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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0086.v1

Contrast Limited Adaptive Histogram Equalization Based Fusion for Underwater Image Enhancement

JINXIANG MA, Xinnan Fan, Simon X. Yang, Xuewu Zhang, Xifang Zhu

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: image enhancement; image fusion; color space; edge detector; underwater image

Online: 14 March 2017 (17:52:48 CET)

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In order to improve contrast and restore color for underwater image captured by camera sensors without suffering from insufficient details and color cast, a fusion algorithm for image enhancement in different color spaces based on contrast limited adaptive histogram equalization (CLAHE) is proposed in this article. The original color image is first converted from RGB color space to two different special color spaces: YIQ and HSI. The color space conversion from RGB to YIQ is a linear transformation, while the RGB to HSI conversion is nonlinear. Then, the algorithm separately operates CLAHE in YIQ and HSI color spaces to obtain two different enhancement images. The luminance component (Y) in the YIQ color space and the intensity component (I) in the HSI color space are enhanced with CLAHE algorithm. The CLAHE has two key parameters: Block Size and Clip Limit, which mainly control the quality of CLAHE enhancement image. After that, the YIQ and HSI enhancement images are respectively converted backward to RGB color. When the three components of red, green, and blue are not coherent in the YIQ-RGB or HSI-RGB images, the three components will have to be harmonized with the CLAHE algorithm in RGB space. Finally, with 4 direction Sobel edge detector in the bounded general logarithm ratio operation, a self-adaptive weight selection nonlinear image enhancement is carried out to fuse YIQ-RGB and HSI-RGB images together to achieve the final fused image. The enhancement fusion algorithm has two key factors: average of Sobel edge detector and fusion coefficient, and these two factors determine the effects of enhancement fusion algorithm. A series of evaluate metrics such as mean, contrast, entropy, colorfulness metric (CM), mean square error (MSE) and peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) are used to assess the proposed enhancement algorithm. The experiments results showed that the proposed algorithm provides more detail enhancement and higher values of colorfulness restoration as compared to other existing image enhancement algorithms. The proposed algorithm can suppress effectively noise interference, improve the image quality for underwater image availably.

Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201704.0109.v1

Hybrid Mode Locked Fiber Ring Laser

Wenbo Li, Xiang Zhang

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: fiber ring laser; hybrid mode locking; passive mode locking; rational harmonic mode locking; pulse compression

Online: 18 April 2017 (05:14:55 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201705.0045.v1

Methodology for a Dump Design Optimization in Large-Scale Open Pit Mines

Jorge Puell Ortiz

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: mine planning; dump design; open pit; optimization

Online: 5 May 2017 (05:29:10 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201905.0041.v1

Recent Advances in Pipelines Monitoring and Oil Leakage Detection Technologies: Principles and Approaches

Mutiu Adesina Adegboye, Wai-Keung Fung, Aditya Karnik

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: leakage; leak detection; leak characterisation; leak localization; pipelines; wireless sensor networks

Online: 6 May 2019 (08:52:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201807.0302.v1

Deployment of OMNET++

Lesly Maygua-Marcillo, Luis Urquiza-Aguiar, Martha Paredes-Paredes, Pablo Barbecho Bautista

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: network simulator; OMNET++; veins; inet; inetmanet

Online: 17 July 2018 (10:15:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201904.0069.v1

3-D Segmentation of Lung Nodules Using Hybrid Levelsets

Hina Shakir

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: hybrid level-sets, active contours, nodule segmentation, hybrid deformable model

Online: 5 April 2019 (15:36:24 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201609.0053.v1

Applying Multi-Output Random Forest Models to Electricity Price Forecast

Camino González, José M. Mira, José A. Ojeda

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: electricity markets; price forecasting; multi-output models; random forests; conditional inference trees

Online: 18 September 2016 (06:16:19 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0111.v1

Open Hardware and Software Star Tracker: An Opportunity for Collaboration in the Emerging Cubesat Community

Samuel T. Gutierrez, Cesar I. Fuentes, Marcos A. Diaz

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: star tracker; attitude determination; CubeSat

Online: 16 March 2017 (07:12:22 CET)

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Working Paper ARTICLE

Deep-Learning Based Real-Time Multiple-Object Detection and Tracking from Aerial Imagery via Flying Robot with GPU-based Embedded Devices

Sabir Hossain, Deok-Jin Lee

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Multi-Target Detection and Tracking; Multi-copter Drone; Aerial Imagery, Image Sensor, Deep Learning, GPU-based Embedded Module, Neural Computing Stick; Image Processing

Online: 18 July 2019 (10:09:05 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0104.v1

Cyber Risk in IoT Systems

Petar Radanliev, David Charles De Roure, Carsten Maple, Jason R.C. Nurse, Razvan Nicolescu, Uchenna Ani

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: cyber risk; Internet of Things; cyber risk impact assessment; cyber risk estimation; cyber risk insurance

Online: 8 March 2019 (08:50:49 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201609.0085.v1

Modeling and Simulation of Passenger Flow Distribution in Urban Rail Transit Hub Platform

Long Gao, Limin Jia

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: passenger flow distribution integrating model; urban rail transit hub platform; simulation and application; performance evaluation; traffic safety and service level

Online: 26 September 2016 (08:11:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0025.v1

The Impact of Pay-As-You-Throw Schemes in the Management of Municipal Solid Waste: The Case of the County of Aschaffenburg, Germany

Juergen Morlok, Harald Schoenberger, David Styles, Jose-Luis Galvez-Martos, Barbara Zeschmar-Lahl

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: waste management; economic instruments; pay-as-you-throw; municipal solid waste; recycling; environmental management

Online: 3 November 2016 (10:28:43 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0111.v1

