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Recent Advances in Mechatronics (Hardcover, Enlarged): Ryszard Jablonski, Mateusz Turkowski, Roman Szewczyk Recent Advances in Mechatronics (Hardcover, Enlarged)
Ryszard Jablonski, Mateusz Turkowski, Roman Szewczyk
R9,300 R8,506 Discovery Miles 85 060 Save R794 (9%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of precision engineering, electronics, photonics and IT engineering. The main research task for mechatronics is development and control of advanced hybrid systems covering all these fields and supported by interdisciplinary studies.

This book presents recent state of advances in mechatronics presented on the 7th International Conference Mechatronics 2007, hosted at the Faculty of Mechatronics, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland. The chosen topics of the conference included: Nanotechnology, Automatic Control and Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, Design Manufacturing and Testing of MEMS, Metrology, Photonics, Mechatronic Products. The selected papers give an overview of the state-of-the-art and present new research results and prospects of the future development in this interdisciplinary field of mechatronic systems. This book will provide up-to-date and useful knowledge for researchers and engineers involved in mechatronics and related fields.

Signal Measurement and Estimation Techniques for Micro and Nanotechnology (Hardcover, 2011 ed.): Cedric Clevy, Micky... Signal Measurement and Estimation Techniques for Micro and Nanotechnology (Hardcover, 2011 ed.)
Cedric Clevy, Micky Rakotondrabe, Nicolas Chaillet
R2,889 Discovery Miles 28 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Signal Measurement and Estimation Techniques for Micro and Nanotechnology discusses micro, nano and robotic cells and gives a state-of-the-art presentation of the different techniques and solutions to measure and estimate signals at the micro and nano scale. New technologies and applications such as micromanipulation (artificial components, biological objects), micro-assembly (MEMS, MOEMS, NEMS) and material and surface force characterization are covered. The importance of sensing at the micro and nano scale is presented as a key issue in control systems, as well as for understanding the physical phenomena of these systems. The book also:
Explains issues that make signal measurement and estimation techniques difficult at the micro-nano-scale and offers solutions
Discusses automated micro-assembly, and control of micro-nano roboticdevices
Presents and links signal measurement and estimation techniques for micro-nano scale systems with microfabrication methods, sensors integration and control schemes
Signal Measurement and Estimation Techniques for Micro and Nanotechnology is a must-read for researchers and engineers working in MEMS and control systems."

New Trends in Robot Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Jawhar Ghommam, Nabil Derbel, Quanmin Zhu New Trends in Robot Control (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Jawhar Ghommam, Nabil Derbel, Quanmin Zhu
R4,419 Discovery Miles 44 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents solutions to control problems in a number of robotic systems and provides a wealth of worked-out examples with full analytical and numerical details, graphically illustrated to aid in reader comprehension. It also presents relevant studies on and applications of robotic system control approaches, as well as the latest findings from interdisciplinary theoretical studies. Featuring chapters on advanced control (fuzzy, neural, backstepping, sliding mode, adaptive, predictive, diagnosis, and fault-tolerant control), the book will equip readers to easily tailor the techniques to their own applications. Accordingly, it offers a valuable resource for researchers, engineers, and students in the field of robotic systems.

System Modeling and Optimization XX - IFIP TC7 20th Conference on System Modeling and Optimization July 23-27, 2001, Trier,... System Modeling and Optimization XX - IFIP TC7 20th Conference on System Modeling and Optimization July 23-27, 2001, Trier, Germany (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
E.W. Sachs, R. Tichatschke
R3,067 Discovery Miles 30 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

System Modeling and Optimization XX deals with new developments in the areas of optimization, optimal control and system modeling. The themes range across various areas of optimization: continuous and discrete, numerical and analytical, finite and infinite dimensional, deterministic and stochastic, static and dynamic, theory and applications, foundations and case studies. Besides some classical topics, modern areas are also presented in the contributions, including robust optimization, filter methods, optimization of power networks, data mining and risk control.
This volume contains invited and selected papers from presentations at the 20th IFIP TC7 Conference on System Modeling and Optimization, which took place at the University of Trier, Germany from July 23 to 27, 2001, and which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP).

Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): O L V Costa, M.D Fragoso, R P Marques Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
O L V Costa, M.D Fragoso, R P Marques
R2,905 Discovery Miles 29 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Safety critical and high-integrity systems, such as industrial plants and economic systems can be subject to abrupt changes - for instance due to component or interconnection failure, and sudden environment changes etc.

Combining probability and operator theory, Discrete-Time Markov Jump Linear Systems provides a unified and rigorous treatment of recent results for the control theory of discrete jump linear systems, which are used in these areas of application.

The book is designed for experts in linear systems with Markov jump parameters, but is also of interest for specialists in stochastic control since it presents stochastic control problems for which an explicit solution is possible - making the book suitable for course use.

From the reviews:

"This text is very well written...it may prove valuable to those who work in the area, are at home with its mathematics, and are interested in stability of linear systems, optimal control, and filtering." Journal of the American Statistical Association, December 2005

Identification, Adaptation, Learning - The Science of Learning Models from Data (Hardcover, 1996 ed.): Sergio Bittanti, Giorgio... Identification, Adaptation, Learning - The Science of Learning Models from Data (Hardcover, 1996 ed.)
Sergio Bittanti, Giorgio Picci
R5,934 Discovery Miles 59 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book collects the lectures given at the NATO Advanced Study Institute From Identijication to Learning held in Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, from August 22 to September 2, 1994. The school was devoted to the themes of Identijication, Adaptation and Learning, as they are currently understood in the Information and Contral engineering community, their development in the last few decades, their inter connections and their applications. These titles describe challenging, exciting and rapidly growing research areas which are of interest both to contral and communication engineers and to statisticians and computer scientists. In accordance with the general goals of the Institute, and notwithstanding the rat her advanced level of the topics discussed, the presentations have been generally kept at a fairly tutorial level. For this reason this book should be valuable to a variety of rearchers and to graduate students interested in the general area of Control, Signals and Information Pracessing. As the goal of the school was to explore a common methodologicalline of reading the issues, the flavor is quite interdisciplinary. We regard this as an original and valuable feature of this book."

L2 - Gain and Passivity Techniques in Nonlinear Control (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2000): Arjan van der Schaft L2 - Gain and Passivity Techniques in Nonlinear Control (Hardcover, 2nd ed. 2000)
Arjan van der Schaft
R4,453 Discovery Miles 44 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book gives a unified treatment of classical input-output stability theory and recent developments in nonlinear robust and passivity-based control. The synthesis between these areas is provided by the theory of dissipative systems. Specifically, the small-gain and passivity theorems and their implications for nonlinear stability and stabilization are discussed from this vantage-ground. The connection between L2-gain and passivity via scattering is detailed.The passivity concepts are enriched by a generalised Hamiltonian formalism, emphasizing the close relations with modeling and control by interconnection. Feedback equivalence to a passive system and resulting stabilization strategies are discussed.The potential of L2-gain techniques in nonlinear control is demonstrated, including a compact treatment of the nonlinear H optimal control problem. This book supplies the reader with a succinct, informative summary of a fundamental and rapidly developing area of nonlinear control theory.

Robust Control Design Using H-  Methods (Hardcover, 2000 ed.): Ian R. Petersen, Valery A. Ugrinovskii, Andrey V. Savkin Robust Control Design Using H- Methods (Hardcover, 2000 ed.)
Ian R. Petersen, Valery A. Ugrinovskii, Andrey V. Savkin
R5,852 Discovery Miles 58 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides a unified collection of important, recent results for the design of robust controllers for uncertain systems. Most of the results presented are based on H? control theory, or its stochastic counterpart, risk sensitive control theory.Central to the philosophy of the book is the notion of an uncertain system. Uncertain systems are considered using several different uncertainty modeling schemes. These include norm bounded uncertainty, integral quadratic constraint (IQC) uncertainty and a number of stochastic uncertainty descriptions. In particular, the authors examine stochastic uncertain systems in which the uncertainty is outlined by a stochastic version of the IQC uncertainty description.For each class of uncertain systems covered in the book, corresponding robust control problems are defined and solutions discussed.

