# IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

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Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):C1 - C4
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology publication information

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s): C2
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• ### Camera Network Coordination for Intruder Detection

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1669 - 1683
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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This paper proposes surveillance trajectories for a network of autonomous cameras to detect intruders. We consider smart intruders, which appear at arbitrary times and locations, are aware of the cameras configuration, and move to avoid detection for as long as possible. As performance criteria, we consider the worst case detection time (WDT) and the average detection time (ADT). We focus on the c... View full abstract»

• ### Power Optimization and Control in Wind Energy Conversion Systems Using Extremum Seeking

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1684 - 1695
Cited by:  Papers (18)
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Power optimization and control for grid-coupled wind energy conversion systems (WECS) has been extensively studied for variable speed wind turbines. However, existing methods widely use model-based power optimization algorithms in the outer loop along with linear control techniques in the inner loop. The transient performance of this combination is dependent on the system's operating point, especi... View full abstract»

• ### Identification of Linear Models for the Dynamics of a Hovering Quadrotor

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1696 - 1707
Cited by:  Papers (14)
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Accurate dynamic modeling of helicopter aeromechanics is becoming increasingly important, as progressively stringent requirements are being imposed on rotorcraft control systems. System identification plays an important role as an effective approach to the problem of deriving or fine tuning mathematical models for purposes such as handling qualities assessment and control system design. In this pa... View full abstract»

• ### LPV Control With Decoupling Performance of 4WS Vehicles Under Velocity-Varying Motion

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1708 - 1724
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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In this paper, a new control strategy with robustness for four-wheel steering vehicles is proposed, which has the decoupling performance while vehicles are steering with varying velocity. To get velocity-varying model, it is considered for the first time, that longitudinal velocity as a state and output is decoupled with lateral velocity and yaw rate while the driving force is taken as the control... View full abstract»

• ### Backstepping Control of the Toroidal Plasma Current Profile in the DIII-D Tokamak

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1725 - 1739
Cited by:  Papers (16)
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One of the most promising devices for realizing power production through nuclear fusion is the tokamak. To maximize performance, it is preferable that tokamak reactors achieve advanced operating scenarios characterized by good plasma confinement, improved magnetohydrodynamic stability, and a largely noninductively driven plasma current. Such scenarios could enable steady-state reactor operation wi... View full abstract»

• ### Robust Weighted Gain-Scheduling $H_{\infty }$ Vehicle Lateral Motion Control With Considerations of Steering System Backlash-Type Hysteresis

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1740 - 1753
Cited by:  Papers (21)
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A robust weighted gain-scheduling H∞ control design for ground vehicles possessing steer-by-wire and drive/brake-by-wire functions is presented in this paper. The main control objective is to track vehicle yaw rate reference as well as to regulate vehicle lateral velocity with the hand-wheel steering angle and the external yaw moment as two control efforts. Two major challenges a... View full abstract»

• ### Nonlinear Adaptive Model Predictive Controller for a Flexible Manipulator: An Experimental Study

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1754 - 1768
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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This paper presents a new nonlinear adaptive model predictive controller (NAMPC) for tip position control of a flexible manipulator (FLM) when subjected to handle different payloads. The proposed adaptive control strategy consists of an online FLM dynamics identifier in the form of a nonlinear autoregressive moving average with exogenous input model and a control signal generator based on the abov... View full abstract»

• ### Sliding Mode Control With Mixed Current and Delayed States for Offshore Steel Jacket Platforms

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1769 - 1783
Cited by:  Papers (27)
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This paper is concerned with active control for an offshore steel jacket platform subjected to wave-induced force and parameter perturbations. An uncertain dynamic model for the offshore platform is first established, where uncertainties not only on the natural frequency and the damping ratio of both the offshore platform and the active tuned mass damper (TMD) but also on the damping and stiffness... View full abstract»

• ### A Comparison of the Embedding Method With Multiparametric Programming, Mixed-Integer Programming, Gradient-Descent, and Hybrid Minimum Principle-Based Methods

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1784 - 1800
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In recent years, the embedding approach for solving switched optimal control problems has been developed in a series of papers. However, the embedding approach, which advantageously converts the hybrid optimal control problem to a classical nonlinear optimization, has not been extensively compared with alternative solution approaches. The goal of this paper is thus to compare the embedding approac... View full abstract»

• ### Optimal Measurement Allocation Algorithms for Parametric Model Identification of Power Systems

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1801 - 1812
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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In this paper, we present an optimization algorithm that selects the optimal sets of points for placing phasor measurement units (PMUs) on the transmission lines of a multimachine power system for the purpose of identifying the best model fit for its wide-area swing dynamics. Alternatively, the method can also be viewed as a way to select the optimal set of points at which phasor values should be ... View full abstract»

• ### A Model Predictive Control Approach to Microgrid Operation Optimization

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1813 - 1827
Cited by:  Papers (91)
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Microgrids are subsystems of the distribution grid, which comprises generation capacities, storage devices, and controllable loads, operating as a single controllable system either connected or isolated from the utility grid. In this paper, we present a study on applying a model predictive control approach to the problem of efficiently optimizing microgrid operations while satisfying a time-varyin... View full abstract»

• ### High-Order Sliding Mode Block Control of Single-Phase Induction Motor

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1828 - 1836
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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A new sliding mode (SM) observer-based controller for single-phase induction motor is designed. The proposed control scheme is formulated using block control feedback linearization technique and high-order SM algorithms with measurements of the rotor speed and stator currents. The stability of the complete closed-loop system, including the rotor flux second-order SM observer, is analyzed in the pr... View full abstract»

