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Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control 1998
1st Edition
Y.H. Pao + 1 more
English
This symposium was the seventh in a very successful series in this field. Since the beginning of the series, there have been a number of very positive developments in the topical area of 'Intelligent Control'. In particular, the area referred to as 'situated control' has stimulated the formation of new perspectives towards real-time intelligent systems. The performances of such artificial species as walking cockroaches, maze-negotiating mice, coke-can collecting robots and the like have encouraged the exploration of yet more adaptive control perspectives. In this symposium, there was a strong wind of change bringing more consideration of the roles of learning, evolution, hybrid systems and so on under many diverse labels and for many different systems and circumstances.
Wettability at High Temperatures
1st Edition
Volume 3
N. Eustathopoulos + 2 more
English
The purpose of this book is to bring together current scientific understanding of wetting behaviour that has been gained from theoretical models and quantitative experimental observations. The materials considered are liquid metals or inorganic glasses in contact with solid metals or ceramics at temperatures of 200-2000oC. Wetting has been a significant scientific concern for the last two centuries and reference will be made to classical work by nineteenth century scientists such as Dupré, Laplace and Young that was validated by observations of the behaviour of chemically inert ambient temperature systems.In attempting to achieve the aims of the book, the text has been divided into ten Chapters that can be grouped into four stages of presentation. The first stage comprises two Chapters that review established and newly developed models for their relevance to wetting behaviour at high temperatures, including recent models that encompass the role of chemical reactions at the solid/liquid interfaces. Attention is paid both to equilibrium wetting behaviour (Chapter 1) and to the factors that control the approach to equilibrium (Chapter 2). Then follow Chapters concerned with experimental techniques for scientific measurement of the extent of wetting (Chapter 3) and with the surface energy data for both metals and non-metals that are essential for quantitative interpretation of wetting behaviour (Chapter 4). Descriptions of experimentally determined and quantified wetting behaviour are presented and interpreted in the third part comprising five Chapters dealing with the characteristics of metal/metal, metal/oxide, metal/non-oxide, metal/carbon and molten glass/solid systems. The book concludes with a Chapter commenting on the role of wetting behaviour in joining similar and dissimilar materials by liquid route techniques.
Concise Encyclopedia of Grammatical Categories
1st Edition
K. Brown + 1 more
English
Complementing Brown & Miller's recent Concise Encyclopedia of Syntactic Theories (1996), to which this is a companion volume, this encyclopedia is a collection of articles drawn from the highly successful Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. It presents a collection of 79 articles, all of which have been revised and updated. It also provides a number of newly commissioned articles, one of which has been substantially updated and extended. The volume is alphabetically organised and includes an introduction and a glossary. The Concise Encyclopedia of Grammatical Categories will provide a uniquely comprehensive and authoritative overview of the building blocks of syntax: word classes, sentence/clause types, functional categories of the noun and verb, anaphora and pronominalisation, transitivity, topicalisation and work order.
Robust Control II
1st Edition
Volume E
A. Isidori + 1 more
English
Nonlinear System I
1st Edition
Volume F
A. Isidori + 3 more
English
Chapter headings and selected papers: Controller Design for Nonlinear Systems. Global regulation problem for nonlinear systems (S.M. Fei, C.-B. Feng). Sliding Mode Control of Nonlinear Systems. Nonlinear sliding surface design in the presence of uncertainty (A. Loukianov et al.). H-Infinity and Nonlinear Control. Control of nonlinear systems via feedback linearization and constrained model predictive control (W.-K. Son, O.K. Kwon). Optimization and Related Topics I. Optimization of boundary and starting controls in multi-dimensional hyperbolic systems (A.V. Arguchintsev). Optimization and Related Topics II. The optimal stabilization of plasma under uncertainty conditions (V.F. Gubarev, O.S. Yakovlev). Advanced Applications of Genetic Algorithms. Multidisciplinary optimization with evolutionary computing for control design (W. Khatib et al.). Linear Quadratic Optimal Control. Singular optimal control problem of linear singular systems with linear-quadratic cost (Y. Chen et al.). Control Applications of Optimization. The optimal control of processing systems by economical criteria as applied to distillation (V.P. Krivosheev, A.Y. Torgashov). Optimal Control I. Stability properties of an iterative optimal control algorithm (P.D. Roberts). Optimal Control II. Quadratic index analysis in predictive control (J.S. Senent et al.). H-Infinity Control and Game Theoretical Approach. Game problem of approach under failure of controlling devices (A.A. Chikrii). Optimal Control Design. The Yakubovich-Kalman-Po... lemma and stability analysis of dynamic output feedback systems (R. Johansson, A. Robertsson). Nonlinear Robust Control I. Robust stability of uncertain systems with differentiable nonlinearity (A. Gaiduk). Nonlinear Robust Control II. Robust nonlinear forwarding with smooth state feedback control (W.Z. Su, M. Fu). Optimal, Robust Control I. Robust reliable H∞ controllers design via LMIS (D. Hu, W.-H. Chen). Optimal, Robust Control II. A dynamic games approach to disturbance attenuation control of discrete-time descriptor systems (H. Xu). Author index. Keyword index.
