Nicolas Merlinge, N. Horri, K. Dahia, H. Piet-Lahanier, J. Brusey
{"title":"Box Particle Control for Aerospace Vehicles Guidance Under Failure Probability Constraints","authors":"Nicolas Merlinge, N. Horri, K. Dahia, H. Piet-Lahanier, J. Brusey","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516773","url":null,"abstract":"Determining a constrained optimal trajectory remains tricky when the state suffers non-analytical uncertainty and when the feasible set is non-convex. This paper presents a chance constrained trajectory planning approach, called Box Particle Control (BPC), which guarantees an a priori specified maximum probability of constraints violation along a predicted trajectory. This failure probability is estimated by approximating the state density with a mixture of bounded kernels, defined by weighted box particles, and is used as a constraint in an optimization scheme. Numerical simulations illustrate the performance of BPC, which ensures the constraints satisfaction even for low numbers of box particles. The BPC makes it possible to tackle non-analytic state densities (e.g., multimodalities) and non-convex feasible sets with a higher robustness and a 60% lower computational load than previous approaches in terms of number of elementary operations.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130797538","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}
T. Bonargent, E. Pigeon, T. Martin, M. Pouliquen, O. Gehan, T. Ménard, M. M'Saad
{"title":"Identification of Quantifiers Related to Circadian Rhythm Variations","authors":"T. Bonargent, E. Pigeon, T. Martin, M. Pouliquen, O. Gehan, T. Ménard, M. M'Saad","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516835","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to propose quantifiers allowing to characterize the adaptation speed of the circadian rhythm of a living being based on temperature measurements. While the most commonly used model to represent circadian rhythm is the COSINOR model, it is not adapted to analyze changes. An extended COSINOR model is then proposed here in order to take into account temperature disturbances related to the activity of the studied living being. The quantifiers are obtained in a two step process. First, the extended COSINOR parameters are determined with a modified recursive least square algorithm, which is modified in order to compensate for the lack of persistent excitation. The estimates of these parameters are further filtered in order to provide several quantifiers which provide useful information on the adaptation speed of the studied living being. The proposed methodology is evaluated on rats temperature measurements obtained from a laboratory experiment.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122219838","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}
Eva Fjällström, S. Knorn, Kjell Staffas, Damiano Varagnolo
{"title":"Developing Concept Inventory Tests for Electrical Engineering: Extractable Information, Early Results, and Learned Lessons","authors":"Eva Fjällström, S. Knorn, Kjell Staffas, Damiano Varagnolo","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516766","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516766","url":null,"abstract":"This paper suggests a method for developing, implementing and assessing a concept inventory test for electrical engineering students (CITE). The aim of this test is to help students better understand and learn core concepts, plus increase their awareness about links between the different courses and other themes of the program. Our and other experiences show that students often struggle to understand and use fundamental concepts, and how these relate to the various courses. This issue is probably due to the fact that traditional exams mainly focus on assessing procedural tasks (e.g., directly solving specific problems following step-by-step approaches). The investigated programs at Uppsala University (UU) and Luleå Uni-versity of Technology (LTU), nonetheless, have no tool for collecting quantitative data on how students develop conceptual knowledge throughout the programs, and thus no means to obtain an holistic view about their learning process. The here proposed methodology thus describes how to develop tests that would not only provide students with valuable feedback on their progression, but also equip teachers and program boards with high-end data for pedagogical and course development purposes. Besides illustrating the developmental methodology, the paper includes reactions and remarks from students on what the tests would provide and what would motivate them to take it.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"251 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115780005","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}
César T. Martínez-Villegas, L. Torres, D. Theilliol
{"title":"Residual Generation Synthesis for Sensor Fault Diagnosis in Multi-Agent Systems.","authors":"César T. Martínez-Villegas, L. Torres, D. Theilliol","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516890","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516890","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel approach for the generation of residual in order to diagnose (detect and identify) sensor faults in a particular class of network based on multi-agent system (MAS). Specifically, the network under consideration is composed of local subsystems with nonlinear dynamics which are interconnected through a second-order consensus control law over one of their local states. The proposed methodology takes advantage of a model of the interconnection dynamics rather than nonlinear local models of each subsystem. Simulation results are provided to illustrate the use of the proposed scheme on a network of planar take-off and landing vehicles (PVTOL) with consensus over the horizontal coordinate.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123927245","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":"Information Transmission Bounds in Mobile Communication Networks","authors":"Omar J. Faqir, Deniz Gündüz, E. Kerrigan","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516788","url":null,"abstract":"Networks of autonomous agents are becoming ubiquitous, motivating the challenging task of developing control policies for communication across these networks. The aim is usually to maximize the data transmission rate, or to reliably transfer a minimum amount of data subject to network constraints. For a stationary transmitter-receiver pair under an average transmit power constraint, the total amount of data that can be transmitted is unbounded as transmission time tends to infinity. We show that, in contrast, if the transmitter is moving at a constant speed, then the maximum amount of data that can be transmitted is bounded. This bound is of particular relevance to networks of aerial vehicles, where distances may quickly grow large and channel gain is dominated by path loss dynamics.