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Constructions of Almost Optimal Resilient Boolean Functions on Large Even Number of Variables
In this paper, a technique on constructing nonlinear resilient Boolean
functions is described. By using several sets of disjoint spectra functions on
a small number of variables, an almost optimal resilient function on a large
even number of variables can be constructed. It is shown that given any ,
one can construct infinitely many -variable ( even), -resilient
functions with nonlinearity . A large class of highly
nonlinear resilient functions which were not known are obtained. Then one
method to optimize the degree of the constructed functions is proposed. Last,
an improved version of the main construction is given.Comment: 14 pages, 2 table
Memory Resilient Gain-scheduled State-Feedback Control of Uncertain LTI/LPV Systems with Time-Varying Delays
The stabilization of uncertain LTI/LPV time delay systems with time varying
delays by state-feedback controllers is addressed. At the difference of other
works in the literature, the proposed approach allows for the synthesis of
resilient controllers with respect to uncertainties on the implemented delay.
It is emphasized that such controllers unify memoryless and exact-memory
controllers usually considered in the literature. The solutions to the
stability and stabilization problems are expressed in terms of LMIs which allow
to check the stability of the closed-loop system for a given bound on the
knowledge error and even optimize the uncertainty radius under some performance
constraints; in this paper, the performance measure is
considered. The interest of the approach is finally illustrated through several
examples
New advances in H∞ control and filtering for nonlinear systems
The main objective of this special issue is to
summarise recent advances in H∞ control and filtering
for nonlinear systems, including time-delay, hybrid and
stochastic systems. The published papers provide new
ideas and approaches, clearly indicating the advances
made in problem statements, methodologies or applications
with respect to the existing results. The special
issue also includes papers focusing on advanced and
non-traditional methods and presenting considerable
novelties in theoretical background or experimental
setup. Some papers present applications to newly
emerging fields, such as network-based control and
estimation
High-Resilience Limits of Block-Shaped Order Books
We show that wealth processes in the block-shaped order book model of
Obizhaeva/Wang converge to their counterparts in the reduced-form model
proposed by Almgren/Chriss, as the resilience of the order book tends to
infinity. As an application of this limit theorem, we explain how to reduce
portfolio choice in highly-resilient Obizhaeva/Wang models to the corresponding
problem in an Almgren/Chriss setup with small quadratic trading costs.Comment: 12 page
Modelling migration futures: development and testing of the rainfalls agent-based migration model – Tanzania
This paper describes the conceptual and practical development and testing of the Rainfalls Agent-Based Migration Model – Tanzania (RABMM-T). Drawing upon the literature on the process of developing and parameterizing a social simulation in the absence of spatio-temporal data, the paper outlines the translation of the conceptual framework into a working agent-based model. The possible impact of a change in local rainfall variability and mean upon household income, food production, and therefore the resilience and migration of members, is simulated to permit consideration of the possible impact of the artificial scenarios tested. In addition to the influence of changing rainfall, other non-rainfall scenarios are tested to explore the scale of the changes simulated. It is proposed that while a relatively clear impact of rainfall scenarios upon household resilience is simulated, the impact upon migration of household members is generally less clear. Furthermore, demographic and societal changes to the model are also seen to clearly contribute to the simulation outputs generated. The paper concludes that RABMM-T offers the first step in developing a potentially valuable resource for producing comparable migration forecasts that consider a range of contributory mechanisms. However, careful parameterisation is required to ensure the quality and value of model outputs
Bounds for Input- and State-to-Output Properties of Uncertain Linear Systems
We consider the effect of parametric uncertainty on properties of Linear Time
Invariant systems. Traditional approaches to this problem determine the
worst-case gains of the system over the uncertainty set. Whilst such approaches
are computationally tractable, the upper bound obtained is not necessarily
informative in terms of assessing the influence of the parameters on the system
performance. We present theoretical results that lead to simple, convex
algorithms producing parametric bounds on the -induced
input-to-output and state-to-output gains as a function of the uncertain
parameters. These bounds provide quantitative information about how the
uncertainty affects the system.Comment: To appear in the proceedings of the 8th IFAC Symposium on Robust
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