AN EFFICIENT PARALLEL PROCESSING OPTIMAL CONTROL SCHEME FOR A CLASS OF NONLINEAR COMPOSITE SYSTEMS

This article presents an efficient parallel processing approach for solving the opti- mal control problem of nonlinear composite systems. In this approach, the original high-order coupled nonlinear two-point boundary value problem （TPBVP） derived from the Pontrya- gin＇s maximum principle is first transformed into a sequence of lower-order deeoupled linear time-invariant TPBVPs. Then, an optimal control law which consists of both feedback and forward terms is achieved by using the modal series method for the derived sequence. The feedback term specified by local states of each subsystem is determined by solving a ma- trix Riccati differential equation. The forward term for each subsystem derived from its local information is an infinite sum of adjoint vectors. The convergence analysis and parallel processing capability of the proposed approach are also provided. To achieve an accurate feedforward-feedbaek suboptimal control, we apply a fast iterative algorithm with low com- putational effort. Finally, some comparative results are included to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Optimization design of a full asynchronous pipeline circuit based on null convention logic

This paper proposes a new optimization method to improve the performance of a null convention logic asynchronous pipeline.Parallel combinational logic modules in the pipelines can work alternately in null and data cycles by using a parallel processing mode.The complete waiting time for both null and data signals of combinational logic output in previous asynchronous register stage is reduced by decoupling the output from combinational logic modules.Performance penalty brought by null cycle is reduced while the data processing capacity is increased.The novel asynchronous pipeline based on asynchronous full adders with different bit widths as asynchronous combination logic modules is simulated using 0.18-μm CMOS technology.Based on 6 bits asynchronous adder as asynchronous combination logic modules, the simulation result of this new pipeline proposal demonstrates a high throughput up to 72.4% improvement with appropriate power consumption.This indicates the new design proposal is preferable for high-speed as ynchronous designs due to its high throughput and delay-insensitivity.

A New Parallel-by-Cell Approach to Undistorted DataCompression Based on Cellular Automatonand Genetic Algorithm

In this paper, a new parallel-by-cell approach to the undistorteddata compression based on cellular automaton and genetic algorithm is presented.The local compression rules in a cellular automaton are obtained by using a geneticevolutionary algorithm. The correctness of the hyper-parallel compression, the timecomplexity, and the relevant symbolic dynamic behaviour are discussed. In comparison with other traditional sequential or small-scale parallel methods for undistorteddata compression, the proposed approach shows much higher real-time performance,better suitability and feasibility for the systolic hardware implementation.

R& D and Reliability Analysis of a Digital Protection Systemfor Nuclear Heating Reactors

This paper discusses a scheme of digital Reactor Protection System (RPS) . Advanced parallel processing channels,consisting ofa microprocessor based unit and a General Array Logic (GAL) based unit have been configuredin each ofthe redundanttrainsto eliminatetherisk ofcom mon modefailure ofdigital RPSsthrough the way ofdiversified equipment. Also several digitaltechniques are also applied to improve the system design.Forexample,the Voltage/Frequency (V/F) converteris applied to achieve the digitization ofthe measurement channel.GALcomponents greatly simplify the hardware circuit design. Two types of com munication buses aredesigned toimprove thereliability ofdatatransmission.By allthese means,thereliability of RPScan be expected to achieve a greatimprovement.