A comparison of piecewise cubic Hermite interpolating polynomials,cubic splines and piecewise linear functions for the approximation of projectile aerodynamics

Modelling and simulation of projectile flight is at the core of ballistic computer software and is essential to the study of performance of rifles and projectiles in various engagement conditions.An effective and representative numerical model of projectile flight requires a relatively good approximation of the aerodynamics.The aerodynamic coefficients of the projectile model should be described as a series of piecewise polynomial functions of the Mach number that ideally meet the following conditions:they are continuous,differentiable at least once,and have a relatively low degree.The paper provides the steps needed to generate such piecewise polynomial functions using readily available tools,and then compares Piecewise Cubic Hermite Interpolating Polynomial(PCHIP),cubic splines,and piecewise linear functions,and their variant,as potential curve fitting methods to approximate the aerodynamics of a generic small arms projectile.A key contribution of the paper is the application of PCHIP to the approximation of projectile aerodynamics,and its evaluation against a set of criteria.Finally,the paper provides a baseline assessment of the impact of the polynomial functions on flight trajectory predictions obtained with 6-degree-of-freedom simulations of a generic projectile.

A new chaotic Hopfield network with piecewise linear activation function

This paper presents a new chaotic Hopfield network with a piecewise linear activation function.The dynamic of the network is studied by virtue of the bifurcation diagram,Lyapunov exponents spectrum and power spectrum.Numerical simulations show that the network displays chaotic behaviours for some well selected parameters.

Improved plane layout of stabilizing piles based on the piecewise function expression of the irregular driving force

The paper presents an improved plane layout for stabilizing piles based on a proposed piecewise function expression for the irregular driving force. Based on the specific morphological characteristics of a highway landslide, the piecewise function is used to calculate the irregular driving force by dividing the landslide into several sub-areas.Furthermore, the reasonable layout range and pile spacing can be obtained based on the piecewise function expression of the irregular driving force and on relevant research results of the plane layout for stabilizing piles. Therefore, an improved plane layout of stabilizing piles is presented in consideration of a piecewise function expression of the irregular driving force. A highway landslide located in eastern Guizhou Province, China, is analyzed as a case study using the proposed method. The results demonstrate that the theory presented in this paper provides improved economic benefits and can reduce the requirednumber of stabilizing piles by 28.6% compared with the conventional plane layout scheme.

A Set of Almost Automorphic Functions and Applications

For a set S of real numbers, we introduce the concept of S-almost automorphic functions valued in a Banach space. It generalizes in particular the space of Z-almost automorphic functions. Considering the space of S-almost automorphic functions, we give sufficient conditions of the existence and uniqueness of almost automorphic solutions of a differential equation with a piecewise constant argument of generalized type. This is done using the Banach fixed point theorem.

Delay-dependent Non-fragile H_∞ Filtering for Uncertain Fuzzy Systems Based on Switching Fuzzy Model and Piecewise Lyapunov Function

This paper is concerned with the non-fragile H∞ filter design problem for uncertain discrete-time Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems with time delay.To begin with,the T-S fuzzy system is transformed to an equivalent switching fuzzy system.Then,based on the piecewise Lyapunov function and matrix decoupling technique,a new delay-dependent non-fragile H∞ filtering method is proposed for the switching fuzzy system.The proposed condition is less conservative than the previous results.Since only a set of LMIs is involved,the filter parameters can be solved directly.Finally,a design example is provided to illustrate the validity of the proposed method.

Continuous Piecewise Linear Approximation of BV Function

Nonlinear approximation is widely used in signal processing. Real-life signals can be modeled as functions of bounded variation. Thus the variable knot of approximating function could be self- adaptively chosen by balancing the total variation of the target function. In this paper, we adopt continuous piecewise linear approximation instead of the existing piecewise constants approximation. The results of experiments show that this new method is superior to the old one.

Synchronising chaotic Chua's circuit using switching feedback control based on piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions

This paper investigates the chaos synchronisation between two coupled chaotic Chua's circuits.The sufficient condition presented by linear matrix inequalities(LMIs) of global asymptotic synchronisation is attained based on piecewise quadratic Lyapunov functions.First,we obtain the piecewise linear differential inclusions(pwLDIs) model of synchronisation error dynamics,then we design a switching(piecewise-linear) feedback control law to stabilise it based on the piecewise quadratic Laypunov functions.Then we give some numerical simulations to demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.

Relaxed delay-dependent stabilization criteria for discrete-time fuzzy systems based on a switching fuzzy model and piecewise Lyapunov functions

This paper presents delay-dependent stability analysis and controller synthesis methods for discrete-time Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems with time delays. The T-S fuzzy system is transformed to an equivalent switching fuzzy system. Consequently, the delay-dependent stabilization criteria are derived for the switching fuzzy system based on the piecewise Lyapunov function. The proposed conditions are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The interactions among the fuzzy subsystems are considered in each subregion, and accordingly the proposed conditions are less conservative than the previous results. Since only a set of LMIs is involved, the controller design is quite simple and numerically tractable. Finally, a design example is given to show the validity of the proposed method.

