{"title":"Bypassing Disturbance Separability in Verifying Integral Input-to-State Stability of Cascade Systems","authors":"H. Ito","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492655","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes some variants of stability criteria for interconnected nonlinear systems which are not necessarily input-to-state stable. State-dependent weights introduced at disturbance ports remove disturbance separability assumptions made in previously known stability criteria for cascade systems. This paper put forward a unique idea of incorporating coupled weights into the formulation in order to deal with feedback interconnection of systems. The modifications require some uniformity in a feedback variable. Nevertheless, it is demonstrated that the coupled cascade formulation is sometimes far more effective than the integral input-to-state stable small-gain theorem which directly deal with feedback configurations.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"70 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":"133034912","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":"Macroscopic Robots as Microscopic Liquid Molecules - Brownian Motion and Quantum Dynamics","authors":"T. Itami, N. Matsui, N. Kouda","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492589","url":null,"abstract":"A maneuvering system by few numbers of “macroscopic” robots with neither apparatuses for mutual communication nor external sensors is given. Boltzmann distribution over energy of the robots allows us to calculate feedforward control input. Under the proposed feedforward control with PD compensation, system of few such robots is shown to make an object track a required path in a closed plane region. We show simulation studies on a system of fouI $(N_{0}=4)$ robots. We also study planned movements by few macroscopic robots under quantum fluctuation.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"116 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":"133862854","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":"Stability Analysis of Nonlinear Positive Singular Systems with Delays","authors":"Yukang Cui, Jun Shen","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492646","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is devoted to the stability analysis of positive nonlinear singular systems with time-varying delays via Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy modeling. We introduce an auxiliary system to exploit the positivity criterion for the singular fuzzy time-delay system. Then, a sufficient condition of $alpha$ -exponential stability for positive fuzzy singular systems is established, which depends on a given scalar $0 < alpha < 1$ and the bound of time-varying delays. Finally, a numerical simulation is utilized to illustrate the effectiveness of our result.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"137 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":"115272468","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":"Soft-Constrained Nash Tracking Game with Preview by State Feedback for Linear Continuous-Time Markovian Jump Systems","authors":"G. Nakura","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492542","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492542","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we study soft-constrained Nash tracking problems for linear continuous-time Markovian jump systems over finite time intervals. We introduce double coupled differential Riccati equations (CDREs) to give solutions of the tracking problems with multi-players. Corresponding to the double coupled properties of the CDREs, the forms of preview compensator dynamics are double coupled. Finally we present numerical examples and verify that we can improve the tracking performance as increasing preview lengths.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"33 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":"123890753","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}
K. Ishida, K. Makino, Hiromi Watanabe, Yutaka Suzuki, S. Kotani, H. Terada
{"title":"Development of a Peach Fruit Moth Inspection System","authors":"K. Ishida, K. Makino, Hiromi Watanabe, Yutaka Suzuki, S. Kotani, H. Terada","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492674","url":null,"abstract":"To realize the detection of worms (larvae of the peach fruit moth) in peach fruits, this paper describes the design method, inspection process, and system configuration in this system. A handling unit that can grasp a peach fruit by using the special sheet is developed for this inspection system, because peach fruits are sensitive to damages on the surface. Furthermore, the prototype of the proposed inspection system was made for the verification test. From the verification test result, it was confirmed that the stability, operability and safety of the inspection system were good. Therefore, it turned out that the peach fruit inspection method proposed in this paper would be useful for automatic detection of internal damages by worms.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"14 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":"129981808","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}
Shota Suginouchi, T. Kaihara, N. Fujii, D. Kokuryo
