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Properties Of Higher-Order Half-Linear Functional Differential Equations With Noncanonical Operators, Chenghui Zhang, Ravi P. Agarwal, Martin Bohner, Tongxing Li Mar 2013

Properties Of Higher-Order Half-Linear Functional Differential Equations With Noncanonical Operators, Chenghui Zhang, Ravi P. Agarwal, Martin Bohner, Tongxing Li

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Some new results are presented for the oscillatory and asymptotic behavior of higher-order half-linear differential equations with a noncanonical operator. We study the delayed and advanced equations subject to various conditions. © 2013 Zhang et al.

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Missouri S&T Magazine Spring 2013, Missouri S&T Marketing And Communications Department, Miner Alumni Association Mar 2013

Missouri S&T Magazine Spring 2013, Missouri S&T Marketing And Communications Department, Miner Alumni Association

Missouri S&T Magazine

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Neutron Irradiation Effects On Domain Wall Mobility And Reversibility In Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films, Joseph T. Graham, Geoff L. Brennecka, Paulo Ferreira, Leo Small, David Duquette, Christopher Apblett, Sheldon Landsberger, Jon F. Ihlefeld Mar 2013

Neutron Irradiation Effects On Domain Wall Mobility And Reversibility In Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films, Joseph T. Graham, Geoff L. Brennecka, Paulo Ferreira, Leo Small, David Duquette, Christopher Apblett, Sheldon Landsberger, Jon F. Ihlefeld

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

The effects of neutron-induced damage on the ferroelectric properties of thin film lead zirconate titanate (PZT) were investigated. Two sets of PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 films of varying initial quality were irradiated in a research nuclear reactor up to a maximum 1 MeV equivalent neutron fluence of (5.16± 0.03) x 1015 cm-2. Changes in domain wall mobility and reversibility were characterized by polarization-electric field measurements, Rayleigh analysis, and analysis of first order reversal curves (FORC). With increasing fluence, extrinsic contributions to the small-signal permittivity diminished. Additionally, redistribution of irreversible hysterons towards higher coercive fields was …

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Gravitationally Coupled Dirac Equation For Antimatter, Ulrich D. Jentschura Mar 2013

Gravitationally Coupled Dirac Equation For Antimatter, Ulrich D. Jentschura

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The coupling of antimatter to gravity is of general interest because of conceivable cosmological consequences ("surprises") related to dark energy and the cosmological constant. Here, we revisit the derivation of the gravitationally coupled Dirac equation and find that the prefactor of a result given previously by Brill and Wheeler [Rev. Mod. Phys. 29, 465 (1957)] for the affine connection matrix is in need of a correction. We also discuss the conversion of the curved-space Dirac equation from the so-called "East-Coast" to the "West-Coast" convention, in order to bring the gravitationally coupled Dirac equation to a form where it can easily …

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Theoretical Study Of The Compton Effect With Correlated Three-Photon Emission: From The Differential Cross Section To High-Energy Triple-Photon Entanglement, Erik Loetstedt, Ulrich D. Jentschura Mar 2013

Theoretical Study Of The Compton Effect With Correlated Three-Photon Emission: From The Differential Cross Section To High-Energy Triple-Photon Entanglement, Erik Loetstedt, Ulrich D. Jentschura

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The three-photon Compton effect is studied. An incoming photon undergoes triple scattering off a free electron, which leads to the emission of three entangled photons. We investigate the properties of both the total cross section, assuming a low-energy cutoff for the detected photons, and the differential cross section. Particular emphasis is laid on evaluating polarization-resolved cross sections. The entanglement of the final three-photon state is analyzed.

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Single-Cell Measurements Of Ige-Mediated Fcεri Signaling Using An Integrated Microfluidic Platform, Yanli Liu, Dipak Barua, Peng Liu, Bridget S. Wilson, Janet M. Oliver, William S. Hlavacek, Anup K. Singh Mar 2013

Single-Cell Measurements Of Ige-Mediated Fcεri Signaling Using An Integrated Microfluidic Platform, Yanli Liu, Dipak Barua, Peng Liu, Bridget S. Wilson, Janet M. Oliver, William S. Hlavacek, Anup K. Singh

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Heterogeneity in responses of cells to a stimulus, such as a pathogen or allergen, can potentially play an important role in deciding the fate of the responding cell population and the overall systemic response. Measuring heterogeneous responses requires tools capable of interrogating individual cells. Cell signaling studies commonly do not have single-cell resolution because of the limitations of techniques used such as Westerns, ELISAs, mass spectrometry, and DNA microarrays. Microfluidics devices are increasingly being used to overcome these limitations. Here, we report on a microfluidic platform for cell signaling analysis that combines two orthogonal single-cell measurement technologies: on-chip flow cytometry …

