# IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

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Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):C1 - C4
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Publication Year: 2008, Page(s): C2
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• ### A Data-Driven ${cal H}_{2}$ -Optimal Control Approach for Adaptive Optics

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):381 - 395
Cited by:  Papers (26)
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Adaptive optics (AO) is used in ground-based astronomical telescopes to improve the resolution by counteracting the effects of atmospheric turbulence. Most AO systems are based on a simple control law that neglects the temporal evolution of the distortions introduced by the atmosphere. This paper presents a data-driven control design approach that is able to exploit the spatio- temporal correlatio... View full abstract»

• ### Extremum Seeking Control of Cascaded Raman Optical Amplifiers

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):396 - 407
Cited by:  Papers (26)
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This paper considers the control of a particular type of optical amplifier that finds application in long-haul wavelength division multiplexed optical communications systems. The objective of this consideration is to demonstrate an application of extremum seeking to the regulation of amplifier output signal power across a range of signal wavelengths, where limited control authority is available. A... View full abstract»

• ### Controller Design for Large-Gap Control of Electromagnetically Levitated System by Using an Optimization Technique

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):408 - 415
Cited by:  Papers (14)
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In this paper, design and implementation of an optimized controller for a single magnet-based electromagnetic levitation system (EMLS) where an electromagnet of 2.6-kg mass is levitated over a large gap under a fixed ferromagnetic guide-way has been discussed. EMLS is inherently unstable and strongly nonlinear in nature. A single position controller (lead type) along with an outer proportional-int... View full abstract»

• ### Control and Sensor Fault Tolerance of Vehicle Active Suspension

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):416 - 433
Cited by:  Papers (31)
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In this paper, a full vehicle active suspension system is considered with the dynamics of the four force actuators. Being a large-scale and complex nonlinear system, it is physically decomposed into five interconnected subsystems. For each subsystem, a local controller is designed. Each control module is decomposed into functional submodules. In a higher level, a global module is designed to super... View full abstract»

• ### Nonlinear Adaptive Robust Control of Single-Rod Electro-Hydraulic Actuator With Unknown Nonlinear Parameters

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):434 - 445
Cited by:  Papers (70)
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In this paper, a nonlinear adaptive robust control method is presented for a single-rod electro-hydraulic actuator with unknown nonlinear parameters. Previous adaptive control methods of hydraulic systems always assume that the system's unknown parameters occur linearly, but, in a practical hydraulic system, unknown nonlinear parameters, which enter the system equations in a nonlinear way, are com... View full abstract»

• ### Electromechanical Brake Modeling and Control: From PI to MPC

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):446 - 457
Cited by:  Papers (26)
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The electromechanical brake (EMB) force control problem has been approached in prior work using cascaded proportional-integral (PI) control with embedded feedback loops to regulate clamp force, motor velocity, and motor current/torque. However, this is shown to provide limited performance for an EMB when faced with the challenges of actuator saturation, load-dependent friction, and nonlinear stiff... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive Control for Nonlinearly Parameterized Uncertainties in Robot Manipulators

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):458 - 468
Cited by:  Papers (27)
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In this brief, a new adaptive control framework to compensate for uncertain nonlinear parameters in robot manipulators is developed. The designed adaptive controllers possess a linear parameter structure, guarantee global boundedness of the closed-loop system as well as tracking of a given trajectory within any prescribed accuracy. Our design approach takes advantage of a Lipschitzian property wit... View full abstract»

• ### Knowledge-Based Segmentation for Tracking Through Deep Turbulence

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):469 - 474
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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A combined knowledge-based segmentation/active contour algorithm is used for target tracking through turbulence. The algorithm utilizes Bayesian modeling for segmentation of noisy imagery obtained through longrange, laser imaging of a distance target, and active contours for tip tracking. The algorithm demonstrates improved target tracking performance when compared to weighted centroiding. Open-lo... View full abstract»

• ### MIMO Robust Control for HVAC Systems

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):475 - 483
Cited by:  Papers (31)
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Potential improvements in heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system performance are investigated through the application of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) robust controllers. This approach differs dramatically from today's prevalent method of building HVAC controllers using multiple single-input-single-output control loops. A simulation model of an experimental HVAC system is... View full abstract»

• ### Modeling Hysteresis and Its Inverse Model Using Neural Networks Based on Expanded Input Space Method

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):484 - 490
Cited by:  Papers (37)
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A neural network-based approach of identification for hysteresis and its inverse model is proposed. In this method, a hysteretic operator is proposed to extract the change tendency of hysteresis. Then, an expanded input space is constructed to transform the multivalued mapping into one-to-one mapping so that the neural networks are capable of implementing identification for hysteresis. Similar to ... View full abstract»

