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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Empirical analysis of Tong-Kong sakura shrimp fishery resources

Hsu, Chia-fen 08 July 2011 (has links)
Tong-Kong sakura shrimp is one of important fisheries in southwest coast. Tong-Kong sakura shrimp, blue fin tuna and mullet roe are called Three Treasures of Tong-Kong . It brings significant economic benefits for local residents. This research is based on Gordon-Schaefer Model theory that combines with fishery catch statistics and operational cost data. Also, we use these data to discuss open-access fishing ground and dynamically optimal fishing ground of balance status under equilibrium level. Next step is to do stimulation analysis that based on annual fishery catch statistics of sakura shrimp. After stimulation, we can make comparisons of equilibrium values of these two fishing grounds. From analysing fishery catch statistics and fishing resource we may know that it can shows that the management of sakura shrimp tends to dynamically optimal fishing ground, and also can state that the management mechanism of sakura shrimp is an ideal of sustainable management. Then, through the example, we can understand how each variation influences fishing resources and fishing effort of these two fishing grounds. Finally, we simulate fishing resources model of two fishing grounds to show the result. If we don¡¦t manage fishery of sakura shrimp well and keep uncontrolled fishing, not only the fishing ground will become an open-access fishery, but also fishing resources will become extinct. However, once we can manage fishing ground efficiently, it will become a dynamically optimal fishing ground and the fishery of sakura shrimp will develop sustainably.
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Design of Model Reference Adaptive Tracking Controllers for Mismatch Perturbed Nonlinear Systems with Nonlinear Inputs

Su, Tai-Ming 03 May 2004 (has links)
A simple design methodology of optimal model reference adaptive control (OMRAC) scheme with perturbation estimation for solving robust tracking problems is proposed in this thesis. The plant to be controlled belongs to a class of MIMO perturbed dynamic systems with input nonlinearity and time varying delay. The proposed robust tracking controller with a perturbation estimation scheme embedded is designed by using Lyapunov stability theorem. The control scheme contains three types of controllers. The first one is a linear feedback optimal controller, which is designed under the condition that no perturbation exists. The second one is an adaptive controller, it is used for adapting the unknown upper bound of perturbation estimation error. The third one is the perturbation estimation mechanism. The property of uniformly ultimately boundness is proved under the proposed control scheme, and the effects of each design parameter on the dynamic performance is also analyzed. An example is demonstrated for showing the feasibility of the proposed control scheme.
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Design of Robust Controllers for Flexible Linkage Mechanism

Liao, Wen-Hwei 18 January 2001 (has links)
The purpose of this dissertation is to study the robust control for the smart flexible linkage mechanism. The control of flexible linkage induced inertia force under high-speed rotation is taken into consideration with the system parameter uncertainties such as modeling error, truncation error, and both of control spillover and observation spillover due to the residual modes of structural control problem. Based on the principles of LQ, optimal model following (OMF) and frequency shaping, this study proposes some sufficient conditions of stability criteria for the design of robust controller, respectively. These techniques guarantee that the controlled plant, under both bounded parameter perturbations and model truncation, could remain stable. Meanwhile, searching for the optimal locating positions of sensor and actuator by applying Taguchi method and genetic algorithm (GA) combined technique is further studied. The system is modeled through employing finite element method (FEM), and the limited lower frequency part modes are separated into controlled modes and residual modes. In time domain, at first we design a Luenberger-observer-based robust controller for the finite-dimensional mode plant keeping stability in a specified region. And then, a robust controller with the OMF is designed for the controlled system to achieve the performance as those of the specified optimum model. From the view of frequency domain, the robust controller could also be deigned according to the frequency shaping principle to suppress the exciting effect of higher frequency residual modes, and similarly avoid that the system might be destabilized. Finally, the combination of Taguchi method and GA technique to search the optimal locations for placing actuator and sensor to coincide with the stability and performance requirement is also done. From the computer simulation, the middle point movement of the linkage is obviously well controlled; hence, the designed robust controllers can certainly suppress the affection of parameter uncertainties and the spillover stimulation of residual modes, and can produce satisfactory results.
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The Development of a Platform Interface With the Use of Virtual Reality to Enhance Upper-Extremity Prosthetic Training and Rehabilitation

