Applications of Intelligent Control to Engineering Systems: In Honour of Dr. G. J. Vachtsevanos (Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering)

423 Pages·2016·66.42 MB·English

by  Kimon P. Valavanis

Applications of Intelligent Control to Engineering Systems
International Serieson
INTELLIGENTSYSTEMS, CONTROL, AND AUTOMATION:
SCIENCE ANDENGINEERING
VOLUME39
Editor
ProfessorS.G.Tzafestas,NationalTechnicalUniversityofAthens,Greece
EditorialAdvisoryBoard
ProfessorP.Antsaklis,UniversityofNotreDame,IN,U.S.A.
ProfessorP.Borne,EcoleCentraledeLille,France
ProfessorD.G.Caldwell,UniversityofSalford,U.K.
ProfessorC.S.Chen,UniversityofAkron,Ohio,U.S.A.
ProfessorT.Fukuda,NagoyaUniversity,Japan
ProfessorF.Harashima, UniversityofTokyo, Japan
ProfessorS.Monaco,UniversityLaSapienza,Rome,Italy
ProfessorG.Schmidt,TechnicalUniversityofMunich, Germany
ProfessorN.K.Sinha,McMasterUniversity, Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
ProfessorD.Tabak,GeorgeMasonUniversity, Fairfax,Virginia, U.S.A.
ProfessorK.Valavanis, UniversityofSouthern Louisiana, Lafayette,U.S.A.
ProfessorS. G. Tzafestas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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Kimon P. Valavanis
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Applications of Intelligent
Control to Engineering Systems
In HonourofDr. G.J. Vachtsevanos
Editor
KimonP.Valavanis
DepartmentofElectrical&ComputerEngineering
UniversityofDenver
Denver,CO80208
USA
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In honourofDr.GeorgeJ. Vachtsevanos,ourDr.V.,
fromhisformerstudentsand colleagues
Table of Contents
Preface vii
ListofContributors ix
PartI:Diagnostics,Prognostics,Condition-BasedMaintenance
1.SelectedPrognosticMethodswithApplicationtoanIntegratedHealth
ManagementSystem 3
C.S.ByingtonandM.J.Roemer
2.AdvancesinUncertaintyRepresentationandManagementforParticle
FilteringAppliedtoPrognostics 23
M.Orchard,G.Kacprzynski,K.Goebel,B.SahaandG.Vachtsevanos
3.ANovelBlindDeconvolutionDe-NoisingSchemeinFailurePrognosis 37
B.Zhang,T.Khawaja,R.Patrick,G.Vachtsevanos,M.OrchardandA.Saxena
4.ParticleFilterBasedAnomalyDetectionforAircraftActuatorSystems 65
D.Brown,G.Georgoulas,H.Bae,G.Vachtsevanos,R.Chen,Y.H.Ho,
G.TannenbaumandJ.B.Schroeder
PartII:UnmannedAerialSystems
5.DesignofaHardwareandSoftwareArchitectureforUnmannedSystems:
AModularApproach 91
R.Garcia,L.BarnesandK.P.Valavanis
6.DesigningaReal-TimeVisionSystemforSmallUnmannedRotorcraft:
AMinimalandCost-EffectiveApproach 117
M.KontitsisandK.P.Valavanis
7.CoordinationofHelicopterUAVsforAerialForest-FireSurveillance 169
K.Alexis,G.Nikolakopoulos,A.TzesandL.Dritsas
8.GeneticFuzzyRule-BasedClassifiersforLandCoverClassificationfrom
MultispectralImages 195
D.G.Stavrakoudis,J.B.TheocharisandG.C.Zalidis
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PartIII:Bioengineering/Neurotechnology
9.EpilepticSeizuresMayBeginHoursinAdvanceofClinicalOnset:
AReportofFivePatients 225
B.Litt,R.Esteller,J.Echauz,M.D’Alessandro,R.Shor,T.Henry,
P.Pennell,C.Epstein,R.Bakay,M.DichterandG.Vachtsevanos
10.IntelligentControlStrategiesforNeurostimulation 247
J.Echauz,H.FirpiandG.Georgoulas
PartIV:IntelligentControlSystems
11.SoftwareTechnologyforImplementingReusable,DistributedControl
Systems 267
B.S.Heck,L.M.WillsandG.J.Vachtsevanos
12.UGVLocalizationBasedonFuzzyLogicandExtendedKalman
Filtering 295
A.Tsalatsanis,K.P.ValavanisandA.Yalcin
13.AdaptiveEstimationofFuzzyCognitiveNetworksandApplications 329
T.L.Kottas,Y.S.BoutalisandM.A.Christodoulou
14.AnImprovedMethodinRecedingHorizonControlwithUpdatingof
TerminalCostFunction 365
H.Zhang,J.HuangandF.L.Lewis
15.Identifier-BasedDiscoveryinLarge-ScaleNetworks:AnEconomic
Perspective 395
J.KhouryandC.T.Abdallah
Preface
ThiseditedbookispublishedinhonorofDr.GeorgeJ.Vachtsevanos,ourDr.V,cur-
rentlyProfessorEmeritus,SchoolofElectricalandComputerEngineering,Georgia
InstituteofTechnology,ontheoccasionofhis70thbirthdayandforhismorethan
30yearsofcontributiontothedisciplineofIntelligentControlanditsapplicationto
awidespectrumofengineeringandbioengineeringsystems.
ThebookisnothingbutaverysmalltokenofappreciationfromDr.V’sformer
graduate students, his peers and colleagues in the profession – and not only – to
the Scientist, the Engineer, the Professor, the mentor, but most important of all,
to the friend and human being. All those who have met Dr. V over the years and
haveinteractedwithhiminsomeprofessionaland/orsocialcapacityunderstandthis
statement:Georgenevermadeanybodyfeelinferiortohim,hehelpedandsupported
