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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"optimization and control"”.
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Intelligent robot grinding : planning, optimization, and control
Thesis (Sc. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1988.
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Accelerated algorithms for constrained optimization and control
Nonlinear optimization with equality and inequality constraints is a ubiquitous problem in several optimization and control problems in large-scale systems. Ensuring feasibility along with reasonable convergence to optimal solution remains an open and pressing problem in this area. A class of …
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Modeling, Optimization, and Control of Electromagnetic Oncological Hyperthermia
… electromagnetic hyperthermia treatment planning and monitoring system are presented. Numerical methods for the prediction of electromagnetic and thermal fields inside of human tissue are presented and validated. Various schemes for optimizing the effectiveness of hyperthermia treatments that …
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Automated Optimization and Control of Modular Chemical Systems
… used in many industries such as food, oil, and gas. The pharmaceutical sector is now transitioning from batch to continuous manufacturing as well, to achieve potential benefits such as improved responses to demand changes and reduction of supply chain disruptions, production time, drug …
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Design, Analysis, Optimization and Control of Rotor Tip Flows
… in turbomachinery focus on efficiency and reliability enhancements, while reducing the production costs. In spite of the many noteworthy experimental and numerical investigations over the past decades, the turbine tip design presents numerous challenges to the engine manufacturers, and …
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Thermodynamics-based optimization and control of integrated energy systems
With increasing worldwide demand for energy comes the need to both generate and consume energy more efficiently. Integrated energy systems (IESs) combine power generation technologies, such as internal combustion engines or fuel cells, with other technologies which directly utilize the power …
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Predictive and Prescriptive Trees for Optimization and Control Problems
… to expedite the solution of a broad range of optimization and control problems using machine learning, specifically decision tree algorithms. In many practical settings, similar optimization and control problems often need to be solved repeatedly. We propose methods to leverage patterns from …
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Computer-aided engineering methodology for structural optimization and control
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2000.
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Optimization and control of wind energy systems for grid integration
Wind energy is a rapidly expanding source of renewable energy, but wind resources are highly intermittent. This makes increasing the level of wind energy penetration in an overall energy portfolio challenging if power quality and grid frequency is to be maintained. In a conventional power system, …
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Modeling, optimization, and control of spatial uniformity in manufacturing processes
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1991.
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Design coupling analysis in multidisciplinary design optimization and control co-design
… designer has limited knowledge of the system at hand. One of the questions that arises early in the optimization problem formulation is what design variables to optimize. Complex systems may have hundreds of design variables, and it might not be possible or even desirable to optimize them all. …
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Optimization and control of Distributed Energy Resources in electric power distribution grids
… unidirectional system to a bidirectional and distributed network. In this new paradigm, end-users are becoming prosumer, individuals who both consume and produce energy. To enable prosumer participation in the power grid, new market mechanisms must be designed to align with both …
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Optimization and control of Distributed Energy Resources in electric power distribution grids
… unidirectional system to a bidirectional and distributed network. In this new paradigm, end-users are becoming prosumer, individuals who both consume and produce energy. To enable prosumer participation in the power grid, new market mechanisms must be designed to align with both …
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Some decentralized optimization and control algorithms for the control of wind farms
… algorithms that can be applied to wind farm controls. Traditionally, wind farm control is comprised of the wind farm level control and the wind turbine level control. The wind farm level control is a centralized controller that takes the demands from the grid and generates operating points …
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Rigid Body Constrained Motion Optimization and Control on Lie Groups and Their Tangent Bundles
… motion requires formulations where rotational and translational motion are accounted for appropriately. Two Lie groups, the special orthogonal group SO(3) and the space of quaternions H, are commonly used to represent attitude. When considering rigid body pose, that is spacecraft position and …
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Actuator Optimization and Control of Pediatric Knee Exoskeleton for Community-based Mobility Assistance: More Lightweight, More Affordable, and More Stable
<p>Lightweight and smart exoskeletons offer the potential to improve mobility in children. State-of-the-art pediatric exoskeletons are typically clinic-based since they are either tethered or portable but cumbersome, and their design is often not optimized across a range of environments and users. …
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A Dynamic Modeling Approach to the Optimal Design of Nonuniform Chip Loading in Face Milling
Recent industrial demands on improved quality and productivity have increased the need for analytically sound tools for design, planning, optimization and control of complex manufacturing systems. In this thesis, the improvement of the dynamic performance of the multi-tooth face milling process is …
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Thermoreflectance for Contactless Sintering Characterization: From Metal Nanoparticles to Stretchable Conductors
… conductors. It is important to characterize and monitor nanoparticle sintering for process optimization and control. Here, we demonstrate that frequency-domain thermoreflectance (FDTR), an optical pump-probe technique, can be used for non-contact, non-destructive process monitoring that is …
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