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CDC
2008
IEEE
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Decentralized predictive sensor allocation
Abstract— We present a method of dynamic coalition formation (DCF) in sensor networks to achieve well-informed sensor-target allocations. Forecasts of target movements are incorp...
Mark Ebden, Mark Briers, Stephen Roberts
CDC
2008
IEEE
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Decentralized reactive collision avoidance for multivehicle systems
Abstract— This paper addresses a novel approach to the nvehicle collision avoidance problem. The vehicle model used is a planar unicycle, chosen for its wide applicability to gro...
Emmett Lalish, Kristi A. Morgansen
CDC
2008
IEEE
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Convex relaxations for quadratic distance problems
This paper deals with convex relaxations for quadratic distance problems, a class of optimization problems relevant to several important topics in the analysis and synthesis of ro...
Andrea Garulli, Alfio Masi, Antonio Vicino
CDC
2008
IEEE
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An alternative approach to designing stabilizing compensators for saturating linear time-invariant plants
Abstract— We present a new methodology for designing lowgain linear time-invariant (LTI) controllers for semi-global stabilization of an LTI plant with actuator saturation, that ...
Sandip Roy, Yan Wan, Ali Saberi, Babak Malek
CDC
2008
IEEE
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Distributed calculation of linear functions in noisy networks via linear iterations
— Given a fixed network where each node has some given initial value, and under the constraint that each node receives noisy transmissions from its immediate neighbors, we provi...
Shreyas Sundaram, Christoforos N. Hadjicostis
CDC
2008
IEEE
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On the convergence time of distributed quantized averaging algorithms
— We come up with novel quantized averaging algorithms on synchronous and asynchronous communication networks with fixed, switching and random topologies. The implementation of ...
Minghui Zhu, Sonia Martínez
CDC
2008
IEEE
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Riccati conditioning and sensitivity for a MinMax controlled cable-mass system
— In this paper we study the relationship between the parameter θ, used in the design of the MinMax controller, and the conditioning of the approximate algebraic Riccati equatio...
Lizette Zietsman, Katie A. Evans, J. Teye Brown, R...
CDC
2008
IEEE
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New results in optimal quadratic supply rates
— This paper concerns studying dissipativity of a system with supply rates that depend on one or more parameters. We show that suitable choice of supply rate turns out to make di...
Debasattam Pal, Subhrajit Sinha, Madhu N. Belur, H...
CDC
2008
IEEE
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Flight control of a rotary wing UAV - a practical approach
Abstract— This paper presents a novel application of the twotime scale controller for the full envelop flight control of a Rotary wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (RUAV). In this pa...
Bilal Ahmed, Hemanshu Roy Pota, Matthew Garratt
CDC
2008
IEEE
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MPC for tracking with optimal closed-loop performance
— This paper deals with the tracking problem for constrained linear systems using a model predictive control (MPC) law. As it is well known, MPC provides a control law suitable f...
Antonio Ferramosca, Daniel Limón, Ignacio A...