distributed coordination algorithm for robotic sensor networks to detect boundaries that separate areas of abrupt change of spatial phenomena. We consider an ...
Jorge Cortés
CDC
2009
IEEE
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The hybrid intelligent control for the fused magnesia production
—The electro-fused magnesia furnace is one of the main equipments used to produce electro-fused magnesia which is high performance refractory. Due to the multivariable, strong no...
Yongjian Wu, Zhiwei Wu, Bin Dong, Li Zhang, Tianyo...
CDC
2009
IEEE
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A characterization of solution sets of LTI differential equations
Abstract— We prove that a controllable set of smooth trajectories is the solution set of a constant coefficient linear differential equation if and only if it is linear, time in...
Jean-Charles Delvenne, Tzvetan Ivanov
CDC
2009
IEEE
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Management of electric vehicle charging to mitigate renewable generation intermittency and distribution network congestion
—We consider the management of electric vehicle (EV) loads within a market-based Electric Power System Control Area. EV load management achieves cost savings in both (i) EV batte...
Michael C. Caramanis, Justin M. Foster
CDC
2009
IEEE
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Extended nonlinear observable canonical form for multi-output dynamical systems
— In this paper, we give sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence of a diffeomorphism in an extended state space that allows to transform a multi-output nonlinear dyn...
Driss Boutat, Krishna Busawon
CDC
2009
IEEE
127views Control Systems» more  CDC 2009»
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Model driven design in industrial automation
—Current industrial applications demand the design of more and more complex, safe and trustworthy control systems which exhibit a high degree of flexibility and reutilization. To...
Elisabet Estevez, Isabel Sarachaga, Federico Perez...
CDC
2009
IEEE
194views Control Systems» more  CDC 2009»
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Robust tube-based MPC for constrained mobile robots under slip conditions
— This paper focuses on the design of a robust tube-based Model Predictive Control law for the control of constrained mobile robots. A time-varying trajectory tracking error mode...
Ramon Gonzalez, Mirko Fiacchini, Jose Luis Guzman,...
CDC
2009
IEEE
164views Control Systems» more  CDC 2009»
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Spectral Multiscale Coverage: A uniform coverage algorithm for mobile sensor networks
Abstract— In this paper we propose centralized feedback control laws for mobile sensor networks so that sensor trajectories cover a given domain as uniformly as possible. The des...
George Mathew, Igor Mezic
CDC
2009
IEEE
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A control oriented model of a Common-Rail System for Gasoline Direct Injection engine
Abstract— Electronics has greatly contributed to the development of internal combustion engine. This progress has resulted in reducing environmental degradation, and yet continui...
Alessandro di Gaeta, Giovanni Fiengo, Angelo Palla...