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[Steven J. Nowlan]

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                  Mixtures of Controllers for
               Jump Linear and Non-linear Plants

                       Steven J. Nowlan
                        Synaptics, Inc.
                      2698 Orchard Parkway
                      San Jose, CA 95134

                            ABSTRACT:

We describe an extension to the Mixture of Experts architecture for modelling
and controlling dynamical systems which exhibit multiple modes of behavior.
This extension is based on a Markov process model, and suggests a recurrent
network for gating a set of linear or non-linear controllers. The new
architecture is demonstrated to be capable of learning effective control
strategies for jump linear and non-linear plants with multiple modes of
behavior. 

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Steven J. Nowlan
Synaptics, Inc.
2698 Orchard Parkway
San Jose, CA
95134

e-mail: nowlan at synaptics.com
phone: (408) 434-0110 x118