A memory-based network that provides estimates of continuous variables and converges to the underlying (linear or nonlinear) regression surface is described. The general regression neural network (GRNN) is a one-pass learning algorithm with a highly parallel structure. It is shown that, even with sparse data in a multidimensional measurement space, the algorithm provides smooth transitions from one observed value to another. The algorithmic form can be used for any regression problem in which an assumption of linearity is not justified. >

A general regression neural network

There is an increasing demand for dynamic systems to become safer and more reliable This requirement extends beyond the normally accepted safety-critical systems such as nuclear reactors and aircraft, where safety is of paramount importance, to systems such as autonomous vehicles and process control systems where the system availability is vital It is clear that fault diagnosis is becoming an important subject in modern control theory and practice Robust Model-Based Fault Diagnosis for Dynamic Systems presents the subject of model-based fault diagnosis in a unified framework It contains many important topics and methods; however, total coverage and completeness is not the primary concern The book focuses on fundamental issues such as basic definitions, residual generation methods and the importance of robustness in model-based fault diagnosis approaches In this book, fault diagnosis concepts and methods are illustrated by either simple academic examples or practical applications The first two chapters are of tutorial value and provide a starting point for newcomers to this field The rest of the book presents the state of the art in model-based fault diagnosis by discussing many important robust approaches and their applications This will certainly appeal to experts in this field Robust Model-Based Fault Diagnosis for Dynamic Systems targets both newcomers who want to get into this subject, and experts who are concerned with fundamental issues and are also looking for inspiration for future research The book is useful for both researchers in academia and professional engineers in industry because both theory and applications are discussed Although this is a research monograph, it will be an important text for postgraduate research students world-wide The largest market, however, will be academics, libraries and practicing engineers and scientists throughout the world

Robust Model-Based Fault Diagnosis for Dynamic Systems

On robust estimation of the location parameter

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The accessible presentation of this book gives both a general view of the entire computer vision enterprise and also offers sufficient detail to be able to build useful applications. Users learn techniques that have proven to be useful by first-hand experience and a wide range of mathematical methods. A CD-ROM with every copy of the text contains source code for programming practice, color images, and illustrative movies. Comprehensive and up-to-date, this book includes essential topics that either reflect practical significance or are of theoretical importance. Topics are discussed in substantial and increasing depth. Application surveys describe numerous important application areas such as image based rendering and digital libraries. Many important algorithms broken down and illustrated in pseudo code. Appropriate for use by engineers as a comprehensive reference to the computer vision enterprise.

Computer vision : a modern approach = 计算机视觉 : 一种现代的方法

The boundary layer equations for plane, incompressible, and steady flow are 

$$\matrix{ {u{{\partial u} \over {\partial x}} + v{{\partial u} \over {\partial y}} = - {1 \over \varrho }{{\partial p} \over {\partial x}} + v{{{\partial ^2}u} \over {\partial {y^2}}},} \cr {0 = {{\partial p} \over {\partial y}},} \cr {{{\partial u} \over {\partial x}} + {{\partial v} \over {\partial y}} = 0.} \cr }$$

Boundary Layer Theory

The Science of Navigation. Coordinate Frames and Transformations. Systems Concepts. Discrete Linear and Non-Linear Kalman Filtering Techniques. The Global Positioning System. Inertial Navigation. Navigation Examples and Case Studies. Appendices: A: Notation, Symbols, and Constants. B: Matrix Review.

The global positioning system and inertial navigation

Implementation of backstepping becomes increasingly complex as the order of the system increases. This increasing complexity is mainly driven by the need to compute command derivatives at each step of the design, with the ultimate step requiring derivatives of the same order as the plant. This article addresses a modification that obviates the need to compute analytic derivatives by introducing command filters in the backstepping design. While the concept of the command filter has previously been introduced in the literature, the main contribution of this technical note is the rigorous analysis of the effect of the command filter on closed-loop stability and performance, and a proof of stability based on Tikhonov's theorem. The implementation approach includes a compensated tracking error that retains the standard stability properties of backstepping approaches.

