M. French

Publication List Details

Period

1990 - 2009

Number

267

Co-Authors

Function Approximator based Control Designs for Strict Feedback Systems: LQ Performance and Scaling (2009)

M. French

Abstract We consider a tracking problem for an uncertain strict feedback system, where the uncertainties are memoryless nonlinearities specified by weighted L 2

Practically the uniform of the tribe: dress codes among commercial travellers (2009)

Popp, A., French, M.

What is it to wear a uniform? Why—and to what effect—do some occupational groups voluntarily adopt tacit dress codes? Descriptions of English commercial travellers have frequently highlighted...

Coprime Factorisation and Robustness of Stabilization for Nonlinear Systems (2008)

W. Bian, M. French

Graph topologies for nonlinear operators which admit coprime factorisations are defined w.r.t. a gain function notion of stability. Applications to closed loop robustness for nonlinear systems are...

Cultures of service: strategies of Scottish grocers, 1915-1965 (2008)

French, M.

Studies of retailing have highlighted its long-run evolution, particularly the emergence of multiples. Such developments were a challenge to the market position of independent retailers, especially...

Adaptive control and robustness in the gap metric (2008)

French, M.

We consider the construction of adaptive controllers for minimum phase linear systems which achieve non-zero robustness margins in the sense of the gap metric. The gap perturbation margin may be more...

Adaptive control and robustness in the gap metric (2008)

French, M.

We consider the construction of adaptive controllers for minimum phase linear systems which achieve non-zero robustness margins in the sense of the gap metric. The gap perturbation margin may be more...

An Analytical Comparison between the non-singular quadratic Performance of Robust and Adaptive Backstepping Designs. (2008)

M. French

Abstract A robust and an adaptive backstepping design for an uncertain strict feedback system are compared with respect to a cost functional which is based on an instantaneous quadratic penalty...

Single Event Upset Studies on the APV6 Front End Readout Chip J Fulcher (2008)

Hall Raymond Imperial, J Fulcher, G Hall, M Raymond, D Bisello, A Paccagnella, ...

The microstrip tracker for the CMS experiment at the LHC will be read out using radiation hard APV chips. During high luminosity running of the LHC the tracker will be exposed to particle fluxes up...

A Performance Analysis of Two Approximate Adaptive Designs (2008)

M. French

The performance of function approximator based adaptive control designs may scale badly with approximator dimension [4]. With respect to a simple system class, both projection based designs and...

Ambassadors of commerce: the commercial traveler in British culture, 1800-1939 (2008)

French, M.

This paper presents a reading of British literary representations of commercial travelers between 1800 and 1939. Three forms of representation are used: nonfiction representations by others,...

Ab initio Equation of State data for hydrogen, helium, and water and the internal structure of Jupiter (2007)

Nettelmann, N., Holst, B., Kietzmann, A., French, M., Redmer, R., Blaschke, D.

The equation of state of hydrogen, helium, and water effects interior structure models of giant planets significantly. We present a new equation of state data table, LM-REOS, generated by large scale...

Uncertainty, Performance, and Model Dependency in Approximate Adaptive Nonlinear Control (2007)

M. French, Cs. Szepesvári, E. Rogers

We consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to weighted L 2 and L 1 measures of uncertainty. A modified LQ measure of control and state transient performance...

An Analytical Comparison of the Weighted LQ Performance of a Robust and an Adaptive Backstepping Design. (2007)

M. French

A robust and an adaptive backstepping design for an uncertain strict feedback system are compared with respect to a quadratic cost which is exponentially weighted in time. The cost penalises both the...

