To His Excellencie the Lord General Monck, the humble gratulation and acknowledgement of Colonel Robert Broughton, and several others his counrrey-men [sic] [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNISA996397611303316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [London, : s.n., 1660]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 sheet ([1] p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BroughtonRobert
• Soggetti: Broadsides17th centuryEnglandLondon
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Signed: Iohn Owen, Robert Broughton, Richard Middleton, and others.; Imprint from Wing.; Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0113

Money, politics, and law : intersections and conflicts in the provision of educational opportunity, 2004 yearbook of the American Education Finance Association / / [edited by] Karen DeMoss and Kenneth K. Wong

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964371703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-317-92776-1; 1-315-85546-1; 1-317-92777-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Collana: American Education Finance Association Money, politics and law
• Altri autori (Persone): DeMossKaren; WongKenneth K. <1955->
• Disciplina: 379.1210973; 371.2060000000
• Soggetti: Education - United States - Finance; Education - Finance - Law and legislation - United States; Education - Finance - Political aspects - United States; Education and state - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2004 by Eye On Education.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Editors and Contributors; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Twenty-First Century Education Finance: Equity, Adequacy, and the Emerging Challenge of Linking Resources to Performance; Introduction; A "Black Lightning" Version of the Evolution of Modern Education Finance; Equity I: How it Used to Be; Equity II: The Shift to Adequacy as a Reform Argument; Measuring "Equity," a Baseline for Comparison; How Equity II, "Adequacy," Alters the Empirical and Evidentiary Landscape; Standards; Instructional Delivery and Costs; How Performance Funding Expands the Empirical and Evidentiary EnvelopeWhat to Measure and Where to Set the "Bar"; Effectiveness of Incentives; Legal Considerations; Conclusion; The Ultimate Challenge; References; 2 Politics and the Meaning of Adequacy: States Work to Integrate the Concept into K to 12 School Finance; Introduction; Experience with Adequacy Studies in the States; A Context for Adequacy Studies-The Historical Perspective; West Virginia; Kentucky; ; Colorado; Adequacy Studies Initiated by State Political Leaders; Maryland; Kansas; Adequacy Resulting from Litigation; Wyoming; Ohio; Adequacy Studies Initiated by Education and Business OrganizationsMontana; Missouri; Conclusions; References; 3 Politics of Plaintiffs and Defendants; Introduction; Values, Funding, and Opportunity: Political Conflux in Education; Change Drivers in Education; Issues in Litigation; Conclusion; 4 Political Contexts and Education Finance Litigation: Toward a Methodology for Comparative State-Level Analyses ; Introduction; Toward a Merged Statistical and Case Study Methodology; Selecting a Statistical Method; Measures for Statistical Clusters; Economic Factors; Educational Factors; Demographic and Educational Challenge FactorsThe Cluster Models; Finance Case Issues; Discussion of Findings; State Political Ideology; Judicial Politics; Conclusions and Implications; Research and Policy Implications; Methodological Implications; References; 5 When the Legislative Process Fails: The Politics of Litigation in School Infrastructure Funding Equity; Introduction; Litigation and Education Funding Reform: An Overview; Selected State Case Studies; West Virginia; New Jersey; Arizona; Texas; Ohio; Wyoming; Conclusion: Political Lessons; References; 6 Toward Stronger Accountability in Federal Title I: Fiscal Implications in the Implementation of the No Child Left Behind ActIntroduction; Title I Appropriations; Title I Funding Formula Changes; Title I Funding Appropriations; NCLB Accountability Mechanisms; Annual Testing; Parental Choice; Schoolwide Initiatives; Conclusion; References; 7 Funding Special Education and the IDEA: Promises, Promises; Introduction; The IDEA and Funding; Spending on Special Education Services; Special Education Finance Reform: Effective Funding Formulas; Impact of Increasing Costs for Federally Mandated Special Education Services on Regular Education Students
• Sommario/riassunto: This yearbook offers research and insights to stimulate thought, inform debates, and explore future research directions.