Design, Modeling and Experiments of 3-DOF Electromagnetic Spherical Actuators (Hardcover, Edition.): Liang Yan, I.-Ming Chen,... Design, Modeling and Experiments of 3-DOF Electromagnetic Spherical Actuators (Hardcover, Edition.)
Liang Yan, I.-Ming Chen, Chee Kian Lim, Guilin Yang, Kok-Meng Lee
R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A spherical actuator is a novel electric device that can achieve 2/3-DOF rotational motions in a single joint with electric power input. It has advantages such as compact structure, low mass/moment of inertia, fast response and non-singularities within the workspace. It has promising applications in robotics, automobile, manufacturing, medicine and aerospace industry. This is the first monograph that introduces the research on spherical actuators systematically. It broadens the scope of actuators from conventional single-axis to multi-axis, which will help both beginners and researchers to enhance their knowledge on electromagnetic actuators. Generic analytic modeling methods for magnetic field and torque output are developed, which can be applied to the development of other electromagnetic actuators. A parametric design methodology that allows fast analysis and design of spherical actuators for various applications is proposed. A novel non-contact high-precision 3-DOF spherical motion sensing methodology is developed and evaluated with experiments, which shows that it can achieve one order of magnitude higher precision than conventional methods. The technologies of nondimensionalization and normalization are introduced into magnetic field analysis the first time, and a benchmark database is established for the reference of other researches on spherical actuators.

Nonlinear Control of Engineering Systems - A Lyapunov-Based Approach (Hardcover, 2003 ed.): Warren E. Dixon, Aman Behal, Darren... Nonlinear Control of Engineering Systems - A Lyapunov-Based Approach (Hardcover, 2003 ed.)
Warren E. Dixon, Aman Behal, Darren M. Dawson, Siddharth P. Nagarkatti
R5,059 Discovery Miles 50 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Recent advancements in Lyapunov-based design and analysis techniques have applications to a broad class of engineering systems, including mechanical, electrical, robotic, aerospace, and underactuated systems. This book provides a practical yet rigorous development of nonlinear, Lyapunov-based tools and their use in the solution of control-theoretic problems. Rich in motivating examples and new design techniques, the text balances theoretical foundations and real-world implementation.

Features include:

* Control designs for a broad class of engineering systems

* Presentation of adaptive and learning control methods for uncertain nonlinear systems

* Experimental testbed descriptions and results that guide the reader toward techniques for further research

* Development of necessary mathematical background in each chapter; additional mathematical prerequisites contained in two appendices

Intended for readers who have some knowledge of undergraduate systems theory, the book includes a wide range of applications making it suitable for an extensive audience. Graduate students and researchers in control systems, robotics, and applied mathematics, as well as professional engineers will appreciate the work s combination of theoretical underpinnings and current and emerging engineering applications."

Functional Numerical Methods: Applications to Abstract Fractional Calculus (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): george A. Anastassiou,... Functional Numerical Methods: Applications to Abstract Fractional Calculus (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
george A. Anastassiou, Ioannis K. Argyros
R3,599 R3,332 Discovery Miles 33 320 Save R267 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents applications of Newton-like and other similar methods to solve abstract functional equations involving fractional derivatives. It focuses on Banach space-valued functions of a real domain - studied for the first time in the literature. Various issues related to the modeling and analysis of fractional order systems continue to grow in popularity, and the book provides a deeper and more formal analysis of selected issues that are relevant to many areas - including decision-making, complex processes, systems modeling and control - and deeply embedded in the fields of engineering, computer science, physics, economics, and the social and life sciences. The book offers a valuable resource for researchers and graduate students, and can also be used as a textbook for seminars on the above-mentioned subjects. All chapters are self-contained and can be read independently. Further, each chapter includes an extensive list of references.