Fault Detection II, Aerospace, Marine Systems
1st Edition
Volume P
T. McAvoy + 5 more
English
Control Design
1st Edition
Volume C
S. Engell + 1 more
English
Concise Encyclopedia of Educational Linguistics
1st Edition
B. Spolsky
English
The volume comprises 232 thematically organised articles based on the highly successful Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics and the International Encyclopedia of Education (2nd edition) revised and, where necessary, updated and supplemented throughout. Dealing with all topics at the intersection between education and language, the work will prove an invaluable reference for all researchers in the field. Never has there been more intense debate over different attitudes and approaches to teaching and language. This volume will provide a state of the art description of all the topics of interest to language educators and all those concerned with making and implementing policy in language education. Fundamental topics include: the social context, society, national, school and curricular policy, literacy and oracy, language acquisition, bi- and plurilingualism, testing, TEFL, TESOL, SLA.
Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry
A Critical Review of the 1998 Literature Preceded by Two Chapters on Current Heterocyclic Topics
1st Edition
Volume 11
G.W. Gribble + 1 more
English
This volume of Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry (PHC) is the eleventh annual review of the literature, covering the work published on most of the important heterocyclic ring systems during 1998, with inclusions of earlier materials as appropriate. In addition, this year there are three specialized reviews. Martine Demeunynck and Arnaud Tatibouët present recent chemistry of Tröger's Base in Chapter 1. Pedro Merino reviews the reactions of metalated heterocycles with carbonyl compounds in Chapter 2. John Joule summarizes the remarkable nucleophilic substitution chemistry on the indole five-membered ring in Chapter 3. The subsequent chapters deal with recent advances in the field of heterocyclic chemistry arranged by increasing ring size and with emphasis on synthesis and reactions. Due to the ever increasing amount of material to be surveyed, the authors were encouraged to provide selective and critical reviews of the more significant papers where space does not allow comprehensive coverage.
Non-equilibrium Processing of Materials
1st Edition
Volume 2
C. Suryanarayana
English
The rapid technological developments during the later half of the 20th century have demanded materials that are stronger, capable of use at much higher temperatures, more corrosion-resistant, and much less expensive than those currently used. These demands become even more significant on the threshold of the new century and the millennium. Significant improvements in properties can only be achieved by processing the materials under far-from-equilibrium (or non-equilibrium) conditions. Several new processing technologies have been developed during the past few decades including, rapid solidification, spray forming, mechanical alloying, ion mixing, vapor deposition, laser processing and plasma processing. Remarkable advances have been made in recent years in the science and technology of these processes used to synthesize, characterize, and apply these materials processed under non-equilibrium conditions. Some of these techniques have evolved from laboratory curiosity to commercial-scale manufacturing in just a few years. In other cases, industrial necessity prompted development of the technology, and the science followed later. The chapters in this book have been written by people who are world-recognized experts in their respective fields. Each chapter describes the principles, processing techniques, special features of the materials produced, and their applications. An extensive list of references is provided at the end of each chapter that will facilitate location of additional information on specific aspects of any technique.

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