In the field of appearance-based robot localization, the mainstream approach uses a quantized representation of local image features. An alternative strategy is the exploitation of raw feature descriptors, thus avoiding approximations due to quantization. In this work, the quantized and non-quantized representations are compared with respect to their discriminativity, in the context of the robo...

This paper studies the problem of stabilizing a continuous-time switched linear system by quantized output feedback. We assume that the quantized outputs and the switching signal are available to the controller at all time. We develop an encoding strategy by using multiple Lyapunov functions and an average dwell time property. The encoding strategy is based on the results in the case of a singl...

We present a quantization procedure for the electromagnetic field in a circular cylindrical cavity with perfectly conducting walls, which is based on the decomposition of the field. A new decomposition procedure is proposed; all vector mode functions satisfying the boundary conditions are obtained with the help of this decomposition. After expanding the quantized field in terms of the vector mo...

This paper studies the use of first and second order Quantized State Systems methods (QSS and QSS2) in the simulation of Differential Algebraic Equation (DAE) systems. A general methodology to obtain the QSS and the QSS2 approximations of a generic DAE of index 1 is provided and their corresponding DEVS implementations are developed. Further, an alternative method is given based on the block–by...

It is observed that when the conformational properties of DNA molecule are mapped onto an antiferromagnetic spin system we can realize the specific properties of the rod-like-chain (RLC) model where the analytically continued partition function corresponds to the symmetric top Hamiltonian. The relevant path integral represents a charge particle in the field of a non-quantized monopole which sug...

The frictional drag between parallel two-dimensional electron systems has been measured in a regime of strong interlayer correlations. When the bilayer system enters the excitonic quantized Hall state at total Landau level filling factor nu(T) = 1, the longitudinal component of the drag vanishes but a strong Hall component develops. The Hall drag resistance is observed to be accurately quantize...

We show that the existence of a quantized controller for a given Discrete Time Linear Hybrid System (DTLHS) is undecidable. This is a relevant class of controllers since control software always implements a quantized controller. Furthermore, we investigate the relationship between dense time modelling and discrete time modelling by showing that any Rectangular Hybrid Automaton (and thus, any Ti...

We observe edge transport in the topologically insulating InAs/GaSb system in the disordered regime. Using asymmetric current paths we show that conduction occurs exclusively along the device edge, exhibiting a large Hall signal at zero magnetic fields, while for symmetric current paths, the conductance between the two mesoscopicly separated probes is quantized to 2e2/h. Both quantized and self...

The actual sound environment system exhibits various types of linear and non-linear characteristics, and it often contains uncertainty. Furthermore, the observations in the sound environment are often in the level-quantized form. In this paper, two types of methods for estimating the specific signal for sound environment systems with uncertainty and the quantized observation are proposed by int...