This paper develops the idea of min-max robust experiment design for dynamic system identification. The idea of min-max experiment design has been explored in the statistics literature. However, the technique is virtually unknown by the engineering community and, accordingly, there has been little prior work on examining its properties when applied to dynamic system identification. This paper i...

In this paper we consider hierarchically decomposed multilevel systems, and extend previous deterministic methodologies for optimal and consistent design of such systems to account for the presence of uncertainties. Specifically, we use the probabilistic formulation of the analytical target cascading process to solve the multilevel problem, and use an advanced mean value-based technique to esti...

The use of Bayesian methodologies for solving optimal experimental design problems has increased. Many of these methods have been found to be computationally intensive for design problems that require a large number of design points. A simulation-based approach that can be used to solve optimal design problems in which one is interested in finding a large number of (near) optimal design points ...

The design of new optimal nonlinear voltage regulator for power systems is considered. In the proposed approach, the Hamilto-Jacobi-Belman (HJB), a partial differential equation, is solved using Taylor series expansion of its nonlinear terms. The performance of the proposed controller in a single-machine infinite-bus power system is simulated and the advantages of the nonlinear feedback control...

an important determinant of health system performance is contracting. providers often respond to financial incentives, despite the ethical underpinnings of medicine, and payers can craft contracts to influence performance. yet contracting is highly imperfect in both single-payer and multi-payer health systems. arguably, in a competitive, multi-payer environment, contractual innovation may occur...

this paper deals with optimal operation of a three-product dividing-wall column (dwc). the main idea is to design a control structure, through a systematic procedure for plantwide control, with an objective to achieve desired product purities with the minimum use of energy. exact local method is used to find the best controlled variables as single measurement or combination of measurements base...

Finite-horizon optimal control problems for discrete-time switched linear control systems are investigated in this paper. Two kinds of quadratic cost functions are considered. The weight matrices are different. One is subsystem dependent; the other is time dependent. For a switched linear control system, not only the control input but also the switching signals are control factors and are neede...