Advanced Model Predictive Control

Edited by: Tao Zheng



ISBN 978-953-307-298-2, Hard cover, 418 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: July 2011

Model Predictive
Control (MPC) refers to a class of control algorithms in which a dynamic
process model is used to predict and optimize process performance. From
lower request of modeling accuracy and robustness to complicated
process plants, MPC has been widely accepted in many practical fields.
As the guide for researchers and engineers all over the world concerned
with the latest developments of MPC, the purpose of "Advanced Model
Predictive Control" is to show the readers the recent achievements in
this area. The first part of this exciting book will help you comprehend
the frontiers in theoretical research of MPC, such as Fast MPC,
Nonlinear MPC, Distributed MPC, Multi-Dimensional MPC and Fuzzy-Neural
MPC. In the second part, several excellent applications of MPC in modern
industry are proposed and efficient commercial software for MPC is
introduced. Because of its special industrial origin, we believe that
MPC will remain energetic in the future.

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Petri Net, Theory and Applications

Edited by: Vedran Kordic



ISBN 978-3-902613-12-7, Hard cover, 534 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: February 2008

Although many
other models of concurrent and distributed systems have been de- veloped
since the introduction in 1964 Petri nets are still an essential model
for concurrent systems with respect to both the theory and the
applications. The main attraction of Petri nets is the way in which the
basic aspects of concurrent systems are captured both conceptually and
mathematically. The intuitively appealing graphical notation makes Petri
nets the model of choice in many applications. The natural way in which
Petri nets allow one to formally capture many of the basic notions and
issues of concurrent systems has contributed greatly to the development
of a rich theory of concurrent systems based on Petri nets.
This book brings together reputable researchers from all over the world
in order to provide a comprehensive coverage of advanced and modern
topics not yet reflected by other books. The book consists of 23
chapters written by 53 authors from 12 different countries.

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Systems Structure and Control

Edited by: Petr Husek



ISBN 978-953-7619-05-3, Hard cover, 248 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: August 2008

The title of the
book System, Structure and Control encompasses broad field of theory and
applications of many different control approaches applied on different
classes of dynamic systems. Output and state feedback control include
among others robust control, optimal control or intelligent control
methods such as fuzzy or neural network approach, dynamic systems are
e.g. linear or nonlinear with or without time delay, fixed or uncertain,
onedimensional or multidimensional. The applications cover all branches
of human activities including any kind of industry, economics, biology,
social sciences etc.

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Adaptive Control

Edited by: Kwanho You



ISBN 978-953-7619-47-3, Hard cover, 372 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: January 2009

Adaptive control
has been a remarkable field for industrial and academic research since
1950s. Since more and more adaptive algorithms are applied in various
control applications, it is becoming very important for practical
implementation. As it can be confirmed from the increasing number of
conferences and journals on adaptive control topics, it is certain that
the adaptive control is a significant guidance for technology
development.The authors the chapters in this book are professionals in
their areas and their recent research results are presented in this book
which will also provide new ideas for improved performance of various
control application problems.

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Frontiers in Adaptive Control

Edited by: Shuang Cong



ISBN 978-953-7619-43-5, Hard cover, 334 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: January 2009

The objective of
this book is to provide an up-to-date and state-of-the-art coverage of
diverse aspects related to adaptive control theory, methodologies and
applications. These include various robust techniques, performance
enhancement techniques, techniques with less a-priori knowledge,
nonlinear adaptive control techniques and intelligent adaptive
techniques. There are several themes in this book which instance both
the maturity and the novelty of the general adaptive control. Each
chapter is introduced by a brief preamble providing the background and
objectives of subject matter. The experiment results are presented in
considerable detail in order to facilitate the comprehension of the
theoretical development, as well as to increase sensitivity of
applications in practical problems

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Automation Control - Theory and Practice

Edited by: A D Rodić



ISBN 978-953-307-039-1, Hard cover, 350 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: December 2009









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Petri Nets Applications

Edited by: Pawel Pawlewski



ISBN 978-953-307-047-6, Hard cover, 752 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: February 2010









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Fuzzy Systems

Edited by: Ahmad Taher Azar



ISBN 978-953-7619-92-3, Hard cover, 216 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: February 2010









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Self-Organizing Maps

Edited by: George K Matsopoulos



ISBN 978-953-307-074-2, Hard cover, 430 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: April 2010









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Stochastic Control

Edited by: Chris Myers



ISBN 978-953-307-121-3, Hard cover, 650 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: August 2010

Uncertainty
presents significant challenges in the reasoning about and controlling
of complex dynamical systems. To address this challenge, numerous
researchers are developing improved methods for stochastic analysis.
This book presents a diverse collection of some of the latest research
in this important area. In particular, this book gives an overview of
some of the theoretical methods and tools for stochastic analysis, and
it presents the applications of these methods to problems in systems
theory, science, and economics.