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Response Surface Method Based On Radial Basis Functions For Modeling Large-Scale Structures In Model Updating, Linren Zhou, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou Mar 2013

Response Surface Method Based On Radial Basis Functions For Modeling Large-Scale Structures In Model Updating, Linren Zhou, Guirong Yan, Jinping Ou

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Response Surface (RS) Method based on Radial Basis Functions (RBFs) is Proposed to Model the Input-Output System of Large-Scale Structures for Model Updating in This Article. as a Methodology Study, the Complicated Implicit Relationships between the Design Parameters and Response Characteristics of Cable-Stayed Bridges Are Employed in the Construction of an RS. the Key Issues for Application of the Proposed Method Are Discussed, Such as Selecting the Optimal Shape Parameters of RBFs, Generating Samples by using Design of Experiments, and Evaluating the RS Model. the RS Methods based on RBFs of Gaussian, Inverse Quadratic, Multiquadric, and Inverse Multiquadric Are …

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3d Object Recognition Based On A Geometrical Topology Model And Extreme Learning Machine, Rui Nian, Bo He, Amaury Lendasse Mar 2013

3d Object Recognition Based On A Geometrical Topology Model And Extreme Learning Machine, Rui Nian, Bo He, Amaury Lendasse

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In This Paper, One Geometrical Topology Hypothesis is Present based on the Optimal Cognition Principle, and the Single-Hidden Layer Feedforward Neural Network with Extreme Learning Machine (Elm) is Used for 3d Object Recognition. It is Shown that the Proposed Approach Can Identify the Inherent Distribution and the Dependence Structure for Each 3d Object Along Multiple View Angles by Evaluating the Local Topological Segments with a Dipole Topology Model and Developing the Relevant Mathematical Criterion with Elm Algorithm. the Elm Ensemble is Then Used to Combine the Individual Single-Hidden Layer Feedforward Neural Network of Each 3d Object for Performance Improvements. the …

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Low-Complexity Turbo Detection For Single-Carrier Low-Density Parity-Check-Coded Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Underwater Acoustic Communications, Longbao Wang, Jun Tao, Chengshan Xiao, T. C. Yang Mar 2013

Low-Complexity Turbo Detection For Single-Carrier Low-Density Parity-Check-Coded Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Underwater Acoustic Communications, Longbao Wang, Jun Tao, Chengshan Xiao, T. C. Yang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A low-complexity turbo detection scheme is proposed for single-carrier multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) underwater acoustic (UWA) communications using low-density parity-check (LDPC) channel coding. The low complexity of the proposed detection algorithm is achieved in two aspects: first, the frequency-domain equalization technique is adopted, and it maintains a low complexity irrespective of the highly dispersive UWA channels; second, the computation of the soft equalizer output, in the form of extrinsic log-likelihood ratio, is performed with an approximating method, which further reduces the complexity. Moreover, attributed to the LDPC decoding, the turbo detection converges within only a few iterations. The proposed turbo detection …

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Real Time Bridge Scour Monitoring With Magneto-Inductive Field Coupling, Andriy V. Radchenko, David Pommerenke, Genda Chen, Pratik Maheshwari, Satyajeet R. Shinde, Viswa Pilla, Y. Rosa Zheng Mar 2013

Real Time Bridge Scour Monitoring With Magneto-Inductive Field Coupling, Andriy V. Radchenko, David Pommerenke, Genda Chen, Pratik Maheshwari, Satyajeet R. Shinde, Viswa Pilla, Y. Rosa Zheng

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Scour was responsible for most of the U.S. bridges that collapsed during the past 40 years. The maximum scour depth is the most critical parameter in bridge design and maintenance. Due to scouring and refilling of river-bed deposits, existing technologies face a challenge in measuring the maximum scour depth during a strong flood. In this study, a new methodology is proposed for real time scour monitoring of bridges. Smart Rocks with embedded electronics are deployed around the foundation of a bridge as field agents. With wireless communications, these sensors can send their position change information to a nearby mobile station. …

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Managing Innovation, Bonnie Bachman, Stephen O. Bozzone Mar 2013

