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Please follow the links to view the publication.Frequency-Domain Control Design for High-Performance Systems
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/books/ce/pbce078e
<p xmlns="http://pub2web.metastore.ingenta.com/ns/">This book serves as a practical guide for the control engineer, and attempts to bridge the gap between industrial and academic control theory. Frequency domain techniques rooted in classical control theory are presented with new approaches in nonlinear compensation that result in robust, high-performance closed-loop systems. Illustrative examples using data from actual control designs are included.</p>Broadband Applications and the Digital Home
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/books/te/pbbt005e
<p xmlns="http://pub2web.metastore.ingenta.com/ns/">This fascinating book explores the technological challenges and applications of providing fast, "always-on" internet connections to the home. Current delivery mechanisms of broadband into and around the home are explored in depth.</p>Challenging the blame culture: a case study of a mistakes workshop
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic_19951094
This paper describes a training workshop on mistakes conducted for Open University staff in June 1995 as part of a programme to encourage grass-roots staff involvement in organisational change at the University. The workshop is one way in which the organisation hopes to foster shared learning from mistakes and so is trying to reduce recourse to blame. (4 pages)Polynomial Methods in Optimal Control and Filtering
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/books/ce/pbce049e
<p xmlns="http://pub2web.metastore.ingenta.com/ns/">This book aims to demonstrate the power and breadth of polynomial methods in the control of engineering systems and the filtering of signals. Using commissioned contributions from renowned international specialists, the book progresses logically from the necessary background material (given at a tutorial level), through recent theoretical and practical developments, to detailed presentation of numerical algorithms.</p>Editorial: Spirit of <i xmlns="http://pub2web.metastore.ingenta.com/ns/">IET Biometrics</i>
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/iet-bmt.2012.0023
Editorial: IET Image Processing
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/iet-ipr_20079006
The integration of computing and control
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/ip-e.1985.0001
The author argues the case for closer ties between the computing and control disciplines, using illustrations drawn from products in everyday use, and from a brief examination of automated manufacturing. The link between market requirements and trends in electronics manufacture is discussed. Some topics are advanced for further consideration.Training for fault diagnosis
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/piee.1967.0087
The diagnosis of randomly occurring faults in complex electronic equipment is a difficult task which is generally not done well. The paper reviews some of the work on the content of the fault-diagnosis training course. In particular, the approach of the Technical Training Command of the Royal Air Force is discussed. Research has shown that the teaching of electronic theory is of much less importance than the teaching of fault-finding principles and strategies and a functional knowledge of the equipment.News
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et.2009.0521
E&T finds the embedded systems sector bearing up better than expected. Everybody acknowledged the seriousness of the general electronics downturn but still found this month's Embedded World conference in Nuremberg to be surprisingly busy. In contrast with recent broad-based shows both in the US and Europe, the event experienced a steady level of traffic on all three days. However, a couple of caveats are necessary. First, Germany has a far stronger trade-show culture than just about anywhere else in the West. That's why the country seems to have so many cavernous venues. Second though and perhaps more important an embedded systems show intrinsically reflects tough times. A large chunk of the market is about second-tier technologies, the subsystems that enable sexier end-applications and the controls that underpin complex systems (in the automotive and industrial markets). General demand for more sophisticated engine controls and power management much of it driven by economic and political concerns are giving often standardised microcontroller (MCU)-based application kits a boost in terms of profile and demand. Such products have always been priced low (much of the market goes through the component distribution channel) and the margins have always been comparatively thin. In good times, this can mean that the embedded community looks on other segments of electronics with envy. Today, however, it appears to be in something of a haven. The big announcements at Embedded World certainly reflected this. Almost all were about matching performance appropriate to a tough market with cost efficiency. (7 pages)Principles underlying the development of competencies for engineers
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/cce_20000107
In recent years, the UK Health and Safety Executive, the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the British Computer Society have collaborated in the management of a project to produce a set of competencies for engineers working in the sensitive area of safety-critical or safety-related systems. The resulting document owed much to the existence of the international standard IEC 61508. The development of competency descriptors for those involved in the design and development of safety-critical systems has led to some consideration of the properties of these competencies and to principles that may be applied in a more general setting. This article aims to capture these thoughts.