Cs. Szepesvari y (2007)

M. French, E. Rogers

We consider the adaptive tracking problem for a chain of integrators, where the uncertainty is static and functional. The uncertainty is specied by L 2

Function Approximator based Control Designs for Strict Feedback Systems: LQ Performance and Scaling (2007)

M. French

We consider a tracking problem for an uncertain strict feedback system, where the uncertainties are memoryless nonlinearities specied by weighted L 2

Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2007)

M. French, E. Rogers

We consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to weighted L 2

measure of (2007)

M. French, E. Rogers

We consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to a L 2

Uncertainty and Performance of Adaptive Controllers for Functionally Uncertain Output Feedback Systems (2007)

M. French, C. Szepesvari, E. Rogers

We consider nonlinear systems in an output feedback form which are functionally known up to a L 2 measure of uncertainty. The control task is to drive the output of the system to some neighbourhood...

An Analytical Comparison Between the Non-singular Quadratic Performance of Robust and Adaptive Backstepping Designs (2007)

M. French

A robust and an adaptive backstepping design for an uncertain strict feedback system are compared with respect to a cost functional which is based on an instantaneous quadratic penalty measuring both...

Nonlinear Iterative Learning by an Adaptive Lyapunov Technique (2007)

M. French, E. Rogers

We consider the iterative learning control problem from an adaptive control viewpoint. It is shown that some standard Lyapunov adaptive designs can be modified in a straightforward manner to give a...

The optical links of the ATLAS SemiConductor tracker (2007)

Wilson, J. A., Abdesselam, A., Allport, P. P., Apsimon, R. J., Band, C., Barr, A. J., ...

28 pages, 17 figures.-- PACS nrs.: 42.88.+h, 04.40.Nr, 85.40, 85.60.-- ISI Article Identifier: 000253652000008.-- Open Access article at the publisher's site.

Dissolved iron in the vicinity of the Crozet Islands, Southern Ocean (2007)

Planquette, Helene, Statham, Peter J., Fones, Gary R., Charette, Matthew A., Moore, C. Mark, Salter, Ian, ...

Author Posting. © Elsevier B.V., 2007. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Elsevier B.V. for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was...

CMS physics technical design report, volume II: Physics performance (2007)

Bayatian, G. L., Chatrchyan, S., Hmayakyan, G., Sirunyan, A. M., Adam, W., Bergauer, T., ...

CMS is a general purpose experiment, designed to study the physics of pp collisions at 14 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider ( LHC). It currently involves more than 2000 physicists from more than 150...

Dissolved iron in the vicinity of the Crozet Islands, Southern Ocean (2007)

Planquette, H., Statham, P.J., Fones, G.R., Charette, M.A., Moore, C.M., Salter, I., ...

The annual phytoplankton bloom occurring north of the Crozet Plateau provides a rare opportunity to examine the hypothesis that natural iron fertilization can alleviate high-nutrient low-chlorophyll...

Scaling of gain bounds for switched adaptive control with large uncertainties (2007)

Buchstaller, D., French, M.

A wide class of MMAC with a finite lp (1 ≤ p ≤ ∞) closed loop gain are shown to have an unboundedly increasing lp closed loop gain for a simple set of plants under increasing parametric...

Robustness in the Graph Topolgy of a Common Adaptive Controller (2006)

French, M., Ilchmann, A., Ryan, E.P.

For any $m$-input, $m$-output, finite-dimensional, linear, minimum-phase plant $P$ with first Markov parameter having spectrum in the open right-half complex plane, it is well known that the adaptive...

A Performance Comparison of Robust Adaptive Controllers: Linear Systems (2006)

Sanei, A, French, M

We consider robust adaptive control designs for relative degree one, minimum phase linear systems of known high frequency gain. The designs are based on the dead-zone and projection modifications,...

Robustness in the Graph Topolgy of a Common Adaptive Controller (2006)

French, M., Ilchmann, A., Ryan, E.P.

For any $m$-input, $m$-output, finite-dimensional, linear, minimum-phase plant $P$ with first Markov parameter having spectrum in the open right-half complex plane, it is well known that the adaptive...

A Performance Comparison of Robust Adaptive Controllers: Linear Systems (2006)

Sanei, A, French, M

We consider robust adaptive control designs for relative degree one, minimum phase linear systems of known high frequency gain. The designs are based on the dead-zone and projection modifications,...

