Disturbance Observer-Based Predictive Functional Critical Control of a Table Drive System
This paper addresses a control system design for a table drive system based on the disturbance observer (DOB)-based predictive functional critical control (PFCC). To empower the previously developed DOB-based PFC to handle constraints on controlled outputs, we propose to take a critical control approach. To this end, we derive the transfer function representation of the PFC controller and yield a detailed design procedure. The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed through an experimental evaluation.
Critical systems and tolerable inputs
Abstract A system that is subjected to random inputs is said to be critical if the output is required to be strictly within prescribed bounds. Any violation of these bounds results in unacceptable, and perhaps catastrophic, operation. An input that does not cause the bounds to be violated is said to be tolerable. This paper determines various classes of tolerable inputs which, when maximized, encompass a significant class, if not all, of the inputs that can arise in practice.
White-Collar Crime in Modern England: Financial Fraud and Business Morality, 1845-1929.
List of tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The new economy: transformation of finance and opportunities for crime 2. The railway mania 3. Banking and credit fraud 4. Stock fraud 5. Company fraud: promotion 6. Company fraud: management 7. Company law and the courts 8. Business ethics and professionalization Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index.