This paper proposes a new PI/PID controller tuning method within filtered Smith predictor (FSP) configuration in order to deal with various types of time delay processes including stable, unstable and integrating delay dominant and slow dynamic processes. The proposed PI/PID controller is designed based on the IMC principle and is tuned using a new constraint and without requiring any approxima...

The ability to examine the behavior of biological systems in silico has the potential to greatly accelerate the pace of discovery in diseases, such as stroke, where in vivo analysis is time intensive and costly. In this paper we describe an approach for in silico examination of responses of the blood transcriptome to neuroprotective agents and subsequent stroke through the development of dynami...

Process models represent process specifications. They contain workflows that require execution, in order to achieve business objectives and support business operation effectively. With the advent of Subject-oriented and Social Business Process Management, communication and stakeholder interaction have become major perspectives on how to design and implement processes. Since such a perspective d...

Phospholipids are described as active biological molecules. Three distinctly different roles are examined. The first centers on protein-lipid interactions and the lipid requirement expressed by certain enzymes. This category is illustrated by two soluble proteins of the blood coagulation scheme, Factor IXa and Factor Xa, and by an integral membrane protein, the (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase of human ery...

This tutorial covers various approaches for modeling and analyzing dynamic processes in networks. Modeling the dynamic performance as a stochastic process, we apply tools from discrete and continues timeMarkov processes theory, renewal theory and queueing theory to analyze the long term, steady state, performance of the processes. Nonstochastic approaches include adversarial queueing theory, an...

Recursive formulae are derived for the multi-step point forecasts and forecast standard errors of Markov switching models with ARMA(1; q) dynamics (including the fractionally integrated case) and conditional heteroscedasticity in ARCH(1) form. Hamilton’s dynamic models of switching mean and variance are also treated, in a slightly modi…ed version of the analysis. 1 Introduction Computing multi-...

Abstract. The intrinsic flexibility and dynamism of service-centric applications preclude their pre-release validation and demand for suitable probes to monitor their behavior at run-time. Probes must be suitably activated and deactivated according to the context in which the application is executed, but also according to the confidence we get on its quality. The paper supports the idea that si...

Econometric analysis of convergence processes across countries or regions usually refers to a transition period between an arbitrary chosen starting year and a fictitious steady state. Panel unit root tests and panel cointegration techniques have proved to belong to powerful econometric tools if the conditions are met. When referring to economically defined regions, though, it is rather an exce...