Robustness in the Graph Topolgy of a Common Adaptive Controller (2006)

French, M., Ilchmann, A., Ryan, E.P.

For any $m$-input, $m$-output, finite-dimensional, linear, minimum-phase plant $P$ with first Markov parameter having spectrum in the open right-half complex plane, it is well known that the adaptive...

General Fast Sampling Theorems for Nonlinear Systems (2005)

Bian, W, French, M

This paper is concerned with the gap metric approach to controller discretisation problems for continuous-time nonlinear systems with disturbances in both input and output channels. The principal...

General Fast Sampling Theorems for Nonlinear Systems (2005)

Bian, W, French, M

This paper is concerned with the gap metric approach to controller discretisation problems for continuous-time nonlinear systems with disturbances in both input and output channels. The principal...

General Fast Sampling Theorems for Nonlinear Systems (2005)

Bian, W, French, M

This paper is concerned with the gap metric approach to controller discretisation problems for continuous-time nonlinear systems with disturbances in both input and output channels. The principal...

Commercials, careers and culture: travelling salesmen in Britain 1890s-1930s (2005)

French, M.

Within the lower middle-class, British commercial travellers established a strong fraternal culture before 1914. This article examines their interwar experiences in terms of income, careers, and...

Commercials, careers, and culture: travelling salesmen in Britain, 1890s-1930s (2005)

French, M.

Within the lower middle-class, British commercial travellers established a strong fraternal culture before 1914. This article examines their interwar experiences in terms of income, careers, and...

The effect of highly ionising particles on the CMS silicon strip tracker (2005)

Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Friedl, M., Fruehwirth, R., Hrubec, J., Krammer, M., ...

Inelastic nuclear collisions of hadrons incident on silicon sensors can generate secondary highly ionising particles (HIPs) and deposit as much energy within the sensor bulk as several hundred...

The effect of highly ionising particles on the CMS silicon strip tracker (2005)

Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Friedl, M., Fruehwirth, R., Hrubec, J., Krammer, M., ...

Inelastic nuclear collisions of hadrons incident on silicon sensors can generate secondary highly ionising particles (HIPs) and deposit as much energy within the sensor bulk as several hundred...

The effect of highly ionising particles on the CMS silicon strip tracker (2005)

Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Friedl, M., Fruehwirth, R., Hrubec, J., Krammer, M., ...

Inelastic nuclear collisions of hadrons incident on silicon sensors can generate secondary highly ionising particles (HIPs) and deposit as much energy within the sensor bulk as several hundred...

The effect of highly ionising particles on the CMS silicon strip tracker (2005)

Adam, W., Bergauer, T., Friedl, M., Fruehwirth, R., Hrubec, J., Krammer, M., ...

Inelastic nuclear collisions of hadrons incident on silicon sensors can generate secondary highly ionising particles (HIPs) and deposit as much energy within the sensor bulk as several hundred...

Ambassadors of commerce: images and self-images of the sales representative in Britain, 1900-1960 (2005)

French, M., Popp, A.

This paper presents a reading of British literary representations of commercial travelers between 1800 and 1939. Three forms of representation are used: nonfiction representations by others,...

Production Testing and Quality Assurance of CMS Silicon Microstrip Tracker Readout Chips (2004)

Barrillon, P, Bainbridge, R J, Hall, G, Leaver, J, Noah, E, Raymond, M, ...

The APV25 is the 128 channel CMOS chip developed for readout of the silicon microstrip tracker in the CMS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The detector is now under construction and will...

Windows and barriers in policy-making: responses to food poisoning in Britain, 1945-1956 (2004)

French, M., Phillips, J.

Public awareness of food poisoning developed significantly in Britain in the 1940s with a rise in recorded incidents, especially of salmonella from 1941. This resulted from a combination of...

Towards a performance theory of robust adaptive control (2004)

Sanei, A., French, M.

