Attila Magyar

Attila Magyar
University of Pannonia · Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems

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Introduction
Attila Magyar currently works at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Pannonia, Veszprém. Attila does research in Control Systems Engineering.
Skills and Expertise
Additional affiliations
August 2004 - December 2007
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Position
  • young researcher
November 2012 - present
University of Pannonia
Position
  • TÁMOP-4.2.2.A-11/1/KONV-2012-0072
Description
  • Energy efficiency project
February 2010 - present
University of Pannonia
Position
  • Robotics
Description
  • Robotics subject for BSc students (mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, computer science)
Education
September 2004 - June 2007
University of Pannonia
Field of study
  • information science
September 1999 - June 2004
University of Pannonia
Field of study
  • information technology

Publications

Publications (87)
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This paper introduces a modeling and a control approach for Lotka-Volterra systems that are interconnected through population size-dependent migration flows. First, a control-oriented model is proposed for networks of Lotka-Volterra systems. Based on this model, a decentralized control method is introduced which assures that the states of each Lotk...
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The imbalance between supply and demand is a critical factor in the operation of the power system, as it leads to a change in the system frequency. Therefore, it is essential to be able to predict its value from historical, measured and forecast data. Based on the assumption that system imbalance is correlated with measured values of system variabl...
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This article presents a new, alternative method of gesture recognition, using the cognitive properties of intelligent decision-making systems, to support the rehabilitation process of people with disabilities: the Asynchronous Prediction-Based Movement Recognition (APBMR) algorithm. The algorithm "predicts" the next movement of the user by evaluati...
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Fast charging is an attractive way of charging batteries; however, it may result in an undesired degradation of battery performance and lifetime because of the increase in battery temperature during fast charge. In this paper we propose a simple optimized fuzzy controller that is responsible for the regulation of the charging current of a battery c...
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Distribution systems with advanced metering infrastructure offer many opportunities for fault detection. A novel approach is presented in this paper for local fault diagnosis in neighbour area networks by utilizing data concentrators. A lightweight local diagnostic function is presented based on first engineering principles. It is shown that from f...
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Nonlinear and unbalanced loads introduce distortions to the power network in the form of harmonics and asymmetric load conditions. Through the rising penetration of residential renewable plants, energy is fed back into the grid. By shaping the output of those power converters the distortions can be mitigated. The technique of shunt active power fil...
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Balancing in a distributed generation network is an increasingly difficult task because of the increasing number of residential prosumers on the power network. This paper proposes a framework for the estimation, as well as the prediction of the power flexibility of residential prosumers. In order to quantify the residential buildings’ demand flexib...
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This study approaches the stability analysis and controller design of Lotka–Volterra and quasi-polynomial systems from the perspective of passivity theory. The passivity based approach requires to extend the autonomous system model with a suitable input structure. The condition of passivity for Lotka–Volterra systems is less strict than the classic...
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In this paper a non-technical loss (NTL) diagnostic method is proposed which considers faults at unregistered points in the distribution network. The method relies on the concept of smart grid, where every consumer is equipped with smart meters. Existing line segments are split up in order to detect and isolate faults at arbitrary points between me...
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Persistent faults are steady state anomalies with a magnitude which does not necessary trigger general protective gear. It is present in various types of distribution networks, as leak in pipe networks or as high-impedance fault in electric systems. As smart meters come into general use, distribution systems are upgraded to have advanced metering i...
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Parameter estimation of electrical vehicle batteries in the presence of temperature effect is addressed in this work. A simple parametric temperature dependent battery model is used for this purpose where the temperature dependence is described by static relationships. A two-stepmethod is used that includes a parameter estimation step of the key pa...
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Generalized mass action systems are general descriptors in the sense that they are able to capture the structure and dynamic properties of chemical reaction networks even in intracellular environments. It has been shown that several results of chemical reaction network (CRN) theory carry over to the case of generalized mass action kinetics. It is k...
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A cost-optimal model predictive scheduling algorithm is presented that operates in a day-ahead market. The underlying optimizer is a heuristic branch and bound algorithm that finds the constrained optimal scheduling of a freezer with respect to hourly changing energy price. The method is also able to iteratively re-estimate the heat capacity of the...
