Thorax

Disparities in lung function trajectories among tobacco-exposed individuals

Background The relationship of social determinants of health (SDOH), environmental exposures and medical history to lung function trajectories is underexplored. A better understanding of these ...
Investopedia

Understanding Store of Value: Definition, Function, and Key Examples

Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has ...
Investopedia

Understanding Quasi-Public Corporations: Function and Examples

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Michael Boyle is an experienced ...
IEEE

Control Barrier Function-Based Quadratic Programs Introduce Undesirable Asymptotically Stable Equilibria

Abstract: Control Lyapunov functions (CLFs) and control barrier functions (CBFs) have been used to develop provably safe controllers by means of quadratic programs (QPs), guaranteeing safety in the ...
IEEE

Counter-Example Guided Inductive Synthesis of Control Lyapunov Functions for Uncertain Systems

Abstract: We propose a counter-example guided inductive synthesis (CEGIS) scheme for the design of control Lyapunov functions and associated state-feedback controllers for linear systems affected by ...