# IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

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Publication Year: 2009, Page(s): C1
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology publication information

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s): C2
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• ### Editorial

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):1 - 2
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• ### 2008 IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology Outstanding Paper Award

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s): 3
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• ### Robust Levitation Control for Linear Maglev Rail System Using Fuzzy Neural Network

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):4 - 14
Cited by:  Papers (25)
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The levitation control in a linear magnetic-levitation (Maglev) rail system is a subject of considerable scientific interest because of highly nonlinear and unstable behaviors. This study mainly designs a robust fuzzy-neural-network control (RFNNC) scheme for the levitated positioning of the linear Maglev rail system with nonnegative inputs. In the model-free RFNNC system, an online learning abili... View full abstract»

• ### A Dynamical State Space Representation and Performance Analysis of a Feedback-Controlled Rotary Left Ventricular Assist Device

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):15 - 28
Cited by:  Papers (36)
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The left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is a mechanical device that can assist an ailing heart in performing its functions. The latest generation of such devices is comprised of rotary pumps which are generally much smaller, lighter, and quieter than the conventional pulsatile pumps. The rotary pumps are controlled by varying the rotor (impeller) speed. If the patient is in a health care facilit... View full abstract»

• ### Design of a Data-Driven PID Controller

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):29 - 39
Cited by:  Papers (52)
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Since most processes have nonlinearities, controller design schemes to deal with such systems are required. On the other hand, proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers have been widely used for process systems. Therefore, in this paper, a new design scheme of PID controllers based on a data-driven (DD) technique is proposed for nonlinear systems. According to the DD technique, a suitable... View full abstract»

• ### Analysis and Implementation of an Adaptive Algorithm for the Rejection of Multiple Sinusoidal Disturbances

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):40 - 50
Cited by:  Papers (37)  |  Patents (2)
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A discrete-time adaptive algorithm is proposed to reject periodic disturbances in the case where the frequencies are unknown and a reference sensor is not available. The stability of the algorithm is analyzed using averaging theory, and the design of the parameters is based on the linearized averaged system. While the algorithm is first designed for rejecting periodic disturbances with one sinusoi... View full abstract»

• ### Structure Rotation and Pull-in Voltage Control of MEMS Lateral Comb Resonators Under Fault Conditions

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):51 - 59
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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Lateral comb resonators (LCRs) theoretically possess a symmetric structure; therefore, the electrostatic force is effective only along the axis of displacement and is neutralized elsewhere. This force is not a function of the distance between the stationary and the moving (shuttle) plates in the direction of the movement. However, manufacturing imperfections and fault conditions make the device op... View full abstract»

• ### Control of Networked Systems Using the Scattering Transformation

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):60 - 67
Cited by:  Papers (30)
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In a networked control system (NCS), the plant and the controller are spatially separated and the control loop is closed through a communication network. Communication time delay in an NCS degrades the performance and may lead to instability. In this paper, the scattering transformation is applied to NCS, for the first time, in order to guarantee stability in the presence of unknown constant time ... View full abstract»

• ### Integrated Intelligent Control of Gas Mixing-and-Pressurization Process

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):68 - 77
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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This paper presents an integrated intelligent control method for a gas mixing-and-pressurization process with the objective of controlling the calorific value and pressure of the mixed gas. The control system contains two subsystems: a calorific-value-and-pressure-decoupling (CVPD) control subsystem and a pressurization control subsystem. The CVPD control subsystem takes the calorific value as the... View full abstract»

• ### Development and Experimental Evaluation of a Slip Angle Estimator for Vehicle Stability Control

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):78 - 88
Cited by:  Papers (86)  |  Patents (2)
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Real-time knowledge of the slip angle in a vehicle is useful in many active vehicle safety applications, including yaw stability control, rollover prevention, and lane departure avoidance. Sensors to measure slip angle, including two-antenna GPS systems and optical sensors, are too expensive for ordinary automotive applications. This paper develops a real-time algorithm for estimation of slip angl... View full abstract»

• ### Coordinated Optimization at a Hydro-Generating Plant by Software Agents

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):89 - 97
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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The architecture is developed for incorporating a software agent into the existing control system of a river-based hydro-generating plant. The software agent will utilize a rule-based system for ease of integration. Optimization for increased power production is presented, initially for a single generating unit. An enhancement to facilitate the constraints of river level and flow by an external us... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive Kalman Filter-Based Load Torque Compensator for Improved SI Engine Idle Speed Control

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):98 - 110
Cited by:  Papers (24)
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This paper presents design of an SI engine load torque estimator based on an adaptive Kalman filter. The adaptive estimator is characterized by a fast response and good noise suppression ability. The estimator is used to establish a fast load torque compensation path within a proportional-plus-integral (PI) controller-based idle speed control system. The proposed adaptive controller has been verif... View full abstract»