Supervisory Control of Concurrent Systems - A Petri Net Structural Approach (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): Marian Iordache, Panos J.... Supervisory Control of Concurrent Systems - A Petri Net Structural Approach (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
Marian Iordache, Panos J. Antsaklis
R4,462 Discovery Miles 44 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Increasing complexity in engineering projects raises difficult challenges in industry and requires effective tools for correct-by-construction design or design verification. This book addresses the design of such tools for correct-by-construction synthesis of supervisors for systems and specifications represented in the discrete-event framework. The approach employed uses Petri nets as discrete-event models and structural methods for the synthesis of supervisors, and may lead to significant computational benefits.Highlighting recent progress in the design of supervisors by structural methods, the book represents a novel contribution to the field. One of the main features of the presentation is the demonstration that structural methods can address a variety of supervisor specifications under diverse supervision settings. Applications of the methods presented are emphasized by considering various concurrency assumptions and types of system uncontrollability and unobservability. Also considered is the supervision problem for decentralized settings and hybrid dynamical systems. All proposed methods are fully worked-out, ready to use, and formally proven in a sound setting. design are also given. The work is self-contained and includes necessary background on Petri nets and supervision. Requiring only basic knowledge of undergraduate-level discrete mathematics, the text is accessible to a broad audience. Researchers and developers from various engineering fields may find effective means to reduce the complexity of design problems in the discrete-event setting. Graduate students may use the work as a self-study reference, and portions of the text may be used in advanced courses on discrete-event systems.

Efficient Dynamic Simulation of Robotic Mechanisms (Hardcover, 1993 ed.): Kathryn Lilly Efficient Dynamic Simulation of Robotic Mechanisms (Hardcover, 1993 ed.)
Kathryn Lilly
R2,963 Discovery Miles 29 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Efficient Dynamic Simulation of Robotic Mechanisms presents computationally efficient algorithms for the dynamic simulation of closed-chain robotic systems. In particular, the simulation of single closed chains and simple closed-chain mechanisms is investigated in detail. Single closed chains are common in many applications, including industrial assembly operations, hazardous remediation, and space exploration. Simple closed-chain mechanisms include such familiar configurations as multiple manipulators moving a common load, dexterous hands, and multi-legged vehicles. The efficient dynamics simulation of these systems is often required for testing an advanced control scheme prior to its implementation, to aid a human operator during remote teleoperation, or to improve system performance. In conjunction with the dynamic simulation algorithms, efficient algorithms are also derived for the computation of the joint space and operational space inertia matrices of a manipulator. The manipulator inertia matrix is a significant component of any robot dynamics formulation and plays an important role in both simulation and control. The efficient computation of the inertia matrix is highly desirable for real-time implementation of robot dynamics algorithms. Several alternate formulations are provided for each inertia matrix. Computational efficiency in the algorithm is achieved by several means, including the development of recursive formulations and the use of efficient spatial transformations and mathematics. All algorithms are derived and presented in a convenient tabular format using a modified form of spatial notation, a six-dimensional vector notation which greatly simplifies the presentation and analysis of multibody dynamics. Basic definitions and fundamental principles required to use and understand this notation are provided. The implementation of the efficient spatial transformations is also discussed in some detail. As a means of evaluating efficiency, the number of scalar operations (multiplications and additions) required for each algorithm is tabulated after its derivation. Specification of the computational complexity of each algorithm in this manner makes comparison with other algorithms both easy and convenient. The algorithms presented in Efficient Dynamic Simulation of Robotic Mechanisms are among the most efficient robot dynamics algorithms available at this time. In addition to computational efficiency, special emphasis is also placed on retaining as much physical insight as possible during algorithm derivation. The algorithms are easy to follow and understand, whether the reader is a robotics novice or a seasoned specialist.

