Switching dynamics among saddles in a network of nonlinear oscillators can be exploited for information encoding and processing (hence computing), but stable attractors in the system can terminate the switching behavior. An effective control strategy is presented to sustain switching dynamics in networks of pulse-coupled oscillators. The support for the switching behavior is a set of saddles, o...

In this paper, an overview of recent advances in digital control of lowto medium-power dc-dc switching converters is presented. Traditionally, analog electronics methods have dominated in controlling such dc-dc converters. However, with the steadily decreasing cost of ICs, the feasibility of digitally controlled dc-dc switching converters has increased significantly. This paper outlines a sampl...

The problem of time optimal feedback control of a single input, continuous time, linear time invariant (LTI) system is considered. The control input is constrained to obey |u(t)| ≤ 1. It is known that the solution to this problem is bang-bang with the input switching between the extreme values ±1 according to some “switching surfaces” in the state space. It is shown that for a class of LTI syst...

This paper presents the QoS differentiated Adaptive Scheduled Optical Burst Switching (QAS-OBS) paradigm that efficiently supports dynamic grid applications. (QAS-OBS) paradigm enables differentiated-services optical burst switching via two-way reservation and adaptive QoS control in distribute wavelength-routed networks. Based on the network loading status, the edge nodes dynamically optimize ...