In this paper a basic conceptual architecture aimed at the design of Computer Vision System is qualitatively described The pro posed architecture addresses the design of vision systems in a modular fashion using modules with three distinct units or components a process ing network or diagnostics unit a control unit and a communications unit The control of the system at the modules level is desi...

Argument structure patterns can be used to represent classes of safety arguments. Such patterns can become quite complex, making use of loops and choices, posing a potential challenge for comprehension and evaluation, offsetting the likely gains that might follow from creating arguments using them. We show how complex patterns can be constructed by composition of simpler patterns. We provide a ...

The aircraft control system of the future will be a combination fly-by-wire technology and Active Control System (ACS) which, based on artificial feel system, provides strategy for both position force. ACS has uncertainties, such as mass simulated stick, inertia, damping friction. In this paper, aiming at servo method ACS, mathematical model was setup. Then, to eliminate perturbation external e...

This paper is about the interface between continuous and discrete robot control. We advocate encapsulating continuous actions and their related sensing strategies into structures called situation speciic activities, which can be manipulated by a symbolic reactive planner. The approach addresses the problem of turning symbolic actions into continuous activities, and the problem of mapping contin...

In a clinical dose finding study with active control a new drug with several dose levels is compared with an active comparator drug. The main focus of such studies often lies on the estimation of a target dose that leads to the same efficacy as the control. This article investigates the finite sample properties of the maximum likelihood estimation of the target dose and compares several approac...

The development of computational solutions for simulation of visual behavior deals with the problem of integration and co-operation between different computational processes for control of active vision systems. In general these computational processes could emulate different and specific artificial visual behavior and their integration presents distinct facets and problems. The first is the in...

A family of single-inductor multiple-outpiit switching converters that provide both positive and negative output voltages is presented. With time multiplexing control, both step-up and step-down bipolar outputs could be achieved. Technical considerations on control loop design and implementing synchronous rectification for single chip converter are discussed. Simulation results are presented to...