Abstract: There have been previous attempts to model biological processes as bilinear systems [4,9,10]. In these early studies any member of a population was taken to be quite like any other so that ...

Abstract: A monitor is defined to be an estimator which minimizes the cost of taking measurements and which, simultaneously, meets constraints on accuracy. It is anticipated that the development of a ...

Abstract: The authors demonstrate that if feedback control and component reliability design criteria are considered simultaneously, significant gains in reliability may result. The discussion begins with a ...