This paper provides an introduction to a support vector machine, a new kernel-based technique introduced in statistical learning theory and structural risk minimization, then presents a modeling-control framework base...This paper provides an introduction to a support vector machine, a new kernel-based technique introduced in statistical learning theory and structural risk minimization, then presents a modeling-control framework based on SVM. At last a numerical experiment is taken to demonstrate the proposed approach's correctness and effectiveness.展开更多
The control of civil, energy, and power systems presents significant new challenges for modeling and control theory. The purpose of this special issue is to provide a forum for researchers and practical engineers to d...The control of civil, energy, and power systems presents significant new challenges for modeling and control theory. The purpose of this special issue is to provide a forum for researchers and practical engineers to discuss the recent advances in modeling and control technology development for civil, energy, and power systems. Prospective authors are invited to submit their original contributions with the focus on theory or applications of modeling, control and decision. Topics of interest include modeling and control of, but are not limited to, the following:展开更多
The modeling and motion control of a universal part feeder is addressed. The feeder consists of a flat plate (or called bed) and a part placed on the plate. The bed can vibrate side-by-side (in x axis), back and f...The modeling and motion control of a universal part feeder is addressed. The feeder consists of a flat plate (or called bed) and a part placed on the plate. The bed can vibrate side-by-side (in x axis), back and forth (in y axis), clockwise and counter clockwise (about z axis), actuated by three linear motors (voice coils). When the bed does these vibrations, the part placed on the plat will have position and/or orientation change due to the interaction between the two contact surfaces. By controlling the ways in which the plate vibrates, the position and orientation of the part can be controlled. The two vibration profiles of the bed are investigated in the research: the high-low vibration mode and the bang-bang vibration mode. The motion equations of the bed and the part as well as the control schemes for the high-low vibration mode are presented. Both simulation and real-time testing verify the system's dynamic model and indicate the feasibilities of the developed control laws.展开更多
Energy and power systems technology is a fundamental field in the civil engineering.Innovation in power generation,grid intelligence,renewable resources,propulsion and powertrains for transportation devices,etc.is a l...Energy and power systems technology is a fundamental field in the civil engineering.Innovation in power generation,grid intelligence,renewable resources,propulsion and powertrains for transportation devices,etc.is a long-term challenging theme for science and technology.Especially,improving the efficiency and the emission in energy con-展开更多
The proton exchange membrane fuel cell,as a novel energy device,exhibits a wide array of potential applications.This paper offers a comprehensive review and discussion of modeling and control strategies for fuel cell ...The proton exchange membrane fuel cell,as a novel energy device,exhibits a wide array of potential applications.This paper offers a comprehensive review and discussion of modeling and control strategies for fuel cell systems.It commences with a concise introduction to the structure and principles of fuel cells.Subsequently,it outlines modeling approaches for various fuel cell subsystems,encompassing the fuel cell stack,air supply system,hydrogen supply system,thermal management system,and water management system.Following this,it conducts a comparative analysis and discussion of prevalent control strategies for the aforementioned subsystems.Lastly,the paper outlines future research trends and directions in the modeling and control strategies of fuel cells.The aim of this paper is to provide ideas and inspirations for the design and management of membrane fuel cell systems from control aspects.展开更多
A new modeling approach for nonlinear systems with rate-dependent hysteresis is proposed. The approach is used for the modeling of the giant magnetostrictive actuator, which has the rate-dependent nonlinear property. ...A new modeling approach for nonlinear systems with rate-dependent hysteresis is proposed. The approach is used for the modeling of the giant magnetostrictive actuator, which has the rate-dependent nonlinear property. The models built are simpler than the existed approaches. Compared with the experiment result, the model built can well describe the hysteresis nonlinear of the actuator for input signals with complex frequency. An adaptive direct inverse control approach is proposed based on the fuzzy tree model and inverse learning and special learning that are used in neural network broadly. In this approach, the inverse model of the plant is identified to be the initial controller firstly. Then, the inverse model is connected with the plant in series and the linear parameters of the controller are adjusted using the least mean square algorithm by on-line manner. The direct inverse control approach based on the fuzzy tree model is applied on the tracing control of the actuator by simulation. The simulation results show the correctness of the approach.展开更多
