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&&&RIS (for EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite)&BibTeX&Text&RefWorks Direct Export&Citations Only&Citations and Abstracts All access types Open Access articlesOpen Archive articles Articles in Press are accepted, peer reviewed articles that are not yet assigned to volumes/issues, but are citable using DOI - .HighlightsoA solution to multiple incipient fault detection and isolation was proposed.oFurther results of ToMFIR residual were explored.oPractical applications on CRH2 high-speed train.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 December 2016Mahdi Kazemi, Mohammad Mehdi Arefi
HighlightsoA fast iterative recursive least squares algorithm is presented to identify nonlinear system.oThis method is fast and needs few data sets.oThe intermediate signal of Wiener model is estimated by Least squares algorithm.oIn order to increase the robustness of the proposed method, a robust RLS algorithm is applied to the model.oSimulation results confirms the effectiveness of the proposed approach.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 December 2016Liang Sun, Wei Huo, Zongxia Jiao
HighlightsoA nonlinear coupled 6-DOF relative pose model is formulated for the chaser approaching to the disturbed and uncontrolled target.oSpacecraft relative position tracking and attitude synchronization are addressed.oAn adaptive robust nonlinear disturbance attenuation controller with proportional-integral-derivative structure is proposed.oThe capabilities of the control scheme are demonstrated by experimental simulations.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 December 2016Helem Sabina Sánchez, Fabrizio Padula, Antonio Visioli, Ramon Vilanova
HighlightsoA set of optimally balanced tuning rules for fractional-order proportional-integral-derivative controllers is proposed.oThe control problem of minimizing at once the integrated absolute error for both the set-point step response and the load disturbance step response is addressed. Further, the maximum sensitivity is considered as a constraint for the optimization problem.oThe control problem is stated as a multi-objective optimization problem where a first-order-plus-dead-time process model has been considered. The Nash solution is chosen between the set of Pareto optimal solutions obtained for different normalized dead times.oA curve fitting procedure has then eventually been applied in order to generate suitable tuning rules.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 December 2016Songsong Cheng, Yiheng Wei, Yuquan Chen, Shu Liang, Yong Wang
HighlightsoA fractional order modified least square algorithm (FOMLMS) with (0&α&2) is proposed.oThe performance of FOMLMS with α in two interval (0&α&1 or 1&α&2) is separately analyzed.oA hybrid switch law of α is developed to obtain a better convergence speed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 December 2016Omid Naghash Almasi, Vahid Fereshtehpoor, Mohammad Hassan Khooban, Frede Blaabjerg
HighlightsoThis paper introduces a new modified Fuzzy Two-Level Control Scheme (TLCS).oThe proposed framework is simple and does not have any complexities.oSimulation and experimental results based on a TMS320F28335 DSP are conducted on a non-inverting buck-boost converter.oThe proposed method could efficiently improve the performance of the converter in both buck and boost modes.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 December 2016Haoqian Huang, Xiyuan Chen, Bo Zhang, Jian Wang
HighlightsoA novel multi-model EKF filter is proposed to perform the optimal estimation.oA novel fusion method integrating the Adams explicit formula with the multi-model EKF is proposed.oThe performance of method is verified in the application of underwater glider successfully.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 7 December 2016Xiulan Song, Fu Miaomiao
HighlightsoDesign a visual servo controller with adjustable parameters using image point features and some known CLF of the visual servo system.oPresent an optimized controller to satisfy constraints of the visual servo system by the Fibonacci method.oThere is no requirement of online estimating the image Jacobian's matrix and calculating the homography matrix when computing the visual servo controller.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 7 December 2016Patricio Ordaz, Omar-Jacobo Santos-Sánchez, Liliam Rodríguez-Guerrero, Alberto González-Facundo
HighlightsoWe find a sufficient condition for a classical reduce type Lyapunov-Krasovskii Functional becomes a Control Lyapunov-Krasovskii Functional (CLKF) for a class of time delay nonlinear systems.oBased on the inverse optimality approach and with the proposed CLKF, we synthetized the optimal nonlinear controller for the considered time delay systems.oThe proposed feedback control scheme for atmospheric drying process guarantees a local uniform asymptotic stability.oExperimental validation was conducted and the effectiveness of the regu-lation of a dehydration process has been presented.oThe results show a considerable decrease of the energy consumption in the dehydration process, obtained by the proposed nonlinear optimal control compared with previous results.oTo compare the control scheme with controllers based on PID's, the energy saving in many cases is more than 40%.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 7 December 2016Houssemeddine Gouta, Salim Hadj Sa?d, Nabil Barhoumi, Faouzi M’Sahli
