In this work, an investigation has been made in to the performance of latent variable MPC (LV-MPC) in the specific application of reactor temperature control of an exothermic batch process. The paper analyzes the LV-MPC control law derivation and its performance within a batch application. The article considers both constrained and unconstrained applications.

Model predictive control (MPC) is a modern control method based on the repeated online solution of a finite horizon optimal control problem. It is particularly attractive due to its ability to take hard constraints and performance criteria directly into account. The objective of this thesis is the development of novel MPC schemes for nonlinear continuoustime systems with and without time-delays...

Early in pancreatic development, epithelial cells of pancreatic buds function as primary multipotent progenitor cells (1°MPC) that specify all three pancreatic cell lineages, i.e., endocrine, acinar and duct. Bipotent "Trunk" progenitors derived from 1°MPC are implicated in directly regulating the specification of endocrine progenitors. It is unclear if this specification process is initiated i...

In model predictive control (MPC), also called receding horizon control, the control input is obtained by solving a discrete-time optimal control problem over a given horizon, producing an optimal open-loop control input sequence. The first control in that sequence is applied. At the next sampling instant, a new optimal control problem is formulated and solved based on the new measurements. The...

We present the spatial correlation function analysis of non-stellar X-ray point sources in the Chandra Large Area Synoptic X-ray Survey of Lockman Hole Northwest (CLASXS). Our 9 ACIS-I fields cover a contiguous solid angle of 0.4 deg and reach a depth of 3 × 10 erg cm s in the 2–8 keV band. We supplement our analysis with data from the Chandra Deep Field North (CDFN). The addition of this field...

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) regulate gene expression by repressing target genes at the posttranscriptional level. Since miRNAs have unique expression profiles in different tissues, they provide pivotal regulation of many biological processes. The present study defined miRNA expression during murine myogenic progenitor cell (MPC) proliferation and differentiation to identify miRNAs involved in muscle reg...

introduction : yoghurt is one of the most popular dairy products in all over the world.nowadays due to the tendency of consumers to use the products with healthy effects, probiotic and synbiotic products are considered. yoghurt by itself is a healthy food; because of its high levels of protein and calciumcontents.consumption ofprobiotic bacteria via food products is a way to reestablishthe inte...

The antimicrobial activities of colistin and other antibiotics against clinical Acinetobacter baumannii and the mutant prevention concentration (MPC) of colistin against multidrug-resistant A. baumannii were studied. All 70 stains tested were sensitive to colistin. The MPC range of colistin against 30 multidrug-resistant A. baumannii stains was approximately 32 to >128 microg/ml, and the MPC at...

Control of drinking water networks is an arduous task given their size and the presence of uncertainty in water demand. It is necessary to impose different constraints for ensuring a reliable water supply in the most economic and safe ways. To cope with uncertainty in system disturbances due to the stochastic water demand/consumption, and optimize operational costs, this paper proposes three st...