String stability for vehicular platoon control: Definitions and analysis methods

S Feng, Y Zhang, SE Li, Z Cao, HX Liu, L Li - Annual Reviews in Control, 2019 - Elsevier
The platooning of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) is expected to have a
transformative impact on road transportation, eg, enhancing highway safety, improving traffic …

Model reduction of neutral linear and nonlinear time-invariant time-delay systems with discrete and distributed delays

G Scarciotti, A Astolfi - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The problem of model reduction by moment matching for linear and nonlinear differential
time-delay systems is studied. The class of models considered includes neutral differential …

Nonlinear model reduction by moment matching

G Scarciotti, A Astolfi - … and Trends® in Systems and Control, 2017 - nowpublishers.com
Mathematical models are at the core of modern science and technology. An accurate
description of behaviors, systems and processes often requires the use of complex models …

Optimal estimation in spatially distributed systems: how far to share measurements from?

J Arbelaiz, B Bamieh, AE Hosoi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the centralized optimal estimation problem in spatially distributed systems. We
use the setting of spatially invariant systems as an idealization for which concrete and …

An ‐variable model‐free prescribed‐time control for nonlinear system with uncertainties and disturbances

D He, H Wang, Y Tian - International Journal of Robust and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, an α‐variable model‐free prescribed‐time controller (α (t)‐MFPTC) is
proposed for a nonlinear system with uncertainties and disturbances. First, an ultra‐local …

Centralized model predictive control with human-driver interaction for platooning

JM Kennedy, J Heinovski, DE Quevedo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cooperative adaptive cruise control presents an opportunity to improve road transportation
through increase in road capacity and reduction in energy use and accidents. Clever design …

Fast computation of an optimal controller for large-scale adaptive optics

P Massioni, C Kulcsár, HF Raynaud… - Journal of the Optical …, 2011 - opg.optica.org
The linear quadratic Gaussian regulator provides the minimum-variance control solution for
a linear time-invariant system. For adaptive optics (AO) applications, under the hypothesis of …

Infinite chains of kinematic points

A Feintuch, B Francis - Automatica, 2012 - Elsevier
In formulating the stability problem for an infinite chain of cars, state space is traditionally
taken to be the Hilbert space ℓ2, wherein the displacements of cars from their equilibria, or …

Information structures of the kalman filter for the elastic wave equation

J Arbelaiz, E Jensen, B Bamieh, AE Hosoi… - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract We study the Kalman Filter for the linear elastic wave equation over the real line
with spatially distributed partial state measurements. The dynamics of the filter are described …

A relaxed small-gain theorem for discrete-time infinite networks

N Noroozi, A Mironchenko, FR Wirth - Automatica, 2022 - Elsevier
We study input-to-state stability (ISS) of discrete-time networks of infinitely many finite-
dimensional subsystems. We develop a so-called relaxed small-gain theorem for ISS with …