• Title/Summary/Keyword: Model following control

Search Result 930, Processing Time 0.036 seconds

An Longitudinal Analysis of Changing Beliefs on the Use in IT Educatee by Elaboration Likelihood Model (정교화 가능성 모형에 의한 IT 피교육자 신용 믿음 변화의 종단분석)

  • Lee, Woong-Kyu
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
    • /
    • v.18 no.3
    • /
    • pp.147-165
    • /
    • 2008
  • IT education can be summarized as persuading the educatee to accept IT. The persuasion is made by delivering the messages for how-to-use and where-to-use to the educatee, which leads formulation of a belief structure for using IT. Therefore, message based persuasion theory, as well as IT acceptance theories such as technology acceptance model(TAM), would play a very important role for explaining IT education. According to elaboration likelihood model(ELM) that has been considered as one of the most influential persuasion theories, people change attitude or perception by two routes, central route and peripheral route. In central route, people would think critically about issue-related arguments in an informational message. In peripheral route, subjects rely on cues regarding the target behavior with less cognitive efforts. Moreover, such persuasion process is not a one-shot program but continuous repetition with feedbacks, which leads to changing a belief structure for using IT. An educatee would get more knowledge and experiences of using IT as following an education program, and be more dependent on a central route than a peripheral route. Such change would reformulate a belief structure which is different from the intial one. The objectives of this study are the following two: First, an identification of the relationship between ELM and belief structures for using IT. Especially, we analyze the effects of message interpretation through both of central and peripheral routes on perceived usefulness which is an important explaining variable in TAM and perceived use control which have perceived ease of use and perceived controllability as sub-dimensions. Second, a longitudinal analysis of the above effects. In other words, change of the relationship between interpretation of message delivered by IT education and beliefs of IT using is analyzed longitudinally. For achievement of our objectives, we suggest a research model, which is constructed as three-layered. While first layer has a dependent variable, use intention, second one has perceived usefulness and perceived use control that has two sub-concepts, perceived ease of use and perceived controllability. Finally, third one is related with two routes in ELM, source credibility and argument quality which are operationalization of peripheral route and central route respectively. By these variables, we suggest five hypotheses. In addition to relationship among variables, we suggest two additional hypotheses, moderation effects of time in the relationships between perceived usefulness and two routes. That is, source credibility's influence on perceived usefulness is decreased as time flows, and argument quality's influence is increased. For validation of it, our research model is tested empirically. With measurements which have been validated in the other studies, we survey students in an Excel class two times for longitudinal analysis. Data Analysis is done by partial least square(PLS), which is known as an appropriate approach for multi-group comparison analysis with a small sized sample as like this study. In result. all hypotheses are statistically supported. One of theoretical contributions in this study is an analysis of IT education based on ELM and TAM which are considered as important theories in psychology and IS theories respectively. A longitudinal analysis by comparison between two surveys based on PLS is also considered as a methodological contribution. In practice, finding the importance of peripheral route in early stage of IT education should be notable.

The Effect of Albumin Therapy for Reperfusion Injury Following Transient Focal Cerebral Ischemia in Rats (쥐에서 일과성 국소 뇌허혈 후 생긴 재관류 손상시 알부민치료의 효과)

  • Huh, Pil Woo;Cho, Kyoung Suck;Yoo, Do Sung;Kim, Jae Keon;Kim, Dal Soo;Kang, Joon Ki
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
    • /
    • v.30 no.1
    • /
    • pp.12-19
    • /
    • 2001
  • Objective : Albumin is a very useful drug for the improving of cerebral blood volume and the oncotic effect in cerebral ischemia or cerebral vasospasm. The purpose of this study was to examine the morphological and neurological effect of albumin therapy on reperfusion injury following transient focal cerebral ischemia. Materials and Methods : 18 Male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing 270-320g were used. The ischemia model was produced by 2-hour period of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion with a poly-L-lysin coated intraluminal suture. The agent(20% human serum albumin[HSA]) or control solution(NaCl 0.9%) was administered intravenously at a dosage of 1% of body weight immediate after reperfusion following a 2-hour period occlusion. Neurological function was evaluated by the postural reflex and the forlimb placing test during occlusion(at 60 min) and daily for 3 days thereafter. The brain was perfusion-fixed, and infarct volumes and brain edema were measured. Results : The HSA significantly improved the neurological score in treated group. The rats of albumin treatment group showed significantly reduced total infarct volume(by 34%) and brain edema(by 81%) compared with salinetreated rats. Conclusion : HSA showed a substantial effect on the transient focal cerebral ischemia and reperfusion injury model. These results may indicate its usefulness in treating reperfusion injury patients after thrombolysis treatment for the thrombo-embolic major cerebral artery occlusions.