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Vibration Control

Edited by: Mickael Lallart



ISBN 978-953-307-117-6, Hard cover, 380 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: August 2010

Vibrations are a
part of our environment and daily life. Many of them are useful and are
needed for many purposes, one of the best example being the hearing
system. Nevertheless, vibrations are often undesirable and have to be
suppressed or reduced, as they may be harmful to structures by
generating damages or compromise the comfort of users through noise
generation of mechanical wave transmission to the body. the purpose of
this book is to present basic and advanced methods for efficiently
controlling the vibrations and limiting their effects. Open-access
publishing is an extraordinary opportunity for a wide dissemination of
high quality research. This book is not an exception to this, and I am
proud to introduce the works performed by experts from all over the
world.

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Self Organizing Maps - Applications and Novel Algorithm Design

Edited by: Josphat Igadwa Mwasiagi



ISBN 978-953-307-546-4, Hard cover, 702 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: January 2011

Kohonen Self
Organizing Maps (SOM) has found application in practical all fields,
especially those which tend to handle high dimensional data. SOM can be
used for the clustering of genes in the medical field, the study of
multi-media and web based contents and in the transportation industry,
just to name a few. Apart from the aforementioned areas this book also
covers the study of complex data found in meteorological and remotely
sensed images acquired using satellite sensing. Data management and
envelopment analysis has also been covered. The application of SOM in
mechanical and manufacturing engineering forms another important area of
this book. The final section of this book, addresses the design and
application of novel variants of SOM algorithms.

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Torque Control

Edited by: Moulay Tahar Lamchich



ISBN 978-953-307-428-3, Hard cover, 292 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: February 2011

This book is the
result of inspirations and contributions from many researchers, a
collection of 9 works, which are, in majority, focalised around the
Direct Torque Control and may be comprised of three sections: different
techniques for the control of asynchronous motors and double feed or
double star induction machines, oriented approach of recent developments
relating to the control of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors, and
special controller design and torque control of switched reluctance
machine.

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Time-Delay Systems

Edited by: Dragutin Debeljkovic



ISBN 978-953-307-559-4, Hard cover, 226 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: February 2011

Time delay is very
often encountered in various technical systems, such as electric,
pneumatic and hydraulic networks, chemical processes, long transmission
lines, robotics, etc.
The existence of pure time lag, regardless if it is present in the
control or/and the state, may cause undesirable system transient
response, or even instability.
Consequently, the problem of controllability, observability, robustness,
optimization, adaptive control, pole placement and particularly
stability and robustness stabilization for this class of systems, has
been one of the main interests for many scientists and researchers
during the last five decades.

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Chaotic Systems

Edited by: Esteban Tlelo-Cuautle



ISBN 978-953-307-564-8, Hard cover, 310 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: February 2011

This book presents
a collection of major developments in chaos systems covering aspects on
chaotic behavioral modeling and simulation, control and synchronization
of chaos systems, and applications like secure communications. It is a
good source to acquire recent knowledge and ideas for future research on
chaos systems and to develop experiments applied to real life problems.
That way, this book is very interesting for students, academia and
industry since the collected chapters provide a rich cocktail while
balancing theory and applications.

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Electric Machines and Drives

Edited by: Miroslav Chomat



ISBN 978-953-307-548-8, Hard cover, 262 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: February 2011

The subject of
this book is an important and diverse field of electric machines and
drives. The twelve chapters of the book written by renowned authors,
both academics and practitioners, cover a large part of the field of
electric machines and drives. Various types of electric machines,
including three-phase and single-phase induction machines or doubly fed
machines, are addressed. Most of the chapters focus on modern control
methods of induction-machine drives, such as vector and direct torque
control. Among others, the book addresses sensorless control techniques,
modulation strategies, parameter identification, artificial
intelligence, operation under harsh or failure conditions, and modelling
of electric or magnetic quantities in electric machines. Several
chapters give an insight into the problem of minimizing losses in
electric machines and increasing the overall energy efficiency of
electric drives.

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Fuzzy Controllers, Theory and Applications

Edited by: Lucian Grigorie



ISBN 978-953-307-543-3, Hard cover, 368 pages

Publisher: InTech

Publication date: February 2011

Trying to meet the
requirements in the field, present book treats different fuzzy control
architectures both in terms of the theoretical design and in terms of
comparative validation studies in various applications, numerically
simulated or experimentally developed. Through the subject matter and
through the inter and multidisciplinary content, this book is addressed
mainly to the researchers, doctoral students and students interested in
developing new applications of intelligent control, but also to the
people who want to become familiar with the control concepts based on
fuzzy techniques. Bibliographic resources used to perform the work
includes books and articles of present interest in the field, published
in prestigious journals and publishing houses, and websites dedicated to
various applications of fuzzy control. Its structure and the presented
studies include the book in the category of those who make a direct
connection between theoretical developments and practical applications,
thereby constituting a real support for the specialists in artificial
intelligence, modelling and control fields.

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