This book investigates the critical gain design in stochastic iterative learning control (SILC), including four specific gain design strategies: decreasing gain design, adaptive gain design, event-triggering gain design, and optimal gain design. The key concept for the gain design is to balance multiple performance indices such as high tracking precision, effective noise reduction, and fast convergence speed. These gain design techniques can be applied to various control algorithms for sto...

A timely guide using iterative learning control (ILC) as a solution for multi-agent systems (MAS) challenges, showcasing recent advances and industrially relevant applicationsExplores the synergy between the important topics of iterative learning control (ILC) and multi-agent systems (MAS)Concisely summarizes recent advances and significant applications in ILC methods for power grids, sensor networks and control processesCovers ba...

This book presents novel state estimation methods for several classes of networked multi-rate systems including state estimation methods for networked multi-rate systems with various complex networked-induced phenomena and communication protocols. The systems investigated include stochastic nonlinear systems, time-delay systems, linear repetitive processes, and artificial neural networks. The techniques used are mainly the Lyapunov stability theory, the optimal estimation theory, the lifti...

Random fading communication is a type of attenuation damage of data over certain propagation media. Establishing a systematic framework for the design and analysis of learning control schemes, the book studies in depth the iterative learning control for stochastic systems with random fading communication.The authors introduce both cases where the statistics of the random fading channels are known in advance and unknown. They then extend the framework to other systems, including mul...

This book presents a comprehensive and detailed study on iterative learning control (ILC) for systems with iteration-varying trial lengths. Instead of traditional ILC, which requires systems to repeat on a fixed time interval, this book focuses on a more practical case where the trial length might randomly vary from iteration to iteration. The iteration-varying trial lengths may be different from the desired trial length, which can cause redundancy or dropouts of control information in ILC...

After more than 40 years of market reform and transformation, Chinese business associations have come to play an important role in China’s economic and social system. This book explores the role that these organizations play, and what that means for the relationship between the state and society in contemporary China. How exactly should Chinese business associations conduct policy engagement? What factors influence the policy engagement behaviors of Chinese business associations? In this b...

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This book provides an introduction to technology-driven supply chain management in the era of Industry 4.0, focusing on resilience, responsiveness, and reliability. It covers key concepts such as the integration of advanced technologies like IoT, big data, artificial intelligence, and blockchain into supply chain operations. The book explores the application of these technologies in improving supply chain efficiency, enhancing decision-making, and ensuring greater adaptability to disruptio...

This book comprehensively covers the topics of origin and distribution, evolution and types, regional and global importance, biodiversity conservation, plant-soil interfaces, ecosystem functions and services, social-ecological systems, climate change adaptations, land degradation and restoration, grazing management and pastoral production, and sustainable future of the grasslands on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP), which is a globally unique eco-region called the "Roof of the World" beca...

This book presents an in-depth discussion of iterative learning control (ILC) with passive incomplete information, highlighting the incomplete input and output data resulting from practical factors such as data dropout, transmission disorder, communication delay, etc.—a cutting-edge topic in connection with the practical applications of ILC.It describes in detail three data dropout models: the random sequence model, Bernoulli variable model, and Markov chain model—for both linear a...

Traditional medicine plays a crucial role in maintaining health, diagnosing diseases, and providing treatment. The World Health Organization's Global Report on Traditional and Complementary Medicine 2019 highlights the increasing recognition of traditional and complementary medicine in national health systems worldwide. With its widespread availability and growing demand, traditional medicine contributes to the goal of universal healthcare by offering accessible, safe, and effective servic...

This book is a technical publication for students, scholars and engineers in electrical engineering, focusing on the pulse-width-modulation (PWM) technologies in power electronics area. Based on an introduction of basic PWM principles this book analyzes three major challenges for PWM on system performance: power losses, voltage/current ripple and electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise, and the lack of utilization of control freedoms in conventional PWM technologies. Then, the model of PW...