Optimal Hybrid Control for Structures

A new method for integrated design of passive and active elements is presented. Rather than the existing qualitative selection of parameters for passive elements, a quantitative approach is proposed that finds optimal active and passive parameters with respect to an H₂/H_∞ performance requirement. This new approach automatically yields passive designs when the given performance limits are high enough and active (hybrid) designs when the given performance constraints are stringent. Furthermore, our algorithm finds the special performance requirement (the peak of the frequency response) that cannot be satisfied by any passive design. Hence this article shows how to determine when control is required rather than assuming a priori that it is or is not required. A simple design method given herein yields either passive, active, or hybrid designs depending only on the level of the performance constraints that are specified in the statement of the problem.     

Direct imaging of a high-power diode laser cavity using a transparent indium-tin-oxide (ITO) contact

We describe a novel "see-through" indium-tin-oxide contact on the n-side of a high power unstable resonator semiconductor laser (URSL) that allows direct observation of the cavity during high power operation. Under optimized annealing conditions this transparent ITO contact has a low enough specific contact resistivity to permit normal high power CW operation of the URSL and allows the observation of filamentation. This contact scheme is applicable to a wide range of semiconductor lasers and is especially appropriate for high power devices. The same structure can also be used to obtain a 2-D thermal map of the laser cavity.     

观赏草在庭园中的设计与应用

观赏草以其灵动的景观特质，草类特有的自然色调，飘逸的质感越来越受到设计师们的青睐，用于焦点、绿蒿、花镜、镶边均有不凡的表现，虽为草类，却有着灌木的功能。     

ρ-混合噪声中ρ-混合信号Min-Max检测的注记

本文考察了ρ-混合噪声中ρ-混合随机信号的 Min-Max 检测问题.首先,将[5]中(?)-混合条件减弱为ρ-混合相依条件;其次,去掉了[5]中式(5)(?)r_n<∞的限制条件;第三,将[5]中常值的弱信号拓广到具有ρ-混合相依的随机信号,故本文改进了[5]中结果.     

A D&T roundtable: challenges for low-power and high-performancechips

Microprocessor and other lC performance continues to improve at historic rates, with no visible end in sight for the next 10 years. However, we are starting to encounter a power wall. This is true for high-performance components as well as for low-power chips with a very limited energy budget offered by batteries. We need to find ways to manage power and energy consumption on all fronts-technology, design, and architecture-without compromising performance. Otherwise, we may face discontinuation of Moore's law for the semiconductor industry in the near future. This would be triggered not by any difficulty in the scaling of process technology but by formidable barriers posed by packaging and cooling, inefficacy of power delivery, and energy constraints dictated by battery technology, which is advancing at a very lukewarm pace     

Robust controller with disturbance rejection for hydraulic servosystems

A controller is presented that improves the performance and reduces the sensitivity of hydraulic servo systems in the presence of parameter variations, nonlinear effects, and other disturbances. The control system has enhanced closed-loop stability and can recover from steady-state and transient error quickly and completely. It consists of a servo controller, an auxiliary controller, and a robust controller. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate the validity of the controller     

Incorporating Actor-Critic in Monte Carlo tree search for symbolic regression

Neural Computing and Applications - Most traditional genetic programming methods that handle symbolic regression are random algorithms without memory and direction. They repeatedly search for the...     

A steel surface defect inspection approach towards smart industrial monitoring

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing - With the advance in Industry 4.0, smart industrial monitoring has been proposed to timely discover faults and defects in industrial processes. Steel is widely...