@article{Azad_2008, title={Interactive Web-based e-learning for Studying Flexible Manipulator Systems}, volume={4}, url={https://online-journals.org/index.php/i-joe/article/view/492}, DOI={10.3991/ijoe.v4i3.492}, abstractNote={Abstractâ?? This paper presents a web-based e-leaning facility for simulation, modeling, and control of flexible manipulator systems. The simulation and modeling part includes finite difference and finite element simulations along with neural network and genetic algorithm based modeling strategies for flexible manipulator systems. The controller part constitutes a number of open-loop and closed-loop designs. Closed loop control designs include the classical, adaptive, and neuro-model based strategies. Matlab software package and its associated toolboxes are used to implement these. The Matlab web server is used as the gateway between the facility and web-access. ASP.NET technology and SQL database are utilized to develop web applications for access control, user account and password maintenance, administrative management, and facility utilization monitoring. The reported facility provides a flexible but effective approach of web-based interactive e-learning facility of an engineering system. This can be extended to incorporate additional engineering systems within the e-learning framework.}, number={3}, journal={International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE)}, author={Azad, Abul K. M.}, year={2008}, month={Mar.}, pages={pp. 5–12} }