Estimation precision and bandwidth of sliding mode (SM) observers are analyzed in the frequency domain for different settings of the observer design parameters. It was shown previously that the SM observer could be analyzed as a relay feedback-feedforward system. It is feedback with respect to the measured variable of the system being observed, and feedforward with respect to the control applie...

The efficiency of visual tasks involving localization has traditionally been evaluated using forced choice experiments that capitalize on independence across locations to simplify the performance of the ideal observer. However, developments in ideal observer analysis have shown how an ideal observer can be defined for free-localization tasks, where a target can appear anywhere in a defined sear...

This paper deals with actuator fault estimation for a class of discrete-time Linear Parameter-Varying (LPV) descriptor systems. By considering the fault as an auxiliary state vector, an augmented system is established. Then, a fault estimation observer is designed based on the augmented system. In this paper, the fault estimation observer design is formulated as a Linear Matrix Inequality (LMI)...

In this paper, an extended observer was investigated and then implemented for generating approximate state feedback for an Internal Combustion (IC) engine. IC engines are inherently highly nonlinear in nature, therefore, present a problem for system modeling and observer design. A state-dependent gain scheduling control was used to improve state estimation. An extended observer was implemented ...

Supposing that the sensor and controller nodes were time-driven and the actuator node was event-driven, the problem of integrity against sensor failures for the networked control systems with short output delay and short control delay was discussed based on observer. The state observer of the system according to the time-delay compensation strategy was designed. Then, considering possible senso...

This letter investigates the design of reduced-order observers for robot manipulators. Observer stability conditions are obtained based on a Lyapunov analysis. The proposed observer is enhanced with hybrid scheme that may adjust gains to cope possible unbounded velocities joints. Thanks such strategy, works accurately both robots driven by open-loop controllers and output feedback controllers. ...

BACKGROUND Conventional radiography is insufficient for diagnosis in a small but not unimportant number of hip fractures, and secondary imaging with computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is warranted. There are no convincing observer variation studies performed for conventional radiography or CT in occult fractures, and no large materials for MRI. PURPOSE To assess obse...

The aim of the present study was to explore if observer rated sleepiness (ORS) is a feasible method for quantification of driver sleepiness in field studies. Two measures of ORS were used: (1) one for behavioural signs based on facial expression, body gestures and body movements labelled B-ORS, and (2) one based on driving performance e.g. if swerving and other indicators of impaired driving oc...

This paper presents a new observer based fuzzy terminal sliding mode controller design for a class of fractional order nonlinear systems. Robustness against uncertainty and disturbance, the stability of the close loop system and the convergence of both the tracking and observer errors to zero are the merits of the proposed the observer and the controller. The high gain observer is applied to es...