简介:Asacontagiousbacterialinfectionthataffectstheconjunctivalcoveringoftheeye,thecorneaandtheeyelids,trachomaiscontrolledbyanendorsedintegratedstrategyconsistingofsurgeryfortrichiasis,antibiotictherapy,facialcleanlinessandenvironmentalimprovement,namely,theSAFEstrategydevelopedbyWorldHealthOrganization.Developedbasedonevidencefrompreviousfieldtrialsandconstantlymodifiedinpractice,SAFEstrategyhasgreatlyboostedtheprogressintrachomacontrol.Regardlessofthefactthattherearestillmanypendingquestions,nationalprogramcoordinatorsareconvincedthattrachomacontrolinitiativebasedonSAFEstrategywouldbeeffective.
简介:Theimpactanglecontroloverguidance(IACG)lawagainststationarytargetsisproposedbyusingfeedbacklinearizationcontrol(FLC)andfinitetimecontrol(FTC).First,thispapertransformsthekinematicsequationofguidancesystemsintothefeedbackablelinearizationmodel,inwhichtheguidancelawisobtainedwithoutconsideringtheimpactangleviaFLC.Forthepurposeofthelineofsight(LOS)angleanditsrateconvergingtothedesiredvalues,thesecond-orderLOSangleisconsideredasadouble-integralsystem.Then,thispaperutilizesFTCtodesignacontrollerwhichcanguaranteethestatesofthedouble-integralsystemconvergingtothedesiredvalues.NumericalsimulationillustratestheperformanceoftheIACG,incontrasttotheexistingguidancelaw.
简介:EllipticPDE-constrainedoptimalcontrolproblemswithL^1-controlcost(L^1-EOCP)areconsidered.TosolveL^1-EOCP,theprimal-dualactiveset(PDAS)method,whichisaspecialsemismoothNewton(SSN)method,usedtobeapriority.However,ingeneralsolvingNewtonequationsisexpensive.Motivatedbythesuccessofalternatingdirectionmethodofmultipliers(ADMM),weconsiderextendingtheADMMtoL^1-EOCP.TodiscretizeL^1-EOCP,thepiecewiselinearfiniteelement(FE)isconsidered.However,differentfromthefinitedimensionalL^1-norm,thediscretizedL^1-normdoesnothaveadecoupledform.Toovercomethisdifficulty,aneffectiveapproachisutilizingnodalquadratureformulastoapproximatelydiscretizetheL^1-normandL^2-norm.Itisprovedthattheseapproximationstepswillnotchangetheorderoferrorestimates.Tosolvethediscretizedproblem,aninexactheterogeneousADMM(ihADMM)isproposed.DifferentfromtheclassicalADMM,theihADMMadoptstwodifferentweightedinnerproductstodefinetheaugmentedLagrangianfunctionintwosubproblems,respectively.Benefitingfromsuchdifferentweightedtechniques,twosubproblemsofihADMMcanbeefficientlyimplemented.Furthermore,theoreticalresultsontheglobalconvergenceaswellastheiterationcomplexityresultso(1/k)forihADMMaregiven.Inordertoobtainmoreaccuratesolution,atwo-phasestrategyisalsopresented,inwhichtheprimal-dualactiveset(PDAS)methodisusedasapostprocessoroftheihADMM.Numericalresultsnotonlyconfirmerrorestimates,butalsoshowthattheihADMMandthetwo-phasestrategyarehighlyefficient.
简介:ThevariousuncertaintiesofMarsenvironmenthavegreatimpactontheprocessofvehiclesenteringtheatmosphere.Toimprovetherobustnessofcontrolsystemagainstthemodelerrorsandtoreducethecomputationalburden,anoptimalfeedbackbasedtrackingcontrollawisdeveloped.Thecontrolschemepresentedinthispaperdeterminestheamplitudeandthereversalsofbankanglerespectivelyinthelongitudinalandlateralflightplane.Ateachcontrolcycle,theamplitudeofthebankangleisobtainedbyanoptimalfeedbackcontrollertominimizetrackingerrors.Thecontrolgainsaretunedaccordingtotheclosed-looperrordynamicsbyusingoptimizationmethods.Thebankreversalsareexecutedifthecrossrangeexceedsapredeterminedcorridorwhichisdesignedbysettingaboundaryfunction.Theaccuracyandrobustnessoftheproposedclosed-loopoptimalfeedbackbasedcontrollawintrackingthereferencetrajectoryisverifiedvia500deviationsimulations,inwhichmodelingerrorsandexternaldisturbancesareconsidered.