Knight, Ashley D. 13 June 2017 (has links)
This dissertation focuses on the investigation and development of an effective prosthetic training and rehabilitation platform with the use of virtual reality to facilitate an effective process to return amputees to the highest level of independence and functioning possible. It has been reported that approximately 10 million people live with a limb loss worldwide, with around 30% being an upper-extremity amputee. The sudden loss of a hand or arm causes the loss of fine, coordinated movements, reduced joint range of motion (ROM), proprioceptive feedback and aesthetic appearance, all which can be improved with the use of a prosthesis and proper training. Current literature has shown prosthetic devices to provide limited function to users in a variety of areas including hand operation, functionality and usability, all which could be improved with proper rehabilitation and training. It has been exhibited that a large percentage of amputees abandon or reject prosthesis use mostly due to limited function and lack of training or knowledge of the device. It has been reported that untrained amputees will adjust their body in an awkward or compensatory body motion rather than repositioning a joint position while performing a task with a prosthetic device. This causes misuse and improper function that has been shown to lead to significant injuries. An effective prosthetic training and rehabilitation regime would be advantageous in returning the patient to the highest level of independence and functioning possible, with proper use of their prosthetic device. A successful training and rehabilitation program would allow an amputee to improve their ability to perform with optimal motion and use all prosthetic control capabilities. This dissertation describes the development of a stick figure model of the user’s motion in real-time and a character avatar animating the individualized optimal goal motions. The real-time model directly corresponds to the user’s motion, with the option to have the character avatar simultaneously animating an optimal goal motion for the user to follow. These were implemented into the Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) system (Motek Medical, Amsterdam, Netherlands) to provide real-time visual feedback to the users while performing specified training and rehabilitating tasks. A ten camera Vicon (Oxford, UK) optical motion captured system was used with the CAREN system capabilities to track body and upper extremity prosthetic segments during range of motion (ROM), activities of daily living (ADL), and return to duty (RTD) tasks, with and without the use of the virtual reality visual feedback. Data was collected on five able-bodied subjects and five subjects with a unilateral transradial amputation using their personal prosthetic device. Through investigation and development, a preferred and effective way to display the visualization of the real-time and optimal models were revealed. Testing the subjects with and without the virtual reality visualization, exhibited the effectiveness of providing visual feedback. Results showed subject’s to have improved positing, movement symmetry, joint range of motion, motivation, and overall an improved performance of the series of tasks tested. With the integration of the optimal model visualization, real-time visual feedback, and additional CAREN system capabilities, upper-extremity training and rehabilitation techniques were shown to enhance with the use of virtual reality, through improved task performance, and functional advances. The results of this dissertation introduce an alternative means for clinicians to consider for effectively rehabilitating and training upper-limb amputees. Findings of this dissertation sought to provide useful guidelines and recommendation to aid in the development of a small-scale adaptable option for rehabilitation practitioners and at home use. The techniques investigated in this study could also be applicable for lower-limb amputee, post-stroke, traumatic brain injury, poly-trauma, and other patients with physically limiting disabilities. The techniques investigated in this study are expected to aid in the development of training and rehabilitation procedures for a variety of patient populations, to enhance the effectiveness and assist in improving the overall quality of life of others.
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Optimizacija postupaka tehničke dijagnostike hidroelektrana / Optimization of technical dijagnostics of hydroelectric

Nikolić Dragan 08 May 2008 (has links)
<p>Doktorska disertacija ima za cilj da&nbsp; teoretski i empirijski, kontrolicano, sistematski i kritički ispita hipotezu formiranja modela optimizacije postupaka tehničke dijagnostike, pri izboru najznačajnijih parametara u određivanju sigurnosti funkcionisanja sastavnih komponenti sklopova hidroelektrane. Određenim vrednostima analizirane pouzdanosti određen je univerzalni model optimizacije na osnovu model blok dijagrama i mernih mesta. NJihovim međusobnim uticajem i povezanošću formira se: korelacija parametara optimizacije mehaničkih oscilacija i temperature, korelacija parametara optimizacije mehaničkih oscilacija i pohabanosti ležajeva i korelacija parametara optimizacije radnih temperatura i pohabanosti leđajeva. Ovakav model je univerzalnog tipa jer se može primeniti i na složene sisteme, bez obzira na dimenzije komponenti sklopova.</p> / <p>The doctorssca dissertacion problems connected to gear choice which have<br />been exited by now have been solved in the paper. This model we can determining optimal model<br />tehnical diagnostic hydro electric plants. It has been done by its general quality estimation well as<br />problem of quality control. That was solved here on the example of gears. One of the aims of the<br />paper is development of personal approach to quality evoluation and compound mechanical<br />systems reliability, gear in this case. The evoluation process of design solution has been done by<br />computing the value for every gear being analysed and based on that it has been established<br />which gear is better.</p>
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Uticaj pojava mehaničkih oscilacija na sigurnost funkcionisanja sklopova u sistemu prenosa snage tekstilnih mašina / The influence of mechanical oscillations on safety of funcioningof testile machines

