The software of behaviour-based algorithm~ was parted to several functional modules which represented different behaviours with different priorities. A basic algorithm with S-type arbiter and an improved algorithm wit...The software of behaviour-based algorithm~ was parted to several functional modules which represented different behaviours with different priorities. A basic algorithm with S-type arbiter and an improved algorithm with I-type arbiter were compared. The improved algorithm can reduce judging time and avoid some mistakes of the basic one. In mapping obstacles, the robot adjusted the spread angle according to different distances to obstacles in scaled vector field histogram (SVFH) algorithm, and then the robot turned more sharply in near obstacles than in far obstacles, which made the robot move more safely and smoothly in a cluttered room.展开更多
The chaotic behaviours in the p-Ge photoconductor system are studied by changing the photo-excitation coefficient and the routes and parameter conditions are given for chaos generation in this system. A scheme for con...The chaotic behaviours in the p-Ge photoconductor system are studied by changing the photo-excitation coefficient and the routes and parameter conditions are given for chaos generation in this system. A scheme for controlling chaos in the p-Ge photoconductor is presented by adding an ac bias current. Numerical simulations show that this scheme can be effectively used to control chaotic states into stable period states for this system. Moreover, the different period states with diifferent period numbers can be obtained by appropriately adjusting the amplitude, frequency, and initial phase of the additional ac current.展开更多
In this paper, the asymptotical behaviour solutions of a class of nonlinear control systems are studied. By establishing infinite integrals along solutions of the system and drawing support from a LaSalle's invari...In this paper, the asymptotical behaviour solutions of a class of nonlinear control systems are studied. By establishing infinite integrals along solutions of the system and drawing support from a LaSalle's invariance principle of integral form, criteria of dichotomy and global asymptotical behaviour of solutions are obtained. This work is an improvement and further extension of research methods and results of A. S. Aisagaliev.展开更多
Background: Aggressive tendencies from psychiatric inpatients are increasingly becoming problematic at a national referral psychiatric hospital in Zimbabwe. No research has been done in this context to determine the d...Background: Aggressive tendencies from psychiatric inpatients are increasingly becoming problematic at a national referral psychiatric hospital in Zimbabwe. No research has been done in this context to determine the dynamics around this disturbing phenomenon. Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge on anger control, to determine the occurrence of real assaultive behaviour and to examine the relationship between level of knowledge on anger control and occurrence of real assaultive behaviour in patients aged 20 - 45 years admitted at a national referral psychiatric hospital in Zimbabwe. Method: A descriptive correlational design was used. Seventy-six respondents aged between 20 and 45 years were selected using simple random sampling. A structured interview was used to collect data. The occurrence of real assaultive behaviour was adapted from the Staff Observation and Aggression Scale completed by observing patients during the assaultive behaviour occurrence. Patient observation was done by the psychiatric trained nurses who were specifically trained for this study to fill the part of the data collection instrument that needed observation. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient test and simple regression analysis. Results: Results showed a Pearson coefficient test of (r = -3.47, p Conclusions: Results call for collaboration of mental health practitioners to empower patients with anger control skills.展开更多
Analytical conditions and practical methods of their realization are proposed to solve a problem of a command signal tracking for a nonlinear disturbed system. Nonlinear disturbed plants consisting of linear dynamic b...Analytical conditions and practical methods of their realization are proposed to solve a problem of a command signal tracking for a nonlinear disturbed system. Nonlinear disturbed plants consisting of linear dynamic block and nonlinear block in feedback are considered. Nonlinear part of the plant and disturbance are unknown and bounded. The paper illustrates a possibility of applications of proposed algorithms to control libration angle of satellite.展开更多
The problem of robust controller design with covariance constraint for uncertain sampled data feedback control systems was considered in this paper. The goal of this problem is to design controllers such that the clo...The problem of robust controller design with covariance constraint for uncertain sampled data feedback control systems was considered in this paper. The goal of this problem is to design controllers such that the closed loop system meets the prespecified covariance constraint. This problem can be reduced to a controller design problem for an equivalent uncertain discrete time system. Sufficient conditions were given for the existence of the desired controllers. The analytical expression of the set of desired controllers was also presented. An illustrative example was given to show the applicability of the proposed design procedure.展开更多
