Algorithms and Architectures for Real-Time Control 1998 - IFAC Proceedings Volumes

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Selected chapter headings and selected papers: Keynote Paper I. Hardware-in-the-loop simulation for the design and testing of engine-control systems (R. Isermann "et al."). Robotics I. Decentralized implementation of real-time systems using time petri nets. Application to mobile robot control (F. J. Garcia, J. L. Villarroel). Modeling and Control I. A multiple model extension to the bootstrap filter for manoeuvring targets (S. McGinnity, G. Irwin). Software Design Tools and Methodologies I. A graph-based method to translate relay ladder logic diagrams (J. L. Azevedo, J. P. Estima de Oliveira). Industrial Process Control and Manufacturing Systems. A proposal to increase the flexibility of manufacturing cell controllers (J. Sanchez, M. Quintana). Parallel and Distributed Systems. Simulation of distributed fault tolerant hetergeneous architectures for real-time control (H. Benitez-Perez "et al."). Non-Linear Control Systems. Towards real-time, non-linear quadratic optimal regulation (R. F. Harrison, S. P. Banks). Neural Networks. Neurointerfaces for human-machine real time interaction (B. Widrow "et al."). Parallel and Distributed Algorithms for Real-Time Signal Processing and Control. High-performance real-time implementation of a spectral estimator (M. M. Madeira "et al."). Transport Applications. Algorithm of calculating the maximum permissible speed of traffic (E. Gavrilov, N. Zhemchugov). Algorithms. On-line genetic auto-tuning of PID controllers for an active magnetic bearing application (P. Schroder "et al."). Keynote Paper II. Adaptive inverse control based on nonlinear adaptive filtering (B. Widrow "et al."). Fault Tolerant Systems. Biologically inspired real-time reconfiguration technique for processor arrays (C. Ortega, A. Tyrrell).

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