Radu Emil Precup

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Publications - 28

Hamiltonian-Based Control Approach with Pendulum Application

Publication Name: Saci 2024 18th IEEE International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics Proceedings

Publication Date: 2024-01-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 593-598

Description:

The paper proposes a design method dedicated to control systems, which use a certain energy function (surface), called the Hamiltonian of the system. The plant requires, most of the time, the convergence at different fixed points and at the same time in different ways (different behaviors). This phenomenon is possible by modifying the initial energy surface. Modification of the energy surface can be achieved by external (generalized) forces. The formalism suggested in this paper allows the calculation of generalized forces and, finally, to obtain the mentioned changes.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/SACI60582.2024.10619844

Using Tensor-Type Formalism in Causal Networks

Publication Name: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica

Publication Date: 2024-01-01

Volume: 21

Issue: 10

Page Range: 75-91

Description:

The causal network is a possible description of complex phenomena, and several domains, for example, Machine Learning, Social Science, and Artificial Intelligence. Although a successful solution is referred to in this paper, the field inherently faces challenges. Among these, the work identified that the formalism used is time-consuming and difficult to understand. Consequently, the approach proposed in this paper consists in transcribing this formalism in a tensor form. This goal is accomplished in three steps: first common tensor formulas are proposed for direct and inverse models; second these formulas are adapted for the network primitives; in the end the primitive and consequently the formula composition is analysed. To facilitate the understanding of the proposed formalism, the paper describes several examples. This paper is dedicated to Prof. Imre J. Rudas, to celebrate his 75th anniversary.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.12700/APH.21.10.2024.10.5

On the Use of Quaternions, in the Translated Reference Frame Formalism

Publication Name: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica

Publication Date: 2023-01-01

Volume: 20

Issue: 6

Page Range: 195-214

Description:

The approaches dedicated to the geometric model of the object, in the object-oriented modeling framework, specific to robots, are focused on the computation of the position of the elements, relative to a global reference frame. One important problem, in this regard, is the direct geometry, which starts with the initial data represented by the generalized coordinates and parameters of each element (in its own reference frame) and calculates the configuration of the structure in the global reference frame. This paper extends the Authors’ geometrical modeling approach, referred to as the translated reference frame formalism, by changing the mathematical apparatus of homogeneous transformations with that specific to quaternions. This new approach has three main advantages over the state-of-the art, namely, it simplifies substantially the configuration modeling, the transformation parameters are intuitive, and the computation is substituted with the operation of choosing a suitable transformation that belongs to a set of six homogeneous transformations. The suggested approach is validated by the computation of the geometric models of two illustrative robotic examples. The source codes are available in a public repository.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.12700/APH.20.6.2023.6.11

Hybrid Particle Filter-Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Application to Fuzzy Controlled Servo Systems

Publication Name: IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems

Publication Date: 2022-10-01

Volume: 30

Issue: 10

Page Range: 4286-4297

Description:

This article presents a hybrid metaheuristic optimization algorithm that combines particle filter (PF) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithms. The new PF-PSO algorithm consists of two steps: the first generates randomly the particle population;and the second zooms the search domain. An application of this algorithm to the optimal tuning of proportional-integral-fuzzy controllers for the position control of a family of integral-type servo systems is then presented as a second contribution. The reduction in PF-PSO algorithm's cost function allows for reduced energy consumption of the fuzzy control system. A comparison with other metaheuristic algorithms on canonical test functions and experimental results are presented at the end of this article.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/TFUZZ.2022.3146986

Model-Free Control of Finger Dynamics in Prosthetic Hand Myoelectric-based Control Systems

Publication Name: Studies in Informatics and Control

Publication Date: 2020-01-01

Volume: 29

Issue: 4

Page Range: 399-410

Description:

This paper proposes an approach to the tuning of model-free controllers for the midcarpal joint angles, which are important finger angles that ensure the desired finger dynamics in prosthetic hand myoelectric-based control systems. The process in these control systems is characterized by fuzzy models that operate with myoelectric signals obtained from eight myoelectric sensors and past inputs and/or outputs, where the controlled outputs are five finger angles. Since the fuzzy models exhibit very good performance as shown in authors’ recent papers that produced evolving fuzzy models, they are used to simulate the process behaviour. The Multi Input-Multi Output (MIMO) control system structure consists of five separate Single Input-Single Output control loops with the most simple model-free controllers represented by intelligent Proportional (iP) controllers, separately designed and tuned for each finger. Digital simulation results are included to suggestively illustrate the very good performance of the control systems with iP controllers. The MIMO control system performance is compared with that of the same system but with Proportional-Integral controllers, which are optimally tuned in a model-based manner by a metaheuristic Grey Wolf Optimizer (GWO) algorithm. The fair comparison is ensured by the optimal tuning of the free parameters of iP controllers in a model-based manner using GWO.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.24846/V29I4Y202002

Robot coverage path planning based on Iterative Structured Orientation

Publication Name: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica

Publication Date: 2018-01-01

Volume: 15

Issue: 2

Page Range: 231-249

Description:

Coverage path planning for mobile robots aims to compute the shortest path that ensures the overlap of a given area, with applications in various domains. This paper proposes a coverage path planning strategy, referred to as Iterative Structured Orientation Coverage, which has two main advantages over the state-of-the-art, namely it is it versatile and it is capable to handle complex environments. The path planning strategy is expressed as three new approaches to coverage path planning. The suggested approaches are validated by simulation and experimental results. The source codes along with the test set are available in a public repository.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.12700/APH.15.1.2018.2.12

An approach to the design of nonlinear state-space control systems

Publication Name: Studies in Informatics and Control

Publication Date: 2018-01-01

Volume: 27

Issue: 1

Page Range: 5-14

Description:

This paper proposes a cost-effective approach to the design of nonlinear state-space control systems. The approach is supported by a geometrical illustration of systems evolution in the state space, by the Lyapunov's direct method, the native behaviour of the controlled process, and the desired system matrix. The method is exemplified through the medium of a realworld process represented by the pendulum-cart system laboratory equipment.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.24846/v27i1y201801

On a translated frame-based approach to geometric modeling of robots

Publication Name: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Publication Date: 2017-05-01

Volume: 91

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 49-58

Description:

The geometric modeling gives the structure configuration and enables the derivation of the kinematic or dynamic models of robots, it involves a procedure for reference frames definition and a specific formalism that allows the poses transformations from a reference frame to another one. This paper proposes a new geometrical modeling approach, referred to as the translated frame-based approach, which has two main advantages over the state-of-the art, namely the reference frames definition is intuitive and it eliminates the computation of the transformation operators. The frames definitions are reduced to apparent translations of the base frame and the computation is replaced with choosing an operator from a collection of six operators that cover all transformation possibilities. The suggested approach is validated by the computation of the geometric models of a PUMA robot and a redundant robot.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2017.01.004

A novel pose estimation algorithm for robotic navigation

Publication Name: Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Volume: 63

Issue: P1

Page Range: 10-21

Description:

This paper proposes a new pose estimation algorithm in the framework of robotic navigation problems. The algorithm gives the mobile robot (MR) pose on the basis of the difference between the MR desired pose and the MR current pose. In this regard the MR sensor readings and the readings of a virtual sensor are employed. The algorithm is advantageous in comparison with other pose estimation algorithms including those based on classical filter approaches because of the small computation time. Simulation and real-world experimental results are included to illustrate the effectiveness of the pose estimation algorithm and its potential for integration in MR control structures and algorithms.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2014.09.034

On the development of signatures for Artificial Intelligence applications

Publication Name: IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

Publication Date: 2014-09-04

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 1304-1310

Description:

This paper illustrates developments of signatures for Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. Since the signatures are data structures with efficient results in modeling of fuzzy inference systems and of uncertain expert systems, the paper starts with the analysis of the data structures used in AI applications from the knowledge representation and manipulation point of view. An overview on the signatures, on the operators on signatures and on classes of signatures is next given. Using the proto fuzzy inference system, these operators are applied in a new application of fuzzy inference system modeled by means of signatures and of classes of signatures.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/FUZZ-IEEE.2014.6891636

Applications of signatures to expert systems modelling

Publication Name: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Volume: 11

Issue: 2

Page Range: 21-39

Description:

