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Intelligent Control Systems: An Introduction with Examples

Author(s): Hangos, K. M.; Lakner, Rozalia; Gerzson, Miklos
Edition: 1st
ISBN10: 1402001347
ISBN13: 9781402001345
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SummaryTable of Contents
Summarizes the fundamentals of knowledge reasoning, expert systems and real-time control systems and discusses the design, implementation verification and operation of real-time expert systems.
Acknowledgments xiii
Preface xv
Getting Started
1(10)
Intelligent control: what does it mean?
2(1)
Components of intelligent control systems
3(3)
Software elements
3(2)
Users
5(1)
The structure and use of the book
6(5)
The structure of the material
6(1)
Prerequisites and potential readers
7(1)
Course variants
8(3)
Knowledge Representation
11(20)
Data and knowledge
12(3)
Data representation and data items in traditional databases
12(2)
Data representation and data items in relational databases
14(1)
Rules
15(7)
Logical operations
15(3)
Syntax and semantics of rules
18(1)
Datalog rule sets
19(2)
The dependence graph of datalog rule sets
21(1)
Objects
22(4)
Frames
26(1)
Semantic nets
27(4)
Reasoning and Search in Rule-Based Systems
31(28)
Solving problems by reasoning
31(7)
The structure of the knowledge base
32(1)
The reasoning algorithm
33(3)
Conflict resolution
36(2)
Explanation of the reasoning
38(1)
Forward reasoning
38(6)
The method of forward reasoning
38(3)
A simple case study of forward reasoning
41(3)
Backward reasoning
44(7)
Solving problems by reduction
44(1)
The method of backward reasoning
45(3)
A simple case study of backward reasoning
48(3)
Bidirectional reasoning
51(1)
Search methods
51(8)
The general search algorithm
52(1)
Depth-first search
53(1)
Breadth-first search
54(1)
Hill climbing search
55(1)
A* search
56(3)
Verification and Validation of Rule-Bases
59(10)
Contradiction freeness
60(4)
The notion of contradiction freeness
60(1)
Testing contradiction freeness
61(2)
The search problem of contradiction freeness
63(1)
Completeness
64(2)
The notion of completeness
64(1)
Testing completeness
64(1)
The search problem of completeness
65(1)
Further problems
66(1)
Joint contradiction freeness and completeness
66(1)
Contradiction freeness and completeness in other types of knowledge bases
66(1)
Decomposition of knowledge bases
67(2)
Strict decomposition
68(1)
Heuristic decomposition
68(1)
Tools for Representation and Reasoning
69(40)
The Lisp programming language
70(14)
The fundamental data types in Lisp
70(2)
Expressions and their evaluation
72(1)
Some useful Lisp primitives
73(1)
The QUOTE primitive
73(1)
Primitives manipulate on lists
74(2)
Assignment primitives
76(1)
Arithmetic primitives
76(1)
Predicates
77(2)
Conditional primitives
79(2)
Procedure definition
81(1)
Some simple examples in Lisp
82(1)
Logical functions
82(1)
Calculating sums
83(1)
Polynomial value
84(1)
The Prolog programming language
84(19)
The elements of Prolog programs
85(1)
Facts
85(2)
Rules
87(1)
Questions
87(1)
The Prolog program
88(1)
The declarative and procedural views of a Prolog program
89(1)
More about lists
89(1)
The execution of Prolog programs
90(1)
How questions work
90(2)
Unification
92(1)
Backtracking
93(1)
Tracing Prolog execution
94(1)
The search strategy
95(1)
Recursion
96(1)
Built-in predicates
96(1)
Input-output predicates
97(1)
Dynamic database handling predicates
97(1)
Arithmetic predicates
98(1)
Expression-handling predicates
98(1)
Control predicates
99(1)
Some simple examples in Prolog
99(1)
Logical functions
99(1)
Calculation of sums
100(1)
Path finding in a graph
101(2)
Expert system shells
103(6)
Components of an expert system shell
104(1)
Basic functions and services in an expert system shell
105(4)
Real-Time Expert Systems
109(18)
The architecture of real-time expert systems
110(4)
The real-time subsystem
111(2)
The intelligent subsystem
113(1)
Synchronization and communication between real-time and intelligent subsystems
114(2)
Synchronization and communication primitives
114(1)
Priority handling and time-out
115(1)
Data exchange between the real-time and the intelligent subsystems
116(5)
Loose data exchange
117(2)
The blackboard architecture
119(2)
Software engineering of real-time expert systems
121(6)
The software lifecycle of real-time expert systems
122(3)
Special steps and tools
125(2)
Qualitative Reasoning
127(26)
Sign and interval calculus
128(4)
Sign algebra
129(1)
Interval algebras
130(2)
Qualitative simulation
