This paper emphasizes the importance of the influences of local dynamics on the global dynamics of a control system. By considering an actuator as an individual, nonlinear subsystem connected with a nonlinear process subsystem in cascade, a structure...
A theoretical framework for determining the dynamics of interacting sub-systems is proposed in this paper. Specifically, a systematic analysis is performed that results in an indication about whether an MP or an NMP dynamics occurs in the analyzed pr...
Listeria monocytogenes is a persistent foodborne pathogen capable of surviving in food processing environments, often in association with diverse environmental microflora. This study examines genomic determinants of persistence, specifically stress a...
The evolution of commodity hardware makes it possible to use this type of equipment to implement traffic monitoring systems. A preliminary empirical evaluation of a network traffic probe based on Linux indicates that the system performance has signif...
Application of wireless sensor networks (WSN) and Internet of Things (IoT) used to provide real-time monitoring of fire outbreak in markets. The system integrates three subsystems namely; sensing subsystem which uses multiple sensors for detecting fi...
Many dynamical systems consist of multiple, co-evolving subsystems (i.e., they have multiple degrees of freedom). Often, the dynamics of one or more of these subsystems will not directly depend on the state of some other subsystems, resulting in a ne...
Based on cluster system theory and the Markov process, a performance prediction method utilizing time-dependent subsystem transfers between family systems is proposed in this paper. The family system is divided via the mean clustering method, with th...
A model of a multi-reservoir resource exchange intermediary also defined as a commercial engine is proposed according to analogies and similarities between thermodynamics and economics. The optimal configuration of a multi-reservoir commercial engine...
In this paper, we study a Markovian queuing system consisting of two subsystems of an arbitrary structure. Each subsystem generates a multi-class Markovian arrival process of customers arriving to the other subsystem. We derive the necessary and suff...
The control of large-scale industrial systems has several criteria, such as ensuring high productivity, low production costs and the lowest possible environmental impact. These criteria must be established for all subsystems of the large-scale system...
In this paper, we consider a queueing system consisting of two multi-server subsystems that is designed for the service of clients arriving at a system according to a Markovian arrival process (MAP). Arriving clients receive information about the num...
Machining centers are complex systems that consist of multiple subsystems. When maintaining these subsystems, considering opportunistic maintenance can prevent frequent shutdowns during the machining process and reduce costs. This paper proposes an o...
The problem of simulating complex systems, such as production lines, industrial plants, food processing, etc., today represents an opportunity that brings with it the great advantage of limiting design costs. However, nowadays the designer, after def...
Currently, recognition and assessment of human posture have become significant topics of interest, particularly through the use of visual sensor systems. These approaches can effectively address the drawbacks associated with traditional manual assess...
This paper describes a novel architecture that aims to create a template for the implementation of an IT platform, supporting the deployment and integration of the different digital twin subsystems that compose a complex urban intelligence system. In...
Modern engineering systems are designed and utilized to realize complicated functions, and their operation mechanisms are becoming more complex. Nevertheless, prior related research mainly focused on the reliability evaluations of the systems with a...
The Gaofen-3 (GF-3) data processor was developed as a workstation-based GF-3 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data processing system. The processor consists of two vital subsystems of the GF-3 ground segment, which are referred to as data ingesting sub...
Urbanization has become a key part of social and economic progress in the 21st Century, but achieving healthy and safe urban development has a long way to go for many developed and developing countries. Urbanization has been recognized as a complex e...
We study the entropy production in a fractal system composed of two subsystems, each of which is subjected to an external force. This is achieved by using the H-theorem on the nonlinear Fokker–Planck equations (NFEs) characterizing the diffusin...
To address the performance and power concerns in Double-Data-Rate SDRAM (DDR) subsystems, this paper presents an innovative method for the DDR memory controller scheduler. This design aims to strike a balance between power consumption and performance...
With the continuous development of large-scale aluminum reduction cells, the problem of the uniform distribution of alumina concentration in the cell has become more and more serious for the reduction process. In order to achieve the uniform distribu...
An information model is outlined, which represents an intelligent system of metallographic analysis in the form of a set of subsystems, the interaction of which ensures the performance of metallographic analysis functions. The structure of the inform...
In the process of hardware-in-the-loop simulations (HILs) of indirect matrix converters (IMCs), solving the mathematical models of complex multiswitching converter topologies has become a major problem. The conventional approach is to split the compl...
This research paper addresses the challenge of designing a decentralized controller for a discrete-time uncertain polytopic system with a linear large-scale (LSS) structure. Specifically, we investigate this problem in cases where the subsystem&rsquo...
With the continuous expansion of data centers, their carbon emission has become a serious issue. A number of studies are committing to reduce the carbon emission of data centers. Carbon trading, carbon capture, and power-to-gas technologies are promi...
