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Free Download Control of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems in Health and Disease By John T. Shepherd (auth.), C. Tissa Kappagoda, Marc P. Kaufman (eds.)
1995 | 224 Pages | ISBN: 146135773X | PDF | 19 MB
On April 8-9, 1994, a symposium entitled Control of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems in Health and Disease was held at the University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. The purpose of this symposium was to honor the careers of Professors Hazel M. and John C. G. Coleridge. Participants in this symposium came from throughout the world. Their attendance at the symposium was a symbol of great respect and affection for the honorees. The Professors Coleridge have made many important contribu tions to the scientific literature concerning neural control of the cardiovascular and respira tory systems. In addition, they have made remarkable contributions to the lives of other scientists working in this field of investigation. Some of us have known them as mentors, counselors, friends, and supervisors; others have known them as co-investigators. Most importantly, all of us have known them as friends. This book, which contains the proceedings of the symposium, is dedicated to Hazel and John Coleridge. C. T. Kappagoda M. P. Kaufman v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We wish to acknowledge the financial support of the following agencies for making this symposium a reality: * Astra Merck Group (Tarek Ackad, M. D. , Ph. D. ) * Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Ms. Kathryn B. Lucas and Mr. Allan Holloway) * Bristol-Myers Squibb (David L. Cram, Jr. , Pharm. D. ) * Marion/Merrrell Dow, Inc. (Mr. Brian Scheffield) * Merck and Company (Mr. Johnathan Sakakibara) * Pfizer Laboratories (Mr.

Free Download David Goldberg, "Black Power at Work: Community Control, Affirmative Action, and the Construction Industry"
English | ISBN: 0801446589 | 2010 | 280 pages | PDF | 48 MB
Black Power at Work chronicles the history of direct action campaigns to open up the construction industry to black workers in the 1960s and 1970s. The book’s case studies of local movements in Brooklyn, Newark, the Bay Area, Detroit, Chicago, and Seattle show how struggles against racism in the construction industry shaped the emergence of Black Power politics outside the U.S. South. In the process, "community control" of the construction industry―especially government War on Poverty and post-rebellion urban reconstruction projects― became central to community organizing for black economic self-determination and political autonomy.

Free Download Optimization and Optimal Control in a Nutshell
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9819781663 | 144 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 28 MB
This book concisely presents the optimization process and optimal control process with examples and simulations to help self-learning and better comprehension. It starts with function optimization and constraint inclusion and then extends to functional optimization using the calculus of variations. The development of optimal controls for continuous-time, linear, open-loop systems is presented using Lagrangian and Pontryagin-Hamiltonian methods, showing how to introduce the end-point conditions in time and state. The closed-loop optimal control for linear systems with a quadratic cost function, well-known as the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) is developed for both time-bound and time-unbounded conditions. Some control systems need to maximize performance alongside cost minimization. The Pontryagin’s maximum principle is presented in this regard with clear examples that show the practical implementation of it. It is shown through examples how the maximum principle leads to control switching and Bang-Bang control in certain types of systems. The application of optimal controls in discrete-time open-loop systems with the quadratic cost is presented and then extended to the closed-loop control, which results in the model predictive control (MPC). Throughout the book, examples and Matlab simulation codes are provided for the learner to practice the contents in each section. The aligned lineup of content helps the learner develop knowledge and skills in optimal control gradually and quickly.

Free Download Optimal Control Theory for Infinite Dimensional Systems By Xunjing Li, Jiongmin Yong (auth.)
1995 | 450 Pages | ISBN: 146128712X | PDF | 10 MB
Infinite dimensional systems can be used to describe many phenomena in the real world. As is well known, heat conduction, properties of elastic plastic material, fluid dynamics, diffusion-reaction processes, etc., all lie within this area. The object that we are studying (temperature, displace ment, concentration, velocity, etc.) is usually referred to as the state. We are interested in the case where the state satisfies proper differential equa tions that are derived from certain physical laws, such as Newton’s law, Fourier’s law etc. The space in which the state exists is called the state space, and the equation that the state satisfies is called the state equation. By an infinite dimensional system we mean one whose corresponding state space is infinite dimensional. In particular, we are interested in the case where the state equation is one of the following types: partial differential equation, functional differential equation, integro-differential equation, or abstract evolution equation. The case in which the state equation is being a stochastic differential equation is also an infinite dimensional problem, but we will not discuss such a case in this book.