The problem of deadbeat covariance controller design for sampled data feedback systems is considered. The purpose of considering this problem is to design linear discrete controllers such that the state covariance of...The problem of deadbeat covariance controller design for sampled data feedback systems is considered. The purpose of considering this problem is to design linear discrete controllers such that the state covariance of the closed loop system achieves its steady state value which is equal to a prespecified positive definite matrix during finite beats. This problem is reduced to the similar one for equivalent discrete time systems by taking intersample behaviour into account. Both the existence conditions and the explicit expression of the desired controllers are given.展开更多
This paper proposes a pest propagation model to investigate the evolution behaviours of pest aggregates. A pest aggregate grows by self-monomer birth, and it may fragment into two smaller ones. The kinetic evolution b...This paper proposes a pest propagation model to investigate the evolution behaviours of pest aggregates. A pest aggregate grows by self-monomer birth, and it may fragment into two smaller ones. The kinetic evolution behaviours of pest aggregates are investigated by the rate equation approach based on the mean-field theory. For a system with a self-birth rate kernel I(k) = Ik and a fragmentation rate kernel L(i,j) = L, we find that the total number MoA(t) and the total mass of the pest aggregates MA (t) both increase exponentially with time if L ≠ 0. Furthermore, we introduce two catalysis-driven monomer death mechanisms for the former pest propagation model to study the evolution behaviours of pest aggregates under pesticide and natural enemy controlled pest propagation. In the pesticide controlled model with a catalyzed monomer death rate kernel J1 (k) ---- J1 k, it is found that only when I 〈 J1 B0 (B0 is the concentration of catalyst aggregates) can the pests be killed off. Otherwise, the pest aggregates can survive. In the model of pest control with a natural enemy, a pest aggregate loses one of its individuals and the number of natural enemies increases by one. For this system, we find that no matter how many natural enemies there are at the beginning, pests will be eliminated by them eventually.展开更多
This paper investigates the use of the method of inequalities (MoI) to design output-feedback compensators for the problem of the control of instabilities in a laminar plane Poiseuille flow. In common with many flow...This paper investigates the use of the method of inequalities (MoI) to design output-feedback compensators for the problem of the control of instabilities in a laminar plane Poiseuille flow. In common with many flows, the dynamics of streamwise vortices in plane Poiseuille flow are very non-normal. Consequently, small perturbations grow rapidly with a large transient that may trigger nonlinearities and lead to turbulence even though such perturbations would, in a linear flow model, eventually decay. Such a system can be described as a conditionally linear system. The sensitivity is measured using the maximum transient energy growth, which is widely used in the fluid dynamics community. The paper considers two approaches. In the first approach, the MoI is used to design low-order proportional and proportional-integral (PI) controllers. In the second one, the MoI is combined with McFarlane and Glover's H∞ loop-shaping design procedure in a mixed-optimization approach.展开更多
A formulation for the coupled analysis of thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) problems in joints is first presented. The work involves the establishment of equilibrium and mass and energy balance equations. Balance equati...A formulation for the coupled analysis of thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) problems in joints is first presented. The work involves the establishment of equilibrium and mass and energy balance equations. Balance equations were formulated taking into account two phases: water and air. The joint element developed was implemented in a general purpose finite element computer code for THM analysis of porous media (Code_Bright). The program was then used to study a number of cases ranging from laboratory tests to large scale in situ tests. A numerical simulation of coupled hydraulic shear tests of rough granite joints is first presented. The tests as well as the model show the coupling between permeability and the deformation of thejoints. The experimental investigation was focused on the effects of suction on the mechanical behaviour of rock joints. Laboratory tests were performed in a direct shear cell equipped with suction control. Suction was imposed using a vapour forced convection circuit connected to the cell and controlled by an air pump. Artificial joints of Lilla claystone were prepared.Joint roughness of varying intensity was created by carving the surfaces in contact in such a manner that rock ridges of different tip angles were formed. These angles ranged from 0° (smooth joint) to 45° (very rough joint profile). The geometric profiles of the two surfaces in contact were initially positioned in a "matching" situation. Several tests were performed for different values of suctions (200, 100, and 20 MPa) and for different values of vertical stresses (30, 60, and 150 kPa). A constitutive model including the effects of suction and joint roughness is proposed to simulate the unsaturated behaviour of rock joints. The new constitutive law was incorporated in the code and experimental results were numerically simulated.展开更多