Command Filtered Backstepping

Design Cutting-Edge Aided Navigation Systems for Advanced Commercial & Military Applications

Aided Navigation is a design-oriented textbook and guide to building aided navigation systems for smart cars, precision farming vehicles, smart weapons, unmanned aircraft, mobile robots, and other advanced applications. The navigation guide contains two parts explaining the essential theory, concepts, and tools, as well as the methodology in aided navigation case studies with sufficient detail to serve as the basis for application-oriented analysis and design. 
Filled with detailed illustrations and examples, this expert design tool takes you step-by-step through coordinate systems, deterministic and stochastic modeling, optimal estimation, and navigation system design. Authoritative and comprehensive, Aided Navigation features:
End-of-chapter exercises throughout Part I In-depth case studies of aided navigation systems Numerous Matlab-based examples Appendices define notation, review linear algebra, and discuss GPS receiver interfacing Source code and sensor data to support examples is available through the publisher-supported website

Inside this Complete Guide to Designing Aided Navigation Systems
• Aided Navigation Theory: Introduction to Aided Navigation • Coordinate Systems • Deterministic Modeling • Stochastic Modeling • Optimal Estimation • Navigation System Design • Navigation Case Studies: Global Positioning System (GPS) • GPS-Aided Encoder • Attitude and Heading Reference System • GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System (INS) • Acoustic Ranging and Doppler-Aided INS 
Table of contents
I. Theory
Part I: Overview
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Reference Frames
Chapter 3. Deterministic Systems
Chapter 4. Stochastic Processes
Chapter 5. Optimal State Estimation
Chapter 6. Performance Analysis
Chapter 7. Navigation System Design
II. Application
Part II: Overview
Chapter 8. Global Positioning System
Chapter 9. GPS Aided Encoder-Based Dead-Reckoning
Chapter 10. AHRS
Chapter 11. Aided Inertial Navigation
Chapter 12. LBL and Doppler Aided INS
Appendix A: Notation
Appendix B: Linear Algebra Review
Appendix C: Calculation of GPS Satellite Position & Velocity
Appendix D: Quaternions
Bibliography
Index

Aided Navigation: GPS with High Rate Sensors

Implementation of adaptive backstepping controllers requires analytic calculation of the partial derivatives of certain stabilizing functions. It is well documented that, as the order of a nonlinear system increases, analytic calculation of these derivatives becomes prohibitive. Therefore, in practice, either alternative control approaches are used or the derivatives are neglected in the implementation. Neglecting the derivatives results in the loss of all guarantees proven by Lyapunov methods for the adaptive backstepping approach and may result in instability. This paper presents a new implementation approach for adaptive backstepping control. The main objectives are to facilitate the derivation and implementation of the adaptive backstepping approach, with performance guarantees proven by Lyapunov methods, for applications that were prohibitively difficult using the standard analytic implementation approach. The new approach uses filtering methods to produce certain command signals and their derivatives which eliminates the requirement of analytic differentiation. The approach also introduces filters to generate certain compensating signals necessary to compute compensated tracking errors suitable for adaptive parameter estimation. We present a set of Lemmas and Theorems to analyze the performance both during the initialization and the operating phases. We show that the initialization phase is of finite duration that can be controlled by selection of a design parameter. We also show that all signals within the system are bounded during this short initialization phase. During the operating phase, we show that the command filtered implementation approach has theoretical properties identical to those of the conventional approach. The general approach is presented and analyzed for systems in generalized parameter strict feedback form. Extensions of the approach are presented to demonstrate the application of the method to a land vehicle trajectory following application. Application and effectiveness of the proposed method is shown by simulation results.

