# IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

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Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):c1 - c4
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology publication information

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s): c2
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• ### Experimental frequency-domain analysis of nonlinear controlled optical storage drives

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):389 - 397
Cited by:  Papers (15)  |  Patents (5)
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For nonlinear controlled optical storage drives, a frequency-domain measurement approach is shown to be effective in demonstrating both stability and performance. In an experimental setting based on an industrial optical playback (CD drive) device, the motivation for applying such an approach is illuminated. It is shown that performance can efficiently be assessed using a describing function appro... View full abstract»

• ### Extremum seeking methods for optimization of variable cam timing engine operation

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):398 - 407
Cited by:  Papers (83)  |  Patents (5)
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Automotive engines have been increasingly equipped with devices that can vary engine parameters with operating conditions. Optimizing these parameters via standard engine mapping and calibration has become a very time consuming task. The specific problem under consideration in this paper is optimization of intake, exhaust, and spark timings to improve the brake specific fuel consumption of a dual-... View full abstract»

• ### Nonlinear discrete-time reconfigurable flight control law using neural networks

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):408 - 422
Cited by:  Papers (19)
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A neural-network-based adaptive reconfigurable flight controller is presented for a class of discrete-time nonlinear systems. The objective of the controller is to make the angle of attack, sideslip angle, and bank angle follow a given desired trajectory in the presence of control surface damage and aerodynamic uncertainties. The adaptive discrete-time nonlinear controller is developed using the b... View full abstract»

• ### Positive real synthesis using matrix inequalities for mechanical networks: application to vehicle suspension

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):423 - 435
Cited by:  Papers (60)
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This paper presents a procedure for the synthesis of positive real controllers based on matrix inequalities. Problems with H2 and H∞ cost are considered and the resulting bilinear matrix inequality problems are solved using local, iterative algorithms. The procedure is applied to the synthesis of passive suspensions for the optimization of certain performance measures f... View full abstract»

• ### Commutational ramp load control for disk drive actuators

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):436 - 442
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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The research investigates the feasibility of a ramp load/unload (L/UL) controller using a conventional, non-L/UL disk drive actuator. Therefore, disk drives with lower cost and higher torque actuators can realize the linear shock resistance benefits of ramp loading. A disk drive designed with a conventional actuator is outfitted with a ramp and optimized for L/UL operation. While on the ramp, ther... View full abstract»

• ### Experimental implementation of extended multivariable PPF control on an active structure

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):443 - 455
Cited by:  Papers (80)
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This paper reports experimental implementation of an extended positive position feedback (PPF) controller on an active structure consisting of a cantilevered beam with bonded collocated piezoelectric actuators and sensors. Stability conditions for PPF control are rederived to allow for a feed-through term in the model of the structure. This feed-through term is needed to ensure that the system's i... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive control of holonomic constrained systems: a feedforward fuzzy approximation-based approach

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):456 - 466
Cited by:  Papers (7)  |  Patents (2)
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This paper proposes a novel adaptive fuzzy control scheme for the motion/force tracking control of holonomic constrained systems with poorly understood models and disturbances. Some disadvantages of traditional adaptive fuzzy controllers are removed here. In comparison to typical state-feedback fuzzy approximation, the uncertainties are compensated based on a feedforward fuzzy approximation (FFA),... View full abstract»

• ### An iterative learning controller for reduction of repetitive runout in disk drives

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):467 - 473
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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This paper considers the design of an iterative learning controller for the reduction of repeatable runout (RRO) in disk drives. The advocated controller is an add-on controller that does not require modification to the existing track following controller. A design methodology is provided for the selection of the parameters of the update law to ensure convergent learning. It is shown that the upda... View full abstract»

• ### An iterative learning design for repeatable runout cancellation in disk drives

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):474 - 482
Cited by:  Papers (17)  |  Patents (1)
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In this paper, we consider the iterative learning control (ILC) framework to design a reference signal that directly cancels periodic disturbances in a feedback measurement. Cancellation of periodic disturbances is useful in reducing undesirable repeatable tracking errors in applications such as the two-stage servo track writing process for disk drives. A general problem description is given for a... View full abstract»

• ### Time-to-go weighted optimal guidance with impact angle constraints

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):483 - 492
Cited by:  Papers (149)
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In this paper, the optimal guidance law with terminal constraints of miss distance and impact angle is presented for a constant speed missile against the stationary target. The proposed guidance law is obtained as the solution of a linear quadratic optimal control problem with the energy cost weighted by a power of the time-to-go. Systematic selection of guidance gains and trajectory shaping are p... View full abstract»

• ### Interaction rejection of multiple microactuators in dual-stage servos for hard disk drives