Managing Innovation, Bonnie Bachman, Stephen O. Bozzone

Economics Faculty Research & Creative Works

The term innovation is one of the most misused and poorly defined terms when discussing economic growth and development. Innovation typically has a modifier in front to distinguish varying levels of value delivered and the impact to the market and some cases the world. ConradWai, CEO of Jump Ventures, defines three types of innovation: Sustaining Innovations maintain or grow market share, improve profit by gaining efficiencies and reducing costs, and often are seen as incremental improvements. The end goal for any sort of innovation pursuit is to create value. By creating something of value one hopes to attract a buyer …

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Role Of Projectile Coherence In Close Heavy Ion-Atom Collisions, Katharina R. Schneider, Michael Schulz, Xincheng Wang, Aditya H. Kelkar, Manfred Grieser, Claude Krantz, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Robert Moshammer, Daniel Fischer Mar 2013

Role Of Projectile Coherence In Close Heavy Ion-Atom Collisions, Katharina R. Schneider, Michael Schulz, Xincheng Wang, Aditya H. Kelkar, Manfred Grieser, Claude Krantz, Joachim Hermann Ullrich, Robert Moshammer, Daniel Fischer

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We have measured fully differential cross sections for single ionization and transfer ionization (TI) in 16 MeV O7++He collisions. The impact parameters mostly contributing to single ionization are about an order of magnitude larger than for TI. Therefore, the projectile beam was much more coherent for the latter compared to the former process. The measured data suggest that, as a result, TI is significantly affected by interference effects which are not present in single ionization.

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Site-Specific Inter-Strand Cross-Links Of Dna Duplexes, Miao Ye, Johan Guillame, Yu Liu, Ruojie Sha, Risheng Wang, Nadrian C. Seeman, James W. Canary Mar 2013

Site-Specific Inter-Strand Cross-Links Of Dna Duplexes, Miao Ye, Johan Guillame, Yu Liu, Ruojie Sha, Risheng Wang, Nadrian C. Seeman, James W. Canary

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

We report the development of technology that allows inter-strand coupling across various positions within one turn of DNA. Four 2'-modified nucleotides were synthesized as protected phosphoramidites and incorporated into DNA oligonucleotides. The modified nucleotides contain either 5-atom or 16-atom linker components, with either amine or carboxylic acid functional groups at their termini, forming 10 or 32 atom (11 or 33 bond) linkages. Chemical coupling of the amine and carboxylate groups in designed strands resulted in the formation of an amide bond. Coupling efficiency as a function of trajectory distance between the individual linker components was examined. For those nucleotides capable …

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Maintainability Defects Detection And Correction: A Multi-Objective Approach, Ali Ouni, Marouane Kessentini, Houari Sahraoui, Mounir Boukadoum Mar 2013

Maintainability Defects Detection And Correction: A Multi-Objective Approach, Ali Ouni, Marouane Kessentini, Houari Sahraoui, Mounir Boukadoum

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

Software defects often lead to bugs, runtime errors and software maintenance difficulties. They should be systematically prevented, found, removed or fixed all along the software lifecycle. However, detecting and fixing these defects is still, to some extent, a difficult, time-consuming and manual process. In this paper, we propose a two-step automated approach to detect and then to correct various types of maintainability defects in source code. Using Genetic Programming, our approach allows automatic generation of rules to detect defects, thus relieving the designer from a fastidious manual rule definition task. Then, we correct the detected defects while minimizing the correction …

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Numerical Investigation Of Plasma Actuator Configurations For Flow Separation Control At Multiple Angles Of Attack, Thomas Kelsey Iv, West, Serhat Hosder Mar 2013

Numerical Investigation Of Plasma Actuator Configurations For Flow Separation Control At Multiple Angles Of Attack, Thomas Kelsey Iv, West, Serhat Hosder

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

No abstract provided.

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Spring 2013 E-Certi Newsletter, Center For Educational Research And Teaching Innovation Mar 2013

Spring 2013 E-Certi Newsletter, Center For Educational Research And Teaching Innovation

CAFE Faculty Newsletters

Hello S&T instructors: Time to catch your second wind as we approach mid-semester and St. Pat’s break. In this edition, read about how faculty handle classes of 100-plus on a regular basis, predictions from an internationally known engineering educator about upcoming changes in teaching engineers, being proactive about end-of-course evaluations, and other news.

