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This monograph opens up new horizons for engineers and researchers inacademia and in industry dealing with or interested in new developments in thefield of system identification and control. It emphasizes guidelines forworking solutions and practical advice for their implementation rather than thetheoretical background of Gaussian process (GP) models. The book demonstratesthe potential of this recent development in probabilistic machine-learningmethods and gives the reader an intuitive understanding of the topic. Thecurrent state of the art is treated along with possible future directions forresearch.
Systems control design relies on mathematical models and these may bedeveloped from measurement data. This process of system identification, whenbased on GP models, can play an integral part of control design in data-basedcontrol and its description as such is an essential aspect of the text. Thebackground of GP regression is introduced first with system identification andincorporation of prior knowledge then leading into full-blown control. The bookis illustrated by extensive use of examples, line drawings, and graphicalpresentation of computer-simulation results and plant measurements. Theresearch results presented are applied in real-life case studies drawn fromsuccessful applications including:
- a gas-liquid separator control;
- urban-traffic signal modelling and reconstruction; and
- prediction of atmospheric ozone concentration.
A MATLAB
® toolbox, for identification and simulation ofdynamic GP models is provided for download.
List of contents
System Identification with GP Models.- Incorporation of Prior Knowledge.- Control with GP Models.- Trends, Challenges and Research Opportunities.- Case Studies.
About the author
Juš Kocijan is a senior research fellow at the Department of Systems and Control, Jozef Stefan Institute, the leading Slovenian research institute in the field of natural sciences and engineering, and a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia. His past experience in the field of control engineering includes teaching and research at the University of Ljubljana and visiting research and teaching posts at several European universities and research institutes. He has been active in applied research in automatic control through numerous domestic and international research grants and projects, in a considerable number of which he acted as project leader. His research interests include the modelling of dynamic systems with Gaussian process models, control based on Gaussian process models, multiple-model approaches to modelling and control, applied nonlinear control, Individual Channel Analysis and Design. His other experience includes: serving as one of the editors of the Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence journal and on the editorial boards of other research journals, serving as a member of IFAC Technical committee on Computational Intelligence in Control, actively participating as a member of numerous scientific-meeting international programme and organising committees. Prof. Kocijan is a member of various national and international professional societies in the field of automatic control, modelling and simulation.
Summary
This monograph opens up new horizons for engineers and researchers in
academia and in industry dealing with or interested in new developments in the
field of system identification and control. It emphasizes guidelines for
working solutions and practical advice for their implementation rather than the
theoretical background of Gaussian process (GP) models. The book demonstrates
the potential of this recent development in probabilistic machine-learning
methods and gives the reader an intuitive understanding of the topic. The
current state of the art is treated along with possible future directions for
research.
Systems control design relies on mathematical models and these may be
developed from measurement data. This process of system identification, when
based on GP models, can play an integral part of control design in data-based
control and its description as such is an essential aspect of the text. The
background of GP regression is introduced first with system identification and
incorporation of prior knowledge then leading into full-blown control. The book
is illustrated by extensive use of examples, line drawings, and graphical
presentation of computer-simulation results and plant measurements. The
research results presented are applied in real-life case studies drawn from
successful applications including:
- a gas–liquid separator
control; - urban-traffic signal
modelling and reconstruction; and - prediction of atmospheric
ozone concentration.
A MATLAB
® toolbox, for identification and simulation of
dynamic GP models is provided for download.