Technological Prospects and Social Applications of Society 5.0 (Hardcover): Lavanya Sharma, Pradeep Kumar Garg Technological Prospects and Social Applications of Society 5.0 (Hardcover)
Lavanya Sharma, Pradeep Kumar Garg
R2,890 Discovery Miles 28 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book provides readers to the vision of Society 5.0, which was originally proposed in the fifth Basic Science and Technology Plan by Japan's government for a technology-based, human-centered society, emerging from the 4th industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). The implementation of AI and other modern techniques in a smart society requires automated data scheduling and analysis using smart applications, a smart infrastructure, smart systems, and a smart network. Features Provides an overview of basic concepts of Society 5.0 as well as the main pillars that supports the implementation of Society 5.0. Contains the most recent research analysis in the domain of computer vision, signal processing and computing sciences for facilitating the smart homes, buildings, transport, facilities, environmental conditions and cities, and the benefits these offer to a nation. Presents the readers with practical approaches of using AI and other algorithms for smart ecosystem to deals with human dynamics, the social objects, and their relations. Deals with the utilization of AI tools and other modern techniques for smart society as well as the current challenging issues and its solutions for transformation to Society 5.0. This book is aimed at graduate and post graduate students, researchers, academicians working in the field of computer science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Cyber Physical Computing for IoT-driven Services (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Vladimir Hahanov Cyber Physical Computing for IoT-driven Services (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Vladimir Hahanov
R2,654 Discovery Miles 26 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents the cyber culture of micro, macro, cosmological, and virtual computing. The book shows how these work to formulate, explain, and predict the current processes and phenomena monitoring and controlling technology in the physical and virtual space.The authors posit a basic proposal to transform description of the function truth table and structure adjacency matrix to a qubit vector that focuses on memory-driven computing based on logic parallel operations performance. The authors offer a metric for the measurement of processes and phenomena in a cyberspace, and also the architecture of logic associative computing for decision-making and big data analysis.The book outlines an innovative theory and practice of design, test, simulation, and diagnosis of digital systems based on the use of a qubit coverage-vector to describe the functional components and structures. Authors provide a description of the technology for SoC HDL-model diagnosis, based on Test Assertion Blocks Activated Graph. Examples of cyber-physical systems for digital monitoring and cloud management of social objects and transport are proposed. A presented automaton model of cosmological computing explains the cyclical and harmonious evolution of matter-energy essence, and also a space-time form of the Universe.

Advances in Robot Kinematics and Computational Geometry (Hardcover, 1994 ed.): Jadran Lenarcic, Bahram Ravani Advances in Robot Kinematics and Computational Geometry (Hardcover, 1994 ed.)
Jadran Lenarcic, Bahram Ravani
R10,111 Discovery Miles 101 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Recently, research in robot kinematics has attracted researchers with different theoretical profiles and backgrounds, such as mechanical and electrica! engineering, computer science, and mathematics. It includes topics and problems that are typical for this area and cannot easily be met elsewhere. As a result, a specialised scientific community has developed concentrating its interest in a broad class of problems in this area and representing a conglomeration of disciplines including mechanics, theory of systems, algebra, and others. Usually, kinematics is referred to as the branch of mechanics which treats motion of a body without regard to the forces and moments that cause it. In robotics, kinematics studies the motion of robots for programming, control and design purposes. It deals with the spatial positions, orientations, velocities and accelerations of the robotic mechanisms and objects to be manipulated in a robot workspace. The objective is to find the most effective mathematical forms for mapping between various types of coordinate systems, methods to minimise the numerical complexity of algorithms for real-time control schemes, and to discover and visualise analytical tools for understanding and evaluation of motion properties ofvarious mechanisms used in a robotic system.

Zhang Functions and Various Models (Hardcover, 2015 ed.): Yunong Zhang, Dongsheng Guo Zhang Functions and Various Models (Hardcover, 2015 ed.)
Yunong Zhang, Dongsheng Guo
R4,030 R1,981 Discovery Miles 19 810 Save R2,049 (51%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book focuses on solving different types of time-varying problems. It presents various Zhang dynamics (ZD) models by defining various Zhang functions (ZFs) in real and complex domains. It then provides theoretical analyses of such ZD models and illustrates their results. It also uses simulations to substantiate their efficacy and show the feasibility of the presented ZD approach (i.e., different ZFs leading to different ZD models), which is further applied to the repetitive motion planning (RMP) of redundant robots, showing its application potential.

Ship Motion Control - Course Keeping and Roll Stabilisation Using Rudder and Fins (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): Tristan Perez Ship Motion Control - Course Keeping and Roll Stabilisation Using Rudder and Fins (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
Tristan Perez
R6,499 Discovery Miles 64 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The impact of control system design on ship performance has been significant in different applications of ship motion control: course keeping, station keeping, roll stabilisation and vertical motion/riding control, diving, path following, etc. This monograph introduces ship motion control by studying the particular problems of control system design for course autopilots with rudder roll stabilisation and combined ruddera "fin stabilisers. Ship Motion Control revisits the ingredients that make these control designs challenging and proposes a contemporary control system design approach to meet that challenge.