• ### Multi-Operational Controller Structure for Station Keeping and Transit Operations of Marine Vessels

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):491 - 498
Cited by:  Papers (12)
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In this brief, a novel control system structure for integrated dynamic positioning, maneuvering, and transit operation of marine vessels is proposed. The proposed structure is based on supervisory switching control (SSC) using switching logics in conjunction with operator initiated commands. The SSC is a hybrid system consisting of continuous state multi-controllers and discrete state logics that ... View full abstract»

• ### Fault Detection and Fault-Tolerant Control of a Civil Aircraft Using a Sliding-Mode-Based Scheme

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):499 - 510
Cited by:  Papers (80)
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This paper presents a sliding-mode approach for fault-tolerant control of a civil aircraft, where both actuator and sensor faults are considered. For actuator faults, a controller is designed around a state-feedback sliding-mode scheme where the gain of the nonlinear unit vector term is allowed to adaptively increase at the onset of a fault. Unexpected deviation of the switching variables from the... View full abstract»

• ### Distributed Decision and Control for Cooperative UAVs Using Ad Hoc Communication

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):511 - 516
Cited by:  Papers (27)
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This study develops a novel distributed algorithm for task assignment (TA), coordination, and communication of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) engaging multiple targets and conceives an ad hoc routing algorithm for synchronization of target lists utilizing a distributed computing topology. Assuming limited communication bandwidth and range, coordination of UAV motion is achieved by implem... View full abstract»

• ### Hover Control of an UAV With Backstepping Design Including Input Saturations

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):517 - 526
Cited by:  Papers (66)
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This brief presents a backstepping-based controller with input saturations, applicable for the hover flight of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). A dynamic model for a generic UAV is introduced that is valid for quasi-stationary conditions, with quaternion formulation of the kinematics equations. Based on this model, a backstepping design formulation is deduced for UAV hover control, and its global... View full abstract»

• ### Formation Tracking Control of Unicycle-Type Mobile Robots With Limited Sensing Ranges

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):527 - 538
Cited by:  Papers (98)
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A constructive method is presented to design cooperative controllers that force a group of N unicycle-type mobile robots with limited sensing ranges to perform desired formation tracking and guarantee no collisions between the robots. Physical dimensions and dynamics of the robots are also considered in the control design. Smooth and p times differential bump functions are introduced and incorpora... View full abstract»

• ### A New Scheme on Robust Observer-Based Control Design for Interconnected Systems With Application to an Industrial Utility Boiler

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):539 - 547
Cited by:  Papers (24)
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This paper presents a new design algorithm for the decentralized output feedback control problem of large-scale interconnected systems. Each subsystem is composed of a linear (possibly unstable) time-invariant part and an uncertain additive nonlinearity which is a discontinuous function of time and state of the overall system. The nonlinear function is assumed to be bounded by a quadratic inequali... View full abstract»

• ### Transparent Time-Delayed Bilateral Teleoperation Using Wave Variables

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):548 - 555
Cited by:  Papers (65)
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Besides stability, a high degree of transparency is also an essential requirement in order to enable operators to safely and precisely perform bilateral teleoperation tasks. An existing approach based on the wave transformation technique can make a two-channel teleoperation system insensitive to time delays by making the time-delayed communication channel passive. In this paper, we propose a novel... View full abstract»

• ### Estimation Strategy for a Series of Grinding Cycles in Batch Production

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):556 - 561
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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Typical grinding operations in batch production are characterized by multiple data streams sampled at distinct intervals. A unique estimation strategy is proposed for integrating rapidly sampled sensor signals with postprocess inspection data from a series of grinding cycles. After a nonlinear state-space model is derived from existing analytical models, system observability is tested for various ... View full abstract»

• ### Nonlinear Modeling and Control of Servo Pneumatic Actuators

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):562 - 569
Cited by:  Papers (61)
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Pneumatic actuators are low-cost, safe, clean, and exhibit a high power to weight ratio. In this paper a new modeling approach and control law for pneumatic servo actuators are presented. The nonlinear system model is developed using a combination of mechanistic and empirical methods. The use of novel bipolynomial functions to model the valve flow rates is shown to produce a more accurate solution... View full abstract»

• ### Passive Finite-Dimensional Repetitive Control of Robot Manipulators

Publication Year: 2008, Page(s):570 - 576
Cited by:  Papers (17)
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In this paper, a new class of finite-dimensional repetitive controllers for robot manipulators is proposed. The global asymptotic stability is proved for the unperturbed system. The passivity-based design of the proposed repetitive controller avoids the problem of tight stability conditions and slow convergence of the conventional, internal model-based, repetitive controllers. The passive intercon... View full abstract»

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Publication Year: 2008, Page(s): C3
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