Stefanović Slobodan 21 December 2006 (has links)
<p>Analiza sigurnosti funkcionisanja sastavnih komponenti sklopa boksa predenja i sklopa<br />za namotavanje kalemova gotovom pređom kod OE - predilice se može najpreciznije pratiti formiranjem monitoring sistema praćenja njihovog rada. Na osnovu nje vr&scaron;e se procedure preventivnog održavanja, koje se baziraju na konceptu planskog održavanja koje obuhvataju ocene stvarnog stanja rada i ispravnosti sastavnih komponenti analiziranih sklopova. Ovaj vid praćenja stanja obuhvata korelacionu povezanost pouzdanosti i nivoa mehaničkih oscilacija na sastavnim komponentama analiziranih sklopova i uzroke koje one dovode do njihovih otkaza.<br />Korelacija je izvr&scaron;ena formiranjem univerzalnog optimalnog modela rada analiziranih sklopova prema izabranim mernim mestima na osnovu uticaja mehaničkih oscilacija (vibracija). Metodologija praćenja stanja je obuhvatila nivoe amplitudnih spektra mernih veličina oscilovanja na komponentama analiziranih sklopova za izvr&scaron;ena redosledna merenja. Dobijene vrednosti su une&scaron;ene u univerzalni optimalni model za različite vremenske intervale rada<br />komponenata analiziranih sklopova, pa je na osnovu njih određena zavisnost modela&nbsp;u funkciji eksploatacionog vremena (t) , koja predstavlja određivanje frekventne sigurnosti rada sklopova. Ova zavisnost podržala je ocenu sigurnosti funkcionisanja<br />sastavnih komponenti analiziranih sklopova u slučajevima kada na njima nisu sprovođeni postupci tehnologije preventivnog održavanja i kada su ovi postupci sprovođeni.</p> / <p>The analysis of functioning of basic components of technical system is the basic type of monitoring systems and state analyzing. Based on this, there are procedures of preventive maintenance, which have the grades of real state of work and components of technical system. This work contains co-relation between levels of mechanical oscillations of components in the system and their influence on the cause of system mallfunction. Corelation is based on forming the universal optimal working model for analvzing the system on chosen measurement points based on the influence of mechanical oscillations (vibrations). The methodology of state tracking has levels of amplitude spectres of measurement values and oscillating the components of<br />analized systems for those results. The values are the input for basic universal optimal model for different time intervals of system work, and based on those values were defmite the model dependence in the time oscillations (t), which represents the dependence of frequent safety of sub - system in function of their work)).These dependence is supported in the functioning of basic components of analized system in the ča&scaron;e of their work with and without the basic maintenance.</p>
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Model za donošenje odluka u procesima prepoznavanja tipa funkcije pouzdanosti brodskih postrojenja / The Model for Decision Making in Recognition Process of Reliabilitu Funcition Type in Ship Facilities