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Polarization And Interference Effects In Ionization Of Li By Ion Impact, Renate Hubele, Aaron C. Laforge, Michael Schulz, Johannes Goullon, Xincheng Wang, B. Najjari, Natalia Ferreira, Manfred Grieser, Vitor L B D De Jesus, Robert Moshammer, Katharina R. Schneider, Alexander B. Voitkiv, Daniel Fischer Mar 2013

Polarization And Interference Effects In Ionization Of Li By Ion Impact, Renate Hubele, Aaron C. Laforge, Michael Schulz, Johannes Goullon, Xincheng Wang, B. Najjari, Natalia Ferreira, Manfred Grieser, Vitor L B D De Jesus, Robert Moshammer, Katharina R. Schneider, Alexander B. Voitkiv, Daniel Fischer

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present initial-state selective fully differential cross sections for ionization of lithium by 24 MeV O8+ impact. The data for ionization from the 2s and 2p states look qualitatively different from each other and from 1s ionization of He. For ionization from the 2p state, to which in our study the mL=-1 substate predominantly contributes, we observe orientational dichroism and for 2s ionization pronounced interference which we trace back to the nodal structure of the initial-state wave function.

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The Missouri Miner, February 28, 2013 Feb 2013

The Missouri Miner, February 28, 2013

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

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A Hybrid Electromagnetics-Circuit Simulation Method Exploiting Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Time Domain Method, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang Feb 2013

A Hybrid Electromagnetics-Circuit Simulation Method Exploiting Discontinuous Galerkin Finite Element Time Domain Method, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A hybrid electromagnetics (EM)-circuit simulation method employing the discontinuous Galerkin finite element time domain (DGFETD) method is developed to model single lumped port networks comprised of both linear and non-linear elements. The whole computational domain is split into two subsystems: one is the EM subsystem that is analyzed by DGFETD, while another is the circuit subsystem that is modeled by the Modified Nodal Analysis method to generate a circuit subsystem. The coupling between the EM and circuit subsystems is achieved through a lumped port. Due to the local properties of DGFETD operations, only small coupling matrix equation systems are involved. …

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Faculty Senate Minutes February 21, 2013, Missouri University Of Science And Technology Faculty Senate Feb 2013

Faculty Senate Minutes February 21, 2013, Missouri University Of Science And Technology Faculty Senate

Minutes & Agendas

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The Missouri Miner, February 21, 2013 Feb 2013

The Missouri Miner, February 21, 2013

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

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Equilibrium And Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of Thermal Conductance At Solid-Gas Interfaces, Zhi Liang, William Evans, Pawel Keblinski Feb 2013

Equilibrium And Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations Of Thermal Conductance At Solid-Gas Interfaces, Zhi Liang, William Evans, Pawel Keblinski

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Thermal Conductance at Solid-Gas Interfaces with Different Interfacial Bonding Strengths is Calculated through Green-Kubo Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics (EMD) Simulations. Due to the Finite Size of the Simulation System, the Long-Time Integral of the Time Correlation Function of Heat Power Across the Solid-Gas Interface Exhibits an Exponential Decay, Which Contains the Information on Interfacial Thermal Conductance. If an Adsorbed Gas Layer is Formed on the Solid Surface, It is Found that the Solid-Gas Interface Needs to Be Defined at a Plane Outside the Adsorbed Layer So as to Obtain the Correct Result from the Green-Kubo Formula. the EMD Simulation Result …

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The Missouri Miner, February 14, 2013 Feb 2013

The Missouri Miner, February 14, 2013

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

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Carbothermal Synthesis Of Titanium Oxycarbide As Electrocatalyst Support With High Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity, Kan Huang, Yunfeng Li, Yangchuan Xing Feb 2013

Carbothermal Synthesis Of Titanium Oxycarbide As Electrocatalyst Support With High Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity, Kan Huang, Yunfeng Li, Yangchuan Xing

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Carbothermal reduction of semiconducting TiO2 into highly conductive titanium oxycarbide (TiOxCy) was investigated. The thermally produced uniform carbon layer on TiO2 (Degussa P25) protects the TiO2 nanoparticles from sintering and, at the same time, supplies the carbon source for doping TiO2 with carbon. At low temperatures (e.g., 700 °C), carbon only substitutes part of the oxide and distorts the TiO2 lattice to form TiO2-xCx with only substitutional carbon. When the carbon-doped TiO2 is annealed at a higher temperature (1100 °C), x-ray diffraction and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy results showed that TiOxCy, a solid …

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Numerical Evaluation Of The Stability Of Stationary Points Of Index-2 Differential-Algebraic Equations: Applications To Reactive Flash And Reactive Distillation Systems, D. A. Harney, T. K. Mills, N. L. Book Feb 2013