In millimeter wave (mmWave) communications, the feature of relatively large signal absorption and directional transmission render new challenges for wireless communications and signal processing. To further improve the performance of mmWave communica...
Wearable devices used for personal monitoring applications have been improved over the last decades. However, these devices are limited in terms of size, processing capability and power consumption. This paper proposes an efficient hardware/software...
The article addresses some of the problems associated with the process of shaping commutation strategies in power substations. The issues of modelling the commutation processes of switching devices within a substation and a sample system, as well as...
The use of ilities for systems engineering of subsystems and components is investigated. Prior work on ilities has emphasized or restricted their application to system level, non-functional properties. The premise of this work is that ilities can be...
Amidst the global shift towards a low-carbon development trajectory, the hickory industry in Lin’an District is progressively embracing green, low-carbon, and sustainable practices. This study, leveraging the life cycle assessment (LCA) methodo...
Sustainability issues are typically characterized by high complexity and uncertainty. In light of this, communication plays a crucial role in coping with these challenges. The previous debate on sustainability communication has largely focused on how...
The coastal zone is an area of transition between land and sea, containing rich resources, and it is an important spatial unit where humans engage in production and livelihood. However, in the process of benefiting from the coastal zone, people have...
In this contribution, we generalize existing methods for decentralized control design, providing a unified methodological framework that applies to linear continuous and discrete-time complex systems, as well as certain classes of nonlinear complex s...
To progress towards the “dual carbon” goal and reduce the cost and increase the efficiency of solid oxide fuel cells, this study conducts a full life cycle analysis of solid oxide fuel cells, in which the environmental impact caused by th...
This article presents the methodology and process of the modeling, designing, and testing of a research station enabling the identification, tuning, and verification of Digital Twin (DT) in control systems in power hydraulics. The concept of the stat...
The Systemic–Evolutionary Theory of Cancer (SETOC) is a recently proposed theory based on two important concepts: (i) Evolution, understood as a process of cooperation and symbiosis (Margulian-like), and (ii) The system, in terms of the integra...
Sustainable urban development requires good interaction between water, energy, infrastructure and socio-economic areas. In the context of more frequent heavy rainfall and flooding events, managing the subsystems within the city in an integrated manne...
One of the main challenges as the market for fully commercial electrified vehicles quickly expands is predicting the electromagnetic interference (EMI) in traction voltage systems (TVSs) in differential mode (DM) and common mode (CM). The number of s...
Current small satellite platforms such as CubeSats require robust and versatile communication subsystems that allow the reconfiguration of the critical operating parameters such as carrier frequency, transmission power, bandwidth, or filter roll-off...
Negative contribution of entropy (negentropy) of a non-cahotic system, representing the potential of work, is a source of energy that can be transferred to an internal or inserted subsystem. In this case, the system loses order and its entropy increa...
The Markov method is a common reliability assessment method. It is often used to describe the dynamic characteristics of a system, such as its repairability, fault sequence and multiple degradation states. However, the “curse of dimensionality&...
The present article is an attempt to perceive the universal sustainability observable in an individual country or region, where the religious, political, social-demographic, economic, environmental, creative, technological and investment subsystems a...
This paper presents a conceptual model of land as a coupled human–environment system. Land use and land cover are incorporated as elements of the human and environment system respectively. Drivers and associated processes that influence land use, lan...
Multi-objective unit commitment (MOUC) considers concurrently both economic and environmental objectives, then finds the best trade-off with respect to these objectives. This paper proposes a novel model for MOUC, and a decomposition coordination app...
Fluctuation theorems are a class of equalities that express universal properties of the probability distribution of a fluctuating path functional such as heat, work or entropy production over an ensemble of trajectories during a non-equilibrium proce...
The drilling length is an important parameter in the process of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) exploration and recovery, but there has been a lack of accurate, automatically obtained statistics regarding this parameter. Herein, a technique for...
Since the 1970s various decentralized control methodologies have been developed to deal with the challenge of controlling complex and/or spatially distributed systems with multiple inputs and multiple outputs (MIMO), e.g., chemical plants, power syst...
The core of this publication is the design of a system for evaluating the condition of production equipment and machines by monitoring selected parameters of the production process with an additional sensor subsystem. The main positive of the design...
A dynamic load simulator, which can reproduce on-ground aerodynamic hinge moment of control surface, is an essential rig for the performance and stability test of an aircraft actuation system. In this paper, an observer-based backstepping adaptive co...
This paper presents an indirect adaptive neural network (NN) control algorithm tailored for flexible joint robots (FJRs), aimed at achieving desired transient and steady-state performance. To simplify the controller design process, the original highe...
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