everybody,andhewastherewhenanybodyneededhim!
IwasnotDr.V’sstudent.IfirstmethimandhiswifeAthenamorethan26years
ago during one of their visits to RPI, in the house of my late advisor, Dr. George
N.Saridis.Sincethen,Ihavebeenveryfortunatetohavehadandcontinuetohave
interactionswithhim.ItisnotanexaggerationifIsaythatwealllearnedalotfrom
him.Weunderstoodthattheoryandapplicationsgotogetherandtheydonotoppose
each other;we acquireda wide andwell roundedperspectiveofwhatengineering
is; we witnessed firsthand how diverse concepts and ideas are brought under the
same frameworkand how they are applied successfully; we were fortunate to see
howconventionalcontroltechniquesandsoft-computingtechniquesworkinunison
tocompletetasksandmissionsincomplexmulti-levelsystems.
Duringhis tenureat GaTech,Dr. V and hisgroupestablished a unique‘school
of thought’ in systems, where the term system may be interpreted as being rather
abstractorveryspecific.Withoutsacrificingtheoreticaldevelopmentsandcontribu-
tions,heandhisgrouphavedemonstratedrepeatedly,howcomplexsystemsfunc-
tioninreal-time.
ItisprobablysafetoclaimthatDr.Vandhisgrouphavemadeandcontinueto
make seminal and significant contributions to four areas: Intelligent Control Sys-
tems;UnmannedAircraftSystems;Diagnostics,PrognosticsandCondition-Based
Maintenance; Bioengineering and Neurotechnology.The impact of their research
findings and accomplishments is evidenced by publications, citations, prototypes
andfinalproducts,tosaytheleast.Whatdistinguishesthatgroupfromanyotheris
‘sustainabilityandcontinuity’!They,andallofus, keeponworkingtogetherover
theyears,sothetorchasfarastheschoolofthoughtisconcernedispassedtofrom
onestudentgenerationtoanother.
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WhenwefirsttoyedwiththeideatohaveaWorkshopinhonorofDr.V,inanice
GreekIslandsothatwecanmixbusinessandpleasure,Frank(Dr.FrankLewis)and
Ijumpedontheopportunitytopublishthisbook,andFrankallowedmetotakethe
lead.The15contributedchaptersarejustasmallsampleofprojectsinwhichDr.V
andhisgroupareeitherinvolveddirectly,orinfluencedbecauseoftheirwork.
Thebookisdividedintofourparts.PartIreferstodiagnostics,prognosticsand
condition-basedmaintenance,anareawhichisthenaturaloutgrowthofintegrated
controlanddiagnostics.Itincludesfourcontributedchapters,however,ifonewants
to obtain expert knowledge on the subject, should read the book Intelligent Fault
DiagnosisandPrognosisforEngineeringSystems,byG.Vachtsevanosetal.
Part II refers to Unmanned Aerial Systems, an area pioneered and domin-
ated for years by the GaTech group. The GTmax is most likely the most widely
knownautonomousunmannedhelicopter,capableoffunctioningunderfailures;the
Software-EnabledControlapproachandthe OpenControlPlatform(OCP) Archi-
tecturearetwounique,seminalcontributionsthathavechangedthewaysystemsare
modeledandcontrolled.Thehardware-in-the-loopandsoftware-in-the-loopverific-
ationandvalidationaretwoapproachesalmosteverybodyuseswhendealingwith
complexsystems,notnecessarilyunmanned.Thispartincludesfourchapters.
Part III refers to Bioengineeringand Neurotechnology.This is, to my surprise,
kind of ‘a well keptsecret’, because Dr. V’s grouphas indeed contributedgreatly
to studying, modeling and predicting (this is the key word, predicting) epileptic
seizuresinpatients!This,coupledwithcontributionstoneurostimulationusingin-
telligent control techniques will advance the field of Bioengineering making the
mostimpactinimprovingthequalityoflifeofpatients.
PartIVreferstoIntelligentControlSystems,chronologicallythefirstandever-
lastingareainwhichDr.Vandhisgrouparecontributingto.Thispartiscomposed
offivechapters,‘disconnected’soto speak,givinga flavorofthe diversityofdis-
ciplinesIntelligentControlmaybeappliedto.
It is unfortunate that we could not include more contributions to this edited
volume.Regardless,theresponseofpeopletojoiningandparticipatingintheWork-
shoponJune27–29intheIslandofLemnos,Athena’sbirthplace,hasbeenbeyond
expectations.
TheSpringergroup,ledbyMs.NathalieJacobs,andKaradaPublishingServices
led by our point of contact, Ms. Jolanda, have been very supportive throughout
this project. Both Nathalie and Jolanda have worked very hard so that the book
isavailableduringtheWorkshop.
Last, on a personal note, I want to state that Dr. V has supported me over the
years, has guided me professionally, has been a true mentor and friend, and has
backedupeverycrazyidea(!!!)Ihavecomeupwith.Iamhonoredbyhisfriend-
ship,andIowealottohim.
KimonP.Valavanis
Denver,May6,2009