简介:Thispaperstudiesastochasticallyforcedchemostatmodelwithfeedbackcontrolinwhichtwoorganismscompeteforasinglegrowth-limitingsubstrate.Inthedeterministiccounterpart,previousresearchesshowthatthecoexistenceoftwocompetingorganismsmaybeachievedasastablepositiveequilibriumorastablepositiveperiodicsolutionbydierentfeedbackschedules.Inthestochasticcase,basedonthestochasticsensitivityfunctiontechnique,weconstructtheconfidencedomainsfordierentfeedbackscheduleswhichallowustofindtheconfigurationalarrangementsofthestochasticattractorsandanalyzethedispersionoftherandomstatesofthestochasticmodel.
简介:ThispapergivesatutorialonhowtoproveLyapunovtypecriteriabyoptimalcontrolmethods.Firstly,weconsiderstabilitycriteriaonHill'sequationswithnonnegativepotential.Byoptimalcontrolmethodsdevelopedin1990s,weobtainseveralstabilitycriteriaincludingLyapunov'scriterion,Ne..gauzandLidski'scriterion.Secondly,wepresentstabilitycriteriaonHill'sequationswithsign-changingpotentialinwhichBrog'scriterionandKrein'scriterionareincluded.
简介:Inthethree-phasetrafficflowstudies,thetrafficflowcharacteristicatthebottlenecksectionisahotspotintheacademicfield.Thecontroversyaboutthecharacteristicsofthesynchronizedflowatbottleneckisalsothemaincontradictionbetweenthethree-phasetrafficflowtheoryandthetraditionaltrafficflowtheory.Undertheframeworkofthree-phasetrafficflowtheory,thispapertakestheon-rampasanexampletodiscussthetrafficflowcharacteristicsatthebottlenecksection.Inparticular,thispapermainlyconductsthemicro-analysistotheeffectoflanechangeunderthetwolaneconditions,aswellastheeffectoftheon-ramponthemainlinetrafficflow.Itisfoundthatwhenthemainroadflowislow,thegreatertheon-rampinflowrate,thehighertheaveragespeedofthewholeroadsection.Astheprobabilityofvehiclesenteringfromtheon-rampincreases,theflowandtheaveragespeedofthemainroadaregraduallystabilized,andthentheon-rampinflowvehiclesnolongerhaveasignificantimpactonthetrafficflow.Inaddition,thispaperfocusesonthevelocitydisturbancegeneratedattheon-ramp,andproposesthecorrespondingon-rampcontrolstrategybasedonit,andthesimulationverifiedthatthecontrolstrategycanreasonablycontrolthetrafficflowbytheon-ramp,whichcanmeetthecontrolstrategyrequirementstosomeextent.
简介:ThispaperisconcernedwiththeclocksynchronizationproblemforIEEE1588networks.First,thesynchronizationerrorisdescribedasaboundeddisturbance,andalinearextendedstateobserver(LESO)isdesignedtoestimatethelumpeddisturbanceinducedbytheoscillatorfrequencydriftandtimestampsquantizationerrors.Then,thelumpeddisturbanceiscompensatedbytheproposedcontroller.Theproposedapproachhastheadvantagethatit'sabletodealwithnon-Gaussiandisturbanceinducedbyaccumulatedquantizationerrors.SimulationsareDrovidedtovalidatetheeffectivenessandsuperiorityoftheproposedapproach.
