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Estimating the scaling of rain rate moments from radar and rain gauge (2007)
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Paulson, K. S., & Zhang, X. (2007). Estimating the scaling of rain rate moments from radar and rain gauge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 112(20), Article D20107. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JD008547

Rain rate is a physical parameter that is only defined over some spatial or spatial-temporal integration volume. The moments of rain rate fields calculated from measurements derived from integration volumes of the same shape and a range of sizes are... Read More about Estimating the scaling of rain rate moments from radar and rain gauge.

Fault diagnosis of an industrial gas turbine prototype using a system identification approach (2007)
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Simani, S., & Patton, R. J. (2008). Fault diagnosis of an industrial gas turbine prototype using a system identification approach. Control engineering practice, 16(7), 769-786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conengprac.2007.08.009

In this work, a model-based procedure exploiting analytical redundancy for the detection and isolation of faults on a gas turbine simulated process is presented. The main point of the paper consists of exploiting an identification scheme in connectio... Read More about Fault diagnosis of an industrial gas turbine prototype using a system identification approach.

An interaction predictive approach to fault-tolerant control in network control systems (2007)
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Kambhampati, C., Perkgoz, C., Patton, R. J., & Ahamed, W. (2007). An interaction predictive approach to fault-tolerant control in network control systems. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 221(6), 885-894. https://doi.org/10.1243/09596518jsce377

This paper illustrates some of the capabilities of previously proposed network control system (NCS) architectures to carry on functioning in the event of faults, without recourse to system reconfiguration. The principle of interaction prediction is u... Read More about An interaction predictive approach to fault-tolerant control in network control systems.

Midinfrared photoluminescence and compositional modulation in pentanary GaInAsPSb alloys grown by liquid phase epitaxy (2007)
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Krier, A., Smirnov, V. M., Batty, P. J., Yin, M., Lai, K. T., Rybchenko, S., Haywood, S. K., Vasil'ev, V. I., Gagis, G. S., & Kuchinskii, V. I. (2007). Midinfrared photoluminescence and compositional modulation in pentanary GaInAsPSb alloys grown by liquid phase epitaxy. Applied physics letters, 91(8), 082102. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2768892

Room temperature photoluminescence is reported from GaInAsSbP pentanary alloys grown by liquid phase epitaxy on GaSb. The epitaxial layers exhibited emission in the midinfrared between 3 and 4 μm. Investigation of the structural and photoluminescence... Read More about Midinfrared photoluminescence and compositional modulation in pentanary GaInAsPSb alloys grown by liquid phase epitaxy.

Importance of aspect ratio over shape in determining the quantization potential of self-assembled zinc-blende III-V quantum dots (2007)
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Rybchenko, S. I., Yeap, G., Gupta, R., Itskevich, I. E., & Haywood, S. K. (2007). Importance of aspect ratio over shape in determining the quantization potential of self-assembled zinc-blende III-V quantum dots. Journal of applied physics, 102(1), 013706. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2752127

We have studied the effect of shape on the strain-modified electron/hole confinement potential in zinc-blende quantum dots (QDs), using standard deformation potential theory and an anisotropic continuum-elasticity approximation. Calculations were per... Read More about Importance of aspect ratio over shape in determining the quantization potential of self-assembled zinc-blende III-V quantum dots.

Development of a (silent) speech recognition system for patients following laryngectomy (2007)
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Fagan, M. J., Ell, S. R., Gilbert, J. M., Sarrazin, E., & Chapman, P. M. (2008). Development of a (silent) speech recognition system for patients following laryngectomy. Medical engineering & physics, 30(4), 419-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medengphy.2007.05.003

Surgical voice restoration post-laryngectomy has a number of limitations and drawbacks. The present gold standard involves the use of a tracheo-oesophageal fistula (TOF) valve to divert air from the lungs into the throat, which vibrates, and from thi... Read More about Development of a (silent) speech recognition system for patients following laryngectomy.

Design of electronic systems based on functional capability (2007)
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Gilbert, J. M. (2008). Design of electronic systems based on functional capability. Quality and Reliability Engineering International, 24(1), 3-21. https://doi.org/10.1002/qre.856

An important measure of design quality is the extent to which a circuit design is able to meets its specification in the presence of component parameter variations. Of equal importance is knowing how to improve this capability most effectively. This... Read More about Design of electronic systems based on functional capability.

On natural frequencies and eigenmodes of a linear vibration system (2007)
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Müller, P. C., & Hou, M. (2007). On natural frequencies and eigenmodes of a linear vibration system. ZAMM, 87(5), 348-351. https://doi.org/10.1002/zamm.200610319

For conservative linear chain-structured mass-spring vibration systems with n degrees of freedom, the conjecture of Mikota [1] on the natural frequencies is verified. In addition, the eigenvalue/eigenvector problem of a related square root matrix is... Read More about On natural frequencies and eigenmodes of a linear vibration system.

Downscaling of rain gauge time series by multiplicative beta cascade (2007)
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Baxter, P. D., & Paulson, K. S. (2007). Downscaling of rain gauge time series by multiplicative beta cascade. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 112(D9), Article ARTN D09105. https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JD007333

This paper develops a downscaling algorithm capable of producing ensembles of rain rate time series, with integration times as short as 10 s, consistent with a time series of rain rates with integration times as long as 6 hours. The algorithm is base... Read More about Downscaling of rain gauge time series by multiplicative beta cascade.