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Analysis and Control of Polynomial Dynamic Models with Biological Applications synthesizes three mathematical background areas (graphs, matrices and optimization) to solve problems in the biological sciences (in particular, dynamic analysis and controller design of QP and polynomial systems arising from predator-prey and biochemical models). The bo...
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Li-ion batteries are widely used in EV applications and are imposed to several aging effects during their lifetime. Since battery health cannot be measured directly, information about its health can be obtained by iteratively re-estimating the parameters of the model describing its dynamical behavior. The optimal design of experiments is investigat...
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A parameter estimation study is reported here to estimate the temperature-dependent internal resistance of a lithium ion battery that is connected to the state of its health.A simple equivalent electrical circuit model was used for this purpose that is nonlinear both in its variables and in its parameters. Parameter sensitivity analysis showed tha...
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A novel heuristic model-based optimal scheduling algorithm is proposed in this paper to operate heating and cooling type home appliances connected to smart grids where the price of the electrical energy is known in advance and temperature constraints are present. The properties and the use of the proposed algorithm are shown using a simple refriger...
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This work applies the LQ control framework to the class of quasi-polynomial and Lotka-Volterra systems through the linearized version of their nonlinear system model. The primary aim is to globally stabilize the original system with a suboptimal LQ state feedback by means of a well-known entropy-like Lyapunov function that is related to the diagona...
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The cost optimal scheduling of a household refrigerator is presented in this work. The fundamental approach is the model predictive control methodology applied to the piecewise affine model of the refrigerator. The optimisation could not be solved using off-the-shelf tools, e.g. Multi-Parametric Toolbox, so a binary treebased optimal scheduling alg...
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A current source inverter model has been developed in the given paper that is constructed from six LTI models for the different switching modes. The overall model is in a piecewise affine form that supports the use of model predictive control. The model has been verified against engineering expectations and its open-loop performance shows that it i...
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Voltage unbalance is a major yet often overlooked power quality problem in low voltage residential feeders due to the random location and rating of single-phase renewable sources and uneven distribution of household loads. This paper proposes a new indicator of voltage deviation that may serve as a basis of analysis and compensation methods in this...
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Using translated X-factorable phase space transformations and nonlinear variable transformations a dynamically similar linear ODE model is associated to the Lotka-Volterra system models with a positive equilibrium point. This enables to use a linear full state feedback controller to stabilize the system in controllable cases, that leaves the open l...
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The three-phase unbalance problem can introduce additional losses in distribution networks due to both negative and zero sequence components, which leads to inefficient power consumption and increased CO2 emission of low voltage transformer area, moreover it causes safety possible malfunction of energy transportation networks. The aim of this paper...
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The three-phase unbalance problem is a familiar issue. It can introduce additional power losses in distribution networks due to both negative and zero sequence components. It could also limit the loading capability of distribution transformers , well below their nominal ratings. There are many voltage unbalance definitions for three-phase three-wir...
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A measurement based model of hydrogen generating cell for simulation of complex energy system is described in this paper. The model parameter estimation has been performed based on measurement data obtained during the detailed examination of a demonstration cell. A series of experiments has been carried out on a HHO (Oxyhydrogen) gas producing dry...
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Two partially overlapping classes of positive polynomial systems, chemical reaction networks with mass action law (MAL-CRNs) and quasi-polynomial systems (QP systems) are considered. Both of them have an entropy-like Lyapunov function associated to them which are similar but not the same. Inspired by the work of Prof. Gorban [12] on the entropy-fun...
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—A multiple-input–multiple-output linear-quadratic servo controller is proposed for a synchronous generator operating in a nuclear power plant that keeps the active power at the desired level and performs reactive power reference tracking using the reactive power demand from a central dispatch center. The controller design was based on the locally...
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An experimental study is presented in this work, where the distortion effect of a 4 kW photovoltaic domestic power plant, located in Hungary, has been examined. The power plant is connected to a low voltage grid by using a standard grid synchronized inverter. Based on the measured voltage and current signals we examined the frequency domain behavio...
