Zero-Sum Differential Games Involving Hybrid Controls

We study a zero-sum differential game with hybrid controls in which both players are allowed to use continuous as well as discrete controls. Discrete controls act on the system at a given set interface. The state of the system is changed discontinuously when the trajectory hits predefined sets, an autonomous jump set A or a controlled jump set C, where one controller can choose to jump or not. At each jump, the trajectory can move to a different Euclidean space. One player uses all the three types of controls, namely, continuous controls, autonomous jumps, and controlled jumps; the other player uses continuous controls and autonomous jumps. We prove the continuity of the associated lower and upper value functions V⁻ and V⁺. Using the dynamic programming principle satisfied by V⁻ and V⁺, we derive lower and upper quasivariational inequalities satisfied in the viscosity sense. We characterize the lower and upper value functions as the unique viscosity solutions of the corresponding quasivariational inequalities. Lastly, we state an Isaacs like condition for the game to have a value This work was partially supported by Grants DRDO 508 and ISRO 050 to the Non-linear Studies Group, Indian Institute of Science. The first author is a University Grant Commission Research Fellow and the financial support is gratefully acknowledged. The authors thank Prof. M.K. Ghosh, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, for introducing the problem and thank the referee for useful suggestions.     

Analysis and optimisation of the tuning of the twelfths for a clarinet resonator

Even if the tuning between the first and second register of a clarinet has been optimized by instrument makers, the lowest twelfths remain slightly too large (inharmonicity). In this article, we study the problem from two different points of view. First, we systematically review various physical reasons why this inharmonicity may take place, and the effect of different bore perturbations inserted in cylindrical instruments such as bore flare, open and closed holes, taper, temperature gradients, visco-thermal effects, etc. Applications to a real clarinet resonator and comparisons with impedance measurements are then presented. A commonly accepted idea is that the register hole is the dominant cause for this inharmonicity: it is natural to expect that opening this hole will shift the position of the resonances of the instrument to higher frequencies, except of course for the note for which the hole is exactly at the pressure node. We show that the real situation is actually more complicated because other effects, such as open holes or bore taper and bell, introduce resonance shifts that are comparable but with opposite sign, so that a relatively good overall compensation takes place. This is checked by experimental and theoretical studies of the acoustical impedance curves of a clarinet. The origin of the observed inharmonicity in playing frequencies is therefore different, maybe related to the reed or the vocal tract. In a second part, we use an elementary model of the clarinet in order to isolate the effect of the register hole: a perfect cylindrical tube without closed holes. Optimization techniques are then used to calculate an optimum location for the register hole (without taking into account the use of the register hole as a B flat tone hole); the result turns out to be close to the location chosen by clarinet makers. Finally, attempts are made numerically to improve the situation by introducing small perturbations in the higher part of the cylindrical resonator, but no satisfactory improvement is obtained.     

Successive approximation procedure for steady-state optimal control of bilinear systems

The optimum regulation problem of a bilinear system with a quadratic performance criterion is obtained in terms of a sequence of algebraic Lyapunov equations. The results are based on the method of successive approximations. The proof of convergence of the proposed scheme is given and the design procedure is illustrated by two examples.     

稀土对小麦（Triticum aestivum）体内光合和呼吸速率及磷酸化功能的影响

以适当浓度稀土溶液处理小麦后，其光合和氧化磷酸化的磷氧比（Ｐ／Ｏ）、光合控制（Ｐｃ）、呼吸控制（ＲＣ）、状态３．４光合和呼吸速率（Ｓ３．Ｓ４）与对照样比均无显著性差异。状态２（Ｓ２）光合和呼吸速率提高，差异极显著。说明小麦用最适浓度稀土处理后，对其光合和呼吸的磷酸化机构和功能膜影响不大，但显著促进了光合和呼吸速率（Ｓ２），从而促进了电子传递链的活性，使ＡＴＰ形成量增加。     

Optimal control of infinite-dimensional uncertain systems

In this paper, we consider a minimax problem of optimal control for a class of strongly nonlinear uncertain evolution equations on a Banach space. We prove the existence of optimal controls. A nontrivial example of a class of systems governed by a nonlinear partial differential equation with uncertain spatial parameters is presented for illustration.This work was supported in part by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada under Grant No. A7109 and The Engineering Faculty Development Fund, University of Ottawa.The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.     

Impulse capture basins of sets under impulse control systems

Given a target contained in a constrained set and an impulse control system governing the evolutions of runs or executions, that are hybrids of continuous and discrete evolutions, this paper studies and provides several characterizations of the capture basin of the target viable in the constrained set. It is the subset of initial runs from which start at least one run viable in the constrained set until it reaches the target in finite time. It also provides algorithms and regulation rules governing the runs that reach the targets while obeying state constraints.     

持久光谱烧孔动力学的理论模型和实验研究

建立了单光子光化烧孔的三能级模型，求解了反映质子转位变构机制的速率方程组，推导了成孔过程的动力学特性，获得了可与实验进行比较的解析解．用时域和频域两种方法测量了ＴＨＰ／ＰＭＭＡ和ＴＭＰ／ＰＭＭＡ薄膜样品光谱烧孔的动力学过程，得到与理论分析一致的规律，并测得了有效成孔速率和成孔时间等参数．这些参数对于评价频域光存贮材料性能有一定意义．     

Aberration correction and its automatic control in scanning electron microscopes

An automatic aberration correction method has been implemented in scanning electron microscopes (SEM). Necessity of the automatic aberration correction is discussed. The procedure of the automatic aberration correction is explained in detail, where deconvolution techniques are used in order to extract probe information from SEM images. Due to the precise digitization and the usage of proper combinations of correction fields, linearity has been found between the amplitude of each aberration and the corresponding field strength. Experimental results are shown which demonstrate that the aberrations are corrected automatically by a linear feedback control method. After the automatic aberration correction, the image quality has been improved drastically.     

多环架光电稳定系统及分析

提出一种多环架高精度光电稳定系统方案。通过对其进行运动学分析，并结合伺服控制原理，证明该方案优于常规的二环架光电稳定系统。     

Control and scheduling in a two-station queueing network: Optimal policies and heuristics

Consider a two-station queueing network with two types of jobs: type 1 jobs visit station 1 only, while type 2 jobs visit both stations in sequence. Each station has a single server. Arrival and service processes are modeled as counting processes with controllable stochastic intensities. The problem is to control the arrival and service processes, and in particular to schedule the server in station 1 among the two job types, in order to minimize a discounted cost function over an infinite time horizon. Using a stochastic intensity control approach, we establish the optimality of a specific stationary policy, and show that its value function satisfies certain properties, which lead to a switching-curve structure. We further classify the problem into six parametric cases. Based on the structural properties of the stationary policy, we establish the optimality of some simple priority rules for three of the six cases, and develop heuristic policies for the other three cases.