In context of robust control design, this dissertation thesis deals with optimal inputoutput selection methods for flexible structures. New strategies are introduced. Assuming flexible structures with numerous inputand output candidates a meaningful choice is a basic prerequisite for an effective control design. After an introduction into flexible structures topic, modelling and overview on the...

We present an approach for constructing dynamic models for the simulation of gene regulatory networks from simple computational elements. Each element is called a "gene gate" and defines an inputoutput relationship corresponding to the binding and production of transcription factors. The proposed reaction kinetics of the gene gates can be mapped onto stochastic processes and the standard ordina...

This paper addresses the distributed control by input–output linearization of a nonlinear diffusion equation that describes a particular but important class of distributed parameter systems. Both manipulated and controlled variables are assumed to be distributed in space. The control law is designed using the concept of characteristic index from geometric control by using directly the PDE model...

This paper shows how one can infer the nature of local returns to scale at the inputor output-oriented efficient projection of a technically inefficient inputoutput bundle, when the inputand output-oriented measures of efficiency differ. Journal of Economic Literature Classification: D2, C6

We show that Continuous Timed Petri Nets (CTPN) can be modeled by generalized polynomial recurrent equations in the (min,+) semiring. We establish a correspondence between CTPN and Markov decision processes. We survey the basic system theoretical results available: behavioral (inputoutput) properties, algebraic representations, asymptotic regime. A particular attention is paid to the subclass o...

Life cycle assessment (LCA) methods and tools are increasingly being taught in university courses. Students are learning the concepts and applications of process-based LCA, input−output-based LCA, and hybrid methods. Here, we describe a classroom simulation to introduce students to an economic input−output life cycle assessment (EIO-LCA) method. The simulation uses a simplified four-industry ec...

Environmentally extended input-output (EEIO) databases are increasingly used to examine environmental footprints of economic activities. Studies focusing on China have independently, repeatedly developed EEIO databases for China. These databases are usually not publicly available, leading to repeated efforts, inconsistent with one another using different approaches, of limited environmental acc...

This article presents a comparison of the effects of inputoutput location (co-located versus discrete) on user performance in a tangible user interface (TUI) system. We conducted a mobile eye-tracking study with two different versions of a TUI system and, despite similar performances in both conditions, our findings revealed differences in the users gaze patterns, shedding new light on the unde...

Abstract: This paper considers a stabilizing reduced order model predictive control for constrained linear discrete-time systems. By employing a system decomposition on the inputoutput function space, a reduced order model predictive control law, which guarantees closedloop stability and feasibility, is obtained from a low dimensional on-line optimization problem. Numerical examples are provide...