Embedding Intelligence Research Articles

Distributed Aero-Engine Control Systems Architecture Selection Using Multi-Objective Optimisation

Over the past 10 years the cost of embedding intelligence into sensors and actuators directly has dramatically reduced. This has led to the recent explosion of smart sensors and actuators available from manufacturers. Initially, these have been developed for the process control industries but increasingly applications in aerospace are being found. Integration of intelligent components is being done in an ad hoc manner by incorporating smart elements in inherently centralised architectures. This paper discusses the application of multi-disciplinary, multi-objective optimisation to a military gas turbine engine control system architecture design where implementation benefits need to be traded off against implementation penalties.

Fuzzy logic applications: Technological and strategic issues

It is noted that fuzzy logic has not only significantly enhanced knowledge-based and expert system technology, but has fundamentally altered the granularity of intelligence. With the help of fuzzy logic, manufacturers of home appliances are today embedding intelligence inside individual products. The application of fussy logic has also transformed industrial process control and enabled new product development strategies. A review of the evolution of fuzzy logic technology aimed at an audience of business and industrial managers, is presented. The strategic business impact of the technology is analyzed.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>