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Conference Object Controller Design for Cacc With Time-Varying Communication Delays(Ieee, 2023) Soysal, Gokhan; Schmidt, Klaus Werner; Bingol, HilalCooperative Adaptive Cruise Control (CACC) aims at the safe and comfortable travel of vehicles at short distances in the form of platoons. Hereby, it is generally desired to attenuate disturbances along vehicles in a platoon, which is captured by different string stability conditions. In this paper, we focus on L-infinity string stability. This condition ensures reducing the magnitude of the acceleration signal along the platoon, which helps to avoid actuator saturation and increases driving comfort. Since the performance of CACC is adversely affected by time-varying communication and actuator delays, we develop the first controller design method for L-infinity-string stability, combining the Lyapunov-Krasovskii method and our custom bisection algorithm. Simulation experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of our method.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 4String Stability Under Actuator Saturation on Straight Level Roads: Sufficient Conditions and Optimal Trajectory Generation(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2022) Bingol, Hilal; Schmidt, Klaus WernerThe heterogeneity of vehicles is an important factor when realizing cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) in practice. Specifically, it has to be considered that platoons generally consist of vehicles with both different dynamic properties and actuator limits on the engine and braking force, which is expected to have a negative impact on important properties such as string stability. Accordingly, the subject of this paper is the preservation of string stability for CACC in heterogeneous vehicle strings with potential actuator saturation. To this end, the paper formulates a velocity-dependent force bound that enables the derivation of sufficient conditions for preserving string stability during velocity changes of heterogeneous platoons. These conditions are then used for the analytical computation of trajectories for time-optimal velocity changes. The formal results of the paper are supported by an illustrative simulation study.Article Optimal Message Scheduling for the Static Segment of Flexray(IEEE, 2010) Schmidt, Klaus Werner; Schmidt, Ece G.In this paper, we study the scheduling of periodic messages in the static segment of the FlexRay protocol. Our approach is based on two performance metrics. Similar to previous work, we seek to allocate a minimum number of frame IDs (FIDs) in the static segment. In addition, different from existing work, we want to minimize the message jitter, i.e., the deviation of the message transmission from the required periodicity. To this end, we first derive analytical expressions that quantify the FID allocation and the jitter, and then formulate a linear integer programming problem whose solution is the desired message schedule. An example illustrates our schedule optimization.Publication Schedulability Analysis and Message Schedule Computation for the Dynamic Segment of Flexray(IEEE, 2010) Schmidt, Klaus Werner; Schmidt, Ece G.In this paper, we perform the schedulability analysis and schedule computation for sporadic real-time messages in the dynamic segment of the FlexRay protocol. We first formulate a linear integer programming problem that allows to determine if a given message schedule is feasible, i.e., the worst-case delay of each message is smaller than its deadline. Then, we develop a heuristic algorithm that enables the efficient computation of feasible schedules. Our results are illustrated by an experimental setup with three FlexRay nodes.Book Part A new multi-agent decision making structure and application to model-based fault diagnosis problem(IEEE, 2017) Leblebicioğlu, Kemal; Zengin, Yasin; Schmidt, Klaus WernerA new hierarchical multi-agent decision-making structure has been proposed. There are two phases of the structure. The first phase is the construction phase where the decision making structure consisting of switching and classification agents is built on the training data set generated by the system scenarios. In construction phase, switching and classification agents are trained and made ready for decision making. In the decision phase, which is the second phase, the class of the new data sample is decided. This process is carried out by the transmission of the data sample to the correct classifier agent by the switching agents and the classification by the classifier agent. The proposed structure is applied to a complex fault identification problem and a successful result is obtained. The structure is also adaptable to other big data decision making problems.Book Part A configurable CAN FD controller: architecture and implementation(IEEE, 2017) Afşin, Mehmet Ertuğ; Schmidt, Klaus Werner; Schmidt, Ece GüranCAN FD is a new standard which provides fast. data rate while preserving the compatibility with CAN (controller area network). In this paper, a Configurable IP core architecture (A-CAN) which is compatible with the CAN FD standard, is proposed. Different than existing CAN/CAN FD controllers, the numbers and sizes of transmit and receive buffers of A-CAN can be configured in run time. To this end, A-CAN enables the best use of single