New precisely cooperative attacks, such as the coordi- nated cross plane session termination (CXPST) attack, need thou- sands upon thousands machines to attack diverse selected links simultaneously with the given ra...New precisely cooperative attacks, such as the coordi- nated cross plane session termination (CXPST) attack, need thou- sands upon thousands machines to attack diverse selected links simultaneously with the given rate. However, almost all command and control(C&C) mechanisms only provide publishing one com- mand to the whole once, so-called one-to-all C&C model, and are not productive to support CXPST-alike attacks. In this paper, we present one-to-any C&C model on coordination among the unco- operative controlled nodes. As an instance of one-to-any C&C model, directional command publishing (DCP) mechanism lever- aging on Kademlia is provided with a range-mapping key creating algorithm for commands to compute the publishing range and a statistically stochastic node querying scheme to obtain the com- mands immediately. With theoretical analysis and simulation, it is indicated that one-to-any C&C model fits for precisely coordi- nated operation on uncooperative controlled nodes with least complexity, better accuracy and efficiency. Furthermore, DCP mechanism can support one-to-all command publishing at the same time. As an example of future C&C model, studying on one-to-any C&C model may help to promote the development of more efficient countermeasures.展开更多
Advanced biophysical wound healing therapies can apply mechanical, electrical, or light energy to re-stimulate healing processes in chronic wounds. Despite the growing evidence of the clinical efficacy of these therap...Advanced biophysical wound healing therapies can apply mechanical, electrical, or light energy to re-stimulate healing processes in chronic wounds. Despite the growing evidence of the clinical efficacy of these therapies, the optimal treatment stimulation parameters remain unknown and there are no standard treatment protocols. We introduce a closed-loop control design as an experimental system to study the dose-response of wound healing therapy treatment within a prescribed multidimensional and multimodal stimulation parameter space. Systems engineering approaches are applied to the control problem for estimation of a transfer function and model equations derived for use in optimal model-based control. The experimental control system design consisted of simultaneous application of biophysical energies inputted into a wound system. A study design set up including the use of negative pressure wound therapy, electrical stimulation therapy, and photobiomodulation device systems was described. Treatment stimulation parameters were selected from experimental ranges used in the scientific literature. Classical control methods and model-based control were suggested for model selection and evaluation and design of the overall control system. An experimental design for multimodal biophysical wound healing therapy control system is introduced to establish the dose-response interactions for development of therapeutic applications and device design.展开更多
This paper proposes an analytical solution for a 5-DOF manipulator to follow a given trajectory while keeping the orientation of one axis in the end-effector frame. The forward kinematics and inverse kinematics for a ...This paper proposes an analytical solution for a 5-DOF manipulator to follow a given trajectory while keeping the orientation of one axis in the end-effector frame. The forward kinematics and inverse kinematics for a 5-DOF manipulator are analyzed systematically. The singular problem is discussed after the forward kinematics is provided. For any given reachable position and orientation of the end-effector, the derived inverse kinematics will provide an accurate solution. In other words, there exists no singular problem for the 5-DOF manipulator, which has wide application areas such as welding, spraying, and painting. Experiment results verify the effectiveness of the methods developed in this paper. Keywords Inverse kinematics - modeling and control - 5-DOF manipulator This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2002AA422160), and the National Key Fundamental Research and Development Project of China (973, No.2002CB312200)De Xu graduated from Shandong University of Technology (SUT), China in 1985. He received a Masters degree from SUT in 1990, and a Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University, China in 2001. He has been with the Institute of Automation, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA) since 2001. He is an associate professor with the Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, CASIA. He worked as on academic visitor in the Department of Computer Science, at the University of Essex from May to August 2004. He is a member of the IEEE. His research interests include robotics and automation, especially the control of robots such as visual and intelligent control.Carlos Antonio Acosta Calderon received a B.S. degree in Computer Science Engineering from Pachuca Institute of Technology, Mexico in 2000, and a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (Robotics and Intelligent Machines) from the University of Essex, UK in 2001. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D degree in Computer Science at the University of Essex, UK. His research interests have focused on mobile robots, in particular, the coordination of multi-robot systems, mobile manipulators, and learning by imitation. He is a member of IEEE.John Q. Gan received a B.Sc. degree in electronic engineering from Northwestern Polytechnic University, China in 1982, a M.Eng. degree in automatic control and a Ph.D degree in biomedical electronics from Southeast University, China in 1985 and 1991, respectively. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Essex, UK. He has co-authored a book, and published over 100 research papers. His research interests are in robotics and intelligent systems, brain-computer interfaces, pattern recognition, signal processing, data fusion, and neurofuzzy computation.Huosheng Hu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science, at the University of Essex, and head of the Human Centered Robotics Group. His research interests include autonomous mobile robots, human-robot interaction, evolutionary robotics, multi-robot collaboration, embedded systems, pervasive computing, sensor integration, RoboCup, intelligent control, and networked robotics. He has published over 200 papers in journals, books, and conferences, and received two best paper awards. He is a founding member of the IEEE Society of Robotics and Automation Technical Committee of Internet and Online Robots, and a member of the IASTED Technical Committee on “Robotics” for 2001–2004. He was a Conference Chairman for the 1st European Embedded Systems Conference in Paris, 1996, and has been a member of the Program Committees for many international conferences such as IROS (2005–2006), IASTED Robotics and Applications Conferences (2000-present), and RoboCup Symposiums (2000–2004). Dr. Hu is a Chartered Engineer, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of IEE, AAAI, ACM, IASTED and IAS.Min Tan graduated from Tsing Hua University, China in 1986. He received a Ph.D. degree in 1990 from CASIA. He is a professor with the Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, CASIA. He has published over 100 papers in journals, books, and conferences. His research interests include robotics and complex system theory.展开更多
Underwater robot technology has shown impressive results in applications such as underwater resource detection.For underwater applications that require extremely high flexibility,robots cannot replace skills that requ...Underwater robot technology has shown impressive results in applications such as underwater resource detection.For underwater applications that require extremely high flexibility,robots cannot replace skills that require human dexterity yet,and thus humans are often required to directly perform most underwater operations.Wearable robots(exoskeletons)have shown outstanding results in enhancing human movement on land.They are expected to have great potential to enhance human underwater movement.The purpose of this survey is to analyze the state-of-the-art of underwater exoskeletons for human enhancement,and the applications focused on movement assistance while excluding underwater robotic devices that help to keep the temperature and pressure in the range that people can withstand.This work discusses the challenges of existing exoskeletons for human underwater movement assistance,which mainly includes human underwater motion intention perception,underwater exoskeleton modeling and human-cooperative control.Future research should focus on developing novel wearable robotic structures for underwater motion assistance,exploiting advanced sensors and fusion algorithms for human underwater motion intention perception,building up a dynamic model of underwater exoskeletons and exploring human-in-theloop control for them.展开更多
The resumption of production after the“suspension”caused by the COVID-19 has emerged as an urgent problem for many enterprises and the government.The resumption of production is actually a dynamic evolution problem ...The resumption of production after the“suspension”caused by the COVID-19 has emerged as an urgent problem for many enterprises and the government.The resumption of production is actually a dynamic evolution problem from 0 to 1(100%).This paper constructs a general game model and a dynamic replication system for the resumption of production and government support,and gives theorems for the construction of the model.It analyzes the evolution mechanism and scenario conditions for the convergence of enterprise strategies to the“resumption of production”strategy,takes the resumption of production of hog farmers as an example to carry out a study on the regulation of countermeasures to resume hog production,and explores systemic countermeasures and suggestions for the rapid convergence of farmers’strategies to the“resumption of work and production”strategy.The study found that the production resuming behavior system dynamics evolution game regulation model provides a systematic model and method for the study of resumption countermeasures,a general regulation model for the resumption ratio from 0 to 1(100%),and a systematic idea,method and model for exploring the“precise strategy”system to promote the rapid resumption of production.展开更多
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of vehicle dynamics control systems (VDCS) on both the collision of the vehicle body and the kinematic behaviour of the ve- hicle's occupant in case of offset fron...The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of vehicle dynamics control systems (VDCS) on both the collision of the vehicle body and the kinematic behaviour of the ve- hicle's occupant in case of offset frontal vehicle-to-vehicle collision. A unique 6-degree-of- freedom (6-DOF) vehicle dynamics/crash mathematical model and a simplified lumped mass occupant model are developed. The first model is used to define the vehicle body crash parameters and it integrates a vehicle dynamics model with a vehicle front-end structure model. The second model aims to predict the effect of VDCS on the kinematics of the occupant. It is shown from the numerical simulations that the vehicle dynamics/crash response and occupant behaviour can be captured and analysed quickly and accurately. Yurthermore, it is shown that the VDCS can affect the crash characteristics positively and the occupant behaviour is improved.展开更多
文摘This paper provides an introduction to a support vector machine, a new kernel-based technique introduced in statistical learning theory and structural risk minimization, then presents a modeling-control framework based on SVM. At last a numerical experiment is taken to demonstrate the proposed approach's correctness and effectiveness.