HighlightsoThe predictive controller (NGPC) used inthis paper is chosen after two comparative studies that we recently conducted between the predictive control and the backstepping control.oIn this paper we proved the exponential stability of the designed controller for a particular classe of nonlinear MIMO systems.oIn order to implement a fault tolerant (sensorless) liquid level controller to the four tank MIMO system, we combined the synthesized NGPC control law with a new discrete-continuous time observer.oThis paper presents the first real time implementation of a continuous-discrete state observer on a liquid level MIMO process.oThis paper should be of interest to readers in the areas of the control of the liquid level manufacturing systems.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 7 December 2016Michael Short
HighlightsoA method is presented to calculate the move suppression parameter for well-conditioned MPC.oA reduced-order approximate model is not required for its application.oA simpler analytical bound is also developed for use with adaptive MPC.oSimulations and perturbation studies illustrate improved accuracy and robustness.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 7 December 2016Imen Ben Abdelwahed, Abdelkader Mbarek, Kais Bouzrara
HighlightsoAnalytical solution of optimal MIMO ARX-Laguerre model is proposed.oA recursive algorithm of Fourier coefficients estimation is developed.oA new approach of the online identification of MIMO ARX-Laguerre model is given.oAdaptive predictive control strategy of MIMO systems is proposed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 7 December 2016Hongbo Zou, Haisheng Li
HighlightsoA new PID control based on predictive functional control optimization is proposed.oThe design is applied to temperature control of fluidized catalytic cracking unit (FCCU).oImproved control performance is achieved under model/plant mismatches.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 7 December 2016Xingling Shao, Jun Liu, Jie Li, Huiliang Cao, Chong Shen, Xiaoming Zhang
HighlightsoAn augmented nonlinear differentiator (AND) based on sigmoid function is developed to calculate the noise-less time derivative under noisy measurement condition.oThe noise-filtering capability for the existing differentiators can be significantly improved by using the present methodology, irrespective of how acceleration function is designed.oThe proposed noise-tolerance technique can be easily extended to formulate the corresponding high-order differentiators to obtain multiple derivatives with improved signal-to-noise ratio.oThe convergence property and robustness performance against noises are investigated via singular perturbation theory and describing function method, respectively.oThe robust control problems of nonlinear uncertain systems are efficiently handled using the proposed AND from signal differentiation perspective.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 December 2016Petar D. Mandi?, Tomislav B. ?ekara, Mihailo P. Lazarevi?, Marko Bo?kovi?
HighlightsoThe problem of dominant pole design with fractional order PID controllers is investigated.oA novel approach based on D-decomposition technique is proposed for solving this problem.oThis method is applicable to rational and non-rational transfer functions, with or without time delay, and those describing distributed parameter systems.oNumerous examples from process industry are given, and it is shown that fractional order PID controller gives better performance/robustness tradeoff when compared with conventional PID controller.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 5 December 2016Gang Shen, Zhencai Zhu, Jinsong Zhao, Weidong Zhu, Yu Tang, Xiang Li
HighlightsoA continuous system identification algorithm is developed to estimate force closed-loop model.oAn offline feedback controller is designed using an H∞ robust control method.oA novel controller combined an offline designed feedback controller with an online adaptive compensator is proposed.oExperimental results improve force tracking performances on an electro-hydraulic system.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 December 2016Haitao Li, Xin Ning, Wenzhuo Li
HighlightsoEstablish a new position sensorless drive system only using dc-link current sensor.oBring a MFAC based commutation angle self-correction algorithm of nonideal back.oEMFSimulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness of proposed method.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 25 November 2016Tianyang Wang, Fulei Chu, Qinkai Han
HighlightsoWe propose a meshing resonance based filtering algorithm for the local fault diagnosis of a wind turbine ring gear.oA new meshing index and an MRgram are constructed to determine the meshing resonance frequency band.oThe optimal filter band is determined based on the MRgram.oThe ring gear fault can be detected based on the envelop spectrum of the meshing resonance frequency band based band-pass filtering result.oThe proposed algorithm does not rely on the healthy baseline.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 25 November 2016Jianming Zhang
