Applications of Intelligent Control to Engineering Systems - In Honour of Dr. G. J. Vachtsevanos

Table of Contents

Preface

List of Contributors

PART I DIAGNOSTICS, PROGNOSTICS, CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE

1 Selected Prognostic Methods with Application to an Integrated Health Management System

1.1 Introduction

1.2 Prognostic Algorithm Approaches

1.3 Statistical Reliability and Usage-Based Approaches

1.4 Signal Integrity and Anomaly Detection

1.5 Trend-Based Evolutionary Approaches

1.6 Data-Driven Model-Based Approaches

1.7 State-Estimator-Based Prognostics

1.8 Physics-Based Modeling Approaches

1.9 Prognosis Remaining Useful Life Probability Density Function

1.10 Adaptive Prognosis

1.11 Distributed Prognosis System Architecture

1.12 Conclusions

References

2 Advances in Uncertainty Representation and Management for Particle Filtering Applied to Prognostics*

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Uncertainty Representation and Management in Long-Term Prediction: A Particle Filtering-Based Approach

2.3 Uncertainty Management in Long-Term Predictions

2.4 An Illustrative Example

2.5 Conclusion

Acknowledgment

References

3 A Novel Blind Deconvolution De-Noising Scheme in Failure Prognosis

List of Symbols

3.1 Introduction

3.2 The De-Noising Scheme Architecture

3.3 Vibration Data Analysis

3.4 Blind Deconvolution De-Noising Scheme

3.5 Experimental Studies

3.6 Conclusion

Acknowledgement

References

4 Particle Filter Based Anomaly Detection for Aircraft Actuator Systems

Nomenclature

4.1 Introduction

4.2 System Background

4.3 Theory

4.4 Experimental Evaluation

4.5 Conclusion

Acknowledgements

References

PART II UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS

5 Design of a Hardware and Software Architecture for Unmanned Vehicles: A Modular Approach

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Hardware Design

5.3 Software Design

5.4 Hardware Architecture

5.5 Software Architecture

5.6 Field Experiments

5.7 Conclusions

References

6 Designing a Real-time Vision System for Small Unmanned Rotorcraft: A Minimal and Cost- Effective Approach

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Literature Review

6.3 Restating and Addressing the Problem

6.4 System Implementation and Performance Evaluation

6.5 Conclusion

6.6 Future Research

Acknowledgment

References

7 Coordination of Helicopter UAVs for Aerial Forest- Fire Surveillance

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

7.3 Cooperation Strategies and Consensus for UAVs in Forest Fire Surveillance Operations

7.4 Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter Dynamics

7.5 UqH Control Design and rendez-vous Task Formulation for Forest Fire Surveillance

7.6 Simulation Studies

7.7 Conclusions

References

8 Genetic Fuzzy Rule-Based Classifiers for Land Cover Classification from Multispectral Images

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Basic Concepts

8.3 Boosted Genetic Fuzzy Classifier

8.4 Experimental Results

8.5 Conclusions

References

9 Epileptic Seizures May Begin Hours in Advance of Clinical Onset: A Report of Five Patients*

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Clinical Background

9.3 Results

9.4 Clinical Research: Experimental Issues

9.5 An Implantable Diagnostic-Therapeutic Device

9.6 Analogy to Cardiology

9.7 Conclusion

9.8 Experimental Methods

Acknowledgements

References

10 Intelligent Control Strategies for Neurostimulation

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Implantable Neurostimulation Devices

10.3 Experimental Evidence for Feedback Devices

10.4 Computer Simulation of Pathologic Oscillations and Feedback Therapy

10.5 Extension to Continuous Feedback Control

10.6 Conclusion

References

11 Software Technology for Implementing Reusable, Distributed Control Systems*

11.1 Component-Based Architectures

11.2 Distributed Computing Overview

11.3 Real-Time Computing

11.4 Commercial Products and Market Trends

11.5 Research Tools on the Horizon

11.6 Summary

Acknowledgments

References

12 UGV Localization Based on Fuzzy Logic and Extended Kalman Filtering

Nomenclature

12.1 Introduction

12.2 RelatedWork

12.3 Extended Kalman Filter

12.4 Fuzzy Logic Controllers

12.5 Case Study

12.6 Conclusions

References

13 Adaptive Estimation of Fuzzy Cognitive Networks and Applications

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

13.3 Existence and uniqueness of solutions in Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

13.4 Online Parameter Estimation of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps

13.5 Numerical Examples

13.6 The Fuzzy Cognitive Network Approach

13.7 Conclusions

References

14 An Improved Method in Receding Horizon Control with Updating of Terminal Cost Function

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Receding Horizon Control

14.3 Updated Terminal Cost Receding Horizon Control

14.4 Simulation Results

14.5 Conclusion

References

15 Identifier-Based Discovery in Large-Scale Networks

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Networks and Strategic Behavior

15.3 Identifier-Based Discovery

15.4 An Incentive Model for Route Distribution and Discovery in Path Vector Protocols

15.5 HRP: Convergence, and Equilibria

15.6 Conclusions and Ongoing Work

Appendix A: Proof of Lemma 1

References