# IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology

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Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):C1 - C4
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• ### IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology publication information

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): C2
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• ### Fault Detection for Systems With Multiple Unknown Modes and Similar Units and Its Application to HVAC

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):957 - 968
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This paper considers fault detection (FD) for large-scale systems with many nearly identical units operating in a shared environment. A special class of hybrid system mathematical models is introduced to describe such multi-unit systems, and a general approach for estimation and change detection is proposed. A novel FD algorithm is developed based on estimating a common Gaussian-mixture (GM) distr... View full abstract»

• ### Robust Control With Exact Uncertainties Compensation: With or Without Chattering?

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):969 - 975
Cited by:  Papers (37)
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The problem of robust exact output control for linear systems with smooth bounded matched unknown inputs is considered. The higher order sliding mode observers provide both theoretically exact observation and unknown input identification. In this paper, a methodology is proposed to select the most adequate output control strategy for matched perturbations compensation. The aim of this paper is to ... View full abstract»

• ### A Scatter Search Algorithm for a Multistage Production Scheduling Problem With Blocking and Semi-Continuous Batching Machine

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):976 - 989
Cited by:  Papers (7)  |  Patents (1)
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This paper studies a multistage production scheduling problem with blocking and semi-continuous batching machine, which is abstracted from the integrated hot rolling production in iron and steel industry. One major characteristic of the problem is that the first machine is a semi-continuous batching machine that can simultaneously process multiple jobs and the jobs do not enter and leave it in a b... View full abstract»

• ### Spark-Ignition-Engine Idle Speed Control: An Adaptive Control Approach

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):990 - 1002
Cited by:  Papers (23)  |  Patents (1)
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The paper presents an application of a recently developed adaptive posicast controller (APC) for time-delay systems to the idle speed control (ISC) problem in spark ignition (SI) internal combustion (IC) engines. The objective is to regulate the engine speed to a prescribed set-point in the presence of accessory load torque disturbances such as those due to air conditioning and power steering. The... View full abstract»

• ### Semi-Active Steering Damper Control in Two-Wheeled Vehicles

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1003 - 1020
Cited by:  Papers (14)
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This work presents the design of innovative control strategies for a semi-active steering damper aimed at improving two-wheeled vehicles steering stability by controlling the weave and wobble modes. The proposed control strategies arise from a parallelism between steering and vertical dynamics of a motorcycle. According to this parallelism, the Sky-Hook (SH) and Ground-Hook (GH) damping concepts a... View full abstract»

• ### Relative Navigation Between Two Spacecraft Using X-ray Pulsars

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1021 - 1035
Cited by:  Papers (28)
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This paper suggests utilizing X-ray pulsars for relative navigation between two spacecraft in deep space. Mathematical models describing X-ray pulsar signals are presented. The pulse delay estimation problem is formulated, and the Cramér-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for estimation of the pulse delay is given. Two different pulse delay estimators are introduced, and their asymptotic performance i... View full abstract»

• ### An Actuator Failure Tolerant Control Scheme for an Underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1036 - 1046
Cited by:  Papers (34)
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This paper proposes an actuator fault-tolerant control scheme, composed of the usual modules performing detection, isolation, accommodation, designed for a class of nonlinear systems, and then applied to an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) used for inspection purposes. Detection is in charge of a residual generation module, while a sliding-mode-based approach has been used both for ROV c... View full abstract»

• ### Evaluation of Foundation Fieldbus H1 Networks for Steam Generator Level Control

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1047 - 1058
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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The effects of Foundation Fieldbus (FF) H1 networks on the dynamic performance of steam generator level control (SGLC) loops are evaluated through two experimental setups using a DeltaV Distributed Control System (DCS). The first uses a physical system resembling a steam generator; the second is a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation with a steam generator model inside an industrial-grade nuclear... View full abstract»

• ### An Inversion-Based Approach to Fault Detection and Isolation in Switching Electrical Networks

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1059 - 1074
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This paper proposes a framework for fault detection and isolation (FDI) in electrical energy systems based on techniques developed in the context of invertibility of switched systems. In the absence of faults-the nominal mode of operation-the system behavior is described by one set of linear differential equations or more in the case of systems with natural switching behavior, e.g., power electron... View full abstract»

• ### Min-Max and Predictive Control for the Management of Distribution in Supply Chains

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1075 - 1089
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Inventory control for the management of multi-item multi-echelon distribution chains is addressed in a two-level hierarchical framework motivated by strategic and tactical points of view. Toward this end, a discrete-time dynamic model is presented together with various types of constraints to describe a generic distribution chain in detail. As to the strategic level, a worst-case approach is propo... View full abstract»

• ### Can a Simple Control Scheme Work for a Formation Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles?

