{"title":"A pruning algorithm for managing complexity in the solution of a class of linear non-quadratic regulator problems","authors":"Huan Zhang, P. Dower, W. McEneaney","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697290","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697290","url":null,"abstract":"This paper develops an efficient computational method for solving a class of discrete time linear regulator problems, in which the payoff functions are not necessarily quadratic. The proposed method exploits the convexity of the payoff functions and approximates the attendant value function via a max-plus sum of affine functions. As the number of affine functions represented in this approximation can grow exponentially with the number of iterations of the computational method, effective pruning algorithms to manage complexity are essential. Two such algorithms are developed in this work. The utility of these algorithms is demonstrated via an example.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127651213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison study of the Taylor series based discretization method for nonlinear input-delay systems","authors":"Zhang Zheng, Seunghwan Baek, D. Yu, K. Chong","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697306","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697306","url":null,"abstract":"A general order hold time discretization method for input-driven nonlinear continuous time-delay systems is proposed which can be applied for different order sampling hold assumptions. It is based on a combination of Taylor series expansion and the theory of sampling and hold where the mathematical structure for the new discretization scheme is introduced in detail in this paper. The performance of the proposed discretization procedure is compared by different types of systems through various sampling rates, time delays, input signals, order of sampling hold assumptions and truncation orders. Results show that the proposed scheme is applicable for use in control systems and several useful summarized rules for this method are presented in the conclusion.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128664603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A SOM algorithm based procedure for MRI image processing under significant Rician noise","authors":"D. Jiang","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697241","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a self-organizing map (SOM) based procedure is proposed for MRI image processing. Such images are usually corrupted by Rician noise generated during the image formation processing due to the nature of MRI technique. Rician noise is non-additive, signal dependent, and highly nonlinear, significantly different from those commonly discussed in images. These features make it very difficult to separate the signal from noise. A SOM algorithm is carefully applied to accurate MRI image processing by taking the decent Rician noise feature into consideration, resulting in a novel procedure for denosing and segmentation. The procedure is intuitively developed and justified, and demonstrated using simulation examples on a typical knee cartilage MRI image.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128856284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal control of time-inhomogeneous Markov chains with application to dam management","authors":"Daniel J. McInnes, B. Miller","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697278","url":null,"abstract":"We consider a time-inhomogeneous Markov chain with a compound Poisson process as an input as an important approximation to get the solution of real problems. Outflows are comprised of both controlled and uncontrolled counting processes. We demonstrate the utility of this model in the specific problem of demand control and flood prevention in a nearly full dam, where the dam is modeled as a continuous-time controllable Markov chain under control resource constraints. This work significantly extends previous results because the inflow of rain is potentially sudden and of large volume, so a compound Poisson process is preferred to simple counting processes. On the other hand the safe release of water is constrained and so is modelled as a simple counting process. A proof of the infinitesimal generator of the Markov chain with these characteristics is given and a numerical example demonstrates the effectiveness of the controls.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121171150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robust LQ control for parallel wheeled inverted pendulum","authors":"Shuma Nagaya, T. Morikawa, I. Takami, Gan Chen","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697271","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we consider a controller of the parallel wheeled inverted pendulum named Beauto Balancer Duo. The mathematical model of the inverted pendulum is derived by using the Euler Lagrange formula. Kinetic coefficients of the motor are derived from a specification sheet. The inverted pendulum has an uncertain viscous friction coefficient around the wheel, that causes perturbation of the dynamics. Therefore, an upper bound and a lower bound of the viscous friction coefficient are estimated by several experiments. Two controllers are synthesized in order to compare by simulations and experiments. One controller provides optimal performance only for a nominal model, and other controller has a robustness for the range of the viscous friction coefficient. From comparing two controllers, an accuracy of the derived mathematical model and an accuracy of the estimated viscous friction coefficient are verified.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133701931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Z. Miao, L. A. D. Espinosa, I. Petersen, V. Ugrinovskii, M. James
{"title":"Coherent quantum observers for n-level quantum systems","authors":"Z. Miao, L. A. D. Espinosa, I. Petersen, V. Ugrinovskii, M. James","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697291","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to find coherent quantum observers for open n-level quantum systems. Recently, a class of linear coherent observers has been developed for quantum harmonic oscillators. However, open n-level quantum systems, which are characterized by bilinear quantum stochastic differential equations, escape the realm of the known theory. Therefore, in this paper we show how a coherent quantum observer is designed to track the corresponding n-level quantum plant asymptotically in the sense of mean values. We also discuss suboptimal quantum observers in the sense of least mean squares estimation.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132729539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis and application of modulated-demodulated control","authors":"K. Karvinen, S. Moheimani","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697317","url":null,"abstract":"We review the modulated-demodulated control technique, emphasize its linear time invariant nature and develop state space controller models. We have previously outlined the implementation of a modulated-demodulated positive position feedback controller and extend upon this result with the implementation of a resonant controller. Negative imaginary systems theory has important implications in the control of many practical systems and use of the derived state space model simplifies the design of negative imaginary controllers. To conclude, we demonstrate the closed loop control of the quality factor of a Bruker DMASP microcantilever and highlight improvements in atomic force microscopy (AFM). The modulated-demodulated control technique is well suited to the control of systems with high-frequency resonant dynamics.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"95 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116470997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Asynchronous l2 − l∞ filtering for Markov jump systems","authors":"Ying Zhang, Rui Zhang, A. Wu","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697255","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697255","url":null,"abstract":"This study considers the design of l2 - l∞ filters for Markov jump systems under asynchronous switching. The asynchronous behavior described by a stochastic variable is considered to be random mismatch between system modes and candidate filters. The jumping process of the filtering error system is modeled as a two component Markov chain. Using a stochastic parameter-dependent approach, sufficient conditions for the addressed filtering problem are obtained. By solving the proposed conditions, a desired l2 - l∞ filter can be constructed for any admissible random mismatch. Moreover, a key relationship of l2 - l∞ performance between the presented results and the classical mode-dependent, mode-independent filtering is demonstrated. A numerical example is provided to illustrate the validity and potential of the developed method.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"104 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123780727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On constrained continuous-time nonlinear control systems","authors":"J. Doná, J. Lévine","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697247","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the problem of state and input constrained control is addressed. We obtain a local description of the boundary of the admissible subset of the state space where the state and input constraints can be satisfied for all times. This boundary is made of two disjoint parts: the subset of the state constraint boundary on which there are trajectories pointing towards the interior of the admissible set or tangentially to it; and a barrier, namely a semipermeable surface which is constructed via a minimum-like principle.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124985945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal control with a cost of changing control","authors":"Changjun Yu, K. Teo, T. Tay","doi":"10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/AUCC.2013.6697242","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we consider a class of optimal control problems where the variation of the control variable is appended as a penalty term into the cost function to reduce the fluctuation of the control. A new computational approach is developed for solving this type of problems, based on control parametrization technique used in conjunction with the time scaling transform, the constraint transcription method and a smoothing technique. This computational method is supported by rigorous convergence analysis.","PeriodicalId":177490,"journal":{"name":"2013 Australian Control Conference","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123471401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}