Wpmh Maurice Heemels

Bio: Wpmh Maurice Heemels is an academic researcher from Eindhoven University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Linear system & Hybrid system. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 427 publications receiving 16476 citations. Previous affiliations of Wpmh Maurice Heemels include University of California, Santa Barbara.

Compensation-based control for lossy communication networks

Abstract: In this paper we are concerned with the stability analysis and the design of stabilizing compensation-based control algorithms for networked control systems (NCSs) that exhibit packet dropouts. We propose a new type of model-based dropout compensator, which depends on the local dropout history, and we provide LMI-based conditions for their synthesis. The analysis and design framework includes stochastic models to describe the packet dropout behavior in both the sensor-to-controller and controller-to-actuator channel. Via examples we demonstrate the significantly improved robustness with respect to packet dropouts using the proposed dropout compensator, compared to using the zero strategy and the hold strategy.

Self-triggered and event-driven control for linear systems with stochastic delays

Abstract: Delays are often present in embedded and networked control loops and represent one of the main sources of performance limitations. In this paper, we propose two aperiodic control strategies to optimize closed-loop performance in the presence of stochastic delays: (i) a self-triggered strategy, in which the deadline to drop data is decided on-line based on the current state; (ii) an event-driven strategy, whereby the control input is updated immediately after the delayed data becomes available, leading in general to faster but time-varying control loops. These schemes are designed and analyzed using a standard LQG framework, which allows for assessing and comparing closed-loop performance. We establish that our self-triggered strategy always achieves a better closed-loop performance than periodic control with an optimal sampling period. Moreover, we provide examples where the event-driven strategy outperforms the self-triggered strategy and examples where the opposite is observed.

Stability analysis of spatially invariant systems with event-triggered communication

Abstract: In this paper we analyze spatially invariant inter-connections consisting of a (finite) number of subsystems that use packet-based communication networks for the exchange of information. An example of such an interconnected system is the platoon of vehicles that uses cooperative control to drive autonomously. By building upon a recently developed hybrid systems framework for the considered spatially invariant inter-connections, we investigate the design of event-based triggering mechanisms that aim to reduce the amount of transmission times while still guaranteeing behavior in terms of uniform global asymptotic stability (UGAS) for the overall interconnected system. To obtain tractable design conditions, we exploit the spatially invariant property. As a result, we obtain conditions based on only the local information of one of the subsystems in the interconnection and the interconnection structure itself. A nonlinear example is used to illustrate the applications and benefits of the obtained modeling approach.

I and i

Abstract: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality. Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

Progress in electrical energy storage system: A critical review

Abstract: Electrical energy storage technologies for stationary applications are reviewed. Particular attention is paid to pumped hydroelectric storage, compressed air energy storage, battery, flow battery, fuel cell, solar fuel, superconducting magnetic energy storage, flywheel, capacitor/supercapacitor, and thermal energy storage. Comparison is made among these technologies in terms of technical characteristics, applications and deployment status.

Stability and Stabilizability of Switched Linear Systems: A Survey of Recent Results

Abstract: During the past several years, there have been increasing research activities in the field of stability analysis and switching stabilization for switched systems. This paper aims to briefly survey recent results in this field. First, the stability analysis for switched systems is reviewed. We focus on the stability analysis for switched linear systems under arbitrary switching, and we highlight necessary and sufficient conditions for asymptotic stability. After a brief review of the stability analysis under restricted switching and the multiple Lyapunov function theory, the switching stabilization problem is studied, and a variety of switching stabilization methods found in the literature are outlined. Then the switching stabilizability problem is investigated, that is under what condition it is possible to stabilize a switched system by properly designing switching control laws. Note that the switching stabilizability problem has been one of the most elusive problems in the switched systems literature. A necessary and sufficient condition for asymptotic stabilizability of switched linear systems is described here.

Coverage control for mobile sensing networks

Abstract: This paper presents control and coordination algorithms for groups of vehicles. The focus is on autonomous vehicle networks performing distributed sensing tasks where each vehicle plays the role of a mobile tunable sensor. The paper proposes gradient descent algorithms for a class of utility functions which encode optimal coverage and sensing policies. The resulting closed-loop behavior is adaptive, distributed, asynchronous, and verifiably correct.