We consider standard robust adaptive control designs based on the dead-zone and projection modifications, and compare their performance w.r.t. a worst case transient cost functional penalising the...

A performance comparison between two design techniques for non-linear output feedback control (2004)

French, M, Xie, C

For a system possessing a non-linear output feedback normal form, an observer backstepping design is compared to a high gain observer design with respect to non-singular performance cost functional....

Towards a performance theory of robust adaptive control (2004)

Sanei, A., French, M.

We consider standard robust adaptive control designs based on the dead-zone and projection modifications, and compare their performance w.r.t. a worst case transient cost functional penalising the...

A performance comparison between two design techniques for non-linear output feedback control (2004)

French, M, Xie, C

For a system possessing a non-linear output feedback normal form, an observer backstepping design is compared to a high gain observer design with respect to non-singular performance cost functional....

Towards a performance theory of robust adaptive control (2004)

Sanei, A., French, M.

We consider standard robust adaptive control designs based on the dead-zone and projection modifications, and compare their performance w.r.t. a worst case transient cost functional penalising the...

A performance comparison between two design techniques for non-linear output feedback control (2004)

French, M, Xie, C

For a system possessing a non-linear output feedback normal form, an observer backstepping design is compared to a high gain observer design with respect to non-singular performance cost functional....

Protéger les consommateurs ou soutenir les producteurs ? La politique alimentaire menée par le Royaume-Uni de 1945 à 1955 (2004)

French, M., Phillips, J.

Les questions d'approvisionnement, de qualité et de prix des produits alimentaires sont à l'origine de débats politiques animés en Grande-Bretagne depuis le 18ème siècle. Cependant, malgré...

Sophisticates or dupes? Attitudes toward food consumers in Edwardian Britain (2003)

French, M., Phillips, J.

In this article, we explore how reformers, manufacturers, and traders perceived British food consumers and the significance of those perceptions in debates about food quality and regulation. By...

Obsequious salesman and unscrupulous manufacturers: attitudes to consumers and food quality in Edwardian Britain (2003)

French, M., Phillips, J.

In this article, we explore how reformers, manufacturers, and traders perceived British food consumers and the significance of those perceptions in debates about food quality and regulation. By...

Sophisticates or dupes attitudes toward food consumers in Edwardian Britain (2003)

French, M., Phillips, J.

In this article, we explore how reformers, manufacturers, and traders perceived British food consumers and the significance of those perceptions in debates about food quality and regulation. By...

Overparameterised controllers can reduce non-singular costs (2003)

French, M, Beleznay, F

By means of two examples we show that non-singular costs can been reduced for adaptive controllers by overparameterising the estimators. The examples are for scalar and second order systems...

Overparameterised controllers can reduce non-singular costs (2003)

French, M, Beleznay, F

By means of two examples we show that non-singular costs can been reduced for adaptive controllers by overparameterising the estimators. The examples are for scalar and second order systems...

Overparameterised controllers can reduce non-singular costs (2003)

French, M, Beleznay, F

By means of two examples we show that non-singular costs can been reduced for adaptive controllers by overparameterising the estimators. The examples are for scalar and second order systems...

Natural rubber (2003)

French, M.

No abstract available

Study of radiation damage and substrate resistivity effects from beam test of silicon microstrip detectors using LHC readout electronics (2002)

Angarano, M M, Beaumont, W, Brunetti, M T, Civinini, C, Coughlan, J A, De Palma, M, ...

We present the beam test results of single-sided silicon microstrip detectors, with different substrate resistivities. The effects of radiation damage are studied for a detector irradiated to a...

An asymptotic scaling analysis of LQ performance of an approximate adaptive control design (2002)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We consider the adaptive tracking problem for a chain of integrators, where the uncertainty is static and functional. The uncertainty is specified by $L^2/L^\infty$ or weighted $L^2/L^\infty$ norm...

Adaptive control and robustness in the gap metric (2002)

French, M.

