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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Control optimal"”.
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Stochastic Control, Optimal Saving, and Job Search in Continuous Time
… Poisson or Lévy processes. The results on the optimal behavior are derived by maximizing the individual expected lifetime utility. The first chapter is concerned with the necessary mathematical tools, the change-of-variables formula and the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation under Poisson …
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Diagnostic and adaptive redundant robotic planning and control
… structure capable of planning, diagnosis, and control for a redundant, nonlinear robotic system in a real world scenario. Throughout this work levels of this overall approach are demonstrated for a redundant robot and hand combination as it is commanded to approach, grasp, and successfully …
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On the operability of heat exchanger networks
… the degree to which plants may be satisfactorily controlled. This report presents a study of the operability of heat exchanger networks (HENs).The integration of heat exchange systems such as HENs typically results in significant steady-state cost savings which is the motivation for their …
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Life cycle costing for office buildings in Canada
… all of which can be used in the function of cost control, optimal alternatives selection, asset or products assessment, budget planning, preliminary design, project feasibility study, etc. This research, "Life Cycle Costing for Office Buildings in Canada" has been carried out with emphases on …
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Stochastic Modelling and Optimal Control of Compartment Fires
… sprinkler systems and the mathematical theory of optimal control. Optimal control theory is applied to automatic sprinkler systems to model sprinklered compartment fires. To reduce water damage inside a compartment due to sprinkler activation from small fires, we model the water spray rate. Two …
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Probabilistic transient analysis of fuel choices for sodium fast reactors
… not transient, cladding considerations which control optimal operating temperature, currently corresponding to an approximate core outlet temperature of 550°C. Metallic cores traditionally have been designed with core outlet temperatures of 510°C and increasing this temperature to 550°C may …
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Optimal rigid-body rotational maneuvers
Optimal rigid-body angular maneuvers are investigated, using restricted control moments—a problem inspired in the context of rotational maneuvers for <i>super-maneuverable</i> aircraft. Most of the analysis is based on the formulation with no direct control over the roll component of angular …
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Charge-sensitive methods for the off-design performance characterization of organic Rankine cycle (ORC) power systems
… work. For many reasons - including predictive control, optimal sizing or performance forecast - a proper understanding and characterization of the ORC behaviour under off-design conditions is of significant interest. In order to avoid any intrinsic state assumption, predictive models must …
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Coordinated Optimal Power Planning of Wind Turbines in a Wind Farm
Wind energy is on an upswing due to climate concerns and increasing energy demands on conventional sources. Wind energy is attractive and has the potential to dramatically reduce the dependency on non-renewable energy resources. With the increase in wind farms there is a need to improve the …
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Modelling and optimal control of wave energy systems: A data-driven approach
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An efficient way for path planning of cooperative autonomously soaring gliders
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The Importance of the Riemann-Hilbert Problem to Solve a Class of Optimal Control Problems
Optimal control problems can in many cases become complicated and difficult to solve. One particular class of difficult control problems to solve are singular control problems. Standard methods for solving optimal control are discussed showing why those methods are difficult to apply to singular …
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