Cyber Security Framework for the Internet-of-Things in Industry 4.0

Petar Radanliev, Rafael Mantilla Montalvo, Stacy Cannady, Razvan Nicolescu, Dave De Roure, Jason R.C. Nurse, Michael Huth

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Industry 4.0., Internet of Things, case study, cyber security framework

Online: 8 March 2019 (15:27:11 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201609.0084.v1

A Novel Virtual Torque Sensor for Rescue Robots with Harmonic Drives

Kerui Xia, Liang Ding, Guangjun Liu, Haibo Gao, Zongquan Deng

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: robot joint; virtual torque sensor; Gaussian process regression; harmonic drive compliance model

Online: 23 September 2016 (09:52:45 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201709.0084.v1

Passive Sonar Target Detection Using Statistical Classifier and Adaptive Threshold

Hamed Komari Alaie, Hassan Farsi

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Passive Sonar; Target Detection; Adaptive Threshold; Bayesian Classifier; K-Mean; Particle Filter

Online: 18 September 2017 (17:04:13 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202203.0233.v2

SATCOM, The Future UAV Communication Link

Nick Barua

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: UAV; UAS; SATCOM; ISR; Live aerial observations; HALE; HAPS

Online: 24 March 2022 (09:19:30 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201609.0118.v1

Enabling Inertial Response of Variable-Speed Wind Turbines: A Survey and New Perspectives

Lei Shang

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: inertial response; internal voltage; variable speed wind turbines

Online: 29 September 2016 (11:38:53 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0285.v1

Temperature Control of Stirred Tank Heater using Optimal Control Technique

Mustefa Jibril, Messay Tadese, Eliyas Alemayehu

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: stirred tank heater; Linear Quadratic Gaussian; Linear Quadratic Integral

Online: 23 June 2020 (13:31:24 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0099.v1

CO₂ Gasification Reactivity of Chars Derived From Zhundong Coal

Yun Liu, Yanjun Guan, Kai Zhang

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Zhundong coal; char; CO2 gasification; alkali and alkaline earth metals

Online: 23 January 2017 (09:27:35 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0100.v1

Modelling and Simulation of Vehicle Windshield Wiper System using H∞ Loop Shaping and Robust Pole Placement Controllers

Mustefa Jibril, Messay Tadese, Eliyas Alemayehu

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: H∞ Loop Shaping; Robust Pole Placement; Windshield

Online: 7 June 2020 (15:31:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0088.v1

New Fusion of SVD and DCT-LBP for Face Recognition

El Mahdi Barrah, Said Safi, Abdessamad Malaoui

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Face Recognition; Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT); singular value decomposition (SVD)

Online: 9 August 2016 (11:37:36 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202108.0074.v1

Resource Allocation Schemes For 5G Network: A Systematic Review

Muhammad Ayoub Kamal, Hafiz Wahab Raza, Muhammad Mansoor Alam, M.S. Mazliham

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: 5G, Resource allocation, Resource distribution, Congestion, 5G communication, Comprehensive, Review, Systematic.

Online: 3 August 2021 (11:31:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201704.0187.v1

Exploratory Factors Influencing Building Development Costs in New Zealand Using SEM

Linlin Zhao, Jasper Mbachu, Niluka Domingo

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: influencing factors; building development costs; New Zealand; structural equation modeling

Online: 28 April 2017 (05:22:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201809.0509.v1

Visual Inertial Odometry with Robust Initialization and Online Scale Estimation

Euntae Hong, Jongwoo Lim

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: visual-inertial odometry; UAV navigation; sensor fusion; optimization

Online: 26 September 2018 (13:23:48 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201609.0095.v1

The Impact of Energy, Agriculture, Macroeconomic and Human-Induced Indicators on Environmental Pollution from 1971 to 2011

Samuel Asumadu-Sarkodie, Phebe Asantewaa Owusu

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: SIMPLS; energy economics; econometrics; carbon dioxide emissions; Ghana

Online: 26 September 2016 (12:09:01 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0055.v1

Human Attribute Recognition: A Comprehensive Survey

Ehsan Yaghoubi, Farhad Khezeli, Diana Borza, SV Aruna Kumar, João Neves, Hugo Proença

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Human Attribute Recognition; Imbalanced Learning; Pedestrian Recognition; Privacy Concerns; Clothing Attributes; Soft Biometrics; Appearance-Based Learning; Deep Learning

Online: 5 July 2020 (08:21:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0080.v1

Definition of Internet of Things (IoT) Cyber Risk – Discussion on a Transformation Roadmap for Standardisation of Regulations, Risk Maturity, Strategy Design and Impact Assessment

Petar Radanliev, David De Roure, Jason R.C. Nurse, Pete Burnap, Eirini Anthi, Uchenna Ani, La’Treall Maddox, Omar Santos, Rafael Mantilla Montalvo

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Internet of Things; Micro Mart model; Goal-Oriented Approach; transformation roadmap; Cyber risk regulations; empirical analysis; cyber risk self-assessment; cyber risk target state

Online: 6 March 2019 (11:47:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0127.v1

A Hybrid Adaptive Unscented Kalman Filter Algorithm

Jun He, Qinhua Zhang, Qin Hu, Guouxi Sun

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: hybrid adaptive; unscented kalman filtering; maximum a posteriori; maximum likelihood criterion

Online: 17 March 2017 (01:49:42 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201612.0116.v1

Remote Control for Robot Walking via Gesture Detected by Inertial Sensor

Na Xiang, Fa-fa Wang, Bin-bin Wang, Sheng-lun Yi, Xue-bo Jin, Ting-li Su, Jian-lei Kong, Yu-ting Bai

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: inertial sensor; finger gesture; NAO humanoid robot; quaternions; motion capture