GH_2 Control for Uncertain Discrete-time-delay Fuzzy Systems Based on a Switching Fuzzy Model and Piecewise Lyapunov Function

Generalized H2 (GH2) stability analysis and controller design of the uncertain discrete-time Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy systems with state delay are studied based on a switching fuzzy model and piecewise Lyapunov function. GH2 stability sufficient conditions are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The interactions among the fuzzy subsystems are considered. Therefore, the proposed conditions are less conservative than the previous results. Since only a set of LMIs is involved, the controller design is quite simple and numerically tractable. To illustrate the validity of the proposed method, a design example is provided.

LMI-based robust control of uncertain discrete-time piecewise affine systems

The main contribution of this paper is to present stability synthesis results for discrete-time piecewise affine (PWA) systems with polytopic time-varying uncertainties and for discrete-time PWA systems with norm-bounded uncertainties respectively.The basic idea of the proposed approaches is to construct piecewise-quadratic (PWQ) Lyapunov functions to guarantee the stability of the closed-loop systems.The partition information of the PWA systems is taken into account and each polytopic operating region is outer approximated by an ellipsoid,then sufficient conditions for the robust stabilization are derived and expressed as a set of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs).Two examples are given to illustrate the proposed theoretical results.

New family of piecewise smooth support vector machine

Support vector machines(SVMs) have been extensively studied and have shown remarkable success in many applications.A new family of twice continuously differentiable piecewise smooth functions are used to smooth the objective function of unconstrained SVMs. The three-order piecewise smooth support vector machine(TPWSSVMd) is proposed. The piecewise functions can get higher and higher approximation accuracy as required with the increase of parameter d. The global convergence proof of TPWSSVMdis given with the rough set theory. TPWSSVMdcan efficiently handle large scale and high dimensional problems. Numerical results demonstrate TPWSSVMdhas better classification performance and learning efficiency than other competitive baselines.

H_∞ controller synthesis of piecewise discrete time linear systems

This paper presents an H∞ controller design method for piecewise discrete time linear systems based on a piecewise quadratic Lyapunov function. It is shown that the resulting closed loop system is globally stable with guaranteed H∞ perfomance and the controller can be obtained by solvng a set of bilinear matrix inequalities. It has been shown that piecewise quadratic Lyapnnov functions are less conservative than the global quadratic Lyapunov functions. A simulation example is also given to illustrate the advantage of the proposed approach.

The Analysis of Global Input-to-state Stability for Piecewise Affine Systems with Time-delay

In this paper, global input-to-state stability (ISS) for discrete-time piecewise affine systems with time-delay are considered. Piecewise quadratic ISS-Lyapunov functions are adopted. Both Lyapunov-Razumikhin and Lyapunov-Krasovskii methods are used. The theorems of Lyapunov-Razumikhin type and Lyapunov-Krasovskii type for piecewise affine systems with time-delay are shown, respectively.

Robust H_∞ and H_2 Static Output Feedback Control of Discrete-time Piecewise Affine Singular Systems with Norm-bounded Uncertainties

This paper is concerned with the problem of designing robust H∞and H2static output feedback controllers for a class of discrete-time piecewise-affine singular systems with norm-bounded time-varying parameters uncertainties. Based on a piecewise singular Lyapunov function combined with S-procedure,Projection lemma and some matrix inequality convexifying techniques,sufficient conditions in terms of linear matrix inequalities are given for the existence of an output-feedback controller for the discrete-time piecewiseaffine singular systems with a prescribed H∞disturbance attenuation level,and the H2norm is smaller than a given positive number. It is shown that the controller gains can be obtained by solving a family of LMIs parameterized by one or two scalar variables. The numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed design methods.

Asymptotically Antiperiodic Solutions for a Nonlinear Differential Equation with Piecewise Constant Argument in a Banach Space

In this paper, we give sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of asymptotically w-antiperiodic solutions for a nonlinear differential equation with piecewise constant argument in a Banach space when w is an integer. This is done using the Banach fixed point theorem. An example involving the heat operator is discussed as an illustration of the theory.

Robust H_∞ control of piecewise-linear chaotic systems with random data loss

This paper studies the problem of robust H_∞control of piecewise-linear chaotic systems with random data loss. The communication links between the plant and the controller are assumed to be imperfect(that is,data loss occurs intermittently,which appears typically in a network environment).The data loss is modelled as a random process which obeys a Bernoulli distribution.In the face of random data loss,a piecewise controller is designed to robustly stabilize the networked system in the sense of mean square and also achieve a prescribed H_∞disturbance attenuation performance based on a piecewise-quadratic Lyapunov function.The required H_∞controllers can be designed by solving a set of linear matrix inequalities(LMIs).Chua's system is provided to illustrate the usefulness and applicability of the developed theoretical results.