  • PDF

LQ control by linear model of Inverted Pendulum for Robust Control of Robotic Vacuum Sweeping Machine (연마기 로봇의 강인제어를 위한 역진자의 선형화 모델을 통한 LQ제어)

  • Kim, Soo-Young;Lee, Jae-Duck;Jin, Tae-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
    • /
    • 2012.05a
    • /
    • pp.529-532
    • /
    • 2012
  • This paper presents the system modeling, analysis, and controller design and implementation with a inverted pendulum system in order to test robust algorithm for sweeping machine. The balancing of an inverted pendulum by moving pendulum robot like as 'segway' along a horizontal track is a classic problem in the area of control. This paper will describe two methods to swing a pendulum attached to a cart from an initial downwards position to an upright position and maintain that state. The results of real experiment show that the proposed control system has superior performance for following a reference command at certain initial conditions.

  • PDF

DC Motor Model Parameter Identification and Experimental Adjustment for Motor Controller Design (제어기 설계를 위한 DC 모터의 모델 파라미터 측정 및 실험적 보정)

  • Kang, Hyeong Seok;Shin, Dong Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
    • /
    • v.31 no.12
    • /
    • pp.1147-1154
    • /
    • 2014
  • Generally, motor controller design is based on its motor dynamics. Therefore, it requires precise information of its motor dynamics. However, most of the low cost DC motors, which are widely used in industries and academia, are provided without such precise information. Even if it is given, the information is mostly imprecise. Following circumstances require one to calculate the motor dynamics information for oneself. This paper presents a simple method to readily apprehend the DC motor dynamics. First, how to establish the model of DC motor dynamics along with the model parameter identification is presented. Then, the parameter values are finetuned until the simulation response based on the dynamics model is close to the experimental response of the motor. Finally, the controller is designed with the established dynamics model. The validity of the designed controller is confirmed by the comparison of the experiment and simulation.

Performance Investigation of Cylindrical-Type ER Valves With Different Electrode Length (전극길이 변화에 따른 실린더 형태 ER밸브의 성능고찰)

  • Jeon, Young-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
    • /
    • v.7 no.6
    • /
    • pp.1-11
    • /
    • 1998
  • This paper presents performance analyses of three types of the cylindrical-type ER(electro-rheo-logical) valves, which have different electrode length and width but same electrode area. Following the composition of silicone oil-based ER fluid, the field-dependent yield stresses are obtained from experimental investigation on the Bingham property of the ER fluid. The ER valve which is dependent on the applied electric field is devised and its theoretical model is derived. On the basis of the pressure-drop analysis, three types of the ER valves are designed and manufactured. After experimentally evaluation field-dependent pressure drops, PI controller is formulated to achieve tracking control on desired pressure drop. The controller is then experimentally implemented and tracking control performance is presented in order to demonstrate superior controllability of the ER valve. In addition, the response characteristic of the ER valve with respect to the excitation frequency of the electric fiedls is provided to show the feasibility of practical application.

  • PDF

A new scheme for discrete implicit adaptive observer and controller (이산형 적응관측자 및 제어기의 새로운 구성)

  • 고명삼;허욱열
    • 전기의세계
    • /
    • v.30 no.12
    • /
    • pp.822-831
    • /
    • 1981
  • Many different schemes of the adaptive observer and controller have been developed for both continuous and discrete systems. In this paper we have presented a new scheme of the reduced order adaptive observer for the single input discrete linear time invariant plant. The output equation of the plant, is transformed into the bilinear form in terms of system parameters and the states of the state variable filters. Using the plant output equation the discrete implicit adaptive observer based on the similar philosophy to Nuyan and Carroll is derived and the parameter adaptation algorithm is derived based on the exponentially weighted least square method. The adaptive model following control system is also constructed according to the proposed observer scheme. The proposed observer and controller are rather than simple structure and have a fast adaptive algorithm, so it may be expected that the scheme is suitable to the practical application of control system design. The effectiveness of the algorithm and structure is illustrated by the computer simulation of a third order system. The simulation results show that the convergence speed is proportinal to the increasing of weighting factor alpha, and that the full order and reduced order observer have similar convergence characteristics.

