Applications of Intelligent Control to Engineering Systems (eBook)

Table of Contents 7
Preface 9
List of Contributors 11
PART I DIAGNOSTICS, PROGNOSTICS, CONDITION-BASED MAINTENANCE 19
1 Selected Prognostic Methods with Application to an Integrated Health Management System 20
1.1 Introduction 20
1.2 Prognostic Algorithm Approaches 21
1.3 Statistical Reliability and Usage-Based Approaches 22
1.4 Signal Integrity and Anomaly Detection 24
1.5 Trend-Based Evolutionary Approaches 26
1.6 Data-Driven Model-Based Approaches 27
1.7 State-Estimator-Based Prognostics 28
1.8 Physics-Based Modeling Approaches 30
1.9 Prognosis Remaining Useful Life Probability Density Function 32
1.10 Adaptive Prognosis 34
1.11 Distributed Prognosis System Architecture 35
1.12 Conclusions 36
References 37
2 Advances in Uncertainty Representation and Management for Particle Filtering Applied to Prognostics* 39
2.1 Introduction 40
2.2 Uncertainty Representation and Management in Long-Term Prediction: A Particle Filtering-Based Approach 41
2.3 Uncertainty Management in Long-Term Predictions 44
2.4 An Illustrative Example 46
2.5 Conclusion 50
Acknowledgment 51
References 51
3 A Novel Blind Deconvolution De-Noising Scheme in Failure Prognosis 52
List of Symbols 52
3.1 Introduction 53
3.2 The De-Noising Scheme Architecture 55
3.3 Vibration Data Analysis 56
3.4 Blind Deconvolution De-Noising Scheme 64
3.5 Experimental Studies 66
3.6 Conclusion 76
Acknowledgement 77
References 77
4 Particle Filter Based Anomaly Detection for Aircraft Actuator Systems 79
Nomenclature 80
4.1 Introduction 81
4.2 System Background 82
4.3 Theory 85
4.4 Experimental Evaluation 95
4.5 Conclusion 101
Acknowledgements 101
References 101
PART II UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS 103
5 Design of a Hardware and Software Architecture for Unmanned Vehicles: A Modular Approach 104
5.1 Introduction 105
5.2 Hardware Design 106
5.3 Software Design 108
5.4 Hardware Architecture 110
5.5 Software Architecture 119
5.6 Field Experiments 125
5.7 Conclusions 127
References 127
6 Designing a Real-time Vision System for Small Unmanned Rotorcraft: A Minimal and Cost- Effective Approach 129
6.1 Introduction 129
6.2 Literature Review 133
6.3 Restating and Addressing the Problem 136
6.4 System Implementation and Performance Evaluation 149
6.5 Conclusion 168
6.6 Future Research 173
Acknowledgment 176
References 177
7 Coordination of Helicopter UAVs for Aerial Forest- Fire Surveillance 180
7.1 Introduction 180
7.2 Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 183
7.3 Cooperation Strategies and Consensus for UAVs in Forest Fire Surveillance Operations 184
7.4 Unmanned Quadrotor Helicopter Dynamics 187
7.5 UqH Control Design and rendez-vous Task Formulation for Forest Fire Surveillance 194
7.6 Simulation Studies 198
7.7 Conclusions 202
References 203
8 Genetic Fuzzy Rule-Based Classifiers for Land Cover Classification from Multispectral Images 205
8.1 Introduction 205
8.2 Basic Concepts 207
8.3 Boosted Genetic Fuzzy Classifier 212
8.4 Experimental Results 221
8.5 Conclusions 229
References 230
9 Epileptic Seizures May Begin Hours in Advance of Clinical Onset: A Report of Five Patients* 233
9.1 Introduction 234
9.2 Clinical Background 235
9.3 Results 238
9.4 Clinical Research: Experimental Issues 245
9.5 An Implantable Diagnostic-Therapeutic Device 246
9.6 Analogy to Cardiology 247
9.7 Conclusion 248
9.8 Experimental Methods 248
Acknowledgements 250
References 251
10 Intelligent Control Strategies for Neurostimulation 254
10.1 Introduction 254
10.2 Implantable Neurostimulation Devices 255
10.3 Experimental Evidence for Feedback Devices 257
10.4 Computer Simulation of Pathologic Oscillations and Feedback Therapy 258
10.5 Extension to Continuous Feedback Control 260
10.6 Conclusion 267
References 269
11 Software Technology for Implementing Reusable, Distributed Control Systems* 272
11.1 Component-Based Architectures 273
11.2 Distributed Computing Overview 279
11.3 Real-Time Computing 288
11.4 Commercial Products and Market Trends 292
11.5 Research Tools on the Horizon 293
11.6 Summary 294
Acknowledgments 295
References 295
12 UGV Localization Based on Fuzzy Logic and Extended Kalman Filtering 299
Nomenclature 300
12.1 Introduction 300
12.2 RelatedWork 302
12.3 Extended Kalman Filter 303
12.4 Fuzzy Logic Controllers 307
12.5 Case Study 311
12.6 Conclusions 330
References 331
13 Adaptive Estimation of Fuzzy Cognitive Networks and Applications 333
13.1 Introduction 334
13.2 Fuzzy Cognitive Maps 336
13.3 Existence and uniqueness of solutions in Fuzzy Cognitive Maps 338
13.4 Online Parameter Estimation of Fuzzy Cognitive Maps 350
13.5 Numerical Examples 355
13.6 The Fuzzy Cognitive Network Approach 357
13.7 Conclusions 364
References 365
14 An Improved Method in Receding Horizon Control with Updating of Terminal Cost Function 368
14.1 Introduction 369
14.2 Receding Horizon Control 370
14.3 Updated Terminal Cost Receding Horizon Control 377
14.4 Simulation Results 383
14.5 Conclusion 392
References 395
15 Identifier-Based Discovery in Large-Scale Networks 397
15.1 Introduction 398
15.2 Networks and Strategic Behavior 400
15.3 Identifier-Based Discovery 406
15.4 An Incentive Model for Route Distribution and Discovery in Path Vector Protocols 413
15.5 HRP: Convergence, and Equilibria 420
15.6 Conclusions and Ongoing Work 424
Appendix A: Proof of Lemma 1 425
References 426