Model uncertainty creates a largely open challenge for industrial process control, which causes a trade-off between robustness and performance optimality. In such a case, we propose a generalized conditional feedback (GCF) system to largely eliminate...
This paper studies the contemporaneous relationship between S&P 500 index returns and log-increments of the market volatility index (VIX) via a nonparametric copula method. Specifically, we propose a conditional dependence index to investigate ho...
A safety and arming device with a condition feedback function has been designed in this article to improve the intelligence and safety of ignition devices. The device achieves active control and recoverability by virtue of four groups of bistable mec...
An automated Condition Monitoring (CM) and real-time controlling framework is essential for outdoor mobile robots to ensure the robot’s health and operational safety. This work presents a novel Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled CM and vibrot...
Due to the rapid development of a global navigation satellite system and the rapid growth of ships, the traditional control algorithms are not suitable; hence, the longitudinal rocking phenomenon generated by external disturbances is more serious whe...
An exponential growing number of individuals are accessing genetic risk information via direct to consumer companies. Alcohol dependence is the third most accessed genetic risk score on a publicly available direct to consumer website. Better understa...
The feedback stabilization problem for nonlinear discrete-time systems with a reduced-order observer is investigated, in which the nonlinear terms of the systems satisfy the quasi-one-sided Lipschitz condition. First, a discrete-time reduced-order ob...
To improve dynamic thermal measurement accuracy on aero-engine hot-section components, integrated heat flux/temperature thin-film sensors (TFHFs) were fabricated using micro-nano technology. This study simulated and compared the time constant calibra...
Understanding surface textures through visual cues is crucial for applications in haptic rendering and virtual reality. However, accurately translating visual information into tactile feedback remains a challenging problem. To address this challenge,...
This paper analyses the contributions of community and smallholder forestry (CSF) to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). A CSF-SDG positive feedback model is proposed; a model that holds that successful CSF positively contributes to 1...
This paper presents the technological status of robot-assisted gait self-training under real clinical environment conditions. A successful rehabilitation after surgery in hip endoprosthetics comprises self-training of the lessons taught by physiother...
This paper presents an extensive investigation into the state feedback stabilization, observer design, and observer-based controller design for a specific category of nonlinear Hadamard fractional-order systems. The research extends the conventional...
This study focuses on developing a control methodology for exoskeleton robots designed for lower limb rehabilitation, specifically addressing the needs of elderly individuals and pediatric therapy. The approach centers on implementing an affine state...
The causal relationship between vegetation and temperature serves as a driving factor for global warming in the climate system. However, causal relationships are typically characterized by complex facets, particularly within natural systems, necessit...
Convective velocity perturbations (CVPs) are known to play an important role in the response of flames to acoustic perturbations and in thermoacoustic combustion instabilities. In order to elucidate the flow-physical origin of CVPs, the present study...
The event-triggered consensus of multi-agent systems received extensive attention in academia and industry perspectives since it ensures all agents eventually converge to a stable state while reducing the utilization of network communication resource...
Fluidic oscillators are often used to modify the forces fluid generates on any given bluff body; they can also be used as flow, pressure or acoustic sensors, with each application requiring a particular oscillator configuration. Regarding the fluidic...
This study investigated the role of haptic feedback in precision peg insertion tasks conducted via teleoperation under varying visual resolution and communication latency conditions. Experiment 1 examined the combined effects of haptic feedback and t...
Feedback-seeking behavior is critical to employee self-change and self-improvement, which is conducive to the sustainable development of employees’ own knowledge and abilities. Drawing on self-determination theory, this study aims to examine th...
Recent studies have indicated that terahertz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) can stably and efficiently acquire output spectra using an affordable and compact multimode laser diode (MMLD) with delayed optical feedback as the light source. This res...
Organizations should support leaders in promoting their employees’ health in every possible way to achieve a sustainable workplace. A good way to support leaders could include getting feedback about their health-promoting behavior from their employee...
This paper formulates sufficiency-type linear-output feedback decentralized closed-loop stabilization conditions if the continuous-time linear dynamic system can be stabilized under linear output-feedback centralized stabilization. The provided tests...
Selective catalytic reduction (SCR) flue gas denitrification systems are inherently complex, typically embodying characteristics of non-linearity, significant time delays, and susceptibility to multiple disturbances. In the context of coal power unit...
Networked control systems are widely spread, which is composed of numerous sensor and control nodes through communication channel. In this paper, an event-triggered
This paper provides a new way to identify conditional cooperation in a real-time version of the standard voluntary contribution mechanism. We define contribution cycles as the number of contributors a player waits for before committing to a further c...