HighlightsoA novel PID controller optimized by predictive functional control (PFC) is proposed.oThe design is tested on chamber pressure in the industrial coke furnace.oImproved closed-loop control performance is achieved for set-point tracking and disturbance rejection.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 25 November 2016Kai Zhang, Yuri A.W. Shardt, Zhiwen Chen, Kaixiang Peng
HighlightsoPerformance assessment of process monitoring approaches has been emphasized.oExtending the expected detection delay to multiplicative and drift fault cases is realized.oCommon multivariate statistics-based process monitoring methods are grouped.oNumerical and Tennessee Eastman simulations are presented to show the theory.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 25 November 2016Mohammad Reza Tavana, Mohammad-Hassan Khooban, Taher Niknam
HighlightsoThis paper introduces a new online time-varying controller.oThe proposed framework is simple and does not have complexities.oThe proposed controller guaranties stability and robustness.oThe control design methodology is applied on STATCOM power system.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 24 November 2016Alireza Abbaspour, Payam Aboutalebi, Kang K. Yen, Arman Sargolzaei
HighlightsoIntroducing a novel nonlinear model-based fault detection strategy for aircraft sensors and actuators.oUsing a six- DoF aircraft nonlinear model to evaluate our proposed design.oAchieving higher accuracy and efficiency, and less computation time in fault detection.oOnline updating of neural network learning coefficients with extended Kalman filter.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 November 2016Qudrat Khan, Rini Akmeliawati, Aamer Iqbal Bhatti, Mahmood Ashraf Khan
&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 November 2016Kaibo Shi, Yuanyan Tang, Xinzhi Liu, Shouming Zhong
HighlightsoLess conservative robust sampled-data synchronization conditions are obtained by developing a new non-fragile stochastic control method.oBy introducing two new alterable parameters and making full use of the available information about the actual sampling pattern, a novelly augmented Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional is constructed.oBased on the most powerful free-matrix-based integral inequality, a desired non-fragile sampled-data estimator controller can be achieved.oNumerical simulation examples of Chua's circuit and neural network are presented to demonstrate the e?ectiveness and advantages of the developed results.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 November 2016Lijuan Zha, Jian-an Fang, Jinliang Liu, Engang Tian
HighlightsoThe problem of event-based finite-time state estimation is investigated for Markovian jump systems with quantizations and randomly occurring nonlinearities.oH∞ The event-triggered scheme and the quantization strategy are introduced into the model of MJSs.oSufficient conditions are derived which can ensure the estimation error dynamics stochasticH∞ finite boundedness.oH∞ On the basis of the obtained sufficient conditions, a state estimator is designed for MJSs with randomly occurring nonlinearities.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 November 2016Xiaoming Xue, Jianzhong Zhou
HighlightsoA hybrid fault diagnosis approach based on mixed-domain state features for rotating machinery is proposed.oThe proposed method is divided into three steps.oA preliminary judgment can be evaluated by the statistical analysis method based on the permutation entropy.oA novel manifold learning method, modified LGPCA, is introduced to realize the low-dimensional representations for high-dimensional dataset.oThe results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 November 2016Jian Li, Ju H. Park, Dan Ye
HighlightsoThe problem of simultaneous fault detection and control design for switched systems with two quantized signals.oPresentation of conditions for the existence of fault detector/controller.oTwo illustrative examples for the effectiveness of proposed methods.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 November 2016Zhiwen Liu, Wei Guo, Jinhai Hu, Wensheng Ma
HighlightsoMulti-fault classification based on hybrid RSGWPT-KPCA-TWSVM method is proposed.oRSGWPT is employed to extract representative fault features.oKPCA is used to reduce the dimension of features and to extract the useful features.oTWSVM is introduced to implement the fault type classification.oThe experiments demonstrate high efficiency and robustness of the proposed method.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 9 November 2016Quan-Yong Fan, Guang-Hong Yang
HighlightsoThe optimal control problem for a class of state-constrained nonlinear systems is considered.oA modified transformation technique is given to convert the constrained control problem.oA suitable AC algorithm is designed without the requirement of a probing signal.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 8 November 2016Zhen Liu, Lin Zhao, Yonggui Kao, Cunchen Gao
