We present a technique for specifying coverage criteria and a method for generating test suites for systems whose behaviours can be described as extended finite state machines (EFSM). To specify coverage criteria we use observer automata with parameters, which monitor and accept traces that cover a given test criterion of an EFSM. The flexibility of the technique is demonstrated by specifying a...

An unknown input high gain observer (UIHGO) based component fault detection and isolation (FDI) technique is presented. First, a reduced order UIHGO is derived for a linear system whose parameters are uncertain to some extent. The observer gain is determined by solving the well-known algebraic Riccati equation (ARE). Then, using a bank of such observers, a FDI algorithm is devised to detect and...

Based on general proportional integral (GPI) observers and sliding mode control technique, a robust control method is proposed for the master-slave synchronization of chaotic systems in the presence of parameter uncertainty and with partially measurable output signal. By using GPI observer, the master dynamics are reconstructed by the observations from a measurable output under the differential...

This study introduces a mixed 2 fuzzy output feedback control design method for nonlinear systems with guaranteed control performance. First, the Takagi and Sugeno fuzzy model is employed to approximate a nonlinear system. Next, based on the fuzzy model, a fuzzy observer-based mixed 2 controller is developed to achieve the suboptimal 2 control performance with a desired disturbance rejection co...

Abstract: This paper presents an exact input-output linearization control scheme for rotor speed and rotor flux control of induction motor drive. In this scheme the motor model, is described in the fixed stator frame, and it is linearized, using exact inputoutput linearization technique, allowing a decoupled control of rotor flux and torque. To avoid the use of mechanical sensor, the rotor spee...

Tire forces are the major forces propelling the road vehicles. They significantly affect the dynamic behavior of the vehicles. Estimation of the tire forces is essential in vehicle dynamics and control. This paper presents an observer-based scheme for estimation of the longitudinal tire force of electric vehicles in real time. The observer is based on a nonlinearity observer method. The pole-pl...

Under stress conditions, microalgae are known to accumulate large amounts of neutral lipids and carbohydrates, which can be used for biofuel production. However, on-line measurement of microalgal biochemical composition is a difficult task which makes the microalgal process rather difficult to manage. In this paper, we propose a so called adaptive interval observer for the on-line estimation of...

We propose a new technique that uses an observer to determine the current input into a neuron whose voltage is measured electrophysiologically. The current observer efficiently inverts the conductance-based model equations of the cell for the input, and also obtains the dynamics of the gating variables as a by-product. We show a version of the algorithm that is suitable for practical implementa...

A torque control system is an important process in industries. The value of torque which is generated by DC servomotor depends upon a motor current. Since the torque control system uses the estimated current from an observer, it will receive an effect from torque disturbance (load torque) during an operation. The incorrect estimated current from the observer affects a current feedback signal. T...

In this paper, a new continuous observer is developed to determine range information (and hence the 3dimensional (3D) coordinates) of an object feature moving with affine motion dynamics (or the more general Riccati motion dynamics) with known motion parameters. The unmeasurable range information is determined from a single camera provided an observability condition is satisfied that has physic...