Stochastic recruitment control of large ensemble systems with limited feedback

Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Odhner, Lael U ^a   Asada, Harry ^b  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE ACTUATOR; BINARY STATE; CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; CONVERGENCE RATES; CONVERGENCE SPEED; DESIGN TRADEOFF; ENSEMBLE BEHAVIOR; ENSEMBLE SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK SIGNAL; FINITE STATE; INITIAL STATE; LIMITED FEEDBACK; MOTOR UNIT; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTIMAL CONVERGENCE; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATE TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; STATE-DEPENDENT; STEADY-STATE BEHAVIORS; STOCHASTIC SHORTEST PATH PROBLEM; THEORETICAL RESULT; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES;

EMPLOYMENT; FEEDBACK; MARKOV PROCESSES; MUSCLE; STATE FEEDBACK; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

CONTROLLERS;

EID: 77955807394     PISSN: 00220434     EISSN: 15289028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001706     Document Type: Article

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