We consider the construction of adaptive controllers for minimum phase linear systems which achieve non-zero robustness margins in the sense of the gap metric. The gap perturbation margin may be more...

An asymptotic scaling analysis of LQ performance of an approximate adaptive control design (2002)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We consider the adaptive tracking problem for a chain of integrators, where the uncertainty is static and functional. The uncertainty is specified by $L^2/L^\infty$ or weighted $L^2/L^\infty$ norm...

An asymptotic scaling analysis of LQ performance of an approximate adaptive control design (2002)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We consider the adaptive tracking problem for a chain of integrators, where the uncertainty is static and functional. The uncertainty is specified by $L^2/L^\infty$ or weighted $L^2/L^\infty$ norm...

Performance of a cluster of Multi-anode Photomultipliers equipped with lenses for use in a prototype RICH detector (2001)

Albrecht, E, Baker, J, Barber, G J, Bibby, J, Calvi, M, Charles, M J, ...

A cluster of Multi--anode Photomultiplier Tubes (MaPMTs) equipped with focusing lenses in front of the tubes was tested in a prototype Ring Imaging \v{C}erenkov detector in a charged particle beam....

Uncertainty, Performance and Model Dependency in Approximate Adaptive Nonlinear Control (2000)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to weighted $L^2$ and $L^\infty$ measures of uncertainty. A modified $LQ$ measure of control and state transient...

Uncertainty, Performance and Model Dependency in Approximate Adaptive Nonlinear Control (2000)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to weighted $L^2$ and $L^\infty$ measures of uncertainty. A modified $LQ$ measure of control and state transient...

Uncertainty, Performance and Model Dependency in Approximate Adaptive Nonlinear Control (2000)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to weighted $L^2$ and $L^\infty$ measures of uncertainty. A modified $LQ$ measure of control and state transient...

A Prototype RICH Detector Using Multi-Anode Photo Multiplier Tubes and Hybrid Photo-Diodes (2000)

Albrecht, E, Barber, G J, Bibby, J H, Brook, N H, Doucas, G, Duane, A, ...

The performance of a prototype Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector is studied using a charged particle beam. The detector performance, using CF4 and air as radiators, is described. Cherenkov angle...

A Prototype RICH Detector Using Multi-Anode Photo Multiplier Tubes and Hybrid Photo-Diodes (2000)

Albrecht, E, Barber, G J, Bibby, J H, Brook, N H, Doucas, G, Duane, A, ...

The performance of a prototype Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector is studied using a charged particle beam. The detector performance, using CF4 and air as radiators, is described. Cherenkov angle...

A Prototype RICH Detector Using Multi-Anode Photo Multiplier Tubes and Hybrid Photo-Diodes (2000)

Albrecht, E., Barber, G., Bibby, J. H., Brook, N. H., Doucas, G., Duane, A., ...

The performance of a prototype Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector is studied using a charged particle beam. The detector performance, using CF4 and air as radiators, is described. Cherenkov angle...

Analysis of Linear Iterative Learning Control Schemes - A 2D Systems /Repetitive Processes Approach (2000)

Owens, D H, Amann, N, Rogers, E, French, M

This paper first develops results on the stability and convergence properties of a general class of linear iterative learning control schemes using, in the main, theory first developed for the class...

Nonlinear Iterative Learning by an Apaptive Lyapunov Technique (2000)

French, M., Rogers, E.

We consider the iterative learning control problem from an adaptive control viewpoint. It is shown that many standard adaptive designs can be modified in a straightforward manner to give a solution...

Analysis of Linear Iterative Learning Control Schemes - A 2D Systems /Repetitive Processes Approach (2000)

Owens, D H, Amann, N, Rogers, E, French, M

This paper first develops results on the stability and convergence properties of a general class of linear iterative learning control schemes using, in the main, theory first developed for the class...

Nonlinear Iterative Learning by an Adaptive Lyapunov Technique (2000)

French, M., Rogers, E.

