Direct data‐driven control of linear time‐delay systems

This paper presents an extension of the Virtual Reference Feedback Tuning (VRFT) methodology dedicated to linear time‐delay systems with known delay and unknown dynamics. The standard VRFT is not well suited for systems with dominant time‐delay as it yields high order controllers. The proposed direct approach, relying on a Smith Predictor structure, guarantees the same level of performance as the standard VRFT but with lower order controllers. The joint direct data‐driven design of the controller and the predictor is facilitated by the introduction of an ad‐hoc optimization initialization. Effectiveness and robustness to uncertainty in the time‐delay estimation are shown in a vehicle dynamics control problem. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

基于SimpleScalar的动态分支预测器研究

分支预测精度是影响当代处理器性能的重要指标,在近十年内一直是学术界和工业界的研究热点。为给不同应用场合的处理器动态分支预测器设计提供性能参考,针对处理器架构设计中应用广泛的几种动态分支预测器,使用SPEC CPU2000在SimpleScalar模拟器中进行仿真及测试分析。测试结果以预测精度和指令/时钟周期作为指标,并结合硬件开销,分析了不同种类分支预测器的适用对象和场合。     

近无损压缩算法在HOLTER系统中的应用研究

以单片机为主控器件的HOLTER(动态心电监护仪)系统的实时性和临床诊断的保真度要求都较高,这就要求使用于其上的压缩算法应简单高效且近无损,而目前针对此类设备的压缩算法虽然有较高的压缩率,但失真度和复杂度也较高。本文提出一种针对HOLTER系统的低复杂近无损预测算法,实验表明,该方法在保证一定压缩率的条件下,具有很好的实时性和保真度。     

A class of hybrid collocation methods for third-order ordinary differential equations

A class of numerical methods is proposed for solving general third-order ordinary differential equations directly by collocation at the grid points x = x _n+j , i = 0(1)k and at an off grid point x = x _n+u , where k is the step number of the method and u is an arbitrary rational number in (x _n , x _n+k ). A predictor of order 2k ? 1 is also proposed to cater for y _n+k in the main method. Taylor series expansion is employed for the calculation of y _n+1, y _n+2, y _n+u and their higher derivatives. Evaluation of the resulting method at x = x _n+k for any value of u in the specified open interval yields a particular discrete scheme as a special case of the method. The efficiency of the method is tested on some general initial value problems of third-order ordinary differential equations.     

Nonequidistant modified predictor-corrector methods for solving systems of differential equations

This paper shows that it is possible to develop nonequidistant predictor-corrector formulae with minimum error bounds for solving systems of differential equations such that the tedious difficulties which arise in practical applications can be overcome. General predictor-corrector formulae with variable steps are constructed. Explicit third order- and fourth order-two points formulae are derived. Also fourth order-three points formulae are represented. Two theorems are given. A flow chart for general nonequidistant predictor-corrector methods using automatic control for the step length is compactly represented for solving systems of differential equations. These methods are recommended to be used widely in practice because of many advantages.     

Analysis of effects of sizes of orifice and pockets on the rigidity of hydrostatic bearing using neural network predictor system

This paper presents a neural network predictor for analysing rigidity variations of hydrostatic bearing system. The designed neural network has feedforward structure with three layers. The layers are input layer, hidden layer and output layer. Two main parameter could be considered for hydrostatic bearing system. These parameters are the size of bearing pocket and the orifice dimension. Due to importancy of these parameters, it is necessary to analyse with a suitable optimisation method such as neural network. As depicted from the results, the proposed neural predictor exactly follows experimental desired results.     

Smith预估在循环流化床协调控制中的应用

以某电厂210 MW机组循环流化床锅炉为例,对循环流化床机组协调控制系统存在的问题进行了分析,并结合循环流化床锅炉机组的特性,对所采取的Smith预估器在循环流化床协调控制中的应用进行了详细的研究和论证。     

Analysis of predictor equations for determining the blast-induced vibration in rock blasting

The paper proposes a new empirical correlation designed to complement the “site laws” currently used to evaluate the attenuation in the rock masses of vibrations induced by rock blasting. The formula contains a deformed exponential known as the K-exponential, which seems to well represent a large number of both natural and artificial phenomena ranging from astrophysics to quantum mechanics, with some extension in the field of economics and finance. Experimental validation of the formula was performed via the analysis of vibration data covering a number of case studies, which differed in terms of both operation and rock type. A total of 12 experimental cases were analysed and the proposed formulation exhibited a good performance in 11 of them. In particular, the proposed law, which was built using blast test data, produced very good approximations of the points representing the vibration measurements and would thus be useful in organising production blasts. However, the developed formula was found to work less well when a correlation obtained for a given site was applied to another presenting similar types of rocks and operations, and thus should not be employed in the absence of measurements from test data.     

On oscillation reduction in feedback control for processes with an uncertain dead time and internal–external disturbances

This paper aims to find a practical solution to reduce oscillation on the Smith Predictor (SP) based design with the dead time (DT) uncertainty, making it less sensitive to DT change and more effective in disturbance rejection. First, a conditional feedback mechanism is introduced in SP to reduce the amount of oscillation caused by the model inaccuracies in the DT parameter. Then, to address the oscillation caused by the phase lag in traditional PI controller and uncertain dynamics, this conditional SP is combined with active disturbance rejection control (ADRC), assisted by the knowledge of process dynamics. A practical tuning method is provided for the practicing engineers. The proposed approach is validated in extensive simulation studies with different types of plants and in frequency domain analysis. The simulation results show significant improvements in performance robustness and transient response.     

电力系统电压稳定性分析的实用算法

阐述了用于电压稳定性分析的一种实用计算方法。这种方法通过参数变换,解决了最大负荷点处病态潮流方程不收敛的问题,从而可以获得精确的电压稳定极限,并且通过引进预估校正技术更好地考虑了发电机无功越限及系统其它限制因素的影响。算法计算简单快捷,结果更具有理论依据。