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"76 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127428944","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":"Adaptive Online Assessment for Control Students with Automated Marking","authors":"P. McKenna","doi":"10.1109/control.2018.8516838","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/control.2018.8516838","url":null,"abstract":"As many HEI's have new widening participation targets set by funding bodies and government it is becoming more difficult to have one set control curriculum that caters to students of all abilities. These new targets, coupled with the ever expanding search for income from International Students and industrial based distance learning students, has led many to search out innovative techniques to try and get all students to a common level of ability and skill within the control curriculum. This problem is particularly acute at masters level where many applicants meet the criteria for entry, a good BEng, but that may have been completed some time ago. This presentation will look at the trends in historical attainment data for a control module within a more general MSc, problems that have been identified and proposed solutions. The major initiative has been to look at an extended module delivery, within the confines of the HEI coupled with online adaptive assessments using Maple TA.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128491702","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":"Energy-Optimal Control in Mobile Aerial Relay-Assisted Networks","authors":"Omar J. Faqir, Deniz Gündüz, E. Kerrigan","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516813","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516813","url":null,"abstract":"Robotic networks, particularly of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are benefiting from increased on-board computing capabilities. The aim of our work is to minimize the total communication energy required by a UAV-assisted network to achieve certain mobility and data throughput objectives. We capture the full cost of communication by defining communication energy as the sum of transmission energy and propulsion energy used for the purpose of facilitating transmission. Simulation results show how joint optimization of mobility and transmission schemes results in significant energy savings and increased network capacity.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127649750","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":"Restricted Structure Non-Linear Generalized Minimum Variance Control of a 2-Link Robot Arm","authors":"C. Cebeci, M. Grimble, R. Katebi, L. F. Recalde","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516851","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to propose a restricted structure non-linear generalized minimum variance (RS-NGMV) controller for a two-link robot arm. The NGMV control is a useful method for offering control solutions for nonlinear systems. The motivation is to provide the advantages of NGMV control inside a low-order controller structure with an intention to enable design simplicity and easy implementation for engineers with classical training. The result will be an optimal controller with simple tuning variables. Simulations of the RS-NGMV controller are presented using Matlab/Simulink.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133493048","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":"LQR Control Applied to a Novel Track Switch Actuator","authors":"P. Kaijuka, R. Dixon, C. Ward, S. Dutta","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516839","url":null,"abstract":"Existing railway track switches use open-loop actuation to enable trains to take different routes. A new type of railway track switch called REPOINT with a different electromechanical design to conventional track switches has been developed at Loughborough University that requires closed-loop control in order to perform its track switching function. This abstract proposes the use of a Linear Quadratic Regulator (LQR) controller to achieve track switch position control applied to the REPOINT switch. The results showed that the LQR controller enables successful switching of this novel railway track switch and satisfies the control requirements of a REPOINT track switch.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"89 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131583618","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":"Nonlinear Optimal Control for a Cells Signaling Pathway Model Under Time-Delays","authors":"G. Rigatos, M. Abbaszadeh","doi":"10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONTROL.2018.8516752","url":null,"abstract":"A nonlinear optimal control method is proposed for a cells signaling pathway model (JAK-STAT) that exhibits time-delays. The purpose of this model is to demonstrate the cells signaling pathway. Actually the model shows the variation of the concentration of phosphorylated STAT5 kinases, and is driven by the levels of the Erythropoietin at the cells' membrane. By raising the concentration of such kinases, the transcription of the cells' DNA is activated. The dynamic model of the cells signaling pathway is subjected to approximate linearization around a temporary equilibrium which is recomputed at each iteration of the control method. In this linearization procedure, the Jacobian matrices of the state-space model have to be computed. Moroever, an H-infinity (optimal) feedback controller is designed for the linearized equivalent model of the system. Additionally, the controller's feedback gains are computed by repetitively solving an algebraic Riccati equation, at each time-step of the control method. Finally, Lyapunov analysis is used to prove the global stability properties of the control scheme.","PeriodicalId":266112,"journal":{"name":"2018 UKACC 12th International Conference on Control (CONTROL)","volume":"126 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132024022","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}