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Control efficacy of complex networks
Acknowledgements W.-X.W. was supported by CNNSF under Grant No. 61573064, and No. 61074116 the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities and Beijing Nova Programme, China. Y.-C.L. was supported by ARO under Grant W911NF-14-1-0504.Peer reviewedPublisher PD
Rank deficiency of Kalman error covariance matrices in linear time-varying system with deterministic evolution
We prove that for-linear, discrete, time-varying, deterministic system (perfect-model) with noisy outputs, the Riccati transformation in the Kalman filter asymptotically bounds the rank of the forecast and the analysis error covariance matrices to be less than or equal to the number of nonnegative Lyapunov exponents of the system. Further, the support of these error covariance matrices is shown to be confined to the space spanned by the unstable-neutral backward Lyapunov vectors, providing the theoretical justification for the methodology of the algorithms that perform assimilation only in the unstable-neutral subspace. The equivalent property of the autonomous system is investigated as a special case
A mathematical model for breath gas analysis of volatile organic compounds with special emphasis on acetone
Recommended standardized procedures for determining exhaled lower respiratory
nitric oxide and nasal nitric oxide have been developed by task forces of the
European Respiratory Society and the American Thoracic Society. These
recommendations have paved the way for the measurement of nitric oxide to
become a diagnostic tool for specific clinical applications. It would be
desirable to develop similar guidelines for the sampling of other trace gases
in exhaled breath, especially volatile organic compounds (VOCs) which reflect
ongoing metabolism. The concentrations of water-soluble, blood-borne substances
in exhaled breath are influenced by: (i) breathing patterns affecting gas
exchange in the conducting airways; (ii) the concentrations in the
tracheo-bronchial lining fluid; (iii) the alveolar and systemic concentrations
of the compound. The classical Farhi equation takes only the alveolar
concentrations into account. Real-time measurements of acetone in end-tidal
breath under an ergometer challenge show characteristics which cannot be
explained within the Farhi setting. Here we develop a compartment model that
reliably captures these profiles and is capable of relating breath to the
systemic concentrations of acetone. By comparison with experimental data it is
inferred that the major part of variability in breath acetone concentrations
(e.g., in response to moderate exercise or altered breathing patterns) can be
attributed to airway gas exchange, with minimal changes of the underlying blood
and tissue concentrations. Moreover, it is deduced that measured end-tidal
breath concentrations of acetone determined during resting conditions and free
breathing will be rather poor indicators for endogenous levels. Particularly,
the current formulation includes the classical Farhi and the Scheid series
inhomogeneity model as special limiting cases.Comment: 38 page
Dynamic mode decomposition with control
We develop a new method which extends Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) to
incorporate the effect of control to extract low-order models from
high-dimensional, complex systems. DMD finds spatial-temporal coherent modes,
connects local-linear analysis to nonlinear operator theory, and provides an
equation-free architecture which is compatible with compressive sensing. In
actuated systems, DMD is incapable of producing an input-output model;
moreover, the dynamics and the modes will be corrupted by external forcing. Our
new method, Dynamic Mode Decomposition with control (DMDc), capitalizes on all
of the advantages of DMD and provides the additional innovation of being able
to disambiguate between the underlying dynamics and the effects of actuation,
resulting in accurate input-output models. The method is data-driven in that it
does not require knowledge of the underlying governing equations, only
snapshots of state and actuation data from historical, experimental, or
black-box simulations. We demonstrate the method on high-dimensional dynamical
systems, including a model with relevance to the analysis of infectious disease
data with mass vaccination (actuation).Comment: 10 pages, 4 figure
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