Numerical Evaluation Of The Stability Of Stationary Points Of Index-2 Differential-Algebraic Equations: Applications To Reactive Flash And Reactive Distillation Systems, D. A. Harney, T. K. Mills, N. L. Book

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The dynamic behavior of many chemical processes can be represented by an index-2 system of differential-algebraic equations. This index can be reduced by differentiation, but unfortunately the index reduced systems are not guaranteed to possess the same stability characteristics as that of the original system. When the set of differential-algebraic equations can be written in Hessenberg form, the matrix pencil of the linearized system can be used to directly evaluate the stability of a steady state without the need for index reduction. Direct evaluations of stability of reactive flash and reactive distillation are presented. It is also shown that a …

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Improvement Of Heat Transfer Efficiency At Solid-Gas Interfaces By Self-Assembled Monolayers, Zhi Liang, William Evans, Tapan Desai, Pawel Keblinski Feb 2013

Improvement Of Heat Transfer Efficiency At Solid-Gas Interfaces By Self-Assembled Monolayers, Zhi Liang, William Evans, Tapan Desai, Pawel Keblinski

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations, We Demonstrate that the Efficiency of Heat Exchange between a Solid and a Gas Can Be Maximized by Functionalizing Solid Surface with Organic Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs). We Observe that for Bare Metal Surfaces, the Thermal Accommodation Coefficient (TAC) Strongly Depends on the Solid-Gas Interaction Strength. for Metal Surfaces Modified with Organic SAMs, the TAC is Close to its Theoretical Maximum and is Essentially Independent from the SAM-Gas Interaction Strength. the Analysis of the Simulation Results Indicates that Softer and Lighter SAMs, Compared to the Bare Metal Surfaces, Are Responsible for the Greatly Enhanced TAC. © 2013 …

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The Serial Resonant Antenna For The Large Field Of View Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Bo Zhu, Ed Xuekui Wu, Patrick Peng Gao, Peng Cao, Lijun Jiang Feb 2013

The Serial Resonant Antenna For The Large Field Of View Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Bo Zhu, Ed Xuekui Wu, Patrick Peng Gao, Peng Cao, Lijun Jiang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A serial resonant antenna for the large field of view (FOV) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is presented. It consists of metallic patches cascaded through lumped capacitors in serial on the top layer of a grounded dielectric substrate. The theoretical analysis show that at the resonant frequency, uniformly distributed current with zero phase delay is produced independent of the antenna length, hence a uniform magnetic field for large FOV MRI can be achieved. Integrated with the L-shaped tunable matching network, the antenna can be tuned easily to operate rigorously at the working frequency of the MRI system. The numerical modeling, physical …

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The Missouri Miner, February 7, 2013 Feb 2013

The Missouri Miner, February 7, 2013

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

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Single Network Adaptive Critics Networks-Development, Analysis, And Applications, Jie Ding, Ali Heydari, S. N. Balakrishnan Feb 2013

Single Network Adaptive Critics Networks-Development, Analysis, And Applications, Jie Ding, Ali Heydari, S. N. Balakrishnan

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Solving infinite time optimal control problems in an approximate dynamic programing framework with two-network structure has become popular in recent years. In this chapter, an alternative to the two-network structure is provided. We develop single network adaptive critics (SNAC) which eliminate the need to have a separate action network to output control. Two versions of SNAC are presented. The first version, called SNAC outputs the costates and the second version called J-SNAC outputs the cost function values. Special structure called Finite-SNAC to efficiently solve finite time problems is also presented. Illustrative infinite time and finite time problems are considered; numerical …

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Online Optimal Control Of Nonaffine Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems Without Using Value And Policy Iterations, Hassan Zargarzadeh, Qinmin Yang, S. Jagannathan Feb 2013

Online Optimal Control Of Nonaffine Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems Without Using Value And Policy Iterations, Hassan Zargarzadeh, Qinmin Yang, S. Jagannathan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Online optimal control of nonlinear discrete-time systems in a forward-in-time manner is a challenging problem due to a lack of closed-form solution to the Hamilton- Bellman-Jacobi (HJB) equation. Traditionally, value and policy iteration-based approximate optimal control schemes are developed in the literature by assuming that a significant number of iterations can be performed within a sampling interval which is not practical. By contrast, this book chapter introduces a novel online time-based optimal framework for nonlinear discrete-time systems by using both: (a) reinforcement learning and (b) online neural network approximation-based forward-in-time dynamic programming without using iterative methodology. The overall stability proof …

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