• ### Capturability of a Geometric Guidance Law in Relative Velocity Space

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):111 - 122
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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In this paper, capturability of a recently proposed geometric guidance law is analyzed in the plane defined by the relative velocity vector. The kinematic equations for planar engagements are derived in the relative velocity space. The analysis is done completely in the time domain. The capturability analysis of the guidance law is carried out for the entire relative velocity space as compared wit... View full abstract»

• ### An $alpha$ -Stable Model-Based Linear-Parameter-Varying Control for Managing Server Performance Under Self-Similar Workloads

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):123 - 134
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Applying control-theoretic approaches to capacity provisioning and performance management of Web servers is gaining increasing popularity in the past several years. This paper presents a novel control-theoretic approach that is a combination of linear-parameter-varying (LPV) techniques and workload characterization using alpha-stable-model based stochastic envelopes. In particular, we parameterize... View full abstract»

• ### Combined Automatic Lane-Keeping and Driver's Steering Through a 2-DOF Control Strategy

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):135 - 142
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In this paper, we address the problem of combining automatic lane-keeping and driver's steering for either obstacle avoidance or lane-change maneuvers for passing purposes or any other desired maneuvers, through a closed-loop control strategy. The automatic lane-keeping control loop is never opened, and no on/off switching strategy is used. During the driver's maneuver, the vehicle lateral dynamic... View full abstract»

• ### A Single-Sensor Control Strategy for Semi-Active Suspensions

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):143 - 152
Cited by:  Papers (53)  |  Patents (2)
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The topic of this brief is the design and analysis of a control strategy for semi-active suspensions in road vehicles. Currently used closed-loop control strategies (like the Sky-Hook damping) require two sensors for each suspension. Typically, two accelerometers or an accelerometer combined with a stroke sensor are used. In this brief, a simple but innovative algorithm is proposed that is capable... View full abstract»

• ### Friction Identification Based Upon the LuGre and Maxwell Slip Models

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):153 - 160
Cited by:  Papers (54)  |  Patents (1)
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The problem of friction identification within the presliding and sliding regimes is addressed and three identification methods, designated as the LuGre (LG) method, the nonlinear regression (NLR) method, and dynamic nonlinear regression with direct application of the excitation (DNLRX) method, are postulated. The first employs the LG model structure, the second the basic Maxwell slip model structu... View full abstract»

• ### Identification and Control of a Grating-Stabilized External-Cavity Diode Laser

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):161 - 166
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Diode lasers have many useful properties and have found a variety of uses including CD and DVD players, barcode scanners, laser surgery, water purification, quantum-key cryptography, spectroscopic sensing, etc. Nevertheless, their intrinsic linewidth or the precision of their emitted wavelengths, is not good enough for many cutting-edge applications such as atomic interferometry or high-performanc... View full abstract»

• ### Sliding Mode Strategy for PEM Fuel Cells Stacks Breathing Control Using a Super-Twisting Algorithm

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):167 - 174
Cited by:  Papers (66)
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A second-order sliding mode strategy to control the breathing subsystem of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stack for transportation applications is presented. The controller is developed from a design model of the plant derived from open literature, and well suited for the design of second-order sliding mode strategies. Stability issues are solved using a super twisting algorithm. The res... View full abstract»

• ### Discrete-Time Sliding Mode Control With Time-Varying Surface for Hard Disk Drives

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):175 - 183
Cited by:  Papers (24)  |  Patents (1)
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A time optimal-based discrete-time sliding mode control (DSMC) scheme with application to hard disk drives (HDDs) is developed in this study. In this approach, an approximate time optimal switching curve is adopted for the time-varying sliding mode design and the controller, which consists of an equivalent part and a discontinuous one, is designed such that the trajectory from any initial point is... View full abstract»

• ### Tracking Control of an Antagonistic Shape Memory Alloy Actuator Pair

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):184 - 190
Cited by:  Papers (28)
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Shape memory alloy actuators exhibit significant nonlinearities in their stress-strain-temperature characteristics which makes them difficult to control. This brief presents a control scheme for trajectory tracking using torque control of shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators connected to a rotary load in an antagonistic configuration. Despite possessing interesting properties such as large force to ... View full abstract»

• ### An Akaike State-Space Controller for RBF-ARX Models

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):191 - 198
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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Radial basis function autoregressive with exogenous inputs (RBF-ARX) models have been shown to be useful in modeling the nonlinear behavior of a variety of complex systems. In particular, Peng have shown how the RBF-ARX model may be used to model the selective catalytic reduction (SCR) process for real data from a thermal power plant, and have simulated control of the plant using the generalized p... View full abstract»

• ### Estimation of Uncertainty Bounds for the Future Performance of a Power Plant

Publication Year: 2009, Page(s):199 - 206
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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Prediction of the future performance of large-scale power plants can be very relevant for the operators of these plants, as the predictions can indicate possible problems or failures due to current operating conditions and/or future possible operating conditions. A problem in predicting the future performance of these plants is that available models of the plants are uncertain. In this brief, thre... View full abstract»

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