Online: 23 December 2016 (10:31:04 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0094.v1

New Developments in Cyber Physical Systems, the Internet of Things and the Digital Economy – Discussion on Future Developments in the Industrial Internet of Things and Industry 4.0

Petar Radanliev, David De Roure, Jason R.C. Nurse, Razvan Nicolescu, Michael Huth, Stacy Cannady, Rafael Mantilla Montalvo

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Internet of Things; Cyber Physical Systems; Digital Economy; Industrial Internet of Things; Industry 4.0; empirical analysis; cyber risk assessment; cyber risk target state

Online: 7 March 2019 (12:25:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0585.v1

Design & Control of Vehicle Boom Barrier Gate System using Augmented H2 Optimal & H infinity Synthesis Controllers

Mustefa Jibril, Messay Tadese, Tesfabirhan Shoga

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Boom barrier gate; H2 optimal; Hinfinity synthesis

Online: 24 July 2020 (13:47:31 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0043.v1

Urban Flood Analysis Model for Plain Tidal River Network Region

Nianqiang Zhang, Na Li, Jing Wang, Sheng Chen, Shaowei Qiu

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: plain river network; urban flood; flood analysis; Shanghai; Puxi Flood Protected Area

Online: 9 January 2017 (07:17:24 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0015.v1

Finite-Time Stabilization of Homogeneous Non-Lipschitz Systems

Nawel Khelil, Martin J.-D. Otis

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Finite-time control; nonlinear system; non-Lipschitzian dynamics; lyapunov function

Online: 2 August 2016 (10:40:38 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201705.0017.v1

Active Control of Edgewise Vibrations in Wind Turbine Blades Using Stochastic Disturbance Accommodating Control

Cong Cong

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: stochastic disturbance accommodating control; edgewise vibrations; minimum-variance unbiased estimator

Online: 1 May 2017 (11:11:31 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201801.0158.v1

A Systematic Literature Mining of Sponge City: What Has Been Done and The Challenges Standing Ahead

Zongmin Li, Shuyan Xu, Liming Yao

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Sponge city; Active, Beautiful, Clean water design; sustainable drainage systems; water-sensitive urban drainage systems; low impact developments; best management practices; literature mining; literature review

Online: 17 January 2018 (12:34:38 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201707.0044.v1

A Comprehensive Technological Survey on Dependable Self-Managing CPS: The Decade of Researches on Correctness and Dependability

Peng Zhou, Kunmean HOU, Zhan Zhang, Decheng Zuo, Jian Dong, Jianjin Li, Haiyin Zhou

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: cyber physical systems; industry 4.0; MDE; hardware and software co-design; lifetime verification & validation; dependability; correctness; flexibility; self-management; self-adapting; self-healing

Online: 17 July 2017 (10:27:33 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0106.v1

Dual MIMU Pedestrian Navigation by Inequality Constraint Kalman Filtering

Wei Shi, Yang Wang, Yuanxin Wu

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: inertial navigation system; ZUPT; ellipsoidal constraint; correct position

Online: 21 November 2016 (09:57:15 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201609.0115.v1

Design and Construction of a Bilateral Haptic System for the Remote Assessment of the Stiffness and Range of Motion of the Hand

Fabio Oscari, Roberto Oboe, Omar Daud, Stefano Masiero, Giulio Rosati

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: rehabilitation robotics; force feedback; remote rehabilitation; series elastic actuator; tele-assessment

Online: 28 September 2016 (14:04:51 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0077.v1

Potential and Limits of Retrieving Conifer Leaf Area Index Using Smartphone Camera Sensors

Yonghua Qu, Jian Wang, Jinling Song, Jindi Wang

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: leaf area index; smartphone camera sensor; conifer forest; canopy gap fraction

Online: 17 January 2017 (09:59:36 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0274.v1

A Systematic Approach to Evaluating and Benchmarking Robotic Hands - The FFP Index

Anand Vazhapilli Sureshbabu, Giorgio Metta, Alberto Parmiggiani

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: robotic hands; benchmarking; prosthesis

Online: 12 November 2018 (09:29:11 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0027.v1

Artificial Intelligence and Drones to Combat COVID - 19

T Preethika, P Vaishnavi, J Agnishwar, K Padmanathan, S Umashankar, S Annapoorani, M Subash, K Aruloli

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: COVID-19; pandemic; Artificial Intelligence; prevention; testing; treatment

Online: 4 June 2020 (06:30:35 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201612.0104.v1

Internalization of Negative External Cost of Logistics and Incentive Mechanism

Zhanzhong Wang, Zhouling Tsai, Jing Fu, Guangdong Tian

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: green logistics; negative externality of logistics; internalization of logistics negative external cost; incentive mechanism

Online: 20 December 2016 (10:37:21 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201608.0218.v1

Image Reconstruction and Evaluation of Micro-surfaces for MEMS Application

Mohammad Mayyas

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: micro-surface imaging; evaluation; nondestructive; enhancement techniques; thin plate spline; linear sequential estimation; windowing technique, Lenna image, MEMS imaging

Online: 27 August 2016 (10:43:36 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201610.0120.v1

Continuation Methods for Nonlinear Flutter

Edward E. Meyer

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: aeroelasticity; multiple nonlinearity flutter; continuation methods; describing functions; bifurcation; continuation optimization; controlling LCO amplitudes

Online: 27 October 2016 (11:58:27 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201712.0184.v1

Multivariable Static Output Feedback Control of a Binary Distillation Column using Linear Matrix Inequalities and Genetic Algorithm

Kalpana R., Harikumar Kandath, Senthilkumar J., Balasubramanian G., Abhay S. Gour

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: distillation column; disturbance rejection; genetic algorithm; H∞ control; linear matrix inequalities; static output feedback

