In this paper, a minimum and near-minimum time optimal control laws are developed and compared for a rigid space platform with flexible links during an orientating maneuver with large angle of rotation. The control commands are considered as typical bang-bang with multiple symmetrical switches, the time optimal control solution for the rigid-body mode is obtained as a bang-bang function and app...

In this paper, we examine a design method of modified PID (Proportional-IntegralDerivative) controllers for multiple-input/multiple-output plants. PID controller structure is the most widely used one in industrial applications. Recently the parametrization of all stabilizing PID controller has been considered. Yamada and Hagiwara proposed a design method of modified PID controllers such that mo...

This article aims to advance an interactionally sensitive, emic view of intercultural communication by exploring the organization of “intercultural moments” in conversation—moments during which cultural and linguistic differences between people become exposed. Field video recordings of ordinary face-to-face interactions in Russian–American immigrant families are analyzed using the methodology o...

This paper asks how rhythmicity is used to manage speaker transition in spontaneous talk and how temporal alignment helps to achieve interactional alignment. 56 Question + Answer (Q+A) pairs were analysed. 44 (79%) Qs ended rhythmically: in their last few accented syllables, f0 prominences were quasi-periodic. Of the As to these rhythmic Qs, 32 (73%) began with the same periodicity as the Q. As...

Phil Benson, Macquarie University It is often observed that the globalization of social media has opened up new opportunities for informal intercultural communication and foreign language learning. This study aims to go beyond this general observation through a case study that explores how discourse analysis tools might be used to uncover evidence of language and intercultural learning in comme...

In this chapter we describe the development of the Individual Group Member Interpersonal Process Scale (IGIPS), a group therapy process measure based on an interpersonal, interactionally oriented approach to group psychotherapy. We delineate the nature of the group theory underlying the IGIPS as well as the entire developmental history of the instrument. The rationale for the creation of the me...

This chapter considers the relationship between statistical analysis of coding based on theoretical schemes and conversation analysis of VMT participants’ structuring of their chats. It describes how a statistical test on a hypothesis regarding collaboration in VMT showed an unexpected result, whose understanding required the use of qualitative methods. The phenomenon behind the puzzling result...

The cumulative count of a conforming (CCC) control chart is used for high quality processes.The CCC − r chart is an improvement of the CCC chart that is based on the cumulative number of items inspected until observing r non-conforming ones. This paper aims to propose a new approach for manufacturer’s decision making according to the criteria among the available options. The o...

This paper presents a design method of the reference governor for a stabilizable linear system with input constraints. When the input has a constraint, the input saturation might happen and thus, the controller cannot work correctly. Furthermore, the output might diverge in the case of an open loop unstable system. To remedy this problem, the reference governor is proposed. The set-point contro...