Command Filtered Adaptive Backstepping

Preface. 1. INTRODUCTION. 1.1 Systems and Control Terminology. 1.2 Nonlinear Systems. 1.3 Feedback Control Approaches. 1.3.1 Linear Design. 1.3.2 Adaptive Linear Design. 1.3.3 Nonlinear Design. 1.3.4 Adaptive Approximation Based Design. 1.3.5 Example Summary. 1.4 Components of Approximation Based Control. 1.4.1 Control Architecture. 1.4.2 Function Approximator. 1.4.3 Stable Training Algorithm. 1.5 Discussion and Philosophical Comments. 1.6 Exercises and Design Problems. 2. APPROXIMATION THEORY. 2.1 Motivating Example. 2.2 Interpolation. 2.3 Function Approximation. 2.3.1 Off-line (Batch) Function Approximation. 2.3.2 Adaptive Function Approximation. 2.4 Approximator Properties. 2.4.1 Parameter (Non)Linearity. 2.4.2 Classical Approximation Results. 2.4.3 Network Approximators. 2.4.4 Nodal Processors. 2.4.5 Universal Approximator. 2.4.6 Best Approximator Property. 2.4.7 Generalization. 2.4.8 Extent of Influence Function Support. 2.4.9 Approximator Transparency. 2.4.10 Haar Conditions. 2.4.11 Multivariable Approximation by Tensor Products. 2.5 Summary. 2.6 Exercises and Design Problems. 3. APPROXIMATION STRUCTURES. 3.1 Model Types. 3.1.1 Physically Based Models. 3.1.2 Structure (Model) Free Approximation. 3.1.3 Function Approximation Structures. 3.2 Polynomials. 3.2.1 Description. 3.2.2 Properties. 3.3 Splines. 3.3.1 Description. 3.3.2 Properties. 3.4 Radial Basis Functions. 3.4.1 Description. 3.4.2 Properties. 3.5 Cerebellar Model Articulation Controller. 3.5.1 Description. 3.5.2 Properties. 3.6 Multilayer Perceptron. 3.6.1 Description. 3.6.2 Properties. 3.7 Fuzzy Approximation. 3.7.1 Description. 3.7.2 Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Systems. 3.7.3 Properties. 3.8 Wavelets. 3.8.1 Multiresolution Analysis (MRA). 3.8.2 MRA Properties. 3.9 Further Reading. 3.10 Exercises and Design Problems. 4. PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHODS. 4.1 Formulation for Adaptive Approximation. 4.1.1 Illustrative Example. 4.1.2 Motivating Simulation Examples. 4.1.3 Problem Statement. 4.1.4 Discussion of Issues in Parametric Estimation. 4.2 Derivation of Parametric Models. 4.2.1 Problem Formulation for Full-State Measurement. 4.2.2 Filtering Techniques. 4.2.3 SPR Filtering. 4.2.4 Linearly Parameterized Approximators. 4.2.5 Parametric Models in State Space Form. 4.2.6 Parametric Models of Discrete-Time Systems. 4.2.7 Parametric Models of Input-Output Systems. 4.3 Design of On-Line Learning Schemes. 4.3.1 Error Filtering On-Line Learning (EFOL) Scheme. 4.3.2 Regressor Filtering On-Line Learning (RFOL) Scheme. 4.4 Continuous-Time Parameter Estimation. 4.4.1 Lyapunov Based Algorithms. 4.4.2 Optimization Methods. 4.4.3 Summary. 4.5 On-Line Learning: Analysis. 4.5.1 Analysis of LIP EFOL scheme with Lyapunov Synthesis Method. 4.5.2 Analysis of LIP RFOL scheme with the Gradient Algorithm. 4.5.3 Analysis of LIP RFOL scheme with RLS Algorithm. 4.5.4 Persistency of Excitation and Parameter Convergence. 4.6 Robust Learning Algorithms. 4.6.1 Projection modification. 4.6.2 &sigma -modification. 4.6.3 &epsis -modification. 4.6.4 Dead-zone modification. 4.6.5 Discussion and Comparison. 4.7 Concluding Summary. 4.8 Exercises and Design Problems. 5. NONLINEAR CONTROL ARCHITECTURES. 5.1 Small-Signal Linearization. 5.1.1 Linearizing Around an Equilibrium Point. 5.1.2 Linearizing Around a Trajectory. 5.1.3 Gain Scheduling. 5.2 Feedback Linearization. 