This paper introduces the notion of manipulability to mobile, multi-agent networks as a tool to analyze the instantaneous effectiveness of injecting control inputs at certain, so-called leader nodes in the network. Effectiveness is interpreted to characterize how the movements of the leader nodes translate into responses among the remaining follower nodes. This notion of effectiveness is a function of the interaction topologies, the agent configurations, and the particular choice of inputs used to influence the network. In fact, classic manipulability is an index used in robotics to analyze the singularity and efficiency of configurations of robot-arm manipulators. To define similar notions for leader–follower networks, we use a rigid-link approximation of the follower dynamics and, under this assumption, we prove that the instantaneous follower velocities can be uniquely determined from that of the leaders’, which allows us to define a meaningful and computable manipulability index for the leader–follower networks. This paper examines the property of the proposed index in simulation and with real mobile robots, and demonstrates how the index can be used to find effective interaction topologies. 相似文献
In this investigation, a comparative study for a NOX storage catalytic system was performed focusing on the parameters that affect the reduction by using different reductants (H2, CO, C3H6 and C3H8) and different temperatures (350, 250 and 150 °C), for a Pt/BaO/Al2O3 catalyst. Transient experiments show that H2 and CO are highly efficient reductants compared to C3H6 which is somewhat less efficient. H2 shows a significant reduction effect at relatively low temperature (150 °C) but with a low storage capacity. We find that C3H8 does not show any NOX reduction ability for NOX stored in Pt/BaO/Al2O3 at any of the temperatures. The formation of ammonia and nitrous oxide is also discussed.
A new model is presented which can describe quantitatively the small angle neutron scattering from montmorillonite-type clay dispersions and polymer-clay nanocomposites. The model is shown to be able to describe well the data from a series of dilute montmorillonite in water dispersions in which the deuterium content of the water phase is varied. The fits combined with information from other techniques suggest strongly that H-D exchange occurs in the montmorillonite-water dispersions. Deviations from Q−2 behaviour often observed experimentally for clay dispersions are convincingly explained by the presence of a small proportion of tactoids. 相似文献
In situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has been performed to investigate the active site on Au-based catalysts in the water-gas
shift (WGS) reaction. The surface area and hence the WGS activity is higher for AuTiO2 catalysts supported on carbon nanofibres (CNF) than TiO2. The WGS reaction rate depends on the Au coordination number with an apparent maximum close to eight which corresponds to
a particle size of approximately 2.5–3.0 nm. A likely cause for the changes in the electronic structure of Au is the adsorption
of CO on the surface, which also creates a small positive charge in the Au atoms. The catalytic activity significantly improves
when titania is present compared to Au deposited directly on CNF. 相似文献
Transient experiments were performed to study sulfur deactivation and regeneration of Pt/BaO/Al2O3 and Pt/SrO/Al2O3 NOx storage catalysts. It was found that the strontium-based catalysts are more easily regenerated than the barium-based catalysts
and that a higher fraction of the NOx storage sites are regenerated when H2 is used in combination with CO2 compared to H2 only. 相似文献
Given a collection of parameterized multi-robot controllers associated with individual behaviors designed for particular
tasks, this paper considers the problem of how to sequence and instantiate the behaviors for the purpose of completing a
more complex, overarching mission. In addition, uncertainties about the environment or even the mission specifications
may require the robots to learn, in a cooperative manner, how best to sequence the behaviors. In this paper, we approach this
problem by using reinforcement learning to approximate the solution to the computationally intractable sequencing problem,
combined with an online gradient descent approach to selecting the individual behavior parameters, while the transitions
among behaviors are triggered automatically when the behaviors have reached a desired performance level relative to a task
performance cost. To illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, it is implemented on a team of differential-drive
robots for solving two different missions, namely, convoy protection and object manipulation. 相似文献
The effect of artificial aging parameters on the corrosion performance of air cooled AlMgSi(Cu) model alloy extrusions was investigated. Accelerated corrosion test revealed that the extrusions were highly susceptible to intergranular corrosion (IGC) in the naturally aged condition. However, IGC susceptibility was reduced, and finally eliminated, by artificial aging. Overaging introduced slight pitting susceptibility. EDS X-ray mapping in FE-TEM revealed Mg2Si and Q-phase (Al4Cu2Mg8Si7) grain boundary precipitates and a continuous Cu-enriched grain boundary film. IGC susceptibility was related to the Cu-enriched grain boundary film. Increased IGC resistance was caused by coarsening of the grain boundary film by aging. Pitting susceptibility by over aging evolved due to coarsening of the Q-phase particles in the grain bodies. 相似文献
Over-The-Top (OTT) video services are becoming more and more important in today’s broadband access networks. While original OTT services only offered short duration medium quality videos, more recently, premium content such as high definition full feature movies and live video are offered as well. For operators, who see the potential in providing Quality of Experience (QoE) assurance for an increased revenue, this introduces important new network management challenges. Traditional network management paradigms are often not suited for ensuring QoE guarantees as the provider does not have any control on the content’s origin. In this article, we focus on the management of an OTT-based video service. We present a loosely coupled architecture that can be seamlessly integrated into an existing OTT-based video delivery architecture. The framework has the goal of resolving the network bottleneck that might occur from high peaks in the requests for OTT video services. The proposed approach groups the existing Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) based video connections to be multicasted over an access network’s bottleneck and then splits them again to reconstruct the original HTTP connections. A prototype of this architecture is presented, which includes the caching of videos and incorporates retransmission schemes to ensure robust transmission. Furthermore, an autonomic algorithm is presented that allows to intelligently select which OTT videos need to be multicasted by making a remote assessment of the cache state to predict the future availability of content. The approach was evaluated through both simulation and large scale emulation and shows a significant gain in scalability of the prototype compared to a traditional video delivery architecture. 相似文献