文摘The control of civil, energy, and power systems presents significant new challenges for modeling and control theory. The purpose of this special issue is to provide a forum for researchers and practical engineers to discuss the recent advances in modeling and control technology development for civil, energy, and power systems. Prospective authors are invited to submit their original contributions with the focus on theory or applications of modeling, control and decision. Topics of interest include modeling and control of, but are not limited to, the following:
文摘The modeling and motion control of a universal part feeder is addressed. The feeder consists of a flat plate (or called bed) and a part placed on the plate. The bed can vibrate side-by-side (in x axis), back and forth (in y axis), clockwise and counter clockwise (about z axis), actuated by three linear motors (voice coils). When the bed does these vibrations, the part placed on the plat will have position and/or orientation change due to the interaction between the two contact surfaces. By controlling the ways in which the plate vibrates, the position and orientation of the part can be controlled. The two vibration profiles of the bed are investigated in the research: the high-low vibration mode and the bang-bang vibration mode. The motion equations of the bed and the part as well as the control schemes for the high-low vibration mode are presented. Both simulation and real-time testing verify the system's dynamic model and indicate the feasibilities of the developed control laws.
文摘Energy and power systems technology is a fundamental field in the civil engineering.Innovation in power generation,grid intelligence,renewable resources,propulsion and powertrains for transportation devices,etc.is a long-term challenging theme for science and technology.Especially,improving the efficiency and the emission in energy con-
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62373340).
文摘The proton exchange membrane fuel cell,as a novel energy device,exhibits a wide array of potential applications.This paper offers a comprehensive review and discussion of modeling and control strategies for fuel cell systems.It commences with a concise introduction to the structure and principles of fuel cells.Subsequently,it outlines modeling approaches for various fuel cell subsystems,encompassing the fuel cell stack,air supply system,hydrogen supply system,thermal management system,and water management system.Following this,it conducts a comparative analysis and discussion of prevalent control strategies for the aforementioned subsystems.Lastly,the paper outlines future research trends and directions in the modeling and control strategies of fuel cells.The aim of this paper is to provide ideas and inspirations for the design and management of membrane fuel cell systems from control aspects.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60534020)the National Basic Research Program of China (GrantNo. G2002cb312205-04)+1 种基金the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (Grant No. 20070006060)the Key Subject Foundation of Beijing (Grant Nos. XK100060526, XK100060422)
文摘A new modeling approach for nonlinear systems with rate-dependent hysteresis is proposed. The approach is used for the modeling of the giant magnetostrictive actuator, which has the rate-dependent nonlinear property. The models built are simpler than the existed approaches. Compared with the experiment result, the model built can well describe the hysteresis nonlinear of the actuator for input signals with complex frequency. An adaptive direct inverse control approach is proposed based on the fuzzy tree model and inverse learning and special learning that are used in neural network broadly. In this approach, the inverse model of the plant is identified to be the initial controller firstly. Then, the inverse model is connected with the plant in series and the linear parameters of the controller are adjusted using the least mean square algorithm by on-line manner. The direct inverse control approach based on the fuzzy tree model is applied on the tracing control of the actuator by simulation. The simulation results show the correctness of the approach.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(61402526,61502528)
文摘New precisely cooperative attacks, such as the coordi- nated cross plane session termination (CXPST) attack, need thou- sands upon thousands machines to attack diverse selected links simultaneously with the given rate. However, almost all command and control(C&C) mechanisms only provide publishing one com- mand to the whole once, so-called one-to-all C&C model, and are not productive to support CXPST-alike attacks. In this paper, we present one-to-any C&C model on coordination among the unco- operative controlled nodes. As an instance of one-to-any C&C model, directional command publishing (DCP) mechanism lever- aging on Kademlia is provided with a range-mapping key creating algorithm for commands to compute the publishing range and a statistically stochastic node querying scheme to obtain the com- mands immediately. With theoretical analysis and simulation, it is indicated that one-to-any C&C model fits for precisely coordi- nated operation on uncooperative controlled nodes with least complexity, better accuracy and efficiency. Furthermore, DCP mechanism can support one-to-all command publishing at the same time. As an example of future C&C model, studying on one-to-any C&C model may help to promote the development of more efficient countermeasures.
