confidentiality Broadly, a quality or condition accorded to statistical information as an obligation not to transmit that information to an unauthorized party. contingency table A cross-classified table of counts according to two or more categorical variables. data masking The disclosure limitation process of transforming a data set when there is a specific functional relationship (possibly sto...

A model predictive control (MPC) scheme for a permanentmagnet synchronous motor (PMSM) is presented. The torque controller optimizes a quadratic cost consisting of control error and machine losses repeatedly, accounting the voltage and current limitations. The scheme extensively relies on optimization, to meet the runtime limitation, a suboptimal algorithm based on differential flatness, contin...

Cyber physical systems CPSs embodies the conception as well as the implementation of the integration of the state-of-art technologies in sensing, communication, computing, and control. Such systems incorporate new trends such as cloud computing, mobile computing, mobile sensing, new modes of communications, wearables, etc. In this article we give an exposition of the architecture of a typical C...

Disaster tolerance in computing and communications systems refers to the ability to maintain a degree of functionality throughout the occurrence of a disaster. We accomplish the incorporation of disaster tolerance within a system by simulating various threats to the system operation and identifying areas for system redesign. However, there are two limitations that need to be addressed. First, m...

• Today, there are a number of methods available to quantify the phenolic compounds in wines. However, all seem to have some kind of limitation that prevents them from becoming widespread in the winery lab. For example, the Folin-Ciocalteau method is unable to distinguish tannins from polymeric pigments. The Glories method that uses DMCA staining (dimethylcinnamaldehyde) is sample -dependent. A...

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways which causes recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and cough, symptoms which are usually associated with reversible airflow limitation. 2 This definition includes the recurrence of respiratory symptoms which might be otherwise classified as asthma exacerbations. However, the term asthma exacerbation is usually r...