This paper offers a new approach that applies the signatures to expert systems modelling. Signatures and their operators, viewed as a generalization of fuzzy signatures, represent a convenient framework for the symbolic representation of data. The models are derived by a three-step algorithm that maps the signatures onto expert systems. An expert systems modelling algorithm is given. Our algorithm has two inputs, the knowledge base, i.e., the rules, and the data base, i.e., the facts, and it constructs the signatures which represent models of expert systems. The algorithm is advantageous because of its systematic and general formulation allowing for the modelling of uncertain expert systems. The theoretical results are exemplified by a case study which produces models of a Bayesian expert system with mechatronics applications.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: DOI not available

Stability analysis and design of a class of MIMO fuzzy control systems

Publication Name: Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems

Publication Date: 2013-07-18

Volume: 25

Issue: 1

Page Range: 145-155

Description:

This paper presents a new stability analysis method dedicated to a class of fuzzy control systems (FCSs) controlling multi input-multi output (MIMO) nonlinear processes by means of Takagi-Sugeno-Kang fuzzy logic controllers (FLCs). The stability analysis of the FCSs is carried out using LaSalle's global invariant set theorem by the separate stability analysis of each fuzzy rule in MIMO fuzzy control systems. Therefore the complexity of the stability analysis is reduced and the adding of new fuzzy rules can be conducted easily; this modification of FLC structure requires the fulfillment of only one of the conditions of the stability analysis theorem suggested in this paper. Another advantage of the stability analysis approach proposed in this paper is that the derivative of the Lyapunov function candidate must be only negative semi-definite in comparison with Lyapunov's stability theorem where it must be negative definite. The conservativeness of stability conditions is thus reduced, and this enables the convenient design of FLCs. The applicability and efficiency of the theoretical results are illustrated by numerical simulations for a representative MIMO process which deals with the level control in a three spherical tank system. © 2013-IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.3233/IFS-2012-0621

A refinement of Sándor-Tóth's inequality

Publication Name: Journal of Inequalities and Applications

Publication Date: 2012-12-10

Volume: 2012

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

The objective of this article is to show a refinement of Sándor-Tóth's inequality related to the arithmetic functions which use unitary divisors. A new estimate of the average order of the arithmetic function given by Sándor-Tóth's inequality is suggested. © 2012 Minculete et al.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1186/1029-242X-2012-4

A general formulation of abduction algorithms

Publication Name: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications Coginfocom 2012 Proceedings

Publication Date: 2012-12-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 573-578

Description:

The paper offers a general formulation of abduction algorithms, referred to as minimum length solution algorithms, which are based on all observable states. The algorithms compute the necessary evidence to derive the correct hypothesis in minimum steps. A first version of algorithms is proposed such that to deal with situations when not all states are observable. The development of fuzzy inference systems is presented in order to apply the minimum length solution algorithms to sets of imprecise observations. © 2012 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/CogInfoCom.2012.6421956

Experimental results of evolving Takagi - Sugeno fuzzy models for a nonlinear benchmark

Publication Name: 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications Coginfocom 2012 Proceedings

Publication Date: 2012-12-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 567-572

Description:

The paper offers evolving Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy models for a nonlinear benchmark represented by the pendulum-crane system and focused on the dynamics of pendulum angular position behavior. The rule bases and parameters of T-S fuzzy models are continuously evolved by an online identification algorithm in terms of computing the potentials of new data points. Accepting the pendulum angle as model output, two T-S fuzzy models are derived, viz. with a single input and with three inputs. The experimental results are obtained for a pendulum-crane laboratory equipment system and they show the performance of the proposed evolving T-S fuzzy models. © 2012 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/CogInfoCom.2012.6422044

Novel design of cognitive system strategies

Publication Name: Lindi 2012 4th IEEE International Symposium on Logistics and Industrial Informatics Proceedings

Publication Date: 2012-11-06

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 205-214

Description:

This paper presents results related to a new design approach dedicated to cognitive system strategies. The scenario concerning a robot integrated in a cognitive system is described. The paper focuses on the development of a pattern of human knowledge and on a new data structure which are able to organize and manipulate the involved information. The definitions of signatures and of signature classes are given as one of the first steps in an alternative modeling approach to the observation process. The paper ends with an example that deals with using the signatures in the observation. © 2012 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/LINDI.2012.6319489