Free Download Feedback Control, Nonlinear Systems, and Complexity By Bruce Allen Francis, Allen Robert Tannenbaum (eds.)
1995 | 278 Pages | ISBN: 3540199438 | PDF | 6 MB
This volume is the proceedings of a conference held May 6 and 7, 1994 at McGill University in Montreal in honour of Professor George on the occasion of his 60th birthday. He has devoted most of his professional life to the subject of feedback control.Invited speakers were internationally prominent researchers from the USA, Canada, UK and the Netherlands. Their papers cover various aspects of linear multivariable feedback control, nonlinear systems and the complexity of systems.

Free Download Control, Information, and Technological Change By Gerald E. Flueckiger (auth.)
1995 | 155 Pages | ISBN: 9401041695 | PDF | 5 MB
Information theory, cybernetics and the theory of finite automata are used to model learning-by-doing, bounded rationality, routine behavior, and the formation of teams. The non-neoclassical characterization of production developed in this book ignores the usual quantitative relationships between inputs and outputs and instead views production strictly as a problem of control and communication. The motivation for this unconventional characterization of production comes from Schumpeter’s critique of neoclassical economic theory. Schumpeter argued that neoclassical economic theory, and the habits of thought engendered by it, was the major obstacle to acquiring an understanding of technological change. The non-neoclassical characterization of production developed in this book is in keeping with how economic historians describe specific technological changes and how they write technological histories about particular machines, firms or industries.

Free Download Control, Communication, Monitoring and Protection of Smart Grids
by Subudhi Bidyadhar, Ray Pravat Kumar and Khadkikar Vinod
English | 2024 | ISBN: 183953804X | 474 pages | True PDF | 46.94 MB

Free Download Robust Control Theory By Tongwen Chen, Li Qiu (auth.), Bruce A. Francis, Pramod P. Khargonekar (eds.)
1995 | 207 Pages | ISBN: 1461384532 | PDF | 8 MB
Robust control originates with the need to cope with systems with modeling uncertainty. There have been several mathematical techniques developed for robust control system analysis. The articles in this volume cover all of the major research directions in the field.

Free Download Partial Stability and Control By V. I. Vorotnikov (auth.)
1996 | 430 Pages | ISBN: 1461286751 | PDF | 18 MB
Unlike the conventional research for the general theory of stability, this mono graph deals with problems on stability and stabilization of dynamic systems with respect not to all but just to a given part of the variables characterizing these systems. Such problems are often referred to as the problems of partial stability (stabilization). They naturally arise in applications either from the requirement of proper performance of a system or in assessing system capa bility. In addition, a lot of actual (or desired) phenomena can be formulated in terms of these problems and be analyzed with these problems taken as the basis. The following multiaspect phenomena and problems can be indicated: * "Lotka-Volterra ecological principle of extinction;" * focusing and acceleration of particles in electromagnetic fields; * "drift" of the gyroscope axis; * stabilization of a spacecraft by specially arranged relative motion of rotors connected to it. Also very effective is the approach to the problem of stability (stabilization) with respect to all the variables based on preliminary analysis of partial sta bility (stabilization). A. M. Lyapunov, the founder of the modern theory of stability, was the first to formulate the problem of partial stability. Later, works by V. V. Rumyan tsev drew the attention of many mathematicians and mechanicians around the world to this problem, which resulted in its being intensively worked out. The method of Lyapunov functions became the key investigative method which turned out to be very effective in analyzing both theoretic and applied problems.

Free Download Optimizing Air Pollution Control Equipment Performance: Operation and Maintenance
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1394288654 | 321 Pages | PDF, EPUB (True) | 10.5 MB
Optimizing Air Pollution Control Equipment Performance delivers an analysis of the subject of air pollution control equipment from the perspective of the practicing engineer or an applied scientist, rather than a theoretical perspective.