Proceedings of 2023 7th Chinese Conference on Swarm Intelligence and Cooperative Control : Swarm Control Technologies / / edited by Qing Wang, Xiwang Dong, Peng Song

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910865292903321
• Autore: Wang Qing
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024
• ISBN: 9789819733286; 9789819733279
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2024.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (725 pages)
• Collana: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, , 1876-1119 ; ; 1205
• Altri autori (Persone): DongXiwang; SongPeng
• Disciplina: 629.8
• Soggetti: Automatic control; Robotics; Automation; Signal processing; Computational intelligence; Multiagent systems; System theory; Control theory; Control, Robotics, Automation; Signal, Speech and Image Processing; Computational Intelligence; Multiagent Systems; Systems Theory, Control
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Inter-layer Generalized Synchronization for Fractional-Order Two-Layer Networks Based on Auxiliary-System Method -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 3 Inter-layer Generalized Synchronization for Fractional-Order Two-Layer Networks -- 4 Numerical Examples -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Phase Transition at Small-Medium Scales Vicsek Model Based on Eigen Microstate Method -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Models -- 2.1 Standard ; Vicsek Model -- 2.2 The Method of Eigen Microstates ch2Li2021 -- 3 Experiment and Result -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Robust Fixed-Time Synchronization for FitzHugh-Nagumo Networks with Fast-Slow Time Scales -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 2.1 Useful Lemmas for Fixed-Time Synchronization -- 2.2 Problem Formulation -- 3 Main Results -- 3.1 Reachability of the Sliding-Mode Surfaces -- 3.2 Dynamics on the Sliding-Mode Surfaces -- 4 Numerical Simulations -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Formation Control for Multiple UAVs Under Unknown Actuator Faults -- 1 Introduction -- 2 RUAV Dynamics Analysis -- 3 Adaptive Fault-Tolerant Formation Control -- 3.1 Outer-Loop Formation Guidance -- 3.2 Inner-Loop Adaptive FTC -- 4 Simulation Results -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Parameter Tuning of PMSM Sliding Mode Control Based on Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reinforcement Learning Algorithm Selection -- 3 Design of Reinforcement Learning Algorithm -- 3.1 Design of Sliding Mode Control Law -- 3.2 Design of Observations and Rewards -- 3.3 Actor Critical Network Design -- 3.4 Model Training -- 4 Simulation and Experiment -- 5 Summary -- References -- Finite-Iteration Consensus Tracking Control of Nonlinear Multi-agent Systems with Input Sharing -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries and Problem Description -- 2.1 Notations -- 2.2 Graph Theory.; 2.3 Problem Description -- 3 Main Results -- 4 Numerical Example -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Overview of UAV Swarm Communication and Cooperative Operation in Denial Environment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Typical Communication Mode of Drone Swarm -- 3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ad Hoc Network -- 3.1 Concept and Characteristics of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Self-organizing Network -- 3.2 UAV Ad Hoc Network Protocol Hierarchical Database Model -- 3.3 Key Technologies of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Ad Hoc Networks -- 4 UAV Collaborative Operations -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Online Updating Data-Driven Model Predictive Control for Quadrotors in Close Formation Based on Gaussian Process Regression -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 2.1 Notion -- 2.2 Quadrotor Dynamics -- 2.3 Gaussian Process Regression -- 2.4 Data Collection and Model Learning -- 2.5 Model Predictive Control -- 3 Simulation Experiment -- 3.1 Overview -- 3.2 Aerodynamic Effects -- 3.3 Simulation Setup -- 3.4 Result Analysis -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Stability Analysis of the Heterogeneous Vehicle Platoon with Multiple Delays -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 2.1 Vehicle Dynamics and Communication Topology -- 2.2 Distributed Controller with Multiple Delays -- 2.3 Closed-Loop Platoon Dynamics -- 3 The Stability Analysis of the Heterogeneous Vehicle Platoon with Multiple Delays -- 3.1 Internal Stability Analysis -- 3.2 String Stability Analysis -- 4 Simulations -- 4.1 Internal Stability Verification -- 4.2 String Stability Verification -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Resilient Consensus for Discrete-Time Multi-agent Systems with Dynamic Leader and Tolerance to Node Failure -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries and Problem Statement -- 3 Main Results -- 3.1 Resilient Consensus Protocol -- 4 Robust Graphs Tolerant to Node Failure -- 5 Simulation -- 6 Conclusion -- References.; Consensus Problem of Discrete-Time Linear Multi-agent Systems with Non-convex Control Input and State Constraints -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Notations and Preliminaries -- 3 Model and Problem Statement -- 4 Algorithm and Model Conversion -- 5 Consensus Analysis -- 6 Numerical Example -- 7 Conclusion -- References -- Model-Free Formation Control: Multi-input Adaptive Super-Twisting Approach Based on Barrier Function -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Formulation ; and Preliminaries -- 2.1 Quadrotor Position Model -- 2.2 Useful Lemmas and Assumptions -- 3 Adaptive STWC Design Based on Barrier Function -- 3.1 Design of Sliding Motion -- 3.2 Convergence Analysis -- 4 Simulation -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Dynamic Event-Triggered Optimal Consensus Control of Nonlinear Multi-agent Systems with Input Saturation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries and Problem Formulation -- 2.1 Algebraic Graph Theory -- 2.2 Problem Formulation -- 3 Optimal Consensus Control Protocol Design -- 3.1 Distributed Control Protocol Based on ADP Method -- 3.2 Online ADP Scheme for the Coupled HJB Equation -- 4 DETC Optimal Consesus Control Design -- 4.1 DETC Design -- 4.2 Stability Analysis -- 5 Simulation -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Collision-Free Formation Control of Multi-agent System with Low Oscillation -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Background -- 2.1 Graph Theory -- 2.2 Multi-agent System -- 3 Main Results -- 3.1 Formation Control Algorithm -- 3.2 Stability Analysis -- 3.3 Collision Avoidance Analysis -- 4 Experiment -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Robust Cooperative Control for a Class of Heterogeneous Air-Ground System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mathematical Model -- 2.1 Graph Theory -- 2.2 Model of Air-Ground System -- 2.3 Control Problem Statement -- 3 Robust Coordinated Controller Design -- 4 Robust Stability Analysis -- 5 Simulation Results -- 6 Conclusion -- References.; Finite-Time Extended State Observer-Based Performance-Critical Control for Uncertain MIMO Nonlinear Systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries and Problem Formulation -- 2.1 Notations -- 2.2 Preliminaries -- 2.3 Problem Formulation -- 3 Controller Design and Analysis -- 3.1 Finite-Time Extended State Observer -- 3.2 Design and Analysis of Controller -- 4 Simulation Example -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Distributed Control of Multi-unmanned Aerial Vehicle Circumnavigation Formation Based on Partial Differential Equations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Overall System Design and Problem Description -- 2.1 Formation Control Law Design -- 2.2 Collision Avoidance Design with Repulsion Field Function -- 2.3 State Estimation Algorithm Based on Kalman Filter -- 3 Numerical Simulation -- 3.1 Scenario Design -- 3.2 Parameter Setting -- 4 Simulation Experiment -- 4.1 Simulation System Architecture -- 4.2 Simulation Results -- 4.3 Result Analysis -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- QMIX: Monotone Valued Function Decomposition Algorithm for Switching Formation-Contrianment Control with Local Information -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Description and Topology Setting -- 2.1 Task Description -- 2.2 UAVs Topology Model -- 2.3 Formation Setting -- 3 Design of Formation-Containment Control Algorithms for Arbitrary Topological Shapes -- 3.1 Hungarian Algorithm Assignment -- 3.2 Design of Formation-Containment Algorithm -- 4 Simulation -- 4.1 Analysis of Algorithm Complexity -- 4.2 Analysis of Simulation Results -- 4.3 Simulation Testing of Formation-Containment Control -- 4.4 Model Comparison and Verification -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Data-Driven Model Predictive Control Strategy for Battery Energy Storage System -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Mathematical Modeling -- 2.1 Equivalent Circuit Model -- 2.2 BESS Model Description -- 3 Koopman MPC of BESS.; 3.1 The Koopman Operator -- 3.2 Data-Driven Based Koopman Linearization -- 3.3 Model Predictive Control -- 4 Simulation Results -- 5 Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Gaussian Process Regression Based Pose Tracking Control for Multiple Spacecraft Rendezvous -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries and Problem Statement -- 2.1 Modeling of Relative Motion Dynamics -- 2.2 Gaussian Process Regression -- 2.3 Control Objective -- 3 Controller Design and Stability Analysis -- 3.1 Ideal Model Based Nominal ; Controller Design -- 3.2 GPR-Based Uncertainty Online Learning -- 3.3 GPR-Based Pose Tracking Controller Design -- 3.4 Stability Analysis of Controlled System -- 4 Simulation Example -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- Resilient Consensus-Based Distributed Signal Reconstruction Against Byzantine Attacks -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 2.1 Mathematical Notation and Terminology -- 2.2 Sensor Network -- 2.3 Byzantine Attacks -- 3 Main Result -- 4 Simulation Examples -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Safety Assurance in Multi-UAV Formation Tracking Control Amidst Missile Threats -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Preliminaries -- 2.1 Graph Theory -- 2.2 System Dynamic -- 2.3 Relaxed Converse Control Lyapunov-Barrier Functions -- 3 Distributed Safety-Stability Formation Control Strategy -- 3.1 Controller Design of Leader UAV -- 3.2 Controller Design of Follower UAV -- 4 Safety-Stability Analysis -- 5 Simulation Verification -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Based Multi-objective Charging Control for Electric Vehicle Charging Station -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Formulation -- 2.1 Operation Details of the EVCS -- 2.2 Multiple Objectives of the Charging Control -- 3 Markov Game Model -- 3.1 Markov Game Formulation -- 3.2 Policies and Goals -- 4 Multi-agent Actor-Double-Critic Algorithm -- 4.1 Individual Learning.; 4.2 Collective Learning.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book includes original, peer-reviewed research papers from the 2023 7th Chinese Conference on Swarm Intelligence and Cooperative Control (CCSICC2023), held in Nanjing, China on November 17-19, 2023. The topics covered include but are not limited to: reviews and discussions of swarm intelligence, basic theories on swarm intelligence, swarm communication and networking, swarm perception, awareness and location, swarm decision and planning, cooperative control, cooperative guidance, swarm simulation and assessment. The papers showcased here share the latest findings on theories, algorithms and applications in swarm intelligence and cooperative control, making the book a valuable asset for researchers, engineers, and university students alike.