Tomašević Marko 03 July 2007 (has links)
<p style="text-align: justify">Doktorska disertacija se bavi aktuelnom problematikom dono&scaron;enja odluka u procesu prepoznavanja tipa funkcije pouzdanosti brodskih postrojenja. U uvodnom delu doktorata obja&scaron;njeni su motivi za rad na doktorskoj disertaciji. Motivacija je proiza&scaron;la iz nastojanja da se unapredi teorija i praksa dono&scaron;enja odluka u prepoznavanju tipa funkcije pouzdanosti brodskih postrojenja, koja se zasniva na analitič kim i matematič ko-statistič ikim metodama. Pristup za re&scaron;avanje tog problema, koji je predložen u doktoratu, svodi se na teorijsku analizu radova i tehnologija, kao i na primenu sistemske dinamike i simulacione tehnologije u eksploatacionom istraž ivanju, a koje se bave problematikom klasifikacije signala sa pragom za dono&scaron;enje odluka o pouzdanosti brodskih postrojenja. To je uzrokovalo da se autor ove disertacije bavi istraživanjem novih metoda koje se mogu primeniti u oblasti pouzdanosti brodskih postrojenja. U doktoratu su razvijeni matematički i verbalni modeli pona&scaron;anja sistema pomoću signala na izlazu sistema za nekoliko slučajeva. U zaključku disertacije sistematično se interpretiraju rezultati istraživanja, potvrđuju hipoteze i komentari&scaron;u teorijska i praktična re&scaron;enja, daje se pregled mogućnosti daljih istraživanja re&scaron;enja koja su predložena disertacijom. Na primeru merenih i separiranih signala eksperimentalno, pomoću simulacione metodologije i sistemske dinamike, verifikovana je hipoteza statistič ke nezavisnosti izvornih signala. Sintezom teorijskih i analitičkih saznanja i numerički potkrepljenim praktič nim rezultatima (simulacijama), težilo se osmi&scaron;ljavanju preporuka za usklađivanje procesa dono&scaron;enja odluka na bazi prepoznavanja oblika pouzdanosti sa ukupnom sigurno&scaron;ću brodskih postrojenja, na način kako se do sada nije činilo.</p> / <p>This doctoral thesis deals with up-to-date problems related to decision making in the<br />process of recognizing forms of reliability of marine plants. Marine propulsion plant is very<br />complex and includes a set of interrelated and dependent subsystems with a large number of<br />components. The reliability and availability of such complex system depends on reliability of its<br />all components.<br />In the introductory part motives for work on this thesis are explained. Motivation has<br />come out of intention to develop the theory and practice of decision making in recognizing forms<br />of reliability of marine plants based on analytical and mathematical-statistical methods. The<br />approach to solving the problem, that is proposed in the thesis, corresponds to the theoretical<br />analysis of works and technologies as well as to the application of system dynamics and<br />simulation technology in exploitation research that again deal with the problems of classification<br />of signals with the level of decision making on the reliability of marine plants. The above<br />mentioned has lead the author to devote himself to researching new methods that can be applied<br />in the field of reliability of marine plants. The thesis presents developed mathematical and verbal<br />models of system behaviour with the use of signals observed at the system output for several<br />cases. In the conclusion of the thesis results of the research are systematically interpreted,<br />hypotheses are proved and theoretical and practical solutions commented on. Furthermore, a<br />range of possibilities for further research of solutions proposed in the thesis are presented. On the<br />example of measured and separated signals the hypothesis of statistical independence of original<br />signals has been verified experimentally using simulation methodology and system dynamics.<br />Synthesis of theoretical and analytical newly gained knowledge and numerically supported<br />practical results (simulations) have been used with the aim to reach reccomendations for<br />matching the process of decision making based on recognizing forms of reliability with total<br />safety of marine plants in a manner not used so far.</p>
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Zdeněk Mlynář a jeho působení na Československé akademii věd / Zdenek Mlynar and his performance at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences

Dufková, Kateřina January 2014 (has links)
This thesis deals with the personality of prominent lawyer and a political scientist Zdenek Mlynar during his tenure at the Institute of State and Law of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences. Mlynar was one of the leading figures and ideologues of the Prague Spring; in the first half of 1968 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and later he became its secretary. He was also one of the authors of the 'Action Programme' of the Communist Party, precisely of its political part. Nevertheless his ideological development was not straightforward; he started as a devoted ideologue and dogmatist in the 1950s to become a reformer in the second half of the 1960s. And during that whole time period Mlynar had been employed as a scientist at the Academy of Sciences in the field of the legal theory. For the purpose of this thesis was Mlynar's more than twelve-year long tenure at the Academy of Sciences is divided into three periods: a research assistantship between 1957 and 1959, his tenure as a head of the Department of Theory of State and Law between 1960 and 1966 and then the time of his work on the political reform in 1968, with a special attention being paid to the interdisciplinary team "Development of the political system in the socialistic society" which was initiated and...

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