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Nowadays, the growing need for energy from renewable sources and growing revulsion towards fossil and nuclear fuels puts sustainable and green energy in the limelight. Producing (electrical) energy in domestic power plants from renewable sources (mainly solar and wind) hardly results in difficulties, but the storage of energy not consumed immediate...
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A simple kinematic model of a differential steering mobile robot is investigated in this work using a nonlinear technique based on the quasi-polynomial representation of the dynamical model. Dynamical systems with can be embedded to the so-called generalized Lotka-Volterrs (or quasi-polynomial) form under mild conditions. Quasi-polynomial systems a...
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Nowadays, the growing need for energy from renewable sources and growing revulsion towards fossil and nuclear fuels turns sustainable and green energy in the foreground. Producing (electrical) energy from renewable sources hardly means difficulties but the storage of the energy not consumed immediately is a great engineering challenge. In the prese...
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Based on the underlying dynamically similar linear system of a quasi-polynomial (QP) system [7], a dynamic feedback controller for single input QP systems is proposed in this work that can locally stabilize the closed-loop system using a pre-defined quadratic control Lyapunov function. Since the parameter matrix of the dynamically similar reduced l...
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The aim of this work is to present an entropy-like Lyapunov function based dynamic feedback design technique for quasi-polynomial and Lotka-Volterra systems. It is shown, that the dynamic feedback design problem is equivalent to the feasibility of a bilinear matrix inequality. The problem is also formulated as a control Lyapunov function based feed...
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A control method for improving the power quality in low voltage network contains mainly LED Light Sources with simple nonlinear switching power supply is described in this paper. This method implements active power factor correction and lowers the voltage and current extant harmonic distortion in the line. The novel element in the proposed structur...
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A case study is presented in this work, where a 4 kW photovoltaic domestic power plant, located in Hungary, has been examined. Based on the measured voltage and current signals we examined the frequency domain behaviour of the power plant and the effect to the power quality, mainly the total harmonic distortion, of the low voltage transformer area....
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This paper describes a low-voltage grid composed of small, domestic power plants fueled by clean and renewable energy sources and augmented with electric vehicle batteries as power storage devices. We propose that this grid could utilize a complex multifunctional control unit capable of optimizing the working point and charging current of the syste...
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The paper presents a general temperature-dependent model for a family of batteries developed for electrical vehicle (EV) use. In addition to the model's derivation, the methodology and instruments developed to accurately measure the temperature-dependent parameters are also presented together with a Matlab/Simulink block for a temperature-dependent...
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A multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) LQ servo controller was proposed for an industrial size synchronous generator that keeps the active power at the desired level and performs reactive power reference tracking using the reactive power demand from the central dispatch center. The controller design was based on the locally linearized version of a...
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The increase of renewable power sources in today's energy production systems results in high non-deterministic fluctuations in energy distribution network. At the same time, the use of nonlinear switching power supplies is more and more widespread nowadays, that creates serious nonlinear distortion in the line. In addition, the insufficient energy...
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In the recent years, more and more important research and development projects are aimed to the modernization of vehicle energy supply and to find an alternative of fossil energy sources. One of these alternatives is the family of vehicles powered by purely electric energy. Besides its advantages, the main disadvantage of this solution is that the...
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A simple dynamic model of a synchronous motor is developed in this paper based on first engineering principles that describe the mechanical phenomena together with the electrical model. The constructed state space model consists of nonlinear state equations and bi-linear output equations. The developed model has been verified under the usual regula...
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A control method for small domestic power plants using renewable energy is described in this paper. This method is not only capable of optimizing the working point of the plant but also implements active power factor correction and lowers the extant harmonic distortion in the line. The novel element in the proposed complex controller structure is t...
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A simple dynamic model of an industrial size synchronous generator operating in a nuclear power plant is developed in this paper based on first engineering principles. The constructed state-space model consists of a nonlinear state equation and a bi-linear output equation. It has been shown that the model is locally asymptotically stable with param...
