Abstract: This paper proposes a robust control strategy for uncertain LTI systems. The strategy is based on an uncertainty and disturbance estimator (UDE). It brings similar performance as the time-delay ...

Abstract: In manufacturing industry, downtimes have been considered as major impact factors of production performance. However, the real impacts of downtime events and relationships between downtimes and ...

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Abstract: This paper proposes an uncertainty and disturbance estimator (UDE)-based controller for nonlinear systems with mismatched uncertainties and disturbances, integrating the UDE-based control and the conventional backstepping ...

Abstract: Urban streets are a prominent component of building environments that enable movement and characterize neighborhoods, offering the public spaces for social participation. Considering the increasingly aging society, this ...

Abstract: In this paper, a robust control strategy based on the uncertainty and disturbance estimator (UDE) is proposed for uncertain Linear Time Invariant-Single Input Single Output (LTI-SISO) systems ...

Abstract: Throughput bottlenecks define and constrain the productivity of a production line. The most cost-effective way to improve system throughput is to mitigate bottlenecks toward a balanced system. ...

Abstract: Timely performance of preventive maintenance (PM) tasks is a critical element of manufacturing systems. Since the majority of PM tasks requires that equipment be stopped, these tasks can generally ...

Abstract: Maintenance management has a direct influence on production performance. Existing works have not systematically taken the on-line production information into consideration in determining maintenance ...

Abstract: One key characteristic of any process performance is variability; that is, a process rarely performs consistently over time. The bottleneck is one of the main reasons causing the system variability ...