controller hardware for different applications and enables improving the real time communication performance. A CAN communicates with the host device over SPI without any specific interface requirements. A-CAN is implemented on an FPGA Evaluation Board and its functionally is verified at a rate of 2 Mbps.Article Citation - WoS: 8Citation - Scopus: 8Reconfigurability of Behavioural Specifications for Manufacturing Systems(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2017) Schmidt, Klaus WernerReconfigurable manufacturing systems (RMS) support flexibility in the product variety and the configuration of the manufacturing system itself in order to enable quick adjustments to new products and production requirements. As a consequence, an essential feature of RMS is their ability to rapidly modify the control strategy during run-time. In this paper, the particular problem of changing the specified operation of a RMS, whose logical behaviour is modelled as a finite state automaton, is addressed. The notion of reconfigurability of specifications (RoS) is introduced and it is shown that the stated reconfiguration problem can be formulated as a controlled language convergence problem. In addition, algorithms for the verification of RoS and the construction of a reconfiguration supervisor are proposed. The supervisor is realised in a modular way which facilitates the extension by new configurations. Finally, it is shown that a supremal nonblocking and controllable strict subautomaton of the plant automaton that fulfils RoS exists in case RoS is violated for the plant automaton itself and an algorithm for the computation of this strict subautomaton is presented. The developed concepts and results are illustrated by a manufacturing cell example.Article Citation - WoS: 10Citation - Scopus: 10An Integrated Scheduling and Control Model for Multi-Mode Projects(Springer, 2013) Hazir, Oncu; Schmidt, Klaus WernerIn today's highly competitive uncertain project environments, it is of crucial importance to develop analytical models and algorithms to schedule and control project activities so that the deviations from the project objectives are minimized. This paper addresses the integrated scheduling and control in multi-mode project environments. We propose an optimization model that models the dynamic behavior of projects and integrates optimal control into a practically relevant project scheduling problem. From the scheduling perspective, we address the discrete time/cost trade-off problem, whereas an optimal control formulation is used to capture the effect of project control. Moreover, we develop a solution algorithm for two particular instances of the optimal project control. This algorithm combines a tabu search strategy and nonlinear programming. It is applied to a large scale test bed and its efficiency is tested by means of computational experiments. To the best of our knowledge, this research is the first application of optimal control theory to multi-mode project networks. The models and algorithms developed in this research are targeted as a support tool for project managers in both scheduling and deciding on the timing and quantity of control activities.Article Citation - WoS: 15Citation - Scopus: 17Distributed Real-Time Protocols for Industrial Control Systems: Framework and Examples(Ieee Computer Soc, 2012) Schmidt, Klaus Werner; Schmidt, Ece GuranThe automation of today's large-scale industrial systems relies on the operation of distributed controller devices that perform local computations and exchange information via communication networks. The subject of this paper is the development of a family of shared-medium industrial communication protocols that support the transmission of real-time (RT) and nonreal-time (nRT) data among distributed controller devices. Different from existing protocols, we suggest to incorporate information that is available from the control application in the protocol definition. As a result, our protocols dynamically change the bandwidth allocation on the shared medium according to the instantaneous communication requirements while ensuring hard RT guarantees. Following the recent developments in industrial automation, our protocols can be realized as software layers on top of low-cost conventional Ethernet.Article Citation - WoS: 9Citation - Scopus: 9Efficient Abstractions for the Supervisory Control of Modular Discrete Event Systems(Ieee-inst Electrical Electronics Engineers inc, 2012) Schmidt, Klaus Werner; Ribeiro Cury, Jose Eduardo; Cury, José Eduardo RibeiroThe topic of this technical note is the nonblocking and maximally permissive abstraction-based supervisory control for modular discrete event systems (DES). It is shown, that an efficient abstraction technique, that was developed for the nonconflict verification of modular DES, is also suitable for the nonblocking supervisory control. Moreover, it is proved that this abstraction technique can be extended by the condition of local control consistency, in order to achieve maximally permissive supervision. Different from existing approaches, the presented abstraction does not require to preserve the shared events among the system components in the respective abstraction alphabets, and hence leads to potentially smaller system abstractions. The obtained results are illustrated by a flexible manufacturing system example.