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Approximate Kalman-Bucy filter for continuous-time semi-Markov jump linear systems
The aim of this paper is to propose a new numerical approximation of the
Kalman-Bucy filter for semi-Markov jump linear systems. This approximation is
based on the selection of typical trajectories of the driving semi-Markov chain
of the process by using an optimal quantization technique. The main advantage
of this approach is that it makes pre-computations possible. We derive a
Lipschitz property for the solution of the Riccati equation and a general
result on the convergence of perturbed solutions of semi-Markov switching
Riccati equations when the perturbation comes from the driving semi-Markov
chain. Based on these results, we prove the convergence of our approximation
scheme in a general infinite countable state space framework and derive an
error bound in terms of the quantization error and time discretization step. We
employ the proposed filter in a magnetic levitation example with markovian
failures and compare its performance with both the Kalman-Bucy filter and the
Markovian linear minimum mean squares estimator
THE MASSIFICATION PROCESS IN CHINESE HIGHER EDUCATION
This paper demonstrates the massification process in higher education using as reference China, which reached in a few years the largest university system in the world. To do this, we present in the theoretical reference the Government intervention and its economic responsibilities, the main challenges of global higher education and the effects of globalization on this level of education. As regards the methodology, this study is designed on the principles of explanatory research, with qualitative approach. Data were collected through documentary and bibliographic research, and subsequently analyzed and interpreted to record the findings that were correlated with other data collected. This research shows at its end how was the expansion of Chinese higher education, which was a elite system and became a mass system, becoming a reference for other nations that also seek to expand this educational level
Explicit fairness in testing semantics
In this paper we investigate fair computations in the pi-calculus. Following
Costa and Stirling's approach for CCS-like languages, we consider a method to
label process actions in order to filter out unfair computations. We contrast
the existing fair-testing notion with those that naturally arise by imposing
weak and strong fairness. This comparison provides insight about the
expressiveness of the various `fair' testing semantics and about their
discriminating power.Comment: 27 pages, 1 figure, appeared in LMC
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