Science news articles about 'control theory'

  • New approach eliminates software deadlocks using discrete control theory

    ... logic ensures that the program cannot deadlock. Gadara uses a unique combination of discrete control theory and compiler technology, said Lafortune, whose primary work focuses on discrete control ...
  • Grouping muscles to make controlling limbs easier

    ... Tresch. "That's what our experiment tried to do." Using both analytical approaches and techniques from control theory, the researchers chose the muscle combinations that let the frog's hind leg do ...
  • Evolution's new wrinkle

    ... evolutionary control strategies to maximize the fitness of biological networks," Chakrabarti said. "Control theory offers a direct explanation for an otherwise perplexing observation and indicates ...
  • Story tips from the DOE's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dec. 2008

    ... Making – involves a lot of new math and uses techniques from pattern recognition, learning theory, statistical analysis and control theory. Funding is provided by the Office of Naval Research.
  • The paradox of temptation

    ... room of the house, psychological theory argues the opposite. According to counteractive self-control theory, we deflate desire for readily available temptation when indulging conflicts with pursuit of ...
  • Researchers achieve major breakthrough with water desalination system

    ... and students from the chemical, electrical and civil engineering departments with expertise in control theory and optimization, process design/monitoring, computational fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, ...

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