简介:ThereareplentyofSinianandCambrianpotentialshalegasresourcesinSouthChina,whichischaracterizedbyhighthermalevolutiondegrees,poordrillingperformancesandonlyoccursinlocalareas.Takingtheprinciple“hightofindlow”isthekeyissuetoachievingabreakthroughinoldershale.ChinaGeologicalSurveydrilledintheperipheryoftheProterozoicbasement,i.e.theHuanglinganticline,inthewesternHubei,andHannanpaleocontinentinthesouthernShanxi.Itreceivedhigh-qualitygas-bearingshalewithrelativelylowRointheinLowerCambrianNiutitangformationandSinianDoushantuoformation.BasedongeologicalconditionsofshalegasreservoirsintheHuanglinganticline,thispaperputsforwardthenewmodelnamed“Controloverreservoirsbyperipheryofbasement”aboutshalegasaccumulation,suggestingthattheshaledepositedinadeepwatercontinentalshelfintheperipheryofthebasementischaracterizedbyshallowburial,ashortburialtime,stabletectonics,relativelylowthermalevolutiondegrees,andshalegasreservoirsinagoodcondition.TheshaleoftheSinian-CambrianstratadepositedindeepwatercontinentalshelvesintheperipheryofChuanzhongpaleo-upliftinSichuan,HannanpaleocontinentinthesouthernShanxi,HuanglinganticlineinwesternHubeiandJiangnang-Xuefengpaleo-upliftinHunanandGuizhouprovincehavegoodshalegasexplorationpotential.
简介:Thispaperaddressesanonlinearfeedbackcontrolproblemforthechaoticarchmicro-electro-mechanicalsystemwithunknownparameters,immeasurablestatesandpartialstate-constraintsubjectedtothedistributedelectrostaticactuation.Toreflectinherentpropertiesanddesigncontroller,thephasediagrams,bifurcationdiagramandPoincaresectionarepresentedtoinvestigatethenonlineardynamics.TheauthorsemployasymmetricbarrierLyapunovfunctiontopreventviolationofconstraintwhenthearchmicro-electro-mechanicalsystemfacessomelimits.AnRBFneuralnetworksystemintegratingwithanupdatelawisadoptedtoestimateunknownfunctionwitharbitrarilysmallerror.Toeliminatechaoticoscillation,aneuro-adaptivebacksteppingcontrolschemefusedwithanextendedstatetrackingdifferentiatorandanobserverisconstructedtolowerrequirementsonmeasuredstatesandprecisesystemmodel.Besides,introducinganextendedstatetrackingdifferentiatoravoidsrepeatedderivativeforthevirtualcontrolsignalassociatedwithconventionalbackstepping.Finally,simulationresultsarepresentedtoillustratefeasibilityoftheproposedscheme.
简介:Reactioncontrolsystem(RCS)isapowerfulandefficientactuatorforspacevehiclesattitudecontrol,whichistypicallycharacterizedasapulsedunilateraleffectoronlywithtwostates(off/on).Alongwithinevitableinternaluncertaintiesandexternaldisturbancesinpractice,thisinherentnonlinearcharacteralwayshindersspacevehiclesautopilotfrompursuingprecisetrackingperformance.Comparedtomostofpre-existingmethodologiesthatpassivelysuppresstheuncertaintiesanddisturbances,adesignbasedonpredictivefunctionalcontrol(PFC)andgeneralizedextendedstateobserver(GESO)isfirstlyproposedforthree-axisRCScontrolsystemtoactivelyrejectthatwithnorequirementforadditionalfuelconsumption.ToobtainahighfidelitypredictivemodelonwhichtheperformanceofPFCgreatlydepends,thenonlinearcouplingmultiple-inputmultiple-output(MIMO)flightdynamicsmodelisparameterizedasastate-dependentcoefficientform.Andbasedonthat,aMIMOPFCalgorithminstatespacedomainforaplantofarbitraryordersisdeducedinthispaper.Theinternaluncertaintiesandexternaldisturbancesarelumpedasatotaldisturbance,whichisestimatedandcancelledtimelytofurtherenhancetherobustness.Thecontinuouscontrolcommandsynthesisedbyabovecontroller-rejectortandemisfinallymodulatedbypulsewidthpulsefrequencymodulator(PWPF)toon-offsignalstomeetRCSrequirement.Therobustnessandfeasibilityoftheproposeddesignarevalidatedbyaseriesofperformancecomparisonsimulationswithsomeprominentmethodsinthepresenceofsignificantperturbationsanddisturbances,aswellasmeasurementnoise.