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This paper addresses output reference tracking with prescribed transient performance for unknown nonlinear multi-input multi-output systems with arbitrary relative degree. We propose a novel derivative-free extension of funnel control based…
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Incremental Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion (INDI) control has attracted increasing research attention for it retains the high-performance of NDI and has enhanced robustness. However, when actual elements of the flight control system and…
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We present a new approach for physics-based computational modeling of diseased human lungs. Our main object is the development of a model that takes the novel step of incorporating the dynamics of airway recruitment/de-recruitment into an…
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