... include the definition of a more formal methodology to develop specific plant model, the development of tools supporting the configuration phase ofthe model, the study of how to model the scheduling ... criteria to find entities and relations put into the metamodel pass through the analysis ofthe level of configurability and reconfigurability ofthe set ofthe addressed manufacturing applications ... thus allowing to react more rapidly to market changes and needs In addition, it focuses mainly on thedesignofthe MES functionalities ofthe control system For these reasons, the main entities,...
... by the tooth at radius rsi, θtb the angle spanned by the tooth at radius rsb, wtb the width ofthe tooth base, dtb the depth ofthe tooth base, dtte the depth ofthe tooth tip edge, and dttc the ... between the tooth Thus wstR = rstθ st (15.2-31) The width of slot between the base ofthe tips is taken as the average ofthe distance ofthe chord length ofthe inner corners ofthe tooth tips at the ... that the reciprocal of wsiR is set tothe average ofthe reciprocals ofthe chord lengths between inner corners of slot at the top ofthe slot (under the tooth tip) and the outer corners of the...
... heuristics ofthe relevant Expert subclass (here the Travel Expert), the system analyses the supplied information, to try to establish the context ofthe transaction, and then to process the transaction ... ask the user to narrow the enquiry to one ofthe areas available Although the system may request specific information (as in the turn above), the user may supply rather more than this Using the ... travel tothe destination on the day and at the time requested Figure below illustrates the process If the instance is unable to meet the criteria it simply performs a cut and passes the call to the...
... However the coefficients ofthe AFB prototype filter are regarded as constants in this design step, due tothe fact they are fixed tothedesign result obtained in the first algorithm Therefore the distortion ... with respect to those properties are designed and their performances are compared Moreover, the effect ofthe number of subbands, the oversampling factors, and the length ofthe prototype filter ... convex due tothe linearity ofthe left term in h Please note that the number of constraints in the stopband in the original formulation is infinite regarding tothe frequency Ω(i) In the linearized...
... estimation ofthe probability that the target is in each of them, µ j[k] One ofthe basic elements in this methodology is the interacting process, which keeps all of them engaged tothe most probable ... with the rate of change from any mode tothe rest They have a very deep impact in the tracker behaviour during transitions and the “purity” of output during each type of motion, so thedesign ... point of view, the peculiarities ofthe problem dealt with, namely, the complexity and computational cost of evaluation function together with the considerable number of specifications, preclude the...
... significantly different from the results of all the other cases Testing ofthe four placebo products using the ASTM method showed both ofthe lipid products failed to meet the acceptance criteria ... reduction of viability to 21.4% ofthe control, untreated explants The lipid gel was 140% ± 64, the lipid fluid was 105% ± 26, the aqueous gel was 122% ± 66, and the aqueous gel was 122% ± 39 ofthe ... series of marketed products were evaluated to identify a baseline of physical characteristics that might contribute tothe placebo design A sampling ofthe lubricant products was obtained on the...
... priori in the parametrization, one method of designing this feedback gain is introduced to control the asymptotic behavior ofthe closed-loop system The underlying idea ofthe method is that the support ... Section 2.2.2 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 1.5 Organization ofthe Thesis 24 1.5 Organization ofthe Thesis The following highlights the contents of each ofthe remaining chapters Chapter ... by (1.6) has to be reformulated to take into account: (i) the effect of w(t) and (ii) the interpretations of constraints (1.6d) and (1.6e) in the presence of w(t) For the control of system (1.10),...
... and the condition ofthe accuracy ofthe approximation is given 1.3 Objectives and Scope ofthe Thesis This thesis attempts to improve and characterize several issues of MPC control law: the ... chosen to provide a large XN via the use of a short N The size of X f depends on the choice of K Similarly, K affects the size of F∞ from (2.32) for a fixed W Hence, the choice of K is a trade-off ... be computed off-line, the on-line work at time t is simplified tothe identification ofthe polytope CR j which x(t) belongs to and then the computation of c∗ (t) from (3.21) Note that the on-line...
