Fuzzy Coordinated PI Controller: Application to the Real-Time Pressure Control Process by N. Kanagaraj, P. Sivashanmugam, S. Paramasivam

“…The fuzzy system has been designed to track the variation parameters in a feedback loop and tune the classical controller to achieve a better control action for load disturbances and set point changes. …”
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Asymmetric Barrier Lyapunov Function-Based Wheel Slip Control for Antilock Braking System by Xiaolei Chen, Zhiyong Dai, Hui Lin, Yanan Qiu, Xiaogeng Liang

“…Under the proposed control scheme, self-locking is avoided completely and zero steady state error tracking of the wheel optimal slip ratio is implemented. The Hardware-In-Loop (HIL) experiments have validated the effectiveness of the proposed controller.…”
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Utilization of Foaming Technology in Cemented Paste Backfill of High-Mud Superfine Unclassified Tailings by Jian-wen Zhao, Xin-min Wang, Kang Peng, Shuai Li

“…Besides, the simulation results were further verified by a semi-industrial loop test. The results indicate that the optimum ratio of TFB is a cement-sand ratio of 1 : 8, mass concentration of 70%, and bubble ratio of 20%. …”
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ROITP: Road Obstacle-Involved Trajectory Planner for Autonomous Trucks by Yechen Qin, Yiwei Huang, Wenhao Yu, Hong Wang

“…Validation across various scenarios on a hardware-in-loop platform demonstrates that the proposed planner is effective and feasible for real-time implementation.…”
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Faults Detection Using Sliding Mode Observer and Its Application on Elevating Servo Systems by Lingfei Tian, Linfang Qian, Miao Li, Jiawei Fu

“…The elevating servo system (ESS) of vehicle-mounted howitzer (VMH) is a typical closed-loop electrohydraulic position servo system, and the faults of its actuator and sensor seriously affect the safety and reliability of the system. …”
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Empiricism and Theorizing in Epidemiology and Social Network Analysis by Richard Rothenberg, Elizabeth Costenbader

“…Unfortunately, the connection between them is often tenuous and the iterative loop is frayed. This circumstance may arise both from data deficiencies and from the ease with which data can be created by simulation. …”
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High-Order Sliding Mode-Based Synchronous Control of a Novel Stair-Climbing Wheelchair Robot by Juanxiu Liu, Yifei Wu, Jian Guo, Qingwei Chen

“…Stability of the closed-loop system is proved by Lyapunov theory. The simulation is performed by MATLAB to verify the effectiveness of the proposed controller. …”
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Partial Control of a Continuous Bioreactor: Application to an Anaerobic System for Heavy Metal Removal by M. I. Neria-González, P. A. López-Pérez, R. Aguilar-López

“…Furthermore, a nonlinear controllability analysis was done, which proved the closed-loop instability of the inner or uncontrolled dynamics of the bioreactor. …”
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Projection-Based Adaptive Backstepping Control of a Transport Aircraft for Heavyweight Airdrop by Ri Liu, Xiuxia Sun, Wenhan Dong, Guangzhi Xu

“…An autopilot inner loop that combines backstepping control with adaptive function approximation is developed for airdrop operations. …”
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Observer-Based Finite-Time H∞ Control of Singular Markovian Jump Systems by Yingqi Zhang, Wei Cheng, Xiaowu Mu, Xiulan Guo

“…Then an observer-based state feedback controller is designed to ensure singular stochastic finite-time H∞ stabilization via observer-based state feedback of the resulting closed-loop error dynamic SMJS. Sufficient criteria are presented for the solvability of the problem, which can be reduced to a feasibility problem involving linear matrix inequalities with a fixed parameter. …”
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Adaptive Output Feedback Control for the Trajectory Tracking of High-Speed Trains with Disturbance Uncertainties on the Basis of Neural Network Observers by Yang Liu, Weidong Li

“…The error signals of the closed-loop trajectory tracking system are uniformly and eventually bounded through a formal proof on the basis of the Lyapunov methods. …”
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A Multivariate Auto-Regressive Method to Estimate Cortico-Muscular Coherence for the Detection of Movement Intent by G. Severini, S. Conforto, M. Schmid, T. D'Alessio

“…Cortico-Muscular Coherence estimation is here achieved by considering a closed-loop representation of the signals under analysis obtained through Multivariate Auto Regressive modeling. …”
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Prescribed Performance Tracking Control for Nonlinear Stochastic Time-Delay Systems with Multiple Constraints by Man Zhang, Ru Chang, Ying Wang

“…Based on stochastic mean-square stability theory, all signals in the closed-loop system are proven to be bounded under the designed control scheme. …”
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Adaptive and Resilient Flight Control System for a Small Unmanned Aerial System by Gonzalo Garcia, Shahriar Keshmiri

“…The fault tolerant inner loop is enhanced by an adaptive real-time artificial neural network parameter identification to monitor important changes in the aircraft’s dynamics due to nonlinear and unsteady aerodynamics. …”
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Four-Channel Vibrating Testbed Design for Full Vehicle Durability Simulation by Huiqi Du, Shiqing Xu

“…The hardware system consists of three parts: hydraulic mechanical components, sensors, and closed-loop control system, and the software system consists of platform configuration system, platform management system, and basic test system. …”
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Autonomous Bus Fleet Control Using Multiagent Reinforcement Learning by Sung-Jung Wang, S. K. Jason Chang

“…An agent-based simulation platform was developed to model the dynamic system of a fixed stop/station loop route, autonomous bus fleet, and passengers. …”
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A New Processing Method Combined with BP Neural Network for Francis Turbine Synthetic Characteristic Curve Research by Junyi Li, Canfeng Han, Fei Yu

“…In addition, a detailed analysis for improvements of iteration convergence of the pressure loop is proposed, leading to a better iterative convergence during the head pressure calculation. …”
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Interactive Surgical Liver Phantom for Cholecystectomy Training by Schüßler Alexander, Younis Rayan, Paik Jamie, Wagner Martin, Mathis-Ullrich Franziska, Kunz Christian

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Diabetes Technology: Markers, Monitoring, Assessment, and Control of Blood Glucose Fluctuations in Diabetes by Boris P. Kovatchev

“…Technology integrating CGM with insulin pumps is now available, opening the field for automated closed-loop control, known as the artificial pancreas. Following a number of in-clinic trials, the quest for a wearable ambulatory artificial pancreas is under way, with a first prototype tested in outpatient setting during the past year. …”
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Successful Flexible Bronchoscopic Management of Dynamic Central Airway Obstruction by a Large Tracheal Carcinoid Tumor by Vijay Hadda, Karan Madan, Anant Mohan, Umasankar Kalai, Randeep Guleria

“…Successful electrosurgical excision (using a snare loop) of the polypoidal growth was performed using the flexible bronchoscope itself. …”
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