Graphic theory on interval stability of networked control systems

A new method on the interval stability of networked control systems （NCSs） with random delay and data packet dropout is studied. Combining interval systems and NCSs, a graphic condition on judging interval stability is presented in terms of the weighted diagraph theory in graph theory. Furthermore, utilizing the graph-theoretic algorithm, the delay-depended controller gains are obtained. Aiming at the same delay and data packed dropout, several controller gains are obtained, simultaneously. The example and simulation illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Ranking environmental projects model based on multicriteria decision-making and the weight sensitivity analysis

With the fast growth of Chinese economic, more and more capital will be invested in environmental projects. How to select the environmental investment projects （alternatives） for obtaining the best environmental quality and economic benefits is an important problem for the decision makers. The purpose of this paper is to develop a decision-making model to rank a finite number of alternatives with several and sometimes conflicting criteria. A model for ranking the projects of municipal sewage treatment plants is proposed by using exports＇ information and the data of the real projects. And, the ranking result is given based on the PROMETHEE method. Furthermore, by means of the concept of the weight stability intervals （WSI）, the sensitivity of the ranking results to the size of criteria values and the change of weights value of criteria are discussed. The result shows that some criteria, such as “proportion of benefit to project cost”, will influence the ranking result of alternatives very strong while others not. The influence are not only from the value of criterion but also from the changing the weight of criterion. So, some criteria such as “proportion of benefit to project cost” are key critera for ranking the projects. Decision makers must be cautious to them.

ON THE EXPLICIT TWO-STAGE FOURTH-ORDER ACCURATE TIME DISCRETIZATIONS

This paper continues to study the explicit two-stage fourth-order accurate time discretizations[5-7].By introducing variable weights,we propose a class of more general explicit one-step two-stage time discretizations,which are different from the existing methods,e.g.the Euler methods,Runge-Kutta methods,and multistage multiderivative methods etc.We study the absolute stability,the stability interval,and the intersection between the imaginary axis and the absolute stability region.Our results show that our two-stage time discretizations can be fourth-order accurate conditionally,the absolute stability region of the proposed methods with some special choices of the variable weights can be larger than that of the classical explicit fourth-or fifth-order Runge-Kutta method,and the interval of absolute stability can be almost twice as much as the latter.Several numerical experiments are carried out to demonstrate the performance and accuracy as well as the stability of our proposed methods.