HighlightsoAn improved technical route of state observer-based design for neutral systems is proposed.oA particular non-fragile stateobserver is presented without control input and/or its compensator.oA novel single sliding surface is introduced for the control scheme.oA new adaptive sliding mode controller is synthesized to accommodate the SMO strategy.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 8 November 2016Bing Xu, Qi Su, Junhui Zhang, Zhenyu Lu
HighlightsoA cascade dead-zones problem in the proportional control valve is presented.oBoth the intermediate dead-zone and the center dead-zone are considered.oAn improved feedback control with cascade dead-zones inverse is proposed.oThe proposed method improves the dynamic tracking performance successfully.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 November 2016Jianfang Jiao, Ning Zhao, Guang Wang, Shen Yin
HighlightsoThe proposed method maps original process variables space into feature space to deal with nonlinearities..oA KPLS model is used to build the linear relationship between kernel and output matrices.oThe kernel matrix is decomposed into two orthogonal parts by singular value decomposition.oThe statistics for each parts are determined appropriately for the purpose of quality-related fault detection.oThe proposed method has a more simple diagnosis logic and more stable performance.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 November 2016Mohammad Hassan Khooban, Navid Vafamand, Alireza Liaghat, Tomislav Dragicevic
HighlightsoA new optimal controller based on General Type-II Fuzzy Logic is presented.oThe proposed method guaranties stability and robustness.oThis novel technique is computationally simple and has not any complexity.oThe proposed controller can be used in different configurations of Urban Traffic Systems.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 2 November 2016Shidong Xu, Guanghui Sun, Weichao Sun
HighlightsoT-S fuzzy approach is used to model flexible spacecraft.oDissipative performance is ensured to attenuate disturbances and vibration.oTime delay, saturation, and uncertainty are simultaneously considered.oA novel robust control strategy is developed.oPerformance comparison is performed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 2 November 2016V.D. Hajare, A.A. Khandekar, B.M. Patre
HighlightsoDevelopment of discrete sliding mode control with reaching phase elimination.oConvergent discrete quasi sliding mode is achieved when control signal is not enough to ensure reaching phase elimination.oProposed controller is applied to decentralized two input two output systems.oLyapunov approach for stability analysis.oThe proposed algorithm is experimentally validated.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 1 November 2016Seyed Mohammad Azimi, Saeed Afsharnia
HighlightsoThe exponential suppression of the large transition transients during mode transitions.oThe robustness of the proposed stabilizer during mode transitions is evaluated.oUltimate bounds for the power angle and frequency deviations have been derived.oUsing solely local information to damp the power angle, frequency and voltage transients.oInfluences of the primary resource delays in the transition transients are evaluated.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 29 October 2016Xiaodong Liu, Wanwei Huang, Lifu Du
HighlightsoWe explore the 3D-IGC design method for hypersonic missile which is lacking currently.oA new 3D-IGC design model with more generality is deduced for hypersonic missile.oA robust dynamic inversion controller is proposed to enhance the robustness of nonlinear system.oA robust 3D-IGC law is proposed for hypersonic missile along with the proof of stability.oThe proposed 3D-IGC modeling and design method has good generality and extensionality.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 27 October 2016Shaohua Long, Shouming Zhong
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control problem for singular systems with time-varying delay is studied via dynamic feedback controller.oA solution to the
control problem for singular system with constant time-delay via dynamic feedback controller is also presented.oSome examples are given to show the advantages of the obtained
control criteria.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 27 October 2016Chian-Song Chiu, Tung-Sheng Chiang
HighlightsoThe fully delayed input/output for time-delay systems are considered in this paper.oRobust asymptotic output regulation and L2-gain control performance are assured.oThe fuzzy PI controller can be easily reduced to a linear form.oThis paper avoids observer design and complex bilinear matrix inequality conditions.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 26 October 2016Hamed Kouhi, Mansour Kabganian, Farhad Fani Saberi, Morteza Shahravi
HighlightsoNew thrusting maneuver system based on combination of a 1DoF gimbaled-thruster, two RWs and spin-stabilization.oFull disturbance rejection and thrust vector (spin-axis) stabilization without using the RCS and fuel consumption.oConfirmation of the linearized model using worst-case output magnitude technique.oMultiobjective optimization of the H∞ and control input magnitude.oInvestigating the rotational kinetic energy needed for spin-up and spin-down.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 October 2016Shichao Liu, Peter Xiaoping Liu, Xiaoyu Wang