A key question for the evolution of thermokarst wetlands and lakes in Arctic and sub-Arctic permafrost regions is how large-scale warming interacts with local landscape conditions in driving permafrost thaw and its spatial variability. To answer this...
This paper aims to study the workflow of the detection centre of stealthy attacks on industrial installations that generate an increase in energy consumption. Such long-lasting, undetected attacks on industrial facilities make production more expensi...
Physical water scarcity is a growing threat to people’s lives around the world. Non-pecuniary interventions that encourage water conservation amongst households are an effective tool to promote sustainable consumption. In a randomised field experimen...
Updating the equipment of the first responder (FR) by providing them with new capabilities and useful information will inevitably lead to better mission success rates and, therefore, more lives saved. This paper describes the design and implementatio...
This paper presents a method for designing a static output feedback integrated path tracking controller for autonomous vehicles. For path tracking, state–space model-based control methods, such as linear quadratic regulator, H∞ control, s...
One common technique employed in control system design to minimize system model complexity is model order reduction. However, controllers designed by using a reduced-order model have the potential to cause the closed-loop system to become unstable wh...
With only one piece of the power-spectrum pattern, the single-shot coherent power-spectrum imaging can provide a clear object image for real-time applications even if the object is hidden by opaque scattering media, in which the feedback coefficient...
The hypermedia environment is among the most prevalent contemporary self-regulated learning (SRL) environments; however, methods for improving the effectiveness of students’ multi-session SRL in such environments remain under discussion. In thi...
An efficient and stable braking feedback scheme is one of the key technologies to improve the endurance performance of pure electric vehicles. In this study, four constraint conditions for different braking feedback schemes were clearly defined, and...
Although studies have indicated that the prior use of video feedback and music listening separately improves physical performance and positive feelings in various sports, to our knowledge, no studies have investigated their combined effect in combat-...
Plants alter soil characteristics causing changes in their subsequent growth resulting in positive or negative feedback on both their own fitness and that of other plants. In a greenhouse study, we investigated whether the sign and strength of feedba...
Background: Haptic technology has long been integrated into simulated (sim) environments to create a sense of realism and improve performance. In sim racing, force and vibrotactile feedback have been implemented into steering wheels to create a more...
The purpose of this paper is to compare performances between stabilization algorithms of quaternion plus attitude rate feedback and rotation matrix plus attitude rate feedback for an Earth-pointing spacecraft with magnetorquers as the only torque act...
This study concentrates on the effects of teacher feedback (FB) on students’ learning performance when students are tackling guiding questions (GQ) during the online session in a flipped classroom environment. Next to students’ performanc...
Creativity is central to innovation and problem-solving, yet scalable training solutions remain limited. This study evaluates Creativeable, an AI-powered creativity training program that provides automated feedback and adjusts creative story writing...
Maintaining optimal levels of engagement during rehabilitation training is crucial for inducing neuroplasticity in the motor cortex, which directly influences positive rehabilitation outcomes. In this research article, we propose a virtual reality (V...
For individuals with altered sensory cues, vibrotactile feedback improves their balance control. However, should vibrotactile feedback be provided every time balance control is compromised, or only one-third of the time their balance is compromised?...
Background: Augmenting auditory feedback through an error-augmentation paradigm could facilitate the perception and correction of gait asymmetry in stroke survivors, but how such a paradigm should be tailored to individual asymmetry profiles remains...
13 September 2021
Background: Problematic smartphone use is highly prevalent in adolescent populations compared to other age groups (e.g., adults and young children). Previous studies suggested that higher levels of reward sensitivity were associated with problematic...
This paper took a new energy vehicle feedback system as the research object, aiming to study the energy recovery law of the new energy vehicle under braking feedback and taxiing feedback conditions. Firstly, the braking energy feedback control strate...
29 September 2023
Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) sensors have been one of the excellent candidates for magnetic field detection due to their high sensitivity and compact size. In this paper, we design a magnetometer with in situ magnetic feedback consisting of an MTJ...
Student Approaches to Learning (SAL) have been the focus of much research, typically linking different approaches, e.g., surface and deep, to different assessment types. However, much of the previous research has not considered the different conditio...
The research on children’s learning of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) topics from electronic applications (apps) is limited, though it appears that children can reasonably transfer learning from tablet games to particular tas...
In this paper, the mean-square strong stability and stabilization of discrete-time Markov jump systems are studied. Firstly, the definition of mean-square strong stability is given, and the necessary and sufficient conditions for mean-square strong s...
Haptic feedback is the sensory modality to enhance the so-called “immersion”, meant as the extent to which senses are engaged by the mediated environment during virtual reality applications. However, it can be challenging to meet this req...
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