A Second-order Look at Stability and Generalization

Endoscopic Middle Ear and Mastoid Surgery for Cholesteatoma

Introduction: To reduce incidence of residual cholesteatoma following ear surgery; and to reduce the need for second look “open” mastoidectomy using endoscopic mastoidotomy. Ten-year retrospective chart review of 249 primary cholesteatoma cases (1994-2004) with a minimum follow-up of two years.  The first objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of otoendoscopy in reducing the incidence of “...

A second look at the theory of generalization

Calculation of Complicated Flows, Using First and Second-Order Schemes (RESEARCH NOTE)

The first-order schemes used for discretisation of the convective terms are straightforward and easy to use, with the drawback of introducing numerical diffusion. Application of the secondorder schemes, such as QUICK scheme, is a treatment to reduce the numerical diffusion, but increasing convergence oscillation is unavoidable. The technique used in this study is a compromise between the above-...

Second Order Sliding Mode Control With Finite Time Convergence

In this paper, a new smooth second order sliding mode control is proposed. This algorithm is a modified form of Super Twisting algorithm. The Super Twisting guarantees the asymptotic stability, but the finite time stability of proposed method is proved with introducing a new particular Lyapunov function. The Proposed algorithm which is able to control nonlinear systems with matched structured u...

Reduction of Second Order Systems Using Second Order Krylov Subspaces

By introducing the second order Krylov subspace, a method for the reduction of second order systems is proposed leading to a reduced system of the same structure. This generalization of Krylov subspace involves two matrices and some starting vectors and the reduced order model is found by applying a projection directly to the second order model without any conversion to state space. A numerical...