We formulate an infinite-time quadratic functional minimization problem ofAedes aegyptimosquito population.Three techniques of mosquito population management, chemical insecticide control, sterile insect technique control, and environmental carrying capacity reduction, are combined in order to obtain the most sustainable strategy to reduce mosquito population and consequently dengue disease. Th...

Recent natural or man-made disasters around the world have provided compelling evidence that transportation system plays a crucial role in the emergency evacuation and have stressed the need for effective evacuation traffic management to maximize the utilization of the transportation system and to minimize fatalities and losses. This paper presents a model reference adaptive control (MRAC) fram...

The purpose of this paper is to present and analyze flight test results of a Long Term Learning Adaptive Flight Controller implemented on a rotorcraft and a fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The adaptive control architecture used is based on a proven Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC) architecture employing a Neural Network as the adaptive element. The method employed for training the Ne...

Unlike standard Model Reference Adaptive Control (MRAC), Optimal Control Modification (OCM) has been shown to be a promising MRAC modification with robustness and analytical properties not present in other adaptive control methods. This paper presents an analysis of the OCM method, and how the asymptotic property of OCM is useful for analyzing and tuning the controller. We begin with a Lyapunov...

Exact decentralized output-feedback Lyapunov-based designs of direct model reference adaptive control (MRAC) for linear interconnected delay systems with MIMO subsystems are introduced. The design process uses a co-ordinated decentralized structure of adaptive control with reference model co-ordination which requires an exchange of signals between the different reference models. It is shown tha...

Extended linearization is the process of factoring a nonlinear system into a linear-like structure x = A(x)x + B(x)u which contains state-dependent coefficient (SDC) matrices. An extended linearization control technique is any technique which (a) treats the SDC matrices A(z) and B(x ) as being constant and (b) uses a linear control synthesis method on the linear-like structure to produce a clos...

This paper investigates the inspection-of-pipe topic in a new framework, by rotation around pipe, peculiar to industrial sites and refineries. The evolution of ultimate system requires prototype design preliminary tests. A benchmark has been designed built mimic with main purpose assessing different types rotors control systems. presents mechatronics package including mechanical machining, elec...