Online: 26 December 2017 (05:22:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201610.0081.v1

Development and Application of a Wireless Sensor for Space Charge Density Measurement in an Ultra-High-Voltage, Direct-Current Environment

Encheng Xin, Yong Ju, Haiwen Yuan

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Ultra High-voltage direct-current (UHVDC); space charge density; energy consumption; wireless communication; Zigbee

Online: 20 October 2016 (06:02:00 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202103.0282.v1

An Exhaustive Review of Bio-Inspired Algorithms and its Applications for Optimization in Fuzzy Clustering

Fevrier Valdez, Oscar Castillo, Patricia Melin

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Fuzzy Logic; Clustering; optimization

Online: 10 March 2021 (13:17:09 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0510.v1

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Soft Robotic Applications: Brief Overview with Impending Challenges

Sarthak Bhagat, Hritwick Banerjee, Hongliang Ren

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: deep reinforcement learning; imitation learning; soft robotics

Online: 20 November 2018 (16:40:18 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201709.0104.v3

Eccentricity Estimation in Ultra-Precision Rotating Devices Based on a Neuro-Fuzzy Model

Raúl Mario del Toro Matamoros, Rodolfo Haber

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: neuro-fuzzy modelling; intelligent monitoring; manufacturing processes

Online: 28 September 2017 (15:02:05 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0063.v1

A Formal Methodology to Design and Deploy Dependable Wireless Sensor Networks

Juan Carlos Augusto, Marcello Cinque, Antonio Coronato, Alessandro Testa

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Wireless Sensor Networks; Formal Methods; Dependability; Metrics; Modeling

Online: 11 November 2016 (14:08:48 CET)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0040.v1

Digitalization of Animal Farming

Suresh Neethirajan

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Digitalization; sensor technology; block chain technology; data models; livestock

Online: 3 July 2020 (12:29:39 CEST)

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As the global human population increases, animal agriculture must adapt to provide more animal products while also addressing concerns about animal welfare, environmental sustainability, and public health. The purpose of this review is to discuss the digitalization of animal farming with Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) technologies, specifically biosensors, big data, and block chain technology. Biosensors are noninvasive or invasive sensors that monitor an animal’s health and behavior in real time, allowing farmers to monitor individual animals and integrate this data for population-level analyses. The data from the sensors is processed using big data-processing techniques such as data modelling. These technologies use algorithms to sort through large, complex data sets to provide farmers with biologically relevant and usable data. Blockchain technology allows for traceability of animal products from farm to table, a key advantage in monitoring disease outbreaks and preventing related economic losses and food-related health pandemics. With these PLF technologies, animal agriculture can become more transparent and regain consumer trust. While the digitalization of animal farming has the potential to address a number of pressing concerns, these technologies are relatively new. The implementation of PLF technologies on farms will require increased collaboration between farmers, animal scientists, and engineers to ensure that technologies can be used in realistic, on-farm conditions. These technologies will call for data models that can sort through large amounts of data while accounting for specific variables and ensuring automation, accessibility, and accuracy of data. Issues with data privacy, security, and integration will need to be addressed before there can be multi-farm databases. Lastly, the usage of blockchain technology in animal agriculture is still in its infancy; blockchain technology has the potential to improve the traceability and transparency of animal products, but more research is needed to realize its full potential. The digitalization of animal farming can supply the necessary tools to provide sustainable animal products on a global scale.

Preprint TECHNICAL NOTE | doi:10.20944/preprints201607.0080.v1

Equilibrium Model of Movable Elements of Micromechanical Devices with Internal Suspensions

Olga Ezhova, Igor Lysenko, Boris Konoplev, Filipp Bondarev

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: micromechanical mirrors, equilibrium model, electrostatic actuators, criteria, coefficient.

Online: 26 July 2016 (16:06:33 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201809.0329.v1

A Simple Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm to Select Cluster Heads in Ad Hoc Networks

Mahboobeh Parsapoor, Urban Bilstrup

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Ad hoc networks; ant colony optimization; clusterformation

Online: 18 September 2018 (05:56:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201810.0308.v1

Carbon Capture and Storage. A Case Study of Mineral Storage of CO₂ in Greece

Kyriaki Kelektsoglou

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: carbon capture and storage; mineral carbonation; CO2 sequestration; Greek power plants

Online: 15 October 2018 (12:21:12 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0276.v1

The Future of Emerging IoT Paradigms: Architectures and Technologies

Abdul Salam, Anh Duy Hoang, Atluri Meghna, Dylan R. Martin, Gabriel Guzman, Yung Han Yoon, Jacob Carlson, Jordan Kramer, Keim Yansi, Michael Kelly, Michael Skvarek, Milos Stankovic, Nguyen Dang Khoa Le, Tyler Wierzbicki, Xiaozhe Fan

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: IoT in Healthcare; IoT in Vehicular Networks; Behaviors and Decision Making, IoT in Learning Environments; IoT in Mining; Io IoT in Energy Systems; IoT in Smart Cities; Sensors; Low Power Networks

Online: 20 December 2019 (12:37:09 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201711.0027.v1

Classification-Based Singing Melody Extraction Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Sangeun Kum, Juhan Nam

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: convolution neural networks; melody extraction; singing voice activity detection; voice false alarm detection

Online: 3 November 2017 (14:51:47 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201803.0249.v1

Chilled Station Optimization Operation Based on TRNSYS Simulation of an Existing Public Building

Baogang Zhang , Chang Sun, Ming Liu, Lin Lv

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: chilled station, TRNSYS, control strategy, operational energy efficiency

Online: 29 March 2018 (11:49:11 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201903.0039.v2

Recognition of Handwritten Digit using Convolutional Neural Network in Python with Tensorflow and Comparison of Performance for Various Hidden Layers

