We extend position and phase-shift tuning, concepts already well established in the disparity energy neuron literature, to motion energy neurons. We show that Reichardt-like detectors can be considered examples of position tuning, and that motion energy filters whose complex valued spatio-temporal receptive fields are space-time separable can be considered examples of phase tuning. By combining...

The general task of optimal adaptive control with recursive identification (self-tuning control) is very complicated problem. This problem is solved usually by the separation of identification and control – the Certainty Equivalency (CE) Principle. The aim of this paper is to present the solution of this problem using the Dual Adaptive Control (Bicriterial Approach). The main idea of this appro...

Interactive narrative allows the user to play a role in a story and interact with other characters controlled by the system. Directorial control is a procedure for dynamically tuning the interaction towards the author’s desired effects. Most existing approaches for directorial control are built within plot-centric frameworks for interactive narrative and do not have a systematic way to ensure t...

In this contribution we describe the new model of multiple partonic interactions (MPI) that has been implemented in Herwig++. Tuning its two free parameters is enough to find a good description of CDF underlying event data. We show extrapolations to the LHC and compare them to results from other models.

In this paper, a self-tuning fuzzy sliding-mode controller design approach with decoupled method is proposed. The decoupled method provides a simple way to achieve asymptotic stability for a class of fourth-order nonlinear system. Moreover, heuristic sliding factors are implemented as fuzzy inference. Therefore, the proposed method eliminates the trial-and-error process for finding appropriate ...

This paper presents a control strategy for maglev system based on the sliding mode controller with auto-tuning law. The designed adaptive controller will replace the conventional sliding mode control (SMC) to eliminate the chattering resulting from the SMC. The stability of maglev system is ensured based on the Lyapunov theory. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed method....

The firing patterns of populations of cells in the cat visual cortex can exhibit oscillatory responses in the range of 35 85 Hz. Furthermore, groups of neurons many mm's apart can be highly synchronized as long as the cells have similar orientation tuning. We investigate two basic network architectures that incorporate either nearest-neighbor or global feedback interactions and conclude that no...