针对含有随机噪声的模型未知线性时不变(LTI,linear time invariant)系统模型建立过程复杂且控制律难以得到的问题,提出一种基于数据驱动的预测控制方法;基于系统行为学理论和平衡子系统辨识方法,仅利用测量得到的系统数据构建被控系统...针对含有随机噪声的模型未知线性时不变(LTI,linear time invariant)系统模型建立过程复杂且控制律难以得到的问题,提出一种基于数据驱动的预测控制方法;基于系统行为学理论和平衡子系统辨识方法,仅利用测量得到的系统数据构建被控系统的非参数模型,将其和预测控制理论相结合设计出基于数据驱动的预测控制器,对于系统测量数据中存在的有界加性高斯噪声,通过引入数据的松弛变量和L2正则项来降低噪声扰动的影响,采用滚动时域优化策略计算最优控制序列并将其作用于被控系统,实现了系统对设定值的轨迹跟踪;将所提控制策略应用于四容水箱系统,仿真结果表明所提方法能实现四容水箱系统的液位跟踪控制,且与同样基于数据驱动的子空间预测控制方案相比,所提方法具有更好的动态性能,且该策略在抗噪声扰动方面有明显优势,具有更强的鲁棒性。展开更多
基金National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60975059)Leading Academic Discipline Project of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission,China(No.J513032)Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission,China(No.09YZ343)
文摘The software of behaviour-based algorithm~ was parted to several functional modules which represented different behaviours with different priorities. A basic algorithm with S-type arbiter and an improved algorithm with I-type arbiter were compared. The improved algorithm can reduce judging time and avoid some mistakes of the basic one. In mapping obstacles, the robot adjusted the spread angle according to different distances to obstacles in scaled vector field histogram (SVFH) algorithm, and then the robot turned more sharply in near obstacles than in far obstacles, which made the robot move more safely and smoothly in a cluttered room.
基金Project supported by Scientific and Technological Development Plan Program of Jilin Province,China (Grant No.20090309)
文摘The chaotic behaviours in the p-Ge photoconductor system are studied by changing the photo-excitation coefficient and the routes and parameter conditions are given for chaos generation in this system. A scheme for controlling chaos in the p-Ge photoconductor is presented by adding an ac bias current. Numerical simulations show that this scheme can be effectively used to control chaotic states into stable period states for this system. Moreover, the different period states with diifferent period numbers can be obtained by appropriately adjusting the amplitude, frequency, and initial phase of the additional ac current.
文摘In this paper, the asymptotical behaviour solutions of a class of nonlinear control systems are studied. By establishing infinite integrals along solutions of the system and drawing support from a LaSalle's invariance principle of integral form, criteria of dichotomy and global asymptotical behaviour of solutions are obtained. This work is an improvement and further extension of research methods and results of A. S. Aisagaliev.
文摘Background: Aggressive tendencies from psychiatric inpatients are increasingly becoming problematic at a national referral psychiatric hospital in Zimbabwe. No research has been done in this context to determine the dynamics around this disturbing phenomenon. Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge on anger control, to determine the occurrence of real assaultive behaviour and to examine the relationship between level of knowledge on anger control and occurrence of real assaultive behaviour in patients aged 20 - 45 years admitted at a national referral psychiatric hospital in Zimbabwe. Method: A descriptive correlational design was used. Seventy-six respondents aged between 20 and 45 years were selected using simple random sampling. A structured interview was used to collect data. The occurrence of real assaultive behaviour was adapted from the Staff Observation and Aggression Scale completed by observing patients during the assaultive behaviour occurrence. Patient observation was done by the psychiatric trained nurses who were specifically trained for this study to fill the part of the data collection instrument that needed observation. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient test and simple regression analysis. Results: Results showed a Pearson coefficient test of (r = -3.47, p Conclusions: Results call for collaboration of mental health practitioners to empower patients with anger control skills.
基金Project supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research(RFBR)(No.N06-01-08038-ofi)
文摘Analytical conditions and practical methods of their realization are proposed to solve a problem of a command signal tracking for a nonlinear disturbed system. Nonlinear disturbed plants consisting of linear dynamic block and nonlinear block in feedback are considered. Nonlinear part of the plant and disturbance are unknown and bounded. The paper illustrates a possibility of applications of proposed algorithms to control libration angle of satellite.
文摘The problem of robust controller design with covariance constraint for uncertain sampled data feedback control systems was considered in this paper. The goal of this problem is to design controllers such that the closed loop system meets the prespecified covariance constraint. This problem can be reduced to a controller design problem for an equivalent uncertain discrete time system. Sufficient conditions were given for the existence of the desired controllers. The analytical expression of the set of desired controllers was also presented. An illustrative example was given to show the applicability of the proposed design procedure.