Fathma Siddique, Shadman Sakib, Md. Abu Bakr Siddique

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Handwritten digit recognition; Convolutional Neural Network (CNN); Deep learning; MNIST dataset; Epochs; Hidden Layers; Stochastic Gradient Descent; Backpropagation

Online: 20 September 2019 (10:12:26 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201612.0050.v1

Performance Analysis of Data–Driven and Model–Based Control Strategies Applied to a Thermal Unit Model

Cihan Turhan, Silvio Simani, Ivan Zajic, Gulden Gokcen Akkurt

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: modelling and simulation for control; advanced control design; model–based and data-driven approaches; artificial intelligence; thermal unit nonlinear system

Online: 9 December 2016 (03:17:38 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201702.0107.v1

Maximum Storm Tide Response to the Intensity of Typhoons and Bathymetric Changes along the East Coast of Taiwan

Wen-Cheng Liu, Wei-Bo Chen, Lee-Yaw Lin

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: maximum storm tide; two-dimensional tide-surge modeling system; east coast of Taiwan; intensity of typhoon; bathymetric rise

Online: 28 February 2017 (13:00:56 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201706.0012.v1

Road Segmentation on Remotely-Sensed Images Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks with Landscape Metrics and Conditional Random Fields

Teerapong Panboonyuen, Peerapon Vateekul, Kulsawasd Jitkajornwanich, Siam Lawawirojwong, Panu Srestasathiern

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: deep convolutional neural networks; road segmentation; conditional random fields; landscape metrics; satellite images; aerial images; THEOS

Online: 2 June 2017 (05:55:13 CEST)

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Preprint CONCEPT PAPER | doi:10.20944/preprints201706.0053.v1

A Mathematical Model for Simulating Canal Flows at Ubombo Sugar

Sandile T. Msibi, Busani Khoza, Sandile C. Simelane

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: water; simulation; model; discharge; USL

Online: 12 June 2017 (06:31:15 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0136.v1

CO2 Concentration and Occupancy Detection of Educational Buildings for Energy Efficiency Purposes: An Experimental Analysis

Alessandro Franco, Francesco Leccese

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: carbon dioxide, energy efficiency, occupancy detection, indoor air quality, measurement, data analysis.

Online: 9 July 2019 (14:37:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201811.0472.v1

Design and Development of a GSM-based Smart Home Automation System: A Low Cost Approach

Md. Selim Reza, SM Mamun, Munna Monjur Mossadded

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: GSM Module; Arduino; SMS; Relay; MQ-2; HC-SR04; LM35

Online: 19 November 2018 (15:05:54 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202005.0146.v1

Study on Machine Learning and Deep Learning Methods for Human Action Recognition

Gopika Rajendran, Ojus Thomas Lee, Arya Gopi, Jais jose, Neha Gautham

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: human action recognition; machine learning; action feature representation; action classification; deep learning

Online: 9 May 2020 (03:56:56 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0002.v2

Small UAS-Based Wind Feature Identification System Part 1: Integration and Validation

Leopoldo Rodriguez Salazar, Jose A. Cobano, Anibal Ollero

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: wind prediction; wind estimation; UAS; wind shear; gust; multi-platform integration

Online: 18 January 2017 (09:44:54 CET)

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This paper presents a system for identification of wind features, such as gusts and wind shear. These are of particular interest in the context of energy-efficient navigation of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). The proposed system generates real-time wind vector estimates and a novel algorithm to generate wind field predictions. Estimations are based on the integration of an off-the-shelf navigation system and airspeed readings in a so-called direct approach. Wind predictions use atmospheric models to characterize the wind field with different statistical analyses. During the prediction stage, the system is able to incorporate, in a big-data approach, wind measurements from previous flights in order to enhance the approximations. Wind estimates are classified and fitted into a Weibull probability density function. A Genetic Algorithm (GA) is utilized to determine the shaping and scale parameters of the distribution, which are employed to determine the most probable wind speed at a certain position. The system uses this information to characterize a wind shear or a discrete gust and also utilizes a Gaussian Process regression to characterize continuous gusts. The knowledge of the wind features is crucial for computing energy-efficient trajectories with low cost and payload. Therefore, the system provides a solution that does not require any additional sensors. The system architecture presents a modular decentralized approach, in which the main parts of the system are separated in modules and the exchange of information is managed by a communication handler to enhance upgradeability and maintainability. Validation is done providing preliminary results of both simulations and Software-In-The-Loop testing. Telemetry data collected from real flights, performed in the Seville Metropolitan Area in Andalusia (Spain), was used for testing. Results show that wind estimation and predictions can be calculated at 1 Hz and a wind map can be updated at 0.4 Hz. Predictions show a convergence time with a 95% confidence interval of approximately 30 s.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201907.0295.v1

Design of Three Phase Solid State Transformer Deployed within Multi-Stage Power Switching Converters

Umair Tahir, Ghulam Abbas, Dan Ovidiu Glavan, Valentina E. Balas, Umar Farooq, Marius M. Balas, Ali Raza, Muhammad Usman Asad, Jason Gu

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: decoupled controller; ferrite material; proportional integral (PI); solid state transformer (SST); space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM); voltage source converter (VSC); voltage source inverter (VSI)

Online: 26 July 2019 (01:02:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201709.0126.v1

Overview of the OGC CDB Standard for 3D Synthetic Environment Simulation & Modeling

Sara Saeedi, Steve Liang, David Graham, Michael F. Lokuta, Mir Abolfazl Mostafavi

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: 3D terrain models; synthetic environment; modeling and simulation; OGC standards; common database

Online: 26 September 2017 (04:13:40 CEST)