... resonator After [2] (a) Waveguide layout (b) z-schematic reflectors that are parallel to each other The waveguide analog ofthe FPI is the ring resonator shown in Figure 2a The output is the sum of ... results in either unstable IIR filters or, if the poles ofthe filter are constrained tothe stable region, |z| < 1, the group delay ofthe resulting filter will be unsatisfactory Therefore, other methods ... stage ofthe optical filter The linear response ofthe synthesized optical filter is the same as that ofthe discrete filter for low input intensity The nonlinear phase shift response ofthe ARMA...
... page tothe top of a list of search results As of today, these labels are not used for control inside the net but only for lookup, and they illustrate some ofthe problems with the use of labels.41 ... ofthe Internet, and of a loss of control by the user Whether one chooses to see these trends as a natural part ofthe growing up ofthe Internet or the fencing ofthe West, they are happening ... complexity to communications For most ofthe history ofthe telephone system, the called telephone (and thus the person answering the phone) had no idea what the number ofthe caller was Then the “caller...
... and the need to minimize wear may compromise the speed of operation of conveyors The size of an elevator may be determined more by the casing span than the handling capacity, and thedesignof ... with the screw; and (ii) the geometry ofthe screw section exposed at the interface tothe hopper These features interact to determine the drawdown characteristics ofthe solids feed channel into ... Guide to Screw Feeders An important feature ofthedesignof a bin discharge screw, is the pattern of flow that it generates through the interface tothe storage container For a bin of mass flow design, ...
... return the value of m as the answer and stop; otherwise, proceed to Step Step Divide m by n and assign the value ofthe remainder to r Step Assign the value of n to m and the value of r to n Go to ... available in the previous editions I also changed the order ofthe other sections in this chapter to get a smoother progression from the simpler applicationstothe more advanced ones The other changes ... a head of cabbage He needs to transport all three tothe other side ofthe river in his boat However, the boat has room for only the peasant himself and one other item (either the wolf, the goat,...
... leading to a hole diameter of 0.0194 Section (=0.025 - x 0.0028) The conduction area therefore is the area ofthe via minus the area ofthe hole This leads to a value of 1.95xlO-4 in2 There are ... similar tothe first approach, however, to use the spread angle to estimate the effective length ofthe bend in the bracket For a material with the thermal conductivity of 90 Btu/(hr ft °F), the ... regions; the right region and the left region (figure 3.9) The heat flow distance (L) of each region is taken to be in while the cross-sectional area is assumed to be the one half ofthe area of the...
... ways to assess the ability of MCI items to estimate the construct of interest The valid selection of MCI items ought to be based on assessment ofthe discriminative or predictive power of candidate ... model, the strength ofthe causal relationship between the item and construct is defined using a proxy measure ofthe latent construct The weight estimate ofthe indicator is essentially the amount ... models, the direction ofthe arrows is reversed and the model lacks error term for each ofthe observed indicators A disturbance term (ς1) on the latent construct indicates the proportion of variance...
... R5 to 2.5 V on the input ofthe ADC (the maximum input voltage of ADC4 ofthe MSP430) 5.2 Environment Emulator: Software We already know that the capacitance (stated in terms ofthe amount of ... powers the DUT via the expansion connector Both dedicated hardware and software were needed to achieve this desired feature The general principles ofthe energy-harvesting emulator part ofthe EE ... emulator We measure the current consumed by the DUT, and we set the output voltage The characteristics ofthe energy harvester and the storage element are implemented in software Figure is the...
... L(G) instead of L(B(G)) and refer to it as the system of sets of lengths of G We exclusively use the term factorization to refer to a factorization into irreducible elements (of some atomic monoid ... need the solution of this inverse problem to distinguish the system of sets of lengths ofthe ring of integers of an algebraic number field with class group ofthe form C2 ⊕ C6n from that of one ... due tothe nature ofthe problem, the result has to be essentially empty if we not impose restrictions on the group G, the subgroup H, and the length ofthe sequence A; the result depends on the...