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Controller design over communication networks with a fast retransmission strategy based on exact analysis

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The problem of using acknowledgement messages for reducing the effects of packet loss on the performance of a networked control system (NCS) is considered. A sampling and transmission strategy is proposed and the model of the NCS with a Markovian communication state is precisely determined which provides the necessary tools for exact NCS analysis and design. The results can be used efficiently to design simple and practical controllers like PID by minimizing the value of a performance measure. During an example, an H ∞ performance measure of an NCS is optimized to design controllers, compare between them and evaluate them from both control and communication points of view.

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    Babak Tavassoli, Parviz Jabehdar-Maralani & Nasser Rezaee

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Babak Tavassoli received his B.S. in Electronics Engineering in 1998 from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Control Engineering from the same university in 2001 and 2009, respectively. Now he is with the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry in Iran. He has been involved in developing fieldbus systems for industrial automation at Farineh Fannavar Co. in Iran. He has published several papers and he has reviewed a number of papers for international journals and IEEE conferences. Currently, his research is mainly focused on control and automation over communication networks and multivariable process modeling and control.

Parviz Jabehdar-Maralani was born 1941 in Tabriz, Iran. He received his B.Sc. degree in Electrical (1st. rank) from University of Tehran in 1963 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees both in Electrical Engineering from The University of California, Berkeley in 1966 and 1969, respectively. From 1969 to 1970 he was with the AT&T Bell labs in Holmdel, NJ. He joined the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Tehran in 1970 where he is currently a Professor of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He was selected as a Distinct Professor of the University of Tehran in 1994. He served as the head of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the head of Electro-technique Institute, chairman of the department, director of graduate studies and the director of the Informatics Center at the University of Tehran. His current research interests are: Circuits and Systems, Control and Bioengineering, Computer Aided Analysis and Design, Numerical Methods, and Electrical Engineering Curriculum Development and Planning. He is a full member of the Academy of Science of Iran. He has written more than 120 technical papers and authored 14 textbooks.

Nasser Rezaee received his B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, in 1970, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Telecommunications Systems from the University of Essex, Essex, U.K., in 1976 and 1980, respectively. Since 1980, he has been a member of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, where he is currently an Associate Professor of Telecommunication Systems. In 1971 he was a Visiting Researcher with the NTT Electrical Communication Laboratories, Japan. During 1971–1975, he was with the Iran Telecommunication Research Centre (ITRC), Tehran. He is the author of the book Transmission Systems for Communications (Tehran, Iran: Tehran University Press, 1994). He has published many papers in international journals and conferences. His main areas of interest are architectural and system aspects of optical and wireless communication networks.

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Tavassoli, B., Jabehdar-Maralani, P. & Rezaee, N. Controller design over communication networks with a fast retransmission strategy based on exact analysis. Int. J. Control Autom. Syst. 8, 882–890 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-010-0422-2

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