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Recent advances in sensor and platform technologies such as satellite systems, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), manned aerial platforms, and ground-based sensor networks have resulted in massive volumes of data is produced and collected about the earth. Processing, managing, and analyzing these data is one of the main challenges in 3D synthetic representation used in modeling and simulation (M&S) of the natural environment. M&S devices, such as flight simulators, traditionally require a variety of different databases to provide a synthetic representation of the world. M&S often requires integration of data from a variety of sources stored in different formats. Thus, for simulation of a complex synthetic environment, such as a 3D terrain model, tackling interoperability among its components (geospatial data, natural and man-made objects, dynamic and static models) is a critical challenge. Conventional approaches used local proprietary data models and formats. These approaches often lacked interoperability and created silos of content within the simulation community. Therefore, open geospatial standards are increasingly perceived as a means to promote interoperability and reusability for 3D M&S. In this paper, the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) CDB Standard is introduced. “CDB” originally refers to Common DataBase which is currently considered as a name with no abbreviation in the OGC community. The OGC CDB is an international standard for structuring, modeling, and storing geospatial information required in high performance modeling and simulation applications. CDB defines the core conceptual models, use cases, requirements, and specifications for employing geospatial data in 3D M&S. The main features of the OGC CDB Standard are described as run-time performance, full plug-and-play interoperable geospatial data store, usefulness in 3D and dynamic simulation environment, ability to integrate proprietary and open-source data formats. Furthermore, compatibility with the OGC standards baseline reduces the complexity of discovering, transforming, and streaming geospatial data into the synthetic environment and makes them more widely acceptable to major geospatial data/software producers. This paper includes an overview of OGC CDB version 1.0 which defines a conceptual model and file structure for the storage, access, and modification of a multi-resolution 3D synthetic environment data store. Finally, this paper presents a perspective of future versions of the OGC CDB and what the steps are for humanizing the OGC CDB standard with the other OGC/ISO standards baseline.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201701.0082.v1

Quantity- and Quality-Based Farm Water Productivity in Wine Production: Case Studies in Germany

Denise Peth, Katrin Drastig, Annette Prochnow

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Germany; wine production; water productivity; AgroHyd Farmmodel

Online: 18 January 2017 (15:21:53 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201705.0004.v1

Data–Driven Fault Diagnosis of a Wind Farm Benchmark Model

Silvio Simani, Paolo Castaldi, Saverio Farsoni

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: fault diagnosis; analytical redundancy; fuzzy logic; neural networks; data-driven approaches; nonlinear geometric approach; wind farm benchmark simulator

Online: 1 May 2017 (07:53:08 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0068.v2

Research and Application of SCADA System for the Microgrid

Shuangshuang Li, Baochen Jiang, Xiaoli Wang, Lubei Dong

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: microgrid; SCADA; Java; middleware

Online: 31 March 2017 (08:27:37 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202205.0223.v1

DeSci - Decentralized Science

Jens Ducrée, Martin Codyre, Ray Walshe, Sönke Barting

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: digitization; virtualization; digital twin; blockchain; crowdsourcing; decentralization; non-fungible token; NFT; smart contract; oracle; tokenization; digital ownership; consensus; governance; trust; incentivization; staking; reputation systems; reproducibility crisis; exponentiality; digital twin; metaverse; DeSci; decentralized science; citizen science; open science; distributed ledger; digital scarcity

Online: 17 May 2022 (05:50:03 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201704.0106.v1

IMM Fifth-Degree Spherical Simplex-Radial Cubature Filter for Maneuvering Target Tracking

Hua Liu, Wen Wu

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: maneuvering target tracking; interacting multiple model; fifth-degree spherical simplex-radial rule; Markov process

Online: 18 April 2017 (03:35:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202207.0176.v1

Revisiting the Detection of Lateral Movement through Sysmon

Christos Smiliotopoulos, Konstantia Barbatsalou, Georgios Kambourakis

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Lateral Movement; Sysmon; Dataset; Attacks; Network Security; Hacking

Online: 12 July 2022 (08:23:10 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201708.0066.v1

A Software Reliability Model with a Weibull Fault Detection Rate Function Subject to Operating Environments

Kwang Yoon Song, In Hong Chang, Hoang Pham

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: non-homogeneous poisson process; software reliability; weibull function; mean square error

Online: 18 August 2017 (13:05:46 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201705.0117.v1

Monocular Vision Navigation Sensor for Autonomous Aerial Refueling

Bin Huang, Yong-rong Sun, Ling Wu, Jian-ye Liu, Qing-hua Zeng

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: autonomous aerial refueling; computer vision; probe and drogue; target detection and tracking; ellipse fitting

Online: 16 May 2017 (05:56:11 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201702.0049.v1

A New Input Device for Spastics Based on Strain Gauge

Niels Buchhold, Christian Baumgartner

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: tactile sensors; assistive technologies; power wheelchair; medical systems; robotic; joystick; strain-gauge; spasticity

Online: 14 February 2017 (09:02:48 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201708.0034.v1

Overview of Modelling and Control Strategies for Wind Turbines and Hydroelectric Systems: Comparisons and Contrasts

Silvio Simani, Stefano Alvisi, Mauro Venturini

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: wind turbines; hydroelectric systems; nonlinear modelling; model--based control; data--driven approach; advanced control; robustness and reliability

Online: 9 August 2017 (04:42:58 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201709.0085.v1

Multi-path Data Distribution Mechanism Based on RPL for Energy Consumption and Time Delay

Licai Zhu, Ruchuan wang, Hao Yang

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Data Distribution; Multi-Path; RPL; Wireless Sensor Network

Online: 18 September 2017 (17:36:09 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201611.0148.v1

Information Theoretic Source Seeking Strategies for Multiagent Plume Tracking in Turbulent Fields

