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      A new robust adaptive control scheme for linear time varying plants 

      Fidan, B.; Zhang, Y.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2002)
      In a recent work, a new linear adaptive controller based on certainty-equivalence and backstepping design, which promises a level of transient and asymptotic performance comparable to that of the tuning functions adaptive ...
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      Non-identifier based adaptive control scheme with guaranteed stability 

      Zhang, J.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2006)
      In this paper, we investigate a non-identifier based adaptive control scheme for single-input single-output (SISO) plants. The overall adaptive control system can be viewed as a feedback interconnection of a SISO plant, a ...
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      Nonconcurrent error correction in the presence of roundoff noise 

      Takos, G.; Hadjicostis, Christoforos N. (2006)
      This paper analyzes the effects of roundoff noise on our ability to nonconcurrently detect and identify transient faults that corrupt state variables during the operation of a fault-tolerant discrete-time (DT) linear ...
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      Nonconcurrent Error Detection and Correction in Fault-Tolerant Linear Finite-State Machines 

      Hadjicostis, Christoforos N. (2003)
      In this paper, we construct fault-tolerant linear finite-state machines (LFSMs) in which error detection and correction can be performed nonconcurrently (e.g., periodically). More specifically, by jointly choosing the state ...
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      Nonlinear control design for linear time varying systems 

      Zhang, Youping; Ioannou, Petros A. (1996)
      A new class of linear controllers for linear time varying systems are proposed. These controllers are based on nonlinear tools such as integrator backstepping and nonlinear damping, and on a new filter structure that ...
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      On delayed observers for linear systems with unknown inputs 

      Sundaram, S.; Hadjicostis, Christoforos N. (2005)
      We present a method for constructing reduced-order state observers for linear systems with unknown inputs. Our design provides a characterization of observers with delay, which eases the established necessary conditions ...
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      On multiobjective H2/H∞ optimal control 

      Djouadi, S. M.; Charalambous, Charalambos D.; Repperger, D. W. (2001)
      In this paper the solutions to the optimal multiobjective H2/H∞ problem are characterized using Banach space duality theory, and shown to satisfy a flatness or allpass condition. Dual and predual spaces are identified, and ...
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      Parameter convergence of a new class of adaptive controllers 

      Zhang, Y.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Chien, C. -C (1996)
      A new class of adaptive control schemes for minimum-phase linear time invariant (LTI) systems has recently been developed using nonlinear design techniques which guarantee improved transient performance in addition to ...
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      Robust adaptive attenuation of unknown periodic disturbances in uncertain multi-input multi-output systems 

      Jafari, S.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2016)
      In high-performance high-accuracy systems, the attenuation of vibrational disturbances is essential. In this paper, we design and analyze a robust output-feedback adaptive control scheme to attenuate noise-corrupted ...
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      Robust adaptive sliding control of linearizable systems 

      Xu, H.; Mirmirani, M.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Boussalis, Helen R. (2001)
      A switching adaptive control algorithm based on a sliding mode method is proposed for a class of single-input, single-output nonlinear systems with unknown dynamics. The plant is assumed to be linear-in-the-control input ...
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      Robustness of nonlinear control systems with respect to unmodeled dynamics 

      Zhang, Youping; Ioannou, Petros A. (1996)
      In this paper, we examine the global stability properties of nonlinear controllers in the presence of high frequency unmodeled dynamics. We develop necessary and sufficient conditions for a general class of nonlinear control ...
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      Robustness of the adaptive backstepping controllers for linear systems 

      Zhang, Youping; Ioannou, Petros A. (IEEE, 1997)
      In this paper, we present a unified procedure for designing and analyzing robust adaptive backstepping controllers for linear systems. Both the modular design and tuning functions design are considered. These controllers ...
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      A scalable iterative convex design for nonlinear systems 

      Baldi, S.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Kosmatopoulos, E. B. (2012)
      A recently developed control scheme for approximately optimal control of nonlinear systems is the so-called Convex Control Design (ConvCD) methodology, that transforms the control problem of generic nonlinear systems into ...
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      Stability and performance of nonlinear robust adaptive control 

      Zhang, Youping; Ioannou, Petros A. (IEEE, 1995)
      Recently, a new class of adaptive control schemes, motivated from nonlinear systems theory, has been proposed for minimum phase linear time invariant plants. Under certain assumptions on the plant transfer function, these ...
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      Stability Margins in Adaptive Mixing Control Via a Lyapunov-Based Switching Criterion 

      Baldi, S.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2016)
      This paper proposes a Lyapunov-based switching logic within the framework of adaptive mixing control (AMC), where a weighted combination of a family of candidate controllers can be inserted in the loop to regulate the ...
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      A stable indirect adaptive control scheme for first-order plants with no prior knowledge on the parameters 

      Giri, F.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Ahmed-Zaid, F. (Publ by IEEE, 1991)
      An indirect adaptive control scheme for a first-order linear time-invariant plant with unknown parameters is presented and analyzed. The scheme requires no prior knowledge about the sign or bounds of the plant parameters. ...
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      Stable indirect adaptive control scheme for first-order plants with no prior knowledge on the parametersAAA 

      Giri, F.; Ioannou, Petros A.; Ahmed-Zaid, F. (1993)
      An indirect adaptive control scheme for a first-order linear time-invariant plant with unknown parameters is presented and analyzed. The scheme requires no a priori knowledge on the sign or bounds of the plant parameters. ...
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      A switching controller for multivariable LTI systems with known and unknown parameters 

      Fidan, B.; Kosmatopoulos, E. B.; Ioannou, Petros A. (2002)
      The design of adaptive controllers for multi-input multi-output (MIMO) linear time invariant (LTI) systems is challenging due to the high dimension and parameterization issues associated with MIMO systems. In this paper ...