A matter of complexity : subordination in sign languages / / edited by Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach, Annika Herrmann

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910404150703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2016]; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5015-0301-4; 1-5015-0323-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Collana: Sign languages and deaf communities ; ; 6
• Disciplina: 419
• Soggetti: Sign language - Grammar
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Notational conventions and sign language acronyms -- Complex sentences in sign languages : modality, typology, discourse / Roland Pfau & Markus Steinbach -- Preference for clause order in complex sentences with adverbial clauses in American sign language / Ronnie B. Wilbur -- Observations on clausal complementation in Turkish sign language / Asli Göksel & Meltem Kelepir -- An in-depth tour into sentential complementation in Italian sign language / Carlo Geraci & Valentina Aristodemo -- Embedding polar interrogative clauses in American sign language / Kathryn Davidson & Ivano Caponigro -- Relativization in Italian sign language : the missing link of relativization / Carlo Cecchetto & Caterina Donati -- Reporting with and without role shift: sign language strategies of complementation / Josep Quer -- An annotation scheme to investigate the form and function of hand dominance in the corpus NGT / Onno Crasborn & Anna Sáfár -- Language index -- Subject index -- List of contributors.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since natural languages exist in two different modalities – the visual-gestural modality of sign languages and the auditory-oral modality of spoken languages – it is obvious that all fields of research in modern linguistics will benefit from research on sign languages. Although previous studies have provided important insights into a wide range of phenomena of sign languages, there are still many aspects of sign languages that have not yet been investigated thoroughly. The ; structure of subordinated clauses is a case in point. The study of these complex syntactic structures in the visual-gestural modality adds to our understanding of linguistic variation in the domain of subordination. Moreover, it offers new empirical and theoretical evidence concerning possible structures and functions of subordination in natural languages. And last but not least, it answers the question to what extent the corresponding morphosyntactic and prosodic strategies depend on the modality of articulation and perception. This volume represents the first collection of papers by leading experts in the field investigating topics that go beyond the analysis of simple clauses. It thus contributes in innovative ways to recent debates about syntax, prosody, semantics, discourse structure, and information structure and their complex interrelation.

Vehicle dynamics estimation using Kalman filtering : experimental validation / / Moustapha Doumiati ... [et al.] ; series editor, Bernard Dubuisson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828876303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : ISTE; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2013
• ISBN: 1-118-57898-8; 1-118-57899-6; 1-299-18669-6; 1-118-57900-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Collana: Automation - control and industrial engineering series
• Altri autori (Persone): DoumiatiMoustapha; DubuissonBernard
• Disciplina: 629.8312
• Soggetti: Motor vehicles - Dynamics; Kalman filtering
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I.1. Needs of ADAS systems; ; I.2. Limitation of available ADAS systems; I.3. This book versus existing studies; I.4. Laboratory vehicle; I.5. Outline; Chapter 1. Modeling of Tire and Vehicle Dynamics; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Tire dynamics; 1.2.1. Tire forces and moments; 1.2.1.1. Vertical/normal forces; 1.2.1.2. Longitudinal forces and longitudinal slip ratio; 1.2.1.3. Lateral forces and sideslip angle; 1.2.1.4. Aligning moment; 1.2.1.5. Coupling effects between longitudinal and lateral tire forces; 1.2.2. Tire-road friction coefficient; 1.2.2.1. Normalized longitudinal traction force 1.2.2.2. Normalized lateral traction force; 1.2.3. Quasi-static tire model; 1.2.3.1. Pacejka's magic tire model; 1.2.3.2. Dugoff's tire model; 1.2.3.3. Linear model; 1.2.4. Transient tire model; 1.3. Wheel rotational dynamics; 1.3.1. Static tire radius; 1.3.2. Effective tire radius; 1.4. Vehicle body dynamics; 1.4.1. Vehicle's vertical dynamics; 1.4.1.1. Suspension functions; 1.4.1.2. Quarter-car vehicle model; 1.4.2. Vehicle planar dynamics; 1.4.2.1. Four-wheel vehicle model; 1.4.2.2. Wheel-ground vertical forces calculation; 1.4.2.3. Bicycle model 1.4.3. Roll dynamics and lateral load transfer evaluation; 1.5. Summary; Chapter 2. Estimation Methods Based on Kalman Filtering; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. State-space representation and system observability; 2.2.1. Linear system; 2.2.2. Nonlinear system; 2.3. Estimation method: why stochastic models?; 2.3.1. Closed-loop observer; 2.3.2. Choice of the observer type; 2.4. The linear Kalman filter; 2.5. Extension to the nonlinear case; 2.6. The unscented Kalman filter; 2.6.1. Unscented transformation; 2.6.2. UKF algorithm; 2.7. Illustration of a linear Kalman filter application: road profile estimation 2.7.1. Motivation; 2.7.2. Observer design; 2.7.3. Experimental results: observer evaluation; 2.7.3.1. Comparison with LPA signal; 2.7.3.2. Comparison with GMP signal; 2.8. Summary; Chapter 3. Estimation of the Vertical Tire Forces; 3.1. Introduction; 3.1.1. Related works; 3.2. Algorithm description; 3.3. Techniques for lateral load transfer calculation in an open-loop scheme; 3.3.1. Lateral acceleration calculation; 3.3.2. Roll angle calculation; 3.3.3. Limitation of the open-loop model; 3.4. Observer design for vertical forces estimation 3.5. Vertical forces estimation; 3.5.1. Observer OFzE design; 3.5.2. Observer OFzL formulation; 3.6. Analysis concerning the two-part estimation strategy; 3.7. Models observability analysis; 3.8. Determining the vehicle's mass; 3.8.1. Experimental validation of the vehicle's weight identification method; 3.9. Detection of rollover avoidance: LTR evaluation; 3.10. Experimental validation; 3.10.1. Regulation of observers; 3.10.2. Evaluation of observers; 3.10.3. Road experimental results; 3.10.3.1. Starting-slalom-braking test; 3.10.3.2. Circle-braking test
• Sommario/riassunto: Vehicle dynamics and stability have been of considerable interest for a number of years. The obvious dilemma is that people naturally desire to drive faster and faster yet expect their vehicles to be "infinitely" stable and safe during all normal and emergency maneuvers. For the most part, people pay little attention to the limited handling potential of their vehicles until some unusual behavior is observed that often results in accidents and even fatalities.This book presents several model-based estimation methods which involve information from current potential-integrable sensors.