A controllable network can be driven from any initial state to any desired state using driver nodes. A set of driver nodes to control a network is not unique. It is important to characterize these driver nodes and select the right driver nodes. The work discusses theory and algorithms to select driver node such that largest region of attraction can be obtained considering limited capacity of dr...

Commercial cyclotron systems used for 18F production through 18O (p, n) 18F reaction face several conflicting requirements that include: reliability/uptime, quantity of consumables, safety, cost and yield. With commercialization of PET tracer distribution, higher yield has become one of the most important requirements. Maximizing yield for commercial cyclotrons require engineering trade-off amo...

The paper deals with evaluation of reliability of a human operator in the MMS (Man-MachineSystem). In terms of controls the driver is a very universal and effective controller. In contrast to an unnatural controller the driver fatigue (both mental and physical) is reflected and it is reduces driver control abilities. The paper describes analyzing of driver trajectory and driver ́s state monitori...

An increasing number of vehicles today are equipped with advanced driver-assistance systems that provide humans involved in the driving tasks continuous and active support. State-of-the-art implementations these frequently rely on an underlying vehicle controller based model-predictive control strategy. In this article, we propose a nonlinear contouring for assistance system high-performance sc...

Commercial motor vehicle safety is of utmost importance, as crashes involving commercial vehicles often result in significant property damage, injuries, fatalities, and financial loss for fleets. However, fleet managers are unsure what strategies other fleets have used to successfully improve safety. To identify best practices, researchers completed case studies with nine that improved their pe...

Driver sleepiness is a major contributor to severe crashes and fatalities on our roads. Many people continue to drive despite being aware of feeling tired. Prevention relies heavily on education campaigns as it is difficult to police driver sleepiness. The video sharing social media site YouTube is extremely popular, particularly with at risk driver demographics. Content and popularity of uploa...

Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) can be significantly improved with effective driver action prediction (DAP). Predicting driver actions early and accurately can help mitigate the effects of potentially unsafe driving behaviors and avoid possible accidents. In this paper, we formulate driver action prediction as a timeseries anomaly prediction problem. While the anomaly (driver actions ...

Device drivers are the most unreliable part of an operating system. In this paper, we propose a framework called nDriver. Based on the design diversity concept, it uses multiple implementations of a device driver to survive from driver faults. Once a fault happens in a driver, nDriver can dynamically replace the faulty driver with another implementation, instead of allowing the faulty driver to...

Introduction For more robust system operation, the DDR3 SDRAM driver design has been enhanced with reduced capacitance, dynamic on-die termination (ODT), and a new calibration scheme. The capacitance reduction comes from the use of a new “merged” driver. With the new driver, circuitry that makes up the output driver is shared for use in ODT. Separate structures were used on DDR2 for the output ...