Hadi Hajieghrary, Daniel C. Mox, M. Ani Hsieh

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: multi-agent systems; information theory; distributed control; value of information; collaborative search

Online: 29 November 2016 (07:20:46 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201706.0012.v3

Road Segmentation on Remotely-Sensed Images Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks with Landscape Metrics and Conditional Random Fields

Teerapong Panboonyuen, Peerapon Vateekul, Kulsawasd Jitkajornwanich, Siam Lawawirojwong, Panu Srestasathiern

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: deep convolutional neural networks; road segmentation; conditional random fields; landscape metrics; satellite images; aerial images; THEOS

Online: 5 June 2017 (06:39:54 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201909.0217.v1

Kalman Filter for Leak Diagnosis in Pipelines: Brief History and Future Research

Lizeth Torres, Javier Jiménez-Cabas, Omar González, Lazaro Molina, Francisco-Ronay López-Estrada

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: leak detection; Kalman filter; pipelines

Online: 19 September 2019 (04:21:08 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202106.0252.v1

SigmoReLU: An Improvement Activation Function by Combining Sigmoid and ReLU

Stamatis Mastromichalakis

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Activation Function Combination; dying / vanishing gradients; ReLU; Sigmoid; Neural Networks; Keras; Medical Image Classification

Online: 9 June 2021 (10:46:39 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201805.0464.v1

Proposal for a Software Sustainability Design Catalogue

Shola Oyedeji, Birgit Penzenstadler, Ahmed Seffah

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: sustainability; software sustainability; information and communication technology; software design; sustainability requirement; software sustainability analysis; software sustainability guidelines; karlskrona manifesto

Online: 31 May 2018 (09:44:28 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201710.0141.v1

A Case Study on Large Deformation Failure Mechanism of Coal given Chamber and Invention of a New Wall-Mounted Coal Bunker in Xiashijie Coal Mine with Soft, Swelling Floor Rock

Xingkai Wang, Wenbing Xie, Shengguo Jing, Jianbiao Bai, Zhili Su

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Vertical coal bunker; Coal given chamber; Floor heave; Wall-mounted coal bunker; Reinforcement; Self-bearing system

Online: 20 October 2017 (15:31:57 CEST)

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Serious damage caused by floor heave in the coal given chamber of a vertical coal bunker is one of the challenges faced in underground coal mines. Engineering practice shows that it is more difficult to maintain the coal given chamber (CGC) than a roadway. More importantly, repairing the CGC during mining practice will pose major safety risks and reduce production. Based on the case of the serious collapse that occurred in the bearing structure of the CGC at the lower part of the 214# coal bunker in Xiashijie mine, China, this work analysed (i) the main factors influencing floor heave and (ii) the failure mechanism of the load-bearing structure in the CGC using FLAC^2D numerical models and expansion experiment. The analysis results indicate that: the floor heave, caused mainly by mine water, is the basic reason leading to the instability and repeated failure of the CGC in the 214# coal bunker. Then a new coal bunker, without building the CGC, is proposed and put into practice to replace the 214# coal bunker. The FLAC^3D software program is adopted to establish the numerical model of the wall-mounted coal bunker (WMCB), and the stability of the rock surrounding the WMCB is simulated and analysed. The results show that: (1) the rock surrounding the sandstone segment is basically stable. (2) The surrounding rock in the coal seam segment, which moves into the inside of the bunker, is the main zone of deformation for the entire rock mass surrounding the bunker. Then the surrounding rock is controlled effectively by means of high-strength bolt–cable combined supporting technology. According to the geological conditions of the WMCB, the self-bearing system, which includes (i) H-steel beams, (ii) H-steel brackets, and (iii) self-locking anchor cables, is established and serves as a substitute for the CGC to transfer the whole weight of the bunker to stable surrounding rock. The stability of the new coal bunker has been verified by field testing, and the coal mine has gained economic benefit to a value of 158.026174 million RMB over three years. The new WMCB thus made production more effective and can provide helpful references for construction of vertical bunkers under similar geological conditions.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201906.0146.v1

Development of UAV Tracking and Coordinate Detection Method Using a Dual-Axis Rotary Platform for an Anti-UAV System

Bor-Horng Sheu, Chih-Cheng Chiu, Wei-Ting Lu, Chu-I Huang, Wen-Ping Chen

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles; dynamic coordinate tracking; computer vision; anti-UAV defense system

Online: 16 June 2019 (10:23:16 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0061.v1

Cross-Spectral Local Descriptors via Quadruplet Network

Cristhian A. Aguilera, Angel D. Sappa, Cristhian Aguilera, Ricardo Toledo

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: cross-spectral; descriptor; infrared; CNN

Online: 13 March 2017 (08:31:22 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202007.0725.v1

Dynamics of Single-Action Pneumatic Actuators

Michał Bartyś

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: fluid mechanics; effectiveness of energy conversion; single-action pneumatic actuator; analytical model; simulations; dynamics; asymmetry

Online: 30 July 2020 (12:44:12 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints202201.0016.v2

AI Video Editing: a Survey

Xinrong Zhang, Yanghao Li, Yuxing Han, Jiangtao Wen

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: AI; deep learning; video editing; image editing

Online: 4 February 2022 (13:40:05 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0068.v1

Research and Application of SCADA System for the Microgrid

Shuangshuang Li, Baochen Jiang, Xiaoli Wang, Lubei Dong

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Microgrid; SCADA; Java; Middleware

Online: 13 March 2017 (16:12:13 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0128.v1

Comparison of a Triple Inverted Pendulum Stabilization Using Optimal Control Technique

Mustefa Jibril, Messay Tadese, Eliyas Alemayehu Tadese

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Inverted pendulum; linear quadratic regulator; Pole placement