Estimation of sinusoidal frequencies and amplitudes using adaptive identifier and observer (2007)
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Hou, M. (2007). Estimation of sinusoidal frequencies and amplitudes using adaptive identifier and observer. IEEE transactions on automatic control, 52(3), 493-499. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2006.890389

A simple method is proposed for estimation of amplitudes of multiple sinusoids. The estimation is based on the existing adaptive identifier which offers the globally convergent estimate of sinusoidal frequencies. To deal with possible singularities o... Read More about Estimation of sinusoidal frequencies and amplitudes using adaptive identifier and observer.

Diversity improvement estimation from rain radar databases using maximum likelihood estimation (2006)
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Paulson, K. S., Watson, R. J., & Usman, I. S. (2006). Diversity improvement estimation from rain radar databases using maximum likelihood estimation. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 54(1), 168-174. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2005.861571

This research examines route diversity as a fade mitigation technique in the presence of rain, for terrestrial microwave links. The improvement in availability due to diversity depends upon the complex spatio-temporal properties of rainfall. To produ... Read More about Diversity improvement estimation from rain radar databases using maximum likelihood estimation.

Effect of interface passivation on the magnetoresistance of granular magnetite Fe3(1-δ)O4 (2006)
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Rybchenko, S. I., Fujishiro, Y., Takagi, H., & Awano, M. (2006). Effect of interface passivation on the magnetoresistance of granular magnetite Fe3(1-δ)O4. Applied physics letters, 89(13), Article 132509. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2357581

The reductive passivation of granular interface was proposed to enhance the tunneling magnetoresistance of bulk granular magnetite. For this, an annealing in paraffin wax has been applied. As a result, the low-field magnetoresistance response was inc... Read More about Effect of interface passivation on the magnetoresistance of granular magnetite Fe3(1-δ)O4.

A general route diversity model for convergent terrestrial microwave links (2006)
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Paulson, K. S., Usman, I. S., & Watson, R. J. (2006). A general route diversity model for convergent terrestrial microwave links. Radio science, 41(3), https://doi.org/10.1029/2005RS003411

[1] This research examines route diversity as a fade mitigation technique in the presence of rain for convergent, terrestrial, microwave links. A general model is derived which predicts the joint distribution of rain attenuation on arbitrary pairs of... Read More about A general route diversity model for convergent terrestrial microwave links.

The effect of variation in atmospheric absorption on millimetric, terrestrial, telecommunications links (2005)
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Paulson, K. S. (2005). The effect of variation in atmospheric absorption on millimetric, terrestrial, telecommunications links. Radio science, 40(6), Article RS6004. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004RS003218

When planning the link budget for millimeter and submillimeter wave telecommunications links, the attenuation by atmospheric gasses is taken into account. However, at millimetric frequencies above 50 GHz it may become necessary to account for the tem... Read More about The effect of variation in atmospheric absorption on millimetric, terrestrial, telecommunications links.

Neural observer by coordinate transformation (2005)
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Delgado, A., Hou, M., & Kambhampati, C. (2005). Neural observer by coordinate transformation. IEE Proceedings Control Theory and Applications, 152(6), 698-706. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-cta%3A20045069

Nonlinear control affine systems with maximum relative degree and a class of nonlinear differential equations can be transformed into a state representation known as the normal form. Based on the normal form an observer is designed using neural netwo... Read More about Neural observer by coordinate transformation.

An investigation of the effect of feedback on TLM nodes representing heat transfer (2005)
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Koay, A. L., Pulko, S. H., & Wilkinson, A. J. (2005). An investigation of the effect of feedback on TLM nodes representing heat transfer. International journal of numerical modelling, 18(6), 399-411. https://doi.org/10.1002/jnm.586

TLM is a very successful technique for modelling thermal transients in heat transfer systems. However, useful though transient modelling is, there are many systems in which the desired thermal behaviour can only be obtained by direct, real-time inter... Read More about An investigation of the effect of feedback on TLM nodes representing heat transfer.

Amplitude and frequency estimator of a sinusoid (2005)
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Hou, M. (2005). Amplitude and frequency estimator of a sinusoid. IEEE transactions on automatic control, 50(6), 855-858. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2005.849244

A dynamic estimator with global convergence property is proposed to simultaneously reconstruct the unknown values of the amplitude, frequency, and offset of a sinusoidal signal which is measured. Several versions of the estimator along with illustrat... Read More about Amplitude and frequency estimator of a sinusoid.

Tuning of electronic coupling between self-assembled quantum dots (2005)
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Rybchenko, S., Itskevich, I., Skolnick, M. S., Cahill, J., Tartakovskii, A. I., Hill, G., & Hopkinson, M. (2005). Tuning of electronic coupling between self-assembled quantum dots. Applied physics letters, 87(3), 033104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1995953

Semiconductor self-assembled quantum dots (SAQDs) normally have zero-dimensional properties, but become coupled and acquire higher-dimensional character if the distance between the dots is small. Using photoluminescence spectroscopy under high hydros... Read More about Tuning of electronic coupling between self-assembled quantum dots.

Observing a three-tank system (2005)
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Hou, M., Xiong, Y., & Patton, R. (2005). Observing a three-tank system. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, 13(3), 478-484. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCST.2004.839578

Observability analysis and observer synthesis are studied for a three-tank water process. Observability of the process is considered under various assumptions on measurements. The observer design takes into account singularity of nonlinear observers.... Read More about Observing a three-tank system.

Controllability and elimination of impulsive modes in descriptor systems (2004)
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Hou, M. (2004). Controllability and elimination of impulsive modes in descriptor systems. IEEE transactions on automatic control, 49(10), 1723-1729. https://doi.org/10.1109/TAC.2004.835392

As a refined notion, impulsive-mode controllability is suggested for the general class of linear continuous descriptor systems. This notion reveals rich properties of the general descriptor systems in terms of admissibility of initial conditions, adm... Read More about Controllability and elimination of impulsive modes in descriptor systems.