HighlightsoThe existing approaches of analyzing the effects of network-induced delays on these communication-based power control approaches are summarized and compared in terms of the deterministic and stochastic methodologies.oA variety of methodologies to compensating the network-induced delays are reviewed and compared in terms of design difficulty and level of robustness.oRegarding the stability analysis and control of smart grids, several important research challenges are summarized.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 October 2016Huirong Zhao, Jiong Shen, Yiguo Li, Joseph Bentsman
HighlightsoPropose a preference adjustable multi-objective model predictive control (PA-MOMPC) scheme to handle objectives priorities for constrained nonlinear systems.oProve that the solution obtained through the PA-MOMPC law have two important properties: Pareto optimality and objective priority consistency with the tuning parametric vector.oAnalyze the feasibility and demonstrate the nominal stability of the closed-loop system controlled by the PA-MOMPC law.oSupport the proposed PA-MOMPC law with an isothermal CSTR case study that reconciles two prioritized conflicting objectives.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 October 2016A.H. Tahoun
&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 October 2016Basma Yousfi, Tarek Ra?ssi, Messaoud Amairi, Mohamed Aoun
HighlightsoModel-based prognosis using singular pertubed system and ellipsoid algorithms.oSet-membership framework for the design of nonlinear systems.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 October 2016Dan Zhang, Peng Shi, Qing-Guo Wang, Li Yu
HighlightsoRecent advances and challenges of networked control systems are presented in this paper.oA more precise classification is given on the recent literatures of networked control systems.oModeling and analysis methods are presented from various perspectives.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 October 2016Jing-Jing Xiong, Guo-Bao Zhang
HighlightsoA control method is proposed for a quadrotor UAV.oThe global fast dynamic terminal sliding mode control technique is used.oThe technique can ensure the state tracking errors converge to zero in finite time.oThe proposed control method can eliminate the chattering phenomenon on controller.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 October 2016Qishui Zhong, Fuli Zhong, Jun Cheng, Hui Li, Shouming Zhong
HighlightsoA fractional order RC equivalent circuit model for the lithium-ion battery is developed.oFractional calculus is applied to model the battery.oThe fractional order sliding mode observers for state of charge estimation are designed.oThe stability conditions of the sliding mode observers are proved by Lyapunov stability theory.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 October 2016Wenyu Liang, Sunan Huang, Silu Chen, Kok Kiong Tan
HighlightsoAn automatic office-based ear surgical device for Tympanostomy Tube Insertion (TTI) is introduced.oA disturbance observer based force estimation method is developed for the device safety and reliability enhancement.oA contact estimator and a sensor failure detector based on an advanced disturbance observer are designed.oThe redundant force sensing system and the fault diagnosis can be achieved by using the advanced disturbance observer.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 October 2016Chensong Li, Jun Zhao
HighlightsoThe output synchronization problem for discrete-time networks is addressed.oThe entire network is transformed into a geometrically dissipative system.oOutput synchronization under switching topology is considered.oA switching signal depending on the output of the network is designed.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 October 2016Jingbo Wei, Kun Liu, Gianmarco Radice
HighlightsoA simple method is proposed to analyze the absolute stability and the speed stable region of magnetically suspended rotors.oComplex variables and complex transfer functions are employed to describe the movement and dynamics of MSRs.oA sufficient and necessary condition of absolute stability is deduced by using an extended Nyquist stability criterion.oBased on the relationships between rotor speed and gain-stable region, the rotor speed stable region is calculated.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 October 2016Richa Barsainya, Tarun Kumar Rawat, Manjeet Kumar
HighlightsoThis paper proposes a novel and simple method for efficient design and structural improvement of FOD.oLattice wave digital filter and nature inspired optimization techniques are used for the designing purpose.oThe proposed design outperforms the existing FOD in terms RME magnitude error and multiplier required for realization.oThe CSA optimization technique gives better results, among others.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 October 2016Shweta Jain, M.K. Ahirwal, Anil Kumar, V. Bajaj, G.K. Singh