Online: 10 June 2020 (05:41:25 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202008.0385.v1

Stability Control of Double Inverted Pendulum on a Cart Using Full State Feedback with H infinity and H 2 Controllers

Mustefa Jibril, Messay Tadese, Reta Degefa

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Double inverted pendulum on a cart, Full state feedback H infinity controller, Full state feedback H 2 controller

Online: 18 August 2020 (11:11:01 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201710.0118.v1

Grey Relational Analysis for Hesitant Fuzzy Sets and Interval-Valued Hesitant Fuzzy Sets with Applications to MADM Problems

Xin Guan, Guidong Sun, Xiao Yi, Jing Zhao

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Grey relational analysis (GRA); Hesitant Fuzzy Sets (HFSs); Interval-valued hesitant fuzzy sets (IVHFS); grey relational degree; grey relational based MADM methodology

Online: 17 October 2017 (12:35:18 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201703.0206.v1

Improved Gender Recognition during Stepping Activity for Rehab Application Using the Combinatorial Fusion Approach of EMG and HRV

Nor Aziyatul Izni Mohd Rosli, Mohd Azizi Abdul Rahman, Malarvili Balakrishnan, Takashi Komeda, Saiful Amri Mazlan, Hairi Zamzuri

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: signal processing; feature selection; feature fusion; data fusion; gender recognition; sensor fusion; heart rate variability (HRV), electromyography (EMG); stepper

Online: 28 March 2017 (02:38:01 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201705.0181.v1

Tracking Control with Zero Phase-difference for Linear Switched Reluctance Machines Network

Bo Zhang, J.F. Pan, Jianping Yuan, Wufeng Rao, Li Qiu, Jianjun Luo, Honghua Dai

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: linear switched reluctance machine (LSRM); coordinated network; distributed control; synchronization tracking

Online: 25 May 2017 (06:21:08 CEST)

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Preprint REVIEW | doi:10.20944/preprints201912.0061.v1

A Study Analysis on Effect of Software Scope Management and Scope creeping Factors in Software Project Management

Mehreen Sirshar, Muneeza Khalid

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: scope creep; software engineering; software project management; work breakdown structure; agile method; traditional methodology; functional point analysis; stakeholders

Online: 5 December 2019 (04:20:06 CET)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201906.0034.v1

Arduino Fault Tolerant System, Internet of Things (IoT)

Oluwole K. Bowoto, Bankole I. Oladapo, Prince A. Nimako, Francis T. Omigbodun, Omonigho A. Emenuvwe

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: ESP8266 WI-FI module; signal point of failure; IoT; heartbeat detection

Online: 5 June 2019 (09:49:32 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201709.0072.v1

Structural Model of Robot-Manipulator for Capture of No-Cooperation Client Spacecraft

Dmytro Humennyi, Igor Parkhomey, Yelyzaveta Bondar

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: pay load adapter; robotic arm; no-cooperation spacecraft; suitable docking port

Online: 18 September 2017 (07:39:03 CEST)

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Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints202001.0198.v1

PID Control Algorithm Based on Hydraulic Oil Viscosity for the Proportional Valve of the Planting Depth Control System

Md. Abu Ayub Siddique, Wan-Soo Kim, Yeon-Soo Kim, Taek-Jin Kim, Chang-Hyun Choi, Hyo-Jai Lee, Sun-Ok Chung, Yong-Joo Kim

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: transplanter; hydraulic oil; temperature; viscosity; proportional valve

Online: 18 January 2020 (09:24:36 CET)

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This study was conducted to develop a PID control algorithm considering viscosity for the planting depth control system of a rice transplanter using various hydraulic oils at different temperatures and to evaluate the performance of the control algorithm, and compare the performance of the PID control algorithm without considering viscosity and considering viscosity. In this study, the simulation model of the planting depth control system and a PID control algorithm were developed based on the power flow of the rice transplanter (ERP60DS). The primary PID coefficients were determined using the Ziegler–Nichols (Z–N) second method. Routh’s stability criteria were applied to optimize the coefficients. The pole and double zero points of the PID controller were also applied to minimize the sustained oscillations of the responses. The performance of the PID control algorithm was evaluated for three ISO (The International Organization for Standardization) standard viscosity grade (VG) hydraulic oils (VG 32, 46, and 68). The results show that the control algorithm considering viscosity is able to control the pressure of the proportional valve, which is associated with the actuator displacement for various types of hydraulic oils. It was noticed that the maximum pressure was 15.405 bars at 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 ℃ for all of the hydraulic oils. The settling time and steady-state errors were 0.45 s at 100 ℃ for VG 32, and 0% for all of the conditions. The maximum overshoots were found to be 17.50% at 100 ℃ for VG 32. On the other hand, the PID control algorithm without considering viscosity could not control the planting depth, because the response was slow and did not satisfy the boundary conditions. The PID control algorithm considering viscosity could sufficiently compensate for the nonlinearity of the hydraulic system and was able to perform for any of temperature-dependent viscosity of the hydraulic oils. In addition, the rice transplanter requires a faster response for accurately controlling and maintaining the planting depth. Planting depth is highly associated with actuator displacement. Finally, this control algorithm considering viscosity could be helpful in minimizing the tilting of the seedlings planted using the rice transplanter. Ultimately, it would improve the transplanter performance.

Preprint ARTICLE | doi:10.20944/preprints201806.0265.v1

Adaptive Trajectory Tracking Control of a Quadrotor Based on Iterative Learning Algorithm

Mohammad Mehdi Farzaneh, Alireza Tavakolpour-Saleh

Subject: Engineering, Control And Systems Engineering Keywords: Quadrotor; trajectory tracking control; PID control; iterative learning algorithm.

Online: 18 June 2018 (13:43:18 CEST)

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