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Convective, hot air drying by itself is relatively efficient for removing water from the surface environment of agricultural seed products. However, moving internal moisture to the surface needs rather a long time, as a rule. The major research aim of the authors was to decrease the processing time and processing costs, to improve the quality of th...
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An indirect measurement scheme is used in this paper, which allows us to to optimally select the elements of the measurement protocol according to a predefined weighting between the variance of the estimated state parameters and the ratio of the non-demolished copies of the system.
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In the present paper a globally stabilizing feedback controller design method is proposed for process systems when the feedback structure is also assumed to be in a quasi-polynomial form. It is shown that such feedback structure can always be achieved for process systems.By exploiting the special structure of the controller design problem, the exis...
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The goal of this dissertation is to apply system and control theory to two system classes originating from different fields of physics: process systems and quantum mechanical systems. Using the quasi-polynomial system representation it is possible to describe the dynamic behavior of general nonlinear process systems. It is shown in the work, that g...
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The estimation of the density matrix of a $k$-level quantum system is studied when the parametrization is given by the real and imaginary part of the entries and they are estimated by independent measurements. It is established that the properties of the estimation procedure depend very much on the invertibility of the true state. In particular, in...
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In this paper a Bayesian approach for estimating the state of a qubit is proposed. It consists of two phases. First a component-wise separate Bayesian estimate of the Bloch vector components is calculated in the form of β-distributions. Then a regularization step is performed to respect the constraint that the Bloch vector must be in the unit ball....
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Nonlinear input-affine systems in quasi-polynomial (QP) and Lotka-Volte rra (LV) forms are investigated in this paper. It is shown that both the global stability analysis with an entropy-like Lyapunov function candidate and the lo- cal quadratic stability region determination can be performed by solving lin- ear matrix inequalities (LMIs). The inva...
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In the paper the Bayesian and the least squares methods of quantum state tomography are compared for a single qubit. The quality of the estimates are compared by computer simulation when the true state is either mixed or pure. The fidelity and the Hilbert-Schmidt distance are used to quantify the error. It was found that in the regime of low measur...
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The application of quasi-polynomial system representation for the analysis and control of a wide class of smooth nonlinear systems is proposed in this paper. The analysis part includes the global stability analysis of the open loop system and that of the zero dynamics. It is shown that the stabilizing controller design with monomial feedback struct...
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In this Letter we show that an important type of time-reparametrization problem in quasi-polynomial systems is equivalent to the feasibility of a suitably constructed bilinear matrix inequality where the unknowns are the coefficients of the Lyapunov function and the exponents in the time-reparametrization transformation.
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Quantum mechanics is one of the most interesting field in mode rn physics. In spite of its great importance related to quantum computers and quantum information theory, just a few person has tried to use the tools of control theory for quantu m systems. In quantum mechanics the nature of measuring is very different from measuring in classical physi...
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The global and local stability of process systems in generalized Lotka-Volterra form is studied in this paper using entropy-like and quadratic Lyapunov function candidates. The global stability check for LV models is performed by solving an LMI for a diagonal positive semi-definite matrix using singular perturbation technique. It is shown that a qu...
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1 Problem statement The global stability analysis of general nonlinear systems needs special skills because the construction of a suitable Lyapunov is far from being trivial. Therefore special canonical forms of general nonlinear systems enabling to construct a Lyapunov function are of great theoretical and practical importance. Generalized Lotka-V...
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A simple dynamic model of an industrial size synchronous generator operating in a nuclear power plant is developed in this paper based on first engineering principles. The constructed state-space model consists of an LTI state equation and a bi-linear output equation. It has been shown that the model is asymptotically stable with parameters obtaine...
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The properties of the indirect measurement scheme is investigated in this report in the discrete time case. The simplest possible case is considered, where both the unknown and the measurement quantum systems are quantum bits. The measurements applied on the measurement qubit are the classical von Neumann measurements using the Pauli matrices as ob...
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A previously developed simple dynamic model of an industrial size synchronous generator operating in a nuclear power plant is analyzed in this paper. The constructed state-space model consists of a nonlinear state equation and a bi-linear output equation. It has been shown that the model is locally asymptotically stable with parameters obtained fro...