Understanding concurrent earcons: applying auditory scene analysis principles to concurrent earcon recognition

Two investigations into the identification of concurrently presented, structured sounds, called earcons were carried out. One of the experiments investigated how varying the number of concurrently presented earcons affected their identification. It was found that varying the number had a significant effect on the proportion of earcons identified. Reducing the number of concurrently presented earcons lead to a general increase in the proportion of presented earcons successfully identified. The second experiment investigated how modifying the earcons and their presentation, using techniques influenced by auditory scene analysis, affected earcon identification. It was found that both modifying the earcons such that each was presented with a unique timbre, and altering their presentation such that there was a 300 ms onset-to-onset time delay between each earcon were found to significantly increase identification. Guidelines were drawn from this work to assist future interface designers when incorporating concurrently presented earcons

A tutorial for olfaction-based multisensorial media application design and evaluation

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Investigation of inverse simulation for design of feedforward controllers

This paper describes the use of inverse simulation to develop feedforward controllers for model-based output-tracking control system structures, thus avoiding the more complicated techniques of model inversion. Similarities and shortcomings of the inverse simulation and model inversion approaches are explored. It is found that, with suitable values of discretized time interval, the method based on inverse simulation may be preferable for minimum-phase systems. Depending upon zero redistribution within the process of inverse simulation, nonminimum- phase problems for linear systems can also be handled. The conclusions are demonstrated using a non-linear HS125 aircraft model, a linearised Lynx helicopter model and a container ship model for ship steering control and roll stabilization