HighlightsoThis paper presents an improved QRS detection algorithm which is based on adaptive filtering principle.oIn comparative study, Variable-Leaky LMS, Variable Step-size LMS, Leaky-LMS, RLS and Fractional-LMS are novel combinations.oThe leaky-LMS algorithm gives the best performance with sensitivity of 99.68% and positive predictivity of 99.84%.oAccording to study, performance of other LMS-variants gets affected due to low SNR, but Leaky-LMS still gives better results.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 28 September 2016Zhou Gu, Linghui Yang, Engang Tian, Huan Zhao
HighlightsoIn this study, we investigate the problem of filtering for networked control systems with multiple sensor distortion based on an event-triggering scheme.oFirstly, by partitioning the interval of sensor distortion in each channel into several segments and introducing a series of rand variables to describe the distribution of each segment, the model of multiple sensor distortion is developed, which is more general than the existing results.oThen, an overall model of the system with consideration of the multiple sensor distortion and ETC scheme is established.oBased on this model, a co-design method of achieving the reliable filter parameters and triggered parameters is given by using Lyapunov stability theory.oFinally, an example is given to demonstrate the effective and superiority of the proposed design approach.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 September 2016Guillermo Robles, José Manuel Fresno, Romano Giannetti
HighlightsoKnowing the position of bones during movement can help in the improvement of healing therapies.oThe exact localization of the bone is determined measuring the time-of-flight of the echo of an ultrasonic pulse.oThe ultrasonic echo may be corrupted by noise and multipath reflections.oThe ultrasonic sensor is calibrated, experimental measurements are taken and analyzed with five different algorithms.oThe best accuracy and repeatability is achieved calculating the cumulative kurtosis of the incoming signal.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 September 2016Herman Casta?eda, Oscar S. Salas-Pe?a, Jesús de León-Morales
HighlightsoAn observer based control for tracking desired trajectories for a fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle is proposed.oThis approach is robust under parametric uncertainties and external disturbances via an extended state observer.oExtended observers are used to estimate the state vector and external perturbations.oThe adaptive second order sliding mode controller ensures finite time convergence and requires less control effort.oStability analysis for the observer based control is given.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 22 September 2016Bingbo Cui, Xiyuan Chen, Yuan Xu, Haoqian Huang, Xiao Liu
HighlightsoAn improved framework of iterated Gaussian filter for integrate navigation is derived.oIterated measurement update with state-dependent noise is analyzed.oThe effect of different nonlinearities in the filtering of GNSS/INS is studied separately.oField test and numerical experiment are employed to verify proposed filter.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 September 2016Liyuan Hou, Jun Cheng, Wenhai Qi
HighlightsoThe ETS is introduced to determine whether the newly sampled data should be sent out.oSome novel criteria for stabilization analysis of FMJSs are established.oBoth the ETS and the actuator failure model are characterized by a discrete-time Markov chain.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 September 2016Yashar Shabbouei Hagh, Reza Mohammadi Asl, Vincent Cocquempot
HighlightsoA hybrid fault tolerant control scheme is proposed.oA new adaptive joint unscented Kalman filter is introduced.oThe scheme is a combination of a robust
controller and Non-Singular Terminal Sliding Mode control.oThe proposed method is based on the simultaneous estimation of the system states and parameters.oIn order to show the efficiency of the proposed scheme, a simulated 3-DOF robotic manipulator is used.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 September 2016Mohamed Bougrine, Mohammed Benmiloud, Atallah Benalia, Emmanuel Delaleau, Mohamed Benbouzid
HighlightsoA new hybrid controller for two-interleaved boost converter dedicated to renewable energy and automotive applications.oFitting out the proposed hybrid controller with a real time load estimator based on an algebraic approach.oMathematical proofs with simulations illustrating the effectiveness and the robustness of the proposed controller.oSimulation of the proposed hybrid controller with a fuel cell supplying a variable resistive load.&Not entitled to full textOriginal Research ArticleIn Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 September 2016Wuxi Shi, Rui Luo, Baoquan Li
HighlightsoAn adaptive fuzzy prescribed performance control is developed for MIMO nonlinear systems with unknown control direction.oThe symmetric matrix decomposition technique is used to design the controller.oOnly one Nussbaum-type function is used to estimate the unknown control direction.oOnly three parameters need to be adjusted on-line, no matter how many subsystem there are.&Not entitled to full text
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