Flight formation control / / edited by Jose A. Guerrero, Rogelio Lozano

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827582003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : ISTE Ltd.; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2012
• ISBN: 9781118387191; 1118387198; 9781299188495; 1299188494; 9781118563250; 1118563255; 9781118563229; 1118563220
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
• Collana: ISTE
• Altri autori (Persone): GuerreroJose A <1977-> (Jose Alfredo); LozanoR <1954-> (Rogelio)
• Disciplina: 629.132/6
• Soggetti: Airplanes - Control systems; Airplanes - Automatic control; Drone aircraft - Control systems; Drone aircraft - Automatic control; Stability of airplanes
• 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: Cover; Flight Formation Control; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1.1. Motivation; 1.2. Historical background; 1.2.1. Aviation history; 1.2.2. Evolution of UAVs; 1.2.3. UAV classification; 1.3. Flight control; 1.4. Flight formation control; 1.4.1. Multiple-input and multiple-output; 1.4.2. Leader/follower; 1.4.3. Virtual structure; 1.4.4. Behavior-based control; 1.4.5. Passivity-based control; 1.5. Outline of the book; 1.6. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Theoretical Preliminaries; 2.1. Passivity; 2.2. Graph theory; 2.3. Robustness problems; 2.3.1. Representation of the parametric uncertainty2.3.2. Families of polynomials; 2.4. Bibliography; Chapter 3. Multiagent Coordination Strategies; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Controllability and observability of interconnections; 3.2.1. Cyclic topology; 3.2.2. Chain topology: input and output on agent 1; 3.2.3. Chain topology: input and output on agent 2; 3.2.4. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the system; 3.2.5. General case; 3.2.6. The cyclic topology in the general case; 3.2.6.1. Observability; 3.2.6.2. Controllability; 3.2.7. The chain topology in the general case; 3.2.7.1. Controllability; 3.2.7.2. Observability3.2.8. Combinations of chain and cyclic topologies; 3.2.8.1. Controllability; 3.2.8.2. Observability; 3.2.9. Simple configurations that are either non-controllable or non-observable; 3.2.9.1. Example 1; 3.2.9.2. Example 2; 3.2.9.3. Example 3; 3.2.9.4. Example 4; 3.2.9.5. Example 5; 3.3. Formation leader tracking; 3.3.1. Formation leader tracking in the general case; 3.3.2. Observer design; 3.3.3. Simulations; 3.4. Time-varying trajectory tracking; 3.5. Linear high-order multiagent consensus; 3.5.1. Trajectory-tracking control; 3.6. Conclusion; 3.7. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Robust Control Design of Multiagent Systems with Parametric Uncertainty4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Robust control design; 4.3. Robust stability analysis; 4.3.1. Robust strict positive realness; 4.3.2. Robust absolute stability; 4.4. Robust stability of time-delay systems; 4.5. Application to multiagent systems; 4.5.1. Cyclic topology; 4.5.2. Chain topology; 4.5.3. Balanced graph topology; 4.6. Conclusions; 4.7. Bibliography; Chapter 5. On Adaptive and Robust Controlled Synchronization of Networked Robotic Systems on Strongly Connected Graphs; 5.1. Summary; 5.2. Introduction; 5.3. Problem formulation5.4. Adaptive controlled synchronization on strongly connected graphs; 5.4.1. Delay-free synchronization; 5.4.2. Synchronization with time delay; 5.5. Robust controlled synchronization on strongly connected graph; 5.5.1. Delay-free synchronization; 5.5.2. Synchronization with time delay; 5.6. Numerical examples; 5.6.1. Adaptive tracking algorithm; 5.6.2. Robust tracking algorithm; 5.6.3. Disturbances; 5.7. Conclusions; 5.8. Appendix; 5.8.1. Robotic system; 5.8.2. Graph theory; 5.9. Bibliography; Chapter 6. Modeling and Control of Mini UAV; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. General model
• Sommario/riassunto: In the last decade the development and control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has attracted a lot of interest. Both researchers and companies have a growing interest in improving this type of vehicle given their many civilian and military applications.This book presents the state of the art in the area of UAV Flight Formation. The coordination and robust consensus approaches are presented in detail as well as formation flight control strategies which are validated in experimental platforms. It aims at helping students and academics alike to better understand what coordination and

Academic Writing and Information Literacy Instruction in Digital Environments : A Complementary Approach / / by Tamilla Mammadova

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910639877703321
• Autore: Mammadova Tamilla
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2022
• ISBN: 9783031191602
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2022.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Disciplina: 808.02
• Soggetti: Applied linguistics; Philology; Literacy; Penmanship; Applied Linguistics; Languages; Writing Skills
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Acknowledged Digital Era -- Chapter 3: Writing is a Challenge -- Chapter 4: Pedagogy of Writing and Digital Writing -- Chapter 5: Information Literacy and Digital Literacy -- Chapter 6: Facilitating Collaboration -- Chapter 7: Grading and Feedback -- Chapter 8: Student Academic Support Services. .
• Sommario/riassunto: This book offers an interdisciplinary approach to the teaching of academic writing and information literacy in a new digital dimension, drawing on recent trends towards project-based writing, digital writing and multimodal writing in Education, and synthesising theory with practice to provide a handy toolkit for teachers and researchers. The author combines a practical orientation to teaching academic writing and information literacy with a grounding in current theories of writing instruction in the digitalized era, and argue that as digital environments become more universal in modern society - particularly in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic - the lines between traditional academic writing and multi-modal digital writing must ; necessary become blurred. This book will be of use to teachers and instructors of academic writing and information literacy, particularly within the context of English for Academic Purposes (EAP), as well as students and researchers in Applied Linguistics, Pedagogy and Digital Writing. .