Signatures: Definitions, operators and applications to fuzzy modelling

Publication Name: Fuzzy Sets and Systems

Publication Date: 2012-08-16

Volume: 201

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 86-104

Description:

This paper presents a new framework for the symbolic representation of data which is referred to as signatures. The definitions of signatures and of signature trees are first given. Original operators on signatures are next presented, i.e., contraction, extension, pruning, addition, multiplication, and grafting. Attractive applications of signatures related to the modelling of fuzzy inference systems are suggested and discussed. An example is included to accompany the theoretical results. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1016/j.fss.2011.12.016

Aspects concerning the observation process modelling in the framework of cognition processes

Publication Name: Acta Polytechnica Hungarica

Publication Date: 2012-04-17

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Page Range: 203-223

Description:

This paper presents results concerning the observation process modelling in the framework of cognition processes which belong to a new pattern of human knowledge. The cultural origin of the patterns is analyzed in terms of philosophical, psychological and linguistic points of view. A scenario concerning a robot integrated in a cognitive system is given in order to test the theoretical approaches. The definitions of signatures and of signature classes are given as one of the first steps in an alternative modelling approach to the observation process. An example that deals with the observation process modelling is offered.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: DOI not available

A cooperation scenario for multiagent systems

Publication Name: IEEE AFRICON Conference

Publication Date: 2011-12-12

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

This paper gives aspects related to a cooperation scenario in the framework of multiagent systems. The presentation is focused on a trivial multiagent system that consists of two agents, the Master and the Apprentice. The theoretical basis of the cooperation scenario is the definition of the most probable process, and two algorithms are used with this regard. The formulation of the cooperation scenario is exemplified for a case study that builds an architecture of successively placed bricks in the workspace. © 2011 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/AFRCON.2011.6071961

Cooperation in multiagent systems

Publication Name: Sisy 2011 9th International Symposium on Intelligent Systems and Informatics Proceedings

Publication Date: 2011-10-26

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 195-200

Description:

This paper gives aspects related to a cooperation scenario in the framework of multiagent systems. The presentation is focused on a multiagent system that consists of two agents, the Master and the Apprentice. The theoretical basis of the cooperation scenario is the definition of the most probable process, and two algorithms are used with this regard. The formulation of the cooperation scenario is exemplified for a case study that builds an architecture of successively placed bricks in the workspace. © 2011 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/SISY.2011.6034321

Results concerning a new pattern of human knowledge

Publication Name: 2011 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications Coginfocom 2011

Publication Date: 2011-09-23

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

This chapter presents results concerning a new pattern of human knowledge. The new pattern is based on the experimentation of the causal relations. The cultural origin of the patterns is analyzed in terms of philosophical, psychological and linguistic aspects. The scenario concerning a robot integrated in a cognitive system is described. The definitions of signatures and of signature classes are given as one of the first steps in an alternative modeling approach to the observation process. © 2011 Scientific Assoc Infocomm.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: DOI not available

Speed and position control of BLDC servo systems with low inertia

Publication Name: 2011 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Infocommunications Coginfocom 2011

Publication Date: 2011-09-22

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

The paper deals with applicative aspects concerning the control of speed and position of a BLDC servo system with low but Variable in a given range Moment of Inertia (VMI). Detailed models of various applications, some control solutions are discussed and developed and part of them tested on the basis of the specific features of the plants with VMI. The adopted control solutions PI(D) control (as reference solution) and fuzzy control with homogenous and non-homogenous dynamics are briefly presented and some approaches regarding the methods are highlighted. Due to the applicability of the methods in the field of mechatronics applications with VMI (speed and positioning control of rapid plants), the presented aspects are of permanent actuality, and they offer directions of future research. © 2011 Scientific Assoc Infocomm.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: DOI not available

New results in abduction process modeling

Publication Name: Ines 2011 15th International Conference on Intelligent Engineering Systems Proceedings

Publication Date: 2011-08-22

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 203-208

Description:

The paper gives new results related to the abduction process modeling. The results are based on a strategy that ensures, in minimum steps, the evidence necessary to deduce the correct hypothesis. An example that deals with two agents (robots), the Master and the Apprentice, that build a configuration of bricks, is inserted to exemplify the minimum length solution algorithm. The process of problem definition in this example involves both agents, and the cooperation between the agents is formalized in terms of decision trees. © 2011 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/INES.2011.5954745

A kantian pattern of knowledge, the observation representation

Publication Name: Siisy 2010 8th IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Systems and Informatics

Publication Date: 2010-12-30

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 405-412

Description:

This paper suggests a new pattern of human knowledge. Its execution represents an important stage in the general framework of aiming the building of an artificial cognitive system. First the general presentation of the artificial cognitive system, its objective, main principles and implementation phases are highlighted. The known patterns, which have a cultural (philosophical, psychological and linguistic) origin are then analyzed. Finally the details concerning the proposed pattern are pointed out. ©2010 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/SISY.2010.5647371

Modeling of a vehicle with continuously variable transmission

Publication Name: 19th International Workshop on Robotics in Alpe Adria Danube Region Raad 2010 Proceedings

Publication Date: 2010-09-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 441-446

Description:

The paper presents aspects concerning the modeling and driving scenarios of a class of vehicular power train systems. The modeling includes an analysis of the system components which include the spark-ignition internal combustion engine, the torque converter, the metal V-belt type continuously variable transmission and the wheels. Four driving scenarios are illustrated by digital simulation results: acceleration, overtaking maneuver, ramp encounter and engine brake. © 2010 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/RAAD.2010.5524546

NDSP: A platform for audiophile software audio processing

Publication Name: Iccc Conti 2010 IEEE International Joint Conferences on Computational Cybernetics and Technical Informatics Proceedings

Publication Date: 2010-08-06

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 431-436

Description:

This paper proposes a platform referred to as nDSP to interconnect different software audio signal processing effects which are modularized. The new platform is focused on having all processing done by the system CPU at higher quality than that achieved using hardware DSPs. The software representation of the module inside the platform is defined such that its state can be externally controlled, therefore the design of self-tuning filters is allowed. The design aims the further use of software audio signal processing in low-cost audiophile loudspeaker systems taking full advantage of the new personal computer hardware products. © 2010 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/ICCCYB.2010.5491235

Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy controller for a magnetic levitation system laboratory equipment

Publication Name: Iccc Conti 2010 IEEE International Joint Conferences on Computational Cybernetics and Technical Informatics Proceedings

Publication Date: 2010-08-06

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 55-60

Description:

This paper presents the design and the implementation of two control solutions applied to a magnetic levitation system laboratory equipment. The first solution deals with a state feedback control structure to stabilize the controlled plant which is the inner control loop for the cascade control system structure proposed as the second solution. The second solution is based on a TakagiSugeno fuzzy controller in the outer control loop to ensure the zero steady-state control errors. Simulation and real time experimental results are included to illustrate the performance of the control systems and to validate the two control solutions in regulation and tracking. © 2010 IEEE.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/ICCCYB.2010.5491219

Iterative Feedback Tuning of Anti-Windup PI Fuzzy Control of Tower Crane System Payload Position

Publication Name: IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems

Publication Date: 2025-01-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

This paper proposes the data-driven tuning of low-cost Proportional-Integral (PI) fuzzy control of the payload position of tower crane systems using Iterative Feedback Tuning (IFT). A back-calculation and tracking anti-windup diagram is included to prohibit integrator windup and compensate for the process's dead-zone and saturation nonlinearity. A two-stage tuning strategy is proposed. In the first stage, the parameters of the fuzzy logic part of the PI fuzzy controller and the anti-windup tracking gain are optimally tuned in a model-based manner using an original version of the hybrid Particle Filter-Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm, improved by adding an information feedback model. In the second stage, the parameters of the linear part of the PI fuzzy controller are tuned in a data-driven manner using IFT, and then mapped to the remaining PI fuzzy controller parameters using the modal equivalence principle. The efficacy of the new data-driven fuzzy control strategy is demonstrated through experimental results, and the comparison shows the performance improvement over other strategies designed using competing optimization algorithms.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1109/FUZZ62266.2025.11152023