文摘Advanced biophysical wound healing therapies can apply mechanical, electrical, or light energy to re-stimulate healing processes in chronic wounds. Despite the growing evidence of the clinical efficacy of these therapies, the optimal treatment stimulation parameters remain unknown and there are no standard treatment protocols. We introduce a closed-loop control design as an experimental system to study the dose-response of wound healing therapy treatment within a prescribed multidimensional and multimodal stimulation parameter space. Systems engineering approaches are applied to the control problem for estimation of a transfer function and model equations derived for use in optimal model-based control. The experimental control system design consisted of simultaneous application of biophysical energies inputted into a wound system. A study design set up including the use of negative pressure wound therapy, electrical stimulation therapy, and photobiomodulation device systems was described. Treatment stimulation parameters were selected from experimental ranges used in the scientific literature. Classical control methods and model-based control were suggested for model selection and evaluation and design of the overall control system. An experimental design for multimodal biophysical wound healing therapy control system is introduced to establish the dose-response interactions for development of therapeutic applications and device design.
基金This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2002AA422160)the National Key Fundamental Research and Development Project of China (973, No.2002CB312200)
文摘This paper proposes an analytical solution for a 5-DOF manipulator to follow a given trajectory while keeping the orientation of one axis in the end-effector frame. The forward kinematics and inverse kinematics for a 5-DOF manipulator are analyzed systematically. The singular problem is discussed after the forward kinematics is provided. For any given reachable position and orientation of the end-effector, the derived inverse kinematics will provide an accurate solution. In other words, there exists no singular problem for the 5-DOF manipulator, which has wide application areas such as welding, spraying, and painting. Experiment results verify the effectiveness of the methods developed in this paper. Keywords Inverse kinematics - modeling and control - 5-DOF manipulator This work was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (No. 2002AA422160), and the National Key Fundamental Research and Development Project of China (973, No.2002CB312200)De Xu graduated from Shandong University of Technology (SUT), China in 1985. He received a Masters degree from SUT in 1990, and a Ph.D. degree from Zhejiang University, China in 2001. He has been with the Institute of Automation, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASIA) since 2001. He is an associate professor with the Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, CASIA. He worked as on academic visitor in the Department of Computer Science, at the University of Essex from May to August 2004. He is a member of the IEEE. His research interests include robotics and automation, especially the control of robots such as visual and intelligent control.Carlos Antonio Acosta Calderon received a B.S. degree in Computer Science Engineering from Pachuca Institute of Technology, Mexico in 2000, and a M.Sc. degree in Computer Science (Robotics and Intelligent Machines) from the University of Essex, UK in 2001. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D degree in Computer Science at the University of Essex, UK. His research interests have focused on mobile robots, in particular, the coordination of multi-robot systems, mobile manipulators, and learning by imitation. He is a member of IEEE.John Q. Gan received a B.Sc. degree in electronic engineering from Northwestern Polytechnic University, China in 1982, a M.Eng. degree in automatic control and a Ph.D degree in biomedical electronics from Southeast University, China in 1985 and 1991, respectively. He is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Essex, UK. He has co-authored a book, and published over 100 research papers. His research interests are in robotics and intelligent systems, brain-computer interfaces, pattern recognition, signal processing, data fusion, and neurofuzzy computation.Huosheng Hu is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science, at the University of Essex, and head of the Human Centered Robotics Group. His research interests include autonomous mobile robots, human-robot interaction, evolutionary robotics, multi-robot collaboration, embedded systems, pervasive computing, sensor integration, RoboCup, intelligent control, and networked robotics. He has published over 200 papers in journals, books, and conferences, and received two best paper awards. He is a founding member of the IEEE Society of Robotics and Automation Technical Committee of Internet and Online Robots, and a member of the IASTED Technical Committee on “Robotics” for 