Publications

Distributed Kalman Filter with Embedded Consensus Filters

The problem of distributed Kalman filtering (DKF) for sensor networks is one of the most fundamental distributed estimation problems for scalable sensor fusion. This paper addre...

Consensus Filters for Sensor Networks and Distributed Sensor Fusion

Consensus algorithms for networked dynamic systems provide scalable algorithms for sensor fusion in sensor networks. This paper introduces a distributed filter that allows the n...

Firm performance, corporate governance, and top executive turnover in Japan

The Choice of Stock Ownership Structure: Agency Costs, Monitoring, and the Decision to Go Public

From the viewpoint of a company's controlling shareholder, the optimal ownership structure generally involves some measure of dispersion, to avoid excessive monitoring by other ...

Alliance Capitalism

Business practices in Japan inspire fierce and even acrimonious debate, especially when they are compared to American practices. This book attempts to explain the remarkable eco...

Mechanism of Action of<i>Melaleuca alternifolia</i>(Tea Tree) Oil on<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Determined by Time-Kill, Lysis, Leakage, and Salt Tolerance Assays and Electron Microscopy

ABSTRACT The essential oil of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) has broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity. The mechanisms of action of tea tree oil and three of its components, ...

Willed action and the prefrontal cortex in man: a study with PET

We used positron emission tomography to contrast changes in cerebral blood flow associated with willed and routine acts. In the six tasks used, volunteers had to make a series o...

Local Control Strategies for Groups of Mobile Autonomous Agents

The problem of achieving a specified formation among a group of mobile autonomous agents by distributed control is studied. If convergence to a point is feasible, then more gene...

Formation constrained multi-agent control

We propose a model independent coordination strategy for multi-agent formation control. The main theorem states that under a bounded tracking error assumption, our method stabil...

Antibacterial activity of selected plant essential oils against Escherichia coli O157:H7

Oregano and light thyme EO, particularly when enhanced by agar stabilizer, may be effective in reducing the number or preventing the growth of E. coli O157:H7 in foods.

Sociability, Interpersonal Relations, and the Internet

During the course of the past year, at least four different academic surveys have been conducted, each focusing to some extent on the impact of Internet use on the quantity and ...

Leader-to-Formation Stability

The paper investigates the stability properties of mobile agent formations which are based on leader following. We derive nonlinear gain estimates that capture how leader behavi...