132(13)
Constraint type qualitative differential equations
132(6)
The solution of QDEs: the qualitative simulation algorithm
138(1)
Initial data for the simulation
138(1)
Steps of the simulation algorithm
139(3)
Simulation results
142(3)
Qualitative physics
145(3)
Confluences
145(2)
The use of confluences
147(1)
Signed directed graph (SDG) models
148(5)
The structure graph of state-space models
148(3)
The use of SDG models
151(2)
Petri Nets
153(38)
The Notion of Petri nets
154(24)
The basic components of Petri nets
154(1)
Introductory examples
154(8)
The formal definition of Petri nets
162(1)
The firing of transitions
162(3)
Special cases and extensions
165(1)
Source and sink transitions
165(1)
Self-loop
165(1)
Capacity of places
166(2)
Parallelism
168(4)
Inhibitor arcs
172(3)
Decomposition of Petri nets
175(1)
Time in Petri nets
176(1)
The state-space of Petri nets
177(1)
The use of Petri nets for intelligent control
178(1)
The analysis of Petri nets
178(13)
Analysis Problems for Petri Nets
179(1)
Safeness and Boundedness
179(1)
Conservation
179(1)
Liveness
180(1)
Reachability and Coverability
180(1)
Structural properties
180(1)
Analysis techniques
181(1)
The reachability tree
181(5)
Analysis with matrix equations
186(5)
Fuzzy Control Systems
191(36)
Introduction
191(1)
The notion of fuzziness
191(1)
Fuzzy controllers
192(1)
Fuzzy sets
192(23)
Definition of fuzzy sets
192(8)
Operations on fuzzy sets
200(1)
Primitive fuzzy set operations
201(4)
Linguistic modifiers
205(3)
Inference on fuzzy sets
208(1)
Relation between fuzzy sets
209(2)
Implication between fuzzy sets
211(3)
Inference on fuzzy sets
214(1)
Rule-based fuzzy controllers
215(12)
Design of fuzzy controllers
216(1)
The input and output signals
216(1)
The selection of universes and membership functions
217(2)
The rule-base
219(1)
The rule-base analysis
220(3)
The operation of fuzzy controllers
223(1)
The preproccessing unit
223(1)
The inference engine
223(2)
The postprocessing unit
225(2)
An Example of a Real-Time Expert System
227(24)
Knowledge representation in G2
228(2)
The organization of the knowledge base
230(9)
Objects and object definitions
231(1)
Workspaces
232(1)
Variables and parameters
233(1)
Connections and relations
234(1)
Rules
235(2)
Procedures
237(1)
Functions
238(1)
Reasoning and simulation in G2
239(2)
The real-time inference engine
239(1)
The G2 simulator
240(1)
Tools for developing and debugging knowledge bases
241(6)
The developers' interface
241(1)
The graphic representation
241(1)
G2 grammar
242(1)
The interactive text editor
242(1)
The interactive icon editor
243(1)
Knowledge base handling tools
244(1)
Documenting in the knowledge base
245(1)
Tracing and debugging facilities
246(1)
The access control facility
247(1)
The end-user interface
247(3)
Displays
247(1)
End-user controls
248(1)
Messages, message board and logbook
249(1)
External interface
250(1)
Appendices 251(30)
A- A Brief Overview of Computer Controlled Systems
251(24)
1. Basic notions in systems and control theory
251(1)
1.1 Signals and signal spaces
252(1)
1.2 Systems
252(1)
2. State-space models of linear and nonlinear systems
253(1)
2.1 State-space models of LTI systems
254(1)
2.2 State-space models of nonlinear systems
254(1)
2.3 Controllability
255(1)
2.4 Observability
256(1)
2.5 Stability
257(1)
3. Common functions of a computer controlled system
258(1)
3.1 Primary data processing
258(2)
3.2 Process monitoring functions
260(1)
3.3 Process control functions
260(2)
3.4 Functional design requirements
262(1)
4. Real-time software systems
262(1)
4.1 Characteristics of real-time software systems
262(2)
4.2 Elements of real-time software systems
264(1)
4.3 Tasks in a real-time system
264(4)
5. Software elements of computer controlled systems
268(1)
5.1 Characteristic data structures of computer controlled systems
268(1)
5.1.1 Raw measured data and measured data files
269(1)
5.1.2 Primary processing data file
270(1)
5.1.3 Events data file
270(1)
5.1.4 Actuator data file
271(1)
5.2 Typical tasks of computer controlled systems
272(1)
5.2.1 Measurement device handling
272(1)
5.2.2 Primary and secondary processing
272(1)
5.2.3 Event handling
272(1)
5.2.4 Controller(s) and actuator handling
273(2)
B- The Coffee Machine
275(6)
1. System description
275(2)
2. Dynamic model equations
277(1)
2.1 Differential (balance) equations
278(1)
2.2 System variables
279(2)
References 281(8)
Index 289(12)
About the Authors 301

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