  • PDF

Stabilization of nonlinear systems using compensated fuzzy controllers (보상 퍼지 제어기를 이용한 비선형 시스템의 안정화)

  • 강성훈;박주영
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics C
    • /
    • v.34C no.5
    • /
    • pp.43-54
    • /
    • 1997
  • The objective of this paper is to present a controller-design method that can guarantee the global stability for nonlinear systems described by takagi-sugeno fuzzy models, and to apply the method to a typical nonlinear control problem. The presented method gives us a compensated fuzzy controller through the following major steps: First, if each local linear model of a given takagi-sugeno fuzzy system does not have the same input matrix, the method expands the system into the one with a method finds a takagi-sugeno fuzzy controller guaranteeing the global stability of the closed loop via solving relevant linear matrix inequalities. Compared to the conventional PDC (paralled distributed compensation) technique, the presented method has an advantage that trial-and-errors to check the global stability are not necessary. An illustrative simulation on the control of inverted pendulum is performed to demonstrate the applicability of the presented method, and its results show that a controller satisfying the global stability and robustness can be obtained by the method.

  • PDF

Features of Corporate Governance in Kazakhstan

  • Saparovna, Mukhtarova Karlygash;Sayatovna, Sayatova Malika
    • Asian Journal of Business Environment
    • /
    • v.5 no.2
    • /
    • pp.15-22
    • /
    • 2015
  • Purpose - Following globalization, Kazakh companies are considered to be among the main economic agents of the country. The influence of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) on Kazakhstan's economic development is becoming increasingly pronounced. Therefore, limitations and backwardness of legislation regarding regulation of corporate governance must be overcome at the earliest. Research design, data, and methodology - We considered the basis for legislation of corporate governance in Kazakhstan, and the corporate governance models that better describe the situation of being in the organization. Results - Earlier studies have identified several problems, including "transparency" of issuers and markets, and the consequent lack of (undeveloped) external control of managers of the former state-owned enterprises; lack of traditional corporate ethics and culture; and corruption, and other criminal aspects of the problem. This article describes several proposals to improve corporate governance in Kazakhstan to solve these problems. Conclusions - Domestic reformers acting without consideration of local features is a common occurrence today. They often ignore that these features are recommended for reputable international organizations, and therefore should be used carefully.

Quality Cost Model for a Product in the User's Viewpoint (제품의 사용자 관점에서의 품질비용 모델)

  • Yi, Sang Yong
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
    • /
    • v.19 no.2
    • /
    • pp.158-165
    • /
    • 1991
  • The Q-cost has been used in the manufacturing company to decide the optimal level of company's product quality, and to evaluate the effect of company's quality control system since the advent of Q-cost theory. In spite of the following costs are generated in the user side, owing to an unsuitable level of product quality and inadequacy of company's quality control system, these costs are not usually included in the company's Q-cost : (1) the cost generated in relation to a claim proposal as traffic expeneses and transpotation of the product. (2) the cost of maintenance through the useful life of the product, especially accured after quality warranty period. (3) the cost related to the economical efficiency in using the product. (4) the cost ralated to a customer dissatisfaction for the product quality. In this point of view, the contents of user side Q-cost, and the relations between the user side Q-cost and the level of company's product quality are discussed. And then the importance of user side Q-cost in order to determine the optimal quality level is discussed.

  • PDF

Accurate Vehicle Positioning on a Numerical Map

  • Laneurit Jean;Chapuis Roland;Chausse Fr d ric
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
    • /
    • v.3 no.1
    • /
    • pp.15-31
    • /
    • 2005
  • Nowadays, the road safety is an important research field. One of the principal research topics in this field is the vehicle localization in the road network. This article presents an approach of multi sensor fusion able to locate a vehicle with a decimeter precision. The different informations used in this method come from the following sensors: a low cost GPS, a numeric camera, an odometer and a steer angle sensor. Taking into account a complete model of errors on GPS data (bias on position and nonwhite errors) as well as the data provided by an original approach coupling a vision algorithm with a precise numerical map allow us to get this precision.