{"title":"Utilization of Pheromone in Production Scheduling by Negotiation and Cooperation Among Customers","authors":"Shota Suginouchi, T. Kaihara, N. Fujii, D. Kokuryo","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492625","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a scheduling method imitating a negotiation among customers ordering products and a cooperating method among them. Combinatorial Auction is used to imitate the negotiation. Auction goods are the right to use a machine. A bidder is the customer and makes a bid. Timeslots for product processing, are included in the bid. The proposed cooperating method uses a pheromone to memorize negotiation records. Bidders deposit pheromones on auctioned goods included in bids. When a bidder makes a bid, the bidder prefers goods deposited own pheromone and avoids goods deposited other bidders' pheromones to obtain a schedule which leads to an agreement among all customers. Computational experiments are conducted to discuss the effectiveness of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"32 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":"128827126","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":"Improved Parallel Reactive Tabu Search Based Job-Shop Scheduling Considering Minimization of Secondary Energy Costs in Factories","authors":"Shuhei Kawaguchi, Y. Fukuyama","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492629","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492629","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes improved parallel RTS and presents its application to job-shop scheduling considering minimization of the secondary energy costs in factories. The method considers not only optimal production scheduling but also optimal operation of energy plants simultaneously in order to minimize the secondary energy costs. Recently, actual production schedules are changing from single and mass production to various kinds of small quantity production. In order to deal with the change, for obtaining high quality solutions, and for obtaining solutions quickly, improved parallel RTS using parallel computation is proposed. The proposed method is applied to 10 jobs 10 machines and the results indicate that it has a possibility to minimize not only makespan of the scheduling but also the secondary energy costs of energy plants. Using the improved parallel reactive tabu search using parallel computation, the proposed method can reduce processing time as well.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","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":"130333291","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":"External Consensus in Networked Multi-Agent Systems with Random Network Delay","authors":"N. Subha, Guoping Liu, Nurul Hannah Mohd Yusof","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492580","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the implementation of a prediction algorithm in solving an external consensus problem for heterogeneous networked multi-agent systems (NMAS), with bounded random network-induced delay is presented. In this work, a delay measurement signal generator (DMSG) is implemented; hence the random network delay is determined and compensated successfully. The developed strategy is simulated with single-input single-output (SISO) models for two dissimilar agents and validated through practical experiments with two different water level test rigs under intranet network connection. From the results obtained, the proposed controller shows promising results compared to the previous predecessor.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"10 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":"132935070","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 Visual Tracking in Cluttered Environment Using an Active Contour Method","authors":"C. H. Li, T. I. James Tsay","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492705","url":null,"abstract":"This study develops a highly reliable real-time visual tracking system capable of tracking a moving target in cluttered environment. The proposed system architecture can be divided into three main parts - the target detector, the target information extractor and the target tracker. The first part detects any moving object in the image, using the moving edges technique. Next, by integrating the information from the target detector and the attractable snake model, the second part automatically extracts the target's contour, illumination and color information to enable the target to be tracked. Finally, by adopting a new hybrid matching method, the third part enables the system to continuously track the target with great robustness and adaptability. Notably, this hybrid matching method incorporates the template matching method with a modified contour matching method. Furthermore, the visual tracking system developed in this study is established on a low-cost commercial camera platform, which can be controlled by a personal computer through an RS232 serial port. Finally, several experiments, including object tracking and human head tracking, are conducted to verify the robustness of the tracking system.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"21 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":"116950057","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":"Integrated Non-Invasive Vital Signs Monitoring System for Detecting Stress","authors":"Koji Nakagawa, H. Kawamoto, Y. Sankai","doi":"10.23919/SICE.2018.8492614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/SICE.2018.8492614","url":null,"abstract":"Stress causes various types of physical disorders. When we experience stress, vital signs change as the sympathetic nervous system works to respond to stress and cope with the stressor. To prevent the disorders associated with stress, it is important to be able to measure multiple vital signs using a non-invasive method in order to detect the occurrences that cause these disorders in our daily lives. This study aimed to develop an integrated non-invasive vital signs monitoring system to measure vital signs such as heart rate variability and alterations in skin temperature, and to assess the ability of the system to detect stress. We developed an algorithm to measure pulse rate with high accuracy, on the basis of near infrared images of the human cheek, and we measured the nasal and forehead skin temperatures based on far infrared images. In the experiments, the system was demonstrated to calculate a pulse rate with sufficient accuracy. In addition, we conducted a stress detection experiment with four human participants, and we confirmed that the proposed integrated system could effectively detect stress, on the basis of the measured pulse rate and skin temperature, as stimulated by cold water applied to the wrist. In conclusion, the developed system was validated to be a feasible means of detecting stress.","PeriodicalId":425164,"journal":{"name":"2018 57th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE)","volume":"26 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":"117053455","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}