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An Experimental Platform to Study the Closed-loop Performance of Brain-machine Interfaces
Published on: March 10, 2011
Novel stability approach using Routh-Hurwitz criterion for brain computer interface applications
Sung-Phil Heo1, Hojong Choi2, Yeon-Mo Yang3
1Department of Information and Telecommunication Engineering, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Wonju, Korea.
Background:
The stability criterion approach is very important for estimating precise behavior before or after fabricating brain computer interface system applications.
Objective:
A novel approach using the Routh-Hurwitz standard criterion method is proposed to easily determine and analyze the stability of brain computer interface system applications. Using this developed approach, we were able to easily test the stability of technical issue using simple programmed codes before or after brain computer interfaces fabrication applications.
Methods:
Using a MATLAB simulation program package, we are able to provide two different special case examples such as a first zero element and a row of zeros to verify the capability of our proposed Routh-Hurwitz method.
Results:
The MATLAB simulation program provided efficient Routh-Hurwitz standard criterion results by differentiating the highest coefficients of the s and a.
Conclusion:
This technical paper explains how to use our proposed new Routh-Hurwitz standard condition to simply ascertain and determine the brain computer interface system stability without customized commercial simulation tools.
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