• ### A Gain-Scheduled LPV Control for Oxygen Stoichiometry Regulation in PEM Fuel Cell Systems

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1837 - 1844
Cited by:  Papers (8)
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This paper addresses the linear parameter varying (LPV) control of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). To optimize efficiency, PEMFCs require reliable control systems ensuring stability and performance, as well as robustness to model uncertainties and external perturbations. On the other hand, PEMFCs present a highly nonlinear behavior that demands nonlinear and/or adaptive control s... View full abstract»

• ### Nonlinear Dynamic Model-Based State Estimators for Underwater Navigation of Remotely Operated Vehicles

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1845 - 1854
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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This brief reports single degrees of freedom nonlinear dynamic model-based state estimators for the navigation of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs)-unmanned, tethered robots commonly used for underwater commercial and scientific tasks. These methods exploit knowledge of the vehicle's nonlinear dynamics, the forces and moments acting on the vehicle, and disparate position and velocity measurements.... View full abstract»

• ### Lyapunov-Based Control of the Sway Dynamics for Elevator Ropes

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1855 - 1863
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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In this brief, we study the problem of rope sway dynamics control for elevator systems. We choose to actuate the system with a force actuator pulling on the compensation sheave. Under these conditions, we formulate this problem as a bilinear control problem and propose several nonlinear controllers based on Lyapunov theory to stabilize the rope sway dynamics, for different elevator operation condi... View full abstract»

• ### Capturability Analysis of a 3-D Retro-PN Guidance Law for Higher Speed Nonmaneuvering Targets

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1864 - 1874
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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This brief presents the capturability analysis of a 3-D Retro-proportional navigation (Retro-PN) guidance law, which uses a negative navigation constant (as against the usual positive one), for intercepting targets having higher speeds than interceptors. This modification makes it possible to achieve collision conditions that were inaccessible to the standard PN law. A modified polar coordinate sy... View full abstract»

• ### Multiobjective Optimization of an Observer-Based Controller: Theory and Experiments on an Underwater Grinding Robot

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1875 - 1882
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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Hydro-Québec operates hundreds of dikes and dams built many decades ago, and is committed to the long-term sustainability of these facilities. The researchers and engineers at its research institute have designed and manufactured a submersible grinding robot prototype capable of performing the important task of grinding underwater metallic structures. This robot, with direct drive linear m... View full abstract»

• ### An Observer-Based Mode Switching Control Scheme for Improved Position Regulation in Servomotors

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1883 - 1891
Cited by:  Papers (11)
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A mode switching control scheme is proposed to achieve fast and precise set-point tracking in motor servo systems. The control scheme incorporates a composite nonlinear feedback (CNF) control law into the framework of proximate time-optimal servomechanism (PTOS). The CNF control law consists of a linear feedback part for achieving fast response and a nonlinear feedback part for suppressing the ove... View full abstract»

• ### Active Diagnosability of Discrete Event Systems and its Application to Battery Fault Diagnosis

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1892 - 1898
Cited by:  Papers (7)
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A battery system may consist of many batteries; each battery can have a normal operating mode and several faulty modes. This makes the fault status of a battery system very complex. To diagnose such a complex system, passive diagnosis is often insufficient. We may need to actively control the system to complete the diagnosis task. In this brief, we investigate the active diagnosis in the framework... View full abstract»

• ### Resonant Controller Design for a Piezoelectric Tube Scanner: A Mixed Negative-Imaginary and Small-Gain Approach

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1899 - 1906
Cited by:  Papers (11)
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This brief presents the design and implementation of a single-input single-output and a multiple-input multiple-output resonant controller to damp the first resonant mode of a piezoelectric tube scanner of an atomic force microscope. The design of the controller is based on a mixed negative-imaginary and small-gain approach and the controller structure is chosen such that closed-loop stability is ... View full abstract»

• ### Distributed Energy Consumption Control via Real-Time Pricing Feedback in Smart Grid

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1907 - 1914
Cited by:  Papers (39)
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This brief proposes a pricing-based energy control strategy to remove the peak load for smart grid. According to the price, energy consumers control their energy consumption to make a tradeoff between the electricity cost and the load curtailment cost. The consumers are interactive with each other because of pricing based on the total load. We formulate the interactions among the consumers into a ... View full abstract»

• ### Mode-Independent ${\cal H}_{2}$ -Control of a DC Motor Modeled as a Markov Jump Linear System

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1915 - 1919
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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This brief presents a control strategy for Markov jump linear systems (MJLS) with no access to the Markov state (or mode). The controller is assumed to be in the linear state-feedback format and the aim of the control problem is to design a static mode-independent gain that minimizes a bound to the corresponding H2-cost. This approach has a practical appeal since it is often difficult t... View full abstract»

• ### Neural-Adaptive Control of Waste-to-Energy Steam Generators

Publication Year: 2014, Page(s):1920 - 1926
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Steam generators offer a challenging control problem, exhibiting significant nonlinearities in both state and output equations. Here we consider a boiler heated by waste-gas incineration, modeled as a standard utility boiler using one known and one unknown (waste) fuel input. A nonlinear adaptive control design accounts for uncertainty in the plant parameters, and an adaptive neural network estima... View full abstract»

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