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The Gram-negative Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial pathogen is reputed for its resistance to multiple antibiotics, and this property is strongly associated with the development of biofilms. Bacterial biofilms form by aggregation of microorganisms on a solid surface and secretion of an extracellular polysaccharide substances that acts as a physical protection barrier for the encased bacteria. In addition,...
A novel robust model predictive control strategy is presented for a class of discrete-time time-varying system with delays. The modified quadratic Lyapunov-Krasovskii functionals for uncertain discrete-time system with both states and input delays is proposed. A robust model predictive control law is derived such that the closed-loop system is asymptotically stable and a dasiaworst-casepsila infinite...
In this paper, fundamental rationale for setting up performance criteria is discussed and based on which an index scheme of evaluation is envisaged for use on evaluating performance of various major stake holders in the open electricity market environment. Special reference will be made to the China's stated objective of reform in the electricity supply industry as to enhance the utilities performance...
This paper discusses the reliability issues in performance based regulation (PBR) of the electricity supply industry in Hong Kong. To extend our previous work, the reliability index of the system represented by reserve margin is modeled and projected with the spline curve fitting technique. The simulation shows that the utilities should still maintain the reliability level in the assumed performance...
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