GOALI: Modeling, Sensing and Algorithm Design for Color Xerographic Process Control

Koditschek该提案描述了一种控制静电印刷的方法，如果成功的话，有望推动行业的技术发展，帮助Xerox公司进入800亿美元的新市场，并大大扩大学术界在竞争激烈的快速消费市场中应用鲁棒、非线性和智能控制技术的经验。 其主要技术目标是显著提高干粉彩色静电复印的工艺稳定性。 长期目标是在所有相关环境区域（温度、相对湿度）、各种纸张类型和颜色以及多种机器上证明这种稳定性水平。 第二个贡献将是一个新的面向控制的设计支持方法的发展。 解决这个问题的方法将由“解决问题”的焦点（而不是“理论驱动的焦点”）驱动，创造性地将威尔逊研究中心的研究人员与密歇根大学的学术研究人员的优势联合收割机结合起来。 初步的讨论提出了一个层次化的控制器，其较低的水平指定的过程参数，使用强大的（非自适应）非线性控制器技术与较高的水平规格的产品参数，使用模型驱动的自适应或可能的学习技术。本项目中开发的控制算法和架构将根据标准Xerox现场准备确定测试程序进行产品价值评估。 ***

9632801 Koditschek This proposal describes an approach to the control of xerographic printing that, if successful, promises to advance the state of the art in the industry, help lead Xerox Corporation into a $80B new market, and considerably enlarge the academic community's experience with application of robust, nonlinear, and intelligent controls techniques in competitive, fast moving consumer markets. The chief technical objective is a dramatic improvement in the process stability of dry powder color xerography. The long term goal is to demonstrate this level of stability in all relevant environmental zones (temperature, relative humidity), a variety of paper types and colors, and over a number of machines. A second contribution will be the development of a new controls oriented design support methodology. The approach to this problem will be driven by a "problem solving" focus (rather than a "theory driven focus") to creatively combine the strengths of the researchers at the Wilson Research Center with the academic researchers at the University of Michigan. Preliminary discussions suggest a hierarchical controller whose lower level specifies process parameters using robust (nonadaptive) nonlinear controller techniques with a higher level specification of the product parameters using model driven adaptive or possibly learning techniques. The control algorithms and architectures developed in this project will be assessed for product-worthiness with respect to the standard Xerox Field Readiness Determination Testing procedures. ***