We consider the iterative learning control problem from an adaptive control viewpoint. It is shown that many standard adaptive designs can be modified in a straightforward manner to give a solution...

Analysis of Linear Iterative Learning Control Schemes - A 2D Systems /Repetitive Processes Approach (2000)

Owens, D H, Amann, N, Rogers, E, French, M

This paper first develops results on the stability and convergence properties of a general class of linear iterative learning control schemes using, in the main, theory first developed for the class...

Nonlinear Iterative Learning by an Adaptive Lyapunov Technique (2000)

French, M., Rogers, E.

We consider the iterative learning control problem from an adaptive control viewpoint. It is shown that many standard adaptive designs can be modified in a straightforward manner to give a solution...

An Asymptotic Scaling Analysis of LQ Performance for an Approximate Adaptive Control Design (2000)

M. French, Cs. Szepesvári, E. Rogers

We consider the adaptive tracking problem for a chain of integrators, where the uncertainty is static and functional. The uncertainty is specified by L 2 =L 1 or weighted L 2 =L 1 norm bounds. We...

Radiation hardened transistor characteristics for applications at LHC and beyond (1999)

Millmore, M, French, M, Hall, G, Raymond, R, Sciacca, G F

The high radiation environment at the LHC will require the use of radiation hardened microelectronics for the readout of inner detectors. Two such technologies are a Harris bulk CMOS process and the...

Recent Developments in Adaptive Iterative Learning Control (1999)

French, M., Munde, G., Owens, D.H., Rogers, E.

Recent results on adaptive iterative learning control for linear plants are given. The use of high gain feedback is reviewed and a full proof of the convergence of a `Universal' adaptive scheme based...

Recent Developments in Adaptive Iterative Learning Control (1999)

French, M., Munde, G., Owens, D.H., Rogers, E.

Recent results on adaptive iterative learning control for linear plants are given. The use of high gain feedback is reviewed and a full proof of the convergence of a `Universal' adaptive scheme based...

Recent Developments in Adaptive Iterative Learning Control (1999)

French, M., Munde, G., Owens, D.H., Rogers, E.

Recent results on adaptive iterative learning control for linear plants are given. The use of high gain feedback is reviewed and a full proof of the convergence of a `Universal' adaptive scheme based...

The Developement Of The Cafe-P/cafe-M Bipolar Chips For The Atlas Semiconductor Tracker (1999)

Dubbs Email Dubbs, D. Dorfan, A. Grillo, E. Spencer, A. Seiden, ...

A bipolar chip has been developed to provide the frontend functions of the binary readout architecture used for the silicon strip detectors in the ATLAS Semiconductor Tracker (SCT). This chip...

Nonlinear Iterative Learning by an Adaptive Lyapunov Technique (1999)

M. French, E. Rogers

We consider the iterative learning control problem from an adaptive control viewpoint. It is shown that many standard adaptive designs can be modified in a straightforward manner to give a solution...

LQ performance bounds for adaptive output feedback controllers for functionally uncertain nonlinear systems (1999)

M. French, Cs. Szepesvári, E. Rogers

We consider functionally uncertain systems which can be written in an output feedback form, where the nonlinearities are functions of the output only. The uncertainty is described by a weighted L 2...

A Single-Chip CDS and 16 Bit ADC CCD Video Processing ASIC (1998)

Waltham, N. R., Jones, L. L., Fant, A., French, M.

We describe our development of a single-chip preamplifier, correlated double sampling, and 16-bit analogue-to-digital conversion video processing ASIC for CCD cameras for space applications. In...

First observation of Cerenkov ring images using hybrid photon detectors (1998)

Albrecht, E, Barber, G J, Bibby, J H, Brook, N H, Duane, A, French, M, ...

A Ring-Imaging Cherenkov detector, equipped with Hybrid Photon Detectors, has been operated in a charged-particle beam. Focussed ring images from various particle types were detected using silica...