5.2.1 Scalar Input-State Linearization. 5.2.2 Higher-Order Input-State Linearization. 5.2.3 Coordinate Transformations and Diffeomorphisms. 5.2.4 Input-Output Feedback Linearization. 5.3 Backstepping. 5.3.1 Second order system. 5.3.2 Higher Order Systems. 5.3.3 Command Filtering Formulation. 5.4 Robust Nonlinear Control Design Methods. 5.4.1 Bounding Control. 5.4.2 Sliding Mode Control. 5.4.3 Lyapunov Redesign Method. 5.4.4 Nonlinear Damping. 5.4.5 Adaptive Bounding Control. 5.5 Adaptive Nonlinear Control. 5.6 Concluding Summary. 5.7 Exercises and Design Problems. 6. ADAPTIVE APPROXIMATION: MOTIVATION AND ISSUES. 6.1 Perspective for Adaptive Approximation Based Control. 6.2 Stabilization of a Scalar System. 6.2.1 Feedback Linearization. 6.2.2 Small-Signal Linearization. 6.2.3 Unknown Nonlinearity with Known Bounds. 6.2.4 Adaptive Bounding Methods. 6.2.5 Approximating the Unknown Nonlinearity. 6.2.6 Combining Approximation with Bounding Methods. 6.2.7 Combining Approximation with Adaptive Bounding Methods. 6.2.8 Summary. 6.3 Adaptive Approximation Based Tracking. 6.3.1 Feedback Linearization. 6.3.2 Tracking via Small-Signal Linearization. 6.3.3 Unknown Nonlinearities with Known Bounds. 6.3.4 Adaptive Bounding Design. 6.3.5 Adaptive Approximation of the Unknown Nonlinearities. 6.3.6 Robust Adaptive Approximation. 6.3.7 Combining Adaptive Approximation with Adaptive Bounding. 6.3.8 Some Adaptive Approximation Issues. 6.4 Nonlinear Parameterized Adaptive Approximation. 6.5 Concluding Summary. 6.6 Exercises and Design Problems. 7. ADAPTIVE APPROXIMATION BASED CONTROL: GENERAL THEORY. 7.1 Problem Formulation. 7.1.1 Trajectory Tracking. 7.1.2 System. 7.1.3 Approximator. 7.1.4 Control Design. 7.2 Approximation Based Feedback Linearization. 7.2.1 Scalar System. 7.2.2 Input-State. 7.2.3 Input-Output. 7.2.4 Control Design Outside the Approximation Region D. 7.3 Approximation Based Backstepping. 7.3.1 Second Order Systems. 7.3.2 Higher Order Systems. 7.3.3 Command Filtering Approach. 7.3.4 Robustness Considerations. 7.4 Concluding Summary. 7.5 Exercises and Design Problems. 8. ADAPTIVE APPROXIMATION BASED CONTROL FOR FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT. 8.1 Aircraft Model Introduction. 8.1.1 Aircraft Dynamics. 8.1.2 Non-dimensional Coefficients. 8.2 Angular Rate Control for Piloted Vehicles. 8.2.1 Model Representation. 8.2.2 Baseline Controller. 8.2.3 Approximation Based Controller. 8.2.4 Simulation Results. 8.3 Full Control for Autonomous Aircraft. 8.3.1 Airspeed and Flight Path Angle Control. 8.3.2 Wind-axes Angle Control. 8.3.3 Body Axis Angular Rate Control. 8.3.4 Control Law and Stability Properties. 8.3.5 Approximator Definition. 8.3.6 Simulation Analysis. 8.4 Conclusions. 8.5 Aircraft Notation. Appendix A: Systems and Stability Concepts. A.1 Systems Concepts. A.2 Stability Concepts. A.2.1 Stability Definitions. A.2.2 Stability Analysis Tools. A.3 General Results. A.4 Prefiltering. A.5 Other Useful Results. A.5.1 Smooth Approximation of the Signum function. A.6 Problems. Appendix B: Recommended Implementation and Debugging Approach. References. Index.

Jay A. Farrell

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The global positioning system and inertial navigation

Command Filtered Backstepping

Aided Navigation: GPS with High Rate Sensors

Command Filtered Adaptive Backstepping

Adaptive approximation based control : unifying neural, fuzzy and traditional adaptive approximation approaches