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):493 - 500
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Dual-stage servos with multiple microactuators are an effective way to increase the servo performance for higher track density of hard disk drives. The multiple microactuators can be used to perform simultaneous read/write on multiple disk platters so as to achieve a higher data rate using the parallel processing. Also, faster, independent access to data is possible with multiple actuators. Howeve... View full abstract»

• ### Design and implementation of an adaptive fuzzy logic-based controller for wheeled mobile robots

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):501 - 510
Cited by:  Papers (156)
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In this paper, a control structure that makes possible the integration of a kinematic controller and an adaptive fuzzy controller for trajectory tracking is developed for nonholonomic mobile robots. The system uncertainty, which includes mobile robot parameter variation and unknown nonlinearities, is estimated by a fuzzy logic system (FLS). The proposed adaptive controller structure represents an ... View full abstract»

• ### Development of command-based iterative learning control algorithm with consideration of friction, disturbance, and noise effects

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):511 - 518
Cited by:  Papers (22)
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In this brief, a command-based iterative learning control (ILC) architecture is proposed to compensate for friction effect and to reduce tracking error caused by servo lag. In contrast to a feedback-feedforward control structure, the proposed methodology utilizes the learning algorithm that updates the input commands based on the tracking errors from the previous machining process. The effects of ... View full abstract»

• ### An adaptive threshold approach for the design of an actuator failure detection and identification scheme

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):519 - 525
Cited by:  Papers (25)
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Typical logic schemes associated with failure detection and identification algorithms rely on a set of constant thresholds. The selection of the values for these thresholds is generally a tradeoff between the goals of maximizing failure detectability while minimizing false alarm rates. The main purpose of this brief is to propose an alternative to this conventional approach for defining the thresh... View full abstract»

• ### Direction-dependent system modeling approaches exemplified through an electronic nose system

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):526 - 531
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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The modeling of processes exhibiting direction-dependent behavior is considered. Depending on the application, different models may be suitable. This brief is concerned with the use of Wiener models and piecewise-linear (PWL) models. These approaches are applied to data from an electronic nose system, for which knowledge of the physical principles is combined with system identification methods. Bo... View full abstract»

• ### The autocovariance least-squares method for estimating covariances: application to model-based control of chemical reactors

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):532 - 540
Cited by:  Papers (29)
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This paper demonstrates the autocovariance least-squares (ALS) technique on two chemical reactor control problems. The method uses closed-loop process data to recover the covariances of the disturbances entering the process, which are required for state estimation. The data used for this purpose may be collected with or without the controllers running. We do not assume that the plant is at steady ... View full abstract»

• ### An MPC/hybrid system approach to traction control

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):541 - 552
Cited by:  Papers (120)  |  Patents (6)
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This paper describes a hybrid model and a model predictive control (MPC) strategy for solving a traction control problem. The problem is tackled in a systematic way from modeling to control synthesis and implementation. The model is described first in the Hybrid Systems Description Language to obtain a mixed-logical dynamical (MLD) hybrid model of the open-loop system. For the resulting MLD model,... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive back-stepping neural controller for reconfigurable flight control systems

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):553 - 561
Cited by:  Papers (27)
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This paper presents an adaptive back-stepping neural controller for reconfigurable flight control of aircraft in the presence of large changes in the aerodynamic characteristics and also failures. In the proposed controller, radial basis function (RBF) neural networks are utilized in an adaptive back-stepping architecture with full state measurement. For the RBF neural networks, a learning scheme ... View full abstract»

• ### Attitude stabilization of a VTOL quadrotor aircraft

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):562 - 571
Cited by:  Papers (384)  |  Patents (1)
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In this paper, we propose a new quaternion-based feedback control scheme for exponential attitude stabilization of a four-rotor vertical takeoff and landing aerial robot known as a quadrotor aircraft. The proposed controller is based upon the compensation of the Coriolis and gyroscopic torques and the use of a PD2 feedback structure, where the proportional action is in terms of the vect... View full abstract»

• ### Stabilization of Spacecraft Flight in Halo Orbits: An$H_infty$Approach

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):572 - 578
Cited by:  Papers (22)
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The problem of stabilizing the motion of a spacecraft in an unstable orbit around the interior Sun–Earth libration point ($L_1$) is addressed in this paper. Modern control techniques, which extend the traditional$cal H_infty$framework to periodic discrete linear time-varying systems, are employed in the solution of the problem. Nonlinear simulation results are present... View full abstract»

• ### Engine speed limiter for watercrafts

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s):579 - 585
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Engine speed limiters are safety devices designed to prevent an engine from exceeding a predetermined high speed. The speed limiter herewith presented is designed for large and sudden load variations which require accurate and fast air-fuel ratio control. It is based on feedback linearization and online estimation of the load torque. Experimental testing was conducted with a Sea-Doo personal water... View full abstract»

• ### Special issue on control applications in automotive engineering

Publication Year: 2006, Page(s): 586
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Publication Year: 2006, Page(s): 587
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