2001–2004. He was a Conference Chairman for the 1st European Embedded Systems Conference in Paris, 1996, and has been a member of the Program Committees for many international conferences such as IROS (2005–2006), IASTED Robotics and Applications Conferences (2000-present), and RoboCup Symposiums (2000–2004). Dr. Hu is a Chartered Engineer, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of IEE, AAAI, ACM, IASTED and IAS.Min Tan graduated from Tsing Hua University, China in 1986. He received a Ph.D. degree in 1990 from CASIA. He is a professor with the Laboratory of Complex Systems and Intelligence Science, CASIA. He has published over 100 papers in journals, books, and conferences. His research interests include robotics and complex system theory.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2021YFF0501600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(U1913601)+6 种基金the Major Science and Technology Projects of Anhui Province(202103a05020004)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M693079)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(WK2100000020)the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration(MSV202219)the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation as Part of World-Class Research Center Program:Advanced Digital Technologies(075-15-2020-903)the Open Research Project of the State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology,Zhejiang UniversityChina(ICT2022B42)。
文摘Underwater robot technology has shown impressive results in applications such as underwater resource detection.For underwater applications that require extremely high flexibility,robots cannot replace skills that require human dexterity yet,and thus humans are often required to directly perform most underwater operations.Wearable robots(exoskeletons)have shown outstanding results in enhancing human movement on land.They are expected to have great potential to enhance human underwater movement.The purpose of this survey is to analyze the state-of-the-art of underwater exoskeletons for human enhancement,and the applications focused on movement assistance while excluding underwater robotic devices that help to keep the temperature and pressure in the range that people can withstand.This work discusses the challenges of existing exoskeletons for human underwater movement assistance,which mainly includes human underwater motion intention perception,underwater exoskeleton modeling and human-cooperative control.Future research should focus on developing novel wearable robotic structures for underwater motion assistance,exploiting advanced sensors and fusion algorithms for human underwater motion intention perception,building up a dynamic model of underwater exoskeletons and exploring human-in-theloop control for them.
文摘The resumption of production after the“suspension”caused by the COVID-19 has emerged as an urgent problem for many enterprises and the government.The resumption of production is actually a dynamic evolution problem from 0 to 1(100%).This paper constructs a general game model and a dynamic replication system for the resumption of production and government support,and gives theorems for the construction of the model.It analyzes the evolution mechanism and scenario conditions for the convergence of enterprise strategies to the“resumption of production”strategy,takes the resumption of production of hog farmers as an example to carry out a study on the regulation of countermeasures to resume hog production,and explores systemic countermeasures and suggestions for the rapid convergence of farmers’strategies to the“resumption of work and production”strategy.The study found that the production resuming behavior system dynamics evolution game regulation model provides a systematic model and method for the study of resumption countermeasures,a general regulation model for the resumption ratio from 0 to 1(100%),and a systematic idea,method and model for exploring the“precise strategy”system to promote the rapid resumption of production.
基金the Egyptian government and the Faculty of Engineering,Ain Shams University for supporting this research
文摘The aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of vehicle dynamics control systems (VDCS) on both the collision of the vehicle body and the kinematic behaviour of the ve- hicle's occupant in case of offset frontal vehicle-to-vehicle collision. A unique 6-degree-of- freedom (6-DOF) vehicle dynamics/crash mathematical model and a simplified lumped mass occupant model are developed. The first model is used to define the vehicle body crash parameters and it integrates a vehicle dynamics model with a vehicle front-end structure model. The second model aims to predict the effect of VDCS on the kinematics of the occupant. It is shown from the numerical simulations that the vehicle dynamics/crash response and occupant behaviour can be captured and analysed quickly and accurately. Yurthermore, it is shown that the VDCS can affect the crash characteristics positively and the occupant behaviour is improved.