A scenario-based distributed model predictive control approach for freeway networks

In this paper a scenario-based Distributed Model Predictive Control (DMPC) approach based on a reduced scenario tree is developed for large-scale freeway networks. In the new scenario-based DMPC approach, uncertainties in a large-scale freeway network are distinguished into two categories: global uncertainties for the overall network and...

Introducing distributed networks to designers: Development of an educational software tool and a methodology for its evaluation

Available connectivity in everyday objects has inspired design experts to develop methodologies for designing interactive environments - large-scale environments existing out of multiple embedded devices that interact with a user as if to be a single entity. The computer science community uses ad hoc distributed networks to accommodate scaling...

Buckling optimization of steering stiffeners for grid-stiffened composite structures

Grid-stiffened composite structures, where the skin is stiffened by a lattice of stiffeners, not only allow for significant reduction in structural weight but are also competitive in terms of structural stability and damage tolerance compared with sandwich composite structures. As the development of Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) technology...

The MetaForma Language: A DSL to Program the ATRON Self-Reconfigurable Robot

Self-reconfigurable modular robots are mechatronic devices that have the capability to modify their own shape. They have a promising potential as a result of being able to solve a wider range of problems. However, programming self-reconfigurable robots is in general a difficult task. General-purpose languages like ANSI-C or Java provide only...

Automatic Discovery of Distributed Algorithms for Large-Scale Systems

In recent years, large-scale systems have become mainstream at a very high pace. Typical examples of large-scale systems are MANETs, Wireless Sensor Networks, Pervasive Computing, Swarm Robotics, etc. These systems distinguish them- selves by the large number of devices they embody, and emergent behaviors they exhibit: Behavior that is globally...

Technology Aware Network-on-Chip Connectivity and Synchronization Design

NoCs have been considered as the new design paradigm for large MPSoC systems in the past ten years. In the beginning NoCs were radically different compared to the current state of the art mainly due to the unexpected unique challenges that system designers had to solve with the evolving CMOS technology. In fact, various hidden physical level...

Acting across scales: Describing urban surfaces as technical 'fields of action'

The relation between the global and the local is the traditional concern of space syntax. A ‘form’ and a ‘structure’ of urban fabrics can be represented in images and graph measures using space syntax techniques and these images and measures correlate with observations of how people use and organize those urban fabrics. The implication is that...