文摘The problem of deadbeat covariance controller design for sampled data feedback systems is considered. The purpose of considering this problem is to design linear discrete controllers such that the state covariance of the closed loop system achieves its steady state value which is equal to a prespecified positive definite matrix during finite beats. This problem is reduced to the similar one for equivalent discrete time systems by taking intersample behaviour into account. Both the existence conditions and the explicit expression of the desired controllers are given.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10875086 and 10775104)
文摘This paper proposes a pest propagation model to investigate the evolution behaviours of pest aggregates. A pest aggregate grows by self-monomer birth, and it may fragment into two smaller ones. The kinetic evolution behaviours of pest aggregates are investigated by the rate equation approach based on the mean-field theory. For a system with a self-birth rate kernel I(k) = Ik and a fragmentation rate kernel L(i,j) = L, we find that the total number MoA(t) and the total mass of the pest aggregates MA (t) both increase exponentially with time if L ≠ 0. Furthermore, we introduce two catalysis-driven monomer death mechanisms for the former pest propagation model to study the evolution behaviours of pest aggregates under pesticide and natural enemy controlled pest propagation. In the pesticide controlled model with a catalyzed monomer death rate kernel J1 (k) ---- J1 k, it is found that only when I 〈 J1 B0 (B0 is the concentration of catalyst aggregates) can the pests be killed off. Otherwise, the pest aggregates can survive. In the model of pest control with a natural enemy, a pest aggregate loses one of its individuals and the number of natural enemies increases by one. For this system, we find that no matter how many natural enemies there are at the beginning, pests will be eliminated by them eventually.
文摘This paper investigates the use of the method of inequalities (MoI) to design output-feedback compensators for the problem of the control of instabilities in a laminar plane Poiseuille flow. In common with many flows, the dynamics of streamwise vortices in plane Poiseuille flow are very non-normal. Consequently, small perturbations grow rapidly with a large transient that may trigger nonlinearities and lead to turbulence even though such perturbations would, in a linear flow model, eventually decay. Such a system can be described as a conditionally linear system. The sensitivity is measured using the maximum transient energy growth, which is widely used in the fluid dynamics community. The paper considers two approaches. In the first approach, the MoI is used to design low-order proportional and proportional-integral (PI) controllers. In the second one, the MoI is combined with McFarlane and Glover's H∞ loop-shaping design procedure in a mixed-optimization approach.
文摘A formulation for the coupled analysis of thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) problems in joints is first presented. The work involves the establishment of equilibrium and mass and energy balance equations. Balance equations were formulated taking into account two phases: water and air. The joint element developed was implemented in a general purpose finite element computer code for THM analysis of porous media (Code_Bright). The program was then used to study a number of cases ranging from laboratory tests to large scale in situ tests. A numerical simulation of coupled hydraulic shear tests of rough granite joints is first presented. The tests as well as the model show the coupling between permeability and the deformation of thejoints. The experimental investigation was focused on the effects of suction on the mechanical behaviour of rock joints. Laboratory tests were performed in a direct shear cell equipped with suction control. Suction was imposed using a vapour forced convection circuit connected to the cell and controlled by an air pump. Artificial joints of Lilla claystone were prepared.Joint roughness of varying intensity was created by carving the surfaces in contact in such a manner that rock ridges of different tip angles were formed. These angles ranged from 0° (smooth joint) to 45° (very rough joint profile). The geometric profiles of the two surfaces in contact were initially positioned in a "matching" situation. Several tests were performed for different values of suctions (200, 100, and 20 MPa) and for different values of vertical stresses (30, 60, and 150 kPa). A constitutive model including the effects of suction and joint roughness is proposed to simulate the unsaturated behaviour of rock joints. The new constitutive law was incorporated in the code and experimental results were numerically simulated.
文摘针对含有随机噪声的模型未知线性时不变(LTI,linear time invariant)系统模型建立过程复杂且控制律难以得到的问题,提出一种基于数据驱动的预测控制方法;基于系统行为学理论和平衡子系统辨识方法,仅利用测量得到的系统数据构建被控系统的非参数模型,将其和预测控制理论相结合设计出基于数据驱动的预测控制器,对于系统测量数据中存在的有界加性高斯噪声,通过引入数据的松弛变量和L2正则项来降低噪声扰动的影响,采用滚动时域优化策略计算最优控制序列并将其作用于被控系统,实现了系统对设定值的轨迹跟踪;将所提控制策略应用于四容水箱系统,仿真结果表明所提方法能实现四容水箱系统的液位跟踪控制,且与同样基于数据驱动的子空间预测控制方案相比,所提方法具有更好的动态性能,且该策略在抗噪声扰动方面有明显优势,具有更强的鲁棒性。