This paper surveys techniques for choosing linear feedback laws for linear, time-invariant, Continuous systems. The techniques discussed are for the purpose of achieving one or more of the following aims : reduction in the system sensitivity to internal parameter variations ; optimal design of the system ; control of the transient resoonse of the system and minimisation of noise effects. Feedba...

We study a situation in which an R&D department promotes the introduction of an innovation that results in costly re-adjustments for a production department. In response, the production department tries to resist change by improving the existing technology. We show that firms balancing the strengths of the two departments perform better. As a negative effect, resistance to change might distort ...

In this paper, the concept of cumulative count of conforming chart (CCC chart) is applied in inspection and maintenance planning for systems where minor inspection, major inspection, minor maintenance and major maintenance are available. Several inspection and maintenance plans are defined and studied quantitatively. Analytic expressions of relevant statistics and their expectations are derived...

The efficiency of the ejector cycle is very sensitive to the ejector efficiency. This paper provides a literature review on ejector efficiencies in various ejector systems, such as vapor compression systems, solar driven ejector systems. The definitions of overall ejector efficiency and ejector component efficiencies in literature are summarized. The assumed constant ejector component efficienc...

A principal must decide whether or not to implement a project that originated with one of her employees. Several employees have information about the quality of the project. A successfully implemented project raises the inventor’s chance of promotion, at his peer’s expense, but a failed project ruins the inventor’s career. An employee who has a relatively good reputation (and therefore is happy...

In the common Fourier regression model we investigate the optimal design problem for estimating pairs of the coefficients, where the explanatory variable varies in the interval [−π, π]. L-optimal designs are considered and for many important cases L-optimal designs can be found explicitly, where the complexity of the solution depends on the degree of the trigonometric regression model and the o...

A generalized formulation to design Multi-Input-Multi-Output (MIMO) compliant mechanisms is presented in this work. This formulation also covers the simplified cases of the design of Multi-Input and Multi-Output compliant mechanisms, more commonly used in the literature. A Sequential Element Rejection and Admission (SERA) method is used to obtain the optimum design that converts one or more inp...

As part of decision-theoretic collaborative design, this work addresses representation and computation issues for a set-based design agent. We refine the definition of design networks to be more expressive for design knowledge and more effective for guiding model construction and verification. We propose a compiled structure of design networks and a suite of algorithms that computes optimal des...