The key ingredients for a successful ship motion control system design are:

  • appropriate mathematical models of the ship and the disturbances;
  • understanding of how performance will be assessed;
  • knowledge of fundamental limitations that may prevent designs from achieving the desired performance.

The book is organised in four parts, the first three dealing with each of these and the fourth part addressing control system design.

Specific topics covered include:

  • modelling and simulation of ocean waves;
  • ship dynamics;
  • models of actuators;
  • ship roll stabilisation devices;
  • ship motion performance;
  • analysis of fundamental limitations for stabiliser control system design;
  • constrained control design via optimisation;
  • autopilot design using optimal control;
  • wave filtering;
  • control system design for autopilots with rudder roll stabilisation;
  • control system design for integrated rudder-fin stabiliser.

Ship Motion Control willbe of interest not only to the practising marine engineer but to the academic engaged in research into this important control problem, even if new to the area. It will also be an ideal source of reference for students and tutors involved with marine and control engineering courses.

Control Applications in Modern Power System - Select Proceedings of EPREC 2020 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Arun Kumar Singh,... Control Applications in Modern Power System - Select Proceedings of EPREC 2020 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Arun Kumar Singh, Manoj Tripathy
R2,978 Discovery Miles 29 780 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents select proceedings of the Electric Power and Renewable Energy Conference 2020 (EPREC 2020). This book provides rigorous discussions, case studies, and recent developments in emerging areas of control systems, especially, load frequency control, wide-area monitoring, control & instrumentation, optimization, intelligent control, energy management system, SCADA systems, etc. The contents of this book will be useful to researchers and professionals interested in control theory and its applications to power grids and systems. The book can also be used by policy makers and power engineers involved in power generation and distribution.

Nonlinear System Identification - From Classical Approaches to Neural Networks and Fuzzy Models (Hardcover, 2001 ed.): Oliver... Nonlinear System Identification - From Classical Approaches to Neural Networks and Fuzzy Models (Hardcover, 2001 ed.)
Oliver Nelles
R4,247 Discovery Miles 42 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book covers the most common and important approaches for the identification of nonlinear static and dynamic systems. Additionally, it provides the reader with the necessary background on optimization techniques making the book self-contained. The emphasis is put on modern methods based on neural networks and fuzzy systems without neglecting the classical approaches. The entire book is written from an engineering point-of-view, focusing on the intuitive understanding of the basic relationships. This is supported by many illustrative figures. Advanced mathematics is avoided. Thus, the book is suitable for last year undergraduate and graduate courses as well as research and development engineers in industries.

Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering and Control Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017): Mohammed Chadli, Sofiane... Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering and Control Applications (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2017)
Mohammed Chadli, Sofiane Bououden, Ivan Zelinka
R6,578 Discovery Miles 65 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book of proceedings includes papers presenting the state of art in electrical engineering and control theory as well as their applications. The topics focus on classical as well as modern methods for modeling, control, identification and simulation of complex systems with applications in science and engineering. The papers were selected from the hottest topic areas, such as control and systems engineering, renewable energy, faults diagnosis-faults tolerant control, large-scale systems, fractional order systems, unconventional algorithms in control engineering, signals and communications. The control and design of complex systems dynamics, analysis and modeling of its behavior and structure is vitally important in engineering, economics and in science generally science today. Examples of such systems can be seen in the world around us and are a part of our everyday life. Application of modern methods for control, electronics, signal processing and more can be found in our mobile phones, car engines, home devices like washing machines is as well as in such advanced devices as space probes and systems for communicating with them. All these technologies are part of technological backbone of our civilization, making further research and hi-tech applications essential. The rich variety of contributions appeals to a wide audience, including researchers, students and academics.