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1090 - 1101
Cited by:  Papers (28)
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The proportional and derivative (PD) and proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) controllers have been used extensively in industry due to their simplicity and effectiveness. This paper aims to investigate whether simple PD and adaptive PD-based controllers work for a complex system consisting of a group of multiple autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). Simple control laws with exact and unc... View full abstract»

• ### Implementation and Analysis of a Repetitive Controller for an Electro-Hydraulic Engine Valve System

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1102 - 1113
Cited by:  Papers (17)
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Variable valve actuation plays an important role in modern engine design. Fuel economy, emissions, and power output can be improved through appropriately varying valve lift and timing. One means of independently and continuously adjusting these valve profile parameters is with an electro-hydraulic valve system (EHVS). However, with an EHVS, it is very difficult to achieve the same level of accurat... View full abstract»

• ### Generalized Reconstruction-Based Contributions for Output-Relevant Fault Diagnosis With Application to the Tennessee Eastman Process

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1114 - 1127
Cited by:  Papers (75)
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Multivariate statistical process monitoring technologies, including principal component analysis (PCA) and partial least squares (PLS), have been successfully applied in many industrial processes. However, in practice, many PCA alarms do not lead to quality deterioration due to process control and recycle loops in process flowsheets, which hinders the reliability of PCA-based monitoring methods. T... View full abstract»

• ### Accelerometer Calibration and Dynamic Bias and Gravity Estimation: Analysis, Design, and Experimental Evaluation

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1128 - 1137
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Tri-axial linear accelerometers are key components in a great variety of applications and, in particular, in navigation systems. Nonidealities such as scale factors, cross coupling, bias, and other higher-order nonlinearities affect the output of this sensor, leading, in general, to prohibitive errors. On the other hand, these coefficients are often slowly time-varying, which renders offline calib... View full abstract»

• ### Basis Task Approach to Iterative Learning Control With Applications to Micro-Robotic Deposition

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1138 - 1148
Cited by:  Papers (38)
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Two basic requirements in iterative learning control (ILC), among others, are trial-to-trial trajectory invariance and system dynamics invariance. The ILC algorithm must be reinitiated if either the trajectory or system dynamics vary in-between trials. Here, we introduce a framework that flexibly applies ILC such that trajectory and system dynamics constraints are alleviated. The framework exploit... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive Robust Precision Motion Control of a High-Speed Industrial Gantry With Cogging Force Compensations

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1149 - 1159
Cited by:  Papers (36)
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This paper studies the precision motion control of a high-speed/acceleration linear motor driven commercial gantry which is subject to significant nonlinear cogging forces. A discontinuous projection based desired compensation adaptive robust controller (DCARC) is constructed. In particular, based on the special structures of various nonlinear forces, design models consisting of known basis functi... View full abstract»

• ### Optimal Reset Law Design and Its Application to Transient Response Improvement of HDD Systems

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1160 - 1167
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This brief investigates optimal reset law design of reset control systems with fixed reset time instants. First, closed-loop reset control systems are changed to discrete-time linear control systems with reset values as control inputs. Then the optimal reset law design problems are transferred to linear quadratic regulation problems and the optimal reset laws are then obtained by solving algebraic... View full abstract»

• ### Swappable Distributed MIMO Controller for a VCT Engine

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1168 - 1177
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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In the early days of computer control, only one centralized computer was responsible for executing the algorithms. Increasingly, computer control algorithms reside inside individual system components in a distributed fashion. Variable camshaft timing (VCT) is an appealing feature for automotive engines because it allows optimization of the cam timing over a wide range of operating conditions. In t... View full abstract»

• ### Adaptive Backstepping Sliding Mode $H_{\infty}$ Control of Static Var Compensator

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1178 - 1185
Cited by:  Papers (43)
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The robust H∞ control problem is addressed for a single machine infinite bus system with static var compensator (SVC), the damping coefficient uncertainty and external disturbances in this paper. Storage functions of the control system are constructed based on modified adaptive backstepping sliding mode control and Lyapunov methods. A nonlinear robust H∞... View full abstract»

• ### A Transfer-Function Approach to Dual-Rate Controller Design for Unstable and Non-Minimum-Phase Plants

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1186 - 1194
Cited by:  Papers (6)
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An algebraic design via Diophantine equations of dual-rate regulators for linear unstable and non-minimum-phase plants, generalizing the well-known constraints for the reference model in single-rate systems, is presented in this brief. This brief improves previous results achieving internal stability for this kind of plants, by means of adapting the Youla parametrization of all stabilizing control... View full abstract»

• ### Multirate Energy-Bounding Algorithm for High-Fidelity Stable Haptic Interaction Control

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1195 - 1203
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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This brief describes a multirate energy-bounding algorithm that significantly increases the displayable stiffness while guaranteeing the overall haptic interaction stability. Unlike haptic interaction control algorithms that are based on the multirate simulation of virtual environments, the proposed multirate approach separates the low-level control thread from the haptic thread. The haptic thread... View full abstract»

• ### Individual Cylinder Air–Fuel Ratio Control Using Fourier Analysis

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1204 - 1213
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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Based on Fourier analysis, a general concept for the cylinder imbalance control problem with a single air-fuel ratio (A/F) sensor is presented. First, a control-oriented engine model is developed that is applicable for arbitrary engine types. With the model, a controller is designed, and the corresponding multirate control system is investigated in terms of stability using eigenvalue analysis. Mor... View full abstract»

• ### MIMO Closed Loop Identification of an Industrial Robot

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1214 - 1224
Cited by:  Papers (25)
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This paper proposes a practical multi-input multi-output (MIMO) closed loop parameters identification procedure for robot manipulators. It is based on the weighted least squares (WLS) method, coupled with particular solutions to facilitate the estimation, reducing the noise effect. More precisely, a two steps procedure to reduce the condition number of the input data matrix with optimal trajectory... View full abstract»

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