Input/Output Stability Theory For Direct Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers (1998)

French, M, Rogers, E

Within the framework of input/ouput stability we develop an algorithm for testing the stability of a given direct, static, multiple-input, single-output, neuro-fuzzy controller operating under...

Control and State Performance Measures in Unmatched Approximate Adaptive Control (1998)

French, M., Rogers, E.

We consider strict feedback systems with are functionally known up to a (weighted) $L^2$ measure of uncertainty. A modified $L^2$ performance cost functional is introduced, this incorporates both...

Input/Output Stability Theory For Direct Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers (1998)

French, M, Rogers, E

Within the framework of input/ouput stability we develop an algorithm for testing the stability of a given direct, static, multiple-input, single-output, neuro-fuzzy controller operating under...

Control and State Performance Measures in Unmatched Approximate Adaptive Control (1998)

French, M., Rogers, E.

We consider strict feedback systems with are functionally known up to a (weighted) $L^2$ measure of uncertainty. A modified $L^2$ performance cost functional is introduced, this incorporates both...

Input/Output Stability Theory For Direct Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers (1998)

French, M, Rogers, E

Within the framework of input/ouput stability we develop an algorithm for testing the stability of a given direct, static, multiple-input, single-output, neuro-fuzzy controller operating under...

Control and State Performance Measures in Unmatched Approximate Adaptive Control (1998)

French, M., Rogers, E.

We consider strict feedback systems with are functionally known up to a (weighted) $L^2$ measure of uncertainty. A modified $L^2$ performance cost functional is introduced, this incorporates both...

LQ performance bounds for adaptive output feedback controllers for functionally uncertain nonlinear systems (1998)

French Cs, M. French, E. Rogers

We consider functionally uncertain systems which can be written in an output feedback form, where the nonlinearities are functions of the output only. The uncertainty is described by a weighted L 2...

Uncertainty, Performance, and Model Dependency in Approximate Adaptive Nonlinear Control (1997)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We first consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to a L2 measure of uncertainty. A modified L2 measure of transient performance is given, and the performance...

Approximate Models for Adaptive Feedback Linearisation (1997)

French, M., Rogers, E.

A result in Sastry & Isidori (1989) on the adaptive stabilisation/tracking of affine systems with a well defined global relative degree and linear parametric uncertainty is reviewed, and a...

Approximate Parameterisations for Adaptive Feedback Linearisation (1997)

French, M., Rogers, E.

A generalisation of a result in Sastry & Isidori (1989) for the adaptive stabilisation/tracking of affine systems with a well defined global relative degree and linear parametric uncertainty is...

Uncertainty, Performance, and Model Dependency in Approximate Adaptive Nonlinear Control (1997)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We first consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to a L2 measure of uncertainty. A modified L2 measure of transient performance is given, and the performance...

Approximate Models for Adaptive Feedback Linearisation (1997)

French, M., Rogers, E.

A result in Sastry & Isidori (1989) on the adaptive stabilisation/tracking of affine systems with a well defined global relative degree and linear parametric uncertainty is reviewed, and a...

Approximate Parameterisations for Adaptive Feedback Linearisation (1997)

French, M., Rogers, E.

A generalisation of a result in Sastry & Isidori (1989) for the adaptive stabilisation/tracking of affine systems with a well defined global relative degree and linear parametric uncertainty is...

Uncertainty, Performance, and Model Dependency in Approximate Adaptive Nonlinear Control (1997)

French, M., Szepesvari, Cs., Rogers, E.

We first consider systems satisfying a matching condition which are functionally known up to a L2 measure of uncertainty. A modified L2 measure of transient performance is given, and the performance...

Approximate Models for Adaptive Feedback Linearisation (1997)

French, M., Rogers, E.

A result in Sastry & Isidori (1989) on the adaptive stabilisation/tracking of affine systems with a well defined global relative degree and linear parametric uncertainty is reviewed, and a...

Approximate Parameterisations for Adaptive Feedback Linearisation (1997)

French, M., Rogers, E.

