Dorsal and anal fins are median fins located above and below the centre of mass of fishes, each having a moment arm relative to the longitudinal axis. Understanding the kinematics of dorsal and anal fins may elucidate how these fins are used in concert to maintain and change fish body position and yet little is known about the functions of these fins. Using three synchronized high-speed cameras...

In air traffic management, a pairwise conflict is a predicted loss of separation between two aircraft, referred to as the ownship and the intruder. A conflict prevention bands system displays ranges of maneuvers for the ownship that characterize regions in the airspace that are either conflict-free or “don’t go” zones that the ownship has to avoid. Errors in the calculation of prevention bands ...

Optimal sliding mode guidance (OSMG) law is proposed for tactical missiles which is pursuing maneuvering targets in three-dimensional space. The most important characteristic of sliding mode control (SMC) is high robustness against parameter variations or external disturbances. By using a Lyapunov function, it is demonstrated that the derived guidance law can stabilize the engagement system. Al...

Traditional analytic or controltheoretic solutions to the problem of optimizing evasive maneuvers in the extended two-dimensional pursuer/evader problem require the evader to execute specific sequences of maneuvers at precise pursuer/evader distances. These solutions depend upon several pursuer-specific characteristics, and fail to effectively account for uncertainty about the state of the purs...

the lane change maneuver is among the most popular driving behaviors. it is also the basic element of important maneuvers like overtaking maneuver. therefore, it is chosen as the focus of this study and novel multi-input multi-output adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system models (manfis) are proposed for this behavior. these models are able to simulate and predict the future behavior of a driver...