System Modeling and Optimization - Proceedings of the 21st IFIP TC7 Conference held in July 21st - 25th, 2003, Sophia... System Modeling and Optimization - Proceedings of the 21st IFIP TC7 Conference held in July 21st - 25th, 2003, Sophia Antipolis, France (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
John Cagnol, Jean-Paul Zolesio
R3,057 Discovery Miles 30 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

System Modeling and Optimization is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in the recent advances in these two disciplines. The book collects, for the first time, selected articles from the 21st and most recent IFIP TC 7 conference in Sophia Antipolis, France.

Applied mathematicians and computer scientists can attest to the ever-growing influence of these two subjects. The practical applications of system modeling and optimization can be seen in a number of fields: environmental science, transport and telecommunications, image analysis, free boundary problems, bioscience, and non-cylindrical evolution control, to name just a few.

New developments in each of these fields have contributed to a more complex understanding of both system modeling and optimization. Editors John Cagnol and Jean-Paul Zolesio, chairs of the conference, have assembled System Modeling and Optimization to present the most up-to-date developments to professionals and academics alike.

AI-based Metaheuristics for Information Security in Digital Media (Hardcover): Apoorva S Shastri, Mangal Singh, Anand J.... AI-based Metaheuristics for Information Security in Digital Media (Hardcover)
Apoorva S Shastri, Mangal Singh, Anand J. Kulkarni, Patrick Siarry
R2,504 Discovery Miles 25 040 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

AI Metaheuristics for Information Security in Digital Media examines the latest developments in AI-based metaheuristics algorithms with applications in information security for digital media. It highlights the importance of several security parameters, their analysis, and validations for different practical applications. Drawing on multidisciplinary research including computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, modified/newly developed metaheuristics algorithms, it will enhance information security for society. It includes state-of-the-art research with illustrations and exercises throughout.

Robot Physical Interaction through the combination of Vision, Tactile and Force Feedback - Applications to Assistive Robotics... Robot Physical Interaction through the combination of Vision, Tactile and Force Feedback - Applications to Assistive Robotics (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
Mario Prats, Angel P. Del Pobil, Pedro J. Sanz
R3,358 Discovery Miles 33 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Robot manipulation is a great challenge; it encompasses versatility -adaptation to different situations-, autonomy -independent robot operation-, and dependability -for success under modeling or sensing errors. A complete manipulation task involves, first, a suitable grasp or contact configuration, and the subsequent motion required by the task. This monograph presents a unified framework by introducing task-related aspects into the knowledge-based grasp concept, leading to task-oriented grasps. Similarly, grasp-related issues are also considered during the execution of a task, leading to grasp-oriented tasks which is called framework for physical interaction (FPI). The book presents the theoretical framework for the versatile specification of physical interaction tasks, as well as the problem of autonomous planning of these tasks. A further focus is on sensor-based dependable execution combining three different types of sensors: force, vision and tactile. The FPI approach allows to perform a wide range of robot manipulation tasks. All contributions are validated with several experiments using different real robots placed on household environments; for instance, a high-DoF humanoid robot can successfully operate unmodeled mechanisms with widely varying structure in a general way with natural motions. This research was recipient of the European Georges Giralt Award and the Robotdalen Scientific Award Honorary Mention.

Control of Quantum-Mechanical Processes and Systems (Hardcover, 1990 ed.): A.G. Butkovskiy, Yu I. Samoilenko Control of Quantum-Mechanical Processes and Systems (Hardcover, 1990 ed.)
A.G. Butkovskiy, Yu I. Samoilenko
R1,650 Discovery Miles 16 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'Et moi ..... si j'avait su comment en revenir, One service mathematics has rendered the je n'y serais point aIle.' human race. It has put common sense back Jules Verne where it belongs. on the topmost shelf next to the dusty canister labelled 'discarded non. The series is divergent; therefore we may be sense'. able to do something with it. Eric T. Bell O. Heaviside Mathematics is a tool for thought. A highly necessary tool in a world where both feedback and non linearities abound. Similarly, all kinds of parts of mathematics serve as tools for other parts and for other sciences. Applying a simple rewriting rule to the quote on the right above one finds such statements as: 'One service topology has rendered mathematical physics .. .'; 'One service logic has rendered com puter science .. .'; 'One service category theory has rendered mathematics .. .'. All arguably true. And all statements obtainable this way form part of the raison d'etre of this series."

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