A generalisation of a result in Sastry & Isidori (1989) for the adaptive stabilisation/tracking of affine systems with a well defined global relative degree and linear parametric uncertainty is...

A stability analysis of Direct Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers (1996)

French, M., Rogers, E.

Within the framework of input/output stability we develop an algorithm for testing the stability of a given direct neuro-fuzzy controller in a feedback situation, dependant only on the functional...

A stability analysis of Direct Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers (1996)

French, M., Rogers, E.

Within the framework of input/output stability we develop an algorithm for testing the stability of a given direct neuro-fuzzy controller in a feedback situation, dependant only on the functional...

A stability analysis of Direct Neuro-Fuzzy Controllers (1996)

French, M., Rogers, E.

Within the framework of input/output stability we develop an algorithm for testing the stability of a given direct neuro-fuzzy controller in a feedback situation, dependant only on the functional...

Stability Theory for Direct Neural Network/Fuzzy System Controllers (1996)

M. French, E. Rogers

this paper is the stability of the feedback system .G; H# as in figure . Here G denotes the plant, and H the controller. These are govened by the signal equations:

Stability Theory for Direct (1996)

Neural Network Fuzzy, M. French, E. Rogers

this paper is the stability of the feedback system .G; H/ as in figure . Here G denotes the plant, and H the controller. These are govened by the signal equations: - Ge 1 ; He 2 : One case of...

Beam test of a prototype read-out system for precision tracking detectors at LHC (1995)

Millmore, M, French, M, Gill, K, Hall, G, Howell, G, Jones, L, ...

A prototype of a read-out system developed for high spatial precision tracking detectors at LHC has been tested in a beam at CERN. It is based on a radiation hard CMOS front end chip which includes...

Status of the European fast RICH prototype (1992)

Joram, C, Arnold, R, Guyonnet, J L, Chesi, E, Racz, A, Egger, J, ...

In *Stanford 1992, Proceedings, B factories* 474-478. (see HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS INDEX 30 (1993) No. 5432)

Quality Assessment Program for Genotypic Antiretroviral Testing Improves Detection of Drug Resistance Mutations

Sayer, D. C., Land, S., Gizzarelli, L., French, M., Hales, G., Emery, S., ...

Genotypic antiretroviral testing is now widely used for the management of patients who are undergoing antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus infection. The assays are complex, and...

Differential stimulation of sea urchin early and late H2B histone gene expression by a gastrula nuclear extract after injection into Xenopus laevis oocytes.

Maxson, R, Ito, M, Balcells, S, Thayer, M, French, M, Lee, F, ...

Sea urchin early histone genes are active in preblastula embryos; late histone genes are maximally expressed during subsequent stages of embryogenesis. We used the Xenopus laevis oocyte to assay for...

Quality Assessment Program for Genotypic Antiretroviral Testing Improves Detection of Drug Resistance Mutations

Sayer, D. C., Land, S., Gizzarelli, L., French, M., Hales, G., Emery, S., ...

Genotypic antiretroviral testing is now widely used for the management of patients who are undergoing antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus infection. The assays are complex, and...

Differential stimulation of sea urchin early and late H2B histone gene expression by a gastrula nuclear extract after injection into Xenopus laevis oocytes.

Maxson, R, Ito, M, Balcells, S, Thayer, M, French, M, Lee, F, ...

Sea urchin early histone genes are active in preblastula embryos; late histone genes are maximally expressed during subsequent stages of embryogenesis. We used the Xenopus laevis oocyte to assay for...

Commercials, careers and culture: travelling salesmen in Britain 1890s-1930s

French, M.

Within the lower middle-class, British commercial travellers established a strong fraternal culture before 1914. This article examines their interwar experiences in terms of income, careers, and...

Cultures of service: strategies of Scottish grocers, 1915-1965

French, M.

Studies of retailing have highlighted its long-run evolution, particularly the emergence of multiples. Such developments were a challenge to the market position of independent retailers, especially...