Distributed receding horizon control of large-scale nonlinear systems: Handling communication delays and disturbances

This paper studies the robust distributed receding horizon control (DRHC) problem for large-scale continuous-time nonlinear systems subject to communication delays and external disturbances. A dual-mode robust DRHC strategy is designed to deal with the communication delays and the external disturbances simultaneously. The feasibility of the proposed DRHC and the stability of the closed-loop system are analyzed, and the sufficient conditions for ensuring the feasibility and stability are developed, respectively. We show that: (1) the feasibility is affected by the bounds of external disturbances, the sampling period and the bound of communication delays; (2) the stability is related to the bounds of external disturbances, the sampling period, the bound of communication delays and the minimum eigenvalues of the cooperation matrices; (3) the closed-loop system is stabilized into a robust invariant set under the proposed conditions. A simulation study is conducted to verify the theoretical results.     

Aligning principal and agent’s incentives: A principal–agent perspective of social networking sites

The viability of networked communities depends on the creation and disclosure of user-generated content and the frequency of user visitation (Facebook 10-K Annual Report, 2012). However, little is known about how to align the interests of user and social networking sites. In this study, we draw upon the principal-agent perspective to extend Pavlou et al.’s uncertainty mitigation model of online exchange relationships (2007) and propose an empirically tested model for aligning the incentives of the principal (user) and the agent (service provider). As suggested by Pavlou et al., we incorporated a multi-dimensional measure of trust: trust of provider and trust of members. The proposed model is empirically tested with survey data from 305 adults aged 20-55. The results support our model, delineating how real individuals with bounded rationality actually make decision about information disclosure under uncertainty in the social networking site context. There is show little to no relationship between online privacy concerns and information disclosure on online social network sites. Perceived benefits provide the linkage between the incentives of principal (user) and agent (provider) while usage intensity demonstrated the most significant impact on information disclosure. We argue that the phenomenon may be explained through Communication Privacy Management Theory. The present study enhances our understanding of agency theory and human judgment theory in the context of social media. Practical implications for understanding and facilitating online social exchange relationships are also discussed.     

面向安全的WTLS扩展协议的改进与仿真

针对WTLS可能受到的几种主动攻击进行分析,而新一代移动商务的发展也对WTLS的安全性提出更高的要求,为此需要找出WTLS的安全漏洞,在这个基础上对扩展WTLS协议进行分析以及改进,使得协议具有更高的安全性能。分析WAP安全架构中WTLS的安全性问题,根据数据的机密性、完整性在移动电话和其他无线终端中完成授权鉴定,在此基础上针对漏洞提出解决方案,改进后的协议增加一个颁发证书的过程。通过案例证明该协议的安全性。仿真实验数据表明,WTLS协议是一个更高安全性的协议,在无线通信网络中有着重要的价值和研究意义。     

Decentralized control: Status and outlook

This paper reviews state of the art in the area of decentralized networked control systems with an emphasis on event-triggered approach. The models or agents with the dynamics of linear continuous-time time-invariant state-space systems are considered. They serve for the framework for network phenomena within two basic structures. The I/O-oriented systems as well as the interaction-oriented systems with disjoint subsystems are distinguished. The focus is laid on the presentation of recent decentralized control design and co-design methods which offer effective tools to overcome specific difficulties caused mainly by network imperfections. Such side-effects include communication constraints, variable sampling, time-varying transmission delays, packet dropouts, and quantizations. Decentralized time-triggered methods are briefly discussed. The review is deals mainly with decentralized event-triggered methods. Particularly, the stabilizing controller–observer event-based controller design as well as the decentralized state controller co-design are presented within the I/O-oriented structures of large scale complex systems. The sampling instants depend in this case only on a local information offered by the local feedback loops. Minimum sampling time conditions are discussed. Special attention is focused on interaction-oriented system architecture. Model-based approach combined with event-based state feedback controller design is presented, where the event thresholds are fully decentralized. Finally, several selected open decentralized control problems are briefly offered as recent research challenges.     

基于无线传感网络的智能电网抄表系统的研究

随着无线通信技术的发展,自动抄表技术凭借便捷、可靠等优势逐渐取代了人工抄表和IC卡收费模式,以实现智能化管理的发展需求.结合当前电网抄表自动化水平低的现状,利用先进的无线传感网络技术,提出了基于无线传感网络技术的智能电网抄表系统,并对系统的总体架构、技术方案及特点进行了介绍,实现了抄表系统的自动化、网络化.     

浅析计算机通信网和光纤通信技术

随着人们生活水平的不断提高,对于通信技术的需要也随之提高,计算机通信网以及光纤通信技术的应用,大大提高了人们的通信高效性。该文则分别探讨计算机通信网以及光纤通信技术。     

基因扩增仪与PC机串口通信的设计与实现

主要利用OK6410开发板串口通信模块和Qtcreator环境下使用的第三方串行通信控件qextserialport,在基因扩增仪下的LINUX操作系统基础上,对串口应用程序进行了开发和设计。完成对基因扩增仪进行外部控制命令的操作,使得基因扩增仪可根据PC机不同的请求执行相应的程序,并通过PC机进行数据反馈。     

Matlab在《通信原理》课程中的应用研究

在《通信原理》课程教学中,运用Matlab构建了一个通信系统仿真平台辅助课堂教学,能够将抽象乏味的原理以图形的形式直观的显示出来,并能方便的改变参数来观察波形的变化,这使学生能够更好的掌握原理,并能调动学生的学习积极性,能获得较好的教学效果。该文以常规双边带调幅（AM）为例,运用Matlab软件仿真辅助教学,实际教学效果良好。     

基于QT的跨平台网络通信的设计与实现

本文介绍了使用心跳信号来保持网络自动重连的方法,并使用优秀的跨平台QT C＋＋库实现,使得本模型可用于任何操作系统平台下,不仅提高了网络的可靠性,更大大提高了程序移植性.是服务器与客户端之间网络通信的一种良好的解决方案.     

基于DSP的智能饮水机纸杯水位检测方法

为了提高传统饮水机的智能化水平,采用DSP芯片TMS320C6416作为处理核心设计了智能饮水机纸杯水位线自动检测系统,系统由摄像头、编码、处理器、阀门开关和显示模块组成.通过对放在出水口处纸杯的原始图像进行灰度化处理、边缘检测、连通域提取和噪声去除算法,分割出杯口内边缘和水位线,并根据像素点的个数计算纸杯内边缘线与水位线的距离.实验结果表明,该智能饮水机具有良好的鲁棒性,平均测量误差为0.88％,也为灌装饮料和食品的满度检测提供了思路和方法.