Supervisor localization procedure can be used to construct local controllers corresponding to each component agent in discrete-event systems. This procedure is based on state reduction of a monolithic supervisor with respect to each set of controllable events corresponding to each component agent. State reduction from the reduced supervisor to each local controller is an important criterion. In...

There has been a continuous increase in automotive electric power usage. Future projections show no sign of it decreasing. Therefore, the automotive industry has a need to either improve the current 12 Volt automotive electrical system or move to a higher voltage vehicle electric system. Both of these choices are likely to increase cost of the system. Performance improvements will be needed to ...

Most robot platforms operate in one of two modes: full autonomy, usually in the lab; or lowlevel teleoperation, usually in the field. Full autonomy is currently realizable only in narrow domains of robotics—like mapping an environment. Tedious teleoperation/joystick control is typical in military applications, like complex manipulation and navigation with bomb-disposal robots. This thesis descr...

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There is a need for research exploring postgraduate research students’ expectations from research supervisors, the characteristics of effective student-supervisor relationships, and the opinions of students and supervisors about research supervision. We also need instruments to explore the student-supervisor relationship. The present study investigated postgraduate research students’ and resear...

BACKGROUND Work ability is the ability of a worker to perform his job. The authors hypothesized that supervisor support influences the work ability of workers working in an information technology company located in Tokyo. AIMS To assess whether or not support from supervisors influences work ability. METHODS Two surveys using the Brief Job Scale Questionnaire and the Work Ability Index (WAI...

In human machine systems, a user display should contain sufficient information to encapsulate expressive and normative human operator behavior. Failure in such system that is commanded by supervisor can be difficult to anticipate because of unexpected interactions between the different users and machines. Currently, most interfaces have non-deterministic choices at state of machine. Inspired by...

SUBORDINATE-SUPERVISOR DEMOGRAPHIC AND PERCEIVED VALUESIMILARITY: RELATIONSHIPS TO SUBORDINATE PERCEPTIONS OFORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICEby CHARLES LEVI WELLS, IVMay 2013Advisor:SebastianoFisicaro, Ph.DMajor: Psychology (Industrial/Organizational)Degree: Doctor of PhilosophyThe purpose of this study was to examine the empirical relationship between subordinate-...