An observational study of solving discrete-event supervisory control problems is described. Five graduate students with knowledge of discrete-event system control were asked to think aloud while solving two supervisory control problems. The problem-solving sessions were recorded using audio and video equipment, and subsequently analysed using protocol analysis. Patterns and strategies in solvin...

We have discussed technical issues regarding supervised world perception modeling and task planning of cooperative mobile robots performing tactical tasks in unstructured environment. We have introduced a hierarchy Supervisory Controller for robust cooperative task deployment of heterogeneous semiautonomous robotic vehicles. Primarily, we have described functional and modular architecture of th...

This paper presents a supervisory generalized predictive control (GPC) by combining GPC with statistical process control (SPC) for the control of the thin film deposition process. In the supervised GPC, the deposition process is described as an ARMAX model for each production run and GPC is applied to the in situ thickness-sensing data for thickness control. Supervisory strategies, developed fr...

This paper proposes a switching adaptive control for trajectory tracking of unmanned aircraft systems. The switching adaptive control method is designed to overcome the wind disturbance and achieve a proper tracking performance for control systems. In the suggested system, the wind disturbance is regarded as a finite set of uncertainties; a controller is designed for each uncertainty, and a per...