This document serves to summarise the research performed by the author undertaken in approximately the first six months of his doctorate. The aim of the project is to build a vibration isolation table using non-contact magnetic springs. The document is structured with an introduction to the project, followed by an introduction to the field of magnetic levitation, including a literature review. ...

This brief presents a new contribution in the problem of computing the stability margin of two-dimensional (2-D) discrete systems. The method, using the “resultant technique” instead of a typical minimization procedure , is actually an improvement of the method of .

I this paper, we investigate the integrated information and pricing strategy for a seller who can take customer preorders before the release of a product. The preorder option enables the seller to sell a product at an early stage when consumers are less certain about their valuations. We find that the optimal pricing strategy may be highly dependent on the amount of information available at pre...