In this paper, distributed parameter process systems behavior is studied in frequency domain. Based on the dominant gain concept that is developed for such studies, a method is presented to control distributed parameter process systems. By using dominant gain concept, the location of open loop zeros, resulted from the time delay parameter in the process model, were changed from the right half p...

Guaranteed performance control is considered in this paper for discretetime LQG problems by minimizing the probability that the performance index is over a preselected threshold. It is proven that this guaranteed performance control problem can be converted into a mean-variance control problem which can be solved by using an embedding scheme. An optimal open-loop feedback control law is derived...

this paper focuses on the effects of closed- control on the calculation of the dynamic load carrying capacity (dlcc) for mobile-base flexible-link manipulators. in previously proposed methods in the literature of dlcc calculation in flexible robots, an open-loop control scheme is assumed, whereas in reality, robot control is achieved via closed loop approaches which could render the calculated ...

OBJECTIVE External control of spike times in single neurons can reveal important information about a neuron's sub-threshold dynamics that lead to spiking, and has the potential to improve brain-machine interfaces and neural prostheses. The goal of this paper is the design of optimal electrical stimulation of a neuron to achieve a target spike train under the physiological constraint to not dama...

This paper focuses on the effects of closed- control on the calculation of the dynamic load carrying capacity (DLCC) for mobile-base flexible-link manipulators. In previously proposed methods in the literature of DLCC calculation in flexible robots, an open-loop control scheme is assumed, whereas in reality, robot control is achieved via closed loop approaches which could render the calculated ...

This paper addresses the problem of optimal static output feedback control of linear periodic systems. The proposed approach, which allows to deal with both stable and unstable open loop systems, relies on a continuous-time formulation of the control problem. A nonlinear programming based approach is used to solve the underlying optimization problem. The evaluation of cost function and its deri...

The problem of maximizing the duration of open loop operation of a perturbed linear time invariant system, while keeping performance errors within bound, is considered. It was shown in an earlier article that the optimal control for this problem is purely bang-bang if an associated switching function is non-zero almost everywhere. Sufficient conditions are derived in this article to guarantee t...

Optimal control problems in batch distillation involve finding a trajectory for the reflux ratio so as to maximize a performance index. Then the controller is asked to follow this trajectory in an open loop fashion. It is important to minimize the effect of uncertainties in thermodynamic models on the optimal control profiles to achieve a better operating performance. The non-linear parameter e...

We study an optimal control problem arising from a generalization of rockpaper-scissors in which the number of strategies may be selected from any positive odd number greater than 1 and in which the payoff to the winner is controlled by a control variable γ. Using the replicator dynamics as the equations of motion, we show that a quasi-linearization of the problem admits a special optimal contr...

Piezo-electric devices possess the ability to produce high voltages without load. However, to harvest this energy, the complex and capacitive internal structure must be deal with. This capacitive behavior makes the AC-DC conversion too involved. If a buck-boost topology is to be designed to regulate the DC output, the discontinuous mode provides constant input impedance for small amount of powe...